Let Us Pray

As our St. Luke’s family continues to evangelize in the Harvest outreach…

• Pray together and believe together that through this outreach, many lives will be touched with the truth of the Gospel and the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Pray for Fr. Robert, the Harvest outreach leadership team and volunteers, our church staff, and our parish family as we work to make this one of the most impactful outreaches in the history of St. Luke’s church.
• Pray for our community & for our neighborhood. Pray people will be open to the truth of the Gospel and to the work of the church. Pray they will hear and respond to the Good News of God’s love.
• Pray for all individuals and teams planning and doing the work of this outreach – that everything will be done with a “spirit of excellence”.   Saving souls is in the balance!
• Pray that the work which needs to be done will be completed and on time.
• Pray for all of the volunteers – that they continue their parts in this outreach with diligence, and realize that as they do their parts, it will result in ministering to people who are hurting, souls being saved, and the church being blessed and built up.
• Pray the homes that are being reached will be receptive to the call and invitation to visit.
• Pray specifically that every phone call will be led by God’s Spirit and that callers will be sensitive to the Spirit’s leading.
• Pray that as guests prepare to come to St. Luke’s, the Holy Spirit will begin to draw them to Christ (and He will.)
• Pray specifically that all who indicate their interest or desire to visit St. Luke's will not forget, not procrastinate, or let fear or lies of the enemy stop them from coming.
• Pray that the touch of God will reside on every piece of mail and every contact.
• Pray that the mailings that go out will not be discarded or set aside, but are read and will have impact.
• Pray that all the details of the Harvest Sunday will come together without any unnecessary difficulties.
• Pray that a spirit of unity will prevail and a rising tide of spiritual renewal will be demonstrated as the parish family steps out in faith.
• Pray asking for Christ’s vision of what His will and desire is for the long-term relationship with our guests.
• Pray that we develop a heart for the lost and hurting and will accept anyone who comes through the door as a result of an invitation.
• Pray that as relationships are developed, people will feel “at home” and will become involved and a regular member of the parish family.
• Pray that people will demonstrate God’s tenacious love to reach out & develop friendships and relationships.
• Pray that we will respond to God’s leading to meet needs, reach out in friendship, and demonstrate the heart of the Father.

LET US PRAY...

ThanksLIVING

God is making Himself a living reality in this world through the ministry of St. Luke’s.

Through our worship He makes His presence known in word and sacrament. That presence takes the shape of a spiritual community that welcomes individuals and families into its loving fellowship of prayer, study, praise and discipleship.

These paraphrased words from our website fit perfectly for what is happening night after night through the Harvest outreach efforts of our parish family. Each evening the calling and praying teams usually have the same people as team members. Beautifully varied gifts and talents shine through each individual as they ‘try on’ and find his/her own role in reaching out to the un-churched. A passion for outreach is growing in our St. Luke’s family. We are passionate about supporting each other and passionate about practicing discipleship and prayer. Communicating our Harvest numbers: at the end of 13 days, our teams have logged 106 hours of calling. We have shared conversations with 854 people and have accepted and prayed for 292 prayer requests. Of these numbers, 33% of our live conversations and 18% of shared prayer requests have been from un-churched families. We ARE making inroads as disciples. There is a palpable, positive energy of the Holy Spirit working in us and in those we contact. Week 3 of Harvest is already underway with similar, positive results. Let us please give God thanks and praise for His having brought St. Luke’s to this particular opportunity, as it is enriching our community and blessing us and those we touch. Anne Lucas, Harvest Coordinator