Pray for Vancouver and the Olympic effort

by Richard Long,

  As a follow up to yesterday’s blog and the NHOP newsletter that went out to a few thousand intercessors across Canada …

We are creating a Vancouver Olympic Prayer Network to begin targeted prayers for this opportunity.  Even now, we are being sent critical prayer requests for the preparations for the outreach efforts of More Than Gold.

Our plan is to send weekly and then daily prayer bulletins as we get closer to the Games.

If you would like to receive this special Vancouver Olympic Prayer Bulletin please send me a note at richard@nhop.ca.  You will then be added to our email distribution list and begin receiving prayer information.

  Thanks for your interest!

Keats Island International Prayer Centre

by Richard Long,

  Over the next 10 weeks we will be posting regular updates on a project that Terry and I are working on leading up to and including the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  We have been asked to help with the prayer coordination of the intercessors who are converging in that city for this special time.

  You can learn much more about this at the website for More Than Gold, which is the overall effort to reach out from Feb. 12-28, 2010.  There are brief descriptions of the overall vision, the tentative daily schedule and a downloadable application under the “Prayer” tab.

  If you are feeling that the Lord is calling you to come and pray with us, we would like to talk to your further.  Call us at 613-789-4907, or send us an email at richard@nhop.ca.  You can come for a few days or a longer stretch anytime from Feb. 12-28, 2010.

Learn more about the Keats Island International Prayer Centre.

Are you following the torch?

by Richard Long,

   This is a reminder that there are many across the country who are praying for revival in our nation using the Olympic torch route as a great natural reminder.  As it is run across the land, we are reminded of the hundreds of great communities that make up Canada. You can download the torch schedule here.

   As well if you are really moved to intercede, you can actually join a conference call that takes every day, thanks to the hosting of Stand on Guard Canada.  Their website also gives you some local colour on each community that the torch is running through and some prayer points.

   So let’s pray for the Saguenay region of central Quebec as the torch moves through it tomorrow and then heads for Quebec City.

 

Canada Ablaze

by Richard Long,

The team from More Than Gold has been hard at work getting ready to mobilize the Church to show “radical hospitality” during the 2010 Winter Oympics in Vancouver.  They also have launched this weekend a great resource website to help Christians all over Canada to do some praying and outreach as the Olympic Torch moves across the nation.  It’s called “Canada Ablaze”.  Being we are such huge piece of geography, it will last 106 days and start on Oct 30th at the end of this week.

Check out the More Than Gold website for all the resources.