What You can do on Grandparents’ Day of Prayer?

GDOP volunteers are dedicated followers of Christ who serve as prayer intercessors on behalf of the next generations. They are part of a team of prayer intercessors across the nation and around the world that are united in their resolve to stand in the gap for their children and grandchildren through prayer.

While you have a great deal of latitude in how your event may look, CGN has created this step-by-step guide to help you organize a successful event and to give you tools and resources to assist you in the process. This is a very simple event, but you can do much more if you desire. We only ask that prayer be the primary focus of all that you do. It is important to not lose sight of this being a prayer event, not a social event!

Here are the basic duties you will need to perform as a volunteer organizer of a Grandparents’ Day of Prayer event on September 11, 2016…

•    Sit down with your pastor and/or appropriate church leaders to tell them about this event and to enlist their support to promote it in your church.

•    Recruit and organize a team of volunteers to help you plan the event and to enlist continual prayer support for your team as they prepare.

•    Decide which kind of event would be most suitable for you. (A potluck, dessert, prayer time after church or in a home?)

•    Decide on a time and a location.

•    Provide necessary promotional materials to use in your church or community. What is the best way to connect with the grandparents God wants you to invite to your Grandparents Prayer event?

•    Send or distribute personal invitations to as many individuals in your church or community as possible.

At the Event:

•    Introduce guests to each other.

•    Share a devotional about the urgency to pray for families, today. (You may come up with one or we can give you one to share)

•    Share testimony of a younger person about how their grandparents influenced them spiritually.

•    Play short video clip from Executive Director and National Prayer Coordinator

•    If in a large group, divide into smaller groups.

•    Share Prayer requests

•    Handout suggestions to pray from the free downloads on website, While you have a great deal of latitude in how that may look, CGN has created this step-by-step guide to help you organize a successful event and to give you tools and resources to assist you in the process. This is a very simple event, but you can do much more if you desire. We only ask that prayer be the primary focus of all that you do. It is important to not lose sight of this being a prayer event, not a social event!www.grandparentsdayofprayer.com if desired.

•    Ask grandparents if they would like to meet on a regular basis to pray for their families. (Monthly, biweekly or weekly). Get sign up commitments and contact me.

If you need additional information or have any questions, please email me at  lpenner@christiangrandparenting.net.

By Lillian Penner, National Prayer Coordinator for Christian Grandparenting Network