OUTREACH Prayer Update
February 2015

Our church planters depend on the prayers and encouragement of God's people. OUTREACH NORTH AMERICA provides this monthly prayer letter to inform you of some of their specific needs and praises so you will know better how to pray for them. Thank you for your prayers and the interest you show by your phone and e-mail responses. Your prayers truly encourage your church planters. (See the bottom of this e-mail for a summary of all the mission churches included in this update.)

For Christ’s love compels us ... be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:14, 20)

• Pray for the Church Planters Assessment Center (CPAC) March 11-14.
• Pray for preparations for the ONA Board Meeting in April.
• Pray for the new church plants and planters to have excitement and energy.
• If you would like to support individual missions, you can donate to them on the ONA website http://www.outreachnorthamerica.org/donate-individual-missions/.

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Catawba Presbytery

First Presbytery

Florida Presbytery

Northeast Presbytery

Second Presbytery

Virginia Presbytery

Catawba Presbytery

King’s Parish, Dallas, Texas

Rev. David and Margaret Winburne david@kingsparish.com

Pray

• That the other church plant that has been regularly attending our worship service and normally scheduled events (ladies meetings, men's meetings and our Parish Feasts), would call our mission church their home. I would LOVE to see a bigger body of Christ that has a passion for the Lord and His work in our city.

RiverCrossing ARP, York County, SC

Rev. David and Emily Stover  Stoverdavid@hotmail.com
Zach Simmons (intern)

Praise

• We’re thankful for the ONA sponsored church planters retreat that we attended in early January. We were challenged, encouraged, and refreshed!
• The Lord raised up a new Provisional Session elder from First ARP in Rock Hill. We’re very thankful for their support.
• We have several new people attending: a single lady from the Steele Creek area, our neighbors across the street, 4 Winthrop students, and a friend of mine from high school. I invited my friend from high school to come and take photos for our website renovations. She stayed for the whole service and emailed both Emily and me back to let us know that she was encouraged and will possibly come back for another visit.
• Our oldest daughter Katelyn is halfway through her yearlong commitment to teach English in South Korea. Her boyfriend left for Guam in early January to serve as an engineer with Trans World Radio for a year. On his way to Guam, he stopped by South Korea and proposed to her! They are planning a March, 2016 wedding!
• We have several outreach opportunities with First Friday Ft. Mill (a monthly event they sponsor to raise money for local charities). Our church was recognized as the most supportive volunteer group at last month’s event. I met one of the food truck vendors that recently relocated to Ft. Mill. He was encouraged that our church is involved. They may come for a visit this Sunday.

Pray

• Pray for the men from our church who coach men at the pregnancy center in Rock Hill and Lake Wylie. We are having lots of opportunities to help save the lives of the unborn by encouraging the fathers to choose life. This also leads to many opportunities to share the gospel with these young men.
• We are working on an outreach event at Starbucks in Ft. Mill. Pray as we work out the details and that the Starbucks managers would allow us to host an event at their coffee shop.
• RiverCrossing, Hill City, and several other church plant leaders met Jan. 30 to brainstorm on outreach events for Easter.
• Pray for our intern, Zach Simmons as he begins a new semester at RTS Charlotte, begins a new community group, and works to form a worship team from some of the new attendees that have musical skills.
• My wife, Emily is involved in a community outreach to ladies in our area. Pray for the “If Gathering” event.
• Pray for us to find new renters for our house in Delaware. The current renters may have to move out in April or May.
• Thanks so much to all of you that faithfully pray for all of us church planters in the ARP church!

Shem Creek Presbyterian Church, Mt. Pleasant, SC (exploratory work)
Charlie Phillips and Ben Carver charliephillips6@yahoo.com & btcarver10@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/shemcreekpres

Pray

• Please pray that God would help us gather non-believers to our Bible studies and services.
• Please pray that God would bring conversions.
• Please pray that God would connect us with people in the Charleston area who are looking for a church.
• Please pray that we would be able to raise the necessary funds to keep moving forward in the church planting process (specifically over the next 36 months).
• If you know someone who lives in the Charleston area please email us! We'd love to meet them! 

First Presbytery

Brookside Presbyterian Church, ARP, Boone, NC

Rev. Larry and Joyce Young drlarryyoung@msn.com
www.BooneBrooksideChurch.org
Praise

• For a new attender.
• For reverent, heartfelt worship services.
• For a good start to the New Year.

Prayer

• For visitors who will return and continue to attend.
• For a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit worldwide in 2015.
• For our nation's deliverance from the assault on marriage and family.

Christ Coastal Church, Southport, NC

Rev. Walt and Val Shepard waltshepard@gmail.com

Pray

• For Walt as he has had his hands full with some family issues. His first cousin, with whom he was very close, was murdered in Jackson, MS.
• Continue to pray for our outreach book club that informs many unchurched people about Islam. Walt challenged an Imam who was making a presentation at the local Episcopal Church. We are hoping for good repercussions from that exchange.
• Join us in praying for a youth/music person. It is our plea that the Lord can match us up with a team of college or even high school youths who are trained in beach evangelism for this summer.
• Pray for our counseling load. There are many depressed, hurting folks who have no interest in a church home, but freely admit their lives are wrecked and want help. Huge opportunities for the gospel are surfacing. Some of our own folks in our gathering are asking for help as well.

Praise

• We praise the Lord for a wonderful time of encouragement in Jacksonville early in January, as guests of ONA.
• Thank you for praying with us!

Grace Church Leith, Leith, Scotland
Rev. Athole Rennie athole@gracechurchleith.org
Andrew and Helen Court, Intern
www.gracechurchleith.org

Praise

• There are so many stories of God's grace in each of these lives and so much evidence of answered prayer. 
• Thank you for continuing to uplift us, we know that your prayers are essential to the continued witness of the church here in Leith. 
• I wanted to share a picture of the church family you've faithfully been praying for over the past five years. This picture was taken this past weekend at our annual church retreat. 

Florida Presbytery

Christ Community, Apollo Beach, FL
Rev. Charlie and Coco Lewis Charlie@christcommunityfl.com
www.christcommunityfl.com

Praise

• Our Small Group Ministry has seen people growing in their relationship with the Lord and has had some success in reaching the unchurched
• Our youth are growing in their relationship with the Lord and six youth went to the Florida Presbytery Winter Retreat.
• Our worship services have had a regular flow of visitors so far this year.
• For God's faithfulness and love for his people.

Pray

• Pray for a newly established Vision Team and Prayer Teams that are seeking to discern God's will and direction for Christ Community Church.
• Pray for our efforts to reach out to young adults. 
• Pray for leaders.

Renew Church, Fort Myers, FL

Rev. Steve and Rachel Reynolds scr@outlook.com

Praises

• We have hired a new worship leader. He is an amazing asset to the Renew team. He has a real heart for God and exceptional music/ worship leadership gifts.
• We are now beginning (in February) our Kid’s Club at Horizons (government housing) to teach Gospel-based character education to children. This has been a prayer requests of ours and our strong desire to be able to bring the Gospel to Horizons!
• We have had many churches and individuals step up and give, as our funding from ONA and Florida Presbytery is winding down. We thank God for His provision!

Pray

• Rachel’s brother unexpectedly died this past Friday. He was only 57. We are thankful that he is with Jesus now, but are grieving his loss. Please pray for Rachel and for her brother Tom’s family.
• We are preparing a mailing into the community to “bump” momentum as we fly through the first quarter of 2015. God has used mailings to peak interest and bring people to Renew. Pray that people would receive the mailing and that it would turn their attention to Jesus!
• We have made a transition in our meeting place to a less expensive part of Cypress Lake Middle School. The flow works well, but we are trying to optimize the facility for our worship time.

SonLife Church, Jacksonville, FL

Rev. Bob and Dail Hovey thehoveys@aol.com

www.sonlifejax.com

Praise

• The ONA Church Planters Retreat went great.
• For wonderful giving from outside the congregation.
• The Financial Management LifeGroup was well attended.

Pray

• For us to see some new faces.
• For continued healing of Bob's foot (surgery).
• For financially strapped young families.

Northeast Presbytery

Global Vision ARP Church, Flushing, NY
Rev. Peter Tae Mun and Hong Eun Lee Peter.L@gmx.us
www.missionglobal.org
Pray

• For our new church chorus. We have a good experienced conductor to organize the chorus team. We need good leaders for each parts of chorus team.
• We need church van and driver to pick up more new members who do not have the transportation.

Good News Presbyterian Church, Gilbert, AZ
Rev. Clyde and Ann Reed clydeannreed@gmail.com
www.goodnewspres.com

Praise

• The Supreme Court case, "Reed v. Town of Gilbert" about temporary church signs went well. The Alliance Defending Freedom and the media were optimistic that we won. The court has until June to render their decision.
• God was very gracious in allowing us to rent Gilbert Elementary School for worship. Our first service was January 11, the day we flew to D.C. Had we not had a facility where we needed to put out signs before our hearing on the January 12, Gilbert could have requested dismissal of the case.

Pray

• Sunday, January 25, our Clerk of Session, John Dase, died after a gallant fight with cancer. He began attending Good News soon after we started and became a member of our Provisional Session. His tenor voice and solos were very appreciated.
• Our new location is on a main street and easily located. Please pray that God will use our signs and invitations to bring in some new folks. 

Second Presbytery

Travelers ARP Mission, Travelers Rest, SC
Rev. Billy and Sissy Barron TravelersARP@gmail.com
www.travelersarpchurch.com

Thanks

• To God for His continued faithfulness.
• For new visitors, even when they are not prospective members, they are still an encouragement.
• For the faithfulness of the church family.
• For the involvement and care of the Church Extension Committee of Second Presbytery.

Pray

• For wisdom for our Session as we look to making a number of changes at Travelers.
• For more opportunities to minister in the community.
• For God to send new prospects into our fellowship.

Virginia Presbytery

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Rev. Randy Marcoz

• Pray for Randy Marcoz as he completes his internship and prepares to plant a new ARP congregation in Martinsburg, West Virginia, near Harpers Ferry. For more information: http://reformationwv.org/reformation-bible-study-restarting/

Canadian Presbytery

Faith Church, Tilsonburg, Ontario Rev. Steve Richardson

Kingston, Ontario – exploratory work

Catawba Presbytery

Hill City Church, Rock Hill, SC Rev. Andy Stager

Iglesia Biblica Latinoamericana, Columbia, SC

King’s Parish, Dallas, Texas Rev. David Winburne

RiverCrossing ARP, York County, SC Rev. David Stover  

Shem Creek Presbyterian Church, SC – exploratory work Rev. Charlie Phillips

First Presbytery

Bethesda Presbyterian Church, ARP, Johnson City, TN

Brookside Presbyterian Church, ARP, Boone, NC Rev. Larry Young

Christ Coastal Church, Southport, NC Rev. Walt Shepard

City Church of Asheville, Asheville, NC Rev. Duff James

Faith Chapel ARP, Pleasant Garden, NC Rev. Terry Crahen

Grace Church Leith, Leith, Scotland Rev. Athole Rennie

Grace Community Church, Black Creek, NC Rev. Randy Jenkins

Hyo Shin Korean, Greensboro, NC – exploratory work Rev. Byong Han Son

New Beginnings, Smithfield, NC Rev. Percy Coleman

Northside Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC Rev. Paul Traub

Peace Korean ARP, Charlotte, NC – exploratory work Rev. Eung Chu Lee

Pinecrest Hispanic Mission, Hendersonville, NC Rev. Juan Carlos Unda

Rodam Korean ARP Church, Pineville, NC Rev. Eun Joo Kim

Wilkes-Covenant, Millers Creek, NC – exploratory work Student Josh Feimster

Florida Presbytery

Christ Community, Apollo Beach, FL Rev. Charlie Lewis

Renew Church, Fort Myers, FL Rev. Steve Reynolds

SonLife Church, Jacksonville, FL Rev. Bob Hovey

Tampa Chinese Presbyterian Church, Tampa, FL Rev. Jeff Liu

Mississippi Valley Presbytery

Havana ARP Church, Havana, AR Rev. Moises Chan

Northeast Presbytery

All Nations Mission Church of NY, New York City, NY Rev. Bongkyun (Andrew) Bang

Global Vision ARP Church, Flushing, NY Dr. Peter Tae Mun Lee

Good News Presbyterian Church, Gilbert, AZ Rev. Clyde Reed

Holy Covenant, Lancaster, PA Rev. Jong Chul Kim

Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, MI

Iranian Christian Church of Washington, D.C. Rev. Javad Pishghadamian

Jesuwon Community, Horsham, PA Rev. Seong Jong Yoon

Tri-State Community Church, WV Rev. Rick Anderson

Second Presbytery

Clemson Korean Presbyterian Church Rev. Jae Park

Travelers ARP, Travelers Rest, SC Rev. Billy Barron

Tennessee/Alabama Presbytery

Hanmaum ARP, Madison, AL Rev. Soo Young Kim

Virginia Presbytery

Martinsburg, West Virginia Rev. Randy Marcoz

New Covenant, Chantilly, VA Rev. Hae Gaph Lee

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