Went to the third annual Prayer Summit here in Salt Lake. It was a great time - six hours of prayer. One year we had a guy from California, who is known for a prayer ministry, to come and lead us in prayer. Last year, six of us lead each hour on a different theme. This year - no leader, no theme, no program - just let the day of prayer unfold as the Spirit directed. It was our best year!
What I like about this - we don't study prayer; we just pray. Out of the whole city - we had 25 or so to gather. We had a great variety - foursquare, Christian Missionary Alliance, Baptist, Assemblies of God, Great Commission Churches, Presbyterian, Conversative Baptist, Friends Church (quaker), Vineyard, Chrisitan Church and myself. For over an hour, we prayed over each other. I'm already looking forward to next year.
It made me wonder. What if a free, all expense trip on a private jet to Palm Springs, including one night at a five star resort, free golf on a PGA course, was offered to the lucky winning pastor in Salt Lake -- I wonder how many who couldn't make it to our day of prayer - could have cleared their calendar for such a trip?
Does such an event happen in your city? Do the ministers ever get together just to pray for their city and each other?
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Ministers in my city do, once a year in private and once a year in a public "Concert of Prayer" for the community. It's never without it's controversy, though. Thanks for your heart...and the good stuff from Sider, too.
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