What does the prayer ministry look like in your church? Our prayer teams are on a rotating schedule for Sunday mornings; for praying with people at the altar and for praying with the pastors before the service [they refer to themselves as the "pit crew"]; we also have two prayer captains "on call" during the week to pray over the phone or to come to people's houses and pray.

What days/nights do you have it on? Saturday nights; Tuesday-Thursday mornings

Who attends? Anyone who wants to attend!!!  Staff members are required to attend Saturday prayer meetings; I'm not sure what the attendance requirements are for prayer team members - I think prayer captains are required as well [Not sure what the difference is between a regular member and a captain!].  We usually have between 15 and 20 people on Saturdays.  The morning ones are led by the head of the prayer ministry; typically attended by women who do not have to be at work in the mornings...some of them from other churches as well.

Who runs the meeting? Tuesday mornings: the head of our prayer team; Saturday nights are on a rotating basis between prayer teams, deacons, and staff members.  Emceed by one of our senior pastors [or one of us staffers if they are gone]

If it's you, what happens when you are on vacation or ill...who runs meeting then?
 We get a schedule WAY in advance [One schedule for January-June; a second schedule for July-December], and switch with someone else if we know we are going to be out of town.  If we are sick or have a last-minute emergency, we call our senior pastor and let him know; then we try our best to switch.  My pastor is pretty gracious when it comes to that, though - I've covered for him when he's been ill and he's also covered for me...everyone is really good about making sure it's covered.

What is the structure of your prayer meetings?
I don't attend the morning meetings, but our Saturday ones are structured as follows [although we obviously leave room for the Holy Spirit to move!]
7:00 - 7:30 - Personal reflection...the lights are dimmed, praise and worship music playing; and it's time for people to come in and get in an attitude of prayer before we start.
7:30 - 7:45 - Worship
7:45 - 8:00 - Short devotional/teaching [done by whoever is on the schedule for that night]
8:00-8:30 - Pray according to what has been shared; and for whatever other things need to be prayed for.
8:30 - Close; go home

We are rarely actually done at 8:30, but we usually try to wrap up by 8:45-9:00 so that people can get a good night's sleep and get to church Sunday morning!!!