Religious people - a question.

MinM · May 2011

When you put someone on the prayer list at your church, do you tell the fellowship the reason why this person/these people need prayers?

**O-Face** · May 2011

I don't believe so. No, now that I think about it....no.

NOLABridesmaid · May 2011

I think it depends on the church.

If they do know it's usually a very general reason.

MinM · May 2011

How does the prayer list work? Does the congregation see the names on the list? Is it distributed or posted for everyone to view? Does everyone just generally pray for them, assuming Jesus knows what's up and how to appropriately respond?

NOLABridesmaid · May 2011

I can only speak for my church.

1.There is a prayer line you can call and the person will pray with you on the phone.

2. You can email your prayer request.

3. There are times when the entire church will receive a prayer request for someone that is sick or a family member is very sick.

**O-Face** · May 2011

From what I remember, it is a small leaflet in the back of the program, no specifics, just a name and how the congregation is related. Someone prays and they congregation will say "lord, hear our prayer.".

This is for Lutherans/Covenant as far as I can see.

TheDuckis · May 2011

It depends on the church. My church just had a book that you could write people's names in, and then people just generally offered up prayers for the names written in the book. The names weren't even necessarily read.

They would read names of parisioners/family members of parishoners who had died or were seriously ill during mass each Sunday, but I think submitting those names had to be done by an immediate family member (parent, child or spouse) of the parishoner.

AuntFlo · May 2011

At my mom's church, prayer requests are printed in the church bulletin, which everyone gets on Sunday morning. Usually just has the name of the person that prayer is requested for unless it's a super special circumstance.
You can also be put on a prayer chain - - a telephone or email chain - - usually for specific, emergency-type reasons.

If you're asking for the reason I think you're asking this, I feel like you can politely request that ILs not put you on the prayer list and that you hope they respect your need for privacy.

zsazsa-stl · May 2011

Some people share, some people do not. I think there is some sort of e-mail list at my church, but I'm not on it. I guess I can't be trusted to pray. Since we are a relatively small church they list names on the back of the bulletin every Sunday. It is just names, no reasons. But I know that people are nosey and will ask even if you don't offer an explanation.

Sometimes an "unnamed request" shows up. You are supposed to pray even though you don't have a name because God knows who/what that represents.

MinM · May 2011

If you're asking for the reason I think you're asking this, I feel like you can politely request that ILs not put you on the prayer list and that you hope they respect your need for privacy.

AF - you are right and it was done without telling us first. FIL asked H who knows and who he can tell. H said, if people ask, you can tell. I have a feeling the entire town knows, without having asked. Good thing we don't plan on going back soon.

They also added my mom without talking to me first.

AuntFlo · May 2011

Ugh. It's so tough to know how to handle religious stuff with parents/ILs. I'm sorry that you have to deal with this on top of everything else. The only adviSe I would give would be to just forget about it and move on. (I mean the prayer request/whole town knowing thing!) What's done is done.

ETA: I just realized that you didnt ask for advice. SORRY!

midgetthemighty · May 2011

At my church, you can do all sorts of things. We print names of ongoing, this week, and those in the military on the back of the bulliten every week. We also have two prayer chains - one is e-mail and the other is phone.

1. You can just give a name (first & last or just first) with no reason behind the prayer.

2. You can give a name (first & last or just first) with a general reason or as specific as you want.

3. You can not give a name or a reason. Ex. "My friend needs some prayer right now"

All are perfectly acceptable and are given equal prayer. My pastor even shows up to hospital rooms when appropriate. (Not just for parishoners)

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