If you’ve signed up for the Global Week of Prayer but need some help mobilising your community to pray, don’t worry! Here are our top tips:
Use your Sunday or mid-week gathering to promote your prayer room – sharing why you’re praying and inviting people to join in when you’re together creates excitement and anticipation.
We’ve put together a Global Week of Prayer promo pack with talking points to use, and a promo video you can share.
It’s also helpful to follow up with what you share in-person – use email lists, WhatsApp groups, and social media to remind your community to sign up and get involved.
Remember to include a link to sign up for a prayer slot when you talk about your prayer room!
Remember: if your community has run 24-7 Prayer Rooms before, the Global Week of Prayer can provide fresh encouragement for people who might not have been involved before, and fresh strength to the prayer warriors who always sign up!
It might sound obvious, but make sure you tell everyone where and when your prayer room is!
If there’s a specific way to get into the prayer room or if it might be hard to find, communicate that to your community ahead of time so that they don’t get confused.
Remember: sometimes people might feel that praying for a whole hour is a bit daunting, so explain how your 24-7 Prayer room is full of creative prayer prompts as it might encourage those who aren’t sure what to expect!
When you registered your Global Week of Prayer Room, you’ll have received a sign up tool link which makes it really easy to sign up. So, make the link really easy to access for your community!
Try using a QR code in your Sunday gatherings, or share a direct link in a WhatsApp group, email, or social media content.
Alternatively, you might find it works better to create a timetable on a big piece of paper for people to fill in when you meet together.
Remember: many people won’t sign up right away, so following up your first announcement or email with a reminder a few days later can be a great idea for those who didn’t get round to it or forgot first time!
If there are regular groups meeting in your community that usually do an activity or small group together, invite them to swap their usual activity for an hour of prayer.
It can be a great way for anyone who’s a bit worried about spending time on their own praying to try 24-7 Prayer, and it can also mobilise groups to hear what God’s saying together.
Remember: there’ll be some people in your community who will be really excited about your Prayer Room, so encourage them to sign up early and ask them to be “Prayer Room Champions” – they can mobilise others to pray too!
Continue to share the vision and link to sign up; you might find that people have such a good time in their slot that they want to sign up again!
It can work well to ‘auction’ empty slots in a community meeting or WhatsApp group – but remember not to pressure people into praying! Encourage and inspire them to get involved.
Remember: because there are prayer rooms happening all over the world during the Global Week of 24-7 Prayer, you don’t need to panic if some of your slots aren’t filled. It doesn’t mean you’ve failed – you’re still joining in with thousands of people all over the world to seek God’s kingdom together!
