Prayer Circle at Grace Lutheran Church Macungie PA

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all saints. Ephesians 6:17

This is a phone ministry of men and women at Grace Lutheran
Church who receive prayer requests via a phone call. The prayer
request is shared from one person to another within each group
of the Prayer Circle until the circle itself is completed.

Please contact D Bachman, N Stichter or our Church secretary
with your prayer request or to participate with us as we pray for
one another in this small but important ministry at Grace.

~ ~ NEW PRAYER RESOURCE online ~~

Grace Lutheran Church thanks the staff of ELCA.org for sharing the

new 'A Call to Prayer' online ministry resource with our congregation.

This ministry is certain to be a blessing to all those who view the

materials offered there.

Thank you to the staff of ELCA for granting permission to Grace

Lutheran Church to reproduce on this page the flyer which describes

this new ministry in detail. Thank you Rev. Brent Dahlseng.

Introducing a New Resource

A Call to Prayer

http://www.elca.org/prayer

A new resource on prayer has been launched on the ELCA Web site at

www.elca.org/prayer. Not only does the new site provide resources for individuals

and congregations seeking to expand their prayer life; but through scripture, art,

and music, the user is invited to take time for prayer.

Why A New Prayer Site?

What Will I Find at the New Site?

There is no doubt more and more people are

Here's a sampling of some of the prayer

using computers on a regular basis. Hopefully,

resources found at www.elca.org/prayer:

www.elca.org/prayer will become a favorite site,

providing inspiration and opportunities for

t Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit

personal devotional time. Imagine going to the

t Guided Prayer for Healing

ELCA prayer Web site as the first thing in the

t Prayer Requests

morning, at a break in a busy day at the office,

t Daily Bible Reading

or as the last thing before tuning the computer

t Calls to Prayer by ELCA bishops

off at the end of the day.

t Rally Day Suggestions on Prayer

t Prayers for Peace

In addition, prayer requests can be submitted on

t Classic Prayers

the ELCA prayer site. These requests are then

t Luther's Way to Pray

forwarded to participating congregations in the

t Simple Ways to Pray

ELCA "prayingchurch" network who have

t Fasting

committed to pray for these requests for 30

t Centering Prayer

days. Interested congregations who want to register to be part of the ELCA "prayingchurch" network can do so on-line at the prayer site.

t Prayer: 101

t Introducing & Advancing Prayer

Ministry

t Assessing Your Prayer Ministry

This new resource - www.elca.org/prayer - is

t Prayer Networks...and much more.

developed in response to the Call to Prayer

issued in the ELCA Evangelism Strategy "Sharing

Preachers wanting to call the congregation

Faith in a New Century: A Vision for Evangelism

to prayer through sermons are invited to

in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America"

review lectionary tips found at the Prayer

adopted at the 2003 Churchwide Assembly.

Resources page of the www.elca.org/prayer

The goal identified in the first objective in the strategy is to "activate and mobilize this church

site. Current resources include:

to pray for renewal that is grounded in the Word." Additional evangelism resources can be found at: http://www.elca.org/dcm/evangelism

t Lectionary Series from Luke

t Summer Lection from Colossians

(4 weeks)

t Lord's Prayer Series: Through the Lens

of Evangelism (7 weeks)

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