"Prayer is not limited to the church." we all know this and we all accept this, but what does that look like, in actual practice?
One answer was seen today in the non-denominational worship service at the highest level of competition for equine eventing in the United States.
In 2002 my wife and I, and her family, started making our annual trek to The Rolex Three Day Event in Lexington KY. Last year, we attended the Sunday morning worship service for the first time. It was great! It was raining and cold, but with the famous Derby rider Pat Day speaking and giving his testimony, it was a great experience. So this year (cold but not rainy) we went again and this year we got to know the coordinators of this annual event a bit better and found that prayer is a HUGE part of what they do. We also met the woman who organized the first Sunday morning worship service 22 years ago.
The service started with music by Opera and gospel singer Lachelle Allen. She was brilliant! She had an 8:30 am, and 11:00 am, cantata this morning, but warmed up her voice by blessing us.
Larry Martin, a Baptist Missionary and the organizer of this equine focus (Equestrian Ministries International) gave the message and Maureen Gallatin (author of An Extra Flake" which is also a regular devotional and mans the equine booth here AIM) shared some additional details of their ministry, including how the Lord is moving in the Equine world. It is obvious that prayer plays an important roll with these folks and that God is indeed opening doors in the equine world.
We ended our service with a special arrangement of the song "Amen" which we of course sang, as horse people, with the words, "Neigh-men" instead of "Amen" which was very cute. The song, Amen, is actually a song that Maureen sings to one of her horses. When Lachelle was visiting her ranch she helped Maureen customize the song. Nice blessing, and nice way to remind our equine world of the focus of our lives as Christians, in a fun way.
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Before the Civil War, my family in Virginia (the Goode family) were well known horse breeders/horsemen. There is nothing wrong with good honest horse racing. Unfortunately, even historical records show problems/issues that should not have happened.
Thanks for sharing this write up about Christians in the equestrian field. We need them, and should be willing to come alongside of them as the Lord gives opportunity and leads.
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" the Lord is moving in the Equine world."
AMEN!
Mark,
Before the Civil War, my family in Virginia (the Goode family) were well known horse breeders/horsemen. There is nothing wrong with good honest horse racing. Unfortunately, even historical records show problems/issues that should not have happened.
Thanks for sharing this write up about Christians in the equestrian field. We need them, and should be willing to come alongside of them as the Lord gives opportunity and leads.