This Day (Regular Edition)

Dr. Laurence Stookey of Wesley Seminary has created this resource to serve as adaily prayer book for the home and personal use.The book isalso designed for useby individuals participating in a Wesleyan class meeting in conjunction withthe Sunday morning experience or a week-day meeting.The unique aspect of this program lies in its incorporation of the practice of daily prayerand accountabilitywithinthe Sunday morningadult education program. In addition to activities conducted on Sunday class members will participate in ordered daily prayer within the Wesleyan spirit. This Daycontainsthirty-one forms of prayer onefor each day of the month drawn from: John Wesley''s 1738 Forms of Prayer for Every Day of the Week The 1784 Order for Morning Prayer The United Methodist Book of WorshipThe Book of Common Prayer The IONA and Taize Communities the Benedictine tradition the Eastern Orthodox tradition and contemporary sources. This resource is not UM specific and isbased on the revised commonlectionaryand the daily lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer.