Prayer

Thank you for joining us in prayer for PATH

and those who we seek to help.

We often think of volunteers and donors as those who make PATH’s mission possible, and they are, but they are not alone.

PATH relies on four resources: Monetary gifts, In-kind gifts, Volunteers, and Prayer.

When we are busy trying to run the agency, worrying about having enough volunteers and enough resources, it is easy to forget that hundreds, if not thousands of people are praying for God to lift the pain of poverty from their neighbors in need.

The reason it is easy to forget that thousands are praying is because prayer is the most personal and intimate aspect of our relationship with God, and most of the time we pray alone.

Some people do not have time or money to give to PATH. However, all of us have the ability to pray.

It is thanks to prayers that God grants us the time and energy to help someone in need – providing volunteers.

It is thanks to prayers that God grants us the generosity to share freely with those in need – providing donors.

It is thanks to prayers that God grants us the wisdom to meet the needs of others in ways that foster dignity and stability.

It is thanks to your prayers that PATH is here and able to help.

Blessings!

PATH Staff, Volunteers, and Board

PATH OFFERS*

 Because the world is poor and starving,

          PATH offers bread.

 Because the world is filled with fear,

          PATH offers refuge.

 Because the world is in despair,

          PATH offers hope.

 Because the world is often mean,

          PATH offers compassion.

 Because the world is exceedingly lonely,

          PATH offers friendship.

 Because the world is stingy,

          PATH offers generosity.

 Because the world is seldom fair,

          PATH offers grace.

 Because the world is harsh and judgmental,

          PATH offers mercy.

 Because the world will die without it,

          PATH offers love.

* This writing is based on “A Benediction for All Time” compiled by the faculty of the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in 1995. Edited by Dr. Scott Harrison, PATH Programs Director