Worship

Sung corporate worship has always been an important element of Christian meetings from the earliest times. We find God really interacts with His people through it. And so we believe high quality sung worship at our meetings is essential.

A worship leader

Each Filling Station meeting has a capable local worship leader directing the worship time.

The worship leader should primarily have a ‘worshipping nature’ – they need to have personal experience of the joy of intimacy with the Lord, achieved through sung worship. Secondly, they need to be teachable & humble, ready to learn new things. Thirdly, they need to be musically accomplished. Worship choruses are simple to learn so an inexperienced leader can be expected to grow over time, but a more tested musician is really what is required at FS meetings as we meet so infrequently.

Song choice

We use material from places such as Hillsong, Soul Survivor, Vineyard, Worship Central, and the larger American Churches. As the songwriter Charles Wesley said in the 18th Century, ‘The people of God need fresh manna to worship God each day.’ He aimed to write a new hymn/song every two weeks!

Prayer

We have seen the effectiveness of prayer at our many meetings. Certainly, this scripture is true, ‘the prayers of a righteous person are powerful and effective!’ James 5:16.

We as Christians are not inherently ‘righteous’ on our own. We are told we are ‘made righteous through Christ’ and what he did on the Cross for us – Romans 3:22.

We have seen God answer our prayers on so many occasions now that we take it as read that if we want to get anything done, the first place to turn is prayer. Prayers of petition (requests), thanksgiving and proclamation (speaking it out). We lead prayer initiatives in a variety of ways:

24 Hours of Prayer, for the Filling Station and our nation

“Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.”

We know we have been called to prayer and fasting as a ministry. Our prayer days have proved crucial in undergirding what we feel the Lord is doing among our network.

Our next 24 Hours of Prayer will be 1 July 2025. You can find out more here.

Filling Station Intercessors

We have been intentionally building a group of Intercessors in the last few years, and we have become like family! And so, it feels like we are gathering a prayer army who understand the importance of intercession in this season.

We meet 8–8:30am every Tuesday, and extend our prayer time to an hour the first Tuesday of the month, for Prayer Shot.

Prayer Shot dates for 2025: 3 June | 1 July | 2 September | 7 October | 4 November | 2 December

Contact Lisa, lisa@thefillingstation.org for more.

‘Deep Waters’ Intercessors

Interested in joining our 2025 Intercession team for our annual Gathering? Please get in touch with Lisa!

Other Houses of Prayer

Ffald-y-Brenin

We recommend the Ffald-y-Brenin retreat and prayer centre in West Wales. We encourage people to get involved with their ‘Local Houses of Prayer’ initiative. See more on their website.