Prayer & Fasting for Methodist Church

Today our church is having a day of prayer and fasting for the future of the Methodist Church. I started at 7am with our new (this was the 4th one) men's prayer breakfast...but...er...without the breakfast :-(
No lunch then today, so just time for a quick post.
Our District Chairman spoke at my church a few weeks ago about the decreasing numbers of of both members and ministers in Methodism. Apparently the way forward is to amalgamate adjacent circuits and we were asked to pray with and talk to adjoining circuits with a view to coming up with proposals for mergers. This, we were told, is much more radical than tinkering with the structures. However, it seems to me that it may not be nearly radical enough unless we find new ways of working in these 'super circuits'. We can't just invent mini-Districts or expect local preachers to go on 60 mile round trips for services. The two largest churches in my circuit are both growing (numerically and hopefully spiritually) and there is some feeling that although we'd like to be allowed to share our experience with others, we don't want the circuit's resources to get 'watered down'.
Whatever we do, it must be guided and underpinned by prayer - without prayer, we are lost.
Rob Frost, who passed on last weekend, did a great job in getting parts of the church closer to the evangelical roots of the Wesleys (despite less than wholehearted support at times from Conference) - I hope and pray that we can honour his work and his memory by seeking God's will for the people called Methodists and having the determination to carry it out.