The Practice
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The Practice of Prayer
Over 70% of all Americans say they pray regularly. People pray for personal needs, family needs, the needs of others and of our world; they pray when they lose a loved one, at the end of a relationship, for healing and recovering, in gratitude for blessings received, and for so many more reasons. We all
recognize the need for prayer; sometimes we are actually moved to pray. But how does prayer become part of our daily life, our daily walk with God? How can we grow in our relationship with God through prayer?
Prayer is an essential practice of faith and tradition. Many of us long for a deeper life of prayer. Prayer may be a conversation with God; prayer may also be activity that permeates all of one’s life. When we live prayerfully we may begin to develop a worldview that understands our daily lives as an extension of our communal worship.
The Practice of Prayer is a collection of 25 prayer experiences that can be utilized in a variety of settings and combined into a variety of program models including the following:
Prayer Activities
There are 25 prayer activities that include a teaching plan and the activity. All of the activities are included on separate MS Word document so that you can create handouts for sessions, a prayer booklet, online playlists and activities, social media posts, etc. Each Prayer Activity can be done in less than 20 minutes.
Children Activities
recognize the need for prayer; sometimes we are actually moved to pray. But how does prayer become part of our daily life, our daily walk with God? How can we grow in our relationship with God through prayer?
Prayer is an essential practice of faith and tradition. Many of us long for a deeper life of prayer. Prayer may be a conversation with God; prayer may also be activity that permeates all of one’s life. When we live prayerfully we may begin to develop a worldview that understands our daily lives as an extension of our communal worship.
The Practice of Prayer is a collection of 25 prayer experiences that can be utilized in a variety of settings and combined into a variety of program models including the following:
- Intergenerational programs
- Family-centered programs
- Families at home activities (print or digital)
- Children’s programming: classes, vacation Bible school, parent-child, grandparent-child
- Adolescent programming: classes, youth gatherings, and retreats
- Adult programming: independent, small groups, retreats, and large gathering settings
- Social media prayer posts on Facebook and Instagram using the activities
- Online playlists of prayer experiences for different age groups published on a website
- Newsletters
- Advent or Lenten prayer guides (digital and print)
- A “Guide to Prayer” booklet (digital and print)
- And much more
Prayer Activities
There are 25 prayer activities that include a teaching plan and the activity. All of the activities are included on separate MS Word document so that you can create handouts for sessions, a prayer booklet, online playlists and activities, social media posts, etc. Each Prayer Activity can be done in less than 20 minutes.
- Prayer in My Life Today
- Prayer is. . . .
- Prayer is Relationship with God.
- Prayer is Opening Our Lives to God.
- Prayer is Being Changed by God.
- Prayer is Being Attentive to God and Others.
- Prayer is Living.
- Prayer Takes Practice
- Preparing to Pray
- Contemplative Prayer Experience
- Centering Prayer Experience
- Scripture Prayer Experience #1: Reflective Reading
- Scripture Prayer Experience #2: Imaginative Prayer
- Scripture Prayer Experience #3: Lectio Divina
- Scripture Prayer Experience #4: Visio Divina
- Scripture Prayer Experience #4: The Psalms
- Intercessory Prayer Experience & Intercessory Prayer at Home
- Praise Prayer Experience #1: Psalm 103
- Praise Prayer Experience #2: Psalm 95 & Prayers of Praise at Home
- Thanksgiving Prayer Experience & Prayers of Thanksgiving at Home
- Praying with Music Experience
- Online Daily Prayer Experiences
- Praying through the Day Experiences
- Closing the Day: The Prayer of Examen Experience
- Praying in Families with Children & Prayer Activities for Children
Children Activities
- Prayer in My Life
- Jesus Prays
- Learning to Pray
- Try It-Praying
Practice of Prayer Learning Programs
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Practice of Prayer Reproducible Activities
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