Prayer Service Opportunities
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PRAY IN GROUPS |
| Intercessory Prayer Teams Pray with others for the purple-edged prayer request cards, Bethany website prayer requests, and calls for prayer to the Bethany office. Join one of our Intercessory Prayer Groups – Tuesday mornings, 8-9:15 or Thursdays, 10-11:15 (D-307). You don’t have to pray out loud! All you need is the willingness to agree in prayer (silently or out loud) and the ability to keep all requests confidential. It’s best if you can come on time so as not to interrupt the group while praying. Contact: Jill Saufferer, 258-7789, jr.saufferer@att.net |
| Prayer Ninjas Men’s prayer-walking group meets monthly on first Saturday at a “secret” location (different each month) to pray for a variety of current topics. To receive notices, contact Matt Bryant, matthewhbryant@yahoo.com |
| Pray the Perimeter Can you multi-task? Walk with us outside, agreeing in prayer for our church! You don’t have to pray out loud! We want Bethany surrounded by God’s protection so a small group of people prayer-walk around the perimeter of our property on Thursday mornings, 8:30-9. We pray for the church – and also pick up any trash we see as we go! (on rainy days we walk inside) No need to schedule – just join us in the Bethany office by 8:25 on Thursday mornings. Takes about 30 minutes. Wear comfortable shoes. Contact: Vanessa Mitchon at 335-8590 or amitchon@austin.rr.com |
| Prayer Shawl Ministry Combines knitting/crocheting with praying for others! Meet to knit/crochet shawls for folks experiencing difficult times, such as illness or life crisis. Come to enjoy fellowship and prayer as we work. Or contribute by making shawls and praying at home. Finished shawls are blessed by the group and then given to those in need of God’s grace. Just come to the Prayer Room (D-307) on Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 PM or Thursday afternoons, 1:00-2:30 PM ready to knit or crochet. You don’t have to pray out loud! If you don't know how to knit/crochet, come anyway! We can teach and yarn has been donated! Contact: Karen Klauss at 554-4605 or mingklauss@yahoo.com |
| Alpha Prayer Receive prayer requests from staff & team to pray for all participating in Alpha, praying at home - or pray with the team at Bethany on Sunday afternoon. |
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PRAY ALONE |
| Prayer E-Group Pray from home or work for timely concerns by joining a Bethany Yahoo email group to send and receive prayer requests. This group has two purposes: to mobilize a large group of people to quickly pray for NON-confidential requests and to give a forum for others to share NON-confidential prayer needs. All you need is email and a willingness to lift others before God when a request comes to you! Send a blank e-mail to: bethany-prayer-subscribe@yahoogroups.com – Yahoo will reply with a message that says you have been enrolled – if you “reply send” to that you will be enrolled! You will use a different email address to send in requests: Bethany-prayer@yahoogroups.com Requests to pray may come in only once a week or several a day. Contact: Bill and Terry Sewell at 699-3996 or wrsewell@sbcglobal.net |
| Pray at Home Participant Pray for the needs of the church from home or work with a typed list of events & special staff/ministry requests sent monthly by mail. Contact: Carolyn Bawcom, 258-2093, Carolyn.Bawcom@bethany-umc.org |
| Pray for the Church All we do at Bethany is covered in prayer! On one Friday or Saturday a month, prayer-walk inside the church buildings. It generally takes 30-45 minutes to walk through all the buildings and prayer suggestions are provided. Commit to one weekend a month. No training necessary and prayer guides are provided. If it is difficult for you to walk, you can sit in Sanctuary, Prayer Room or Grimes Chapel and pray from there! Contact: Sandy Kilgore, 331-1130, skilgore@austin.rr.com |
| Prayer Time in the Upper Room Come to the Bethany Prayer Room (D307) by yourself to pray for individuals, our church, and the world! Or meditate, praise God, or simply sit in silence. The room is organized for you to pray at stations that give many suggestions for prayer but there are other ways to pray there. Commit to a specific half-hour or hour weekly for 4 months. We will give orientation and ideas of ways to pray. Times are available days & evenings. Contact: Jill Saufferer, 258-7789, jr.saufferer@att.net |
| Prayer Librarian Solicit and maintain prayer support materials and do filing in the Prayer Room. Contact: Jill Saufferer. 258-7789, jr.saufferer@att.net |
| Pray for Our Worship Services Pray during one worship service a month (on campus or at home), praying through the bulletin, using a one page guide that we provide, or as you feel led by God. Pastor Tom has mentioned several times in sermons that it was important to him to know that people were praying for the worship services, during the worship services. Contact: Bill and Terry Sewell at 699-3996 or wrsewell@sbcglobal.net. |
| Family Prayer Team Pray for one Bethany family daily (usually about 25 families per Pray-er). We provide you with a list of families, and a Prayer Guide to assist you. Each individual gets their own list of families, or a couple may choose to share a list and pray together for those families. Contact: Bill and Terry Sewell at 699-3996, or wrsewell@sbcglobal.net. |
| Pray for the City Sign up online to join in a prayer vigil for our area – pray at your home or office. Bethany has joined with about 40 other Christian churches to have continuous prayer for the Austin area! The vision is a unified church with one heart, one mind and one prayer to see God transform our city! We have an easy on-line signup process for the prayer vigil wherein you can signup for as many 30 minute time slots as you’d like during the 24 hours. Contact Bill Sewell, 258-0915. |
| Phone Prayer Chain Participate from home in Bethany’s urgent prayer telephone chain. All you need is a phone and ability to keep requests confidential. Contact: Jill Saufferer. 258-7789, jr.saufferer@att.net |
| Acolyte Prayer Partner Agree to pray throughout the year for a 5th grader serving as Acolyte & send notes of support & encouragement. Contact: Jill Saufferer. 258-7789, jr.saufferer@att.net |
| Missions Prayer Partner Be a secret prayer partner for a youth or adult participating in missions and send notes and small gifts to support them. Contact: Jill Saufferer. 258-7789, jr.saufferer@att.net |
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Pray for our Pastors & Staff |
Many of these prayer opportunities have started because someone had an idea or a “nudge” from God. Is there some type or subject of prayer you are interested in that you do not see listed here? Or are you interested in an expansion of one of the groups (an evening intercessory team, for example)? Contact us with ideas or suggestions!
Jesus said, My House shall be called a House of Prayer