Pre-CHOP

  • Read through the Outreach Orientation (pages 9-28) and complete the four Basic Training Lessons (pages 29-61).
  • Partner with one or two others to pray about getting a CHOP started.
  • Recruit other participants.
  • Hold an organizational meeting to (1) decide on a meeting place and time and (2) provide a Community Houses of Prayer Ministry Manual for each participant. Give assignment for pre-CHOP #1 (see below).
  • Conduct pre-CHOP group meetings

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    • Pre-CHOP #1
      ° Opening prayer
      ° Discuss Lesson One, "Life-Sphere Witness" (pp. 31-40)
      ° Discuss Outreach Orientation, pp. 11-14 (up to the bulleted 'Principles and Precepts’)
      ° Season of prayer for the CHOP ministry and items related to reading and lesson
      ° Give lesson and reading for next meeting
         
    • Pre-CHOP #2
      ° Opening prayer
      ° Discuss Lesson Two, “Strategic Prayer” (pp. 41-46)
      ° Discuss Outreach Orientation, pp. 14-18 (up to ‘Weekly Meeting’)
      ° Season of prayer for the CHOP ministry and items related to reading and lesson
      ° Give lesson and reading for next meeting
         
    • Pre-CHOP #3
      ° Opening prayer
      ° Discuss Lesson Three, “Spiritual Renewal” (pp. 47-54)
      ° Discuss Outreach Orientation, pp. 18-20 (up to ‘Daily Prayer’)
      ° Season of prayer for the CHOP ministry and items related to reading and lesson.
      ° Give lesson and reading for next meeting.
         
    • Pre-CHOP #4
      ° Opening prayer
      ° Discuss Lesson Four, “Spiritual Warfare” (pp. 55-61)
      ° Discuss Outreach Orientation, pp. 20-28
      ° Season of prayer for the CHOP ministry and items related to reading and lesson
      ° Begin Week One, Day One of the Daily Prayer Guide the next day and continuing until next week’s meeting
     
  • First meeting of the 12-week CHOP. Follow the weekly meeting agenda on page 18. For review, it is useful in the first regular meeting to read aloud the description of each agenda segment before beginning that segment in the meeting. For example, before beginning the agenda segment of adoration, you would read the description of adoration on page 17 and provide additional instruction or answer any questions the group may have. The same would be done for each of the agenda segments for this first meeting.