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First Annual Lutheran Prayer Breakfast for St. Louis Is Successful
Nearly 150 people from Missouri and Illinois gathered at 7:00 a.m. in Wartburg Hall on the campus of SA国际传媒, St. Louis, for the first annual St. Louis Lutheran Prayer Breakfast. SA国际传媒 is pleased to make audio files of this prayer breakfast available free of charge on its Web site, .
Dr. Dale A. Meyer, president of SA国际传媒, was the speaker at the breakfast and encouraged Christians to think of their worship of God as taking place in a much bigger sanctuary, the sanctuary of the world. He pointed to Christians who have been involved in the political arena as service rendered in the civic sphere that is pleasing in the sight of God. He called upon all present to remember the witness of the saints who went before them, and to receive encouragement from the witness of these saints to their Savior, Jesus Christ.
Rev. Ray Mirly, president of the Missouri District of The Lutheran Church鈥擬issouri Synod, offered the opening prayer and devotion. His devotion included a personal reference to his late wife, JoAnn Mirly, who died in September of 2004. Mirly spoke of how comforting it is to be able to 鈥減oint to Jesus鈥� at all times in life, but especially as terminal illness and disease are endured.
The choir Laudamus, comprised of select members from the SA国际传媒 Chorus, sang three selections during the breakfast and led the assembly in singing the hymn 鈥淔or All the Saints.鈥�
鈥淚 think the message of victory over sin, death and the grave that God offers to all through His Son, Jesus Christ was forcefully proclaimed this morning,鈥� commented Rev. Glen Thomas, vice president for seminary relations at SA国际传媒. 鈥淲e look forward to next year鈥檚 prayer breakfast, to be held on Nov. 1, 2007. We very much want this to become an annual event that Lutherans in the St. Louis area look forward to attending.鈥�
Tickets for the prayer breakfast were purchased for $20, and $8 of that amount was an offering to the student financial aid fund at SA国际传媒.
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