prayer groups
Devotional meeting circles
Prayer groups are gatherings where people pray together, typically meeting regularly to share concerns, offer intercessions, and support one another spiritually.
They range from informal circles in living rooms to organized ministries within churches: She joined a prayer group that meets Wednesday evenings.
The format usually involves members voicing requests—for healing, guidance, or others' wellbeing—followed by spoken or silent prayer.
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- healingRestoration of health
- scripture readingOral delivery of religious text
quiet time · leadership · supplication · accountability · spiritual renewal · Bible study · repentance · holding hands · discernment · thanksgiving · retreats · church basement · membership · solidarity · laying on of hands · small groups · weekly meeting · communal worship
- Campus Faithcampus ministry, chapel services, chaplaincy, faith community, worship service
- Catholic GroupsJesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, Benedictines, Carmelites
- Catholic ministrycatechists, evangelization, religious education, RCIA, youth ministry
- church ministriesyouth ministry, women's ministry, homeless ministry, prison ministry, campus ministry
- parish groupsparish councils, altar society, youth ministry, Knights of Columbus, St. Vincent de Paul
- elder ministryvisitation, home visits, sick visits, hospice visits, bereavement support
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