:: AIP#52 - Praying for Downtown Fort Worth ::

"But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare." -Jer 29:7

In the past two days' posts (here & here), I've talked a lot about downtown Fort Worth, its brokenness, and its opportunity as The City Church focuses our sights on engaging the heart of our great city. Wednesday night, 20+ folks gathered at Common Ground (a Christ Chapel-owned meeting space in the heart of Sundance Square [thanks, friends @ CCBC!]) for our first Worship+Prayer night.

Reminding ourselves of our mission, we worshiped through song, creed, prayer, and communion, because we exist for the glory of God. Then we prayed for each other, our developing church community, and split up into groups and went throughout downtown on "prayer walks" or for some, "prayer drives," because we exist for the good of Fort Worth. Groups simply went up and down each street in their area, praying together or individually over apartments, lofts, condos, houses, restaurants, businesses, for the people living, working, eating, drinking, or otherwise involved in each, and for our work and involvement in downtown Fort Worth.

We invite you to join us in praying for the heart of our city.
Click the thumbnail to open a .jpg of the downtown Fort Worth map we used on Wednesday. Then either pick a "zone" or "segment," or "sector" (as they became lovingly-defined!) and head downtown to pray through the area, or devote yourself to praying for one area of downtown each night of the week. We ask that you pray for downtown and for our church's involvement through the rest of September.

Thanks for joining us in seeking God on behalf of Fort Worth; we'll see you Sunday at 5:30pm as we kick off The City Church's first-ever Village [details/RSVP], and we invite you to join us for our next Worship+Prayer, Wednesday Oct 7 in a different part of Fort Worth! [location & details coming soon]