Each Thursday in Lent a group of us have been meeting at 11:30 in the church hall to take part in "The Prayer Course", a series of sesssions on prayer based around the Lord's Prayer. In week 1 we thought about "Why Pray" and learnt three simple rules about prayer: Keep it Simple; Keep it Real: Keep it Up. The following week we thought about "adoration" and were given the acronym "PRAY" Pause, Rejoice, Ask, Yield. This week we shall consider "Petition". Why should we ask God in prayer? The sessions start with a 20 to 25 minute video and then we discuss and reflect on what we have seen and look at the helpful resource sheets that come with the course. In true Studland style we follow each session with something to eat! Usually we have light lunch of soup and bread.

If you have time, do come and join us...or maybe just study the course by yourself. In any case, just pray: keep it simple, keep it real and keep it up!