Local church prays for economy

Raleigh, N.C. — In response to tough economic times, St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Raleigh started a midweek prayer service “Tuesdays for Troubled Times.”

“You can get sort of sucked into the headlines and what you hear,” the Rev. Ben Williams, said.

For the past four months, the small group has met every Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. to pray for things to get better.

“We’ve got to pray for our country. We’ve got to do something,” said Donna Barbour, a member of the congregation. She has been going to the service for months and said that it helps.

“I live every day not knowing if I’ll have my house in six months. You just don’t know. So, I just pray about it and do the best I can,” Barbour said.

Williams said he recently "paid $650 worth of utility bills" for church members.

“In the midst of all that news, we need to offer a word of hope and a word to this community that while some of those things may be crashing, God is not. And God is ever present and we’re going to be a people of hope," he said.

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Yeah...this will do ALOT of good...gimme a break.

They should be praying for the military to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan!

roncorey1
March 11, 2009 12:55 p.m.

"So just know you ARE being prayed for. Have a wonderful day for my God will bless you. :)" It must be nice to have time to waste........and just so you know.....no one is listening to your prayers (unless your bedroom is bugged........)

haggis basher
March 4, 2009 11:36 a.m.

I have much better things to do than continue to post on here. Even though you do not like it, all of you non-believers are in my prayers. So just know you ARE being prayed for. Have a wonderful day for my God will bless you. :)

ForHim
March 4, 2009 11:15 a.m.

"This will probably be my last post on GOLO, for I have better things to do than to continually read all the comments about Christianity. I, and other Christians, at least the vast majority of us, do not mock and make fun of your atheism or agnosticism, so why do you Christianity haters feel so compelled to spew out your drivel?"

Really? Christians never spew hatred or drivel...oh wait!! They wrote the book on it....pun intended. Doom and gloom, fire and brimstone and all that baloney.

Hammerhead
March 4, 2009 10:53 a.m.

Why is this even a story? Instead of trying to convince people that praying is going to change something... Why not help people realize they need to stand up and change the way things are done and get our economy back on track? Wishing and hoping (praying) isn't going to do anything. If it were it would have already happened. But from the looks of this story they have been doing this for a while.

Anyway waste of a story.

mfalesana
March 4, 2009 10:42 a.m.