{"id":99542,"date":"2018-03-06T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=99542"},"modified":"2018-03-06T09:03:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:03:53","slug":"ministerial-assoc-holds-prayer-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/03\/06\/ministerial-assoc-holds-prayer-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministerial Assoc. holds prayer service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even though the weather was not hospitable, the second Van Wert County Ministerial Association Countywide Prayer service was well attended. Once again, the focus was to bring God\u2019s intervention and blessing to the area as churches and individuals came together in oneness of heart to seek the face of God. The promise of 2 Chronicles 7:14: \u201cIf My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land\u201d was central in the hearts and minds of those in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Greg Rice, pastor of Trinity Friends Church, welcomed and opened the February prayer service. \u00a0Trinity Friend\u2019s anointed worship team led believers from across the county into a powerful, intimate time of worship in preparation for united prayer. Pastor Bill Watson shared a compelling video by Billy Graham\u2019s daughter, Anne Graham Lotz, on preparation for prayer. Closing the evening in prayer, individuals across the sanctuary gathered in small groups lifting family members, neighbors, and friends, seeking for God\u2019s love, mercy, and grace to be poured out across the county.<\/p>\n<p>The prayer service was followed by a time of refreshments and fellowship. In addition, the upcoming Tri-County (Paulding, Van Wert, and Mercer counties) \u201cEpidemic of Hope Weekend\u201d with baseball All Star and World Series team member Darryl Strawberry was also a focus of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert Ministerial Association is organizing 6-8 powerful and cutting-edge events for the weekend of April 13-15 across the tri-county area, along with Strawberry, in response to Ohio\u2019s current opioid\/drug crisis. For more information on upcoming events, contact Pastor Paul Hamrick at 419.771.9378<\/p>\n<p>The next countywide prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 11. Pastor Bill Watson of Pentecostal Way Church will be hosting the March prayer service at 1213 Leeson Ave. in Van Wert. The church is located just east of the airport.<\/p>\n<p>These events are part of the 2018 Van Wert County Ministerial Association\u2019s mission of FUN (Fellowship, Unity, Networking) for a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Even though the weather was not hospitable, the second Van Wert County Ministerial Association Countywide Prayer service was well attended. Once again, the focus was to bring God\u2019s intervention and blessing to the area as churches and individuals came together in oneness of heart to seek the face of God. The promise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 10:03:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}