The following is intended as a sample for those churches, ministries, and persons led to pray for prison ministry events and programs. We encourage other's ideas and recommendations to continually enhance and improve the prayer initiative.

PRE-EVENT PRAYER ACTIVITIES

Recruit Intercessors and Begin Prayer Meetings:

Suggested prayers are listed below:

• Pray for divine protection around each one and their families;
• Pray for wisdom for staff;
• Pray for God’s hand of health to be upon each one;
• Pray for the safe travels of each person;
• Pray for unity among the body of all who are involved in the event;
• Pray for spiritual vision and hearing for each person;
• Pray for the rest of each person both before the event AND during the event;
• Pray for the Lord to raise up prison ministry intercessors in the region;
• Pray for all involved be in cooperation with God's plan for each prison;
• Pray for the Lord's anointing to be upon each person involved in ministry;
• Pray for all involved in the campaign to dwell in the secret place and abide under the shadow of the Almighty God, hidden in His divine protection.
• Pray for open access into the prisons;
• Pray for a hedge of protection around each prison;
• Pray for the Lord to touch hearts of prisoners in preparation to receive the salvation message;
• Pray for correctional staff and officers;
• Apply the blood of Jesus Christ over each prison and prisoner, each volunteer, each correctional officer and staff person;
• Pray for the families of prisoners and the reconciliation of broken relationships;
• Pray for genuine repentance to sweep over the prisons;
• Pray for those against whom a crime has been committed;
• Pray for a new season of forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration;
• Pray for the inside church within prisons to be vibrant instruments used by God to advance the Kingdom of God;
• Pray for a new openness to the salvation message
• Pray for every divine appointment by God to be clearly seen or heard
• Pray for salvation of the heart of all who hear the gospel message
• Pray for open lines of communication
• Pray for clarity of the gospel message by all who share it
• Pray for agape love to come upon all who hear the message of salvation
• Pray for restoration of broken relationships
• Pray for a release of God's covenant protection, provision, and power
• Pray for God's healing balm to cover the injuries and hurts of people
• Pray for breaches to be restored and streets to be repaired
• Pray for all these things to occur among:
o Prisoners
o Correctional Officers
o Chaplains
o Families of Prisoners
o Families of Correctional Officers
o State Department of Corrections
o Volunteers
o Staff who work at the hotels providing accommodations
o Every eyewitness
o Every person passing by
• Pray repentance for crimes committed and acts of violence
• Pray repentance for all sin
• Pray repentance for all injustice
• Pray for God to move in His forgiveness, because of His great mercy
• Pray for God to remember confessed sin no more, because of His great grace
• Pray for the demonstration of God's Kingdom to be present at each prison
• Pray for God to move in a disarming way through each prison, disarming all strongholds, barriers, and obstacles with His perfect love.
• Pray for an increased measure of faith among all involved with the event
• Pray for God to manifest His loving kindness at each prison
• Pray for hearts of stone to be changed into hearts of flesh
• Pray for divine forgiveness to come upon each prison and prisoner
• Thank Him for each victory
• Thank Him for the names written in the Lamb's Book of Life
• Thank Him for all healing
• Thank Him for every family reconciled by His Spirit of love and peace
• Thank Him for unity within the Body of Christ
• Thank Him for safe traveling mercies for all involved in the event
• Praise Him for the hedge of protection around each one participating in the event, and their families
• Praise Him for His message of hope
• Praise Him for the revelation of His plan and purpose for every prisoner
• Praise Him for sanctifying each one involved with His truth
• Praise Him that He has set captives free
• Thank Him for healing the brokenhearted
• Thank Him for restoring joy into lives
• Praise Him that He alone is worthy and that He receives all the glory
• Praise Him that upon the conclusion of the event, every person affected remembers our Lord, Jesus Christ!

Recruit Lighthouses of Prayer
Recruitment of churches and ministries to serve as Lighthouses of Prayer can add to the amount of prayer support. The Lighthouses of Prayer are wonderful tools and opportunities for those groups who are geographically too far away to participate locally. Rather, they can establish there own prayer rooms and recruit on their own from among parishioners. It adds great coverage in the region. Typically, we find that people end up praying at all different times which is the objective. During the event, having 24/7 prayer coverage is the ideal strategy.

Prayer Room Schedule
Having an open Prayer Room is a great way to concentrate corporate prayer. Each day of the event can have people assigned to time slots in the Prayer Room – held in a hotel, ministry office, or church. It is imperative that prayer coverage is available for the team(s) going out in the morning, as well as upon their return. This can be the challenging part of the pre-campaign activities identifying and signing up those persons and groups who are committed to come and pray. Yet, let it be known: time spent in the Prayer Room can be life changing!

DURING THE EVENT

Post Prayer Room Schedule
On the front door of the Prayer Room it is an excellent idea to have a written schedule posted for the entire campaign. If organized in a daily format, a person can walk into the room and quickly identify the prayer coverage for the day. It is also a benefit to the ministry teams.

Distribution of Prayer Requests
Once the event is underway, prayer requests come in to the assigned coordinator. Some requests are from prisoners and other requests are from those ministering. If lines of communication have been established with the Lighthouses of Prayer or other volunteers (e-mail works well in this case), the prayer requests can be distributed.

Morning Prayer with departing teams
As mentioned earlier, it is important to have someone in the Prayer Room during the morning hours when teams depart for the prisons. The volunteer(s) in the Prayer Room at that time can pray with and for the departing teams. Sometimes, staff and artists will share individual prayer requests. These are all things for the intercessors to lift in prayer.

Day and Night Intercession
During the day, it is ideal to have as many time slots filled by volunteers as possible. The experience in the Prayer Room can generate tears, laughter, rejoicing, or silence. It is marvelous to watch the Holy Spirit lead people in a specific way as they intercede praying for faces and names they do not know; taking authority over strongholds as identified by the Spirit. If there is a difficult situation at one of the prisons and the ministry team calls in for prayer, it is a great advantage having someone in the Prayer Room who can get to work

Evening Prayer with returning teams
Coverage in the Prayer Room at night is also important, as it allows returning teams to come in for prayer if they choose, or simply share the excitement of the day. Depending upon the schedule for the day, sometimes evenings can be late. Often teams have had a long day and simply want to return to their rooms for a night of rest. It is important to be available without imposing.

Prayer Needs sent to Partners
Communication is vital that as prayer needs are identified, they are sent out to the intercessors. The local prayer coordinator will work with a representative from the ministry team to coordinate the timeliness of prayer requests.

POST EVENT ACTIVITIES
Once the event concludes, it becomes essential that intercessors remain focused on continued prayer. There often can be an attack against those involved with the event. This portion of aftercare prayer is vital to sealing in the work God has done and hedging the teams into God's protection and care.

Immediate Intercession
The first week after the event is an ideal time for the group of intercessors to meet and pray. Specific areas include: safekeeping of all who participated in the events; health concerns; prayer for the families of the ministry teams. It is also vital to pray for the prisons, prisoners, correctional officers, chaplains and wardens. Additional prayer coverage for those who gave their lives to Christ during the event is essential.

Prayer for the various organizations and volunteers who go into the correctional facilities for all the follow up after the event is critical. It can be so easy for newly saved prisoners to fall through the cracks without prayer and follow up. This first month can be considered a crucial time of intercession in those areas.

Distribute prayer requests from the event
As the remaining prayer requests come in from the event, communicating those requests to the intercessors is important.

Prayer Meetings
At various points in time during the first month after the event, conducting local prayer meetings is helpful. Through these prayer meetings, as any strongholds are identified through reports, they can be dealt with in prayer. These ongoing prayer meetings can serve to create prayer walls of protection for all who were involved. The walls can be considered as building hedge upon hedge of protection for all who were involved in the event.

Concert of Celebration
A final step in the post event process is the idea of holding a Concert of Praise and Celebration. Ideally, it would be held within eight weeks after the end of the event. It is a great way to rally local volunteers and groups together to glorify God and honor Him for His work in the prisons. It also provides a framework by which local groups can network and grow their collaborative efforts at the local level.