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Recap of Lifeshare online worship & prayer session

September 21, 2008 at 9:41 pm, by Rich Kirkpatrick

Tony Steward asked me to help lead a time of prayer for his church’s online challenge called Lifeshare.  Truly this evening changed me.

Tonight’s amazing experience happened over three time zones where I saw my friend Carlos Whittaker lead worship from his basement bathroom (seriously) in Atlanta with internet pastor Brandon of LifeChurch.tv in Oklahoma and me doing a time of prayer from Southern California.  There was 170 people who logged in. Carlos’ leadership of worship moved me enough that I thought I might have trouble focusing from my kitchen table.  He got me to spin around in my kitchen!

The interactive elements of this made this real to me.  There were
over 170 people on the other side of that screen so seeing their prayer
requests and facilitating that time was a new and powerful experience
for me.  Seeing names of  sick dads, women serving in Iraq, and of
people needing emotional healing impacted me.

The idea of using your online space and place to share Jesus and to
promote that is what makes Lifeshare so exciting. The medium of the
internet is home to many and we as Christians need to particpate and in
this new town square.

Read more and see some clips from tonight on the Lifeshare Blog here.

What are your thoughts about sharing your faith and love of Jesus online through your Facebook, blog, etc.?


Categories Christian Life, Web/Tech | Tags: online church, Prayer

  • http://icblog.lifechurch.tv Tony Steward

    Thanks so much for leading us all in prayer tonight Rich!

  • http://derricklogan.com Derrick

    Very cool stuff, Rich. Just checked out the videos, hate that I missed it. What an incredible night.

  • http://www.decarter.wordpress.com Dawn Carter

    So bummed I missed Lifeshare live tonight, but did watch the videos… just watching the recorded segments after the fact blessed my socks off.

    Thanks for leading the prayers, Rich!

  • http://luigiworship.blogspot.com/ Louis Tagliaboschi

    Rich,

    My first, and most powerful thought about last night’s LifeShare was watching my 18 year old son, sitting in front of a computer, worshipping right along with Carlos. He is an audio engineer for our church, and he usually listens for sound stuff instead of just worshipping, but as he sat there, singing out loud at the top of his lungs, it was clear that he was in the middle of a time with his Savior. It brought a tear to this Dad’s eye. An amazing night.

    Thanks…

  • http://nolessthanfive.blogspot.com Jules

    This is so cool. Thanks for praying and being a part of it.
    It’s amazing that we can all come together like this.

  • http://www.RaisingUpWorshipLeaders.com Peter Park

    We should use everything in our power to share the good news.

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