Church

I’ve had a day to take in the event.

There were 42 present.  Eight different denominations represented.  Prayers for our community leadership.

The comments were positive.  Those who came believed that prayer can make a difference.  And this was a prayer "meeting".  Once a time of prayer began, there was little commentary outside of prayer.  Each of us who prayed set aside political agendas and "fringe" opinions.  We wanted God to be glorified and his work to be done.

One of the town councilors immediately called upon the ministerial to run this again next year.  The mayor thanked us profusely for initiating this event.

This was not a money maker (in fact, we probably lost money!).  This was not a partisan proselytism rally.  This was prayer time!

My personal opinion?  We are called in Scripture to pray for those in leadership.  They don’t have to be Christians – we still pray for them.  And when you can get together with other Christians and join in pray, all the better!

A board game.

Settlers has  been around for awhile.  Two years ago we first heard about it.  Tonight we played.

I came this close to winning.  And, I mean, — this close!  One slight slip of strategy and the game was lost to another.

A bit cut-throat at points.  Fun at others.  Full focus required.

Would I play it again?  We’ve already been approached to play!  Maybe not tomorrow night, but soon.  And I expect it won’t take much to convince us to try another round!

The table is set.  The numbers are calculated.

Tomorrow  at 8:30 we start. 

The mayor, council, ministerial and interested community members will be there.  The breakast is fairly basic.  The discussion will be outside of basic.

We will talk about who we are, what this town is about and how we can pray best to see righteousness, goodness and a welcoming atmosphere in this town. 

I’m still amazed.  The mayor and council are in unanimous support of this effort.  The ministerial are willing to run this event evven if there is a financial shortfall.

My faith is that this will push a pebble, that moves a rock, that stirs an ocean, that changes a world.  May the unusual from God’s hand be poured out on us.

On Saturday we are trying out a Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast.  A great idea — and with every idea comes the need to planning and just plain pitching in.  I’ve been in charge of making tickets available to the churches around town.

The expected attendance will be around 40.  The ministerial sponsoring the event will probably come out a little shy of the cost for the event.  But I keep getting the same responses — "this is our first time — its a start."

So, Saturday morning at 8:30 we will gather.  As ministers in this town, along with all who gather, we will pray for community leadership.  We will pray for wisdom, for justice, for righteousness.  We will take seriously scripture passages that tell us to pray for our leadership.  At the end we will all pray together for a  blessing on our community leadership.

May God bless!