Heartland Leaders: Committed to Prayer
Curtis Tschetter wins the prize! For years, as a faithful attendee to the March Prayer First Gathering, GracePoint’s pastor in Ogallala, NE, has already registered for the 2025 gathering in Sioux Falls.
This is the fourth decade in which pastors, missionaries, chaplains, and other leaders from within the Heartland and neighboring regions have gathered in the first week of March for a time of focused, earnest, and heartfelt worship and prayer.
We worship through song because it helps us focus on our heavenly Father, the beautiful Savior who died and rose for us, and the Holy Spirit who dwells in us and enables us to walk with God. We worship because it opens our hearts to really pray!
We pray as a large group, calling upon the Lord for his power as we start new churches, strengthen existing churches, and send emissaries to reach the unreached people of the world. We pray for lost people to be saved, the hurting and broken and sick to be healed, the wayward to return to Jesus, and courage and boldness for the fainthearted. We pray for our nation, our region, and our war-torn world.
We pray for one another in small clusters, sharing our joys and sorrows, ministry dreams and difficulties, family and marriage matters, and more. It’s a precious time to minister to fellow Converge leaders, truly practicing the New Testament “one-anothers” in a way we often do for others in our local congregations.
The schedule is purposefully designed so you can travel to Sioux Falls on Monday (for the 5:15 pm start time) and be home by Wednesday evening activities if necessary. There is a break on Tuesday to go out for lunch with your LEAD team, meet a friend, spend some alone time with God, or catch a nap if you need it. LEAD teams, why not plan to travel and attend together, extending your fellowship? Except for Tuesday’s lunch, meals and snacks are provided and plentiful. The opportunity for camaraderie and friendship-building is intentional. A limited number of homestays are available by request.
Will you come? Like the old military recruitment posters, we say WE WANT YOU!
Prayer First Heartland
March 3-5, 2025
Faith Baptist Fellowship in Sioux Falls, SD
Monday, March 3
5:15 PM: Registration
5:30 PM: Supper together
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Worship & Prayer
Tuesday, March 4
7:30 AM: Breakfast available
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Worship & Prayer
12:00 PM: Lunch (on your own) & Free Time
3:00 PM: Worship & Prayer
5:30 PM: Supper together
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Worship & Prayer
Wednesday, March 5
7:30 AM: Breakfast available
8:30 AM: Worship & Prayer
11:30 AM: Lunch (sack lunch to go available upon request)