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>From: <info@teamsundays.org

Use the 50 Day Spiritual Adventure resource Celebrate Jesus - Find Out What Makes Him Attractive to So Many People for your next prayer gathering.

The Focus

What Makes Jesus Attractive to So Many People?

The Format

1. He stayed spiritually connected and directed. (Mark 1:29-39)  
2. He shattered the stereotypes of “us” and “them.” (John 4:1-42)
3. He liked people and drew out the best in them. (Matt. 9:9-13)
4. He knew his identity, yet served with humility. (John 13:1-17)
5. He spoke God’s truth in everyday language. (Matt. 7:15-29)
6. He cast a vision of a better kingdom, now and future. (Matt. 4:23-5:12)
7. He courageously completed his assigned mission. (Mark 11:1-19)
8. He broke the power of darkness so all can live in the light. (Acts 26:1-18)

Cover all eight themes in one meeting or, take one each week following the Sunday Sermon. This may be used in a weeknight Prayer Meeting or a small group setting (Sunday School class, Bible study, Lighthouse of Prayer).

Keep the theme prominent.
Incorporate songs and scripture, along with the prayers of the participants, in each segment.
For additional resources, see NPPN Resource Center (above)
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>From: John J Eckle <JohnEckle@juno.com>
 
Hi Phil, thank you for including me in your e-mail list for NPPN over the past year. Embracing Seattle took off to a good start last year, and we are looking forward to great things that the Lord will do here in 2002, our focus year. We have always recognized that prayer is the foundation for all we do out here, and one of our very basic strategies is to pray for every household in the Seattle area by name throughout 2002. The way our Prayer Team has organized to do this is through what is called the "Household Prayer Strategy". From a numerical point of view it is organized as follows:
 
Population within the Puget Sound Baptist Association area:  4,000,000
Number of Households: 1,500,000
Number of Households to be prayed for each day by a single prayer warrior: 10
Number of Households to be prayed for each month by a single prayer warrior: 300 (ie 10 per day)
Number of Households to be prayer for each month by 5000 prayer warriors: 1,500,000
 
In other words, each household will be prayed for every month throughout 2002

So far we have about 1000 prayer warriors signed up. Each prayer warrior has received a list of 300 names broken down into lists of 10 per day. We are in need of 4000 more prayer warriors. I have attached the typical information brochure and sign up sheet that can be used to recruit prayer warriors. Another way to sign up is to visit our web site: www.embracingseattle.com and there is a page for signups and an overview of what is happening in Seattle. We would very much appreciate your help in enlisting others.
 
Yours in Christ, John Eckle, City Coordinator for Embracing Seattle

 

PRAYING for SEATTLE -- One Home at a Time
 

   Almost four million people live in the Greater Seattle area. Yet, 90% of this population is not associated with, nor do they attend, church on any given Sunday. Only 4% attend an evangelical Christian church. The purpose of the “Embracing Seattle” Household Prayer Strategy is to intercede by name for 1.5 million households in the Greater Seattle area from now through December, 2002.
    Will you join 5,000 prayer warriors around the globe to lift up Seattle in prayer... and rejoice with us as we see the lives of individuals and communities spiritually renewed and awakened? Please fill out the attached response card and return to:
Embracing Seattle Household Prayer Strategy
11649 1st Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98168
Or register through our Web site:  http://www.embracingseattle.com
 

More about the Embracing Seattle Household Prayer Strategy
 

   Why pray for every household in the Greater Seattle region?
We believe God is bringing about a major movement in the Puget Sound area. We believe He is preparing His people to join Him in a great work... the work of evangelism. We are anxious to join Him as He wraps His loving arms around the Sound. But we need prayer support from around the globe to pray for each household in the Seattle area.
    Who will we be praying for?
The purpose of the “Embracing Seattle” Household Prayer Strategy is to intercede by name for 1.5 million households in the Greater Seattle area from now through December, 2002. Through this concentrated intercession we will see the lives of individuals and communities spiritually renewed and awakened.
    How can I participate?
As a registered prayer partner, you will pray for ten different families in the Greater Seattle area each day for a month. By the end of that month, you will have interceded for 300 different families, by name! The intercession is repeated each month through December, 2002. So by the end of the year, each family will have been interceded for, by name, at least a dozen times.
    How many prayer partners are needed to fulfill this mission?
We are praying for 5,000 prayer warriors from around the globe to take part in the “Embracing Seattle” Household Prayer Strategy. Would you commit yourself today?
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3.    SEE YOU AT THE POLE LAWSUIT
 

>From: Baptist Press Mailing List <trosson@sbcec.org>

See You at the Pole suit affirms religious expression in school. http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=12892
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>At: Joel News subscribe-joel-news-international@xc.org
More and more people are coming to Christ in the comfort of their own homes. According to Dick Innes of ACTS International, God is using their website http://www.911FindGod.org as a vehicle to reach many people, including those in countries closed to the Gospel. He reports over a thousand salvation responses every year.
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5.    NPPN OPTIONS / OPPORTUNITIES

 

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>From: "Gospelcom.net Announce" <gospelcom-announce-help@lists.gospelcom.net>
>By: Blaine Smith: "The Problem of Unanswered Prayer"

We can all identify with the frustration of having a prayer go apparently unanswered.  What possible reason could there be for God to let a fervent prayer go without a response?  Blaine Smith has some inspiring insights into the problem.  If you've been disillusioned or disappointed by unanswered prayer, Blaine's words will give you a reason to reconsider your frustration!
    "The Problem of Unanswered Prayer":
http://www.gospelcom.net/nehemiah/unanswe2.htm
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>From:  "Pastor's Weekly Briefing" <pwb@fotf.org>
>By: H.B. London, Jr.

   This week, I have been with chaplains from the U.S. Air Force. Military clergy from all across the country gathered for a few days of refreshment and enrichment. I felt honored to be asked to address and fellowship with these dedicated Americans and committed churchmen.
   What stood out was their concern for those under their care and the reality of possible deployment and absence from their families. There is a loneliness that exists in military ministry due to the frequent moves and very long hours. They were interested in what was going on in the American church and the low level of spiritual training their young men and women bring to the Air Force. They talked about the many that come out of dysfunctional families and were concerned that they had so little time with them. In many ways, their hands are tied, but in so many other ways, they make a significant difference.
   One chaplain noted that, when the budget calls for either buying bullets or placing chaplains, bullets often win.
   Do you know any military chaplains? Do you have their families in your church? Please make a determined effort to honor them, pray for them and look after their children.
   I am encouraged by my experience with these wonderful men and their chaplain assistants. I will be more concerned for them. Will you join me?
   Pray for the Middle East!
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>From: Themagsterc@aol.com

Riverwoods Christian Center offers..
Unique Short Term Mission Trip Opportunities

~~  Intercessors wanted!!! ~~

One week assignments from June 9 through August 3

Riverwoods is looking for people to under gird its summer camp program with prayer.

For eight weeks this summer Riverwoods (in St. Charles, IL; just west of Chicago on the Fox River) will be bringing approximately 750 children from under resourced communities to Riverwoods camp grounds for a  week of camping.  During their stay, children (ages 6-12), will be loved and cared for in a safe environment, while hearing the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Prayer teams consisting of 3-10 intercessors are invited to come to Riverwoods to saturate every aspect of summer camp with prayer.

We are seeking praying people to come, live on the camp grounds, (in our beautiful Elm Chalet), and experience camp life all the way down to the partaking of camp food!  The week will include prayer walking, praying with camp counselors, praying over various prayer requests that come in for specific children, in addition to participating in many other prayer exercises.

Prayer leaders, don't miss this opportunity to bring developing intercessors to Riverwoods for some on-the-job training.

For more information call Maggie Caudell at Riverwoods at: (630) 584-2222.or email her at: themagsterc@aol.com

Hurry and register to reserve your week, there are only (8) one week sessions available!
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>From: Baptist Press Mailing List <trosson@sbcec.org>
>By Karen L. Willoughby


SEATTLE (BP)--Thirty percent of the 1.5 million households in metro
Seattle are ethnic -- 159 different language groups.

That's Gihwang Shin's mission field. Shin, who is the language new work
strategist for Puget Sound Baptist Association, and his wife, Hye Sun,
were among the featured missionaries during the March 3-10 North
American Mission Board's Annie Armstrong Week of Prayer.

Shin sees his foremost responsibilities as being a Christian, the
husband of Hye Sun -- "Gift of Grace" -- and the father of three
children, each named Grace -- Hye Kang (River of Grace), 10; Hye Woo
(Rain of Grace), 4; and Hye Song (Song of Grace), 18 months.

Shin said Hye Sun is a full partner in ministry. She has a gift for
hospitality; the house is always filled with church leaders and their
families, and with friends from many nations. Because he is often gone,
she is the main caregiver for the children.

"Actually I am getting better than the last 10 years," Shin said. "I
have a lot of meetings, but I am having more time with the children."

In his ministry role Shin helps determine ethnic church planting
priorities, identifies and develops new leadership, and supports and
encourages pastors as they reach their cultures with the gospel.

"Where are the unreached people? Everywhere," said Shin, who frequents
area junior and senior high schools "just to introduce myself. Their
parents are working hard. Maybe the kids want someone to talk to."

Shin also frequents Puget Sound's 54 ethnic congregations. One of his
priorities is establishing networks among the 15 language groups where
Southern Baptists already are working. Fully functioning networks that
develop emerging leaders and locate church starting sites, he said,
would free him to concentrate on unreached language groups.

But until that happens -- and already it's beginning to take place
among Hispanics and Koreans -- Shin will continue to focus on all 159
language groups. He connects with them on school campuses, at
celebrations and at shopping areas frequented by ethnics.

His gentle scholar's appearance coupled with a polio-inflicted gait
creates an aura of accessibility and vulnerability that opens doors to
countless conversations.

"I am not worthy, [God] considered me worthy and the Holy Spirit pushes
me a little further," Shin said while preaching from 1 Timothy 1:12 at
a recent Sunday afternoon Korean worship service in Oak Harbor, about
two hours north of Seattle. Five women and one young girl sat in rapt
attention -- the remnant of a 30-member congregation before the former
pastor left. "That's God's grace on my call."

He is "pushed" -- in addition to the contacts he generates -- by census
bureau reports, demographic studies, windshield surveys to see
firsthand the needs, and contacts made by ethnics to the Puget Sound
Baptist Association.

Thirty minutes prone on the floor each early morning prepare Shin for
the day's work. "My question is, 'What can I do for you, Father?'" Shin
said of his times of prayer. "If I say something expecting, I could go
wrong. By waiting on him to show me what he wants done, then in his
timing, it works out.

"In starting churches, I want to sense God's movement," Shin continued.
"If God moves ethnic leaders here, that's a good sign."

At least 800 Haitians live in metro Seattle. They had no church of any
kind to worship God in, and called the Puget Sound Association to ask
for one. Shin met with them, and -- seeing their sincerity -- began to
pray, "Father, do you want a church for these Haitian people in
Seattle?"

Days later, a Haitian pastor in New York City called Shin. He had
trained two pastors who sensed God's call to Seattle. Did Shin have a
church where they could serve?

Within two months, the Haitian people had a church in which they could
worship God in a way that was culturally relevant to them, and in a
language their heart understood.

"It doesn't take long to start a church," Shin said. "Four to five
meetings with the church starter." The meetings with the church
starter, associational planning group, and core group are the end
result of months, sometimes years, of prayer and preliminary work, Shin
acknowledged.

The Haitian church is one of about a dozen started since June 2000,
when Shin was called as language new work strategist.

A second-generation Asian church is another new work. Some of its
members drive three hours to attend services "because it meets their
needs," Shin said. Completely Americanized, yet with love and loyalty
to their families, traditions and cultures, second-generation Asians of
many nationalities find their hearts and spirits lifted by the Asian
cadence of the English-speaking service.

Not long after he arrived in Seattle, Shin became acutely aware of the
spiritual need on the Indian reservations in the Puget Sound
Association. He became convinced of the priority need to start a
Southern Baptist church for them.

"We've got to heal this land. We have responsibility for this land, and
Native Americans are a good starting point," Shin said. "To see revival
in America we need to do something for Native Americans."

He searched the nation for a Native American church starter with a call
to Seattle, but found no one. Russell Begaye, a Native American and
multiethnic church multiplication manager for the North American
Mission Board, suggested Shin, a Korean, look for a Korean to start
such a work. Native Americans and Koreans are said by some to have a
common ancestor.

Not long after that conversation, Shin heard from the pastor at Seattle
First Korean Baptist Church that his associate pastor had been leading
a prayer group with Native Americans for the previous two and a half
years.

That associate, Seong Hwa Park, is now pastor of the new work, First
Nations Baptist Church. Though growing, the congregation needs
financial sponsorship to thrive.

"We have limited resources in Puget Sound Baptist Association, but
bottom line, God is not limited," Shin said. "You just need to plug
into his resource."

Often preaching two or three times on Sunday, Shin said he enjoys the
opportunity of mingling with the congregations. In addition to simply
enjoying the fellowship, he's always looking for potential leaders who
can be trained and developed for the region's insatiable need for
church starters, or for informal "missionary" service for those who
return to their homeland.

"The most difficult part of what I do is finding good church planters,
good pastors," Shin said. "Most ethnic students at [Southern Baptists'
six] seminaries are Korean. Most who are not Korean, are Hispanic."

Where are the Ukrainian, Haitian, Native American, East Indian and
other church planters? They are in the congregations, or not yet
converted.

"I know the burden of these ethnic pastors," Shin said. "It's the same
burden I have. The need is so great, the call from God so strong, the
workers so few."

Ethnic pastors do all the things Anglo pastors do -- preaching,
studying, visiting, and planning. In addition, ethnic pastors assist
people in and outside their congregations with immigration and other
government issues, and with cross-cultural assimilation. It's a
daunting task, made more formidable because ethnic pastors feel a
burden also to identify, recruit, develop and train church planters.

And often they do this without the fellowship of another pastor of the
same ethnicity. Loneliness is a scourge for most ethnic pastors, Shin
said.

"Part of what I do is to encourage the pastors," he said. "I tell them,
'You are the gatekeeper for reaching the whole world for your people.'"

In the same way, Shin is the gatekeeper for the 159 language groups in
metro Seattle.

"God considered me trustworthy," Shin said. "He empowered me, so I do
my best, plus."

(BP) photos posted in the BP Photo Library at http://www.bpnews.net.
Photo titles: ANY LANGUAGE and INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR.
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11.     CrossWalk PHOTO JOURNAL
>From: "Jack Mckee" <Jack.Mckee1@btinternet.com>
 
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>From: Kentashi@aol.com
For your prayerful consideration. . . Blessings, Cheryl Dorsey

>From: "Impact Prayer Ministries" <impactprayermin1@tanaya.net>
   
I am sending this email message out across the USA inviting patriotic Americans to devote 1 hour of Special Prayer on behalf of the US Armed Forces and their Families weekly. Please share this email with your Sunday School Class, Church Pastor, Synagogue Rabbi, and neighbors and friends. I call this Special Prayer : " SPECIAL PRAYERTIME at the EAGLES NEST". It is a volunteer campaign of a spiritual nature that I have formed here at "OPERATION:EAGLE" HQ's.  I am seeking to establish for the Glory of God- a 24 hour a day 7 days a week National Prayer Circle on behalf of our US Armed Forces---This would mean that at any given hour of the day, someone somewhere IS Praying for our US Armed Forces and their Families.
 
 Isaiah 40:31 reads: "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as Eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;and they shall walk, and not faint."  It is from this verse, that I have formed this Campaign.

 Six months after the events of September 11th, 2001 our nation is involved in Homeland Security endeavors and overseas deployments of Troops engaging the International Terrorists in combat actions in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Meanwhile the Families of our Troops left behind at home are vital to supporting the Troops and keeping the morale uplifted, despite the separation from home. How can we expect the Wives and Children, Moms& Dads, and Families of our Troops to do so, if they themselves are not Supported and Prayed for ?
 
For almost 20 years, as Director- "OPERATION: EAGLE" I have devoted my life to Supporting the Troops overseas and their Families through volunteer mailings of cards, letters, and "care packages" to "Any Service members".
 
 However in this War against International Terrorism, volunteer mail campaigns are suspended because of the threat of Anthrax or other BioTerrorism agents.  Back during Christmas 2001, I put together a 32 foot long support poster , filled with over 48,000 names of patriotic Americans who support our Troops of OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE and OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Many of YOU added your names and the names of your family to that support poster.  Now this new Campaign is underway.
 
The "SPECIAL PRAYERTIME at the EAGLES NEST" Campaign  consists of all those who Pray to spend at least 1 hour a week in Prayer for the Men and Women of the US Armed Forces and their Families back at home.
 
Pray for protection of our National Leaders, our Pentagon officials, the US Central Command, and the Officers and Enlisted Men and Women engaged in OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE and OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM both here in the USA and Overseas.
 
Pray that the Wives and Children of our Troops are protected, uplifted in their Spirits, and showered by God's Love and Grace and Blessings. Pray for the Troops searching for the Terrorists. Pray that God grants them insight and information as to where the Terrorists are hiding and that they can be engaged with minimal loss of Life among our Troops. Pray for our Law Enforcement and Protective Services Men and Women .
 
Pray that our Police Officials at the City, State, and Federal Level are protected from Terrorist actions. Pray that our Intelligence gathering Officials gain accurate and precise information concerning any threats, and that they are able to prevent any further International Terrorists attacks upon our nation .
 
The events of September 11th, 2001 are a mere 6 months old. The War on Terrorism is in it's infancy. We cannot rely solely upon the Superior Firepower of the US Armed Forces to defeat International Terrorism. We cannot as a nation leave the God of our Fathers out of the equation. We can unite as Americans and Pray God grants us victory over Osama Bin Laden and all International Terrorism.  
 
The War will be won if we admit the Battle belongs to the Lord of Heaven. The Bible clearly states that "no weapon formed against us will prosper" if We place our reliance upon God to grant us the victory over the Evil Ones who subscribe to the murders of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.  We have a Supernatural God in the Father God Almighty. Our God is an awesome God !  There is nothing too difficult for Him.
    
May God Richly Bless You and Keep You Safe!
Bill Herrmann, Director,"OPERATION:EAGLE"
9908 Berrywood Drive, Ladson,SC 29456 USA
(843) 821-2696  /   email:OpEagle@Bellsouth.Net
 
Impact International Prayer Ministries  /   Donna Mae CEO~GOD, Executive Director/Missionary of Prayer
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>From: USAPRAY@aol.com

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR THE ANGOLA EASTER MEETINGS AND EVENTS - A number of us have recently returned from the Easter OSL meetings and outreach at Angola Prison in Louisiana.  There are no words to describe the encounters we had with Jesus as we spent part of Good Friday afternoon in the execution chamber and on death row, and in our visits with 500+ prisoners in "lockdown" who could not attend the outdoor East Sunday service.  There is a mighty move of God at Angola with inmates completing Bible College and pastoral training right on the grounds, and planting more congregations on the 20,000 acre compound.  Warden Burl Cain and Chaplain Roger Mitchell are spearheading an incredible example of what Restorative Justice - Restoring Shalom to our Communities can and should be.  As in each OSL statewide outreach, many hundreds and thousands of prisoners continue to give their lives to Christ for the first time, and multitudes are recommitting and signing up for long-term Bible study, and discipleship and mentoring programs.  The Lord is challenging us about "Operation Finishing Line" - the great need for post-prison ministry and the role this will have in bringing Revival to our nation.

Gary Bergel, Chairman, OSL Prayer Committee

PRAY FOR UPCOMING OSL PENNSYLVANIA OUTREACH - Please lift up the OSL campaign to begin in Pennsylvania, May 16th - 26th. Pray the Lord would fling wide the doors of the prisons in Pennsylvania for Operation Starting Line to come in and deliver the gospel message.  Ask the Lord to allow for smooth and thorough preparation.  Ask the Lord to send His Holy Spirit and prepare the hearts and minds of the prisoners and correctional staff so they would be ready to receive the Word.  Pray for a great army of volunteers to rise up and take the joyful burden of this ministry upon themselves and their churches.

OPERATION STARTING LINE PRAYER COMMITTEE
INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA  PO Box 4477  Leesburg, VA 20177  Tel. 703-777-0003
These alerts are available via e-mail, contact PrayOSL@aol.com or see web sites www.operationstartingline.net or www.ifa-usapray.org
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14.     JOSHUA PROJECT ---ADOPT-A-COLLEGE
>From: Collegeprayers@aol.com

Please, choose,  adopt and pray for a college. The Colleges and Universities have been like orphans for many years. As Christians we can ADOPT A COLLEGE, thus providing a parenting role through our intercessory prayers. Our prayers will support the college administration, board of directors, faculties, students, alumnae, staff and families and also for all Christian ministries involved with the institution.

Joshua Project is a prayer initiative to transform our educational institutions by the power of concerted prayer, by believers praying both inside and outside each institution.

Please return this e-mail with the name of the COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY you will be praying for. If you like, please send your mailing address for more information.  We'll be praying for you. Your participation is invaluable to Reclaim the Colleges for God.

God bless you for your initiative.
Edson Porto & Eneida Porto
Joshua Project, 66 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02481-USA
Phone/Fax (781) 235-5000
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>From: "Pastors Ron & Nancy Thaxton" <praywv@churchinthecity.com>

PRAYER NET – WORKS  a prayer strategy for the city

"Plunk!" "What was that noise," I thought as I turned to look behind?  As I was struggling to pull in the fish I had just snagged, I was surprised to see that someone else's two ounce sinker and treble hook had landed in my boat.

This was a story related to us by Pastor Dennis Chasteen at our last Pastor's Prayer Fellowship.  He was telling of fishing a salmon run in the New England states.  The technique was to cast a heavy sinker and a many-barbed hook into the stream while the fish were running and hope to snag one.  On the bank the fishermen were often shoulder to shoulder and directly across the river from one another.  When a fish was snagged it often resulted in getting several lines tangled to the point that there would be a dispute over who really caught it.  Even the fishermen on opposite banks would get entangled and be pulling against one another.  If someone in a boat happened to hook a fish the other fishermen would then cast toward the boat as they believed that was where the fish were running.  That is how Dennis happened to have another fisherman's hook and sinker land in his boat.  (Does this somehow sound like church life today?)

The gist of all of this is that many hours and tremendous effort and expense went into catching very few fish.  However, the native people of Canada would fish for the very same fish with remarkably different results.  Only two men would stretch a gill-net across the stream in which the salmon were running and in no time the net would be full of shiny quivering fish--a catch that would feed the village for many days.

CASTING A PRAYER NET  by Dennis Chasteen

Jesus has called us to be fishers of men (Matt. 4:19). He uses fishing as an analogy describing our commission to evangelize the world. He likens catching fish to catching people.

Basically there are two different fishing methodologies we can employ to complete this task. We can parallel fish or we can fish in an integrated way. Parallel fishing is when we all stand on the bank and fish with our individual poles. Each ministry casts its specialized line in an attempt to catch individual fish. We fish together standing side by side casting our lines into a sea of lost humanity.

Jesus was not talking to men who fished in this manner. The method of fishing Jesus referred to was not parallel fishing but integrated fishing. He was talking to men who fished with nets, not poles. These first century professional fishermen knew the most effective way to catch fish was with nets. Two men with poles can catch two fish. Two men with a net can catch a multitude of fish. In both cases the fishermen are fishing together, but the integrated way reaps a greater harvest.

In the Kanawha Valley we are blessed to live among a group of people who are interested in net building. Presently there is an effort to create a Prayer-net that will cover our region. (The Lord of the Harvest is fashioning His people in our community into a net woven with prayer and knotted together with loving trusting relationships.) Through this effort we hope to catch fish of every kind (Ez. 47:10).

A group of Churches and Ministries are integrating our prayer efforts to "Seek God for our City".  Forty days we will join together spreading a net of intercession over our geographic area. We are praying that God would visit the valley in a unique and dramatic way.

Drop us a message.  We will tell you how you can be part of this historic initiative!
 
Yours in Him for a Transformed Community!!!
 
Pastors Ron & Nancy Thaxton
"PrayWestVirginia!" and "The Church in the City"
In Association with Mission America
5002 Big Tyler Road, Charleston, WV  25313-2102
Phone: 304-776-5907 / Fax: 304-776-0751
<http://www.churchinthecity.com>
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Take a minute (or two) to send us a report on how the Holy Spirit is leading you to connect people to God through corporate prayer.  Your story or strategy just may be used of the Lord to encourage or equip others across the nation.

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