Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Here are some prayer requests and reminders that I've just shared with the people of our congregation...and now I'll share them with the rest of the web...

(1) Diane is scheduled for a bone marrow transplant procedure, beginning October 1. Pray for Diane's complete healing. Pray that God will encourage both her and her family during this time of great challenge.

(2) Continue to pray for Isaac, asking God to give him healing and to grant peace and guidance to his parents, Sheila and Matt, and their family as they deal with his situation. (By the way, Isaac is in kindergarten and loving it!)

(3) Pray for the people in Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., who are still without electrical power in the wake of Hurricane Isabel. Ask God to grant peace and the hope of Jesus' resurrection to all who mourn their losses following this hurricane. Ask God also to help people to rebuild their lives, doing so on the strong foundation of Jesus Christ, in the wake of Isabel.

(4) Remember this coming Friday's 3N Party, happening at Friendship's church building, 1300 White Oak Road, Amelia, Ohio, from 7:00 to 10:00 P.M. We'll welcome Christian rock band, Star E11even (featuring our own Andrew Wood on guitar) and my brother, the comedian, Marty Daniels. (By the way, Marty is also now doing morning news reports for several radio stations nationwide, including one in Chicago.) Everybody is invited...bring your friends, especially those who don't usually go to church...they'll see Christ and the Church in a completely different light!

(5) We'll have another of our Wednesday night discussions of The Purpose Driven Life tonight, from 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. It happens at the church building, 1300 White Oak Road, Amelia, Ohio. These have been great, meaningful, and for me anyway, helpful discussions!

(6) Update: So far, we've received $2500.00 in pledges from other congregations toward hiring a part-time youth director (Tim Vogel) and a part-time music director (Kathy Luccasen) for Friendship in 2004. This represents 12.5% of the $20,000.00 to make this happen next year. I am really excited about that...and you can be too! We also recently received a $1500.00 Mission Festival offering from the congregation I formerly served in northwestern Ohio and I am going to recommend that Church Council designate this money for hiring a youth director and a music director next year. Continue to pray that God will incite the congregations we've approached to provide us with help in this effort. I firmly believe that filling these two positions will help jumpstart our outreach efforts in this community.

I want to thank the people of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Cincinnati and of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, near Okolona, Ohio, for their support of this new venture of faith!

(7) A number of people have expressed interest in becoming members of Friendship. We'll have a new members class on October 22, 29, and November 5, from 7:00 to 10:00 P.M. at the church building. If you'd like to be part of it, let me know. You'll get an overview of our basic beliefs and some information about the vision and mission of Friendship. So, long-time members might find it interesting too!

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