The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is introducing new resource on prayer has been launched on the ELCA website 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?
There is no doubt more and more people are using computers on a regular basis. Hopefully, www.elca.org/prayer will become a favorite site, providing inspiration and opportunities for personal devotional time. Imagine going to the ELCA prayer website as the first thing in the morning, at a break in a busy day at the office, or as the last thing before turning the computer off at the end of the day.
In addition, prayer requests can be submitted on the ELCA prayer site. These
requests are then forwarded to participating congregations in the ELCA “prayingchurch”
network who have committed to pray for these requests for 30 days.
This new resource - www.elca.org/prayer - is developed in response to the Call
to Prayer issued in the ELCA Evangelism Strategy “Sharing Faith in a New
Century: A Vision for Evangelism in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America”
adopted at the 2003 Churchwide Assembly. The goal identified in the first objective
in the strategy is to “activate and mobilize this church to pray for renewal
that is grounded in the “ Word.” Additional evangelism resources
can be found at www.elca.org/dcm/evangelism.
What Will I Find at the New Site?
Here’s a sampling of some of the prayer
resources found at www.elca.org/prayer: