Tents of Meeting

A Tent of Meeting (TOM) is a safe neutral place where people can experience God’s love in practical ways, such as help and prayer for addicts, the mentally ill, marriage and families etc., and during times of gentle praise, worship and prayer.

There will be 10 TOM across NEO for the 40 days of prayer, care and share, starting on May 8^th 2023, opening daily between 9am – 9pm.

The schedule of events in each TOM is available on the web site.

TOM Events take place in four time slots as follows:

1. 9am-11:30am – Specialist care and prayer
2. 12pm-2:30pm – Gentle praise, worship and prayer
3. 3pm-5:30pm – Specialist care and prayer
4. 6pm-9pm – Gentle praise, worship & prayer, specialist care (Mon) & outreach service (Sat)

Depending on what is taking place in the TOM, there will be:

1. Specialist ministry leaders e.g. to help the broken-hearted, women in crisis pregnancy etc.;
2. Two or more musicians to lead praise and worship;
3. A prayer team;
4. A TOM leader with overall responsibility for what happens in the tent; and
5. Various resources – decision cards, outreach booklets etc.

Volunteers for the events in the TOM will come from three sources:

1. Christians that are already linked to PATH;
2. The host church and/or churches in the community near the TOM; and
3. From a database (Relink) that lists faith-based specialist ministries.

The events in each TOM will be advertised through:

1. Radio – FISH 95.5 FM and various Catholic stations;
2. On-Line:
   1. Web sites – such as prayerattheheart.org
   2. Social media – Facebook, Instagram etc.
   3. Gloo – a strategic partner linking people in the on-line work to Christians;
3. Leaflets – to the local community; and
4. Word of mouth.

Every-day, the activity in the TOM will be shared across social media in a 4-5-minute video.