The weekly Friday night prayer gatherings are directed
toward a growing multi-church emphasis toward renewal of minds and hearts of
individuals and families for county and communities transformation through
prayer for the host and other churches and Christian organizations,
individuals, the community, county and more.
An additional weekly event will be at the same times July 20
at Genesis Bible Church, 4193 State Route 19 South, Belmont at Scio and July 27
at Brookside Wesleyan Church, 3469 Andover Road (State Route 417), Wellsville.
A final twice-a-month Sunday night prayer, praise and
worship gathering, with live music, will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 22
at The Presbyterian Church of Wellsville, 68 North Main Street.
These rotating location sessions 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. These often
include focuses on a variety of issues such as families, schools, veterans,
economic vitality, alcohol and drug addictions, the positive aspect of the
Celebrate Recovery ministry in churches and the county jail, and others.
Ongoing public prayer sessions during the week for
individual and community concerns also are held from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
each weekday morning at Knights Creek Evangelical Methodist Church, 2987
Knights Creek Road (County Road 9), Scio; 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Wednesdays at the
Belfast Free Methodist Church, 11 Chestnut Street; and 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Saturdays at the Powerhouse Youth Center, 23 West Main Street, Fillmore.
Further information and updates on the Journey to
Transformation initiative are available at
www.facebook.com/TransformationJourneyUSA or Pastor Dan Kenyon, Mission
Genesee Valley chair, at wbc@ne.twcbc.com or (585) 593-6471, or most area
pastors.