Prayer Day

April 11 2010

The theme for the day on Thursday was serve, and one way we can do that is by praying for our brothers and sisters around the world. With this in mind, the interaction time normally spent playing sports and games was swapped for an afternoon of prayer.

The teens split up into their net groups and along with some members of the service team, made there was through 7 different stations. They spent 20 minutes at each station, all of which highlighted needs or issues facing teens in different parts of the world. From a slum to a mosque they were informed and given guidance about how to pray specifically for the relevant situations.

OM short term coordinator Donna Kane was in the Ukraine last year and said it was a privilege to have the opportunity to share with the teens here how different life is for people their age in the small Ukrainian village that she served in. ‘I wasn’t sure how they would go spending 20 minutes in prayer on their own, especially after they had already passed through a few stations, but they well and truly exceeded all my expectations. They were interested and asked questions before heading out to find a spot on the oval to pray for the Ukrainian kids whose photo they now held. It was amazing to look around and see and hear young people praying in English, Korean, Farsi and Armenian for the young people in the Ukraine who are so dear to my heart. What a beautiful picture of the body of Christ serving each other! Definitely a highlight for me so far!’