Mission Genesee Valley participating churches will hold a
community prayer gathering from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. January 5, at the
Fountain Arts Center at The Belmont, 48 Schuyler Street. A regional praise and worship gathering, with
live music, also has been scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, January 14,
at Genesis Bible Church, 4193 State Route 19 South.
Three types of intergenerational and multicultural prayer
gatherings are held monthly for county residents seeking community
transformation for modern day issues affecting families.
-- Friday night sessions, held in different parts of the
county, feature prayer for host, community and county churches and Christian
service organizations, along with transformation within Allegany County and
beyond.
-- Twice-a-month Sunday gatherings, also at various
locations, emphasize 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.
-- Weekday and weekly prayer meetings also are 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 Free Methodist Church; and from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays at
the Powerhouse Youth Center, 23 West Main Street, Fillmore.
Focus on prayer results from a multi-denominational
gathering of church leaders and interested individuals a year ago for a
three-evening and one full-day training by the international Sentinel Group
that helps equip church leaders for transformational renewal and revival of
their communities.
This was followed last May by some 120 individuals
participating in a follow-up Solemn Assembly involving worship, declaration of
community needs, corporate repentance, and prayer.
Other prayer activities since that time, in addition to
individual and community needs, have focused on schools, substance abuse,
veterans, families and more.
Further information on the Journey to Transformation
initiative and its individual components is available from Pastor Dan Kenyon,
Wellsville Bible Church, at wbc@ne.twcbc.com or (585) 593-6471, or most area
pastors.
Individuals also can “Like,” “Follow” and “Share” the initiative's
connections page at www.facebook.com/TransformationJourneyUSA for ongoing
updates about this movement and to help encourage family members and friends to
join in the transformational process as they seek to experience what God is
doing and desires to do in Allegany County.
