Greetings, prayer warriors! There is much to pray for this week. We had our fourth meeting this past Tuesday night. From that meeting there are several things we'd like for you to please pray fervantly for us about. First, we are taking a prayer walk next Sunday, the 19th. We are going to get a van and drive through the entire area, then we're splitting up to walk through different neighborhoods praying. Included in our praying is the desire for God to raise up some other believers to join our launch team, specifically some African American believers. The area God has called us contains many African Americans, many who are from lower income areas, and many white higher income neighborhoods. This area has developed unlike anything I've experienced. God is clearly calling us to purposefully be a multicultural church--reaching across all races and income levels, for the sake of building God's Kingdom in this area and boldly proclaiming and living the Gospel here.
Just last week a church closed it's doors. They are located right in the middle of a lower income neighborhood, in what we believe to be an ideal location to begin our ministry. We are praying for God to give us their facilities. Since we have little financing currenlty, we need a miracle from God for this. Please pray for God to provide these buildings, if it is indeed in accordance with His will.
Please pray for the Carraways. I had the opportunity to minister at a praise service for them at their hospital. There were about thirty or forty hospital employees there. That day they were auctioning off the hospital, and it is clearly a difficult time for the Carraways--as the hospital is a legacy of their family and very dear to them. We experienced God's Spirit in a very special way during our time together, leading me to believe that God is using this difficult situation for something very special.
I have begun meeting with the Bessemer Baptist Association pastors each Monday morning. After much prayer, we believe God would have us affiliate with the SBC through this local association. Please pray for God's Spirit to move through these pastors that together we would truly be seeking His face and being all God desires us to be in this area for His glory. I pray also that eventually the dividing walls denominationally will come down--may it start with us.
I will also be putting together a CD for us to distribute on our second prayer walk. This CD will include some of my music plus a few tracks of me speaking. It's goal is to be a ministry in itself, and to invite people to be a part of God's work through Lifesong.
Just last week a church closed it's doors. They are located right in the middle of a lower income neighborhood, in what we believe to be an ideal location to begin our ministry. We are praying for God to give us their facilities. Since we have little financing currenlty, we need a miracle from God for this. Please pray for God to provide these buildings, if it is indeed in accordance with His will.
Please pray for the Carraways. I had the opportunity to minister at a praise service for them at their hospital. There were about thirty or forty hospital employees there. That day they were auctioning off the hospital, and it is clearly a difficult time for the Carraways--as the hospital is a legacy of their family and very dear to them. We experienced God's Spirit in a very special way during our time together, leading me to believe that God is using this difficult situation for something very special.
I have begun meeting with the Bessemer Baptist Association pastors each Monday morning. After much prayer, we believe God would have us affiliate with the SBC through this local association. Please pray for God's Spirit to move through these pastors that together we would truly be seeking His face and being all God desires us to be in this area for His glory. I pray also that eventually the dividing walls denominationally will come down--may it start with us.
I will also be putting together a CD for us to distribute on our second prayer walk. This CD will include some of my music plus a few tracks of me speaking. It's goal is to be a ministry in itself, and to invite people to be a part of God's work through Lifesong.
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