Ideas for the local church to observe the GDOP

1. Two weeks before the GDOP
• provide bulletin inserts of the Ten Day Prayer Guide
• make an announcement about the upcoming GDOP and encouraged everyone to use their prayer guide on a daily basis from May 1^st – 10^th .
(can be repeated again and made available at any mid-week services)

2. One week before the GDOP
• make an announcement about the GDOP being observed the coming Sunday
• show a video clip about the GDOP to the congregation (available on website)
• have a member who has been participating in the Ten Days of Constant Prayer share a testimony
• challenge the congregation to begin / continue to participate in the Ten Days of Constant Prayer

3. During the Ten Days of Prayer (May 1^st – 10^th )
• show the GDOP video at home groups and any other ministry meetings
• pray together through the Ten Day Prayer Guide
(available at: www.waymakers.org - inexpensive and can be shipped over night)

4. On Pentecost Sunday (May 11^th – the  Global Day of Prayer)
• note that your congregation is joining over a quarter of a billion people worldwide, from 201+ nations, praying on one accord according to Habakkuk 2:14 and II Chronicles 7:14
• provide a bulletin insert of “A Prayer for the World” (found in the back of the Ten
Day Prayer Guide) to be used as a congregational responsive reading in the Sunday
worship service(s).

5. 90 Days of Blessing following the GDOP (May 12^th - August 9^th )
• encourage the congregation to fast and prayer during the first 40 days
• plan a local outreach to the community which will take place during the last 50 days of the 90 Days of Blessing   

(Courtesy of Southwest Church, a congregation of @ 80 in Winter Garden, FL)

Dates for future GDOP:     May 31, 2009     May 23, 2010

Central Florida GDOP coordinating team:

 Associated Websites

www.globaldayofprayer.com
www.globaldayofprayer.com/youth
www.gdopusa.com
www.visionorlando.org/prayer/gdop2008.htm