Seven years ago, Brown had reached out to First Baptist about worshipping together. “We wanted to hear each other preach and hear each other’s music, and worship together as one people,” Lance said Wednesday evening. Leamon Brown of First Calvary will preach at First Baptist on Oct. Nilous Avery of Mount Zion preaching at First Baptist on Sept. Lance will preach at First Calvary this Sunday, with the Rev. In the next several weeks, the congregations will worship together. The reaching out among the three congregations doesn’t end with the Bible study.
And then she tells her about the power of prayer.
“You don’t have to step on the same land mines I did,” Miss Clara tells Elizabeth. Some people like it hot, some like it cold, but nobody likes it lukewarm. Rod Kerr, First Baptist’s minister of education, showed a clip from “The War Room,” in which Miss Clara tells Elizabeth, her real estate agent, that the younger woman’s prayer life with God cannot be lukewarm. Participants were also asked to rate where they are in their prayer lives, and what they could do to get closer to God.Īfter a few minutes of group discussion, the Rev. Her tablemate Emily Hounshell said she felt blessed, because her parents said prayers with her every night when she was growing up. I knew my mother and father were always praying for me.” Most said they were raised in Christian homes.Īs a young adult, Sarah Hollifield said, “The Holy Spirit was nudging me, and keeping me going. Most folks said they couldn’t honestly remember not praying.
The first question was “What is your earliest memory of prayer?” Some two dozen facilitators - one at each table - asked questions about prayer and delved into participants’ relationships with God. Groups of eight sat together at round tables, all mixed up and not in congregational clusters.
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