Drive-by Prayer Vigil

After a short December break, the prayer vigils are back on the road again.

The Prayer Vigil drive-by motorcade will resume its' normal schedule of praying with victim families and praying for peace in the streets beginning this Saturday, January 17th. The first series of vigils for 2009 will kickoff with 14 victims, many of whom died in December. Due to the number of victims and the current weather conditions, three of the four prayer sites will be held inside churches around the city.

12:45pm - Grace Apostolic Church, 643 E. 22nd Street (5 victims)

Rudy Woodyard - 1137 S. Keystone Ave. - (12/24/08)
Sheila Raulerson - 323 N. Rural Street (01/02/09)
Jerrod Scales - 200 Hendericks Place (12/19/08)
Johnny Conner - 3125 E. New York Street (12/11/08)
Demario Mosley - 2240 Bellefontaine Street (12/10/08)

2:00pm - God's Love Christian Church, 6400 E. 46th Street (2 victims)

Aaron Lamere - 5810 Agawam Drive (12/15/08)
Kevin Walker - E. 46th St. & Arlington Ave. (12/02/08)

3:00pm - New Covenant Christian Church, 4625 N. Keystone Avenue (5 victims)

Michael Hunt & Avery Elzy - 5853 Rosslyn Ave. (12/26/08)
Terrence Calloway - 1322 Lemans Ct. (12/25/08)
Melvin Scott - 3732 Baltimore (01/03/09)
Marion Cobb - 2936 Schofield Ave. (12/24/08)
Broque Lumbreras - 3429 N. Capitol Ave. (12/21/08)

4:00pm - W. 56th St. & Georgetown Rd. (Marsh parking lot) (2 victims)

Paschal Robinson - 4220 Village Trace Dr. (01/05/09)
Thomas Johnson - 5518 Rosewood Commons Dr. (11/27/08)

Join the Drive-by Prayer team as we gather to pray with these families and the local community this Saturday. Gather with us as we proclaim the message of "peace in the streets!"

Drive-by Prayer Vigils -- December 6

Drive-by Prayer Vigils scheduled Saturday, December 6, 2008

Dilardo E. Smartt Jr. (32)
W. 32nd St. & Graceland
12:45pm

Donald George (19)
3800 E. Michigan St.
2:00pm

Ronald Perry (20)
W. 21st St. & Sugar Grove
3:00pm

Gregory Kemp (52)
2225 Groff Ave.
4:00pm

Note from Major Myers - Kirby Prayer Vigil

Kirby Prayer Vigil

Please keep the Kirby family in your prayers. Their young son was killed yesterday morning as he was traversing Troy Avenue just east of Keystone. The Church of Acts, Pastor Bill Jenkins, 3740 S. Dearborn, is hosting a prayer vigil for the Kirby's at 8:00pm tomorrow evening, 11/21, at the church.

From the Police Report:

"This morning, November 19th, at approximately 5:45 a.m., IMPD officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of E Troy Avenue on the report of a person struck. They arrived to find a 15 year old male lying in the street after having been struck by a white Chevy S-10 pick up truck which had been east bound. From the preliminary investigation, it appears the young man, a student at Indiana Math and Science Academy at W 38th and Lafayette Road, was walking on the shoulder of the road east bound.

It is believed he started to cross the street in the middle of the block, stepping into the path of the eastbound truck."

Drive-by Prayer Vigils

Drive-by Prayer Vigils
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Milton Lindgren (70)
Eric Hendricks (73)
Middlebury Way & Centenary Dr.
12:45pm

Barbara Meadows (62)
3400 DeQuincy Ave.
2:15pm

Richard Miller (27)
2700 Bluffwood Drive
3:15pm

Regina Rasdall (42)
Corner Eagle Bay W. Dr. & Eagle Bay S. Dr.
4:15pm

Three Suicide Victims
Warren Central High School
9500 E. 16th Street
5:30pm
Antonio Rivera (16) - student
Unnamed female - student
Matthew Oskay (30) - teacher

Drive-by Prayer Vigils

Drive-by Prayer Vigils
Saturday, November 1, 2008


Michael J. Cowherd
Brittany Tate
W. 10th St. & Winfield
12:45pm


Joshua Plummer
3600 W. 16th St.
2:00pm
(Somerset St. - fenced in lot)


Brandon C. Reeves
W. 38th St. & High School Rd.
3:15pm


Courtney Gates
W. 56th St. & Moller Rd.
4:30pm

Drive-by Prayer Vigils

Drive-by Prayer Vigils
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Steven Townsel
E. 10th St. & Oakland
12:45pm

Anthony Jenkins
(2 blocks east of Rural St.-gravel lot)
12:45pm


Almarcus Barker
E. 21st & Franklin Road
2:00pm
(AAA parking lot)

Michael Duncan
E. 38th St. & Whittier Place
3:15pm

Drive-by Prayer Vigil

Prayer Vigils scheduled Saturday, October 4, 2008

Martin Wilburn
4800 Southeastern Ave.
12:45pm
(Bubbles Car Wash)

Bobby Clark
5100 E. Washington St.
2:00pm
(vacant BP Gas Station)

Richard Covington III
34th & Arlington Ave.
3:00pm
(Mexican Restaurant lot)

Chris Ingram
W. 22nd & Crawfordsville Rd.
4:00pm
(vacant Pizza Hut lot)

The Mission of Drive-by Prayer Vigil

Drive-by Prayer Vigil is a citywide response of prayer to the senseless violence that is claiming the lives of both the young and old throughout our communities. Although birthed from a local city's crisis, it has plans to spread nationwide. No city or town is exempt from this rising epidemic, however, every city and town holds the solution: the power of prayer. II Chronicles 7:14 tells us how to respond to evil in the land: "if my people who are called by my name, would humble themselves and pray -- I will heal their land." One united voice for one shared problem! Our adopted slogan, "If drive-by guns can kill, then drive-by prayers can heal" sums up our mission and purpose.

www.drivebyprayer.com
(317) 280-8077

Drive-by Prayer Vigil

Prayer Vigils scheduled Saturday, September 20, 2008

Miss Randi E. Ellis
E. 46th & Arlington Ave.
12:45pm

Robert D. McClurg
40th & Graceland/Capitol Ave.
2:00pm

Gregory Johnson
4100 Moller Road
3:00pm

Marcus McBride
6740 W. Morris Street
(McClelland Elem. School)
4:00pm

What Is The Drive-by Prayer Network

The drive-by prayer network was organized by local pastor, A. Thomas Hill of Healing Streams Word & Worship Center, along with City Councilman, Paul Bateman in response to Indianapolis Mayor Peterson's August/2006 cry to "do something different" when confronted with the rise of homicides in the city. It began with members of Healing Streams ministry and is slowly becoming a network of Christian churches throughout the city of Indianapolis. Anyone interested in joining the prayer network can do so by visiting our website: www.drivebyprayer.com or by calling (317) 280-8077

Prayer Vigils on September 13, 2008

The Drive-by Prayer Network

The drive-by prayer network was organized by local pastor, A. Thomas Hill of Healing Streams Word & Worship Center, along with City Councilman, Paul Bateman in response to the rise of homicides in the city. It began with members of Healing Streams ministry and is slowly becoming a network of Christian churches throughout the city of Indianapolis. Anyone interested in joining the prayer network can do so by clicking on this link, visiting our website: www.drivebyprayer.com or by calling (317) 280-8077.

Prayer Vigils scheduled Saturday, September 13, 2008

Site # Victims Location Time

1 Jeremiah "Jerry" Rogers Brookside Park-3500 Brookside Pkwy S. 11:30am
2 Lonnie Banks Jr. 1300-1400 Narrowleaf Dr. 12:45pm
3 Antwan Thomas 900 Udell Street 2:00pm

4 Angel Valasquez W. 38th St (Best Buy Lot) 3:00pm
5 Irene Poindexter 600 block E. Southern Ave. 4:00pm

Prayer Vigil for Peace

Prayer Vigil for Peace

in the City of Indianapolis

August 30, 2008
6:00 PM
Monument Circle Downtown

Purpose: To come together as a community to pray for the reduction in crime in our city.