As Prayer Leader, you are responsible to inform and encourage your congregation to participate in Celebration prayer opportunities.
NEXT STEPS —Always do in prayer and consultation with your Pastor and Congregational Leader.
Once a Month
Meet with your Celebration Leadership Team for prayer and planning.
March
Participate in Operation Andrew Emphasis Sunday. (9)
Provide a time during your weekly services for individuals to pause and pray for people on their Operation Andrew list.
Attend the student prayer gathering Ignite the Flame and encourage your Student Leader to do the same and bring his/her students. (12)
Attend the monthly prayer gathering Fanning the Flame and encourage your congregation to do the same. (17)
Attend the Christian Life and Witness Course and encourage your congregation to do the same. (March 31 – April 26)
April
Attend the monthly prayer gathering Fanning the Flame and encourage your congregation to do the same. (7)
Begin recruiting people in your congregation for onsite prayer opportunities during the Celebration (i.e. the Celebration Prayer Room).
May
Continue to remember those on your Operation Andrew list in prayer.
Attend the United Prayer Service and encourage your congregation to do the same. (4)
Pray for the Celebration Support Sunday taking place on the 11th of this month.
Attend Stand in the Gap and encourage your congregation to do the same. (18)
Invite and bring those on your Operation Andrew list to the Celebration services. (May 30 – June 1)
Participate in onsite prayer opportunities at the Celebration.
June
Continue to be involved in prayer and friendship evangelism, and encourage your congregation to do the same.
As the Lord Leads:
- Ask the leaders of your church’s prayer groups to (1) remember the Celebration during their regularly scheduled prayer times, and (2) allow a moment each time they meet for individuals to pray for people on their Operation Andrew lists.
- Ask Sunday School teachers and small group leaders to allow a moment each time they meet for individuals to pray for people on their Operation Andrew lists.
- Offer assistance to the Student Leader in encouraging students to participate in their prayer opportunities— Operation Andrew, Student prayer rally, etc.
- Offer assistance to the Children’s Leader in encouraging children to pray during Children’s Church or Sunday School for individuals on their lists. Encourage your prayer partners to pray for…
- the Churches in your neighborhood/city – II Chronicles 7:14
- your Community – II Peter 3:9
- the Celebration
Remember…Lead by fully participating in the Celebration Prayer Opportunities personally. Ask God to use these opportunities to inspire your congregation to be part of a great movement of prayer for our churches and communities.
