Join us in praying for our View of a Call Weekend with Ryan & Amy Laden. (They will be with us 9/28-29.)
We’re signing up in 30-minute intervals from 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, 9/22 to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, 9/23.
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You may use the Prayer Guide below to help structure your prayer time.
Read, pray, and meditate a few minutes on Psalm 100, Psalm 92:1-5, Psalm 124, and 1 John 5:14-15. Reflect on the blessing that PHBC is in your life, and give thanks for answering our prayers for a new pastor.
PRAY FOR THE LADENS: RYAN, AMY, ZACHARY, AUSTIN, AND RILEY
- Give thanks for the way the Lord brought Ryan, Amy, and our Search Committee together.
- Give thanks for their ministry to this point that has helped prepare them to be our pastor.
- Pray for good health and safe travels (smooth connections and flights) as Ryan and Amy arrive on Sept. 23, and their kids arrive later in the week.
- Pray for focus, energy, and clarity in responding to questions, and discernment in conversations with staff (Tuesday, Sept. 24), the Youth Worship (Wednesday, Sept. 25), Search Committee and spouses (Thursday, Sept. 26), deacons and church members (Saturday, Sept. 28).
- Pray for Ryan as he prepare his sermon for Sunday, Sept. 29. Pray he will have a keen sense of Holy Spirit leadership and power as he prepares and preaches.
- Pray for joy as they get better acquainted with the North Little Rock / Little Rock area during the week — that they will meet who they need to meet and see what they need to see (community / housing possibilities).
PRAY FOR PARK HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
- Give thanks for the spiritual, prayerful, patient, discerning, diligent work of the Pastor Search Committee: David Avery, Jeff Boone, David Cobb, Brooke Hays, Mabry Keefe, Kelly Thomas, Eric Varner, and Frank Walker. Ask God to give them a sense of joy and satisfaction in a job well done, and energy for the work they will do during the call week(end).
- Pray that the church family will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the Ladens and find answers to their questions.
- Pray for the church staff (Mark, Garrick, Jessica, and Jeremy) as they get better acquainted with Ryan and as they deal with the inevitable anxiety of working with a new pastor. Ask God to give them an openness and great joy in the transition.
- Pray that the church will exercise discernment and vote as the Holy Spirit guides them.
PRAY FOR THE FUTURE
- Pray that the Ladens enjoy a smooth transition in moving from Oregon to North Little Rock.
- Pray they will quickly get to know the church family.
- Pray the church family will love and support the Ladens as Ryan begins his work as pastor. Pray that the church family will be patient and open to any new directions Ryan will lead the church in the months and years to come.
- Close with a prayer of thanksgiving for what God has done in Park Hill’s history and what God will do in the new chapter that’s soon to begin.