Season of Prayer and Fasting
13 February 2022 to 6 March 2022
Purpose: To take some time as a church to pray intentionally towards the new year and listen to the discernment of the Holy Spirit as we consider our church vision.
| Date | Focus | Activity: |
| 13th Feb | Sunday Service: Teaching on Prayer and Fasting. A week of Growth. | Pray about how you have grown over the last year and what ways would you like to grow as a disciple of Jesus this year. |
| 14th Feb | Fun With Music | Pray for Adele, Janice and Kate as they lead the Fun with Music group. |
| 15th Feb | Connect/Small groups | Pray for all our Small Groups, especially pray for Bill and Jen Rate as they lead the Connect group this morning. |
| 16th Feb | Parish Council/Leadership/Direction | Pray for the parish Council as they discern where the Holy Spirit is leading John Knox Rangiora next. |
| 17th Feb | Prayer Meeting at Church Craft Group | Pray for our Craft Group. Come and join us for worship and prayer at church from 1.30pm in the Stewart Room. |
| 18th Feb | Discipleship Ministry | Pray for a Ministry Leader for our Discipleship/Resourcing Ministry. |
| 19th Feb | Sabbath/Rest/Self Care | Pray for God’s refreshing and that the Holy spirit will energise and encourage us for His mission. |
| 20th Feb | Sunday Service: Testimonies A week of the Building Project | What Has God revealed to you? A word, an image, a verse, a tongue? Would you be comfortable sharing this? In a journal, online or during our Worship time? |
| 21st Feb | Building Management Team | Pray for our Building Management Team |
| 22nd Feb | Communication Team | Ask God to bring clarity to the project, for channels of information to get to the right people. |
| 23rd Feb | Finance Team | Consider how God might use you to help resource the Church Rebuild project. |
| 24th Feb | Building Project Team | Pray for the best shape and form of the church rebuild according to God’s mission. |
| 25th Feb | Hard Knox Café | Pray for the youth of Rangiora and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit around what part we play. |
| 26th Feb | Sabbath/Rest/Care | Find a quiet place at home and sit in silence for 15 min. May the silence of God refresh your soul. |
| 27th Feb | Sunday Service: Testimonies A week of Outreach | What is God saying to us? Write on a post-it and put this on the notice board by the building plans in the foyer. |
| 28th Feb | Community Engagement | Pray for the families coming to Fun With Music |
| 1st Mar | Pancake Day | Pancake Breakfast: Join us for Pancakes for breakfast from 7-9am at church. Invite someone!! (Gold coin donation) |
| 2nd Mar | Ash Wednesday | Evening Service: Come to our Ash Wednesday Service for the start of Lent. Invite someone! |
| 3rd Mar | Prayer Meeting at Church | Come and Pray for our community together. Prayer and Worship from 1.30pm in the Church. |
| 4th Mar | List all the Community Engagements | Think of all the ways we connect with our community in the name of Jesus. Both individually and corporately. |
| 5th Mar | Open to God | Read 1 Samuel 3:10-11. Ask God to speak… and then be silent… |
| 6th Mar | Sunday Service Testimonies Church Lunch | Come together to share what we feel God might be saying to us. Bring a plate and have a shared lunch after Church. |
Fasting:
Only partake as you feel comfortable. Be mindful of your health and safety when you consider fasting a meal or meals.
Option 1: Identify specific days during our season that have more meaning for you. Plan to fast from food on a particular meal during that day. Do this on as many occasions as you feel called.
Option 2: Similar to Option 1 but fast from food for a whole day. Again, do this on as many days as you feel called.
Feedback:
We want to feedback to the wider Church community the words and images we believe God is revealing to us. This is important as we discern the heart of Jesus for John Knox Rangiora and our journey moving forward. Your feedback and discernment will encourage the voice of God to be revealed by others and will be a wonderful message for the Church in our year ahead. This can be done in a number of ways:
- Journal: Either write/draw in the Church Journals each Sunday as we gather or during the week.
- Email: Email Tracy in the office at any time and she will compile this into the journal for others to read.
- Respond on the Church facebook page. A link for this can be found here
(Please, no anonymous responses, we are a church family and will respond as a church family.)