VENTURE GROUPS
Praying For One Another
While most small groups pray together when they gather, it's easy to get stuck in a prayer rut in which every week looks the same. Varying your rhythms of prayer in your gatherings can create fresh moments of life with one another and with the Holy Spirit, and different kinds of prayer can yield different kinds of engagement.
Prayer Champion
It's easy for any one group rhythm to get overlooked. Choosing a group Prayer Champion can help ensure that this rhythm gets the time and attention needed (both inside and outside of group gatherings) to help group members pray more frequently, more passionately, and more maturely.
Prayer Partners
Whether duos, triads, or quads, these sub-grouped prayer partners can be the ones to go deeper into the accountability aspect of prayer. Following up on prayer requests, praying for their partners, and confidentiality with vulnerability are keys to making prayer partners work well with one another.
Prayer in Group Communication
Whether your group communicates via snail mail, email, text, Right Now Media, social media, or a good old-fashioned phone tree, prayer requests can become a more robust part of your group life. A group Prayer Champion should be responsible for picking the right tool and using it.
This combination of praying for and praying with members of your group involves a person declaring over someone else their God-given purpose, affirming their spiritual gifts, and denouncing their sin (spiritual strongholds). The video teaching linked above from Rooted gives a great primer.