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Pray- May 22, 2020

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-10

We sometimes need to say that we are scared, lonely, or not sure how we will take the next step. God helps us along the way. Using the following prayer pattern, pray for what you need to move into the next chapter of your faith story.

Button Prayers

Many people have extra buttons sitting around from the extras that come in clothes or if they happen to sew. If you have buttons, collect as many as you can to use for these prayers. If you don’t have any buttons, you can use this printable to print out different kinds of buttons.

Put all the buttons in a bag and ask everyone to pass the bag around and draw a button out.

Ask everyone to feel the texture of their button, which is likely hard (or remember that buttons are hard). What is the hardest part about moving into the next chapter of your story? Ask God to help you with that challenge.

Buttons are often used to close things or bring things together. What are the pieces of your story that you feel like need to come together before you can take the first step into the next chapter? Ask God to help you with that step.

Look at the number of holes your button has. These are the gifts, and many more, that God has given you. Using the number of holes in the button, thank God for the gifts you are equipped with to move to the next chapter.

Have everyone show their button, look at all the differences… size, shape, color, number of holes. Offer praise to God for creating each of us differently with a unique faith story to tell.

How could you use your button in a different way to pray than the ideas listed above?

What other kinds of objects could you use that might be good for this kind of prayer?



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Pattie Ames

Pattie Ames is the Christian Formation Missioner for the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia where her primary areas of responsibility are children’s ministry resourcing and support, interim youth missioner, campus and young adult ministry, and parish support for formation. She has been involved in lifelong formation for 30 years serving in 3 different churches in Virginia and most recently at St Columba’s in Washington, DC. Pattie lives in Roanoke, VA and enjoys walks with her dog, hiking and baseball.

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Katherine is the Coordinator for Youth and Young Adult Ministries and the the rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Kentucky. She live in Louisville with her husband and whichever of her four young adult children happen to be home at the time. Katherine's greatest joy is being a mama: first to her own four and then to all the children, youth, and young adults who call her Mama Doyle. She often finds God in the ordinary messiness of everyday life and writes about it on her blog http://thesixdoyles.blogspot.com/.

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Originally from Arkansas, Patrick Christopher Kangrga began in ministry by serving two years as a member of the Episcopal Service Corps in Maryland and in Massachusetts. His lay-professional journey has included roles at the parish and diocesan levels in New York, New Jersey and California. Currently he serves as Director of Youth Ministries at St. James' Episcopal Church in Jackson, Mississippi. He has primarily served youth with a short stint into ministry with children.

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Lauren Wainwright currently serves as the Director of Student Ministries at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Dallas, TX. She has worked with large and small churches across several dioceses over the past 13 years, serving in youth ministry. Lauren is originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi where she first began her call to ministry but has called Dallas home for the past 4 years. In her free time, she enjoys reading, Netflix watching, and spending time with her 2 dogs at home.

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