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A prayer meeting in Victoria Square, Birmingham. A prayer meeting is a group of lay people getting together for the purpose of prayer as a group. [1] Prayer meetings are typically conducted outside regular services by one or more members of the clergy or other forms of religious leadership, but they may also be initiated by decision of non-leadership members as well.
In Christian liturgical worship, Preces (Latin for 'prayers'; / ˈ p r iː s iː z / PREE-seez), also known in Anglican prayer as the Suffrages or Responses, [1] describe a series [2] of short petitions said or sung as versicles and responses by the officiant and congregation respectively.
prayer of "the time of devotions" (opening prayer of the eventide devotions) 108 Oxford 1.7: Rahmia (devotions) 113 "On the light of Ether do I stand" ʿl nhur aiar qaiimna "Devotion" for daybreak after incense Oxford 1.8: Rahmia (devotions) 114 "Early I arose from my sleep" mn šintai qadmit u-qamit "Devotion" for daybreak after incense Oxford 1.9
All of these poems, prayers, and Psalms are short and simple ways to articulate praise and thanksgiving for all of life's blessings. Some are scriptures that come from the Bible ...
John Repsold, who grew up in Spokane and has been a pastor there for 31 years, said the opportunity to deliver the opening prayer was "sobering" and "a great honor" that "brings home the challenge ...
An example of a pre-established text for an invocation is the Lord's Prayer. [ 1 ] In general, all religions use invoking prayers, liturgies , or hymns ; see for example the mantras in Hinduism and Buddhism , the Egyptian Coming Out by Day (aka Book of the Dead ), the Orphic Hymns and the many texts, still preserved, written in cuneiform ...
Karakia are Māori incantations and prayer used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection. [1] They are also considered a formal greeting when beginning a ceremony . According to legend, there was a curse on the Waiapu River which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia.
Prayer is used in Scouting worldwide, following the belief of its founder, Robert Baden-Powell, that "a scout is reverent."When creating the Scouting concept, Baden-Powell was adamant that there was a place for God within it.