Over the years, there have been many different ways we’ve felt led to carry on different rhythms of prayer—and each different way of engaging in prayer opens us up in unique ways to the presence of God and what he is doing around and among us. This year we are excited to engage in a rhythm of PRAYER-WALKING weekly onsite in all the neighborhoods of our city.

This came about through a prayer station and a partnership. Earlier this year, we were asking ourselves what we would do with the big back wall of the prayer garage. We knew we wanted to feature prayer for the city—and had the idea to use a puzzle-like map of the city with color-coded neighborhoods of the city cut out and placed near one another. The idea is that the city as a whole would be seen in the big picture, but the individual neighborhoods that make up the city would be emphasized visually. It was so much fun to make this station, and so invigorating to be praying for our city in this way. We thought, “What more can we do with this?” This question inspired the idea to make it an embodied weekly rhythm—to actually prioritize going to each of these neighborhoods over the next year, to give time to noticing what and who makes up these neighborhoods, with a listening ear to God in how we can pray alongside what he is up to in each.

We engage this prayer rhythm with the posture of a student, seeking to notice and learn, as well as sons and daughters of the King, participating in His intercession.

There is something about going to a place. IN PERSON. Getting your feet on the ground, FEELING the atmosphere of the place, becoming CURIOUS about the history of it and the ongoing story, and experiencing the reality that we are all CONNECTED to this place, this story, and each other through our Papa who made and sustains it all.

There is a BONDING WITH THE CITY that happens in a unique way and leads us to carry these prayers in our hearts throughout the week.

We are engaging this rhythm as a partnership with PLANT 616, which is a wonderful new ministry in our city focused on training young leaders to plant churches and fostering an environment of friendship and partnership among the churches in the city.

We’d LOVE for you to JOIN US! We are meeting each Thursday 4:15-4:45p. Send an email to tim.a.collier@gmail.com if you’d like to get on the info list for where we will be meeting each week!