2010 Annual SCRC convention in Anaheim, California

2011 Annual SCRC Charismatic Renewal Convention - September 3,4,5 at the Anaheim Convention Center, close to Disneyland in Anaheim, California. For information for the next year's convention, check here and here.


All the speakers and musicians were great! Like Fr. Stan Fortuna....

Sr. Linda Koontz

Fr. Jim Nisbet

John Michael Talbot

There were exhibits of great saints and their history.



The Adoration Room

We prayed for all our soldiers.

Lots of religious items for sale.

Not sure if the big Carmelite doll was for sale.




























This was during the Saturday Healing Mass with Fr. Pat Crowley

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Gentle As A Dove - by Don Moen

All of us have been in services where we've known beyond a shadow of a doubt that God has arrived. But what about those times when nothing but silence surrounds us?
Once I had the privilege of leading worship for Mahesh Chavda at one of his healing crusades in Mobile, Alabama. Mahesh has a unique healing ministry and is very sensitive to the Holy Spirit. One evening he made a statement that was simple, yet profound: "Sometimes I see the Holy Spirit as a dove sitting on the platform next to me." Mahesh went on to say that any sudden movements or gestures would scare the dove away.

None of us want to quench the Holy Spirit during a worship service. There are decided steps we can take to avoid a flurry of feathers during the quiet times:
1.Wait. There is nothing wrong with waiting for a few moments. If the congregation knows that's your intent, you may even avoid ill-timed announcements to "keep things moving." A word to the congregation such as, "Let's just wait for a moment in God's presence and allow Him to minister to us," will help the congregation follow along.
In my early years as a worship leader, I was asked to lead worship during a tour of Canada. Should I go? I was fledgling. How would I know when the Holy Spirit was moving? I just wasn't sure I could hear His voice like other "men of God." But God spoke clearly to my heart: "Why are you toiling about My anointing? It is like a river that flows. Your job as a worship leader is to sit in the raft and go with the flow."" I was instantly released from my self-imposed pressures.
2.If nothing happens, move ahead with what is planned. Sometimes I find myself feeling on trial. The truth is, God is responsible for how fast or slow the stream's current flows. The temptation is to move into an area of "flash" - and promptly out of the Spirit. And despite the fact that Zechariah 4:6 tells us, " Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit," we still try sometimes to make things happen in our own power and strength.
As worship leaders, we must be prepared to exit the platform at the conclusion of a worship time, even if there was no "supernatural excitement."
3.Be courageous enough to follow His lead. It's one thing to have courage to wait for the Holy Spirit to give direction in a service. It's another thing entirely to be willing to obey! This may include something as simple as singing the last chorus one more time without music, or something as bold as asking people who need special prayer to come forward. (Please have the consent of your pastor before doing this.)
These things may terrify all of us at times, but as we become more familiar with the Holy Spirit's dove-like ways, we will become more sensitive worship leaders - and worshipers.
4.Be prepared to let the Holy Spirit lead each person at his/her own level. There is a great prophesy in Ezekiel 47:1-12 that illustrates the different levels of praise and worship. An angel showed Ezekiel a vision of water flowing from the altar of the temple. First, it trickled. Then it flowed until ankle deep, and eventually became a river. Many people have their toes dangling in the "waters" of praise and worship, very comfortable to sit on the water's edge. It is not our job as worship leaders to push them off the "deep end" before they are ready. Some just jump in and swim. For the less daring, however, it is a process: first the toes, then ankle deep, then eventually wading in and swimming. I believe that if we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us at our own level to a deeper experience in praise and worship, eventually our church will become like this river, bringing healing and life to everything it touches.
I'm convinced that in times of worship the Holy Spirit longs to heal the sick, deliver the oppressed and save the lost. Let's not be so locked into our order of worship that we miss the very thing we came to do: to sit in the presence of Almighty God.

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A Litany of Praise

Praise you, Jesus
The Rock of all Ages
My Life, my Love
The Saviour of the World
The Name above all Names
The Bread of Life
Emmanuel, God with us
The True Vine
King of Kings
The Everlasting One
King of Creation
The Lamb that was Slain
King of Glory

Our Fortress
King of the Universe
Our Deliverer
The Lord of Lords
Our Victory
The Almighty
Our Salvation
The Christ
Our Righteousness
Christ, the King
Our Wisdom
The Lamb of God
Our Sanctification
The Lion of Judah
Our Justification
The Bright Morning Star
The Great I Am
The Way
The Great High Priest
The Truth
The Cornerstone
The Real Life
Our Joy
Wonderful Counsellor
My Healing and Wholeness
Prince of Peace
My Provider
Light of the World
The Resurrection and the Life
The Living Word
The Alpha and the Omega
Our Redeemer
The Beginning and the End
The Messiah
All that I Need
The Anointed One
All that I Want
The Holy One of Israel
The Good Shepherd
The Lord of Hosts
Worthy of all Praise

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Prayers, praise and worships sample for a prayer meeting

This is just an example of a praise and worship prayer meeting. May you continue to express your love to God inside as well as outside the prayer meetings.

Greetings: Good evening Brothers & Sisters! Welcome to our community. Once again, tonight, we will celebrate the goodness of the Lord! So, are we ready to praise the Lord?
Great!
Let us give our all to the Lord tonight. Let us begin with a song to the Holy Spirit and invoke His powerful presence.

Sing a Holy Spirit Song.

Opening Prayer:
Oh, Holy Spirit, once again we pray for a Spirit-filled prayer meeting tonight. Send forth your power to recreate us, giving us a new life. Help us to know Jesus in a more intimate way. We ask you oh Holy Spirit that you anoint our prayers, the music, the prayers, the topics and the ears of those who will listen. Send your Holy Angels to be with us and guard us against negative forces. Fill us, cleanse us, mold us and heal us in the mighty name of Jesus, Amen.
God is Good? ....(all the time), And all the time....(God is good)
Let us sing with all our hearts, with all our minds and with all our strength.
Leeeeet’s sing to the Lord!!!!

Sing Joyful songs.

Adoration Prayer:
Praise you! Praise you, Jesus. We glorify you, we magnify you. We give you all the honor and adoration. Yes, Lord.. because you are our God. The God of the Universe. The King of all kings and the Lord of all lords. Yes, sweet Jesus, You are. There is none like you. Thank you for loving us.

Contrition Prayer:
Brothers and Sisters, listen to the Lord's promptings and not your own feelings or desires. Let the Holy Spirit touch you in a personal way. Surrender to our Lord your cares, sorrows and fears, and ignore anything that is negative and anything that will hinder you in coming to the Lord to receive guidance, healing and forgiveness tonight. God loves you. He loves you so much. Not only that He humbled himself when he became human, he went farther than that, he died for us. There is no greater love than the great love of Jesus for us.

So before we enter His throne of grace, let us bring to mind all the sins that we have committed as we sing this song of forgiveness.

Sing a Contrition Song.

Yes, Lord. We are sorry for all our sins. All the sins that we have committed consciously and unconsciously. Especially Lord when we become too proud of ourselves and our achievements in life and can no longer see our own sins because they have been blocked with our arrogance and pride. Help us to have a pure and contrite hearts, to be blameless, to strive to be perfect in your eyes. Enlighten when our hearts are darkened with sins. Give us your peace and joy. Help up to love the sinner but hate the sin, to welcome the poor, the unknown, the unimportant and the needy and not to look for a status symbol in a person. Help us to be simple and humble always. To be like you in all our actions, words and deeds. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Sing Worship songs

Continue to praise and worship God in words and in tongues.


Praying over the Love Offering Box:

Lord, we praise and thank you for this love offering that your beloved servants have given from the goodness of their hearts. We pray that you bless and multiply this love offering and guide us in using them in accordance to your will and glory.
In Jesus name, Amen.

Praying over the Petition Box:

Lord, we lift up to you this petition box. Lord, you know our hearts and our desires, we ask that you look upon this petitions with mercy and love. Grant us also the gift of expectant faith and the grace to accept your will for us.
In Jesus' name. Amen.

End the prayer meeting with:
Our Father……
Hail Mary…..
Glory be…

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What is praise?

Praise
Praise is a powerful weapon for spiritual warfare that is often neglected. Praising the Lord can be a humbling experience, involving singing, lifting of hands to God and weeping. Men, in particular, have a difficult time getting into this emotional state because of cultural pressures. When we humble ourselves before the Lord, we invite Him to work through us.
What is Praise?
Definition: "Glorify by the attribution of perfections" (Webster's)
Praise is commending, by speaking or singing, the perfections of God. The writer of Hebrews explained that praise is a sacrifice as the "fruit of our lips" (Hebrews 13:15 NKJV).
What does praise do?


Some of the results of praising the Lord include:
• Greatly pleases God: David noted, "I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs" (Psalm 69:30-31 NIV).
• Releases God's blessing: "Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips" (Psalm 63:3-5 NKJV)
• Drives back the enemy in spiritual warfare (see below).
• Invites God into our lives: God literally inhabits the praises of His people. The Amplified Bible states "But You are holy, O You Who dwell in the praises of Israel" (Psalm 22:3 AMP).
Who should praise the Lord? Praise is something all people should give the Lord:
• Everyone in future generations: "Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD" (Psalm 102:18 NIV)
• All nations: "Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD" (Psalm 117:1-2 NIV)
• Everything that has breath: "Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD" (Psalm 150:6 NIV).
Praise in warfare
• Praise is a weapon for spiritual warfare:
"Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand, to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples" (Psalm 149:6-7 NKJV)
• Praise silences evil forces:
"From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger." (Psalm 8:2 NIV)
• Praise brings deliverance and victory:
"After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: "Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever." As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated." (2 Chronicles 20: 21-22 NIV) (see 15-22 for the entire story)
"The voice of the LORD will shatter Assyria; with his scepter he will strike them down. Every stroke the LORD lays on them with his punishing rod will be to the music of tambourines and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm." (Isaiah 30:31-32 NIV)
• Praise counters the spirit of despair: "and provide for those who grieve in Zion--to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor." (Isaiah 61:3 NIV)
• Case study: Jehoshaphat defeats Moab and Ammon (Chronicles 20:1-30)
• Case study: David returning the Ark to the City of David (2 Samuel 6:9-23 & 7:1-16)

What we should do:
• Praise and sing to the Lord:
"Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre." (Psalm 33:1-2 NIV)
• Praise the Lord continuously:
"I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips." (Psalm 34:1 NIV)
"Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that confess his name." (Hebrews 13:15 NIV)
• Praise the Lord together:
"Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together." (Psalm 34:3 NIV)
• Praise the Lord with singing and music:
"It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands." (Psalm 92:1-5 NIV)
• Praise the Lord for making you:
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." (Psalm 139:14-16 NIV)
• Praise the Lord with thanksgiving whenever we approach Him:
"Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. " (Psalm 100:4-5 NIV)

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