
Mark Lubbock
5th Day of Prayer
Six bishops and eight United Methodist leaders will provide meditations and prayers during an Aug. 22 National Day of Prayer, sponsored by the South Central Jurisdiction United Methodist Men.
Prayers will address calls for racial justice and the COVID-19 corona virus.
People from across the nation are invited to participate in all or any portion of the three-hour Zoom gathering (Noon – 3 p.m. CDT)
Speakers include:
- Bishop Rueben Saenz, Jr., Great Plains Episcopal Area;
- the Rev. Joseph Harris, assistant to the bishop and director of communications for the Oklahoma Annual Conference;
- Bishop Cynthia Harvey, Louisiana Episcopal Area and president of the Council of Bishops;
- the Rev. Dr. Rick Vance, director of the Center for Men’s Ministries;
- Bishop Gary Mueller, Arkansas Episcopal Area and vice president of the General Commission on United Methodist Men;
- Joe Kelley, president of the South Central Jurisdiction United Methodist Men;
- Bishop Robert Schnase, San Antonio Episcopal Area;
- Migdiel Perez manager, Upper Room Prayer Center;
- Bishop Scott Jones, Houston Episcopal Area;
- George Houle, president of Great Plains United Methodist Men;
- Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe, Northwest Texas-New Mexico Episcopal Area;
- Ed Wroten, Touch Point Prayer Unity Advocate;
- the Rev. Sylvester E. Chase, Jr.. Wesley United Methodist Church, Austin, Texas; and
- Mark Lubbock, a staff member of the General Commission on United Methodist Men.
JOIN BY ZOOM (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85897250918). MEETING ID: 858 9725 0918
Or you can call in by phone using one of these numbers: 346/248 7799 (Houston); 253/215 8782 (Tacoma); 408/638 0968 (San Jose); 669/900 6833 (San Jose); 301/715 8592 (Germantown) 312/626 6799 (Chicago) or 646/876 9923 (New York).
This is the fifth National Day of Prayer. Each day has been sponsored by leaders of United Methodist Men in each of the five U.S. jurisdictions.
Rich Peck writes for the General Commission on United Methodist Men.