Prayer Ministry at Resurrection
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.”
Colossians 4:2 (NIV)
Colossians 4:2 (NIV)
Prayer, the spiritual practice of conversing with God, involves both speaking to God and listening for His response. Prayer is vital to everything we do as a church, and our desire is to make dependence on God through prayer foundational to our church.
The Resurrection Prayer Ministry has two aspects, and we welcome your participation in any of the prayer initiatives.
1) The Prayer Chain is made up of active church members and regular attenders who receive requests by email. When you make a request of the Prayer Chain, each member of the chain prays for that request. Requests for the prayer chain are for those who attend Church of the Resurrection, members of their families, and for people closely connected to us.
CONFIDENTIALITY
The prayer team recognizes the fact that God works in our lives in many ways, both privately, deeply within us, and corporately, as we are ‘members one of another’. An individual requesting prayer may ask for privacy, and that request will be respected. At the same time we affirm our bond as a community in Christ, in which the natural out-flowing of our prayers is a reaching out to one another in loving concern and follow up.
2) Two people from the Worship Prayer Team are available during Eucharist, and immediately following the service, to pray with anyone for healing, thanksgiving, intercession for another, or anything that is on their heart that they would like to lift to the Lord in the presence of another. All prayers are held in confidence. All members of the Sunday prayer team receive training.
1) The Prayer Chain is made up of active church members and regular attenders who receive requests by email. When you make a request of the Prayer Chain, each member of the chain prays for that request. Requests for the prayer chain are for those who attend Church of the Resurrection, members of their families, and for people closely connected to us.
CONFIDENTIALITY
The prayer team recognizes the fact that God works in our lives in many ways, both privately, deeply within us, and corporately, as we are ‘members one of another’. An individual requesting prayer may ask for privacy, and that request will be respected. At the same time we affirm our bond as a community in Christ, in which the natural out-flowing of our prayers is a reaching out to one another in loving concern and follow up.
- All prayer chain pray-ers pray the prayers that are sent them by the prayer ‘dispatcher’.
- They do not discuss the people or matters prayed for with anyone, but they are free to follow up privately with the person requesting prayer, at their discretion, unless the prayer has been marked ‘PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL’.
- If the ‘dispatcher’ has marked the prayer: ‘PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL’, the pray-ers do not mention the prayer request to anyone, including the person requesting prayer.
2) Two people from the Worship Prayer Team are available during Eucharist, and immediately following the service, to pray with anyone for healing, thanksgiving, intercession for another, or anything that is on their heart that they would like to lift to the Lord in the presence of another. All prayers are held in confidence. All members of the Sunday prayer team receive training.