Tribe of Issachar

October 23rd, 2009

091021_pba_tribeofissachar002.jpg091021_pba_tribeofissachar004.jpg 091021_pba_tribeofissachar005.jpg091021_pba_tribeofissachar007.jpg 091021_pba_tribeofissachar012.jpg091021_pba_tribeofissachar015.jpg091021_pba_tribeofissachar026.jpgI knocked on the glass door of the Fred Building  just in time. Before the elevator on the opposite side of the glass door shut, one of the three people standing inside stopped the elevator door and walked across the foyer to let me inside and onto the elevator. “Are you headed to the prayer meeting?” one of them asked smiling. Indeed I was.

 I had heard of the Tribe of Issachar several times before. A group dedicated to praying for Athens, they keep a room open for prayer downtown in the Fred Building near Sandbar and Wachovia. The room is open 24 hours, but the building closes at 7 p.m., after which time the room may be accessed by key.

The small room was already filled the people. Soft chairs and cushions lined the walls that were plastered with art and prayers and draped in lights. For the next hour and a half the small group of about 10 people worshipped through singing songs with the guitar and praying aloud. The prayers were not exactly what you might hear around your family dinner table (Maybe they are. I haven’t eaten at your dinner table) They prayed fervently, urgently, with great respect and great expectation. They spoke of God’s love and begged him to do something in Athens. The worship was more of a dance than a liturgy. As gradually as it began the evening closed as everyone slipped out of the room, down the elevators and out of the doors to downtown Athens.

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