My One Desire

Christ the King's
Maranatha Prayer Ministry presents




Event Introduction
To act as a channel to bring more vibrancy and life to the prayer life of youths, no matter their spiritual level.
To inspire youths to take the step to establish a more active personal prayer life and a closer relationship with God.
To instil in youths a sense of belonging in the Catholic community.

Objective of Event
To inspire youths to develop a stronger relationship with God through a personal experience of God's love.

Event Details
Venue: Main church hall, Church of Christ The King
Date: Saturday, 1st July 2006
Time: 8:00p.m to 10:00p.m.

Event Programme
1. Video Trailer for Prayer Rally
2. Praise dance
3. Praise & Worship
4. Skit on three individuals who lead life without prayer
5. Sharing by guest speaker, Freddy Gomez
6. Blessed Sacrament
7. Worship
8. Testimonies
9. Praise and praise dance

The inaugural Youth Prayer Rally 2006 (PR06) is a call to all youths - from schools to the various youth groups in Singapore - to gather in a night of thanksgiving and worship; it is an answer to God's call to a renewal in every young Catholic's prayer life.

My One Desire is designed to create an input, an experience and a participation in every youth. No matter the age, there is space in our relationship with God; there is always more to give, and there is always more to receive.

Input
God calls us to be "holy" for He is holy (Lev 19:2). Yet, we cannot possibly imitate our God in being holy without first knowing Him. Since our human thoughts are not His thoughts (Isaiah 55:8, Matt 16:23), it is important, as Christians, to understand the person of Jesus - the way He speaks, the way He acts, the way He loves. Only in appreciating the things Jesus did in His life on earth can we start trying to be like Him. PR06 invites us to grow in knowledge of God.

Experience
Jesus reminded us that the one who is forgiven more, loves more (Luke 7:47). In a wider spectrum, the more we receive and experience God's love, the more we are able to give love. We strongly believe that every Christian who opens his/her heart to God's unconditional love will experience the love that has been present in our lives all along.

Participation
When Jesus was anointed at Bethany (Matt 26:6-13), He praised her for her "wastefulness" (v10). The woman was participating in paying Jesus the highest form of respect. Nothing was held back when she worshipped Jesus. We want to follow this example, giving God all we have, holding nothing back. PR06 urges us to participate fully - to be extravagant in our praise and wasteful in our worship.

We can never get too close to God. We must therefore strive to get ever closer in faith and knowledge of God. We firmly believe the essence of this is prayer. Our united prayer is that you will take the step in joining us, and the rest of the Catholic youth community in receiving the power every one of us has in prayer.

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post contributed by Dorothy, the person who got me into ACTS =)

tag, Dot!

love, Jean