# Sharing in prayer in the Sunday service

- **Note that we do not have a prayer every Sunday:** While the Caring Corner does come out every week, we do not have a pastoral prayer every week on Sunday.
- **Obtain consent from congregant**. Permission to share something in the caring corner is often obtained through our Caring Listener check-ins.
- **Request first and last names of people being** **mentioned, as well as preferred language.** If someone says “please name my grandmother in the prayer,” ask for her name and clarity on language.
- **Keep it brief.** The prayer is not a place to share extensive detail or make announcements. It is a place to communally hold people with loving care. More detail can be shared in Caring Corner of the newsletter
- **Create an *Active Pastoral Prayer* note in PCO:**. All *Active Pastoral Prayer* notes will be shared in the next pastoral prayer in the Sunday service unless otherwise indicated