Save the Date: February 23, Collegiate Day of Prayer
Posted by tom | Jan 12, 2012
A little background . . .
For more than a hundred years, beginning in the 1780’s, campuses set aside a day of prayer that focused just on the campus. Much of the energy of the revivals that swept through the country during those years was fueled by campus prayer.
In the early years of the 20th century, the day of prayer on campus fell by the wayside. The Gospel did not disappear, the day of prayer gave way to other ministry efforts.
A number of Christian ministries gathered together last year to re-establish the day of prayer on its traditional date (the last Thursday in February). This year they invited InterVarsity to join them, and InterVarsity has decided to engage with them.
We are joining our brother and sister organizations (Navigators, Cru, International House of Prayer, the 24/7 Prayer movement, YWAM, and SVM2 among others) to coordinate activity for this day. There are 21 different groups that have agreed to join together.
It is one day. . . . We are being asked to think creatively about how we can pray for the campus in a coordinated way. The last Thursday in February, the 23rd, is also the day after Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The vision statement for the day simply says “open hands, open hearts, open heavens.”
Please join me in making a mental note of the date, marking it on the calendar, and beginning to pray about how to shape opportunities not only on the campuses which I directly serve, but also with the Emerging Scholars Network. Stay tuned . . .
