{"id":6711,"date":"2013-12-14T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T14:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2013-12-16T08:38:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T12:38:26","slug":"24-7-prayer-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2013\/24-7-prayer-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"24-7 Prayer 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something amazing is going to happen in 2014. \u00a0Every minute of the year, someone, somewhere in Northern Ireland is going to be praying.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a>It’s all the bright idea of Bishop Harold Miller (who, you might remember, also had this bright idea for church in the Titanic Quarter a while back). \u00a0He has challenged the churches in his area to maintain a constant vigil of prayer, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from midnight on 31\/12\/13 to midnight on 31\/12\/14. \u00a0The prayers can take many forms – spoken, written, sung, silent, artistic, interactive – but the baton will be passed from one church to another, one person to another, right throughout the year, covering our city, our nation and our world in a constant chain of prayer.<\/p>\n

And guess where it all begins? \u00a0Correct! \u00a0The Dock is hosting the Launch Ceremony for the whole initiative, and is then the location for the first three days of 24-7 prayer – from midnight on New Years Eve until 10am on 4th January<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>During that time the cafe will still be closed to the public for its Christmas holidays – so the entire space of Dock Cafe will be given over to different creative prayer stations at each table. \u00a0You’ll be able to write a prayer leaf on the tree in the Prayer Garden, or pray through the stories in the newspapers on a sofa, or pray for streets and homes on a massive map of the city, or write thanksgiving cards for all the reasons you’re thankful, or join a prayer walk around the Titanic Quarter, or… the ideas just keep coming! \u00a0You can join in praying with others, or engage in prayer on your own – it’s completely up to you.<\/p>\n

You are very welcome to turn up at any time to be part of our three days of prayer – but what I’d really like you to do is to commit to a particular time slot so that we know we’ve got every second of our 3-day stint covered. \u00a0Have a little look at the menu bar above and you’ll see a new link for ’24-7 Prayer’. \u00a0Just click the link<\/a>, pick a time and book in. \u00a0Ta!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2724\"<\/a>And if you’d like to join us for the launching ceremony<\/strong> at midnight on New Year’s Eve – the launch is taking place (appropriately enough) on the \u00a0Titanic Slipways – meet at the big rusty Titanic sign outside Titanic Belfast at 11:30pm on 31st December<\/strong> (and bring a nice warm coat).<\/p>\n

And finally – a little reminder from the people at the 24-7 Prayer movement of why prayer is such a wonderful, simple, life-changing thing…<\/p>\n