New London County Prayer Workshop, October 24th (Groton)

New London County Prayer Workshop

There will be a prayer workshop featuring teaching, training, and prayer on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at Pleasant Valley Community of Praise & Worship 20 Grove Ave, Groton, CT. Prophetic Worship will be led by Jessica Westerfield of Kingdom Reality Ministries.

Among the presenters will be Barbara LaChance, Audrey McIntyre, Janet LeBoutillier, and Sheila Kimball.

Lunch on site for $10. Please email jlebout at sbcglobal.net or call (860) 434-7587 to reserve lunch.

Updated list of churces participating in Fifth Friday prayer, May 29

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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 – 11:00 am)

Bridgeport: United Kingdom Church 1589 Stratford Avenue (7:00-8:30 pm)

Bristol: Freedom Fellowship (Time TBA)  Contact bound4lifect at yahoo.com for more information

Danielson: Gospel Light Fellowship, 132 Wauregan Road (10:00 am – 12:00 pm)

Darien: St. Paul’s Darien, 471 Mansfield Avenue (7:00 -11:00 pm)

Easton: Monroe House of Prayer, Easton (Time TBA).  Contact Denise Del Monte at denisedm at msn.com for directions.

Enfield: Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1518 King Street, Enfield (7:30-9:00 pm)

Groton: Bishop Seabury Church, 256 North Road (6:30 pm)

Hartford: Connecticut House of Prayer, 320 Brown Street (7pm-7pm May 29 & 30 ONLY: 24 hour prayer watch)

New Britain: Calvary Christian Center, 265 West Main Street (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)

Simsbury: Covenant Presbyterian Church (“The Barn”), 124 Old Farms Road (7:00 -11:00 pm)

Voluntown: Living Word Fellowship, 512 Beach Pond Road (6:30 – 7:30 am MAY 30)

Wallingford: Good News Christian Fellowship, 46 John Street (6:00 – 7:00 pm)

For more information, contact Connecticut House of Prayer at (860) 904-7358 or email connecticuthouseofprayer at yahoo.com.

(Information via CHOP)

Fifth Friday Prayer Meetings coming up, May 29th

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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: “This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the LORD and seek the LORD Almighty. I myself am going.’ And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to entreat him.”

Four times a year, believers from all over New England unite in prayer at local Fifth Friday gatherings. In Fifth Fridays, we are renewing an ancient covenant and an important connection to the First Great Awakening.

The following Connecticut churches are participating in this New England-wide prayer meeting:

Ashford: United Baptist Church, 38 Pompey Hollow Road (Rte 44) (1:00-3:00 pm)

Bridgeport: United Kingdom Church 1589 Stratford Avenue (7:00-8:30 pm)

Bristol: Freedom Fellowship (Time TBA)  Call 860-944-0664 for more information

Danielson: Gospel Light Fellowship, 132 Wauregan Road (9:00 – 11:00 am)

Darien: St. Paul’s Darien, 471 Mansfield Avenue (7:00 -11:00 pm)

Easton: Monroe House of Prayer, Easton (Time TBA).  Contact Denise Del Monte at denisedm at msn.com for directions.

Enfield: Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1518 King Street, Enfield (7:30-9:00 pm)

Groton: with healing prayer immediately afterwards;  Bishop Seabury Church, 256 North Road (7:00 -9:00 pm)

Hartford: Connecticut House of Prayer, 320 Brown Street (7pm-7pm May 29 & 30 ONLY: 24 hour prayer watch)

New Britain: Calvary Christian Center, 265 West Main Street (9:00 – 11:00 am)

Wallingford: Good News Christian Fellowship, 46 John Street (6:00 – 7:00 pm)

For more information, contact Connecticut House of Prayer at (860) 904-7358 or email connecticuthouseofprayer at yahoo.com.

(Information via CHOP)

Turmoil in Episcopal Church seen as a positive by some

Connecticut has a number of Episcopal churches which are more conservative in their outlook and have been left, if not holding the bag, “holding the Bible,” so to speak.  Notable among them has been Bishop Seabury Church in Groton, whose minister views the impending schism and changes in the Episcopal Church as a plus:

”It’s very positive, bringing together all these groups,” said the church’s priest, the Rev. Ronald Gauss.

Bishop Seabury parishioners earlier this year voted themselves out of the U.S. Episcopal Church, which is part of the 77 million-member Anglican Communion, a global fellowship of churches that trace their roots to the Church of England.

Bishop Seabury instead chose to affiliate with the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, which is based on more conservative beliefs, including opposition to the ordination of an openly gay bishop.

But now, for the first time, there could be a second conservative province in America – the Anglican Church in North America….

The Episcopal Church may see churches like Bishop Seabury as defectors, but the way Gauss sees it, the church left him with what he considers liberal theology.

Referring to the day he was ordained, Gauss said, “I haven’t changed since 36 years ago.”

Read the rest in today’s New London Day.