Copy the below template to invite a pastor to your National Day of Prayer Gathering. Please be sure to add your personalized information in the sections with parenthesis.
Month 00, 202_
Church name
Church street address
Church city/state
Dear Reverend/Pastor/Bishop etc._______________,
Each day many requests may come to your attention. Yet, I come first to encourage you with renewed hope in the power of prayer.
My name is (name) and I am the (position) for the National Day of Prayer Task Force (NDPTF). In 1988 the joint Congress of the United States passed into law a bill naming the first Thursday of May as our National Day of Prayer. President Regan signed that bill on May 5, 1988 in the presence of Vonette Bright, our first NDPTF president, Congressman Tony Hall, Congressman Frank Wolf, Dr. Jerry Nims, Pat Boone, Congressman Carlos Moorhead, Rabbi Joshua Haberman, Father John O‘Connor and Susan Sorenson.
As the (position), I will be helping to bringe groups together across our city/county to publicly celebrate and participate in this spiritually significant day and unite Christians in prayer for our country and community. As a member of the body of Christ, we would love for your congregation to be involved with us. We are setting up our committees now to determine what our observance will include this year. I want to assure you this will not be a political rally, nor critical or any person, but prayerful and Biblical.
(Last year /this year) we held (give example of what was done last year/or planned this year)
As we begin our planning for this year, we welcome your suggestions and ask you to prayerfully consider speaking to us. I will be calling your office in the next week. Our goal is to have you identify someone we can talk to from your congregation. If you have any questions or would like to reach me, please call or email me at (your information.)
I hope you will make this a matter of prayer and that God will direct your heart. We look forward to assembling the Body of Christ to pray for our community and country. If you would like to learn more about the NDPTF, please visit www.nationaldayofprayer.org. Thank you for your time.
Thanking God today for you,
(Name)
(Title)
National Day of Prayer Task Force
(Phone Number)
(email)
IF SENDING AS AN EMAIL:
-Use the subject line: (City/County Name) Day of Prayer
-Do not include mailing information
