Dear Readers,

Today is the National Day of Prayer and the beginning of a 40 day commitment of prayer leading up to the ECUSA'S General Convention in June. Anyone who is informed about the terrible conflict within the Episcopal Church, the turning away from the truths of Holy Scripture by many, all the issues we are struggling with, should also be involved in bringing these things boldly before the throne of God. Prayer is the key! What seems impossible to us is not impossible with God. Commit yourselves to daily prayer and believe that God can do a mighty work.

I am committing to pray for the Central New York delegation to the General Convention and invite all those in this diocese to join me.

To pray specifically for each person:
Here is the link to the names of those in that delegation

In Christ,
Pat Dague


40 Days of Prayer for ECUSA: DAY 1

Yesterday, we here at Lent & Beyond announced a new prayer effort which begins today: 40 Days of Prayer for ECUSA, as we are now within 40 days of the beginning of General Convention 2006. You can read the full announcement about the prayer effort here. Our focus will be twofold:

1) Praying from Scripture and listening to God from His Word re: what He has to say to us and to our church
2) An “adopt-a-diocesan delegation” effort, encouraging folks to pray by name for the bishops, clergy and lay deputies who will be attending GC06

The first entry for the campaign is Tim Fountain’s reflection and prayer drawn from the lectionary for St. Monnica’s Feast Day, below.

And here is the announcement about the Adopt-a-Diocese for prayer effort.

All posts will be included in the GC2006 Category, so we encourage readers to bookmark that. Also, we have compiled a list of previously-posted prayers and prayer-resources for GC2006 here, and will be adding to that list.

We will have several new contributors here during this prayer effort, I’ll introduce them as they come online. We also eagerly welcome contact from readers regarding prayer materials you have found helpful since one of our main goals is to help network and encourage those committed to intercessory prayer. You can contact us at LentPrayer2004@cs.com
May God draw our hearts to Him as we seek Him in prayer during this season.

Link to Lent and Beyond