Pray Lubbock

Due to the of cool conditions on Sunday with an all-day rain (praise God), we moved the Palm Sunday Celebration indoors to the Lubbock Civic Center Banquet Hall. The food booths were not available at the Civic Center due to food vender regulations. Following is an account of the plans for this event:

Click below for the article that appeared in the Avalanche-Journal:

"Rain Fails to Put Damper on Worship "
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/040504/loc_040504036.shtml

Pray Lubbock is encouraging Christians all over the city to come together following their morning worship on Palm Sunday and corporately express our passion for our King, the Lord Jesus Christ. This assembly is based on the theme of Palm Sunday, the coronation of Jesus as King over Jerusalem and we would like to add Lubbock to the list of cities who honor Jesus as King. We will meet at Maxey Park in the corner closest to Covenant Lakeside Hospital (formerly St. Mary's Hospital), on Sunday, April 4th, with food booths ready to serve by 12:30 and worship beginning at 1:00 p.m. We will conclude by 3:00 p.m. Attendees may come and go as necessary, but are encouraged to stay for the two hours as there will be great variety in worship. Dress will range from "Sunday clothes" to very casual.

Congregations who have been participating in the Seek God for the City 2004 prayer initiative will be especially interested in this event. Palm Sunday is the final day of the 40-day period beginning on Ash Wednesday, February 25th. This forty-day prayer guide culminates in the celebration memorialized in Palm Sunday. This event will capture the victory, and celebration of that original Palm Sunday crowd. We will have palm branches available for everyone who wishes to wave palms as we worship. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs if they prefer to be seated during worship.

Food booths will be prepared to serve food by 12:30. Alliance Church and Ministerios Nueva Vida are each providing food service. The following food items will be available: Nachos, barbeque wraps, Frito pies, soft drinks bottled water, coffee and hot chocolate. Food will be available throughout the event. There are picnic tables and a large play land in the area so families are encouraged to come together and purchase something from the booths or you may bring food from home or a drive-thru..

Worship will feature three worship teams from three culturally different backgrounds who will all lead us to the same place - the feet of Jesus in worship. Christ Community Church led by Craig Stone will be leading us in worship from 1:00 p.m. and take us into a period of intercession for our city. The worship team from Ministerios Nueva Vida, led by James Tobar will lead us in the second worship session beginning about 1:40 pm which will also be followed by intercession for our city. Our third and final worship set beginning about 2:20 will be lead by a worship team consisting of worship team leaders from various African-American congregations led by Glenda Shumate. We will end with intercession for our city. Click here to see the songs these worship teams will be using.

Intercession will be in three parts: 1) We will pray for tremendous impact in our city with regard to the movie The Passion of the Christ. We have already completed 12 days of intercession on site at Tinsel Town and we will continue pray for those who will decide to see the movie over the Easter weekend. 2) We will be praying for great results for the Kingdom through all of the special Holy Week and Easter weekend events. We will pray for salvations, recommitments and for Jesus to be greatly honored through all of the services. 3) We will pray for God's blessing and direction over our city as a whole giving him praise for the rain we have received and praying for His destiny for Lubbock to be fulfilled.

Also available at the park will be prayer stations for personal prayer ministry. Church on the Rock will pray for "Physical Healing", Vandelia Church of Christ will pray for "Children and human needs affecting one's dignity", Lakeridge Methodist Church will be praying for families, the Daughters of the King prayer group will pray for "Relationships", City View Christian Fellowship will pray for sues, personal crisis situations where freedom is needed, and Broadway Church of Christ will pray for Men's Issues. These prayer ministry stations will be located around the perimeter of the worship area and will be available continually throughout the worship time and at the conclusion of the event.

Printable Publicity Flyer about this event (Word Format).

Palm Sunday Sermon notes on the subject "Ushering Jesus into Lubbock" (Word Format).

Media Advisory (word format)

Click here to learn about our Passion Movie outreach project.