Parker United Methodist Church

2009 Prayer Ministry Team

The Prayer ministry team prays for the church, and works at integrating prayer into all aspects of the life of the church and the individual. Jud Jaqua is the chairperson; and Rev. Teri Todd is the staff person. Prayer Ministry includes:
Taize Services, Sunday Prayer ministers,
Prayer Chain, Worship service prayer cards,
Healing Services, Prayer Classes, Prayer seminars and retreats, Lenten Devotional Book.

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11/23/09 Prayer Ministry Mtg

Prayer Requests

Our Church is a church that firmly believes in prayer and we join with our church family by supporting them in their prayer requests. Each Sunday, the prayer cards received are prayed over several times: by the Pastors and Congregation during the service, by a Prayer Minister following each service, by our Staff each week, and by our Prayer Ministry Team and Prayer Chain.

If you would like to submit a prayer request, prayer cards are available in each pew or can be obtained from the office. Or you can submit your prayer request via email to the Prayer Ministry Team at prayer@parkerumc.org.

Grace & peace from your Parker UMC Prayer Ministry Team

Here is our Prayer Card Format

"Back to School" Prayers for Students, Teachers, Administrators

A Prayer for Elementary Students

Father of all mercies
We ask that you would bless
the youngest and littlest of learners,
the most helpless and powerless of persons,
with Your infinite and loving mercy,
granting them the strength to learn, concentrate,
and act appropriately towards their teachers and fellow students.
We also ask that You would watch over them,
at home and at school
and grant them proper direction so that they may learn
of Your wonderful virtues.
We ask this in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen

David Bennett

A Prayer to Start the Day

O, God,
Grant us in all our duties your help;
in all our perplexities, your guidance;
in all our dangers, your protection;
and in all our sorrows, your peace.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord,
our body, and our blood,
our life and our nourishment. Amen.

St. Augustine (354-430

Prayer For Beginning a New School Year

Father,
We thank you for a chance
to begin the 2009-2010 school year,
and we ask that you bless
the faculty, the students, and student families.
We pray that you will guide us in all ways,
and that we will seek your will
in everything that we do.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

David Bennett

Taize Worship Service

Welcome to Taize’

You enter the Sanctuary in a spirit of worship and tranquility. The only light comes from the candles and the Cross.

You take your seat and participate in a reflective, worshipful experience of Scripture Readings, Prayer, Simple Christian Songs and Silent Reflection.

Prayer is our way to communicate with and commune with God.

The songs are simple melodies, meditative in nature and easy to sing, and are accompanied by an instrument such as a flute.

In the silent time, we listen and are present with God. Just as we spend time with our best friend, so we wait upon the Lord.

About Taize’

Taize’ is the name of the village in France where the Brothers of an ecumenical community reside. Since the late 1950’s, young adults have been gathering on the hillside of this little village – gathering to meet one another, to pray and to discover how they can be messengers of hope and reconciliation in their own life situations. Persons who have spent time living and praying with the Taize’ community in France have found inner peace and calm in this style of worship.

Taize’ worship involves the repetition of simple Christian phrases and nourishes us on a deep non-verbal level. The service consists of quiet chanting, a psalm, a reading from Scripture, silence and prayer. The prayer time provides time for us to speak the particular needs of our world and of our own needs. It allows us to bring our burdens and the burdens of our world, committing to Jesus all that is in our hearts.

Songs ~ The songs of Taize’ are easy to sing. These simple melodies enable us to keep on praying when we are alone, by night and by day, sometimes in the silence our hearts when we are at work. Accompanied by such instruments as guitar, cello, flute and oboe, the short repeated chants give a meditative character.

Scripture ~ The service will include a ten minute period of silence. In silence we listen, we are present to God. Just as we spend time with our best friend, so we wait upon the Lord. Silence allows God to transform us more in the image of Christ.

Prayer ~ Prayer is simply communication/communion with God. It doesn’t have to be fancy or poetic. It doesn’t have to be in the King James English (“Thou, O Lord, are…”). It doesn’t even have to employ words. When you are conscious of being in the presence of God, you are in prayer.

Parker UMC holds several Taize worship services each year: Ash Wednesday, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, on the National Day of Prayer, and during the Summer for "back to school."

Our Weekly Service Men & Women Prayer List

Tom Abeln -(son of John & Prudy Abeln) 1st Lt., Hill AFB, Ogden, UT.

ENS Kirsten Ambors - US Coast Guard (daughter of Dave & Chris Ambors) In Karlskrona, Sweden as a US Fulbright Scholar.

Capt. Mark Battjes - Army, (son of Hank & Carol Battjes) B Co, 1-64 ARMOR, Unit #43436, APO AE 09344-3436

Chief Wayne Bishop USN, (nephew of Randy & Kathy Hill) USS Robert G. Bradley, Mayport, FL.

Ryan Bulger- 101st ABN DIV

Aaron Bulger- 4th ID Infantry (son of Ryan & Mary Bulger)

Kathryn Bulger- 82nd ABD (daughter of Ryan & Mary Bulger)

CPL Conaway NP CSS - 11 H&S CO. UIC 42485 FPO,

Major Monika Dalrymple- USAF serving at Wilford-Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX.

1LT John Deal-(son-in-law of Art & Sue Cella) 70th EN BN, Fort Riley, KS. He is currently serving in Afganistan.

LCDR Ray Dumont, NAVY- (nephew of Betty Ann & Don Budy) Stationed at Kadena in Okinawa, Japan.

Peter Ebert-(son-in-law of Ron & Leah Wyckoff), Airborne Combat Medic training at Fort Bragg, NC. Deploying to Afganistan Nov.

Major Craig Grosenheider- (son of Dorothy Grosenheider) Ft. Belvoir, VA.

Major Larry (David) Hunter, USAF-(Husband of Sharon Hunter) email: hunterf16@msn.com

1st Lt. Michael Kingry, USAF-(cousin of Barbara Kingry Fedak) Helicopter pilot, Stationed in Iraq.

Donald Miller, Army-(nephew of Evelyn Sprehe) Serving in Iraq, on his 2nd tour of duty. Prayers for his safe return next summer.

Capt. Brendan P. Mooney, USMC-(friend of Jane Smith) Serving in Saudi Arabia.

Ben Otto (son of Leigh Otto), training with US Navy Search & Rescue

Josh Pieron- Navy/Marine Medic (Grandson of Bob & Norma Pieron) Prayers for safety & God's protection as he serves in Iraq.

SRA Keith Pipkin, (son of Don & Kim Pipkin) serving in the CO National Guard Stationed at Buckley AFB, Aurora CO.

David Plummer- (son of Katherine & Jack Plummer) Corpsman Training at Portsmouth Naval Hospital

GYSgt Sean Poore - USMC & SSGT Briana Poore - USMC (son & daughter-in-law of Peggy Goss)

Lance Cpl Andrew Queen, USMC (friend of Jane Smith) Serving in Iraq.

LCDR John Rotruck (son of Bob & Barbara Rotruck) Stationed at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.

LCPL Tyler Satterfield-USMC (son of Anne Satterfield) Serving in Anbar Western Iraq.

Michael Sovey 82nd ABD (son-in-law or Ryan & Mary Bulger)

SFC Justin Stedelin (son of Tom & Jo Duke) Stationed at Fort Bragg, NC.

Lt. Anna Truesdale, Army - Friend of Leslie & John Bevis. Third tour of duty in Iraq. Prayers for safety and protection.

Airman, Brandon Welker, USAF, (son of Eric & Janice Welker) Active Duty at Tinker AFB. OK.

Philip Windorski Jr. WO3 - (son-in-law of Jacy Green-Sprehe)IStationed at Ft. Drum, NY.

SSGT Kyle Wohlewend - (family member of Eric Anderson) serving w/Marines

LCPL Corey L. Wood- (son of Lew & Sharon Wood) POB 453178, San Diego, CA 92145-3002

Last Updated 11/9/07

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