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Welcome to the Prayer Year of Vision4Life, the second of three years that we hope will start to transform the United Reformed Church, and our partners, for mission. We began with the Bible Year, and hope you enjoyed making some discoveries to refresh how you see the Bible and your life together.
If you’re new to Vision4Life you’re joining more than a third of the churches in the URC which have signed up. You can find out more here
The Prayer Year runs from Advent 2009 to December 2010, when the Evangelism Year begins. During Vision4Life prayer year we hope that we have provided something for everyone – a mix of things suitable for individuals, groups and churches.
NEWS ABOUT EVANGELISM YEARThe Evangelism Year materials are currently in production ready for Advent 2010. We anticipate every signed up church will receive a batch of free booklets during August. If you are not signed up and wish to do so in readiness for the mailing, YOU MUST SIGN UP by FRIDAY 15th JULY. To sign up click here. |
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Seasonal Prayers – SummerItems for Summer are now available here They include |
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Praying our daysThe Prayer Year booklet, written by the prayer group, was mailed out to all churches in December 2009. Every church that signed up before the end of 2009 received 50 copies so they can be shared with everyone in your congregation. We still have some stocks of the booklet which you can obtain by emailing Francis Brienen here. You can also download a copy and print locally. Download PrayingOurDaysBooklet.pdf or by clicking the image to the right. You can download the front page as a jpg image for posters etc. here |
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Building our relationship with ChristIn partnership with Vision4Life, the Nationwide Christian Trust have produced a booklet on the subject of prayer. It covers biblical teaching on prayer and includes a number of studies on the theme. All Vision4Life Signed up Churches have already received one free copy and further copies are available for purchase through the NCT website by clicking here or the logo below.
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Prayer toolkitThe toolkit includes resources and ideas to encourage you in your prayer life and offers suggestions to help you in personal, group or church prayer. The toolkit will be added to as the year goes on. Items inlcude: Prayer and the Bible – NEW Praying with psalms – Prayer Stations – Daily Prayer – Prayer Crafts – Breadmaking Prayer – Telephones, texts and emails – Listening in prayer – Praying hands - Examen Prayer (a type of Ignatian prayer) - Creating a Prayer Garden - Mourning prayer for those who are bereaved Take a look at the prayer menu to the right or click the top menu for fuller details. |
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Prayer LinksHere you will find a number of useful links to other sites offering prayer resources. Some of these are particular to such things as 24-7 prayer and Lent |
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Other resourcesSome resources already used by other people have been submitted. Initially these include
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You can access many of the resources by clicking the links above or using the top menu drop down options
Hopes and Prayers
We have really valued the opportunity to discover more about prayer through our search for Vision4Life material and hope and pray that this year for you may also be a real blessing and bring a deepening of your prayer life too.
Vision4Life is a process which the United Reformed Church is following for 3 years from Advent 2008 through to Advent 2011. It is three years of focus on re-engaging with the Bible, Prayer and Evangelism with the purpose of bringing transformation to the URC and its partner churches. Take a look through the contents of the site using the menu at the top or select items from the Prayer Year menu to the right. You can sign up to the process as a local church or join in the forums as an individual. There’s lots to discover and the site grows week by week with resources, comment and news. Enjoy!
