60.12

Dear Friends--Church leaders, intercessors, business people

I have met with or spoken with most of you in the last months to regarding 60.12.  If not, beware, I am probably trying to get in touch with you!  I have also included intercessors who will hold this process in prayer (You know who you are!)

Pursuing Jesus in His call through 60.12 has been a lot like following a trail of crumbs--I'm not entirely sure where this is heading, but we seem to be making some progress.  I have been blown away by the grace that has been on the travels, conversations, and planning of 60.12.  Several times I have had to pinch myself--Yes, Lord, this really seems to be coming together.  Because of the unfolding and tentative nature of this venture, I am going to begin sending weekly or bi-monthly updates to keep everyone informed on what is happening.  

Let me share some of the developments so far--keep in mind, these items are all tentative.

1) We desire 60.12 to flow together with existing prayer/leadership gathering movements.  As a fulfillment of this, we are planning to launch 60.12 from the Boston Pastor's Prayer Summit (March 9-11).  In a special dispensation, BPS will be opened up NE Wide.  Contact Dave Hill (hilldavidr@rcn.com) for more information on Prayer Summit registration.  We will invite participants at the prayer summit into the yearlong journey of 60.12.  60.12 will officially begin mid-April (We are looking at Wednesday, April 14) and will continue through March 2011.

2) As another fulfillment of this desire to avoid redundancy, it looks like 60.12 and the EGC sponsored "Pray for Boston" citywide prayer meetings will flow together from April 2010-March 2011.

3) It was discovered, after a few hints from friends, that the Vision New England prayer summit, a NE institution for almost 20 years, was canceled on the same day (Aug. 19) that God gave the go ahead for 60.12.  Keith Tolley and I discussed this hand-off.  Both of us are convinced that this was a divinely orchestrated re-arrangement--that 60.12 is carrying on in the heritage of the NE Prayer Summits.  As such, VNE is partnering with us in promoting 60.12 and we are looking into other ways of partnering.

4) Friends and helpers: Rebecca Hall, a woman with a passion and calling to see the Body of Christ built up in unity, is beginning to take time off from her job at U-Mass Lowell in order to assist in sharing the vision for 60.12 around New England.  Christ Otto, leader of 333 House of Prayer, will also be helping in this capacity.  Quite simply, the help of my two great friends means that we can be two places at once!

Where do we go from here?

1) I will begin to send weekly updates about the progress of 60.12.  If you want to unsubscribe, simply reply and put "unsubscribe" in the subject line

2) If you want to be a part of 60.12, let me know. I will give running totals of committed participants in my email update.

3) What would I be committing to?  A great question--please see the attachment or 2 paragraph description below.

4) If you sense a call to be part of the planning and organizing, or you want your church to host a 60.12 gathering, please contact me!

5) By the new year, we are hoping to have a schedule for the 1st six months available, allowing you to arrange your schedule far in advance.

 
"60.12 is a plan to bring together at least 60 leaders from the New England Church over the course of a year (12 meetings).  The purpose of these gatherings is to strengthen the regional Church through united prayer and worship, building relationships among leaders, and removing walls that divide us.  Prayer, Love for one another, and reconciliation are all powerful spiritual weapons—it is our hope that this year of regional gatherings will strengthen leaders and the Church, as well as be a part of God’s plan for a mighty move of His Spirit in our region.  It is also hoped that coming before the Lord in this way will position us to hear from God corporately and enable us to have a corporate voice in a region that desperately needs to hear the good-news spoken with grace and truth.

The gatherings will take up an entire day with travel time and will be planned a year in advance so that leaders can prioritize these gatherings.  Each New England state will be visited at least once and the gatherings will connect with existing leadership/prayer events wherever possible. Each leader will commit to attending 10 out of 12 gatherings.  Leaders should represent the 6 NE states geographically, ethnically, and represent liturgical, charismatic, and evangelical streams within the Church."

Every Blessing,

Jonathan Friz