Prayer Report May 2011

Although I will not be at this Church Council meeting I want to thank Pastor Jeff for the many ways he has encouraged the Prayer Ministry at Trinity. He does actively pray at any meeting at which he is present and covers personal, local and global issues at least in brief. He helped with issues around the Prayer Event with Dr. Roy Miller in April of 2010 and has continued to feed me info as it’s come in thru the mail. We have talked together about other prayer ideas, prayer services which didn’t seem to take shape, with prayer stations in the sanctuary, with individual kneelers for people to come after worship, when they need special prayers. This will take more intentional planning and hope that can be part of a new approach when Rev. Baird comes. That will take training a team of pray-ers to be with them so there is still a need for more people to be involved in an ongoing/or rotational basis to further the personal prayer possibilities at Trinity.
There are prayer retreats which have worked in the early years I was at Trinity and could again. And altho I’ve offered my services to the Sunday School teachers for special prayer “teaching times” there’s been some other activities or programs going on that seem to interfere. Ginger Mason has encouraged many to pray in the choir and that’s reaping benefits. Lani Burkman has helped lead the ecumenical Island Prayer Group which meets monthly. Thanks to those who have set up Trinity’s web site for others to find prayer help. And of course Trinity’s Prayer Chain handled by Gloria Brown is available locally and the Upper Room prayer line is open 24/7. Progress has been made, thankfully.

More recently I’ve felt ongoing frustration with our efforts to build a vision for Trinity Church without special times of prayer and discernment for the future God has for us not just what we can come up with ourselves. This situation may work itself out but for now it feels to me like we will try very many ways to draw people to Trinity but still hoping WE can find the right activities – still not praying for God’s guidance in a more intentional way.

So I’ll be praying and working for that in the future as well as continuing to read how others are finding their way thru prayer....and will attend other activities like the World Day of Prayer, The National Day of Prayer and training events in healing prayer as I have this spring.

Blessings as you meet. Sue Kaiser, Prayer Ministry Coordinator