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*SURF AT: http://www.chicago2000.net/spanish
*TEXAS:
PRAYER INITIATIVES AND REQUESTS
*FLORIDA:
JESUS VIDEO TO 600,000 HOMES
*PRAYER
WATCH: A BURDEN FOR NEW ENGLAND
*ATLANTA,
GA: UNITE ATLANTA
*SOUTHERN
CA: INTERCESSORS SUMMIT
*SOUTHERN
CA: PRAYER MINISTRIES DIRECTORY
*MISSION
HOUSTON: THE NEXT STEP AFTER PRAYER IS...?
*ARE MISSION
PASTORS MEETING LOCALLY?
*CHICAGO, SW
SUBURBS: NEW CHURCH NEEDS HELP
*CONNECTING
CHURCH MEMBERS TO LIGHTHOUSES
*SAN JOSE,
CA: RESEARCHERS & DEMOGRAPHERS
*MINISTERS,
NOT MESSIAHS
*INLAND
EMPIRE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: RECONCILIATION
*NEW CASTLE,
IN: PPG CHURCHES CELEBRATE TOGETHER
*WASHINGTON:
80-100 PPGs
*HARRISBURG
(PENBROOK), PA: PPG
*VACAVILLE,
CA: PPG & CITY COUNCIL
*SEND AN EMAIL TO
*PPG
DIRECTORY UPDATE
As of June
21, we have approximately 220 Pastors’ Prayer Groups registered
in our
directory - Please help us connect with the hundreds more who have
not
visited us at: http://www.nppn.org/ppg/
Recently,
at a meeting of pastors, I was told of a pastor who was transferred to another
state. His initial hesitancy was due in part to having become part of a PPG,
which he found at our NPPN site. His concerns were relieved when he again
visited the NPPN site and found a PPG listed in the very town he was assigned
to serve!
Let’s
not rest until every pastor has a place of prayer with other pastors.
___________________________________________________>>>
*SURF
AT: http://www.chicago2000.net/spanish
You may
find something you can use in your city to connect with Hispanic pastors and
prayer leaders...
___________________________________________________>>>
*TEXAS:
PRAYER INITIATIVES AND REQUESTS
>From: PRAYTX@aol.com
July
- The Texas Transformation Tour will
visit Lufkin (July 21-22) and
Tyler
(July 28-29). Please pray for local
leaders in both cities as they
prepare,
for all of the speakers who are giving their time to this Tour this
summer,
for Pat Allen, Pray Texas Board member from Dallas, who is heading up the Tour
for us.
Texas
Prayer Wall - On August 1, we will kick off a special prayer emphasis for our
state. We will enlist at least 31
cities to commit to pray one day a month for five months for revival in
Texas. Pam Faraone, Pray Texas Board member
from El Paso, will coordinate. Please
pray for Pam as she contacts prayer leaders around the state to ask for their
help in erecting a wall of prayer around Texas.
Mapping
Project - We have received a proposal for a project to do comprehensive
spiritual mapping of the state. This
will be a two year project including mappers and intercessors from every
region. The project will be directed by
Randy Skinner. Please pray for Randy as
he seeks the Lord’s direction. He is
exceptionally well qualified and experienced, but he must hear exactly what God
has in mind for Texas if this effort is to succeed. Please pray also for Alice and Gay Rowe, Pray Texas Development Director,
as they approach donors to fund the project.
Ask the Lord to raise up the right people in each region.
Please
pray for Gay as she puts together a comprehensive development plan
for
the
ministry. God has given us a big vision
and a burden for the entire
state. When we look at what He has allowed us to
accomplish with very
limited
funds, we are amazed. We know He is
calling us to a higher level,
as
He is
continually opening doors of opportunity.
It will take a significant
increase
in funding to accomplish all that He has put on our hearts. Gay is
working
with a wonderful group of talented professionals to give us the
tools
we need to
bring more donors on board. Target
completion date for the
development
packet is July 31. Pray for the team as
they work to complete
it
·
Richard
Hilton, Jill Boyce, Patty Waterbury, Ron Allen, David Hankins, Alicia Formagus,
John and Alice Patterson, and myself.
Pray for Gay and Alice who will bear the responsibility to actually go
out and ask people to give.
We are in
a time of transition as we plan to open an office in San Antonio
soon. John and Alice will be moving there as soon
as they sell their house
in
Odessa. Operations will remain in the
Odessa office. This will give us
an
expanded statewide reach with offices in three cities. (Gay Rowe has the
Dallas
office.) Please be in prayer that the
Pattersons will be able to sell their house and find just the right one in San
Antonio. Also pray for all of us as we
plan for the many changes this will bring.
Pray
Texas Board member Dan Aleman, founder of Oracion Explosiva and pastor of Creek
Crossing Harvest Church in Mesquite, injured his back last week. Dan is a key leader in bringing the races
and denominations together in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex and around the
state.
Jack
Landon is an intercessor from Dallas who is also a computer programming whiz. He has designed a wonderful database for us
and given many hours of his time to fine tuning it to meet our needs. Jack needs a new heart— literally. We are believing with him that God will give
him one supernaturally. Please join us
in praying for him.
Mike
Hays of Covenant Church in Carrollton is a very significant pastor for
that
area. His 16 year old son was hit by a
car last week. Please pray for
him.
Pray for
Pastor Bruce Wood and Aldersgate Methodist Church in College Station as they
are walking through a difficult time.
I think
that’s all for now! I hope I have not
overwhelmed you. Please know that we
are well aware that the Lord does not give everyone the same burden.
If these
needs don’t fall into your spiritual inbox, be blessed as you do what He has
assigned for you. Many of you, however,
are faithful to pray for us, and we appreciate you more than I could
express. May the Father pour out His
blessing on you and yours as you serve Him and His body.
Gratefully,
Cathe Halford
___________________________________________________>>>
*FLORIDA:
JESUS VIDEO TO 600,000 HOMES
>From: praycf@juno.com
Jesus
Video Distribution - Vision Orlando plans to distribute the Jesus film to
600,000 homes in Central Florida (Seminole, Orange and Osceola Counties) this
fall. Most of the money needed has been pledged but a large amount is still
needed. Please pray for the remaining funds and supernatural provision so the
pledges can be paid. For information or to receive a free copy of the Jesus
Video Distribution promotional video call Chet at 407-351-8942. Also prepare
yourself to share with your neighbors when they receive JESUS by mail! The best
preparation for both you and your neighbors is to become a Lighthouse of prayer
- praying for your neighbors and building relationships with them. Then when
the Jesus video is mailed you can go next door and say “Have you seen Jesus?”
___________________________________________________>>>
*PRAYER
WATCH: A BURDEN FOR NEW ENGLAND
>From: NECPrayer@cs.com
NEW ENGLAND
CONCERTS OF PRAYER: PRAYER LINK BULLETIN # 16
On
Wednesday, June 7 New England Concerts of Prayer is sponsoring a
meeting in
conjunction with the North Shore Pastors meeting and other
interested
pastors in the region to discuss a strategy for a prayer watch or
building
a prayer wall around the North Shore and New England area. We hope
to seek
the Lord together and to discover how each church is to fit in the strategy to
cooperatively prayer for revival evangelism of this region. In the discussions among the pastors thus
far there has been a good deal of interest in the idea that the lord is leading
us to accomplish His purpose.
The following
is a short proposal on how we might implement this plan.
The
millennium has arrived and tremendous change is upon us. It is a
critical
year and the Lord has given me a burden to call for a New England
wide
prayer watch, to build a wall of prayer around New England so that it
is
blanketed
with prayer. Perhaps the best example
historically was the famous
Moravian
Community of Hernhutt, the Lord’s Watch.
The Moravians maintained this 24 hour prayer for one hundred years. It fueled the modern missions and revival
movements. There is an obvious conflict
between darkness and light and it will be decided by prayer.
The
goal is that every community in New England be covered with prayer for
the
community, New England, and the Nation.
My proposal would be that each
church can
play a part of building the prayer wall.
Like the example we have
in the
Book of Nehemiah, were every clan took part in rebuilding the wall
around
Jerusalem. I am suggesting that number
of Pastors and Prayer leaders
come
together for a consultation as to how this can be achieved.
We
should be praying for these areas in every community 1. The church 2. The government, town council courts, police, etc., and on the
statewide and national the judicial, legislative and executive. Especially this election year.
3. The media
4. Schools and all educational institutions
5. Neighborhoods
6. Business
My
suggestion is that the Pastors prayer groups consider this as part of their
agenda. That each church consider
taking 1 day a week to fast and pray for their community, New England, their
state and the nation.
That
each church have 1 corporate prayer meeting on that day. And that each
church
have a 24 hour prayer watch for that day.
People in the churches can
sign up
for 1 hour segments of time or whatever seems feasible. A prayer school is being designed to help
train people who would like to participate.
There
are some churches that have daily prayer now.
Some weekly. Some are trying to
pray 24 hours around the clock. Others
have no formal prayer mechanisms other than Sunday service. But all can participate if they desire.
Would
you consider being part of the discussion leading towards New England being
covered with prayer?
Due to
people catching the vision God has given there have been awesome results. The Spanish church in Salem prays 5 days a
week and have seen people coming to the Lord every week. Last week 10 people were saved. Yeah!!!!!!
God is working. There have been
a number of Jewish attorneys who just came to the Lord at Christian Renewal
Church in Salem, Pastor Joe Kost’s church.
One Jewish banker came into Pastor Loe Bardalado’s church one day off
the street and accepted Christ. This is
a result of tremendous prayer.
Keep it
up.!!!!!
___________________________________________________>>>
*ATLANTA,
GA: UNITE ATLANTA
>From:
Cecil T Ross <cross61@juno.com>
God is
doing great things in Atlanta, Georgia.
We Started a Prayer movement called UniteAtlanta. It Is at work to unite
this City in Prayer for the Winning of the Lost and building up of the Kingdom
of God—Light houses of Prayer, Churches , Small Groups, Lydia, Women’s Aglow,
Promise Keepers .... are on board to help move this movement of God forward. We
Have a vision to see our City 6 Million
in the Atlanta MetroPlex won to Christ.
Ed
Silvoso (“That None Should Perish”) helped kick this off 2 Months
ago. We
had several hundred show up for that training, Worship and Prayer
time.
Please pray for us to Have God’s Wisdom and Leadership and Timing
Our area
Light Houses are being called to have a cook out or Block Party during the July
4 th week(end). To get to know our neighbors (build relationships), Find out their
needs, Show or care, and to pray with those in need.
Your
Brother in Christ, Cecil Ross
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*SOUTHERN
CA: INTERCESSORS SUMMIT
>From: Pr
Ay <prayunceasingly@juno.com>
Date: 10 am. Friday October 20 - 4 pm. Sunday
October 22
Location: Prayer Mountain in
Hemet/Romoland.
30250 Gunther, Romoland, CA.
92380
Please registar at: CAInercessorPrayerSummit@juno.com
or call 626/588-1200
Who
Should Attend:
Those who
are called to be Intercessors;
Those who
desire a greater experience and intimacy with the Father;
Those who
are seeking to know Him in His Holiness;
Those who
want a greater impartation of Him;
Those who
need to be with others of like mind and like heart.
Cost:
$ 80.00 Before August 1, 2000 $
95.00 After
Cost
include: Housing, meals, and special
materials
The cost
is $60.00 If you arrange your own
housing
Itinerary:
This is
a time to minister to those who are called to intercession, for all
of us to
climb higher into the presence of God. Special Ministry and Worship
Facilitated
by: Intercessory Leadership through-out
California.
Sponsored
by: RTV International Ministries
United Prayer
For Hollywood
Celebrations
of the Kings Ministries
“”””QUOTE “Pastors praying together is the foundation
for transformation, revival,
and spiritual awakening
in our nation’s cities.” Corkie Haan “”””UNQUOTE
*SOUTHERN
CA: PRAYER MINISTRIES DIRECTORY
>From: Pr
Ay <prayunceasingly@juno.com>
Southern CA
Prayer Ministries
Area
Coordinators
Up-dated by
Lynn Heatley/The Prayer Command Post
Reach Lynn
at 909-591-1945 prayercntn@aol.com
If you
want more information on prayer groups (pastor and intercessors) and prayer
ministries within a specific region, please contact the following:
·
Imperial Todd Evangelist
760-352-4898
·
Los
Angeles Dave Andrade
·
626-287-096 prayunceasingly@juno.com
·
LA
-Southbay Tom Steers
310-831-0949 (destiny@hooked.net)
·
Orange Candy Nunno
714-527-3176 (psalm96@iol7.com)
Paul
Nash 949-474-9041 (paulsnash@iol7.com)
·
Riverside Lynn Heatley
909-591-1945 (prayercntn@aol.com)
·
San
Bernardino Lynn Heatley
909-591-1945 (prayercntn@aol.com)
·
San
Diego Thomas Bush
619-479-7579 (praysd@aol.com)
·
Ventura Fawn Parish
805-987-0064 (Jparish@Jetlink.net)
Tim
Logerquist 805-485-2312 (Logerquist@juno.com)
·
Lydia
Fellowship Rene Rutland
949-552-0322 (Justmee23@aol.com)
·
Moms
In Touch Sue Mooney
626-963-4700
·
Nat’l
Day of Prayer Delilah Clark
909-943-9123 (cwimcorp@earthlink.net)
·
US
Spiritual Warfare Marilyn Noorda
805-482-5424 (pray4america@juno.com)
·
Women’s
Aglow Toni Rene Weaver
559-733-3420 (tonirene@aol.com)
·
RTV
Ministries David Andrade
626-297-0965 (RTVMinistries@juno.com)
·
Southern
California
The Prayer Command Post - Lynn Heatley prayercntn@aol.com
and RTV Ministries - PrayerNewsService@juno.com
·
LA/Hollywood
Jeri
Penley - PrayHolywd@aol.com
·
Orange
County City Reacher’s Schools Candy Nunno - cln3000@aol.com
·
San
Fernando Valley United Prayer For The San Fernando Valley Diane Swabbe - deealden@mediaone.net
·
Ventura
County
Pamela
Spenser - In the Gap Ministries - praynhrt@aol.com
-Santa
Barbra / Santa Maria
United
Prayer For the Valley - Joel Hart at: HeartofOrcutt@juno.com
-The
Central Coast
Sherry
Vest at: jvest@juno.com
·
The
Highland and High Desert
Nancy
Guiles: at: Internan@juno.com
Central
California
Christian
Prayer Resources Joe Walsh
Email: joewalsh@cprnet.org Info@PraySacramento.com
Christian
Prayer Resources
Mission: Mobilizes and Networks the Body of Christ
for continuous, unified, fervent and strategic prayer by the power of His Holy
Spirit.
Candy
McAlpine Central Calif. Spiritual Warfare Network.
Contact:
Candi MacAlpine, regional director
E-mail: angel4u@sierratel.com.
Northern
California
Gene and
Barbra Seiman gwsiemens@otn.net
Southern
California Monthly Ministers Luncheon Monday June 19th, 11:30 - 2:pm
The purpose of these meetings is to encourage by seasoned leadership and to
foster lasting relationships with those in ministry.
We will
meet at The Home Town Buffet in Corona
390
McKinley, 909/273-9573 please RSVP so that we
know how
to plan At: 909/585-4428 or email us at
91 fry to
McKinley Ave. North into the Corona Hills Plaza
at
Griffith WY. $6.29 lunch $1. gratutity
West San
Fernando Valley - H.O.P.E. (House of
Prayer & Evangelism) Has begun
monthly prayer meetings to lay the foundation for a house of prayer in
the West San Fernando Valley area on the first Friday night each month from 9PM
to 11PM. on the first Friday of each
month. Please e-mail or call to let us know
if you intend to come. The meeting will focus on God’s heart for our area. We
will worship and pray as the Spirit leads.
Timothy
and Dollirae Gray 818-887-8842 dollirae@aol.com
22347
Welby Way Woodland Hills, CA 91303-2466
Every
other Friday night at Gateway 4 Square
Church
Santa Ynez
from 10pm till 6AM. Praying for the central coast and Calif.
24 hour
prayer usually Wed 12 to Thurs. 12pm.
Our goal
is 24/7days. Sherie Vest. jvest@juno.com
Friday
June 16th 7:pm “Watch Night “ Intercesorry Prayer for
The Inland
Valley and Riverside with Pastors and Intercessors
at Day
Harvest / New Life Fellowship 1672 N. Palm Ave., Highland,
Corner of
Palm and Pacific. Dayharvest@dreamsoft.com
City
Reaching Leaders & City Prayer Coordinators, and to covering pastors of
this unity effort. at the Somebody
Cares Southland office in Fontana. 1st
Thurs afternoon / 3-5 of each month and in Corona, the 2nd Weds.
morn.
10-11:45. For info Guen Ballew
(909) 463-6368 / 277-0929
___________________________________________________>>>
*MISSION
HOUSTON: THE NEXT STEP AFTER PRAYER IS...?
>From:
“Jim Herrington” <jhmh@flash.net>
Transformation
is the buzz word of the day. Across the
U.S., Christian are abuzz with God’s activity in transforming entire
cities. The “Transformations” video has
been used as a catalyst to engender a sense of hope that God will bring a
reversal of the trends to which our nation is in bondage - outrageous crime,
fractured families, deeply embedded poverty, and life-threatening prejudice.
A
growing number of Houston churches are being captured by the message of transformation
with its underlying call to prayer and unity.
Many efforts have emerged from city-wide ministries like Somebody Cares,
CJ Crusade, Prayer and Praise, and NOW (Night of Worship). Local churches and denominational
judicatories are also sponsoring a variety of prayer and unity efforts.
For the
past 18 months Mission Houston has focused on two efforts:
mobilizing
small groups of pastors to pray for personal renewal, congregational revival,
and community transformation; and hosting city-wide prayer gatherings like the
Pastors’ Prayer Summit.
As a
team, the Mission Houston staff is sensing in our spirits that the time has
come to take the next step. We will
continue fostering prayer gatherings for pastors, and we will host the 4th
Annual Pastors’ Prayer Summit March 2/-3, 2000. But we believe that prayer and unity are means to the end that
tens of thousands will be swept into the Kingdom of God. As my friend Doug Stringer says - it’s not
unity, but unity with a purpose. I believe
the Lord is calling us to take the next steps toward the transformation of the
city.
Will you
join us in praying that God will make the next steps clear for Mission
Houston? I frequently say, “If you keep
doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve been getting.” We must resist the temptation to just work
harder at what we already know to do and then expect improved results. I’m believe the next steps will call us to
different ways of thinking, will require significant risk taking, and will
demand life-changing obedience to the Lord as He calls us farther and farther
from our comfort zones.
On
September 18/19 we hope to gather the Leadership Team for Mission Houston with
the Leadership Teams from each of the prayer gatherings across the Greater
Houston area for a 24 hour retreat.
There we will explore what God is saying regarding the next steps for
Mission Houston. I’m asking every praying
person who values this ministry to pray daily this summer that we will have the
wisdom to hear God’s voice and the courage to follow. As those next steps come clear, we will share that information
with you.
Blessings,
Jim Herrington
___________________________________________________>>>
*ARE
MISSION PASTORS MEETING LOCALLY?
>From:
Praying For Pastors <fmfm@thevision.net>
To
see a listing of such local groups, or to register your own group of
locally
meeting mission pastors so to be found via the Web by other mission
leaders
who want to join your group, go to the Local Area Mission Pastors
Network
website. To visit this web-based networking tool called LAMPnet,
connect to
http://www.missionpastors.net
___________________________________________________>>>
*CHICAGO,
SW SUBURBS: NEW CHURCH NEEDS HELP
>From:
Rick Gates <rwgates@highpointchurch.net>
Dear
Colleagues in Ministry,
High Point
is a brand new church plant targeting the S.W. Chicago Suburbs of Hickory
Hills, Palos Hills and Worth. We are a
seeker targeted church. We are still
quite small and are doing monthly preview services now through August. In
September we will move to weekly Sunday Morning Services. We are trying to put together a team of
folks who are either borrowed from other churches for occasional help for the
months of Sept., 2000-Jan., 2001 or who are interested in joining the team
permanently and helping reach this area which has had no new church in about 30
years.
You may
follow this link http://www.highpointchurch.net/swat.html
<http://www.highpointchurch.net/swat.html> directly to our web site for details on this
ministry request.. Please review this
and respond to inform me if there is any way that some of the volunteers in
your ministry can be of assistance.
Please feel free to pass this information along to any else you think
might have an interest. Perhaps our
greatest need in the area of musicians. Feel free to call if you have any
questions.
Thank
you and God bless you.
In
Christ’s Love, Rick Gates, Pastor,High Point Community Church
P.O.
Box 278, Worth, IL 60482 / 708-388-1406
fax:
708-388-1407
___________________________________________________>>>
*CONNECTING
CHURCH MEMBERS TO LIGHTHOUSES
>From: “Pam
Olsen Florida Prayer Network” <flprayer@gte.net>
The
Lighthouse Movement, June 27, 2000, Conference Call at 10am CDT: A
conference
call sponsored by Mission America’s coalition group, Mainstay
Ministries,
is being made available at this time.
In a continuing effort to
offer
local churches and city/community movements the best resources for
growing
the Lighthouse Movement, Mission
America commend to you an
opportunity
offered by one of their coalition partners, Mainstay Ministries,
to
participate in the newest 50-Day Spiritual Adventure. The 2001
Adventure
is entitled “Seeing the Unseen Christ”. It includes a significant
Lighthouse
component, which they are praying will strengthen the Lighthouse
Movement
across our nation. The conference call will be with David and
Randall
Mains of Mainstay Ministries about their fall schedule of Adventure
Seminars
for pastors and lay leaders. The call
will last approximately 45
minutes
and will be toll free. Please make plans to join them for this very
important
call. Many of these seminars are
scheduled for your city, state
or region. If you can participate in the call, please
RSVP to
Carolyn@lighthousemovement.com
. You will receive a reply with the
toll
free
number to call. Carolyn O’Brienis the Administrative Assistant Mission
America /
The Lighthouse Movement: http://www.lighthousemovement.com
___________________________________________________>>>
*SAN JOSE,
CA: RESEARCHERS & DEMOGRAPHERS
>From: “Pam
Olsen Florida Prayer Network” <flprayer@gte.net>
Prayer
Transformation Ministries City Reaching Consultation Meeting, July 10-11, San
Jose: One of the most strategic functions in city reaching/transformation is
the gathering, evaluating and communication of critical information. This process is usually divided into two
parts; information on the harvest force,(local churches, ministries, etc.) and information
on the harvest field, (demographics, socio-economics, etc.). Several kinds of software are now being
employed in this field and much has been discovered on where to find
information and how to process it. In addition
we are learning how to connect this information to the local church and the
church in the city. As a result of the
growth in this area, we are seeking to bring together those who are involved in
this kind of research and information management for a 2 day consultation. While the focus will be on practitioners, we
also invite city leaders who might want to know how all this works together
even though they don’t have someone filling this role at this time. We will hold the consultation in San Jose,
July 10-11. Our meetings will take
place in a local church where Christian Resource Network has their
offices. A list of local hotels is
available. If you are interested in
this consultation or know someone who should get an invitation, please contact
us at Prayer Transformation Ministries, 612-278-1717 or send an email to John
Qualm at JQuam@prodigy.net. There is no
registration fee but each person will be responsible for their own travel and
expenses.
___________________________________________________>>>
*MINISTERS,
NOT MESSIAHS
>From: PastorsInPrayer@aol.com
As
pastors/leaders we are to be conduits.
We must not call attention to ourselves but to Christ and the message
He gives through us to others. A dear
friend from the United Kingdom sent me this thought entitled, “The Road Ahead.”
Blessings
- bob and marilyn yawberg - Pastors In Prayer # 27
“It
helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny
fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.
We plant
seeds that one day will grow.
We water
seeds already planted, knowing they hold future promise.
We lay
foundations that will need further development.
We provide
yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities. We may never see the end results, but that
is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
We are
workers, not master builders; ministers not messiahs. We are
prophets
of a future not our own.” Oscar
Romero
___________________________________________________>>>
*INLAND
EMPIRE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: RECONCILIATION
>From:
kweliace@earthlink.net
My name
is Carl Duncan. I have been called to the Ministry of Reconciliation. I am
preparing to begin an efort to bring together several ethnically diverse local
ministries, in the Inland Empire of Southern California. I will begin locally
in Rialto, California. I am responding to the call of the Lord and relying on
the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I am stepping out on this without any other
help. The Lord will add to this ordained effort.
I am
asking for two things. 1) Prayer. 2) Assistance in the form of ideas,
testimonies, outlines, anything, that may be an aid as I prepare to obey this
call.
Carl
Dunan: kweliace@earthlink.net
___________________________________________________>>>
*NEW
CASTLE, IN: PPG CHURCHES CELEBRATE TOGETHER
>From: “Park
Place Free Methodist Church” <ppfmc@nltc.net>
I would
like to report about a service which may be unique in America. As an outgrowth of our pastors’ prayer
group, five churches organized a joint Pentecost celebration. The celebration
was at 10:00 AM on Pentecost at a high school auditorium. When we started
talking about doing something together to celebrate the birth of the church we
decided that it needed to be during our main worship time. All of the churches
moved all of their Sunday morning activities to the auditorium for the combined
worship celebration. Although the pastors of the five churches made the
decision to go with the service, the actual planning of the service was handled
by a team of worship leaders from the five churches. Worship was led by a 9 person
praise band, 5 person praise team, and ~140 person choir. All five churches
were represented in that worship team along with some individuals from other
churches who wanted to participate in the choir. The attendance was
approximately 950 (accurate estimate). The five churches participating were
American Baptist, Church of God - Anderson, Foursquare Gospel, Free Methodist,
and Independent Charismatic.
The
speaker came from Anderson University School of Theology. The only pastor who
was featured on the platform was the Church of God pastor who welcomed the
congregation and introduced the speaker at the very beginning of the service.
It was a great time of worship and celebration of the fact that there is “one
body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and
through all and in all.” There was no grandstanding or competition, no seeking
after recognition. To God be all of the glory.
Ted
Malone, pastor, Park Place Free Methodist Church
900 Riley
Rd, New Castle, IN 47362-1668
ppfmc@nltc.net <mailto:ppfmc@nltc.net> or tedamalone@pastors.com
<mailto:tedamalone@pastors.com>
The
other pastors were:
Dan Clemens,
First Baptist Church
Mark Martin,
So. Memorial Dr. Church of God
Charles
McDonald, Foursquare Gospel Church
Eric Haler,
New Covenant Worship Center
All of the
churches are in New Castle, Indiana
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*WASHINGTON:
80-100 PPGs
>From:
“stevehall_irm” <stevehall_irm@email.msn.com>
Thank
you so much for your tireless work in supporting pastors. Frankly, I am often overwhelmed by the
amount of information available to report what God is doing. I praise Him for that “problem”.
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We are aware of this problem and simply hope individual readers will let the
Holy Spirit guide them to what they need to read and respond to in each
Update...
I serve
with International Renewal Ministries throughout the State of Washington. One of my main projects the next several
months will be to discover and visit as many of the 80-100 such groups in our
state. I know of about 50 of them now,
and have been serving many of those groups for years.
--->NPPNote:
We are confident this is similar to most other states - Which is why we believe
Jesus has already started the 2,000 PPGs mentioned in NPPN vision statement -
Our job is to find one another!
I notice
from the first part of your email that 3 Washington pastors’ groups have
registered with NPPN. We are in the
process of creating a website for Washington State pastors’ prayer groups,
intercessors’ groups, and groups that are praying for our schools throughout
Washington. How can we best link with
one another? How do pastors’ groups
register with NPPN?
God’s
best to you, Steve Hall
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*HARRISBURG
(PENBROOK), PA: PPG
>From: KarakulSeekers@aol.com
I am
Marcia and I am Pastor of Intercession and Fasting @ Redeeming Life
Christen
Fellowship, Harrisburg Pa. Although we
have a mailing address of
Hbg. Pa.
We are located in a small community called Penbrook. We have been
in this
location for one year now. Beginning
this year 2000, we (the senior
pastor,
myself and 2 other ministers began attending the local ministerial.
I began
praying one year ago for our area. We regularly pray for the pastors
and
leaders. They now are beginning to have dialogue and practice praying @ the
beginning of each monthly meeting.
Please
pray for our group. That we are unified by prayer. the vision is to see our
community won for Christ beginning with revival of The Christian community.
Sincerely,
Rev. Marcia Revis
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*VACAVILLE,
CA: PPG & CITY COUNCIL
>From: SUSETAVET@aol.com
The Lord
is doing great things in our city of Vacaville. We are seeing a sincere love of the Body of Christ in our
city. We have Pastors from different
churches praying for each other & each other’s churches. Our city council has blessed us & we are
blessing them as we partner with them in praying for our city to be “A Place of
Peace”...which has been placed on a sign entering our city from the North. It
is evident that the Lord is moving here.
I have
heard that about 25% of our population attend church ...t hat is “good”, but
that is not enough! We are praying for
the Body of Christ to be “one” as
Christ & the Father are One...as Christ prayed in the garden before He
was crucified. It was His desire & we are excited to
have it become ours as well. “...that the world may believe that You sent
Me.” So the lost may become found!
In the
meantime, the enemy still roams about like a roaring lion. We find
ourselves in difficult places...with unusually difficult troubles & challenges.
The Lord has been reminding me that we may become victims of another person’s
sins, but He will be there to close the mouth of the lion as He did for
Daniel. We need only to be faithful
during these times; as faithful as Joseph, David & Daniel.
Would
you pray for our city’s spiritual leaders?
I would like to ask you to pray for our church staffs...pastors,
secretaries, worship leaders, teaching
leaders, prayer leaders & boards.
Please pray for their encouragement to
“...not grow weary in doing well.”
Please pray also for their protection as they operate in their calling,
that they remain bold & pure in thought & deed. One specific need is that two of our
churches are in need of worship pastors...without these pastors, the other
pastors & laity are becoming worn down.
Would you also pray they receive the “rest” and time with their families
that they need to remain healthy in body & spirit.
In His
Steps, Susan Ujiiye, Solano Gatekeepers
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