Prayer room

On our recent trip to Malaga in Spain our team got to help the church we were working with organise a 24-hour prayer event covering the first 3 days of the year. We spent time together praying and brainstorming ideas and came up with 7 different stations. We then spent several days before hand turning cardboard boxes into a variety of different items, such as a cross, an archway, armour etc. The idea was that people could spend an hour or two with God in the prayer room, and have some specific focuses of pray during that time. It worked really well, and the people in the church really liked the way we had put together the space.

My favourite station was the communion station. In this place there are two seats, one for you and one for Jesus, and bread and wine are laid out on the table. Here you sit and break bread with Jesus and reflect on what he did on the cross and through the resurrection and it gives an opportunity to have time and a conversation with Jesus.  This was the place where I felt closest to Jesus and all the worries of life seemed to fall away. I have tried to keep this going since as it reminded me of how important it is to stop and take time with him each day.

The team all had a lot of fun, being able to use their creative skills to make something special for others. It also helped to bring us together as a team. We did this very close to the start of our outreach together and so it was a really great team building activity. We each got to take time in the prayer room over the time it was running, and everyone made similar comments about how significant different stations were to them.