Lubbock PRAYNow

Vol. 4 No. 3 March 2002

Pastors Prayer Meeting!

Wednesday

20 March 2002, Noon – 1:00PM

Conference Room – Metro Tower

1220 Broadway – 19^th Floor

Lunch follows immediately at

Cathedral of Praise, formerly Posey Elementary School,

Corner of Redbud and E. 13^th.

“Pray, Lubbock!” – Another Opportunity for United Prayer

The Lord has created another avenue in this city for fervent united prayer! The management of radio station KAMY, 90.1 FM, has invited Steve to lead prayer for our city and individuals each weekday morning as part of their regular program-ming. This twenty-minute segment will air live at 10:07 AM Monday through Friday.

“Pray, Lubbock!” will encourage listeners to pray daily for city-focused issues and needs. There will also be an opportunity for listeners to call with prayer requests to be prayed for during the broadcast.

It is hoped that “Pray, Lubbock!” will accomplish several objectives:

Ø Facilitate unified prayer on behalf of our city

Ø Create opportunities for personal prayer requests to become miracles that glorify the Lord

Ø Educate listeners in practicing strategic prayer for our city

Ø Create an atmosphere for revival in our city

Ø Remind Lubbock to pray

Over the course of each week, prayers will cover educational systems, businesses and economic institutions, Christian congrega-tions and ministries, individuals and families, and governments and civic entities. Each month, prayers will target spiritual freedom, revival of God’s people, salvation for the lost, prophetic inter-cession and God’s presence in Lubbock sought through worship, praise and testimony. Encourage your congregation to tune in and pray.

Pastors United in Prayer

Last month’s prayer meeting was a blessing at Community Baptist Church. As one pastor put it after the prayer time and meal, “We were treated like royalty.” “Thank you” to Rev. Larry Brooks and to his gracious congregation!

This month we will meet on the 19^th floor of the Metro Tower for prayer. (The Pray Lubbock News page of our website has information about parking around the Metro Tower). Come join with your co-pastors and man your post as gatekeeper guarding the city through prayer.

Following the prayer time, we have been invited to lunch at Cathedral of Praise in the cafeteria of the former Posey Elementary School building. Cathedral of Praise is just minutes from the Metro Tower. Travel east on Broadway; turn right on MLK Blvd. then left on E 13^th. After crossing Redbud, the building is on the right. (1301 E. Redbud)

The April Prayer meeting will take place at the Metro Tower. If your congregation would like to provide lunch that day (17 April) contact our office. On 15 May, we will pray and eat at Pathway Assembly of God, with pastors Lauro and Evangelina Hernandez hosting.

About a dozen university ministry leaders have been meeting together to study Fresh Encounter, a study of Biblical and historical revival and spiritual awakening. This group meets on Wednesday mornings, 8:30 – 9:30 AM at Christ in Action, 2406 Broadway.

Plans are now being made for a Concert of Praise on campus on 11 April 2002 enveloping the concept of corporate confession and repentance into the evening of praise. Richard Smith of Levi Ministries is working with these leaders to organize this assembly of worship and confession.

There will be an event-and-grounds-use meeting on Monday, 25 March at 10:30 AM on the Tech campus. If your university ministry leader would like to attend this meeting, be informed and provide leadership for this event, contact the Pray Lubbock office.

If you tried to Email Steve or Joy between 15 February and 3 March, you, no doubt, got an error message. Even our website was down (and feared completely lost!) during about a week of that time. However, our cyber-connection is again in operation. “Thanks” are in order to Neil Baldridge, Elder at Vandelia Church of Christ, and Mike Cisneros, of Combus Technology for their rescue and restoration efforts.

For the last seven years Steve Doles has been working toward a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. His completion deadline was 1 March 2002, and true to form, on that day (and not one day before) he mailed his Ministry Focus Paper. This 250-page paper, “The Theological Foundation and Strategy of Pray Lubbock – A Prayer-Dominated, City-Mobilizing Ministry,” has required a great deal of time over the last several months; but the process of writing it has also brought light to major milestones and vision for the future. Some of this information will be available soon on www.praylubbock.com.

Pastors Prayer Summit

Pray Lubbock has always promoted increased prayer and the deepening of relationships. To aid our focus in these directions, a Pastors Prayer Summit is scheduled for 29-30 April 2002. This Monday-to-Tuesday event will take place at Floydada Baptist Camp, beginning at 1:00 PM Monday, and conclude with lunch on Tuesday.

Registration forms are included with this newsletter. Cost will be $50, which will include one night’s lodging and three meals. Plan now to make this a priority on your spring calendar. Call a colleague whom you know would enjoy time away with the Lord; make arrangements to ride together.

Another pastors small group has formed to study Fresh Encounter together. Gary Kirksey of City View Christian Fellowship is leading this study. If you are interested in participating, beginning Monday March 18 through April 29, you may call Gary at 771-2700 for more information. These meetings will be held at 2610 Avenue A from 10:30 AM to noon. Lunch together, afterwards, will always be an option. Missing the first session does not prevent your involvement.

We are encouraging citywide, unified, corporate prayer on behalf of the congregations of our city. Here is a suggested list for the next few weeks: