First United Methodist Church of Miami

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The “Order for Evening Prayer and Praise” from The United Methodist Hymnal is used by the Wednesday prayer group. These items are used:

• Proclamation of Light
• Evening Hymn
• Prayer of Thanksgiving
• Prayers of the People
• the people of the congregation
• those who suffer and those in trouble
• the concerns of this local community
• the world, its people and its leaders
• the church universal–its leaders, its members and its leaders
• the communion of saints
• The Lord’s Prayer
• Blessing
• The Peace

At the beginning of the Prayers of the People, this petition is made:

O Lord, we lift up the names of these your children,
in love and concern,for their many and several needs,
and for your general and special blessings.

We pray for their salvation and spiritual needs,
physical, material, and financial needs;
mental, intellectual, and emotional needs;
social, relationship, and social justice needs;
forgiveness, love, and hope needs, protection, and guidance,
and that they may be more closely drawn to Thee.

We pray for the physical and spiritual well-being
of our family and friends, that they may rejoice in your mercy and love,
and share in your joy in your heavenly Kingdom.

Loving God, in Jesus Christ you teach us to pray: Guide us by your Holy Spirit that our prayers for others may serve your will and show your steadfast love for all.
Lord, in your mercy:
hear our prayer.

Following that petition, every member of the church is lifted up in prayer by name.

Names of those for whom prayers have been requested are each lifted up by name.

After all names have been submitted to God, individual members have an opportunity to pray for individual concerns.

The process takes from an hour to an hour and a half. Some 600 to 800 names are lifted up each week. If you are in the area, you are invited to join, either for a single session or as a regular member of the group.

ALL names mentioned, conditions and circumstances mentioned during this prayer meeting are kept in the absolute strictest confidence. All regular members of the prayer group know by careful instruction that absolutely nothing mentioned in that room is ever spoken outside it. Those who join us for one week or a short period of time are made aware of this policy at each prayer meeting, and it’s always stated in a way that it is clear to the casual or short-term participant that all things mentioned and all names spoken and individual circumstances never leave that room.