Reaching Out with Prayer Balloons

As part of the Change the World campaign of the United
Methodist Church, the Oxford UMC has been invited by Sheila Harrison, Project Coordinator, Rethink Church, UMC to release another set of Prayer Balloons on April 25.

We discussed this and have decided to launch 70 Prayer Balloons after our regular Morning Worship Service. We will pick up the balloons Saturday afternoon and attached the prayer cards to them and store the balloons in one of the Sunday school rooms until Sunday.

After our Worship Service, all members of the congregation are invited to take a balloon or two outside in front of the Church for the Prayer Lift Ceremony. Prayers will be offered for the balloons flight and for those people who may find one
of the balloons with the attached prayer card.

We shall also be praying for our friends, and neighbors, and
the many, many people who yearn to feel the love and grace of God in their lives. We will be praying that the Holy Spirit touch
their lives and they come to a wonderful, intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Along with our Community Involvement Project on April 24, we are pleased to be connected with and be a part of such a wonderful campaign as Rethink Church and the 'Change the World' Weekend. This is an interesting and fun way to involve the local congregation in a world-wide event designed to help reach people outside of the church walls.