This is an inspirational and practical guide for all who help to lead the intercessions in regular worship or to offer prayers in public worship on specific occasions. It aims to empower and equip lay people and clergy alike to offer heartfelt, informed, thoughtful and appropriate prayers on behalf of the people of God for God's world.
Crafting Prayers for Public Worship:
* considers what public prayer is and offers practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls.
* explores prayer as an integral part of worship and the kinds of speech we need (and don't need) to address God.
* reflects on the basic structures and shape of the prayers we create, staying rooted in scripture, the answers we can expect with confidence, becoming part of the answer ouselves, and other practicalities
* offers a wide range of templates and examples.
- ISBN10 1848254601
- ISBN13 9781848254602
- Publish Date 28 June 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canterbury Press Norwich
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English