Missionary Renegade: The United Methodist Church Prays of Nashville, Tennessee, United States for Sunday, 22 October 2017 "Rooted and Grounded in Your Great Love"

Sunday, October 22, 2017

The United Methodist Church Prays of Nashville, Tennessee, United States for Sunday, 22 October 2017 "Rooted and Grounded in Your Great Love"

The United Methodist Church Prays of Nashville, Tennessee, United States for Sunday, 22 October 2017 "Rooted and Grounded in Your Great Love"

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2017

During this week of October 22-28, the Mississippi Annual Conference with Bishop James E. Swanson Sr. leads the United Methodist Church in praying for the Commission on a Way Forward. The conference offers us this prayer:
We pray for the faith we need to place our trust in you and in your way forward for us,
that even when that way remains unclear before us, we might remain at peace in you.
Lord, in your mercy: hear our prayer.
We pray for the Commission on a Way Forward,
as they seek your word to the United Methodist Church,
that they might receive wisdom and knowledge, rest and renewal, encouragement and guidance;
that in the study of Scripture; the sharing of the bread and cup; through prayer and through pilgrimage;
in the fellowship of Love divine and love embodied, your way forward for us might be made clear.
Lord, in your mercy: hear our prayer.
We pray for the United Methodist Church, and for the Church universal, that we might be one in our witness to your world, rooted and grounded in your great love, which is made known to us through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Join the Mississippi Conference every day this week in prayer and scripture reading for our church. The prayer guide can be found here.

Commission on the Way Forward Updates

Mississippi Conference Leads Denomination in Week of Praying Our Way Forward
The Mississippi Conference is leading the week of Praying Our Way Forward October 22- 28. Faith communities within the Mississippi Conference are not only invited but encouraged to pray daily for the church's effectiveness in fulfilling our mission of making disciples and for the outcome of the work of the Commission on a Way Forward.
Conferences have been asked to unite in prayer for God's leadership to guide us effectively in fulfilling the mission of the church. Clergy, laity, congregations and small groups across the denomination are asked to pray for God's guidance. The Mississippi Conference has provided resources below for the week of prayer for those who desire to participate.
There will also be brief meditation videos sent out conference-wide daily via e-blast, social media and the conference website throughout the week of October 22.
Find Scripture readings, call to worship, opening and congregational prayers and more for the conference's week of Praying Our Way Forward here.

Sunday, October 22 - Bishop James E. Swanson Sr.
Monday, October 23 - Larry Hilliard
Tuesday, October 24 - LaToya Redd Thompson
Wednesday, October 25 - Vickie White
Thursday, October 26 - David Stotts
Friday, October 27 - Tim Thompson
Saturday, October 28 - Bishop James E. Swanson Sr.

The Commission on a Way Forward was proposed by the Council of Bishops and approved by the 2016 General Conference to do a complete examination and possible revision of every paragraph of the Book of Discipline concerning human sexuality and explore options that help to maintain and strengthen the unity of the church.
This page is dedicated to keeping you abreast of the latest communication pertaining to the Commission on a Way Forward. Updates are listed below: