Giving Prayers to Those in Need

Posted by Tom Welch on August 7, 2009 under Pray! | Be the First to Comment

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August 7, 2009

Giving Prayers to Those in Need

(Filed under: Evangelism & Outreach)

One church in Michigan is skipping the giveaways, glitz and glamour. The LA Times tells the story of a church in a Michigan town, hit hard by the recession. They set up a prayer booth at their local city hall, offering a prayer to each passerby.

At first it might sound a bit cheesy or ineffective, but they’re seeing around 175 people per week dropping in for a prayer. When a third of a town find themselves jobless, prayer becomes a bit more of a felt need.

Any worries of ineffectiveness or general heavy-handedness are eased by this paragraph from the article:

Word of the prayer station has spread as the City Hall crowds have grown. The manager of a 7-Eleven wants a station set up next to his soda machines. So does the owner of a ConocoPhillips gas station.

It’s easy to get caught up in making church more sexy when a lot of people simply need the church to be more available.