GFC Prayer Meetings
Many people in Grace Fellowship Church know the importance and power of prayer, and, though the above photo is not from the normal GFC Prayer Meetings, it does exhibit the fact that we pray.
GFC holds regular prayer meetings on Wednesday evenings from 7-8 p.m. and if you haven’t been to one of our prayer meetings, we encourage you to come. The evening begins with prayers of thanksgiving as we thank God for the good things and blessings He gave us in the past week. Then we have a short Bible lesson and discussion time, followed by 30 – 40 minutes of prayer. We pray for requests shared by people in the group, or those that came in via the Connect Cards, Prayer Chain, or our Private Facebook Prayer Request Page. We pray for our community. We pray for our country. We pray for other churches. We pray for things happening in the world.
This week, because it is Ephrata Fair week, we met last night, Tuesday, instead of our usual Wednesday, due to tonight being Ephrata Parade Night. Because the fair just began yesterday and runs through this coming Saturday, and because 80,000 – 100,000 people come into our town for this event some time during the week, we prayed for those traveling here. We prayed for safety for everyone attending the fair, walking in the parade, working stands or rides at the fair — anything we could think of that relates to this almost week-long event in our community. That was our main focus at last night’s prayer meeting, but we also prayed for any other needs we were aware of and those shared by those in attendance.
If you’ve never seen what prayer can do, we would love to have you join our Wednesday Night Prayer Meetings. The group has grown quite a bit over the past few years, but there’s always room for more who want to pray. Occasionally we talk about the prayers that we prayed, that were answered. If you ever doubt that God hears your prayers, listens to your needs and struggles, or gives you an answer, come and join us at our weekly Prayer Meeting, and you’ll see that God does hear, listen, and answer. Join us to see and be a part of the power of prayer.
Yes, we do pray out loud, but not everyone in the group prays aloud. Praying aloud is not a requirement to share requests or attend.