Dear Metro Boston Pastors & Prayer Leaders,
The next ‘Pray for Boston ’ gathering will be Tuesday December 15th at King of the Nations in Somerville , MA 9am-12noon with lunch following. This gathering is open to all Metro Boston pastors and prayer leaders. Therefore, feel free to forward this invitation through your networks. Although, an email RSVP to prayforboston@egc.org helps us get a head count for the lunch. Brother Zenzo Matoga zenzopraise5@hotmail.com will be leading the worship team.
Also check out www.prayforboston.org
About ‘Pray for Boston ’
Pray for Boston is an ongoing monthly prayer meeting and movement of Metro Boston pastors and leaders that was started approximately two years ago. Pray for Boston is encouraging four streams of ministry suggested by local pastors: (1) neighborhood based pastor-to-pastor prayer and fellowship; (2) neighborhood based congregation-to-congregation gatherings; (3) coordinated city-wide prayer gatherings & activity, and (4) intercessory prayer activity - especially with regard to how these four streams of ministry might help prepare the church and our city for a sustained and significant move of God’s Spirit- even revival. Contact: prayforboston@egc.org
Next meeting location:
King of the Nations
9 Cummings St.
Somerville, MA 02145
News/Announcements/Requests
· 333 House of Prayer goes public! Now meeting at Congregacion Leon de Juda http://leondejuda.org/en/node/7029 Tues-Sat Noon-3pm. Contact: Christ John Otto belonginghouse@gmail.com or 603-233-7803.
· One10 Gatherings monthly worship & prayer gatherings contact: info@jhopboston.com
· Ethnic Ministry Summit 2010 prayer team contact: Miwon Oh miwon1004@comcast.net
· Church of the Midnight Hour Worship Service for ongoing, late night, local prayer on the air www.globalministriesboston.org or www.globalministriesboston.blogspot.com or pastorbrucewall@aol.com
· Hosting His Presence worship & prayer at Fountain of Grace, 190 Milton St. , Dedham , MA , contact: Linda Clark Pray@NEAPN.org or 617-848-0922 or New England Apostolic Prayer Network www.neapn.org
· Personal Prayer & Intercession every Thursday night at 9-10pm 1-270-400-1500 enter code 500302# Cheryl and her team will pray and intercede for your personal prayer requests or email Pray4Me@NEAPN.org at anytime.
· Ethnic Ministry Summit 2010 vision/steering team contact: Gregg Detwiler gdetwiler@egc.org
· Boston prayer Summit 2010 tentative March 9-11, 2010. Contact Dave Hill hilldavidr@rcn.com
· Boston Education Collaborative Online Survey - five minutes about your churches engagement in educational programs http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CzmV3xyMVa6w5yivdslaRw_3d_3d or contact rwong@egc.org
· Neighborhood based Pastor-to-Pastor small groups in addition to our monthly Metro Boston gatherings, neighborhood based, pastor-to-pastor groups are developing…(see contact list below).
2009-2010 ‘Pray for Boston ’ Schedule and Meeting Locations
Tentative schedule 9am-12noon with lunch following:
Nov 17 Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Center for Urban Ministerial Education CUME
Dec 15 King of the Nations, Somerville , MA
Jan 26 TBD
Feb 23 TBD
Mar 23 Morning Star Baptist Church
April 27,May 25, June 22, July 27, Aug 24, Sept 28, Oct 26, Nov 16, & Dec 14
What happens at our monthly gatherings?
Our monthly gatherings will follow this basic pattern:
9:00 – 9:30 Fellowship
9:30 – 10:00 Worship
10:00 – 10:30 Presentation (teaching, testimony, announcements, & etc.)
10:30 – 12:00 Prayer
12:00-1:00 Meal
-The amount of fellowship, worship & presentation time can flex but the prayer time must be well guarded by the prayer facilitators with the goal of 90 minutes of prayer minimum.
Prayer
As prayer is at the heart of our monthly gathering, our goal is to spend a minimum of 90 minutes in small and/or large group prayer as guided by the designated prayer facilitators. The prayer facilitators are encouraged to steward the time and prayer activity as they feel God’s spirit leading. As various local prayer facilitators are engaged over the course of the year, our prayer time may include a variety of prayer modes, themes/topics, & groupings. Pastor George Irabor bgirabor@verizon.net and Mark Steiger steiger.mark@gmail.com have offered to help coordinate our prayer facilitators for 2009.
Worship
As we recognize the importance of worship and how it can help align and prepare us for corporate prayer, we will have a time of worship at the front end of our gatherings that includes a variety of musical styles and local worship leaders from the church in Metro Boston. Brother Zenzo Matoga zenzopraise5@hotmail.com has offered to coordinate the worship teams for 2009.
Fellowship
Our ‘Pray for Boston ’ monthly prayer gatherings will include a brief time of fellowship at the beginning and a lunch at the end of our gathering. In addition, we will continue to explore ways to encourage and strengthen, neighborhood based pastor-to-pastor fellowship and neighborhood based congregation-to-congregation fellowship as suggested by local pastors.
Presentation
This is a pre-planned time for selected leaders to address the entire group during our monthly gathering on a variety of prayer related topics and issues. This time may include brief preaching, teaching, testimonies, prayer focus issues, announcements for local events, etc. as guided by the coordinator. Pastor Francis Balla francis.balla@gmail.com has offered to coordinate the presentation times for 2009.
Comments or questions: prayforboston@egc.org
Neighborhood based Pastor-to-Pastor groups
In addition to the monthly Metro Boston ‘Pray for Boston’ Prayer meetings, some pastors are gathering in smaller neighborhood based, pastor-to-pastor prayer & fellowship groups as listed below. Some of the groups draw from multiple neighborhoods and some are gathering leaders from broader areas like the North Shore or South Shore . If you know of other groups that should be listed or would like to start a group in your area, please let us know at prayforboston@egc.org
City/Neighborhood
Boston
Allston-Brighton: Dave Hill hilldavidr@rcn.com
Back Bay/Beacon Hill:
Central:
Charlestown:
East Boston: Alan Juarez pastorjuarez@hotmail.com
Fenway/Kenmore: David W. Hill dwhill@fenwaychurch.org
Hyde Park:
Jamaica Plain: Tom Griffith tgriffith@rolcboston.org
Mattapan: Roland Cooper recooper@jubileeboston.org
North Dorchester:
Roslindale:
Roxbury:
South Boston:
South Dorchester: Bill Dunigan bdjubilee@aol.com
South End: Neal Armandt SouthEndChurch@juno.com 617-262-0900
Gregory Norman 617-756-3794 x257
West Roxbury:
Brookline:
Cambridge: Dan Szatkowski danszat59@gmail.com
North Shore: Brandt Gillespie brandtgillespie@aol.com
South Shore: Francis Balla francis.balla@gmail.com
Metro West:
