{"id":8097,"date":"2014-08-07T15:25:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T22:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=8097"},"modified":"2014-08-07T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T22:25:47","slug":"god-is-everywhere-a-lazy-f-day-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/god-is-everywhere-a-lazy-f-day-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"God is Everywhere: A Lazy F Day of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>God is Everywhere:<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>A Lazy F Day of Prayer<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>By Cathy Raymond<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><em>The <a href=\"http:\/\/lazyfcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lazy F<\/a> Day of Prayer was organized as a way to support the year-around ministry of this camp.  Another similar event will take place on <strong>Sunday, October 12<\/strong>.  On this day, Lazy F will be celebrating 60 years as a United Methodist Camp.  All are invited to a day of worship, fun, food and prayer!<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Walk with me!  When I reach the pond, I notice a box on the bench.  Inside the box are instructions.  First, I breathe in the presence of God into every part of me.  Then I look around and feast on the sights and sounds and smells of this place.  <\/p>\n<p>Life is everywhere \u2013 fish in the pond, birds in the air, trees swaying in the wind, a blade of grass, a tiny insect, the still water of the pond, the rushing water of the creek, the cross of the ridge.  I pay particular attention to the rushing spring water of Manastash Creek.  I pick up the journal that is in the box and I write about this sound and then I add a sketch of the water sound, just because it feels the thing to do.  <\/p>\n<p><!--more Learn more about the Lazy F Day of Prayer!--><\/p>\n<p>I continue to breathe \u2013 letting the life around me nest as a memory.  And then it is time to move on, and as I do I say \u201cThank You.\u201d  As I walk to the next station I realize that I just engaged in an act of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>The faithful and the friends of Lazy F gathered Saturday, May 17 for a day of contemplation, thanksgiving and praise for God\u2019s magnificent creation.  As one of the participants said: \u201cGod is everywhere!\u201d  Faithful wandered through seven self-guided prayer stations, scattered throughout the camp.  Each prayer station had a different activity \u2013 something to notice or something to do or some way to engage in conversation with the Master Creator.<\/p>\n<p>One commented that she arrived a little anxious \u2013 not knowing what to expect &#8211; and left with a sense of peace. Another said that this was exactly what he needed.  Hundreds of men, women and children enter this place every year and leave having been touched in some way by the ministry of this sacred place.<\/p>\n<p>It is for this ministry that we pray. <\/p>\n<p><center><em>Cathy Raymond serves as the chair for the Lazy F Prayer Team.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God is Everywhere: A Lazy F Day of Prayer By Cathy Raymond The Lazy F Day of Prayer was organized as a way to support the year-around ministry of this camp. Another similar event will take place on Sunday, October 12. 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