Suddenly I felt totally relaxed. I was thrilled. Probably more energy and time is expended on behalf of the Christian community on praying for those who are sick than any other enterprise of the church. It is a rare day indeed when I'm not asked to pray for another person.
Most churches have prayer chains.
A prayer chain is a group of people who agree to pray for people who have special needs. Many churches have pray communities which carry on a continuous prayer for members of the congregation. We Methodists are not anti prayer. We do question worship experiences that rival the Baal priests in the old testament trying to get God to act. In the Old Testament one of the most humorist stories is that of Elijah and the Priests of Baal praying that God will perform a miracle.