Prayer Staff

This summer my "job" consists in large part of heading up our prayer staff, a group of 6 summer staffers who aren't assigned to a particular parish that week. Instead, they make holy hours and offer up prayers for the campers. They bless the rooms and buildings before each week starts, and are also part of prayer teams that meet throughout the week, offering prayer or counsel for any teen/adult in need.

There has been amazing fruit that has come from having a set of people solely devoted to prayer. What I have noticed most has been the changes that occur in the prayer staff themselves. I have loved watching their enthusiasm, the way they throw themselves into it with everything they have. Each week, I encourage the summer staffers to take ownership of prayer staff, adding to it whatever they'd like. And I have been blown away. Each week they have added something different, unique to the group of people on the staff. One week they fasted from dessert and prayed a rosary together. Another week they made sure to pray their little crown for the camp coordinator together. Its been beautiful to watch these men and women grow in their faith as they spend time ministering and being ministered to. I am so blessed!!!!