Week of Prayer for
The Offering for Global Missions: Because Presence Matters
October 16-21, 2022 and March 12-17, 2023
A Place at the Table for Everyone
Luke 14:12-14
Day 1
Joining the Global Church at the table
Join the Global Church in welcoming everyone to the table. Celebrate what God is doing through the Global Church with a litany, a scripture passage, and digital and print resources.
Day 2
Invite the poor and the marginalized
Invite those experiencing poverty and other forms of marginalization to the table as you pray. The Offering for Global Missions allows field personnel to be present to invite.
Day 3
Invite those traveling the refugee highway
Invite those experiencing displacement and migration to the table as you pray. Field personnel are able invite those traveling the refugee highway to the table because of the Offering for Global Missions.
Day 4
Invite and cultivate beloved community
Enjoy and experience beloved community at the table as you pray. Everyone is invited. There is room for all. Field personnel experience beloved community as they are present at the table with those in their communities.
Day 5
Invite and bear witness to Jesus Christ
Share the light and love of Jesus Christ at the table as you pray. Relationships built on long term presence and trust enable field personnel to bear witness with others at the table.
Day 6
Invite and seek transformational development
Experience mutual transformation at the table as you pray. Field personnel supported by the Offering for Global Missions experience mutual transformation with the invited at the table.
Resources
OGM Week of Prayer Bulletin Insert
A printable bulletin insert with information about the Offering for Global Missions Week of Prayer, including tips for ways your church can support CBF field personnel through prayer and giving.
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Day 1
Day 1 Global Church Prayer Requests
- Pray for field personnel who are invited to the table with churches and organizations in their communities. Pray they will be an encouragement to those at the table.
- Pray for an abundance of the necessary resources field personnel bring to the table.
Day 2
Day 2 Global Poverty Prayer Requests
- Pray for an abundance of provisions to be laid out on the table for everyone to partake.
- Pray for field personnel as they work to end food insecurity, economic instability, and systemic poverty.
Day 3
Day 3 Global Migration Prayer Requests
- Pray for those field personnel encounter in the midst of their migration and displacement whether caused by conflict or lack of resources.
- Pray for opportunities for field personnel to invite those in migration and displacement an opportunity to rest and stay for a while at the table.
Day 4
Day 4 Cultivating Beloved Community Prayer Requests
- Pray for sweet fellowship as field personnel invite and gather with others at the table.
- Pray for those invited that they will accept the invitation to join in the beloved community at the table.
Day 5
Day 5 Bearing Witness to Jesus Christ Prayer Requests
- Pray for field personnel as they work to build trusting relationships that comes through long term presence.
- Pray that God’s light and love will shine through field personnel as they gather at the table with those invited.
Day 6
Day 6 Seeking Transformational Development Prayer Requests
- Pray for field personnel as they address systems and situations keeping people marginalized and away from the table.
- Pray for mutual transformation as everyone gathers at the table and seeks solutions together.