Outreach Prayer Update

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OUTREACH Prayer Update
June 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.)

In general

Pray for the meeting of General Synod the second week of June.
Pray for our church planters, interns and mission churches?that they have a great summer of outreach and mission.
Pray also for their families.
If you would like to support individual missions, you can donate to them on the ONA website http://www.outreachnorthamerica.org/donate-individual-missions/.


Search by Presbytery:
Canadian Presbytery
Catawba Presbytery
First Presbytery
Florida Presbytery
Mississippi Valley Presbytery
Northeast Presbytery
Second Presbytery
Virginia Presbytery



Canadian Presbytery

Kingston, Ontario
Kevin and Joanne Carter kdcarter63@outlook.com
Pray

We move to Kingston Ontario the first of July, but are now beginning to make contacts. Pray for the Lord?s grace as we begin to build a core group for this new church plant.
Pray for the Lord to provide a suitable location for us to worship and serve as a church.
Pray for our God to pour out His Holy Spirit upon this city that He would bring a conviction of sin, righteousness and judgment in order for the gospel to meet the poor, mourning and meek souls who are hungering and thirsting for the living God.


Catawba Presbytery

Hill City Church, Rock Hill, SC
Daniel and Ashlee Wells danielfwells@gmail.com
Praise

For having 12 new folks go through ?Life in Jesus? Church? membership class.
For Andy and Ellie Stager?s exciting call as missionaries to Seoul, South Korea!
For millennials who have been away from the church for years and are now coming back into the church through Hill City!

Pray

For peace and unity in the church as a divorce between two of our members takes place.
That our elder candidates would be equipped in the ministry of prayer as we read through Tim Keller?s Prayer over the summer.
That Daniel and Ashlee would rest and abide together in the gospel over the summer months.


King?s Parish, Dallas, Texas
Rev. David and Margaret Winburne david@kingsparish.com
Pray

Keep praying for our mission's growth numerically, financially and spiritually.


River Crossing ARP, York County, SC
Rev. David and Emily Stover Stoverdavid@hotmail.com
Pray

Join us as we give thanks for the first baby born in our congregation! Dylan Hurst was born March 2. He's already seen Thomas the Tank Engine, visited 2 zoos, and travelled to Tennessee for vacation!
Pray for our worship leader transition. Zach and Megan Simmons moved to Florida to begin a new chapter of ministry with Zach as the student minister at Bartow ARP Church. Matthew Kreh, a Winthrop student, will begin leading our worship for us in June.
The Stover's are thankful for our son Jonathan's high school graduation from Lake Pointe Academy. He will be attending Winthrop in the fall.
Pray for the summer slump that hits church plants extra hard. Pray especially for our outreach plans that we have for the summer months. We have several relationship building events planned for our neighborhood.
Pray for several of our members as they care for their elderly parents.
Ask the Lord of the harvest to raise up an intern to help with preaching, community groups, and outreach ministry for the next year.

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

That God would use people from our group to gather people as he convicts the hearts of non-believers in the Charleston area.
Pray that God would provide the funding needed to meet our first year's budget.

Praise

God for continuing to provide miracles during our ministry at East Cooper Medical Center.

First Presbytery

Brookside Presbyterian Church, ARP, Boone, NC
Rev. Larry and Joyce Young drlarryyoung@msn.com
www.BooneBrooksideChurch.org
Praise

For faithful attenders and givers.
For reverent, dynamic worship.

Pray

For Brookside to be a lighthouse of Christ's love in the increasing darkness of society.
For a touch from God on the Brookside congregation.


Christ Coastal Church, Southport, NC
Rev. Walt and Val Shepard waltshepard@gmail.com

Pray for Walt as he recovers from surgery.
We are looking for a new facility where we can have our services.
Please pray for God to provide an intern (who could serve as a music and worship leader and a youth ministries person).

Praise

If anyone is following our story of the stolen cross, the update is that the older gentleman was gloriously promoted to heaven, and the cross was returned!
Rejoice with us as our leadership team is getting stronger, with a new addition to our ranks. This man is also willing to be our missions guy. Thank the Lord!


Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church, Clayton, NC
Rev. Ken and Laura Kunkel ken@gracereformed.church
www.gracereformed.church
Praise

For the blessing of our facility.
For recent visitors worshipping with us.
For a pianist for the Summer
For the giving of many in our congregation through their gifts and resources.
For the start-up of our Men?s Bible Study.
For Warren Harvey as our church planting coach.

Pray

That the Lord would bring us new visitors.
For opportunities to connect with residents in the nearby neighborhoods.
For the development of our youth ministry.
For fruitfulness of our current sermon series on the book of James.
For financial needs.
That the Lord would ?grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness.? (Acts 4:29)
For the distribution of our ?Invite Cards.?

Florida Presbytery

Renew Church, Fort Myers, FL
Rev. Steve and Rachel Reynolds sc_reynolds@centurylink.net
Praise

We are continuing to see God work very powerfully in the lives of some people to whom we have been ministering. We are seeing them grow in Christ and align more of their lives with Him.
Some of our people are taking more seriously their place as missionaries to their friends and co-workers. They see themselves as those who are ?sent.?
I am seeing some very needed ?next steps? for us. I believe taking these steps with our attenders will pay big dividends in creating a disciple-making culture that will multiply!

Pray

We have some core people that will be moving this next month. We will feel their loss greatly. Please pray that God will bring others to fill the void!
We realize this is a year in which we need to grow numerically. We have solid leadership that is being gown, as well as good systems in place. Pray for God to bring numerical growth - growth from the harvest field!
It has really seemed like the enemy is attacking those who are in our leadership team, so that they are distracted with some pretty major life events. Pray for the protection of our leaders at Renew, as well as for them to walk in Christ?s priorities!

Northeast Presbytery

Christ Presbyterian Church, Glenside, PA
Rev. Iain and Barbara Duguid iduguid@wts.edu
Christarp.org
Pray

We are meeting every third Sunday for worship in June, then every second week in July and August, and going to every week from August 30. We are currently meeting in the Westminster Seminary auditorium.
Please pray that God would bring the people he would have to be loved and served by us.
Pray for the new seminary students arriving at Westminster Seminary for summer Greek. Pray also for those beginning their studies in the fall. Ask God that we would be able to connect with them well.
Pray that we would connect with people in the neighborhood who need to hear the gospel, whether for the first time or the thousandth.
Pray for our interactions with the pastors of other local churches-- that the Lord would give us good relationships.
Pray for those deciding whether to join us regularly once we move to weekly worship.

Praise

Our worship services have been rich and joyful celebrations of the gospel.
We have great people working with our music, children's ministry and nursery.


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

The letter from our lawyer to the Home Owners Association where our property is has been approved by us and is in the process of being delivered.
We have found many more reformed Christian families in the East Valley where we're located and a number want to see a stronger reformed witness established here.
We have had several visitors at our 9:00 a.m. Sunday service at Gilbert Elementary School service with some real possibilities.
At our 11:00 a.m. Sunday Sunrise Senior Living service, we have had 4 new folks.
Brookdale Home is under new management and they are really endorsing our 2:00 p.m. Sunday service. We now have the best attendance and the best singing there of all 3 services.

Pray

The Supreme Court must hand down its decision this month on "Reed vs. Town of Gilbert" about temporary church sign regulations. Pray that they will decide in favor of us and that the wording will be such that it will benefit churches meeting in temporary facilities across our nation to adequately advertise their services.
That God would continue be bring visitors to our services.
That the Lord will guide our search committee to His person to fill the pulpit at Good News Pres.


Holy Trinitly Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, MI
www.holytrinitypc.org
Give thanks

For the steady growth of our core group-- we are blessed with strong, committed families and singles, and are seeing regular new visitors from the community.

Pray

For our congregation as we are in the process of calling a full-time minister to join the work at Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church as a mission developer.
For our continued outreach ministry in our community-- that the gospel of Jesus Christ would advance, and God be glorified.




Canadian Presbytery
Faith Church, Tilsonburg, Ontario Rev. Steve Richardson
Kingston, Ontario Rev. Kevin Carter

Catawba Presbytery
Hill City Church, Rock Hill, SC Rev. Andy Stager (supply)
Iglesia Biblica Latinoamericana, Columbia, SC
King?s Parish, Dallas, Texas Rev. David Winburne
River Crossing 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 Community Church, Black Creek, NC Rev. Randy Jenkins
Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church, Clayton, NC Rev. Ken Kunkel
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
Redeemer Community Church, Murray, KY

Northeast Presbytery
All Nations Mission Church of NY, New York City, NY Rev. Bongkyun (Andrew) Bang
Christ Presbyterian Church, Glenside, PA Rev. Iain Duguid
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
New Covenant, Chantilly, VA Rev. Hae Gaph Lee

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