As we come up on the new school and liturgical years, many parishes are choosing the study materials they will use with adult teen groups for the coming year. You can help your church find quality free study materials by sending your priest or church education director this full-color graphic describing two recent studies, Joy [...]
You’ve prepared yourself to pray: you’ve focused your attention, you’re standing in front of your icon corner, but now there’s a problem: what do you say? How do you speak to the Lord of the Universe? Fortunately, the Church gives us a great deal of guidance on how to pray to God. PRAYER BOOKS Perhaps [...]
You can also download a free, full-color version of this discussion guide from the Worship & You website. Tips for discussion leaders are indented beneath each question. 1. How is it helpful to have the prayers of earlier Christians available in prayer books for us to pray? Focus on the fact that these prayers come [...]
You can also download a free, full-color version of this study guide from the Worship & You website. You’ve prepared yourself to pray: you’ve focused your attention, you’re standing in front of your icon corner, but now there’s a problem: what do you say? How do you speak to the Lord of the Universe? Fortunately, [...]
You can also download a free, full-color version of this study guide from the Worship & You website. You’ve prepared yourself to pray: you’ve focused your attention, you’re standing in front of your icon corner, but now there’s a problem: what do you say? How do you speak to the Lord of the Universe? Fortunately, [...]
If you’re like me, you’ve often decided that you need to pray more—so, for a few days you faithfully pray several times each day, and then it’s once every other day, and then…pretty soon, you’re again thinking, “I really need to pray more!” Successfully developing a full prayer life requires more than simply desire—it also [...]
You can also download a free, full-color version of this discussion guide from the Worship & You website. Tips for discussion leaders are indented beneath each question. 1. Is there a single prayer rule for all Orthodox Christians? Why or why not? There is no single prayer rule for every Orthodox Christian. Point out St. [...]
You can also download a free, full-color version of this study guide from the Worship & You website. If you’re like me, you’ve often decided that you need to pray more—so, for a few days you faithfully pray several times each day, and then it’s once every other day, and then…pretty soon, you’re again thinking, [...]
You can also download a free, full-color version of this study guide from the Worship & You website. If you’re like me, you’ve often decided that you need to pray more—so, for a few days you faithfully pray several times each day, and then it’s once every other day, and then…pretty soon, you’re again thinking, [...]
We know that prayer is important—we’re even told to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)—and yet we Christians tend to have a dark secret: we don’t actually pray. For example, a recent study found that, while 90 percent of North Americans say they pray, only 37 percent do so at least once each day, and [...]
