Every Wednesday from 7 to 8am we are inviting prayer for the city of Portsmouth. This meeting is for prayer warriors, church leaders and those with a desire to seek God’s will for our city.
One Body Portsmouth and House of Prayer Portsmouth announced the start of these weekly citywide prayer meetings in June 2026, called Watchmen Wednesdays.
For July, we will be meeting at All Saints Church, 334 Commerical Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4BT from 7-8am every Wednesday.
Meetings will also be on Zoom, meeting ID 876 8235 1259 (no password).
Join our Facebook group to keep track of which church is hosting us each month: www.facebook.com/groups/watchmenwednesdays/
Details of venues will also be found in the calendar here.
We want to encourage the whole church in the city to pray together and to seek God’s face. The role of watchmen in the bible is to pray continually and to watch for God’s will and listen for God’s voice. These prayer meetings are aimed to be as much about listening as about speaking, so come open and ready for both.
Isaiah 62:6 NLT
“O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the LORD.”
Habakkuk 2:1 NIV84
“I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.”
And to be crystal clear, we’re calling these prayer meetings ‘Watchmen Wednesdays’ because there is no English word for ‘watchwomen’ or ‘watchpeople’, but every person, both male and female, is most definitely sought after to be part of this and very welcome indeed.
Some of you will remember that Portsmouth had citywide prayer meetings on a Wednesday morning for many years and we think it’s time to bring that back to life in a new form – our city needs prayer!
We want to see the Watchmen Wednesdays feeding words from God into the church leadership of the city, thinking maybe to ask for one key message from each Wednesday which can then be passed on to leaders for further prayer and consideration. What might God say?
We believe that God is calling us to seek Him TOGETHER for His blessing on our wonderful city. There is much that God wants to do and He wants us to partner with Him.
Will you join us and take part?