Category Archives: Christ

When He Appears . ..

Note: This meditation uses two visual aids; one fresh produce and a canned version of the same produce. Replacing corn with different produce of choice delivers the same message.(Hold up an un-shucked ear of sweet corn) Fresh sweet corn is the greatest food on Earth! Perhaps its popularity is related to the rarity of availability.Continue Reading

Community Prayer Walk

Join our City Gates Pray team for a community prayer walk, on Dec 21st, in the South Side Park neighborhood, in beautiful downtown Sacramento. Our Love in Action initiative this month is passing along a little Christmas cheer to our neighbors. A basket of Christmas socks stuffed with gift cards can uplift a family inContinue Reading

Haven’t Seen It Yet – Danny Gokey

HmmHave you been praying and you still have no answers?Have you been pouring out your heart for so many years?Have you been hoping that things would have changed by now?Have you cried all the faith you have through so many tears?Don’t forget the things that He has done beforeAnd remember He can do it allContinue Reading

2019 Biblical Garden Retreat with Yale Kim, Director of The Prayer Council

Yale Kim has been leading prayer meetings since being radically saved in his youth group in the mid 90’s.  Since that time, he has been involved in gathering youth, college students, and pastors from different denominations and organizations to pray together.  With the help of his friends, Yale co-founded Catalyst Convergence, an organization that helpsContinue Reading

Who Are We?

City Gates Pray is celebrating 10 years of prayer mobilization this year. We are a group of committed Christians who long to share the love and compassion of Christ to others, as we prayer-walk. We are expanding and continuing last year’s prayer theme, which was based on Philippians 2:3. This year our theme is 1 Peter 3:8,Continue Reading

Celebrating 10 Years of Prayer-Walking! Join Us Oct 6th!

Register Here A special thanks to Jim Shaner, Peet  Bekker and Prayer Walkers Across America for supporting us and praying in your cities! Unless otherwise noted, all prayer walks start at 7:30 am on Saturday, Oct 1st. Try to be at your gate or community location by 7:15 am. Los Angelos  (Grenada Hills) Meet atContinue Reading

Dr. David Butts

Dr. David Butts will share a message on unity based on John 17,  at our September 29th, Biblical Garden Retreat! If you are interested in attending you can register online. About Dave: David is a much sought after conference speaker both nationally and internationally. He serves on several Boards of Directors and committees focused onContinue Reading

Unity in the Body of Christ – We’re Better Together

Sacramento, one of the most diverse cities in our nation, also has a strong Christian community whom works together to promote unity among the body of Christ. Pastors and leaders frequently gather together on one accord to celebrate, commemorate, and most importantly worship together. Scripture is clearly demonstrated in the City of Sacrament which callsContinue Reading

Why Unity? Why Now?

This article was written while serving as the Northern California Regional Coordinator and Capitol Coordinator for the National Day of Prayer. I’ve since stepped down from this role, but the article is still relevant today. Hi, I’m Shari Bonnard, Northern California Regional Coordinator for the National Day of Prayer. I’ also the California State CoordinatorContinue Reading