Moms in Touch cover schools in prayer
If you aren’t praying for your child, who is?
This is a question posed by Moms in Touch International, a non-denominational group of Christian women who meet to pray for their children and schools, and whose local chapter hopes to see every Warren County school covered with prayer by the end of the year.
“That’s the local goal,” said Moms in Touch member Michelle Hill. “Internationally, we want to have every school in the world covered in prayer by the end of 2003.”
Founded five years ago, the local chapter of Moms in Touch currently has about a dozen members covering Hickory Creek Elementary, Irving College Elementary, Warren County High School, Warren County Middle School and West Elementary.
Hoping to attract more members during the upcoming school year, the group heard Saturday morning from Jennifer Ross, Tennessee coordinator for Moms in Touch, who gave members encouragement.
“It’s not just moms getting together to chat, it’s moms getting together to pray. Moms in Touch is a huge ministry with a great impact, an eternal impact,” Ross said. “It’s changed my life.”
Hill said a typical Moms in Touch group is comprised of three or four women whose children attend the same school. The group meets once a week during the school year for an hour, during which time they engage in structured prayer in order that they might “pray in one accord.”
Subjects prayed about include not only the women’s own children, but also the other students, the school itself and the school’s teachers and staff. Larger problems which affect children, such as the meth epidemic, are also addressed. Prayer requests are also taken from students, teachers and administrators.
While Moms in Touch members say many results of their prayers are seen only by God, member Joyce Neighbors said she has seen the fruits of such prayer first-hand.
One of her children, she said, had been diagnosed with ADHD. After the group prayed for him, she said, God put a number of Christians in her path, including doctors and educators, who helped him with his disorder.
“Moms in Touch helped. There’s no doubt in my mind,” she said.
If interested in joining or learning more about Moms in Touch, call Hill at 668-2079.