“Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his
disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”
He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial. –Luke 11:1-4

A Word from Pastor Scott

Dear Friends of Christ the Lord,

THE LORD’S PRAYER is the subject of A NEW ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS entitled, “When you pray…” Our teacher is my favorite professor from seminary days: Dr. James Nestingen. Please give it a try! Each lesson could stand-alone, so no worries if you must miss one or more class sessions. We meet in the Fellowship Hall after the 9:00 a.m. service of worship.

Below is a piece from Frederick Buechner telling how audacious it is for us to pray the Lord’s Prayer.

Grace and peace,
Pastor Scott

IN THE EPISCOPAL order of worship, the priest sometimes introduces the Lord’s Prayer with the words, “Now, as our Savior Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say.. .” The word bold is worth thinking about. We do well not to pray the prayer lightly. It takes guts to pray it at all. We can pray it in the unthinking and perfunctory way we usually do only by disregarding what we are saying.
“THY WILL BE DONE” is what we are saying. That is the climax of the first half of the prayer. We are asking God to be God. We are asking God to do not what we want but what God wants. We are asking God to make manifest the holiness that is now mostly hidden, to set free in all its terrible splendor the devastating power that is now mostly under restraint.
“THY KINGDOM COME . . . ON EARTH” is what we are saying. And if that were suddenly to happen, what then? What would stand and what would fall? Who would be welcomed in and who would be thrown the Hell out? Which if any of our most precious visions of what God is and of what human beings are, would prove to be more or less on the mark and which would turn out to be phony as three-dollar bills? Boldness indeed! To speak those words is to invite the tiger out of the cage, to unleash a power that makes atomic power look like a warm breeze.

–Frederick Buechner

Wrapping Others in Prayer

The Prayer Shawl Ministry came to CTL in 2004 with the idea of having the Pastor deliver them when he visited members in the hospital or the sick and shut-ins until COvID-19 shut us down.
God is now leading us back into the CTL community. We will celebrate the Prayers Shawl Ministry on September 18th during both services. The prayers shawls in inventory will be displayed on the pews in the sanctuary. Anyone who desires to have one for themself a family member, friend, neighbor, co-worker, or child who is in need of the warmth, love, and prayers that went into the making of these shawls.

If you would like more information on how you can be a part of providing prayer shawls contact Juanita Hood (here).