For several years, the Consistory (Elders and Deacons) at our church have led a half-hour 7 AM Tuesday morning prayer service at the church.   We will cancel when Holidays are on a Tuesday, and last week for the first time we invoked our long-standing policy that the prayer time is cancelled if the East Lansing schools have a Snow Day.

Leaders volunteer for a month at a time.  The leader generally selects a Bible passage and prepares a prayer “agenda” of topics based on the passage and on current events.  He arrives a little early to arrange the chairs in a circle, set out Bibles and be the time keeper for starting and stopping the service.  The size varies from 3-15, with some summer seasonal attendees. 

The Bible passage is often from Psalms, a major prophet or one of Paul’s prayers.  Different agenda orders come from the passage itself or are suggested by a “style” like ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication).

One of the best things about Tuesday morning prayer has been its consistency – week in and week out, giving the Lord the glory He is due, and lifting up issues and concerns of the week.