Amanda M. Payne Nurse · Teacher · Builder
Gatherings

Come and see.

Curious, but not ready to commit to anything? Good. You don't have to decide a thing to show up. Come once, sit in the room, and see for yourself.

Amanda M. Payne
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OCT31
Keepers Arise — Inaugural WatchSat 11:45 PM into Sun, November 1, 6:00 AM · Online
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NOV28
Keepers AriseSat 11:45 PM into Sun, November 29, 6:00 AM · Online
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DEC26
Keepers AriseSat 11:45 PM into Sun, December 27, 6:00 AM · Online
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The monthly rhythmAll online. All Eastern Time.
1st Saturday
9:00 AMFormation Altar
11:45 PMMidnight Fire
2nd Saturday
9:00 – 11:00 AMThe Builders' Table
11:45 PMMidnight Fire
3rd Saturday
9:00 AMFormation Altar
11:45 PMMidnight Fire
Last Saturday
11:45 PM – 6:00 AMKeepers Arise

New here? Formation Altar, first or third Saturday, 9 AM. That is the door.

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Formation Altar

Learn what God says — and let Him build you — before you are asked to carry anything.

1st and 3rd Saturdays · 9:00 AM ET · OnlineRegister for Formation Altar →

Formation means being shaped on purpose.

Most of us were handed a role before anybody built us for it. You got asked to lead, serve, pray, or carry something — and nobody ever taught you how, or made sure you were steady enough to hold it.

Formation Altar is the opposite order. You are taught and built first. Nothing is asked of you here.

What actually happens

We open in prayer. I teach — an actual lesson, working through Scripture, part of a series that builds week over week. Then we take it apart together: what it means, what it looks like in a real life, and what to do with it this week. We close in prayer.

You can keep your camera off. You do not have to speak. You are not called on.

Four words for what we're doing
Alignget your life lined up with what God actually said, instead of what you assumed or absorbed from someone else.
Equiplearn the Word well enough to stand on it when you are alone.
Empowerwalk in what you were given instead of waiting for permission.
Advancetake actual ground. Not someday. This month.
Who this is for

Anyone new. This is the front door.

You do not need experience, a title, a good-sounding testimony, or a church background. You do not need to be doing well. Some of the women here have prayed for thirty years. Some have never prayed out loud. Both belong.

If you are not sure where you fit with us — come here.

What to bring: your Bible, something to write with, and coffee.

Midnight Fire

Weekly prayer, late at night, with people who mean it.

Every Saturday · 11:45 PM ET · OnlineRegister for Midnight Fire →
What actually happens

We come together at 11:45 at night and we pray. Worship, then intercession — for our families, our cities, the things weighing on us, and whatever the Lord puts in the room.

It is led by our DAG leaders, not only by me. Through the rest of 2026 we are also hosting guest leaders from around the world — men and women who pray, joining us from their own countries and their own houses, so we are not only praying for the nations but praying with them.

Why midnight?

Two honest reasons.

It is quiet. The house is down, the phone is still, and nothing is competing for you. For most women it is the only hour of the week that is genuinely uninterrupted.

And Scripture keeps putting people there. Paul and Silas sang at midnight. The bridegroom came at midnight. Something about that hour shows up again and again as the hour God moves in.

Who this is for

Anyone who wants to pray with other people. New or seasoned.

If you have been praying alone for years and you are tired of it being only you — this is the room.

What to expect

Come as you are — in your pajamas, in your car, in your kitchen. Camera optional. You do not have to pray out loud. You can listen, write, and agree quietly and you will have done the thing.

It does not run all night. That is Keepers Arise, once a month. This is a weekly gathering — come, pray, go to bed.

The Builders' Table

Training for women who are going to lead their own group.

2nd Saturday · 9:00 – 11:00 AM ET · OnlineRegister for the Builders' Table →
First — what a "house" is

When we say house, we do not mean a building. In Hebrew the word is bayit, and it means three things at once: a dwelling, the family inside it, and the place God lives.

So a DAG house is a small group of women who pray together, watch together, and grow together, led by one woman who has been formed to lead them. Houses are named for the city their leader lives in — DAG-Indianapolis, DAG-Detroit — because a house belongs to a place and to real people, not to a platform.

We are starting houses right now. This table is where their leaders get built.

What actually happens

It is a table, not a service. Two hours, seated, working. I teach a module, we discuss it honestly, and you leave with something specific to do before the next one.

The first module covers three things:

WhoWho has God actually assigned to you? Not everyone. By name.
HowHow do you invite them? What to say, and what not to promise.
WhatWhat is the work? What a priest, a watchman, and a gatekeeper actually do inside a house.
Who this is for

Women who are going to lead, or are already leading, and need to be built for it.

And an honest word: this is not the place to start with us. Come to Formation Altar first — for a few months, not a few weeks. You cannot lead a house you have never sat in. The table is for the ones who have been formed and are being sent.

If you already lead your own ministry or organization and you are not looking to be formed but to build alongside people who understand the weight — reach out. That is a different conversation and there is room for it.

What to bring: your Bible, a notebook, and the names of the women you believe are yours.

Inaugural watch · Oct 31

Keepers Arise

One night a month, we stay awake and pray until morning.

Last Saturday of the month · 11:45 PM – 6:00 AM ET · OnlineRegister for Keepers Arise →
What this is

Six hours of prayer, once a month, through the night.

We start fifteen minutes before midnight and we pray until the sun is coming up. Worship, intercession, teaching, and time to stand for your family, your city, and what God has put in your hands.

It closes out the month and opens the next. By the time the sun comes up, you are in a new month and you did not sleep through the handoff.

Why all night?

Jesus named four watches of the night: "in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning" — and then He said, "Watch therefore" (Mark 13:35).

We take the last two. The rooster and the morning — the two He warned us we would sleep through. Those are the hours nobody wants, and that is exactly why we take them.

Why "Keepers"?

Three words for one job.

The priest keeps the charge. The watchman keeps the watch. The gatekeeper keeps the gate.

In Hebrew they all come from one verb — shamar — to keep. They are not three different women. They are three things one woman does, and this is the night we do all three.

Who this is for

Anyone willing to stay up and pray. You do not need experience and you do not need to have done anything like this before.

Can I actually do this?

Yes. And here is the honest version.

Come and goNobody is checking. If you make three hours, you prayed for three hours.
Sleep afterMost of us do. Plan for it — do not schedule anything Sunday morning.
Nap firstSleep from 8 to 11 and come in fresh. That is not cheating. That is planning.
Be quietListen, write, agree. You are not required to lead anything.
3:00–4:30 AMThe hardest stretch. Everyone feels it. It passes. Stay on the call.

Come once and see. You will know after one.

What to bring: your Bible, something to write with, water, a quiet place, and a blanket.

Inaugural watch: Saturday, October 31, 11:45 PM — into Sunday, November 1, 6:00 AM.

For the one who is not sure

You do not have to be ready. You have to be willing.

There is a scene in Zechariah 3 where God commissions a man standing there in filthy clothes with an accuser at his elbow — and God takes the clothes off him Himself. Nobody cleans themselves up first. That is not the order.