http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Prayer Ventures is a guide to daily prayer for the ministries of the church. It is produced by ELCA Communication Services on behalf of the whole church. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission volunteer Rachel Coen-Tuff, who is in Wigan, United Kingdom, working with youth. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Include in your prayers the work of the Rev. Philip and Lou Marie Knutson, ELCA missionaries who are regional representatives for southern Africa and are living in Cape Town, South Africa. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission volunteer Taisha McWilliams, who is spending a year of accompaniment at the Kwazamokuhle Diaconic Centre in Estcourt, South Africa. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Good and loving God, bless all who care for children, let them be examples of faith and love. Grant them patience and kindness and lead them in your grace; through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Lord. Amen. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT In your prayers remember Joseph Helgeson, an ELCA missionary teaching in Bratislava, Slovakia. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the voting members of the Northeastern Pennsylvania and Northern Illinois synods of the ELCA as they begin their Synod Assemblies today. Remember also the voting members from the ELCA Upper Susquehanna Synod as they meet in assembly to elect a bishop. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the voting members from the ELCA Grand Canyon Synod as they begin meeting today. Also remember the voting members from the ELCA Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod as they begin meeting in assembly today to elect a bishop. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the work of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and its efforts on behalf of the 4.5 million people worldwide forced into sex work and the 16.4 million who are victims of forced labor. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Remember in your prayers the evangelism ministry of the Rev. Mawien Ariik, an ELCA missionary in South Sudan. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission volunteer Morgan Dodson, who is working with youth in London. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Sun, 9 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Everlasting God, help us prepare our own hearts and meet us in worship. We pray for all worship leaders, called and lay, musicians, congregation administrators and secretaries. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Sat, 8 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the theological education ministry of the Rev. Ann Klavano, an ELCA missionary in Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Fri, 7 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Remember in your prayers the voting members from the Western North Dakota, Indiana-Kentucky, New England, Northeastern Iowa, Southwestern Minnesota and the Virginia synods of the ELCA as they begin their Synod Assemblies today. Remember also the voting memberes from the South Dakota, Southeastern Minnesota, Southwestern Washington, Northwestern Minnesota and Southwestern Minnesota and Virginia synods as they meet in assembly to elect bishops. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Thu, 6 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the voting members from the Allegheny, Central/Southern Illinois, Southern Ohio and Upstate New York synods of the ELCA as they begin their Synod Assemblies today. Also remember the voting members from the Lower Susquehanna, New Jersey, Northwestern Pennsylvania and Central States synods as they meet in assembly to elect bishops. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Wed, 5 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Remember in your prayers ELCA missionaries the Rev. Timothy and Maryann Stewart and their parish ministry at the American Lutheran Church in Oslo, Norway. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Tue, 4 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray that a path to peace in the war in Syria will be found through diplomacy rather than continued violence and deaths. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Mon, 3 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the voting members to the Synod Assembly of the ELCA South Carolina Synod as they continue their work today and tomorrow. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Sun, 2 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT O Lord, be with all who minister in difficult places. Be their guide and give them comfort as they in turn give guidance and comfort to others in your name. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Sat, 1 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the voting members to the Synod Assembly of the ELCA Northwest Synod of Wisconsin as they begin meeting today. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Fri, 31 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the Metropolitan New York, the Minneapolis Area, the North Carolina, the Southeastern Iowa, the West Virginia-Western Maryland, the Greater Milwaukee and the Nebraska synods as they begin their Synod Assemblies today. Also remember the Metropolitan Chicago, the Northeastern Ohio, the Montana and the Southeastern synods as they meet in assembly to elect bishops. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Thu, 30 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for the delegates of the Delaware-Maryland Synod, who begin their Synod Assembly today, and the delegates of the Southwest California Synod, who will meet in assembly to elect a bishop. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Wed, 29 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Remember in your prayers Jennifer Jepsen and her service at a youth center in Cape Town, South Africa, as part of her year with the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission program. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Tue, 28 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for ELCA missionaries Dr. Stephen and Bethany Friberg and their work in health care in Tanzania. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Mon, 27 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Remember in your prayers this Memorial Day the generations past and present that have served our country in the armed forces and especially those who have given their lives in that service. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Sun, 26 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Triune God, Give strength to the churches of Malawi and Zambia as they feed the hungry and announce the good news of eternal life through Jesus Christ. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Sat, 25 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Remember in your prayers the Rev. Bradn and Natasha Buerkle and their parish ministry as ELCA missionaries in Novosibirsk, Russia. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for Daniel Walther and his service in the United Kingdom as a participant in the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission program. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Remember in your prayers Alex Clark as he serves for a year with the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission program working with young people in Masaelama, South Africa. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Give thanks for the generous support of Lutheran Disaster Response by ELCA members and congregations, support that makes possible immediate aid to those in need when disasters strike or political violence takes its toll. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/ Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Pray for Lucas Chatelain, an ELCA missionary in Tokyo who is teaching English as a second language. http://www.elca.org/prayerventures/