I was just thinking about prayer for Israel and Lebanon. While we're out of the building, how about a public prayer meeting? We could do this on upper street on a summer evening, in a cafe or pub, or if we had to, I guess we could borrow St Mary's. It's a subject that everyone knows about and could pray about. We could invite other churches, but also just put sandwich boards out in the street and see who pops in. It would have to be either led from the front with a bit of a programme, or as a prayer room format, with space to write or draw on the walls, etc. If we went for a programme approach, we could try and find relevant musicians or speakers, and maybe take a collection for peace maker teams or someone like that. We'd have to be careful that we weren't political in any way, but I think it would be a powerful statement and a way of engaging with something that everyone is talking about and feeling powerless about.
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I love praying out of doors. It feels somehow more connected and real (and risky). We did a prayer meeting last winter where we walked from place to place around islington and prayed for speicfic things going on there. It was cool (in fact it was freezing).
But large christian gatherings tend to feel a bit mob handed and threatening. I think I prefer small groups where people can relate properly with each other.
Maybe we could do this small scale with a market stall and offer to pray for people. (and why not be political?)
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