Vicars Letter
Place and Prayer
Churches are to be Houses of Prayer. Yes, we use our
churches well for our public prayer, our Liturgy. But do
we use them well as places of personal prayer. When I go
to
We might ask ourselves whether it would help outsiders to
use our churches as houses of prayer of our congregations
used them more houses of prayer. We might ask is there
anything else we could do to make our churches or part of
them more attractive, more friendly, more accessible,
more helpful, and more welcoming as houses of prayer.
Unheated they are cold in winter but there are many warm
months in the year. Could we usefully be more disciplined
and regular at keeping our churches open at certain
stated times each day or each week?
Please
think about these matters for I am convinced that we are
called to assist our churches to be more as houses of
prayer both for ourselves and for others.
Christopher Morgan-Jones
