Willow Street Mennonite Church, Lancaster PA
Dear Father,
Oh, you are a good God. What a joy it is to call up churches and to ask them for prayer requests. By your providence I called up Willow Street Mennonite Church and was blessed to speak with Pastor Joe for a few minutes. What a kind man who clearly loves you, reminding me that your “arm is not too short”. I like that! It sounds like a future blog article.
Joe expressed thankfulness for the good things happening at the church. He gives credit to you. He thanks you for the congregational unity and the steady stream of new people coming to the church. He expresses thanks for the soon-to-be-completed building program as the 305 year-old church will shortly move into a new sanctuary.
God, please bless that new building. Do amazing things inside the four walls. Specifically, change lives. Give hope to the broken and healing to those in pain who enter the building. May the building be a refuge, a place where your love is so present it can be cut with a knife in the air.
I pray for the ministry team retreat tomorrow. Do something amazing for them.
However, most dear to me, I pray you will bless Joe’s desire that the church be the “salt and light” in the community. Transform the hearts of the congregation so the people of Willow Street see how much you love them.
I also thank you personally for the prayer time Joe and I shared.
Amen