Prayer Ministries Report for May 2010

A completion of the abbreviated report on the April prayer event with Rev. Dr. Roy Miller will be in the upcoming TIDINGS. Although the report can only touch on a small portion of the Sat. April 17th worship/teaching/praying times the hope is that those who read it will know that the church is taking a serious look at how our prayer life and ministries might more fully bless our life together.
Beyond our walls the benefit of the event is that is has brought some folks from other Island churches together who want to pray for the Island and its needs and for healing among the different churches. Plans are shaping for a once monthly prayer time. This will be discussed with those pastors and priests who meet regularly as the ministerium for their input to how the invitation to others might be best offered.

Follow-up here at Trinity will include checking with those who attended to see if they have some area of prayer interest or concern that they'd like to address or head up a group which would like to cover the same issues in prayer, such as mothers for their children, men who want encouragement in some area, those who would pray for the life of the church ie working thru the different service times and places and the children's and youth ministries, and of course for Pastor Jeff and Robin and church leaders of so many ministries etc.

Pastor Jeff and I in a recent meeting felt we'd like to follow the people's passion for some of this kind of continuing prayer.
Personally I would be happy and willing to come into any group and talk and pray about concerns and ideas. We'll continue to encourage people to use the Prayer Room for their personal time, during the hours the church is open...and to use the Prayer Chain..Touch Cards, calls and other ways to let people know they are being prayed for.

Thankfully we are planning more time for prayer and discernment in our Church Council meetings in the future...God will guide us! Sue Kaiser, Prayer Ministries Coordinator