We had a great Sunday evening service. We had our first discipleship class of 2010 with 4 new converts in attendance and all were excited about the study. Thanks for your prayers for all our new converts.
I started a new series on Worship on Sunday morning and preached this Sunday evening on bearing fruit.
We had 3 raise their hands asking for prayers in regards to their salvation but no one responded to the altar call this evening.
God is Good – all the time!
With a number of new professions this year and last, we will be starting up a new convert class on Sunday evenings at 5:30p. We currently have 4 confirmed attendees and praying for a couple more to join.
As always your prayers are coveted for our ministry!
For the last 3 years, I have been working a fulltime secular job to help support our family. I believe it is now time to step away from my fulltime job and go nearly full time as a pastor.
Please pray as we seek to raise the remainder of our monthly support needed to quit my job. We currently have $350 of the $1000 necessary to do so.
There have been evident signs of God’s hand in this endeavor confirming this next step of faith. Your prayers are always appreciated and necessary.
We had a great 2009 with 6 professions of faith in the last 2 months of the year. We also have been averaging between 20-30 in attendance. Thank you for all your prayers.
I also plan on updating this blog more this year!
Please remember the Matthews family in your prayers. One of the twin girls, Anna, got too close to a fire and was burned very badly on Wednesday the 3rd.
All this complicated by the fact they are missionaries serving in Brazil. However the Lord is in control and has seen fit to allow little Anna to live.
Please pray for the following:
- That Anna’s heart and lungs will heal.
- That she will be safely life flighted back to a Shriner’s burn hospital here in the states.
- Comfort and Strength for the Carol Ann and Rick.
April has started with a bang!
David Edward Teesdale was born 3/31 at 11 am. He weighed 7lb 10oz and was 20.5″ long. Unfortunately when they were delivering him he inhaled a big gulp of fluid and had to be on a CPAP machine for four days in NICU. They took him off last night and he seem to be doing well.
Kristy is also doing well, a little sore but recovering nicely.
Thanks to all who pray for us and those who prayed especially for little David…
My apologies for failing to update this blog more regularly!
The church is doing really well. As of last Sunday, we have 20 regular attenders. Many are new folks who have begun attending within the last 6 months. The people of the church are extremely excited about this new year. Our theme for 2008 is GROW!. We aim to GROW spiritually as individuals which in turn will enable us to GROW as a church both spiritually and numerically.
If you are partnering in prayer with us, please consider these things:
1. That real, tangible spiritual growth will continue to be realized in the lives of those who are attending.
2. That we will find a more permanent location to meet.
3. That we will be able to begin ministering on the Everett Naval Station.
4. That I will be able to quit my secular job soon as the church needs greater attention.
Hello All,
I have been lackadaisical in updating this blog, my apologies to those who check in here periodically to better pray for us…
Please pray especially for our new door knocking and outreach campaign starting in August. We are calling it “The 1,000 Door Challenge” and we will attempt to knock 1,000 doors in August and September.
Thanks for all who are praying for us…
I hope this post finds everyone doing well…
We had our first set of evangelistic meetings in April. Bro. Tim Shanks from God’s Word Baptist Church in Ridgefield, WA graciously came and preached every evening. Many of the unsaved we had prayed for came and we had 3 make professions of faith. All in all we had 40-50 first time visitors and some have continued to attend after the meetings. On the final evening we had 57 in attendance which is record for our church.
After months of door knocking in the neighborhood adjacent to the church, the Lord has refocused our soul-winning efforts to a neighborhood, 10 blocks north of the church. It is quickly becoming my favorite pond to fish in as it seems most we speak to are receptive to the gospel. This is unusual in a state where over 40% of the population claim to be agnostic. In fact this Sunday we had 4 people visit who were a direct result of door to door soul-winning.
We are now looking to acquire a used 16 passenger van to help pickup some of the families we are meeting while out soul-winning.
If you are praying for and with us, please remember the following:
It sure has been a busy start to spring. Just a few notable bits of news…
We are sure getting excited about our upcoming Everett for Christ meetings. Unfortunately we will be unable to have a old-fashioned tent meeting as planned but the Lord don’t need a test to see folks saved!
If you pray for us, please pray that our evangelism meetings will go well, that folks will get saved, and the church will grow.
