Join us as we pray.
Join us as we continue to pray through scripture, intercede for areas of influence in our city, and lift up our world to the God who listens to our prayers.
Pray Tulsa
FAQ for Pray Tulsa Prayer Rooms:
How long is a Prayer Room?
We have designed them to be approximately 30-45 minutes depending on the leader and prayer outline.
How do I sign up for a Prayer Room?
Right now, you can sign up for a Prayer Room by sending us a message/DM through social media (Facebook/Instagram) or by signing up through our “Pray Tulsa” tab on cc.guide. After you sign up or send us a message, we will send you a Zoom link for the prayer room.
Will I have to lead a prayer time if I join a prayer room?
No. Each prayer room will have 1-2 prayer room leaders who are facilitating the time. We encourage interaction through the Zoom chat feature and there may be a time where the prayer room leader asks for others to lead a prayer if they feel comfortable doing so.
What will happen during a prayer room?
The prayer room leader will facilitate several different types of prayer during the 30-45 minutes. This includes praying scripture, prayers of intercession for specific areas, prayers of solitude/meditation, Spirit-directed prayers, etc.
Do I need to sign up for a prayer room each week?
No. We only ask that you sign up the first time you join a prayer room to receive the Prayer Room Zoom link. Once you have a link to a specific prayer room you can use that same Zoom link to join each week without signing up.
Can I share my Prayer Room Zoom link with others?
Yes, we encourage you to share the link with people you know. We ask that you don’t share the Zoom link publicly so that just anybody can enter the prayer room. We want to keep these prayer rooms safe/secure from anybody with ulterior motives.
How can I help the vision of Pray Tulsa move forward?
There are 3 ways you can be a part of moving this vision forward: 1) Join a prayer room and be faithful/consistent to be there each week 2) Invite other friends/family to join you in your prayer room 3) Join our Pray Tulsa team by being a prayer room leader or helping with administration/scheduling (info@citychurchtulsa.com if interested)
What does the future of Pray Tulsa look like?
We will continue to develop our strategy as we move forward. Eventually, we will have a website which will serve as a prayer resource center and central place for the Pray Tulsa movement. Also, once our COVID restrictions have improved, we will implement some physical prayer room locations, while also maintaining our Zoom Prayer Rooms. It is our vision to see Prayer Rooms taking place 20-30 hours a week for our city.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING THIS VISION MOVE FORWARD! I THINK THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING WE CAN GIVE OURSELVES TO.
Orphan Sunday
3 ways you can help leave no Oklahoma child without a family:
1. Meet the needs of foster children/families through our Care Portal Facebook page
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2. Give financially to help fund the expansion of 111Project and Care Portal in Oklahoma
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3. Receive more information about taking a step towards becoming a foster parent/family
Indoor Service Plan
City Church Family,
Come celebrate with us this Sunday at one of our three service types: indoors, outdoors, or online! We’re taking every precaution to ensure your safety, including requiring masks, distanced seating, and a place to safely gather outside. 9:30am & 11am at the Tulsa Ballet, or you can livestream. Find all the details and more here: citychurchtulsa.com/indoor
If you plan to watch the service from home, you can livestream here: citychurchtulsa.com/watch
If you plan to watch the sermon “on the lot,” we will have a TV setup under a tent in front of the Tulsa Ballet building.
Talk Notes
People of Prayer
11.22.20
The problem with prayer:
We have a problem with God.
We have busy lives and restless souls.
We have a cynical heart.
Martin Luther
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive
without breathing.
A.W. Tozer
The presence of God is the central fact of Christianity. At the heart of
the Christian message is God Himself waiting for his redeemed children
to push into conscious awareness of His presence.
To desire revival… and at the same time to neglect (personal) prayer
and devotion is to wish one way and walk another.
E.M. Bounds
God shapes the world by prayer.
The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil…
No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no
diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.
Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but
rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always
revealing some new beauty.
Brother Lawrence
There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than
that of a continual conversation with God.
John Wesley
God does nothing but in answer to prayer.
Charles Finney
Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying
together.
Never do they love one another so well as when they witness
the outpouring of each other’s hearts in prayer.
Henri Nouwen
I am deeply convinced that the necessity of prayer, and to pray
unceasingly, is not as much based on our desire for God as on God’s
desire for us. It is God’s passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer.
The real “work” of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice
that says good things about me.
Two things that are required for an effective prayer life:
1. You must realize you are loved and accepted beyond belief
2. You must realize you are absolutely helpless in your own ability
The rhythm of engagement and disengagement is the only
sustainable rhythm for joy, freedom, and fulfilling God’s purposes in
your life.
Mark 1:35
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house
and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Mark 6:45-46
45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
Luke 6:12
12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the
night praying to God.
Micro-Church
What is a Micro-Church? It is a community of people gathered around a common mission to make disciples and to bring the Kingdom of God to all areas of the city. Interested in learning more? Fill out the form below and one of our Micro-Church Coaches will contact you soon!
First Time Guests
Thanks for joining us today! Please fill out the form below and visit us in the Welcome Room located in the lobby after service for a free gift.
Upcoming Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
If you’d like to check out our event calendar to find out about our upcoming events then click below and find out more.
There are no upcoming events at this time.
Giving
3 WAYS TO GIVE
ON SUNDAY
We have giving envelopes, located with the giving boxes at each exit, available for you every Sunday morning to give by cash, check, or credit card.
RESOURCES
Generosity Pathway
• Financial Peace University – Next class begins March 6th – register here!
• Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn – Pick up a copy at Connection Corner
• Contact us for financial consulting and we can recommend a financial advisor – justin@citychurchtulsa.com
• Budgeting tools – Download Here
Growth Track
CONNECT | DINNER WITH THE STAFF
If you’re interested in learning more about City Church and partnering with us as we reach people for Jesus, we would like to personally invite you to join us for Dinner with the Staff. It’s a time to connect with our staff and hear the vision and heart behind our church. It’s only one hour long, it’s completely free, and we even provide childcare!
To RSVP for our next Dinner with the Staff event, visit our website.
DISCOVER | PATHWAY CLASS
Live out the gospel in community with others as we commit ourselves to becoming disciples and making disciples. Pathway is a 4-week class designed to help you discover and live out God’s unique mission for your life.
Our next class will begin Sunday, January 10th, 2021, at 11am. The class is free, however there is a suggested donation of $25, which covers all your materials and helps provide grants to our Love Tulsa partners. Register here.
GROW | Micro Church
Live out the gospel in community with others as we commit ourselves to becoming disciples and making disciples.
For more information on City Groups and a list of groups currently meeting, visit our website.
MULTIPLY | CITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
CLA is a 5-month journey learning how to lead yourself and others to fulfill the Great Commission. CLA is offered twice per year for those who have already committed to serving, giving, & leading at City Church.
For inquiries on CLA, contact Pastor Jim Moss jim@citychurchtulsa.com
Connect
GET CONNECTED
Ask about volunteer opportunities, share your story, submit prayer requests, or let us know about your experience with us!
Lyrics
God I look to You
God, I look to You, I won’t be overwhelmed
Give me vision to see things like You do
God, I look to You, You’re where my help comes from
Give me wisdom, You know just what to do
God, I look to You, and I won’t be overwhelmed
Give me vision to see things like You do
God, I look to You, and You’re where my help comes from
Give me wisdom, You know just what to do
And I will love You, Lord my strength
And I will love You, Lord my shield
And I will love You, Lord, my rock
Forever all my days, I will love You, God
Hallelujah our God reigns
Hallelujah our God reigns
Oh, Hallelujah our God (You) (reign)s
Forever all my days, Hallelujah
Hallelujah our God reigns
And Hallelujah our God reigns
Oh, Hallelujah our God reigns
Forever all my days, Hallelujah
Hallelujah our God reigns
Hallelujah our God reigns
Hallelujah our God reigns
Forever all my days, Hallelujah
Hallelujah our God reigns
Hallelujah our God reigns
Hallelujah our God reigns
Forever all my days, Hallelujah
And Hallelujah our God reigns
Hallelujah our God reigns
And Hallelujah our God reigns
Forever all my days, Hallelujah
And Hallelujah our God reigns
Hallelujah our God reigns
And Hallelujah our God reigns
Forever all my days, Hallelujah
And Hallelujah our God reigns
And Hallelujah our God reigns
And Hallelujah our God reigns
Forever all my days, Hallelujah
Great Are You Lord
You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore
Every heart that is broken
Great are You, Lord
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only
You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore
Every heart that is broken
Great are You, Lord
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only
All the earth will shout
Your praise
Our hearts will cry
These bones will sing
Great are You, Lord
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only
Love Tulsa Sunday
Love Tulsa Weekend August 8-9, 2020
This year City Church Tulsa is partnering with Unite My City to strategically BE THE GOSPEL all over our city. In the midst of uncertain times, this will be a an amazing weekend to serve our neighbors and show them the hope and love of Jesus Christ. The Unite My City Project is on Aug 8th, all projects listed below are on Sunday, Aug 9th.
**We are no longer taking sign-ups, however you can still serve! At this project; South Tulsa Community House
5780 S Peoria Ave, Tulsa, OK 74105 – 10am**
SATURDAY PROJECT – AUG 8TH – Unite My City Drive Thru Grocery and School Supply Event – We are partnering with 5 other local churches to host a drive thru event where we will distribute over 1,200 bags of groceries and 750 backpacks full of school supplies to the Hope Valley neighborhood.
Adopt-A-Block – Hope Valley & Black Wall Street – We’re going to love on specific areas of Tulsa with prayer walks, one-on-one conversations, picking up trash, and looking for ways to serve on the spot.
Church of Eternal Love Fence Building (needs skilled leaders 18+) – If you’re looking to get your hands dirty, this is the project for you. We will be installing fencing around our sister church, Church of Eternal Love, in North Tulsa.
PROJECT FULL! Classroom Care Packages for Teachers at Eliot and Sequoyah – We can all agree that the last thing teachers should be worried about is having COVID supplies as schools re-open. We’ll be assembling care packages for their classrooms to help ease the burden.
PROJECT FULL! City Officials – Letters of Encouragement – Political views aside, this might be the most difficult time in recent history to be a decision maker. We want to send notes of encouragement and gift cards to members of our local government.
Free Sno Cone Drive Through – Who doesn’t love a free sno cone?! This project will be handing them out, drive-thru style, in the Hope Valley area of Tulsa.
PROJECT FULL! Local Pastors – Letters of Encouragement – We know how important the local church is during a crisis and we want our local pastors of all denominations to know we love and appreciate their dedication and leadership during these trying times. We’ll be writing thank you letters with encouraging verses and gifts cards to keep them going.
Nursing Home Pen Pals – Nursing homes have proven to be extra lonely during quarantine. We’ll be visiting some of Tulsa’s elderly population, learning about their interests, and creating social media posts to help them find pen pals and keep company.
Positive Sidewalk Chalk – Everyone likes a colorful pick-me-up! We’ll be going to schools, hospitals, and stores around town and creating positive messages with sidewalk chalk.
Random Acts of Kindness – This project is for those who love to put a smile on someone else’s face! From paying for people’s gas, to delivering surprise flowers, to leaving notes of encouragement on people’s windshields, there will be tons of opportunities to spread kindness!
PROJECT FULL! Thank You Baskets for Sequoyah Cafeteria Workers – The cafeteria workers at Sequoyah have worked throughout the summer with no break, feeding kiddos and keeping spirits high during the pandemic. We’ll be putting together thank you baskets and gifts for the 7 ladies who make it all happen.
PROJECT FULL! Tulsa Hills Youth Ranch Tidy Up – We love this long standing partnership with THYR! We’ll be providing all kinds of lawn care and clean up at their ranch, there’s always plenty to do!
TU Chi-Alpha House Flip – The University of Tulsa Chapter of Chi-Alpha provides students resources and a place to grow closer to God. We want to help them with carpentry, painting, moving furniture, and other efforts as they renovate their facility.