+  Opportunities for Prayer at Peace

+  Prayer Formula

+  New Books of Prayers

+  Link to an EXCELLENT online resource for prayer & reading methods to connect to God

Prayer Chain

Our Prayer Chain is managed by Sally Coble. Prayer requests are emailed to her and she forwards these requests to all those members who have indicated their commitment to pray for these needs. If you have a prayer request or wish to be included in the emailing of the requests send an email to church office.

Prayers of the Church

If you have a prayer concern that you want included in the prayers of the church which are said out loud during our Sunday morning worship, contact church office or the pastoral staff.

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To construct a solid foundation in your prayer relationship with God, consider growing in all of the five key elements of prayer:

Thanksgiving

+ God calls us to live a life of thanksgiving. Eucharist means "thanksgiving"

+ We can do achieve or create God's gifts through our works, we just learn to give thanks

+ Basic part of any relationship is saying "Thank You."

+ We can ALWAYS find something for which to give thanks

Wow!

+ Praise is as essential as breathing for the life of a Christian

+ Adoring God for who God is and for what God does helps energize our lives

+ To stand in God's presence is to be on Holy Ground, the only response is awe and wonder

+ There is a power in being able to say WOW! We connect to the source, we see beyond ourselves, we humbly acknowledge our place in creation

Oops

+ Linguistic experts tell us that "oops" is the most universally understood expression

+ It is a word of confession, cleansing, unloading, acknowledging our mistakes

+ We confession for what we have done and left undone in thought, word and deed

+ Hebrew word for prayer literally means to struggle with oneself

+ God promises in our baptism that we will be forgiven for every OOPS no matter how big or small

Petition

+ Petitions are requests for yourself. God encourages us to ask for help

+ Important to know what we want and to be able to talk to God about what

+ Growing as a Christian means, in part, to get what we desire together with what God desires for us - that process is a journey

+ We can even ask for help in our prayer life

intercession

+ Intercession is asking for God for help for other

+ The farewell discourses in John's Gospel are filled with the intercessory prayers of Jesus on our behalf

+ Do we believe that our prayers for others make a difference? God CHOOSES to be influenced by our prayers on behalf of others. God values a relationship with us and wants us to know that we can participate with him in caring for others in this way

+ The greatest thing we can do for those we love is to lift them closer to the One who loves them best

+ No more sweeter words we can say to another than, "I have mentioned you by name in my prayers."

+ Prayer changes us and moves us to service

New Resources and Books on Prayer

If you are interested in any of these books, call or email our church office and we can assist you in ordering them. These are all available through Youth & Family Institute of Augsburg College

A Whirlwind of Ash: Daily Lenten Reflections & Psalms Prayers

by Joseph Juknialis

A study of God's grace in bite-sized morsels, this book points to Jesus' resurrection and God's living involvement in our human experience

A Moment with God for Graduates

Book of 58 prayers for graduates

Prayers for the Road: Psalm meditations for College Students

By Thomas W. Currie III

For all who are leaving home for the first time, these 30 meditations reflect  the constancy of God's love and presence as life changes.

A Prayer book for Husbands and Wives

Ruthanne and Walter Wangerin, Jr.

This rich collection of read-aloud prayers on multiple subjects deserves a place in the home of every couple who is serious about cultivating spiritual intimacy.

A Moment with God for Single Parents

A book of 58 prayers that addresses experience and concerns of both male and female single parents.

A Moment with God for Men

A book of 58 prayers about men's experiences and concerns

Excellent, new online resource from Upper Room Publishers.  This site is designed with a fresh, young adult appeal but its resources they call "Connect to God" are excellent for any adult age.  Their pages include explanation and exercises for the use of a variety of time-honored methods of prayer, meditation and Bible Reading such as Lectio Divina, Ignatian Method, Praying the Psalms, Use of Icons for personal prayer and more. This site is definitely worth your time exploring if you are needing to develop a new spiritual discipline.