The Better Place News

FREDONIA WORKSHOP – A GREAT SUCCESS

The six inches of snow that fell on Fredonia, NY the morning of February 27th could not keep enthusiastic students away from the second Better Place Prayer workshop that the Fredonia United Methodist Church has sponsored and hosted.

This event began with a breakfast began with a breakfast at 8:30. That was followed by a time of worship, led by the FUMC worship team. Then the program was handed over to The Better Place Director, Roy Miller for the next two and a half hours until noon.

Two topics were covered during the teaching time: “Jesus Our Model” and “Releasing the Power.” There was plenty of interaction, laughs and a lot of learning that will serve to strengthen the Church in the region as A House of Prayer for the Nations. Evaluative responses submitted by the participants after the workshop were all very gratify and bore testimony to the fact that God was present and blessing.

To schedule a workshop at your church check out the information at http://www.thebetterplace.org/workshop-topics.cfm on this web site.

One of the local church workshops that are on the calendar will be held at Trinity UM Church on Grand Island, NY, all day on Saturday the 17th of April, 2010. You may get more information from their web site at http://www.gitumc.org

First Regional Concert of Prayer in 2010

The first of four Regional Concerts of Prayer that were scheduled for 2010 took place at the Falconer Wesleyan Church in Falconer, NY on the 27^th of January.

Unity was celebrated as people from several congregation of the Church came out on a snowy evening to join their hearts in concerted prayer.

Segments of the concert of prayer were led by host pastor Steve Strand, Busti Church of God pastor Roy Ferguson and retired United Methodist pastor Ray Linza. Music was provided by members of the host congregation. The Better Place Director, Roy Miller, welcomed people at the beginning and made announcements about future prayer events at the end.

The next regional concert of prayer will be the Global Day of Prayer gathering on the 23^rd of May in Russell Diethrick Park in Jamestown, NY. Then, more traditional concerts of prayer are scheduled for the 28^th of July and the 27^th of October. For more information you may call Roy Miller at 716/488-9918. You can also find Dr. Miller’s email address upon our Staff Page.