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Pray like Hannah
Everyone is invited to pray for children across the month of July.
We will be asking General Assembly in July to mark the launch of URC Children by resolving afresh to ensure that all structures and councils of the church (local church meeting, Synod and General Assembly) are consistently mindful of the voice of children and of the impact of their decisions on children and future generations.
Why pray like Hannah?
The question that congregations are asking is: “Why do we have so few children coming to church?”
The answer takes the form of another question: “Have you prayed for them to come?”
So the invitation is to everyone connected to the church: Pray like Hannah.
Download resources for Pray Like Hannah
- Pray like Hannah – invitation to all churches (PDF | 3mb)
- Pray like Hannah – daily prayer ideas (PDF | 315kb)
Prayers
Please use this prayer in your church each week – and ask people to pray every day throughout July.
Listening God,
you hear us when we pour out our souls before you;
hear our prayer for all your children.
Give us faith like Hannah,
to pray to you for the life of our church
that we may be a place and a people
where your children are present, welcomed and valued.
Prepare us to hear you through them
and to be led by children closer to you.
Meet us in our prayers, in Jesus’ name. Amen
Daily prayer ideas