We have an ongoing adult Sunday School class during the second morning service whose topic every week is a discussion of the sermon just delivered.  It works well for newcomers and guests, with some sort of introductory ice-breaker and a leader prepared to guide the discussion.

One of our elders, Evan, applied the same concept to our Tuesday morning prayer meeting – let’s pray about what we heard in the sermon.  It might not work with all sermon topics, but this one was very apropos – “Righteous Requests Without the ‘Right’ Response”, from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7.7-11.

The structure was very straightforward – a short sermon outline to remind folks of the message, and then suggested prayer topics.  The list included several members of the congregation who have had serious battles with illness, aging parents, or other difficulties.