Catch the Fire:Glenrothes informal worship at Glenrothes Salvation Army

Having shared the pictures with you the other day, its time for a quick review of what went on at the prayer night last week.  We wanted to give as many options as possible for people to engage in prayer for as long or as short a time as they felt comfortable. 

So, in our main hall we had the following zones:

Pray for your church

Using a video with pictures of various churches in Glenrothes, together with other pictures and texts on a display board, the opportunity was given to pray for individual churches, and the combined 'church' in and around Glenrothes.

Pray for your town

For this slot, we had contacted all local councillors, MSPs and our MP to find out what concerns their constituents were bringing to them.  We had a great response from them which was brilliant and incredibly encouraging.  The themes they suggested were used to create a focus video using images from around Glenrothes.  This, together with the printouts of the politicians letters, other pictures/texts, and local newspapers, made for a very helpful prayer zone.

Pray for the world

With the help of a few images/texts and some national newspapers, this chance to pray for so many world situations was well received.

Reading/Reflection Area

Various books were on offer for people to dip into as much or as little as they wanted. Also, people could sit here and read the quotes that were rolling on the big screens, or watch the next area....

Artist

Adam Howie (artist and designer of the Catch the Fire logo - amongst many other things!) was here to paint as he felt led.  Here's Adam's twitpic of the end result. It was a real privilege to watch Adam in full creative flow.

Then, through in our community hall, we set up a 10 station Prayer Labyrinth which took users on a journey of faith.  What was great was that whilst the stations did have a natural progression, it didn't matter if you did them in a different order.  Some just went round to the nearest station, some followed strictly in order, some dotted about depending on which one was free at the time.  It was so powerful and refreshing.  This is what the 10 stations were:

1) Inward Journey - The chance to light a candle to signify Christ's presence with us on the journey.

2) Letting Go - writing down things in our life which may be hindering us from getting close to God, then after a prayer, screwing up the piece of paper and throwing it in a bin.

3) Forgiveness - Looking at ourselves in a mirror, we took the chance to see what God sees, and ensure we left all our sin at His feet, right there.

4) Hurts - using stones, nails, and salt water as prayer aids, we could project our pain outward and allow God to remove it.

5) Distractions - the chance to focus on our breathing for a while, and breathe in good things while breathing out the bad.

6) Sacred Space - a chill out zone basically.  Bibles, song books, texts, pictures, all set up to allow chance to come away from everything else and listen solely to God.

7) Self - What mark can we make on the world? By putting our name on a footprint to stick onto the wall, we could reflect on our uniqueness in the world and our resolve to put God's words into action.

8) Fellowship - How will what God said to us tonight affect our ministry? By planting a seed in soil, we could signify the growing relationship between us and God and also the closeness of the church fellowship.

9) Community - Listening to the dreams God had given us for the community, we could blow bubbles to signify those dreams and watch them develop as God develops our imagination.

10) Outward Journey - With the help of a prayer card, this was the chance to reflect on the journey we had taken tonight, and the chance to pledge ourselves to God to continue to follow his leading.

So thats what was on offer. And it was well received and well used.  If you haven't done so already, check out the pictures from the evening here.  Thanks to God for giving us the time here to spend with Him and learning from Him.