Worship Weblog
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Prayers for Blacksburg
From Betty Grit:
Through the Worship Renewal Grants Program, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship meets church leaders throughout North America who seek ways to help people worship more deeply. Two grants awarded in Blacksburg, Virginia introduced us to this beautiful city.
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church received a 2006 Worship Renewal Grant for a year-long ecumenical process of worship renewal. Led by Project Director Samantha Quesenberry, representatives of each congregation met regularly to study worship and to report on the ways worship renewal was impacting their congregation. One of the ecumenical projects that came out of the grant was a prayer walk during the last week of Lent. The walk led people through the town prompting prayer about various issues. Each day during the week a designated person led the walk, but if people chose not to go as a group the brochures were available in each church to allow individuals or families to walk alone or together. Brochures were taken to shut-ins and people who can’t walk so they could pray without walking.
The events of this week in Blacksburg have touched the congregations and stretched them in ways they could not have imagined. They share this Holy Week Prayer Walk with the hope that it will help all of us better understand the community, the churches and the individuals who call Blacksburg home. We ask that you join us in praying for them as they cope with profound loss in their own lives and seek to bring comfort and healing.
Related
Holy Week Prayer Walk from worshipers in Blacksburg
Earlier
Visit to Blacksburg
Also see
Calvin College Stands With Virginia Tech in Prayer
Resources
- For prayers for healing, comfort, and lament, see pages 224-234 of The Worship Sourcebook (pp. 62-72 of Prayers of the People)
- Worship Resources in Response to the Tragedy at Virginia Tech from TextWeek.com
- Response to the Virginia Tech Tragedy from the PCUSA
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