Prayer Chains at Rise Park
Posted by Peter
The Church owes this page to Mrs. Chris Mark. Chis left us in September 2004 as her husband our then minister retired. They are both happily living in Matlock Derbyshire, thankfully not to far away.
The church has three 'prayer chains' - groups of people who can be contacted to pray for the needs of anyone who requests it. One 'chain' covers immediate or urgent needs (usually up to 6 weeks), one covers 'intermediate' needs (from 6 weeks up to about 9 months ) and the third 'chain' covers long term or permanent needs.
Only one person co-ordinates the whole thing and all requests for prayer will be referred to that 'co-ordinator' who then allocates them to the appropriate 'Chain'.
A request for prayer is passed to the first person on the chain who then rings the next, and so on down the chain (usually about 6 people). In this way, any requests for prayer can be met speedily and without too many burdens on anyone's telephone bill.
We are asked to pray for all sorts of things, often a sudden illness or accident. But also longer term needs such as jobs or looming unemployment, family concerns, marriage and relationship problems. Sometimes its been just day to day things such as an important meeting, a hospital appointment or a job interview or exams.