The Better Place News

VISION FOR PRAYER IS AWAKENED ON GRAND ISLAND

The Director of The Better Place was the featured speaker at a weekend-long conference that was held on Grand Island, NY April 17-18, 2010. The conference was hosted by the Trinity United Methodist Church with most of the other congregations of the Island represented. People from other congregations in the Buffalo, NY area were also in attendance.

During this conference, Dr. Miller addressed five topics on Saturday: Jesus Our Model, Prayer Walking, Releasing the Power of Prayer, Persistence and Vision for Transformation. The Sunday topic was, Discerning Our Call to Prayer Ministry.

Host pastor, Jeff Childs, led times of worship in song. Carleigh Kaiser, a student at Elim College, ministered in sacred dance. And the Holy Spirit ministered in power throughout the two-day event.

Believers of the Island are now moving forward with plans to hold regular unity prayer gatherings. Also, the participants are following through with many practical ideas to strength the Church of the region to be a House of Prayer. This is being done with the gifted leadership of local church prayer facilitators such as Sue Kaiser from the Trinity UMC.

Following is a report sent to the Healing Rooms by e-mail on March 30, 2010:

Hi, I was at the Healing room last night with my friends. I had asked for healing for my stomach, acid reflux, hernia so I could eat the food of India when I go back for missions. I believed I was healed but why I am writing is to tell you of my other healing while I was there.

I am sorry I don’t remember names but a lady came back out after praying and said she wanted to pray again…while she was praying I could feel a pull on the left side of me, I even had to reposition my feet once because I thought I would fall otherwise. While I was feeling the pull on my left side there was something going on in my left shoulder. All I can describe it as is small bubbles were popping as they formed a spiral circle in my left shoulder where I have had a lot of pain from arthritis. It started very small and continue to grow until all my shoulder was covered. I am now healed! I am sorry I didn’t say anything while I was there, I was still in wonderment at this feeling, but I told my friend as we got to the car. I guess it had finally hit me what I had experienced. I slept very well last night for the first time in a while.

As I was doing my devotions this morning and praying to God thanking Him for this blessing, I knew I had to let you all know also. Thank you for your service to God in providing the Healing Rooms.

In Prayer,

Bonnie

MEN OF INTEGRITY

I WANT MEN TO PRAY

WORKSHOP

The Chautauqua Lake Region Men of Integrity sponsored a morning-long workshop on prayer on Saturday the 20th of March 2010. This Workshop was held at Christ-First UMC in Jamestown, NY. The theme verse for this Workshop was 1 Timothy 2:8, “I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing”.

The Director of The Better Place, Roy Miller, led the men through an interactive time of learning. They dug deep and shared openly as they took an honest look at the purpose of prayer and God’s call to every man of true faith to intercede in prayer just like Jesus. We are called to do the same things Jesus did, but to do the same things Jesus did we must do the same things Jesus did. There is no shortcut. Jesus fasted, Jesus was a man of prayer, and Jesus died to himself. To do what Jesus did we must do what Jesus did.

The men also learned about partnership in prayer, spiritual leadership in the home and in the world. The morning flew by as the men discussed these various aspects and applications of prayer. They all left better equipped and motivated to “get on their knees and fight like men”. The only regrets at the end of the morning – as is so typical of these events – were that the time had expired so quickly and that the men who did not attend missed a very good thing.

The next event that will be sponsored by the Chautauqua Lake Region Men of Integrity is a breakfast and program on Saturday the 1st of May. This will be held at the Healing Word Ministries Church of God on West Third Street in Jamestown. Call Pastor Leecroft 716/868-7699 to register or to get more information. – You can also read about this on the Chautauqua Lake Region Men of Integrity page on this web site.

Chautauqua Lake Men of Integrity Report on January Breakfast

When the Leadership Team for the Chautauqua Lake Region Men of Integrity (CLRMI) asked themselves, “What is the difference between the breakfasts that we offer and any other men’s breakfast in a local church?” the answer was immediately obvious: Unity!

When the men of the region gathered at First Covenant Church in Jamestown, NY for the January 2010 CLRMI breakfast, about sixty men were in attendance. More important that that number, however, was the fact that over fifteen different congregations were represented. One group of seven men sitting around a table were pleasantly surprised, as they introduced themselves to each other, to discover that they represented seven different congregations.

After breakfast, the men move from the basement fellowship hall up to the sanctuary of the church building. There worship was led by some of the men from the First Covenant Church. Before Rev. Adam Rohler, of First Covenant, shared an inspiring and challenging message, Jamie Sposato, representing the CLRMI Leadership Team, presented an overview of the purpose of CLRMI and provided a synopsis of upcoming events. – The next event on the calendar is a morning workshop on prayer titled, I Want Men to Pray. This will take place at Christ First United Methodist in Jamestown, NY on Saturday the 20^th of March, 2010. The speaker/presenter will be the Director of The Better Place, Roy Miller. For more information on this contact Leecroft Clark at 716/868-7699. You can also find Leecroft’s email address on our Staff Page.

from Jamie Sposato