Pray With Us

Daily Prayer

Pray for the spirit of the city.

Every day, three times a day (Morning 7:00 a.m. | Noon 12:00 p.m. | Evening 5:30 p.m.), we pray for the Transformation of Metropolitan Richmond — for the more than 1.2 million people living in this historic capital city of Central Virginia, including the jurisdictions of Richmond, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, and the surrounding counties and towns. This is a legacy we inherited from the Sisters of the Visitation, who came in the summer of 1866 to this hill to pray for the healing and transformation of the city.

We also pray daily at Richmond Hill for persons or situations for which our prayers are requested. Call us at 804-783-7903.

Daily Cycle of Prayer

Everyday we pray for the healing of metropolitan Richmond; for the sick and those in our hearts; for the welfare of all who live here; for the establishment of God’s order in our community; and for peace.

Our citizens who live in the City of Richmond, the Mayor, Manager, City Council, and School Board. Non-profit organizations and their ministries. All schools: students, teachers, and staff. Day care centers. All who suffer from addiction, dependency, and co-dependency. The Council, residents, and staff of Richmond Hill.

Our citizens who live in Hanover County, the Board of Supervisors, School Board, and Manager. The print and broadcast media. The churches of metropolitan Richmond: members and clergy. All who live in poverty. All who suffer from mental illness.

The Governor of Virginia, the General Assembly, and all who work in State Government. All who work in businesses which provide services to others. All who work in construction. Hospitals and nursing homes: patients, residents, and staff; all who provide health care. Victims of violent crime; all who commit violent crime. All senior citizens.

Our citizens who live in Ashland, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, and Petersburg, the town and city Councils and Managers. All who work in banks and finance; all making financial decisions for greater Richmond. Prisons and jails of metropolitan Richmond: prisoners and staff. All who are unemployed or underemployed. All public servants.

Our citizens who live in Henrico County, the Supervisors, School Board, and County Manager. All who work in the manufacturing industry in metropolitan Richmond. The police, fire, and rescue workers. The courts. All young people. All who hurt, need inner healing, or are unable to love.

Our citizens who live in Chesterfield County, the Supervisors, School Board, and County Manager. All who work in retail trade in metropolitan Richmond, and those who own our businesses. Counselors and spiritual directors. The Sisters of the Visitation of Monte Maria. All victims of abuse; all perpetrators of abuse.

Our citizens who live in the Counties of Charles City, Goochland, Powhatan, and New Kent, the Supervisors, School Boards, and Managers. An end to racism and racial prejudice. All places of prayer or worship: churches, mosques, and synagogues. Universities, colleges, and technical schools. All who seek God.

Metro Richmond at Prayer

Since March 2006, more than 475 churches in Metropolitan Richmond have joined in a covenant to pray together weekly for the people of our metropolitan city.  Please join us in this common prayer, beginning its seventeenth year on March 1, 2022.  We believe that God desires the healing of this metropolitan city. We also believe that God desires for us to pray together and to pray specifically for his kingdom to come here as it is in heaven.
For the more than one million people living in this historic capital city of Central Virginia, including the jurisdictions of Richmond, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, and the surrounding counties and towns, this is a cooperative, covenanted effort of churches in Metropolitan Richmond. We pray together each Sunday for the common concerns of our Metropolitan Richmond community.

Please use the Sunday themes however the Spirit leads.  We do not tell one another how to pray.  We only covenant to pray together in one accord for God’s transformation and healing of our metropolitan city.


Pastors and prayer leaders, please go to our Metro Richmond at Prayer website and inform us that you have joined in this common effort.  You may also join by contacting us at 804-783-7903.

Centering Prayer

1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 – 8:30 pm in person and on Zoom

We may think of prayer as thoughts or feelings expressed in words.   But this is only one expression. Contemplative prayer is the opening of mind and heart — our  whole being — to God, the Ultimate Mystery, beyond thoughts, words, and emotions. We open  our awareness to the God whom we know by faith is within us, closer than breathing, closer than  thinking, closer than choosing — closer than consciousness itself.

Centering prayer is one method designed to facilitate the development of contemplative prayer by preparing us to cooperate with this gift. It is the practice of quieting the mind so that it may rest in the peaceful presence of God. It presents the teaching of an earlier time (e.g. The Cloud of Unknowing) in an updated form. It is not meant to replace other types of prayer; it simply puts them into a new and fuller perspective.


Centering Prayer Groups are held both in person and via Zoom. The group is open to newcomers regardless of experience.


For a Zoom link or more information, contact Tish Watson by email or by phone 804-641-8479.