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Greetings!
The recent Prayer Summit that was held at Wheaton Christian Center that featured Pastor John Mulinde, Pastor Mark Daniel and Pastor Joyce Nantongo of World Trumpet Mission has been so uplifting and challenging. We have also had the joy of Joyce Nantongo staying in the Chicagoland region these past 5 weeks teaching on prayer and leading many prayer meetings. There is such a sense of growing breakthrough. God has such a huge heart for our region.
Pastor Mark Daniel, the WTM American Director will be joining us on Friday Dec. 11th at 10:00am to continue to share on the vision and purpose of going deeper into prayer. He will also be talking about the "Prayer Altar" vision and strategy as well. He will also be at the WCC Solemn Assembly Prayer Meeting that will be held at 7:00pm on Friday the 11th. Both meetings will be held at WCC, 610 E. North Ave. Carol Stream, 60188.
Please join us. We are expecting the Lord to continue to build us here in Chicagoland into a unified team of Prayer Warriors to see His redemptive plan and purpose come forth more fully.
Blessings,
Joe Manahan
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Dear Cityreaching Friend:
We are pleased to announce that the web-based registration is now open for the National City Impact Roundtable (NCIR) and the Mission America Coalition National meetings scheduled for March 1-4, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel downtown Birmingham, Alabama!
www.cityreaching.com or www.missionamerica.org Check out the schedule and other info on the brochure (PDF).
Come interact and network with some of the most effective city-reaching movements in America!
Engage strategically with national and regional leaders from your area of ministry interest and calling!
Monthly Cityreaching Conference Call December 17th at 10am Central.
Special Guest is Eddie Smith from the US Prayer Center! Mark your calendars and make plans to join us for a powerful closing to the year 2009!
Reply to info@cityreaching.com requesting the dial-in number.
Mission America City/Community MInistries
Dear Cityreaching Friend:
We are pleased to announce that the web-based registration is now open for the National City Impact Roundtable (NCIR) and the Mission America Coalition National meetings scheduled for March 1-4, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel downtown Birmingham, Alabama!
www.cityreaching.com or www.missionamerica.org Check out the schedule and other info on the brochure (PDF).
Come interact and network with some of the most effective city-reaching movements in America!
Engage strategically with national and regional leaders from your area of ministry interest and calling!
Monthly Cityreaching Conference Call December 17th at 10am Central.
Special Guest is Eddie Smith from the US Prayer Center! Mark your calendars and make plans to join us for a powerful closing to the year 2009! Reply to this email requesting the dial-in number.
Mission America City/Community MInistries
Revered Author to Speak on New Book Chronicling Year-long Journey
Ed Dobson at Christ Church of Oak Brook, Wednesday, October 28, 2009; 7 p.m.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., October 7, 2009 – Ed Dobson, highly touted author and pastor, will be the featured speaker at Christ Church of Oak Brook on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. This free event is part of his national speaking tour launching his book, The Year of Living Like Jesus (Zondervan).
Chronicling his year-long journey of living like Jesus, Dobson’s writing and speaking hold back little, resulting in a platform that is frank and honest. Dobson spent his year living, eating and praying as Jesus did, observing the Sabbath, attending Jewish festivals and reading the Gospels repeatedly. Dobson was a former pastor of a large church in Grand Rapids, Mich. More information about his book can be found at www.livingjesusly.com
“With dignity and humor, the author addresses his personal struggle with ALS, seeking to model a prayerful response to his degenerative illness on Jesus’ approach to suffering and healing. Dobson’s strong faith, open mind, humility (“I’m a confused individual!”) and compassion infuse this offering from a self-proclaimed follower of Jesus.” – Publishers Weekly
Dobson’s book will be available for purchase at the event. Media interviews with Ed and review copies of the book are available upon request.
WHO Ed Dobson, author of new Zondervan release, The Year of Living Like Jesus.
WHAT Ed Dobson will speak about his journey during the year he lived like Jesus.
WHEN Wednesday, October 28th, 7 p.m.
WHERE Christ Church of Oak Brook, 31st and York Road, 630.654.1882
Compass Regional Training Center
Fall Classes
BEING AN ARMOR BEARER: How to be an armor bearer for your pastor, church or ministry leaders and their families. Learn how to better support your church and pastor’s vision in prayer. Class will be Thursday, October 29, 10:00-11:00 am or 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Please register by Oct. 22, $10.00. Facilitated by Rebecca Crow EHOP Team
PASTORS / PRAYER LEADERS MINI CONFERENCE:
“Prayer that Changes Churches and Communities”
Tuesday, .November 17, 10:00 am - 2:30 pm, $25 registration includes lunch.
Facilitated by Rev. Phil Miglioratti the National Facilitator Cities /Communities Ministries for Mission America Coalition and Director National Pastor’s Prayer Network. Register by November 10
SCHOOL OF PRAYER: “Intercession A-Z,” A series of classes on intercession the 1st Tuesday of each month, Classes 10:00-11:00 am, 2:00 – 3:00 pm or 6:00 – 7:00 pm. Facilitated by Sheila Straka, Director of Light and Life Ministries. An offering will be taken for the ministry.
SOZO SEMINAR: November 14 and December 12. “Appropriating our Freedom in Christ,” Ron and Valerie Coltman, Kingdom Sending Center. Come experience the fullness of Christ’s forgiveness, healing and deliverance in your life. Class from 9 am - noon and is a pre-requisite to receiving ministry from ministry team. Registration for class $10, sign up for ministry see Stephen Carter Light & Life Staff
HARP & BOWL SEMINAR: Discover the values and mechanics behind the interactive flow of music
and prayer in worship at EHOP. This seminar is a requirement for all EHOP worship team participation
Thursday, Dec. 3, 7:00 – 9:30 pm. Registration $10.00
Facilitated by Stephen Carter, Director of Worship, Light & Life Ministries
Compass Regional Training Center is a Light and Life Ministry and is located at 270 E. Chicago Street, Eagle's Nest Building, Elgin, Illinois
Phone 847.695.5133 or info@light-life-ministries.org or web lalm.org
Please register at Light and Life Ministries 9:00 am – 1:00 pm or 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Monday – Friday or mail registration fee (checks must be made out to Light & Life Ministries) to 560 Robertson Road, South Elgin, 60177 with your name, address, email, phone, class title and time of class you are attending. Checks must be received by class registration deadline.
SAN DIEGO, CA (ANS) -- Church members across the United States invited more than 700,000 of their friends and family and created worship services specifically geared toward visitors during the first-ever national 'Back to Church Sunday' (BTCS), held by hundreds of congregations across the country on Sunday, Sept. 13.
Often known as 'Rally Sunday', a media release says participating churches reported surges in attendance, confessions of faith, new members and baptisms.
According to a survey conducted by Outreach Inc. after the event, many visitors were favorably impressed toward the church and the Gospel.
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Members of Word of Life Lutheran Church in Naperville, IL., gather around their 'Back to Church Sunday' float that they displayed in a local parade on Labor Day. |
"Church was packed out," said one churchgoer. It "hasn't been like that in a long time. I loved it!" Another said, "It was a little challenging getting a parking spot. Praise God!"
"Had a wonderful time with our new church family," one visitor said. "We shared a meal and are getting to know people."
According to the media release, the campaign is ongoing, with some churches holding BTCS events on other days. It is aimed at reaching the "un-churched" and "de-churched" -- people who once went to church, but don't any more.
LifeWay Research, an arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found that 82 percent of un-churched people surveyed said that they'd be open to visit a church, if a friend or family member invited them. BTCS is stirring congregations to do just that.===>Click headline to access complete article . .
WTM Prayer Summit, Chicago, October 28-31, 2009
RAISING THE LEVEL OF PRAYER
Pastor Carlton Arthurs of Wheaton Christian Center Church in Chicago will host Pastor John Mulinde (Kampala, Uganda) and Pastor Mark Daniel (Orlando, Florida) of World Trumpet Mission in facilitating a Four-Day Focus Prayer Summit. (Attendees are strongly encouraged to attend all Prayer Summit sessions.)
PRAYER SUMMIT REGISTRATION
The registration fee for the Prayer Summit is $60.00.
Click here to register.
PRAYER SUMMIT OBJECTIVES
§ Establish more connection in existing prayer efforts, more depth in prayer, and expansion to all demographics
§ Practice deeper prayer, intercession, authority, repentance, and anguish over souls
§ Engage in spiritual warfare to obtain victories and breakthroughs in the heavens
PRAYER SUMMIT ACTIVITIES
§ Applied Teaching
§ Praise and Worship
§ Prayer and Intercession
§ Impartation and Vision-casting
PRAYER SUMMIT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, October 28
Evening Session, 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Thursday and Friday, October 29-30
Morning Session, 9:00 - 11:30 AM
Lunch Break, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Afternoon Session, 1:30 - 4:00 PM
Dinner Break, 4:00 - 7:00 PM
Evening Session, 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Saturday, October 31
*Breakfast Session, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
*Breakfast session is included in the registration fee and will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites in Carol Stream.
PRAYER SUMMIT ACCOMMODATIONS
Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites
150. S. Gary Avenue
Carol Stream, IL 60188
(630) 665-3000
The Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites is approximately 1.3 mi from Wheaton Christian Center Church. Special Prayer Summit room rates are available. Please request group code WCC. Room rates include American breakfast.
§ Standard Single or Double Room Rate—$69.00 ($89.00 after October 6th)
§ Two-Room Suite—$99.00
PRAYER SUMMIT LOCATION
Prayer Summit sessions Wednesday through Friday will be held in the sanctuary of Wheaton Christian Center Church (610 E North Ave, Carol Stream, IL 60188; www.wheatonchristiancenter.com
The Saturday breakfast session will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites (www.hicarolstream.com.)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information about Pastor John Mulinde, Pastor Mark Daniel, or World Trumpet Mission please visit the World Trumpet Mission website at www.worldtrumpet.com.
For more information regarding the October Prayer Summit, please email the Wheaton Christian Center office at info@wheatonchristiancenter.
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AURORA -- They came from both sides of the city and were from all walks of life.
The roughly 250 people who filled First Presbyterian Church's Harkness Center, sang, danced, and prayed together. Though they were strangers, they hugged one another with arms of all shades.
For two hours, a fraction of Aurora came together for one cause -- Jesus Christ.
Worshippers from more than 20 area churches gathered for the rare chance to step out of their parishes and put their beliefs into action.
As Pastor Randy Schoof of Warehouse Church explains, that one belief all followers of God believe in is to love and respect one another, regardless of faith, race, or language.
"We want the people of the city of Aurora to know that God's people love one another," said Schoof, who also organized the 3rd annual Celebrate Jesus Together city-wide worship.
And love was definitely spread. Traditionally, the service featuring gospel choirs and a Hispanic worship band is held at McCarty Park. Although the severe rain pushed the event indoors, the smaller venue was intimate. Pastors from nearly every major church in Aurora were present, and nine pastors offered prayers of peace and unity for Aurora's residents.
Another prayer was made for elected officials. Worshippers created a circle around State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez and Kane County Board member Donnell Collins, among others.
"They need us as much as we need them. As we get behind them, Lord give them the wisdom and spirit to move forward," Pastor Pat McManus announced as the circle grew tighter.
And when Pastor Jeff Moore of First Presbyterian stated a confession from all church leaders, a moving display ensued.
"We have failed to grow in faith, and we lack reliance on Jesus Christ as we try to lead this group of followers," he began. "We have made the assumption that we are closer to the Lord than we really are."
Out of the crowds, a man approached the stage and slowly fell to his knees and bowed. A pastor followed him. And then a group five others knelt.
Soon enough, about 25 pastors were on their knees pledging to renew their commitment to the church, the city and the Lord.
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