24-7 Prayer Comox Valley

This past week our church was invited to participate in a community wide prayer initiative.

Starting Sunday May 9th - Sunday May 16th the call is going out for people to pray. The plan is to have people praying around the clock for seven days. A neutral site has been provided: 1736 England Ave (Behind Petro Canada - Courtenay) It will be set up with a warm, welcoming and prayerful atmosphere. You are invited.

This Sunday at CPC there will be a sign up sheet in our foyer where you can choose a time period to go and pray. In addition you can go to this website and get more information as well sign up online. http://www.24-7comoxvalley.com/?p=16

The goal is to get people in the Comox Valley praying.....to see every one hour time slot filled during the seven day period. To imagine what God can do in our community as people pray.....

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24-7 Prayer is happening around the world and it is exciting to be a part of it.

24-7 Prayer is first of all an invitation to pray.

• Out of this prayer comes community.
• Out of community and prayer will flow justice and mission.

For more information on this international prayer movement: http://www.24-7prayer.com/

Alpha Appreciation & Participant Comments

It is wonderful as a church to be part of seeing lives change and the disciplship of God's children. This past week we completed our first ever Alpha Course here at CPC which has proven to be an effective tool in exposing people to Christianity. In addition the course helps answer important life questions and provides some great teaching on how to be a follower of Jesus Christ. I want us to thank Mark Spyker and Pastor Mike Bidell for their excellent leadership, along with a great team of kitchen workers, volunteers, facilitators and prayer team who served us so well.

We are excited that a few of our Alpha participants will be baptized in water this Easter Sunday. God is so good.

Below is some of the feedback from participants who took the Alpha course.

"The discussions and information shared at the meetings was very meaningful. I was completely satisfied witht the Alpha course."

"I loved Nicky Gumble's lessons but really enjoyed the table discusussions."

"It was a great venue for discussing important questions." "Great job"

"I had a wonderful experience, very informative, life changing"

"I would love to take the course again."

"The Alpha course opened my eyes, my ears and my heart to the Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. Thankyou so much for everyone's efforts especially the wonderful volunteers."

Let's continue to pray for everyone involved and their continued life long journey following Christ.

To God Be All The Glory
Pastor Dave