Wednesday Night's Prayer Walk Activity

This Wednesday night is Prayer Walk Night

You can stop by the church, pick up a prayer walk sheet 

and do the walk around the church

or 

print out the prayer walk and do the walk in your community.

Click on the picture for a pdf of the prayer walk sheet.

Using Bible Memory and Family Prayer

Last night 33 adults and children gathered in the children's wing for our Wednesday night prayer time.
We had a great time of large group family worship time.  
Here is what the evening looked like...

First, we had a time of building with blocks (connection - this week's children's ministry story was rebuilding the tabernacle from Ezra)

Then, we read through some portions of the book of Ezra (You can check out the teacher resource page to see what passages we read)  

After that, we worked together on this week's memory verse, Psalm 95:6, 7a and looked at how we could pray this verse.  
- Praise God He made us, our parents and our children.  
- Praise God He watches over us and protects us as a shepherd watches over His sheep.
- Praise God He sent His Son to sacrifice His life for our sin and God's glory.

Finally, we closed with the song My God is So Big.

You can use all or some of these ideas in your own family worship...
Directed play
Bible reading
Bible memory
Singing

Wednesday Night's Prayer Walk

Prayer Walk Around the Church.

This is designed to help you and your family pray for and think about different ministries of the church.  This prayer list is not meant to include all of the ministries of the church.  Please be in prayer for these and other ministries of EBC.

#1:  Children’s Wing – Gathering Area.  Click HERE for video

• Pray for families to grow closer and closer to God
• Pray for the children’s ministry workers
• Pray for Andrea Fansler, Children’s Ministry Director and Pastor Dave
• Specifically pray for two other families you know from the church.

#2:  Children’s Wing – Walker Nursery.  Click HERE for video

• Pray for the UPWARD basketball ministry
• Pray for the families who were part of UPWARD last year
• Pray for families who will be a part of UPWARD this year
• Pray for coaches and halftime devo leaders
• Think about who you can invite to be part of UPWARD

#3:  Foyer.  Click HERE for video

• Pray for visitors,
• Pray for our church, including you, to be friendly to others
• Pray for those serving as greeters and for Pastor Shane
• Think about ways you and your family could help people feel welcome when they visit our church

#4:  Auditorium.  Click HERE for video

• Pray for Pastor Duke as he prepares the Sunday sermon
• Pray for Pastor Andy and those serving on the music team
• Pray for people to live out the truth that is preached

#5:  Missionary House or 1^st – 3^rd grade class.  Click HERE for video

• Pray for our missionary families
• Pray for the Collins family as they serve with GAP (Global Access Partners) and help
• Pray for the McMasters who are staying in the missionary house now.
• Pray for other missionaries you may know.
• Take time either tonight or this week to write a letter to one of our missionary families.  You can put your letter in Pastor Dave’s mailbox and he can make sure the missionary gets the letter.

#6:  Room 401.  Click HERE for video

• Pray for our EBI (Emmanuel Bible Institute) classes in the fall and spring
• Pray for our Sunday morning 3E (Educate, Encourage, Edify) classes
• Pray that we as a church would want to know God’s word AND live it out.
• Pray for our missionary families

#7:  Room 409.  Click HERE for video

• Pray for the Groceries 4 Life ministry which serves the community on the 1^st and 3^rd Monday nights of the month. 
• Pray for the families impacted by this ministry.

#8:  Emmanuel Christian School Parking Lot

• On your drive home, pull into the parking of ECS and pray for the school
• Pray for Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Flamm and Mr. Farley
• Pray for the teachers
• Pray for the students  

Pray like Daniel!

During tonight's prayer time Pastor Shane will challenge our church to prayerfully go and share the Gospel.

Families will meet in the chapel with everyone to begin the night and then head back to the children's wing to learn about prayer as it relates to this past week's Bible lesson on Daniel.

Daniel was a man who had faith in God and this was shown by his commitment to prayer.  If we claim to be a family who is trusting in God, this same prayerful attitude should show itself in our lives.  

Here is the passage we will be looking at tonight, Daniel 6:25-27

Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.  I make a decree,
that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and
fear before the God of Daniel,

for he is the living God,

enduring forever;

his kingdom shall never be destroyed

and his dominion shall be to the end.

He delivers and rescues;

he works signs and wonders

in heaven and on earth,

he who has saved Daniel

from the power of the lions.”

As we lead our families in times of prayer and worship, may we be sure to look to him and help others do the same.

Every Thursday the prayer activity from the previous night will be posted on this website.

Families and Family Prayer time

This Wednesday night (07/09), we begin our summer prayer meetings.

Last year we began a family prayer in which we made calendars and prayer reminders.
We  also went on a prayer walk.

We are going to continue with this family tradition this summer.

Families with children, plan to come out spend time in prayer with your family and other Emmanuel families.

Family Prayer Time Starting July 9th.

Our Summer Prayer time is going to have special, interactive prayer times for families with children 2 years old through 5th grade.

Going on Prayer Walks
Making Prayer Calendars
and other activities will be part of these special times.