What to Pray

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What to Pray

Prayer for
Keeping the Vigil

We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot expess. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. Romans 8:26b-27

We will collect petitions/prayer requests from people in the congregation. These will be kept in a box and used in rotation by those keeping the vigil, moving the ones you pray for to the back of the box.

Pray for the Church: for all Christian churches, for the Anglican Communion, for the Episcopal Church, for the Diocese of Southern Ohio, for the Dayton Deanery, for St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, for Herbert and Kenneth our Bishops, Michael our Dean, Joanne our pastor.

Pray for the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, meeting 7/27 - 8/8/2003.

Pray for the success of our next Alpha class, that starts 9/7.

Pray for the success of the Dayton Alpha Conference, 11/6 - 11/7/2003.

Morning/Evening Prayer

Pray the Psalms

Use various forms of Prayers of the People

Use any of the many other prayers in the Book of Common Prayer or any other resource.

Pray the Novena to God the Holy Ghost (Spirit)

Pray Judi's prayer, or write your own.

Sing your prayers using selections from the hymnal or other Christian music.

Contemplatively read through the Bible, waiting for God to speak to YOU.

There is generally no call or need to interrupt another person who has come in to pray. Absent an indication otherwise, people should normally be left to their prayers.