Engaging Your Group in Prayer

[Reimagine Curator]

 

Engaging Your Group in Prayer

Phil Miglioratti 

Planning for a consult...

 

Give them the imagery of a symphony Orchestra.

 

When we pray, we each bring our own instrument to the concert.

 

A “concert” of prayer describes praying together, in harmony.

 

Concert means together.

• intransitive verb
• : to act in harmony or conjunction

• together; decided, certain

 

 

The Holy Spirit is the conductor.

• A.S.K.
• ASK… Begin with questions

 

Holy Scripture is the score.

• SEEK… prayer prompts in scripture
• Pray a scripture passage (several verses; not a chapter)

 

Everyone has something to contribute.

• KNOCK… Some of us have very loud instruments, some make soft sounds like a flute, stringed instruments evoke various emotions, a trumpet gets everyone’s attention…
• And some prefer to play the triangle (triangle is not played continuously during the concert, but when it is sounded it catches everyone’s ear). An expression of joy. A reminder to recenter or return to our main focus.
• Some like to play/sing solos…as you I vote people to pray, indicate a simple verbal cue you will use to remind them to allow others to participate.
• Some need a specific invitation: “Anyone else who has a prayer we need to hear so we can agree in our hearts with you?”

 

Post-Prayer

• Ask for feedback: “What did you experience? How did the Spirit speak to you?”
• Share an insight of how the group prayed in concert