West Texas Mission Opportunities:Invitation to Prayer

Faces of Children is an ecumenical prayer ministry under the auspices of First Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas. Our mission is to initiate ministries of prayer for children in churches, communities, and neighborhoods. In doing so, we seek to provide an opportunity for people of God to join together, learn about children and their needs throughout the world, and celebrate Christ's love (especially as it relates to children).

A message from Chris Laufer, Coordinator, Faces of Children

"My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love – so you can’t know him if you don’t love."

"This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about – not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God.”
1 John 4:7-10 The Message/Remix by Eugene Peterson

I want to thank you for living out this passage in John, for continuing to love one another out of your relationship of love with God. Each time you say a prayer for a hurting child, you do this — you shower God’s love on that child. Thank you.

We will meet to pray for the children of our world this coming Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Midland in the Bride’s room. Following our time of prayer, please stay for lunch ($5) and a time of fellowship.

If you have prayer concerns or celebrations regarding children at risk or those who care for them, please feel free to email them to me at claufer@facesofchildren.net

Blessings,
Chris