The Prayer Palace Church - Where a Great City Wide Evangelical Meeting Took Place

Wow! What an experience we had at the Prayer Palace on a late September weekend!

The Prayer Palace Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

We have heard many stories and news reports regarding the declining Sunday Service attendances in churches across North America and in Europe.














However, for this particular weekend in September, we had quite a different and an uplifting weekend!

This weekend, my husband and I were involved in a Christian evangelical meeting aimed for a certain group of residents in
Toronto.

Main chapel of the Prayer Palace Church, Toronto

This Toronto wide meeting was held in one of the biggest churches in Toronto - Prayer Palace, located in the west end of the city.

Though we have been living in this great city for the past thirty years, we had never been to Prayer Palace.

It is a modern beautiful church that can accommodate about six thousand people at the same time.

Playground for the kids at the Prayer Palace Church 

It  also has great facilities such as a spacious outdoor playground for kids.

A spacious cafeteria for its congregants.















Pastor T., a children's pastor, led the Children' Ministry Team for this Toronto wide special event.

The Children's Ministry Team getting ready for the program in the gym

We have been planning, rehearsal plays and getting ready for this event for months.

It finally happened this evening at Prayer Palace.

Members of the choir for this special meeting entering into the sanctuary 

It was a thrilling and heart warming experience for us when we witnessed first hand the massive number of people being involved and helping in the organization of this meeting.

Tears filled my eyes as I saw the church filled up with people hungry for God's words

There were hundreds and thousands gathered together at Prayer Palace waiting eagerly to hear the powerful message of God! 

Tears swelled up in my eyes as I took a quick walk along one of the aisles in the gigantic meeting hall that could seat about six thousand people. The place was packed to the rafter!

We were glad to see so many people turned out to hear the gospel about Jesus!

Children gathered for their own meeting in the gym

While the parents gathered in the main hall, our team performed the program to about two hundred children who accompanied their parents to this outreach meeting.

It was not an easy feat to keep more than two hundred children with different language skills, age and diverse background interested for two hours.

S. led the count down activities prior to the start of the main program

The children's program began with some count down activities to get the kids quiet and settled for the evening's program.

Pastor T. and her worship team leading the singing

 Pastor T. and her singing team led the children in some lively songs and worship about Moses.

Games for the children before the message

There were a couple of games after the singing to allow the children to be active and spent some of their energy.

Bible play for the children - Pharaoh refusing to let the people go

The highlight of the children's program was the play about Moses/ Aaron approaching Pharaoh to have the Israelite released from their slavery in Egypt and a skit about the Wordless Book.

Both of these biblical plays demonstrated an important message to the children: God loved His people so much that He was willing to send His only son Jesus to come to this earth and bear their sins so that men and women on this earth could be redeemed and saved.

Do not underestimate the children's understanding of this important message. Many of them did understand and took the opportunity to accept Jesus as their friend and saviour!

We praise God for the opportunity to serve Him and delivered this all important message to the children at this Toronto wide evangelical meeting!




Praise God!

R.T.
Prayer Palace Church
Toronto