The final Fifth Friday for 2009 is October 30. The Fifth Friday meetings are part of a New England-wide prayer movement in which the New England Alliance promotes quarterly prayer meetings every fifth Friday (which is four times a year). Churches and prayer ministries across New England are praying in unity for the hand of [...]
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There is now a regular Thursday morning Share and Prayer at the Norwalk YMCA, 370 West Avenue in Norwalk, CT. All are invited to meet each Thursday morning for a time of sharing and prayer. There will be fellowship and refreshments from 7:00 – 7:30 am, followed by scriptural reflection, sharing and prayer from 7:30-8:30 [...]
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The Norwich Bulletin opens a window onto something ugly – the problem of pornography in the Church.
Last year, Montville Christian leaderTom Miyashiro organized a breakfast with the founder of XXXChurch, an online, anti-pornography ministry that addresses problems nationwide.
More than 160 men attended the Groton church event, but Miyashiro said although it was vital to raise [...]
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From prayer leader Lou Engle:
It is critical that the Church in America understands the times and what needs to be done now. The natural things speak of the invisible. Natural happenings on the earth are revealing something that is going on in the spiritual realm. There is a great spiritual conflict with a rising tide [...]
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Investors’ Business Daily sounds an alarm about threats we face in a world still dangerous:
‘Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism?” Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked at a “World Without Zionism” conference in Tehran in 2005. “But you had best know that this slogan and this goal are attainable, and [...]
From Connecticut House of Prayer: This year, on September 11th, there will be noontime prayer meetings at every county courthouse in America. We will pray for revival in our country. Our goal is to have 100% coverage, as we had at last year’s “Cry Out America.” Contact Audrey McIntyre at connecticuthouseofprayer at yahoo.com or call [...]
Grace Community Church in New Canaan will be conducting a week of 24-7 Prayer at Grace Farms in a newly developed, interactive prayer room specifically built for this week. From June 21st to June 28th the church will set out to pray for 24 hours around the clock for the week. Participants are encouraged to [...]
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Joining the House, the Connecticut State Senate apologized for slavery on Wednesday. The following is a final copy of the Joint Resolution, as near as I can determine:
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND REGRET OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE HISTORY OF WRONGS INFLICTED UPON BLACK CITIZENS BY MEANS OF SLAVERY, EXPLOITATION AND LEGALIZED RACIAL SEGREGATION, [...]
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Four times a year, believers from all over New England unite in prayer at local Fifth Friday gatherings. Here’s an updated list of the Connecticut churches which are participating in this New England-wide prayer meeting. All meetings are on May 29 except as noted.
Ashford: United Baptist Church, 38 Pompey Hollow Road (Rte 44) (9:00 – [...]
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In 1747, Jonathan Edwards joined the movement started in Scotland called the “concert in prayer,” and in the same year published An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and Visible Union of God’s People in Extraordinary Prayer for the Revival of Religion and the Advancement of Christ’s Kingdom on Earth.
His key passage was Zech. 8:20-22: [...]
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