Intercession Needed for Evangelism!
Thank you all who pray for this team ministry regularly! We are in special need of a focus intercession team to lift up our Weekend Bible Conferences. These are evangelistic seminars held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and evenings. Because there are only 5 main sessions and 3 breakout sessions, our goals for these Weekend Bible Seminars are 1) to bring people into a peronal relationship with Jesus for the first time and 2) to enable people to begin a “baptism action plan” that includes personal Bible study, pastoral guidance, and participation in Renew’s core ministries.
Our first Weekend Bible Conference is November 15-16, 2008. We need you to join this focus intercessory prayer team now and join us in praying for God’s Spirit to prepare people to respond to our advertisements and invitations, bring people to the event, and renew people in their relationship with Him. We understand that the enemy doesn’t want this Weekend Bible Conference to even happen, let alone have any success. Will you join us in prayer over the next month?
Here’s how this intercession team will operate:
1. Contact us now and let us know you want to pray specifically for the Weekend Bible Conference.
2. Receive weekly e-mail updates from Adam, our outreach pastor, on the development and prayer needs of the WBC.
3. Commit to praying at least 5 times a week between Oct. 6 and Nov. 15, 2008 over the weekly prayer updates and whatever else God lays on your heart.
4. Fast (in a way that is appropriate for you) and pray specifically on Nov. 15-16 for the people attending the WBC.
If God is laying this prayer ministry on your heart, don’t hesitate to contact us . If you are joining late, don’t let that stop you! Our God is mighty and He calls all of us to pray for His kingdom to grow.
“Pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you” (2 Thessalonians 3:1).
Current Status
God is opening up many opportunities and moving this ministry forward! Please read the current monthly prayer newsletter below for updates, specific praises and prayer requests. Also, our church website is our interface with the community, so visit us there to pray for our community and our ministries as you read about current and upcoming events.
We have been working hard to get our new Worship and Prayer Center ready for our Grand Opening Nov. 8, when we launch into weekly services! We believe that having our own ministry space will give us a much more consistent presence in the community, and beginning weekly services will generate more momentum. We still need to have a public hearing with the city planning commission (Oct. 23) to obtain a conditional use permit to open our doors to the general public. This is our last major hurdle to weekly services, so please pray it all goes well!
Here are some key dates as you pray for this ministry and contemplate contributing your resources :
Oct. 23 – Public Hearing with Planning Commission
Oct. 24 – Prayer Dedication for Worship and Prayer Center
Nov. 1 – Prayer Service for Renew Ministries and Community
Nov. 6 – Worship and Prayer Center Open House, 4-8 pm
Nov. 8 – Grand Opening, Launch into Weekly Services
Nov. 15-16 – Hope Begins Weekend Bible Conference
About the Project
Since 2004, our three families have sensed a growing call from God toward team ministry in a church planting setting. In June 2007 we moved to Shakopee MN to plant a multi-staff church that completely bypasses the small church growth phase and to facilitate a growing network of church plants that glorify God and prepare the community for Christ’s soon return.
God has been leading the Minnesota Conference on a similar journey. We are very excited to partner with the Minnesota Conference to plant Renew Community Church in the southwest part of the Twin Cities Metro area.
We have been holding monthly preview services since October 2007 and our grand opening is November 8, 2008.
November Prayer Team Newsletter
Dear Prayer Team,
As we near this Thanksgiving season so much has been going on at Renew Community Church. We held a meaningful prayer and annointing service for our new space on October 24, as a celebration of receiving the long-awaited meeting permit. November 1, a prayer service was given for our church family and community. It was a blessing to come together and lift up our neighbors, friends and family before God. November 8, was the much anticipated Grand Opening. We had a small crowd of friends supporting us, interested walk-ins and our regular attendees. November 15 and 16, the first Weekend Bible Conference was given to a small but receptive audience.
We are now holding weekly worship services, in a regular space, and we look forward to meeting more people as God introduces us through the weeks and months to come.
We are in need of prayer as much now as ever before. Adam, Matt and Jay worked long hours to build out the new space in time for the grand opening service and then worked to prepare for the Weekend Bible Conference. As we recover from all the work and hours that were put in, we pray for a renewing of excitement, energy and motivation to keep going strong.
Our other praises and prayer requests are:
- Praise for a mostly-finished church space
- Praise for people just dropping in at our new facility, to see what it is and meet the staff
- Praise for new transferring members
- Praise for finding two terrific ladies to take over the nursery for December and January
- Prayers for our church’s financial needs – the money for the buildout was all budgeted and there, but we still have so much of the financial year left
- Prayer for a greater evangelistic spirit, more witnessing opportunities, and greater impact
I hope this Thanksgiving season finds you looking at every blessing God has bestowed on the world and you personally. In hard times we always gain strength by looking at how great our God is!
Blessings,
Kristin
Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
1 Chronicles 16:7-9