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FAMILIES PRAY for each other and the community Sunday
evening in Journey to Transformation initiative picnic, and praise and worship
gathering of Allegany County churches in Island Park at Wellsville. Some 100 adults and children participated in
the event, the second this summer to build unity for transformation within the
county.
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Building the Family was the focus of a second area-wide
Journey to Community Transformation initiative coordinated in Island Park at
Wellsville by a host of county churches.
The interdenominational event included a dish-to-pass
picnic, prayer, and praise and worship with a live band. The gathering also dispersed for a time of
prayer-walking throughout the park, seeking God's healing of deep concerns
facing the broader community.
The intergenerational, multicultural initiative continues a
communities focus on combating issues of addiction, abuse, racism, suicide,
poverty, family dysfunction and more that pastors say are extremely serious
issues throughout this area, the United States and the world.
Public prayer gatherings for August also have been
scheduled, including 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays, August 18 at Belfast Free
Methodist Church, 11 Chestnut Street; and August 25 at Andover First Baptist
Church, 14 Elm Street, to pray for community transformation throughout the
county.
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DOZENS OF individuals and family members listen to praise
and worship band Sunday night at Island Park in Wellsville during Journey to
Transformation initiative event hosted by Allegany County churches that focused
on Building the Family as part of community renewal.
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In addition, ongoing area prayer meetings, also open to the
public, are being held from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. each weekday morning at
Knights Creek Evangelical Methodist Church, 2987 County Road 9, Scio; 8 a.m. to
9 a.m. Wednesdays at the Belfast church; and from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m.Saturdays at the Powerhouse Youth Center, 23 West Main Street, Fillmore.
The overall initiative continues a renewing of minds and
hearts of individuals and families for county and communities transformation.
Churches earlier this year joined together for a three
evening and one full-day training by the international Sentinel Group that
helps equip church leaders for renewal.
This was followed in May by more than 100 church-goers
participating in a follow-up Solemn Assembly involving worship, declaration of
community needs, corporate repentance, and prayer. The weekly prayer sessions also have been
occurring on a continuous basis.
Further information on the transformation initiative and its
individual components is available from Dan Kenyon, pastor of Wellsville Bible
Church, at wbc@ne.twcbc.com or (585)
593-6471, most area pastors, and at
www.facebook.com/TransformationJourneyUSA.
