For success of a prayer service, you must put forth things that will interest high school girls. Personally, reflecting upon things that relate to God and God only, it's a time for me to think about other things. I find it very hard to think about those kinds of things. Listening to speakers drag on about how God talks to them can get old. I know that girls lose interest very shortly if people aren't good speakers, or if they carry a lot of information that isn't essential in their speeches. But when there's a good speaker taking about something interesting, people are engrossed.
So, what we did good was having people speak about the stations and relate it to their own life. I know people like to hear the stories of people they know, and what they've been through. Not only does it show interest, but it makes you feel closer to them in a way because you now know something more about them. Also, it was good that we kept their speeches fairly short. Some people had longer speeches and you could look into the congregation and see people losing intest. But for the most part, people looked engaged.
I think we could have maybe have had a prompt after each station (if time would have permitted) to relate the station to your life. Sometimes I like relating things to my own life, to really see things from a different perspective.
I also thought we did a good job with the music. Regular church songs tend to drag out and get old soon. I especially liked the instrumental music, it really adds to the atmosphere of everything.
Overall, I think our class did a great job with this prayer service. I heard good comments a out it, which doesn't always happen after longer prayer services. :)
