“That every man grow in his
relationship with Jesus Christ through an effective men‘s
ministry in every
congregation.”
This is an invitation for
you to join in prayer each week with men throughout the ELCA
at noon on Wednesday... or
when you are able. We are praying for revival/renewal for men
throughout the ELCA and
beyond. This includes the men in your life, for the support of
ministry with men
churchwide.
Mark 4:18-22: 18 As Jesus
was walking beside the
Simon called Peter and his
brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for
they were fishermen. 19 "Come,
follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
20 At once they left their
nets and followed him. 21 Going on from there, he saw two other
brothers, James son of
Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father
Zebedee, preparing their
nets. Jesus called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat
and their father and
followed him.
Questions: What invitation does Jesus give to these
fishermen? What seems unusual about
their response? What prior
knowledge about Jesus might they have had? Spiritually, are you
still preparing the nets? Leaving the boat? Following harder after
Jesus? Feeling left
behind?
(Scripture verses and
questions from the Master Builders Bible for Men)
Our prayer for all of us as
leaders is that our spiritual vision would be so clear that
we would see “Jesus only”.
Men, once again the purpose
of these weekly encounters is to pray for renewal, and revival
in the church- beginning
with men. Let us be relentless in our prayer that this ministry
will be one that supports that
renewal/revival among men.
PLEASE PRAY:
● For the men in your life and beyond- that they might come to a deeper
relationship
with Jesus.
● For our financial support, short term and long term as the need is
critical right now;
so that we can do the ministry with men
God has called us to do in empowering
congregations to reach men for Christ.
Please prayerfully consider a year end
from yourself and/or your congregational men’s
group. Our fiscal year ends January 31.
● For events:
o The One Year to Live retreat and Coming of Age events being developed
by LMM.
o The Lutheran Men’s Gathering in
● For the LMM Board, the Young Men’s Ministry Council, the LMM Development
Council
and our synod and congregational men’s
leaders.
Finally- please pray that
those of us in leadership keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.
Our focus is for men to have
a growing relationship with Jesus.
On behalf of our leadership-
thank you so much for your prayers!
Doug Haugen
Director, Lutheran Men in
Men's Ministry Specialist,
EOCM
Doug.Haugen@elca.org
Phone: 773-380-2566
Kim Moseley
Administrative Assistant
Kimberley.Moseley@elca.org
Phone: 773-380-2595
Fax: 773-380-2588
Lutheran Men in Mission/ELCA
If you would like to make a
gift to LMM and honor someone who is important in your life,
you may do so by going to www.elca.org/lmm, clicking "ELCA Gift
Basket", and downloading
a certificate with the
individual's name on it.