THE CHALLENGE OF OUR DAY

October 1, 2000 -- Steve Loopstra

INTRODUCTION: These are some of the most exciting and the most precarious days ever to be alive. If there were just one challenge to give in these days it would be to know:

THE PRESCRIPTION OF PRAYER

THE POWER OF PRAYER

THE POSSIBILITIES OF PRAYER

CONCLUSION: Could you join a vast army of prayer to begin to see prayer blanket our neighborhoods and our cities and change the very fabric of society? (More on reverse side.)

REV. STEVE LOOPSTRA

Rev. Steve Loopstra is Executive Director of Prayer Transformation Ministries, formerly known as Midwest Concerts of Prayer, a ministry "Building strategic partnerships in prayer to empower churches for city transformation." His office is located in the Nehemiah Center in Downtown Minneapolis.

Steve is ordained with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. He served as an Alliance pastor for twenty years. Steve, with his wife, Marilou, have pastored in California, Iowa and Minnesota. In addition, they have served as missionaries in Europe.

Steve has helped give leadership to the prayer movement in the Christian and Missionary Alliance and in the Twin Cities area among area pastors. Steve has also led prayer journeys to Mali, West Africa, Berlin, Germany and North Africa. Steve leads pastor's prayer summits, Concerts of Prayer, and teaches on prayer and revival. Steve and Marilou have two grown children, Jonathan and Esther

Upcoming Sunday School Classes on Prayer

Special presentations will be given on the topic of prayer on Sundays, October 1^st and 8^th for our combined Adult Classes.

Guests from Prayer Transformation Ministries will conduct classes as follows:

TODAY

• Steve Loopstra/ Prayer and Fasting/

• Carol Madison Teaching Children to Pray

October 8th

• John Quam Becoming a House of Prayer