Preconference Schedule & Prayer Experiences

Pre-conference Sessions Session I - 6:25 to 7:25 p.m. Session II - 7:35 to 8:35 p.m.

Concert of Prayer Margie Burger and Jonathan Dow

Soaking Prayer Frank Billman

Native American Prayer Carol Lakota Eastin

Breath Prayer Elizabeth S. Tapia

Prayer in the Korean Tradition Sungnam Choi

Centering Prayer Susan Ruach

Labyrinth and Prayer Stations

Concert of Prayer: A Model for Corporate Prayer
A concert of prayer is designed to allow the people of God to pray together using corporate, small group, and individual prayer, both spoken and sung. Using the harp and bowl imagery from Revelation 5:8, this unique model is both interactive and experiential.

Soaking Prayer
This will be an opportunity to experience "Soaking Prayer," a time for participants to rest quietly with soft music while they are prayed over by a team of people. Persons who have experienced soaking prayer testify of feelings of great peace and some to significant encounters with Jesus.

Facing the Four Directions: A Native American Way of Prayer
Stand with both feet planted on the ground, facing the winds of life. Explore prayer as being connected and rooted in the earth and living into what it means to be a true human being.

Breath Prayers
Breath prayers are short contemplative prayers (softly offered in one breath) that aims to increase our awareness of God's presence. With conscious breathing in and out, we lay our selves open to the stirrings of the Holy Spirit, and to our connectedness with the web of life. Come, let's share this age-old Christian practice that integrates being, doing and becoming.

Prayer in the Korean Tradition
The Korean Christians have a rich and diverse prayer practice. Come learn and experience the power and diversity Korean prayer.

Contemplation
We will practice this ancient Christian way of praying as well as explore the current form it takes, the joys and difficulties and how it can change your life.

Labyrinth and Prayer Stations - Self-Guided
The labyrinth and the prayer stations are wonderful settings to enter into prayer through motion, beauty and holy imagination. A written guide will help guide your experience.