I don’t know if that’s a familiar term to you or not. I was introduced to the idea of walking and praying (asking God to move in and around the places my feet fall) years ago. But it never really took root in my life until we moved to State College. It’s been part of the Calvary value system for more than 10 years. The emphasis has been greater at times, but the idea of praying as we walk around our community is alive and well. We kicked off 21 days of prayer for the Penn State campus this week, and tonight was my turn.
I don’t mean “my turn” as though I was the only one praying. We divided the campus into 7 prayer routes, and each route is being covered by a different group from Calvary. Tuesday is the Midtown Gathering’s night. We pray around Beaver Stadium, Medlar Field (baseball), the Bryce Jordan Center, the football buildings, and Jeffrey Field (soccer). I love the fact that “my” prayer territory encompasses the sports fields of Penn State.
We planned to meet at 7 at the Joe Paterno statue outside Beaver Stadium. I had gotten word that a few people we planning to join me, but I really had no idea as to how many would actually show up. Let me say, I was pleasantly surprised! There was a life group waiting for us when we arrived–they prayed from 6-7, before their LG met. They prayed for us, and passed the baton. 14 of us began our walk, and as we made our way along our prayer route, a few more caught up with us and joined us in prayer. All told, I think there were 25 of us praying tonight.
If you prayed along our route today at a different time, please shoot me an email to let me know…
Some of the highlights:
- praying for the students who will be camping out at Paternoville. Calvary’s own Dan Saxton is the president of Paternoville this year!
- Matt felt the Lord directing us to pray for all the commuter students (a group often overlooked by the church and campus ministries) as we walked through the Beaver Stadium parking lots.
- Aaron landing on Psalm 67 as we walked. We stopped to pray for all the international students and the countries they represent…
May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere. May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you…Psalm 67:2-3
- As we made our way around the football complex, one of our high school guys prayed for the players and coaches who know the Lord to have a strong year, a year of boldness in their faith, and an obvious love for their teammates.
- At the corner of University and Park, we could see (and hear) the Blue Band practicing in the distance. We asked God to move through the band, that Christ would be lifted up, and that believing bandsters would have opportunities to share their faith with their friends.
notice where Joe's pointing?
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