Provides Hope and Faith for Global Community
Responds to Growing Need for Faith-Based Support in Prayer
Contact: Carl Raymond, Guideposts, 212-251-8128, craymond@guideposts.org
PAWLING, N.Y., April 7, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Guideposts OurPrayer Ministry, part of the Ruth Stafford Peale Prayer Power Network, announces its 41st annual Good Friday Day of Prayer event scheduled for April 22nd at the Peale Center in Pawling, NY. As in years past, OurPrayer invites the public to submit prayer requests online at www.ourprayergoodfriday.org or volunteer to pray for others.
For more than forty years, OurPrayer has set aside Good Friday as a special day of prayer. Last year, the Great Recession weighed heavily on the minds of many, with prayer requests centering on finances, unemployment, relationships, and health & healing. To address these concerns, OurPrayer volunteers, friends and staff prayed by name and need for more than 23,000 requests at the Peale Center, and were also joined at OurPrayer's website by thousands around the world.
For this year's Good Friday Day of Prayer, early prayer requests are pointing to the following topics that are capturing the strongest attention:
- Financial stability: employment, sale of home, business to succeed, retirement provisions
- Reconciliation of broken relationships
- Healing of health issues
- Divine guidance and spiritual strength
- Freedom from worry, anxiety, depression
- Protection from harm
"Good Friday is a day of hope. It is a day where we look forward to a brighter tomorrow. Many things have happened to change the course of our lives, but it has not shaken our faith. We will come together with people from around the world to pray and join our hearts of compassion for the people of Japan who have suffered a great loss. We are praying that God's grace will reach into their situations and provide guidance for all of the recovery efforts as well as praying for the needs of those who turn to us on this special day." said Rev. Dr. Peola Hicks, Manager for OurPrayer.
For the Good Friday Day of Prayer event, the Peale Center will be open to all who wish to attend on April 22nd from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm and pray for the requests of those in need. The Peale Center is located at 66 East Main Street, Pawling, NY 12564. Volunteers who want to participate in the Good Friday Day of Prayer event may also pray from home by viewing prayer requests received at www.ourprayergoodfriday.org.
About OurPrayer
OurPrayer, part of the Outreach Division of Guideposts, is a central part of the non-denominational organization. As a way to reach out and serve people in need, a live Prayer Line was set up -- and benefiting from modern technology, this ministry has expanded to the Web, Facebook, and Twitter. Whether they operate via telephone lines or their personal computer, dedicated people volunteer their time to listen to and support those in need -- offering spoken and silent prayers of hope in response to their requests.
About Guideposts
Guideposts, a nonprofit organization, touches millions of lives every day through products and services that inspire, encourage, and uplift. Our magazines, books, websites, prayer network, and outreach programs help people connect their faith-filled values to their daily lives. The flagship publication, Guideposts magazine, has a paid circulation of 2 million. Its website guideposts.org offers inspiration, stories from everyday people, celebrities and experts, blogs, photos and videos as well as a library of free eBooks. The Guideposts family also includes Ideals Publications, based in Nashville, Tenn., which consists of Candy Cane Press, Williamson Books, and Ideals in addition to Ellie Claire Gift & Paper Expressions, the parent company of popular Christian book publisher Summerside Press.
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