Transformation 2010
Pastors, prayer leaders, prayer teams and interested persons: You are invited to participate in Transformation 2010, an experience of prayer, fasting, meditation and worship during the upcoming Lenten season, February 17 – April 3, to unite the church in the region. We will seek God for transformation in our homes, churches, communities, nation and world. Joining together with believers from many denominations, you are invited to participate in several ways:
•Reading and meditating on scriptures and daily email devotionals written by pastors and prayer leaders from churches in the region
•Choosing a way to fast during this time in order to foster a growing intimacy with God
•Setting aside time to pray for transformation
•Attending regional prayer and worship events
If you and/or your congregation are interested in participating by receiving the daily emails, receiving a bulletin insert, and other information about regional events, please contact Sandy Landes, Prayer Ministry Coordinator, by Wednesday, January 20. Celebrate Lent in a new way this year by anticipating how God will bring forth transformation in our homes, churches, communities, nation and world.
Congregational Participation in Installation Service
Congregations of Mennonite Church USA are invited to participate in the installation service for Ervin Stutzman, the new executive director for Mennonite Church USA, by sending a prayer of hope for the worship service. The installation is set for March 7 at Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va. The worship theme will be from John 15:1-5, where Jesus says to his disciples, “I am the vine, you are the branches.” Three elements of this image—roots, branches and fruit—represent God’s faithfulness in the past, present and future, both in Ervin’s life and in the church. Your congregation is invited to express its hopes and dreams for Mennonite Church USA in the form of a single prayer. Please write the prayer on a leaf (click here for sample) or make your own. Return the leaf by February 15 to Prayers, Park View Mennonite Church, 1600 College Ave. , Harrisonburg , VA 22802 . Your prayer, along with prayers from other Mennonite Church USA congregations, will be physically attached to a “vine and branches” constructed at the front of the sanctuary and, on behalf of the church, offered in prayer to God. We are praying that this will be a meaningful exercise for your congregation as it works to articulate a prayer for the future fruitfulness of Mennonite Church USA under Ervin Stutzman’s leadership. You may want to ask all of your congregation’s members to suggest what should be included; you may choose to ask your congregation’s leaders to create the prayer; or you and your pastoral team may choose to create the prayer. However you choose to capture your congregation’s hopes and dreams for the wider church, we ask for a single prayer from your congregation as a whole. If you wish, make your congregation’s leaf uniquely your own—decorating it, adding details that represent your congregation or even making a different leaf altogether. The congregations in Mennonite Church USA come in many shapes, sizes and color.
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