Can you Pray for one hour?

August 2, 2016

Just before Christ went to the cross to redeem humanity he brought some of His closest friends near in the garden of Gethsemane and asked them to watch and pray with Him. He came back twice and both times found them asleep as he had been crying out in prayer. When he found them the first time sleeping he said to Peter,  “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” Right now we are calling people from various churches, denominations, ages and backgrounds to all come together leading up to 9/11 in a time of fasting and prayer. We are calling everyone to commit at least one hour per day with Jesus in prayer and to consider inviting others to join with you each day during this time. When was the last time you spent an hour with the Lord in prayer outside of a service at church or a programmed function? Do you struggle with etching out the time or making this a consistent priority in your life? We want to encourage you to place on your calendar this next 40 days a time each day to pray for at least one hour. Here is a great pattern of things you can pray for each day of the week: Monday: Personal Revival and Deeper Communion with Jesus Take this time to spend time with the Lord and ask Him to make your heart more tender and affectionate towards Him. Pray out of Ephesians 3:16-18 and that God would reveal His great love to your heart. Confess your sins and struggles to the Lord each week and receive God’s...
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Take the City Conference 2015

Robby DawkinsTake the City Conference is an event for followers of Jesus Christ from various denominations and backgrounds to come together and discover new ways to impact their city and culture. This event is directed to men and women, teens and young adults who desire to be used by God to impact their city wherever God has placed them! Each person attending this conference will have a chance to hear engaging speakers, encounter God’s presence during life-changing times of worship and meet fellow believers from all walks of life.

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This is our first ever Take the City conference and we are so excited to host International speaker and author Robby Dawkins as our Keynote speaker. Robby and his wife Angie have been married for almost 20 years and have 6 boys ranging from 2 -19. Robby is a fifth generation pastor who was born to missionary parents in Japan. He served as a youth pastor for 12 years for churches between 50 to 14,000 members before he and Angie planted a Vineyard church in the downtown area of Aurora, Illinois (Chicago area) 15 years ago. Their church has many gang members, drug addicts, and prostitutes and just simply down and outers as well as a few middle class. Yet God has shown up to powerfully change these people’s lives through this pastor and church. The mayor of Aurora along with it’s chief of police recently bestowed upon Robby and the Vineyard an acknowledgment that he and his Vineyard church have made a significant difference in Aurora’s crime rate reduction. For the 1st time in 66 years Aurora, IL was declared homicide free in 2012.

Robby has a deep passion to equip the Church and he ministers extensively to do so (in the U.S. and in 38 countries) in various Denominational and Nondenominational circles in Power Evangelism. He was most recently featured in the movie documentaries “Furious Love” in 2010 and “Father of Lights” in 2012. 

Schedule:

Friday December 11th:

  • 5:00-7:00pm – Registration

  • 7:00 – Main Session #1 – Featuring Robby Dawkins & Eminent Worship

Saturday December 12th:

  • 9:00am – Doors Open

  • 10:00am – Main Session #2 – Featuring Robby Dawkins & Eminent Worship

  • 12:00 –  Lunch Break

  • 1:00 – Worship time and Training – Andrew Chalmers & Eminent Worship

  • 2:30 – Outreach

  • 5:00 – Dinner/ Testimonies/ Break

  • 7:00 – Main Session #3 – Featuring Robby Dawkins & Eminent Worship