Sunday, 10:00 a.m.

The Onething Interns have been doing an intercession set every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. My internship was stuck in the Multipurpose room all by ourselves with a crappy sound system and not enough room to pace. This internship actually get to be up on stage in the prayer room, keeping the fire burning on the altar. (Yes, I am a little jealous of this internship, in more ways than one.)

The interns make up the majority of people in the room, since most are (a) at the Sunday morning church service or (b) sleeping in. The prayer room needs all the warm bodies it can get; Sunday 10:00 a.m. sets are not well-attended. I've been coming for a couple of weeks partly for that reason. But mostly I've come because I enjoy seeing the interns running the prayer room. They have really good worship teams, better than the ones we had during my internship. (Although that could be that they sound good because the PR has a much better sound system than the Multipurpose room. I'm not bitter.) I love to hear the interns praying and the team antiphonalizing the prayers, love to see them pacing, praying in small groups, standing on the life line. They have really run hard the last six months.

Today is their last set. They have been praying hard for the Onething Conference at the end of December and have also been praying for the next Onething internship. I love their dedication and their heart. I'm going to miss seeing them around. But wait, what am I saying? Almost the entire internship is coming back for school in a month or joining staff. Still, I'm sure it's a sad moment for some. This next week will be their last. They'll graduate next Sunday, and everything will change.

And then, three weeks later, the next batch of young adults will arrive and the cycle will begin all over again. It's weird to watch it from the outside. But I love being around interns. I will come to the next internship's Sunday 10:00 a.m. sets too. To any IHOPers who read this blog and who do not go to the morning service: come support the prayer room and support the interns.