School of Prayer
2010 School of Prayer
The 2010 School of Prayer, sponsored and facilitated by The Better Place, Inc., will be presented in three full-day sessions. Each session will stand alone, so participants may come to one or two or all three.
The School will be held from 8:30am – 4:00pm on Saturday March 13th, June 12th and September 25th in the lower level of Schwab Manor on the Heritage Village Retirement Campus in Gerry, NY. Parking will be in the Sellew Manor Parking Lot. The cost is forty dollars for the first session anyone attends and only thirty dollars for subsequent sessions attended. Lunch and a 3-ring binder with note taking material are included in this cost.
GENERAL SCHOOL DAY SCHEDULE:
- Morning
- 8:30 Gather - coffee, mingle and pick up materials
- 9:00 Worship in song
- 9:30 First teaching session
- 10:30 break
- 11:00 Second teaching session
Noon Lunch (There may be a "table-talk" assignment.)
- Afternoon
- 1:00 Third teaching session
- 2:00 break
- 2:30 Fourth teaching session
- 3:30 Ministry
- 4:00 Official conclusion (but ministry may continue.)
TEACHING TOPICS
(You may read descriptive paragraphs of each topic at Seminar Topics on this web site.)
Session One - March 13, 2010
- First teaching: Discerning Our Call to Prayer Ministry and Jesus Our Model
- Second teaching: Releasing the Power
- Third teaching: Persistence
- Fourth teaching: Vision for Transformation and Prayer Mapping Primer
Session Two - June 12, 2010
- First teaching: House of Prayer
- Second teaching: Corporate Prayer
- Third teaching: Healing Prayer -- Part I
- Fourth teaching: Healing Prayer -- Part II
Session Three - September 25, 2010
The Four Calls of 2 Chronicles 7:14
- First teaching: Call to Humility
- Second teaching: Call to Prayer (Intercession)
- Third teaching: Call to Seek God
- Fourth teaching: Call to Repent
Instructor
Roy L. Miller, who is the founder and Director of The Better Place, will be our instructor throughout each session of the school. – Prior to founding The Better Place, Rev. Miller was a senior pastor for 22 years and then a District Superintendent in the UMC for six years. – He earned a M. Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1975 and a D. Min. from Drew University School of Theology in 1984. – He has been married to Valerie Sand since 1973. They have three children and six grandchildren.
Registration Information
Please print the Registration Form and mail your registration form, with payment, to:
The Better Place, Inc.
P.O. Box 532
Jamestown, NY 14702
A downloadable School of Prayer Packet which includes this general information and the registration form is also available for sharing with friends and colleagues.
You may register for school sessions one at a time through the year as their dates approach. Or you may register for two or three sessions all at the same time. The first session you register for will cost $40. Subsequent sessions will cost $30. (So, for instance, if you register for Session One it will cost $40. If you register for Sessions One and Two it will cost a total of $70. If you register for all three sessions it will cost a total of $100.)
REGISTRATION DEADLINES
- For Session One (March 13), please register by March 6th.
- For Session Two (June 12), please register by the 5th of June.
- For Session Three (September 25), please register by the 18th of September.
(Late registrants and “walk-ins” will be welcome. However, the lunch meal may not be available for such people.)