In Luke 11, the disciples say, “Lord, teach us how to pray.” Jesus responds with the Lord’s Prayer. Matthew includes this prayer (Matthew 5) in the Sermon on the Mount along with the Beatitudes. In the season leading up to Easter, we will be asking God to teach us to pray.
SERMON SERIES: Teach Us to Pray
In the Lord’s Prayer, there are six request made of God. We will spend one week exploring each prayer request. We will also have two very thoughtful, faithful guest preachers.
March 1: Holy be your name… Guest preacher Mark Ramsey is the Executive Director of the Ministry Collaborative based in Atlanta, Ga. He is an associate editor of Journal for Preaching, and his preaching has been featured on Day1.org.
March 8: Your kingdom come… Matthew 4:12-17
March 15: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 7:21-28
March 22: Give us this day our daily bread…. Guest preacher, the Rev. Terry Kukuk, is the Executive Presbytery of in the Presbytery of the Miami Valley.
March 29: Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Matthew 4:1-11
April 5, Palm Sunday: For thine is the glory and the power forever. Matthew 21:1-11
April 12, Easter: Matthew 28:1-10
BIBLE STUDY: Great Prayers of the Old Testament by Walter Brueggemann
Bible Study will loosely follow Walter Brueggemann’s book Great Prayers of the Old Testament. We will study two prayers found in our Hebrew scripture each week.
March 3: Abraham (Gen. 18:22-33) & Moses (Numbers 14:13-23)
March 10: David (2 Sam. 7:18-39) & Solomon (1 Kings 3:5-15)
March 17 : Hannah (1 Sam. 2:1-10) & Jonah (Jonah 2:2-9)
March 24: Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:16-5) & Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:15-19)
March 31: Ezra (Ezra 9:6-15) & Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1:4-11)
April 7: Daniel (Daniel 9:3-19) and Job (Job 42:1-6)
LENTEN LUNCHES: "What I’ve learned from prayer.”
We have asked local faith leaders to respond to the question: What have you learned from prayer? Join us on the following dates at noon.
March 4: Rabbi Haviva Horvitz, Temple Beth Sholom
March 11: Chaplain Vaughn Lewis, Hospice Care of Middletown
March 18: Rev. John Wagner, First United Methodist Church
March 25: Rev. Willie Barnes-Jackson, First Christian Church
April 1: Rev. Jen Rue, Zion Lutheran Church