Create A "Sunday School Prayer Calendar"

Martin Luther once said, "Prayer is the most important thing in my life. If I should neglect prayer for a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith."

Do you realize the importance of prayer for your Sunday school, your teachers and each of your members? If you do, why not create a monthly "Sunday School Prayer Calendar" as a daily reminder of the needs of your Sunday school for the members of your church.

Prepare the prayer calendar in either an actual calendar form or as a list of dates with a different general prayer concern listed for each day. Examples include: the families of your church, single parent families, the children of your community, "my Sunday school teacher," the Children’s Department teachers of your Sunday school, "one of my friends who does not attend Sunday school," etc.

Events, services and activities related to your Sunday school church and community could also be listed for prayer.

The prayer calendar should be made available to all members of your church and everyone urged to include the daily prayer focus as a part of their prayers on that day.

(This article appeared in the "Spring, 1996" issue of "The Herald.")