All women of the Diocese of the Rio Grande are invited to participate in this year's Thy Kingdom Come* prayer event. Follow this website for the images and prompts from Thy Kingdom Come as well as suggestions applicable to our diocese! I hope you will take on this 11-day discipline as a way of praying for the world.
You can do this personally or with friends. As Women of the Diocese of the Rio Grande, you are encouraged to read the daily posts as a starting point for prayer and meditation. We’ll be posting the inspirational art by the Rev. Chris Duffett (from Thy Kingdom Come) and prompts to help you each day.
You can take this to a deeper level by praying for
five specific people to come to Christ. Make a wristband from ribbon or
string with five knots to remind you of your promise. In the DRG, we'll be praying for five diocesan churches each day. They'll be listed in the daily mediations.
Using the concept of Prayer Walking as a way
to pray during these 11 days. Use the prompts on the daily posts to guide your
thoughts. If you walk 10,000 steps daily, you will have walked about five
miles each day (a mile for each person you are praying for, perhaps). Over
the 11 days, that adds up to 55 miles—or about the distance from
Albuquerque to Santa Fe or Las Cruces to Deming or slightly further than
Roswell to Artesia. If you aren’t praying for five people, you could pray for
specific places in your community like schools or hospitals, or just for the
people on the streets you walk along. Of course, walking shorter distances each day is still beneficial!
You could also include others in your family or church by setting up prayer stations with activities. Maybe you want to organize a vigil to pray for 24 hours.
*The purpose of the ministry of Thy Kingdom Come (TKC) is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus. You can learn more at Thy Kingdom Come | Thy Kingdom Come. You can even add your ‘light’ to the world map as you promise to pray. Light Up The World in Prayer | Thy Kingdom Come.