How to Start a Christian Youth Prayer Group
Churches across the globe are consistently seeking ways to engage youth within their ministries and the community at large. A great way to achieve this is by starting a Christian youth prayer group. With temptation and peer pressure ever present, accompanied with the daily call to make a difference in the community, a Christian youth prayer group is a sufficient way for youth to not only get involved but also express their frustrations and worries.
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Recruit youth committed to the cause of praying for one another and the community. You might recruit youth from other ministries within the church or from local schools and community centers. The objective is to recruit youth who are either already aware of the importance of prayer or are open to learning the role prayer plays in shaping the lives of others, including those in the church and the community. According to Prayeronline.org, a prayer group "should be a safe place for people to share their concerns, joys and heartaches, knowing that many are praying on their behalf."
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Select a meeting place. Hold youth prayer group sessions in someone's home or at the church. You might also choose a different location to meet every week. Perhaps you'd like to implement prayer walking among your group and meet at a select block or shopping center each week to walk together. While walking, youth will pray directly for people they encounter in the community.
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Choose a set meeting day and time. Perhaps you'd like to start off by praying once a month, on the same day each month, or maybe you'd like the group to meet more frequently, once a week for 30 minutes after Bible study. The goal is to be consistent with your meeting day and time so the youth are consistently engaged and connected with the ministry and the community.
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Engage the youth by bringing in other activities directly connected to prayer. For instance, you might invite a community leader to speak, and afterward have the youth pray concerning the issues revealed. Another idea is to have youth select a specific area in the U.S. or the world at large and have them pray specifically for the needs in those regions.
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Guide your prayers by using the Bible.
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Tips & Warnings
Combine a youth prayer group with a weekly Bible study. In doing this, the youth can draw inspiration as to what they should pray for from the lesson taught. For example, if the Bible study lesson focused on Joseph, the dreamer, the youth can pray concerning their dreams and goals, as well as the dreams and goals of others.
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