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Montgomery County Prayer Breakfast – May 4, 2017

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The Christian community met in unity to on May 4, 2017, joined together to pray for the flourishing to Montgomery County.  As Christ’s ambassadors in Montgomery County, we ask for the power of God’s Spirit bring the peace of Christ’s Kingdom into our homes, workplaces, and communities. Over 100 attendees gathered to pray at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, in Rockville Civic Center Park.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.  This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
(1 Timothy 2:1-6)

Specific prayers were requested for:

  • Unity in the body of Christ
  • Prayer for our Families, Parents, Teachers and Students
  • Prayer for our Government Leaders and Public Servants; First responders and Veterans
  • Prayer for our Workers & Business leaders
  • Prayer for our Poor, Vulnerable and Oppressed

Keynote:  KELLY WRIGHT, Fox News Channel


Kelly Wright has a message to change a nation, one heart at a time. He understands that true healing begins with faith, genuine transformation starts in the home, and our greatest hope will always be firmly rooted in our Lord.

Kelly Wright currently serves a co-anchor on America’s News Headquarters on Saturdays from 4-5 p.m. ET as well as an overnight breaking news anchor based in New York. Wright previously served as a co-host on Fox & Friends Weekend. Wright was inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Sponsors at Morehouse College for his “Beyond the Dream” series. In April 2007, Wright secured Kelly Wright Portraitan exclusive sit-down with first lady Laura Bush where she responded to the Virginia Tech massacres, Katrina recovery and the president’s final term. Earlier in 2005, he reported from Tampa, Florida, on the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case.

In 2004, Wright spent nearly three months reporting on the developments in Iraq. He was among the first reporters to cover the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal and the subsequent court martial cases held in Baghdad. Wright also spent time embedded with U.S. and British troops, reporting on the military’s humanitarian efforts in Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul and provided coverage on U.S. forces training Iraqi security forces. Additionally, he reported on the historic U.S. handover of sovereignty to Iraq.

Before joining FNC, Wright served as co-anchor of News at Ten at WVBT-TV (FOX) in Norfolk, Va. During his tenure there, he covered a wide range of stories, including a historical event in Benin, West Africa, where African presidents Mathieu Kerekou of Benin, Jerrauld Rawlins of Ghana, and representatives from the United States, England, France and Dominican Republic apologized for their role in slavery.

Wright also served as a general assignment reporter for WWOR-TV (MyNetworkTV) in New York. He reported on numerous high profile newsmakers and events for the station, including John Gotti, Amy Fisher, the Howard Beach and Bensonhurst murder trials and the 1989 Central Park jogger rape case. He began his journalism career in 1977 while serving in the United States Army and has received numerous awards for his reporting, including two local Emmy Awards for his developing, reporting and co-producing a documentary and news series on the transatlantic slave trade.

Beyond his anchoring and reporting, Kelly is an ordained minister and Gospel Recording Artist. He encourages people through his passionate preaching good news in a bad news world. As a singer, he’s performed on programs featuring Shirley Caesar, Cissy Houston Jonathan Butler, the late James Brown, and more. He sings songs that motivate, inspire, and promote hope at a time filled with hopelessness.

In his book, America’s Hope, Kelly candidly discusses politics, racism, and the role of faith in a world that’s increasingly more cynical.  Kelly Wright shares his life story: how he was born out of wedlock, almost aborted, but now can declare how the Lord has blessed and turned around his life.

Montgomery County Prayer Breakfast Sponsors:

 

Montgomery County Prayer Breakfast held May 5, 2016

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“Seeking the peace and prosperity of the city.”

This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper” (Jeremiah 29:4-7).

Hugh WelchelA Montgomery County Prayer Breakfast was held in Rockville Maryland on the National Day of Prayer, May 5, 2016. Executive Director of the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics (www.tifwe.org) Hugh Whelchel provided the keynote address. Hugh is the author of How Then Should We Work?: Rediscovering the Biblical Doctrine of Work. Hugh has a Master of Arts in Religion and brings over 30 years of diverse business experience to his leadership at IFWE.

The key phrase in this short passage from the book of Jeremiah provided the theme for our event — to “seek the peace and prosperity of the city.” The word used for peace is the Hebrew word shalom, which has a far more comprehensive meaning than the English word peace. In his book, “Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be”, Cornelius Plantinga explains shalom as:
…the webbing together of God, humans, and all creation in justice, fulfillment, and delight…Shalom means universal flourishing, wholeness and delight—a rich state of affairs in which natural needs are satisfied and natural gifts fruitfully employed, a state of affairs that inspires joyful wonder as its Creator and Savior opens doors and welcomes the creatures in whom he delights. Shalom, in other words, is the way things ought to be.

As follower’s of Jesus, we are called to pray for the shalom of Rockville and Montgomery County and to help ‘reweave’ shalom into our homes, workplaces, and communities by being Christ’s ambassadors. In order to accomplish this, we must understand the creator’s original objective in creation, which was to bring glory to himself. One of the ways we do this is by joining in the work of restoring God’s creation, because by doing so we bring him glory.

Agenda and participants in the Montgomery County Prayers:

Welcome and Introduction – Kelly Leonard, Nehemiah Project
  – Scripture Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-4
Opening Prayer:
– Rev. Ben Wickner, Cross Community Church
Prayer for our arts, education and media leaders:
  – Nate Timm, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Prayer for our government leaders and public servants, first responders and veterans:
  – Catherine Matthews, Montgomery County Government
– Luther Reynolds, Montgomery County Police Department
Prayer for our families, church & business leaders
  – Carlos Duran, Hombres de Palabra
Keynote Address: “Seeking the peace and prosperity of the city.”
– Hugh Whelchel, IFWE
Closing Prayer:
– Rev. Tim Warner, Montgomery County Public Schools
Closing Remarks & Next Steps:
– Kelly Leonard

The Prayer Breakfast was held in the Social Hall at the Rockville Civic Center Park, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater, in the heart of Rockville, Maryland.

Breakfast Sponsors:

• Career Confidence (www.career-confidence.org/)
• Christian Business Men’s Connection (md.cbmc.com & metrodc.cbmc.com)
• Cross Community Church of Rockville (www.cross-community.org)
• Dawn Crafton Dance Connection (www.dcdcdance.com)
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes (mocomdfca.org)
• Incenta (www.incenta.net)
• Institute for Faith Work & Economics (www.tifwe.com)
• Pinnacle Forum (www.PinnacleForum.com)
• Nehemiah Project International Ministries (nehemiahproject.org)
• Santo Outreach Ministry (www.santooutreachministry.org)
• Special Olympics Montgomery County (www.somdmontgomery.org)