Prayer Walk

On Saturday morning we met up at Kinder Park to do our first Prayer walk. It was a great time. For 2 hours we enjoyed fellowship and prayer, and I believe that everyone there felt really good about it when we were done.

Christine Duerling, our prayer coordinator, had put the plans together, and she did a great job. We're thankful to have avoided the rain that came in later that night. From Kinder Park we broke into 4 groups that went to Gathering Places and Neighborhoods. A Gathering Place is a location in the community where people are likely to come together. (Shopping centers, libraries, schools, parks, etc. ) I think there are principles from the ministry of Paul that can direct us. For instance, Paul went to cities and found himself in the commercial districts and intellectual schools. Not just door to door.

Places we covered were Kinder Park, AACC, Park Plaza, the US Naval Academy, and several neighborhoods as well. Each group was a little different. Some walked silently and prayed, others walked together, talking about the church and stopped in specific locations to pray. I think the primary issue was that we prayed. It made me wonder why I had never been part of a prayer walk before. I've never viewed an area so much as a mission field. This is only the first of many prayer walks we'll be doing in our target area.

Thanks to Christine and all who participated.

--Ben