Community Prayer Gathering consists of churches, community public buildings and breakfast restaurants around the county opening up their doors for prayer. Here is the current list of events:

Prayerfully Consider Organizing Your Own Community Prayer Gathering!

We invite you to consider working with others in your community to gather believers for a Community Prayer Gathering to pray specifically for your community, its leaders, its schools, its congregations and more. A Community Prayer Gathering can be a great expression of the heart of Jesus in John 17:21 as believers gather together to pray!

The Lancaster County National Day of Prayer Task Force will make it easy for you and support your effort by:

• Advertising your location and its start time (can be either Wednesday or Thursday)
• Providing you with ideas on how to structure your event
• Giving you a prayer outline similar to the one used for the evening Celebration of Prayer on the grounds of Lancaster Bible College
• Helping you with suggestions on how to lead people through each prayer section
• Offering ideas on how you can incorporate worship if you are able

For more information or to register your event, email Doug Myer dmyer@wdac.com. Include your name, the name of your church or business where the event will be held, the location’s address, your phone number, your email address, and your ideas for the gathering. Doug Myer will be contacting you upon the receipt of your sign up.

Community Prayer Gatherings
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Bird-In-Hand
Community Prayer Breakfast
Family Cupboard Restaurant
3029 Old Philadelphia Pike
Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505
(Rt. 340 east of Bird-In-Hand)
May 5, 2011
7:00–9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet - $5.00, coffee included
7:00–8:00 Breakfast
8:00–9:00 Program
Special Guest Speakers:
Representative Scott Boyd
Representative Brian Cutler
Contact: Gail Stoltzfoos 717-278-7374

Christiana
Alpha & Omega Ministries
191 Upper Valley Road
Christiana, PA
717-431-8230
May 5, 2011
12:00–to 3:00 p.m.

Columbia
Columbia Area Ministerium
Impact Christian Center
156B Lancaster Avenue
Columbia, PA 17512
717-684-4770
info@impact-christian.com
May 5, 2011
6:00–8:00 a.m.
6:00–7:00 Quiet Prayer and Reflection
7:00–7:30 Prayer Service
7:30–8:00 Continental Breakfast

Conestoga
Conestoga Area Pastors Fellowship
Community Prayer Gathering 
Conestoga United Methodist Church
71 Sand Hill Road, Conestoga
May 5, 2011
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
A meal of soup and bread will be served; donations will be accepted, and the balance of the offering after expenses will be contributed to the Conestoga Area Food Bank. A quiet space for individual prayer will be available to all attending the prayer gathering.
Contact Conestoga UM Church, 717-872-7703.

Denver
Cocalico Area Prayer Breakfast Buffet
Weaver Banquet Facilities
Routes 272 & 897
Adamstown, PA
May 5, 2011
7:00–9:00 a.m.
Tickets: $10.00 (Must be purchased in advance)
Purchase tickets at the Courtesy Desk at Weaver Markets (Adamstown)
and at most Cocalico area churches.
Contact: Sandy Artz 717-336-7262

Elizabethown
Pre-National Day of Prayer Rally
Elizabethtown Ministerium/ Community Leaders
Christ Evangelical Lutheran
May 4, 2011
7:00 p.m. 

National Day of Prayer Events
May 5, 2011
6:30 a.m. Prayer at the Elizabethtown Borough Hall
May 5, 2011
12:00 p.m. Prayer at First Church of God, 144 South Market Street
Contact Doug Lamb 717-689-0263

Ephrata/Akron
Community Gatherings of the Ephrata Area Pastor's Prayer Group
May 5, 2011
6:00–8:00 a.m. at 3 strategic locations to begin the day in prayer:

Akron Church of the Brethren
613 Main Street, Akron

Ephrata United Zion Church
408 E. Fulton Street, Ephrata

New Beginnings Church
409 N. State Street, Ephrata

Intercourse
Intercourse Community Park
Route 340
Community Prayer
May 5, 2011
7:00 am–7:00 pm
12:00–1:00 pm Prayer Vigil at Large Gazebo
Contact: Evie Blank 717-768-3143 or 717-354-7200

Lititz
Celebrate Life Christian Church
700 Brentwood Drive, Lititz
May 5, 2011
9:00 am-3:00 pm Open for prayer
Contact: Brenda Thomson
Contact: 717-581-1204 or www.celebratelife.co

Marietta
Community Bible Church
331 Anderson Ferry Road
Marietta, PA 17547
May 5, 2011
6:30–7:30 am, 12:00-1:00 pm, 5:00-6:00 pm
Chapel Open for Prayer, Staff Member available to pray with if desired
Contact: 717-426-1345

New Holland Community Prayer Vigil
New Holland Ministerium
Chapel at the Garden Spot Village
May 5, 2011
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Reservations Required)
7:30–8:30 a.m. Prayer Vigil
Call Garden Spot Village for Reservations: 717-355-6000

Paradise/Kinzer/Gap
Community Prayer Time
Calvary Monument Bible Church
May 5, 2011
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Contact: Calvary Monument Bible Church 717-442-8161

Peach Bottom
Living Stones Fellowship
2292 Robert Fulton Hwy
Peach Bottom, PA 17563
Rts 222 & 272 up on the hill in the old Fulton Elementary School.
May 5, 2011 7-9am. Coffee and donuts served.
Contact: Pastor Bud Stillman (717) 572-1559

Quarryville
Solanco Pastors' Fellowship
Quarryville Borough Building, 300 St. Catherine Street
May 5, 2011
12:00 p.m.
Contact: Pastor Gary Griffith, Faith Reformed Presbyterian Church, 717-786-7559

Willow Street
Lampeter-Willow Street Community Prayer Breakfast
Willow Valley Family Restaurant - Garden Room
2416 Willow Street Pike
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Breakfast 7:00-8:00 am
Followed by prayer led by Lampeter-Willow Street Ministerium
For tickets ($2), call Tami at Grace Community Church at 464-5333