TOGETHER
Prayer Walk
6.19.20
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As this church family begins a new season of awareness together, there is much to remember and be thankful for. This year, on Friday, June 19, we are hosting a prayer walk/drive around the building and encourage you to consider fasting that day. Any time between 6am and 6pm, start at the brown awning, pick up a printed prayer guide, and follow the suggested stops and prayer points. We want to pray over the Drive Thru VBS, Feed Our City, and upcoming Worship Gatherings as well as commemorate what this day, Juneteenth, means in our collective history.
For the last fifty years, the property on which you are standing has been a place of gathering.
We gathered to worship. We gathered to learn. We gathered to teach. Droves gathered for VBS and
Trunk or Treat and fireworks. Some have come here for counsel. Some have come for help. Some
have come to serve. Some have come to play ball. All have come to belong.
And then suddenly and unexpectedly it stopped.
Over the last 90 days few have come here. None have gathered here. In large part none have really
gathered much of anywhere. This parking lot has been empty. The halls, the classrooms, the large
gathering spaces, they were vacant…silent…lonely.
But this weekend the cars will begin to return. The people will begin to gather again. The children,
the teenagers, the college students, couples, singles, parents, widows, brothers, sisters…they will be
wearing masks and benevolently keeping their distance, but they will be here TOGETHER.
This, it would seem, is the beginning of a new chapter, the genesis of a new era. We will be glad to
resume some of the things that have happened here for half of a century…rituals and commissioned
customs that have endured for generations. AND we will be part of something NEW. Things will not
be the same. They can’t ever be the same. They MUST NOT be the same. Whatever you believe
about God’s role in causing what has happened in these days, you can be sure of this…
He will not waste these days.
He can and will do a new thing.
Greater days are yet to come.
In anticipation of this weekend and this new beginning, if you are able, you are invited to go on a
walk. There is no specific path laid out. Just walk at least one lap around the Harpeth Hills building.
You can drive it if you need to, but you are invited to walk if you can. You might choose to take the
shortest and quickest route. You might choose to walk the outer edge of the property. Find your
way. There are no expectations, just a simple invitation.
There were two who took a walk together. On that particular day they took a road toward a town
called Emmaus.
“They were talking with each other about everything that happened. As they talked and discussed
these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them…”
It’s not just an ancient story. It’s a current reality. Remind yourself. As you walk, HE WALKS WITH
YOU. Talk to Him. Pray.