Peterborough City Pastors Prayer Breakfast

Who we are:

A group of church leaders who have been meeting regularly since 1996, The group is open to anyone who is in church leadership in Peterborough and the surrounding region.

Where we meet:

The City Pastors Prayer Breakfast meets at Peterborough Salvation Army (in Bourges Boulevard, New England) every two weeks on a Wednesday morning at 8 am for 8.15 am.

What happens:

Arrive at 8 am and be greeted with a hot drink. Prayer starts at 8.15 am, led by one of the group, and can take a variety of forms. At 8.45 am breakfast is served and consists of toast and tea, or a full English breakfast, beautifully prepared by the staff at the Salvation Army. People usually leave from 9.15 am onwards.

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City Pastors Prayer Breakfast Report - Wednesday 21 March 2007

Do The Resurrection Shuffle

Present: Carol Bailey, Keith Howarth, Paul Larcombe, Russ Parkes, Lars Pettersen, John Price, Graham Timson, Sharon Walker, David Whitlock

Paul led the prayer, observing that Easter was only a couple of weeks away and that all-present would be proclaiming the resurrection message in various ways. Events mentioned included PCC's Easter presentations on 31st March and 1st April; The Good Friday March of Witness, at which Sharon Walker will be speaking; the new Anglican tradition of shining shoes on the steps of the Guildhall on Maundy Thursday.

For all of these the central issue is resurrection:

'If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is our faith.' 1 Corinthians 15:14

'And If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.' 1 Corinthians 15:17.

'But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.' 1 Corinthians 15:17.

Prayer responses included:

• 2 Corinthians 4:10 'We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.'
• Prayer for the Church to be unlocked and released
• The song: "And I will rasise him up"
• Prayer that we may proclaim resurrection and new life
• Blessing for all the above initiatives and others

Prayer was also made for Sharon Walker, who has been asked to be Chaplain to the Mayor.

David Whitlock confirmed that the visit of David Beer from Purpose Driven UK will now take place on Wednesday 18 April. Carol confirmed that a room was available from 9.30 am to 12 noon and that bacon butties could be served from 9.30 am. Consequently, there will be no 8 am prayer breakfast on that day.

It was agreed that a gift and travel expenses would be given. The journey would be a round trip of about 200 miles. Paul will send an email to prayer breakfasters to enable this to be collected and paid.

Those committed so far include:

Russ ok
Graham ok
David Whitlock ok, plus 1
Sharon hopefully ok
John Price ok
Paul ok

Future meeting dates:

Wednesday 14 November
Wednesday 28 November
Wednesday 12 December

These are all at the Peterborough Salvation Army in Bourges Boulevard, New England.

Upcoming Events:

The Shire & Soke Lunch for ministers and church leaders from Greater Peterborough is on Thursday 25th January, from 12-2pm at Peterborough Community Church. The lunch is free - but please let Teresa Brown know for catering purposes if you can attend.