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News from NHOP

 May 29th, 2009  
In This Issue
Prayer Points
We Blog
CampFire 2009
School of Intercession in Victoria
Government Prayer Sunday

Christmas Lights

 Prayer Points

Thank you for praying for Canada today! 

  
1. Please keep praying for wisdom for the Prime Minister and our Finance Minister Jim Flaherty as they lead us in challenging financial times.
 
2. Let's continue to pray for the success of Bill C-268 on Human Trafficking as it comes before the Justice Committee this next Monday.    Let's pray that the bill's sponsor - M.P. Joy Smith would be given wisdom and strategy to move it forward.
 
3. Pray that the lives of Christian M.P.'s would shine brightly as they relate to their colleagues and their staff.  The two who we featured in our lead article are great examples of consistent witness.  May the Lord multiply their number.
 
If you read our daily blog we give you lots of extra stuff to pray for on a regular basis.
 
  

We Blog!

 

Our team write a couple of blogs every day.   

There is our daily NHOP Blog which we use to provide resources for your prayer life.  Read more about this special Prayer Breakfast week, or catch our thoughts about recent current events or insights into a life of prayer and community.

Then there is the Parliament Prayer Post which features a different M.P., Senator, or Judge each day.
  
 Christmas Lights
 
Why not bookmark them and check them out every day?
 
Greetings,
 
  This has been a wonderful week here in Ottawa.  The big event was the Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast which saw over 800 guests pack into a hotel banquet room on Thursday morning.  Dr. Ravi Zacharias had a powerful word for our nation and country-singer Paul Brandt used his music to give a strong testimony. 
 
  In the picture below you can see the honourable Stockwell Day as he was one of the Scripture readers (along with Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton and Robert Bouchard) and also on the right M.P. David Anderson who chairs the event and who has done an amazing job the last few years in organizing the whole week of special events.
  
Prayer Breakfast 
 
  Our Nazarites also participated in the Canada Student Forum that surrounded the breakfast over a couple of days and had many interactions with M.P.s who live out their Christianity every day on the Hill.  This week we also hosted pastoral leaders who came specifically to NHOP to take in the events.
 
By the way, you can read more about what goes on here from day to day on our regular NHOP Blog
   
 
campfire 
 
  Applications are starting to flow in for our High School Camp from June 28th - July 5th.  If you know of a young person you would like to see fired up please don't delay in having them check out the website.  We only have 25 spots.  Check out our website for more details.  
 
NSOI Victoria 
It's only one week away!  This school has already a great number of pre-registrations.  Check out all the details about the speakers, topics, cost and the venue here.
 
 
Is Your Church Participating? 
 
 Aboriginal Summit
  
  The Sunday before Canada Day is a special day to pray for our government.  Working together with Nation at Prayer we call it Government Prayer Sunday.  This year it is June 28th.  If you are already planning on participating, drop us a note so we can include you on our list of participants.  We have lots of updated resources on our website to help your church celebrate this year. Check out the new video!
 
 Representing you in Ottawa,
 
              The NHOP Team