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).

Prayer for the World

"There is so much insanity, so much darkness and fear.
Our human resources are not enough to counter the evil on our streets and in our minds.
Dear God,
Please send a miracle.
Into every country and every home, into every mind and every heart, may the power of your spirit now trigger
the light, activate our holiness, remind us of the truth within.
May a great love now encompass us, a deep peace give us solace.
For God, we live in fearful times, and we long for a new world.
We surrender what is, to the bonfire of your genius.
Refine this metal.
Refashion our creations.
Remind us of the eternal truths.
Return to us our native grace.
Take back what we have kept and thus condemned.
For you are mighty, God, and can do what we cannot.
May the world be reborn.
Help us forgive and leave the past behind us, the future to be directed by you.
Hallelujah, for you have the power.
Praise and thanksgiving, as you use it to save us, to heal us, to lift us from the past.
And we accept.
Thank you very much. Amen."

Illuminata, a Return to Prayer
by Marianne Williamson

A message from Chris Laufer, Coordinator, Faces of Children

Greetings, Faces of Children Prayer Partner,

Thank you for praying for children! Your prayers matter in the lives of at-risk children in our local and global communities.

The Faces of Children prayer group will meet to pray for children on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. in the Bride’s room at First Presbyterian Church-Midland, with lunch ($5) and fellowship to follow.

If you have prayer concerns or celebrations about children, those who care for them, those who have authority over them, or those who harm them (the really hard prayers to say sometimes), please send them to me at at claufer@facesofchildren.net, or give me a call.

Grace and peace,

Chris