Collegiate Day of Prayer at Harvard 2010, February 25th
For the first time in a hundred years small band of prayer warriors gathered by the faithful Brazilian pastor, Edson Porto, met at 7 a.m. under the portico of Harvard University’s Memorial Church to mark The Collegiate Day of Prayer. It was cold and rainy with chill winds making our extremities numb by the end of an hour of prayer, petition and proclamation outdoors
One student, Adam, had to go to class but the rest of us, representatives of 4 different local churches, went inside the majestic church in Harvard Yard where my husband and I were married thirty years before almost to the day.
In 2000 Edson called a prayer meeting there on our 20th wedding anniversary and we felt we were part of this mission to see Harvard return to its Christian roots and purpose, to educate leaders for the church and government.
We entered the vestibule, took off our coats and walked into the light filled sanctuary with white walls and pews, raised dark pulpit and unseen in the narthex on the pipe organ someone was practicing lovely hymns reminding me of our wedding ceremony. We knelt, prayed, read from Isaiah 54, agreed to a proclamation, sang a new song and and an old one, Amazing Grace.
As we were about to leave we met a small group of students who were headed upstairs for a prayer meeting and they invited us to join them. Edson was elated seeing the significance of being invited to the”Upper Room”.
After more prayers and scripture reading we had to close but were again invited to a larger meeting that night at Harvard Hall which was attended by about 80 students.
There has been so much wind and rain in the area lately. March is coming in like a lion...soon comes the Lamb.
