Susan Arnold walked participants through the program. Susan Arnold leads March 25 session.Ībout 60 participants met at Cokesbury for the three-hour session on March 25, where Cokesbury praise band members shared music and the Rev.
“It was such a blessing to pray together as one Body in Christ.”
Laura Rasor, senior pastor at State Street United Methodist Church in Bristol, Virginia. “The Spirit was very present,” said the Rev. “Any time we emphasize prayer and being in touch with the Holy Spirit is a plus, and the more we can do that on the conference level is even more powerful,” said Ron Pagano-Fuller, church council chair at Ooltewah United Methodist Church in Ooltewah, Tennessee. Several participants praised the March 25 gathering, which included a diverse group of lay and clergy members teaching and leading different kinds of prayer, including adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication. The planning team’s goal was for Saturday participants to incorporate provided prayer resources in their Sunday, March 26 worship services. About 56 percent of participants were lay people – the rest, clergy – all representing nearly 90 local churches. The “one and only purpose” for the “ Weekend of Prayer” held March 25-26 throughout Holston Conference was to “strengthen our spiritual discipline of prayer,” Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett said shortly before the event.Īttended in person by about 200, the March 25 gathering was held in four churches and united by a livestreamed program at Cokesbury United Methodist Church in Knoxville.
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