In 2015, Nicola Dunkin was sitting in the Methodist Church following a training day on Healing and Wholeness, when she received a picture in her head of herself and a group of people praying on the streets of Stamford. Her initial response was, “No way! I can’t do that! Not in a million years!” God simply replied, “Yes you can, because I will be with you”. She waited a year to see how God would act, and she found other Christians who had enthusiasm for the same idea. God brought people to pray about it, people to train the volunteers and the money to set it all up. He even gave us the place where we would stand – just two weeks before we were due to begin.
The road to our first POTSS Friday was rocky at times, but we started on Friday 3rd June 2016 and felt that God was with us as we stood outside St. John’s Church on the corner with the High Street. That first morning we were blessed with the privilege of praying for 8 people in the hour between 11 am and noon. Two days later, the first volunteers were commissioned in a lovely service at Stamford Methodist Church. We are an ecumenical group, representing all the churches in Stamford, believing that we should be standing together as Christians in the town. We invite everyone and anyone who would like prayer to simply come forward and be prayed for, whatever the need – or indeed to give thanks for God’s goodness and provision.
In February 2018, the Skells Trust at a Town Council meeting kindly gave us permission to move to a larger and more appropriate place, so you can now find us every Friday (Market Day!) morning of the year in St. Michael’s Churchyard, off the High Street close to the Library between 11 and 12 noon. You should be able to see our colourful banner and large poster explaining who we are and what we offer.

If you would like to find out more and possibly even join us in this privileged ministry, please contact Chris Roberts at  stamfordsalutation@yahoo.co.uk or on 01780 755347 or come to see us!.

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