Central Virginia Prayer Center

Olde Town Center

609 E. Market St, Suite 114

Charlottesville, VA 22902

phone: 315.559.1378

email: cvprayercenter@gmail.com

Thursday, May 1^st

2008

1 Minute of Prayer

The purpose of the National Day of Prayer is to give Americans the opportunity to come before God and lift up our nation in prayer. The Seven Points of Prayer Interests are:
1.     Government
2.     Military
3.     Media
4.     Business
5.     Education
6.     Family
7.     Church

Annually, every US President since Harry Truman has decreed with Congress a National Day of Prayer.

WHO

EVERYONE

Pray by yourself or gather with friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, students, etc. Pray at work, a snack bar, in front of The Court House, City Hall, walking-driving.

WHERE

Pray at work, a snack bar, in front of The Court House, City Hall, walking or driving.

National Day of Prayer website http://www.ndptf.org

SPECIAL EVENT May 1, 12:15 PM, University Hall

"The Spiritual History of Central Virginia" with Dr. Mark Beliles

Dr. Beliles, author of six books, is Senior Minister at Grace Covenant Church and founded of the Providence Foundation (www.providencefoundation.com).

University Hall was chosen as the site for this year’s special event in honor of its having been host in 1998 to the first large-scale evangelical crusade in Charlottesville in over 112 years.

In fact, it will have been ten years ago this May 1^st when the Billy Graham Evangelical Association came to University Hall with Franklin Graham as speaker. About 30,000 people attended the three-day crusade.

DIRECTIONS TO UHALL

From Barracks Road Shopping Center, drive south on Barracks Road towards the University of Virginia approximately 1/8-1/2 mile. Stay in the right hand lane.

After a short distance, you will come to the intersection of Barracks and Massie Road. You will see an Econo-Lodge on the left. Turn right at that intersection onto Massie Road.

From here you will see two massive structures to the right and left of you. On the right is the newly constructed John Paul Jones Arena. Across the street and to the left is University Hall, which looks like a standard, domed coliseum.

Use the parking lot on the right, just beyond John Paul Jones Arena. This parking is free. Park your car and walk across the street to University Hall.

Once you have parked and crossed over to University Hall, enter University Hall through the North Entrance doors first, then walk straight forward to the first set of interior double doors you see). Walk inside these interior double doors and grab a seat on the first set of seats and welcome!

If you have any questions, please contact Colin Campbell at colinonething@yahoo.com. Thank you, and blessings upon you and those you love.

Introduction

Since 2003 the Body of Christ in the larger Central Virginia region has been coming together by a gracious work of God to seek only Jesus Christ in a nameless, faceless manner that breaks down walls and pride and is drawing together a growing number of believers from various denominations and backgrounds for prayer and worship. The goal is to establish continuous prayer 24/7 and to mix it with live worship as often as possible.

At the moment, there is at least a prayer meeting open to the public every evening (except Saturdays) and every lunchtime (except Sundays). There are often people praying between midnight and morning and other times throughout the week for a total of about 40 hours a week thus far. But the goal is to have every hour covered “that the fire may never go out on the altar”.

The Prayer Room
A central place for prayer in downtown Charlottesville (in the Olde Town Center) that is available to the whole body of Christ. Churches and prayer groups or individuals may reserve a regular space each week, but priority is always given to those who welcome anyone to join them (closed private prayer times are available otherwise). The room has sofas and cds and live-streaming worship and prayer coming over the internet from the House of Prayer in Kansas City. There is also a desk and wireless broadband accessibility for people to study in a prayerful environment. Until there is 24/7 staffing, the center will evaluate people who wish to use it regularly and then assign them keys.

The Large Meeting Hall and Cafe
Prayer gatherings that include live worship leaders and music teams use the larger meeting hall. At the moment these take place on three evenings: Fridays, Sundays and Mondays. We would like for Saturdays to be the next evening established with live worship so that weekends are always covered. We also have a café area that we hope to eventually have open on the evenings that there is live worship.

Prayer and Worship Conferences, Seminars and Rallies
A few special events and speakers have come now and then to impart a passion for Jesus. For instance, we had Billy Humphrey and Corey Russell from the Kansas City IHOP. And we plan to bring in others on a regular basis. Besides here in Charlottesville, the prayer center will also recommend other local and regional events along the same lines (For instance, the Awaken the Dawn conferences in Fredericksburg each February).

Email Communications and Website
Those who wish to stay informed about what prayer and worship events are happening or of suggested things to pray about for our area will receive a regular email notice. This will be especially helpful for intercessors. A website is also being developed to support this purpose. It will allow prayer requests to be posted also.

Internship Program

Those who have interest in serving God for a short-term period in the prayer movement may wish to become an intern in the prayer center. Internships run from mid-August to mid-May and require at least 25 hours a week of time (allowing for part-time jobs elsewhere) and a monthly fee of $100 to be in the program. Lodging, food and transportation is not provided. For more information see www.greatcommissioninternship.com

Leadership and Donations

The Prayer Center is made possible by voluntary gifts of area believers and churches. Checks should be made out to the Central Virginia Prayer Center and donations are tax-deductible. Grace Covenant Church is graciously underwriting most of the costs for the space until more of the Body of Christ can support it. At the moment the overall direction of the Center is provided by Pastors Mark Beliles and Jon Quesenberry with the help of interns and staff: Dan Burt, Sena Woodall and Colin Campbell. More helpers are always welcome.

2007 Central Virginia Prayer Center