The Firestarters team had an amazing time at the Harrisburg Discipleship Center on Sunday night! We were able to teach, lead worship and minister to the HDC staff and the YES (Youth Evangelism Service) teams who are currently in training at the center. We gathered in the carriage house and Chris Epp, the director of HDC, opened the evening with prayer.
After some introductions, Jen taught on God’s call on our lives and the different ways in which we can discover it. One way she said we could hear God’s calling was through a prophetic word. She went on to explain that prophecy is just God communicating with His people. After teaching about how we should respond to prophecy, Jen led us in worship. She invited any YES participants who play an instrument to join her and we had an instant worship band, with everything from guitars to djembes to a mandolin! During worship, Jen also encouraged everyone to listen to what God might be speaking to them and released the ministry team to pray for and prophesy over the HDCers.
At one point, Sean and Jen invited anyone gifted in the arts to come forward. We prayed over those individuals and Sean encouraged them to release their gifts, not just keep what God had given them to themselves. In addition, a couple girls were released in dance during worship. One shared that she had danced before in secular venues, but not in times of corporate worship.
Jen also invited people to come forward who felt they needed a revelation of the Father heart of God. A number of girls quickly responded to the invitation, but none of the guys moved. Josiah shared his testimony of how God revealed His Father’s heart to him and then he, Jason and Sean prayed for each of the girls. Jen then asked any guys who felt they needed the same thing to come to the front of the room. All but a handful came to receive prayer! It was awesome to see God touching His children as the ministry team prayed over each individual and ministered God’s hear t to them.
After everyone had been prayed for, we ended with one last worship song before dismissing. A few people stayed to continue worshiping, to talk, etc. A couple Firestarters team members continued to minister to those who needed it. As we left, we all agreed that it had definitely been a fun night! We look forward to returning to HDC next month!
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Yes, this was a great time! I loves seeing the dancers released in worship and the musicians join together as a band even though we had all never played together. My favorite part was seeing all the people respond (guys and girls) after Josiah's heart-filled testimony of how important a revelation of the Father heart of God had been to him in his life. Excited to go back next month!
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