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Area-Wide Special Update - GDOP Ignites (10 Days - 1 Day - 90 Days)!
John Buhler, Mission Huntsville
May 21, 2006
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Mis·sion: noun: 1.) a specific objective or task which a person is charged or assigned; 2.) a personal or collaborative effort that includes a definite military or evangelistic objective; 3.) a divine assignment to the people and place within a specific geographic area;
Hunts·ville: noun: 1.) proper name identifying a city and surrounding geographic area of North Alabama in the Tennessee River Valley; 2.) historical capital of Alabama and birthplace of the state constitution 3.) a city of birth and new beginnings; 4.) a city of nations;
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Mission: Huntsville
A City-Impact Initiative |
"O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon His Name and make known His deeds among the people!" (Ps 105:1)
Special Update:
PLEASE see this TIMELY INFORMATION regarding GDOP Huntsville and this unique opportunity for our City and Valley!
Please be aware of several of the following opportunities for prayer, support, or community involvement, and pass this information along to others who may be interested as well.
"GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause Your face to shine upon us ... that Thy way may be known upon earth, and Thy salvation among all the people!" (Ps 67:1-2)
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Global Day of Prayer (GDOP)
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Global Day of Prayer - Christians United in Prayer for the Nations!
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Africa invites the world ...
10 Days of Fervent Prayer – 1 Day of Global Prayer – 90 Days of Compassion and Outreach
 An incredible opportunity is being presented to us (the Christian community of Greater Huntsville) in association with an international effort known as the "Global Day of Prayer" (GDOP) ...
From sunrise in the East to sunset in the West, Christians will fill stadiums across the globe for worship and prayer on Pentecost Sunday, June 4th 2006. The focus includes their cities/communities, their nation/continent, and the nations of the world. Over 200,000,000 Christians are expected to participate, including leadership from 6 continents and over 240 nations, with international broadcasts that will occur from at least one stadium from each time zone.
1.) Mobilize 10 days of 24 hour prayer leading up to Pentecost Sunday (May 25th - June 4th, 2006)
2.) Mobilize a 1 day public stadium event Pentecost Sunday (June 4th, 2006)
3.) Mobilize 90 days to bless the city - mercy and compassion ministry to areas of need (June 5th - Sept 2nd, 2006)
And this to be built on for 5-years (through 2010).
This sprang out of Africa (the "dark" continent becoming a "light" to the nations!), and in the last four years has spread to the entire continent, every nation in Africa participating, and last year leapt internationally to include the world.
Huntsville! Currently many states have GDOP events in planning. Huntsville city leaders have granted the Christian community the use of Joe Davis Stadium! Please plan to join Christians around the world - people of every nation, language, and tongue - as we come together in corporate prayer for our cities, communities, and nations from 3pm-6pm, June 4th 2006, on Pentecost Sunday - the day the church was born ... the day the Great Commission was ignited ...
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June 4th, 2006 - Pentecost Sunday! |
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Joe Davis Stadium, Huntsville, Alabama |
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3pm-6pm |
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FREE - No tickets required (limited seating of 10,000) |
Please check www.MissionHuntsville.org/GDOP links for online flyers, invitations, areas of opportunity to volunteer, resources, and other helpful links and materials available!
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GDOP Area-Wide Governing Board: Jerry Crutcher - GHIMF Social Action Chair, Pastor Little Indian Creek PBC; Paul Lawler - GHPPS Torchbearer, Pastor Chase Valley UMC; Wendell Thompson - GHIMF Vice-Pres, Pastor Owens Chapel MBC; Terrell Harris - COGIC Superintendent, Pastor True Light COGIC; Rob Peavy - Church and Community Ministry Director, Madison Baptist Association; Robert Somerville - City-Wide Coordinator Christ Our Passover; Charlotte Wycoffe - former City-Wide Coordinator March for Jesus; Chad Rehnburg - City-Wide Youth Pastors Fellowship, Student Minister; Ben Jones - Pastor First Seventh Day Adventist Church; Thom Ewing - WAY-FM Station Manager; Tom Rains - C12 Chair
www.MissionHuntsville.org (Greater Huntsville) , www.GDOPUSA.com (US), www.GlobalDayOfPrayer.com (International)
GDOP - Encouragement From Several Area Pastors and Leaders! |
COGIC Superintendent Terrell Harris, Jr. - "The Global Day of Prayer (GDOP) is an excellent vehicle to bless our city and the surrounding areas, our nation, as well as the nations of the world. I certainly attest to the fact that the timing is right. This is a great opportunity for our religious community to come together with one common cause and goal. It can bring much needed healing to our community of old hurts and give us a much better appreciation of other ministries. Furthermore, this is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes! ... The Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) Churches in North Alabama endorse the GDOP and pledge our support ... May God bless you richly is my prayer!"
Pastor Leroy Cole, Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church - "The time has come for the Christian Community to put aside its differences and come together to petition the almighty God for guidance. I believe that God will hear our prayer and heal our land."
Pastor Robert Somerville, Covenant of Peace Church - "Corporate prayer at Pentecost can produce for us what it did in the second chapter of Acts, which is anointing for the harvest (Exodus 23:16). Let us make a historic effort in greater Huntsville to be at one place and in one accord!"
Bruce Martin, RENOWN - "I urge you to participate in what God is doing in this worldwide redemptive effort!"
Pastor Greg Anderson, Twickenham Church of Christ - "We have prayed for opportunities to build bridges to sister churches and the community ... God has honored both requests through the Global Day of Prayer."
Student Pastor Chad Rehnburg - "What a God thing. His fingerprints are all over this. I almost can't believe the things I am hearing and seeing. THE CHURCH IN HUNTSVILLE is coming together like never before, and GOD GET'S ALL THE GLORY!"
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Ten Day Prayer Guide (PDF)
GDOP Huntsville Flyer (PDF)
GDOP
Opening Video
The Global Day of Prayer Strategy is three-fold:
10 Days of Fervent Prayer – 1 Day of Global Prayer – 90 Days of Compassion and Outreach
10 Days of Fervent Prayer - Joining Together in One Accord!
The Global Day of Prayer will be preceded by ten days of 24 hour prayer after the example of the disciples who "continued with one accord in prayer" (Acts 1:14). During these ten days (between the ascension of Jesus and the descent of His Holy Spirit on Pentecost) believers will be joining together in prayer night and day, Friday 6 May through Pentecost Sunday, May 15, 2005.
1 Day of Global Prayer - Pentecost Sunday ... the day the church was born ... the day the Great Commission was ignited!
From sunrise in the East to sunset in the West, Christians will fill stadiums across the globe for worship and prayer on Pentecost Sunday, May 15th 2005. The focus includes their cities/communities, their nation/continent, and the nations of the world. Over 200,000,000 Christians are expected to participate, including leadership from 6 continents and over 240 nations, with international broadcasts that will occur from at least one stadium from each time zone.
90 Days of Compassion and Outreach - Blessing Our City!
The 90 days following the Global Day of Prayer will include area-wide initiatives of compassion and mercy to areas of community need. This will include four strategic city-wide initiatives in addition to many joint endeavors where multiple churches and organizations come together to focus in an area of shared burden and vision.
A Tale of Two Cities and One God - SELAH!
Mombassa, Kenya - Huntsville, Alabama
July 2005 was the first time the Moslem government of Mombassa allowed a Christian church to use the municipal soccer stadium. Both Joseph Maisha (Mombassa, Kenya) and Doug Wever (Huntsville, Alabama) were there just three months after being in Joe Davis Stadium here in Huntsville for GDOP 2005 – there was a real sense of spiritual continuity.
That move of God continues: This year, Doug Wever (Huntsville, AL) will again introduce Joseph (Mombassa, Kenya) at Joe Davis stadium as part of GDOP 2006; then, exactly three Sundays later, Brother Joseph will introduce Brother Doug to what is projected to be an overflow crowd at Mombassa Municipal Stadium. In Mombassa, we are asking God for a tithe of the 1.2 million people in the city to come to Christ. Let us join our faith in Huntsville for the same move of God.
(Left) Doug getting ready to preach to 21,000 in Mbeya Tanzania, October ’05. Praying for him are Joseph Maisha, Pres. Kenya Baptist Convention; and, Harry Mwasanjala, Pres. Tanzania Baptist Convention. Not pictured is Kamwela Eleyazar, Bishop of the Charismatic Fellowship of Churches.
Pastor/President Joseph Maisha (Mombassa Kenya) serves as pastor of the 15,000 Member Ushindi Baptist Church, as the President of the Kenya Baptist Convention, and as the Chairman of the Fellowship of Baptists in East Africa, leading the convention presidents of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, The Congo, and Sudan, and as the Chairman of the Board, East Africa Bible Institute serving seven East African Countries. He is a general in prayer and he and his congregation are a testament of God's faithfulness to hear the fervent prayer of His people. He will be a special ambassador to Huntsville from Africa during our 2006 GDOP Huntsville 10 Days of Prayer and public stadium event at Joe Davis.
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| Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Schedule and Leadership! |
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GDOP 10 Days of Prayer begins May 25th - June 3rd!
Please see the schedule for the 10 Area-Wide Concerts of Prayer and Leadership below!
The Global Day of Prayer Strategy is three-fold:
10 Days of Fervent Prayer – 1 Day of Global Prayer – 90 Days of Compassion and Outreach
10 Days of Fervent Prayer - Joining Together in One Accord!
The Global Day of Prayer will be preceded by ten days of 24 hour prayer after the example of the disciples who "continued with one accord in prayer" (Acts 1:14). During these ten days (between the ascension of Jesus and the descent of His Holy Spirit on Pentecost) believers will be joining together in prayer night and day for ten days leading up to the GDOP stadium event.
There will be 10 days of 24 hour prayer mobilized area-wide from May 25th - June 3rd, 2006. This will include 10 host locations around the city, open for public prayer, and include an area-wide concert of prayer the evening of each of the 10 days! These gatherings will be jointly facilitated by diverse pastoral and ministry leadership and congregations from our community (each with 2-3 congregations/pastors stewarding the evening prayer meeting).
Ten Day Prayer Guides
Area-Wide Concerts of Prayer - Host Locations and Leadership!
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7pm Thursday May 25 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
Covenant Ministries Church - Pastor Annas Aytch
Little Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church - Rev Jerry Crutcher
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church - Pastor Leroy Cole
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7pm Friday May 26 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
Union Hill Primitive Baptist Church - Dr Oscar Montgomery
Chase Valley United Methodist Church - Pastor Paul Lawler
Covenant of Peace - Pastors Robert Somerville/Kenny Mitchell
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7pm Saturday May 27 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
Church Street Cumberland Presbyterian - Rev Mitchell Walker
New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church - Pastor Harold Goodloe
Central Assembly of God - Pastor Lance Faylor |
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7pm Sunday May 28 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
First Seventh Day Adventist Church - Pastor Ben Jones
Faith Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church - Pastor Joel McGraw
Sojourn Ministries - Pastor David Thew
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7pm Monday May 29 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
Pentecostal Lighthouse Church - Elder Johnny Burrell
The Dwelling Place Church - Pastor Patrick Penn
Owens Chapel Missionary Baptist Church - Pastor Wendell Thompson
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Area-Wide Service Host Location
Pentecostal Lighthouse Church ( Map)
6107 Blue Spring Rd NW, Huntsville, AL
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7pm Tuesday May 30 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
True Light Church of God In Christ - Elder Terrell Harris
Calvary Assembly - Pastor Tony Willis
Valley Fellowship - Pastor Carol Simon |
Area-Wide Service Host Location
True Light Church of God In Christ ( Map)
6380 Pulaski Pike NW, Huntsville, AL |
7pm Wednesday May 31 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
Church at Hampton Cove - Pastors Bobby Gordon/Keith Miller
Global Impact Church - Pastor Bret Wade
Called to Glory Ministries - Minister Darryl Robinson
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7pm Thursday June 1 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
St John's AME - Pastor Holmer McCall
Southside Baptist Church - Pastor Murray Wilton
Draper Memorial Church of God In Christ - Pastor Dave Draper Jr.
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7pm Friday June 2 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
Grace Lutheran Church - Pastor Kevin Arndt
Weatherly Road Assembly of God - Pastor Jerry Sims
Fountain of Life Ministries COGIC - Pastor James Strong
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7pm Saturday June 3 |
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
Eagles' Nest Ministries - Pastor Daniel Richardson
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church - Pastor O Wendell Davis
First Priority Student Ministries - Mike Everetts
Chase Valley United Methodist Church - Chad Rehnberg
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Area-Wide Service Host Location
Eagles' Nest Ministries ( Map)
6831 Hollow Road NW, Huntsville, AL
SPECIAL PRAYER FOCUS TO INCLUDE THE YOUTH AND JOINING THE GENERATIONS!
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7pm Sunday June 4 |
| Global Day of Prayer - Christians United in Prayer for the Nations! |
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June 4th, 2006 - Pentecost Sunday! |
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Joe Davis Stadium, Huntsville, Alabama (Map) |
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3pm-6pm |
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FREE - No tickets required (limited seating of 10,000) |
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Fervent Prayer and JOINING THE GENERATIONS!
ATTENTION!!!
Youth and Student Ministries
You are invited to a special finale GDOP 10 Days of Prayer Area-Wide Prayer Gathering with an international focus that includes the youth and rising generation. Please join us for this special time on the eve of Pentecost Sunday, when fervent prayer and fulfilled promise caused the earth to tremble, the fruit of which shook nations!
GDOP Day 10
Special International Prayer Focus
(June 3rd, 2006)
"Through your offspring all the peoples of the earth will be blessed"
(Acts 3:25)
7pm Saturday June 3rd
Area-Wide Concert of Prayer Leadership - 7pm
Eagles' Nest Ministries - Pastor Daniel Richardson
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church - Pastor O Wendell Davis
First Priority Student Ministries - Mike Everetts
Chase Valley United Methodist Church - Chad Rehnberg
Area-Wide Service Host Location
Eagles' Nest Ministries (Map)
6831 Hollow Road NW, Huntsville, AL
SPECIAL PRAYER FOCUS TO INCLUDE THE YOUTH
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| GDOP Area-Wide Usher Meeting |
Area-Wide Ushers Teams!
Area-Wide Usher/Volunteer Meeting
A meeting of ushers regarding Global Day of Prayer will be held at the Madison Baptist Association Building located at 2318 Whitesburg Dr. SE, adjacent to the Teachers's Credit Union. The meeting will be held, Friday, May 26, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. You may bring a sack lunch. If you or others in your congregation would be willing to volunteer to help usher during the GDOP stadium event, please join us for this informational meeting.
Participation of area individuals or congregation usher teams is greatly encouraged!
GDOP Usher Coordinators - Jennifer Devlin, Priscilla Montgomery, Bill Tillman
11am, Friday May 26th
Madison Baptist Association, 2318 Whitesburg Dr. SE, Huntsville, AL |
ATTENTION!!!
Greater Huntsville Singers, Choirs, and Musicians
GDOP Area-Wide Choir
Flyer
GDOP Area-Wide Choirs (Adult and Children)
A Greater Huntsville area-wide adult choir is being organized for this event under the direction of Dr. Janet Kotey (First Missionary Baptist Church) and Pastor Brian Holden ( Rock Family Worship Center). Also, a youth choir (ages 8-17), under the direction of Sonya Merritt, will be organized.
Participation of area individuals, choirs, and worship teams is greatly encouraged!
Questions? Email: smerritt@therockfwc.org or jkotey@fmbc.org
Area-Wide Choir Practices
6pm, Tuesday, May 9th
First Missionary Baptist Church,3509 Blue Springs Rd NW, Huntsville, AL - www.fmbc.org
6pm, Tuesday, May 16th
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 315 Winchester Rd NE, Huntsville, AL - www.unionchapel-hsv.org
6pm, Thursday, June 1st
Chase Valley United Methodist Church, 1635 Winchester Rd. NE
11am, Saturday, June 3rd
The Rock Family Worship Center, 2300 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, AL - www.therockfwc.org
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GDOP Sponsorship Opportunities - Businesses and Organizations Impacting a City!
Individual, business, or organizations may also help support though either charitable donations or sponsorship opportunities. Here are some ways you may help support GDOP Huntsville efforts to impact our city and community!
GDOP Huntsville financial accountability and stewardship is provided by the GDOP Area-Wide Governing Board: Jerry Crutcher - GHIMF Social Action Chair, Pastor Little Indian Creek PBC; Paul Lawler - GHPPS Torchbearer, Pastor Chase Valley UMC; Wendell Thompson - GHIMF Vice-Pres, Pastor Owens Chapel MBC; Terrell Harris - COGIC Superintendent, Pastor True Light COGIC; Rob Peavy - Church and Community Ministry Director, Madison Baptist Association; Robert Somerville - City-Wide Coordinator Christ Our Passover; Charlotte Wycoffe - former City-Wide Coordinator March for Jesus; Chad Rehnburg - City-Wide Youth Pastors Fellowship, Student Minister; Ben Jones - Pastor First Seventh Day Adventist Church; Thom Ewing - WAY-FM Station Manager; Tom Rains - C12 Chair
Mission Huntsville is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. If you would like to make a tax-deductible charitable donation designated toward GDOP efforts you may do so through either of the options below, and giving receipts will be provided. Thank you for your help and support!
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CHARITABLE DONATIONS
2006 GDOP Huntsville - Support Cover Letter
Online Donations: Tax-deductible charitable donations may designated toward GDOP efforts through Mission Huntsville here:
ONLINE SUPPORT
ailed Donations: Tax-deductible charitable donations may be designated toward GDOP efforts through Mission Huntsville by mail by sending to Mission Huntsville P.O. Box 6693 Huntsville, AL 35824 (please write checks to Mission Huntsville, with GDOP in the memo).
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GDOP Sponsorship Opportunities are also available for GDOP efforts. Please see link below for additional information on these unique opportunities for a tremendous cause as we seek to serve and bless our cities and communities!
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
2006 GDOP Huntsville - Support Cover Letter
Sponsor Opportunities
(click here)
Online Sponsor Payments: Online sponsorship payments designated toward GDOP efforts through Mission Huntsville are available here. For other online sponsorship forms and details see here or above link.
ONLINE SUPPORT
Mailed Sponsor Payments: Sponsorship payments designated toward GDOP efforts through Mission Huntsville may be sent by mail to Mission Huntsville P.O. Box 6693 Huntsville, AL 35824 (please write checks to Mission Huntsville, with GDOP Sponsor in the memo).
For additional information regarding sponsorship,
contact Tana Torrano at Market Vision at (256) 513-2988
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