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Friday, April 22, 2005

Lifting up the KING in Kingsport

Contributed by Doug Tweed mustardseedkpt@earthlink.net

Dear Jeff,

I would greatly appreciate it if you would consider distribution over your e-mail network of this information about the upcoming Greater Kingsport Area Prayer Summit. Attached is an updated flyer and below is an updated version of a press release issued a few days ago.

God bless you for your help in this.

A Greater Kingsport Area Prayer Summit is being held this year from Friday, May 6 through Sunday, May 15. The theme is “Lifting Up The KING in Kingsport. Close to 50 churches in the Kingsport area and neighboring communities of Hawkins and Scott Counties are already supporting this ten-day time of prayer & fasting. All churches and individuals are invited to participate. The opening prayer service will begin at 7 PM on Friday, May 6 at 1st Broad Street UMC on Church Circle. Following that service, an all-night prayer vigil will be held at the same location, with people invited to come and pray as their schedules permit. The prayer summit will conclude on Pentecost Sunday, May 15, with a 4 PM citywide worship & prayer service outdoors on Church Circle. On the days between these two services, community prayer services will be held each evening at 7 PM at the following locations:

Saturday, May 7 (South Kingsport) St. Mark UMC
Monday, May 9 (East Kingsport) Kingsport Community Church
Tuesday, May 10 (Bloomingdale) Vermont UMC
Thursday, May 12 (Scott County) Holston View UMC
Friday, May 13 (Colonial Heights) Colonial Heights Christian Church
Saturday, May 14 (Lynn Garden) Concordia Lutheran Church

A City-Wide Youth Prayer Service will be held at First Assembly Church of God beginning at 7 PM on Tuesday, May 10.

This prayer summit allows all Christians in our area to express their unity in Christ and their identity as the Lord’s House of Prayer. Most important, it allows people to come together to glorify Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, and seek His Presence and His blessings for our lives and the lives of others who share this community with us. This is in keeping with 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”


Doug Tweed, for
The Kingsport Chamber of Prayer
c/oMustard Seed Ministries214 E. Wanola Ave.Kingsport, TN 37660Phone: 423-245-3721Fax: 423-245-1651http://www.mustardseedkingsport.org/
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