The Act of Prayer
Praying through the Lectionary
Published on 24. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-84101-619-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Act of Prayer is a comprehensive volume of contemporary prayers based around themes arising from the Common Worship Lectionary, the three year cycle of Bible readings followed by many churches. Each set of prayers comprises an opening petition plus prayers of adoration, confession and thanksgiving for each of the Sundays in the church calendar plus extra festival days. Designed to resource and inspire people leading prayer in church services, this imaginative book is particularly suitable for any who are taking first steps into this ministry, as well as those looking for original prayer material to use in small group settings.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
321 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84101-619-1 (9781841016191)
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John Birch is a Methodist Lay Preacher and worship leader living in South Wales. Current published books are Heart2Heart: Contemporary Prayers, Litanies and Liturgies for Christian Worship (Moorleys, 2004); Footfall: Prayers for the Journey (Moorleys, 2010); A God who Cares: Prayers for Healing and Wholeness (Moorleys, 2013) and contributions to a collection of Celtic prayers in Sweden, Boener fran kelterna (Argument Foerlag, 2011). Also self-published as ebooks are The Worship Leader's Little Helper, Bible studies: A Light in the World (mission), Pray like This (Lord's Prayer), The Essential Gospel (Mark), Wind of the Spirit (Celtic Christianity), Advent studies: Read the News, Little Town, Big Story, What a Gift; Lent studies: Amazing Love, Toward the Sunrise, Then Sings my Soul; Celtic study day course: Listening to Whispers. Contributor to IBRF Light for our Path Bible study notes, Methodist online Word in Time, BRF's Quiet Spaces and The Reader magazine. He is webmaster for www.faithandworship.com, a prayer resource with a worldwide audience (274,000 visitors in the 12 months to 19/09/2012)