Prayer & Praise (March 22-28)

- Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 24) I am meeting with the missions team (and hopefully the youth pastor) at Grace Church in Arvada to present our Christian Youth In Action (CYIA) program to them and discuss a possible church partnership.

CYIA is a transformative summer missions experience for young people. Please pray that my time with Grace Church will be profitable and that CEF will prove be a good partner for this evangelistically-minded church.

- This Saturday, March 28, our State Director will be coming up from Canon City for a CEF of CO staff meeting. In the afternoon, he and I are going to sit down and block out the schedule for June’s statewide summer ministry training camp. Pray for lots of good ideas and brainstorming to come out of this session!

- Continue to pray that I could make good connections with families, individuals, and churches as I seek to raise the $3,910/month I need for doing ministry with CEF in Denver.

- Praise God that our monthly kids’ club at Salvation Army Red Shield last Friday went so well! We shared a missionary story with the kids and taught them, “You can use what you are good at to serve God.”
I think they all really grasped the big idea. Pray that it will stick with them and bear fruit in their lives!

Thanks for praying. Blessings,

Andrew

Prayer & Praise (March 15-21)

- This Friday, March 20, we are having our monthly kids’ club at Salvation Army Red Shield. Praise God for this opportunity to teach the children and connect with them! Pray for Larea, Lauren, Erica, and I as we teach.

- Continue to pray that I could make good connections with families, individuals, and churches as I seek to raise the $3,910/month I need for doing ministry with CEF in Denver. I will be renting a condo in Wheat Ridge with some friends starting June 1, and I would like to have roughly 80% of my support by then to help the transition go smoothly.

- Much of the next month and a half will be spent preparing for our CYIA team leader retreat weekend (May 8-10). We will be focusing on leadership development and spiritual formation.

Please pray for me as I work on the schedule for the weekend, recruit help, plan the environments, and develop the training sessions. I think this is going to be a really fantastic experience for everyone who comes! Pray for God’s grace as I prepare.

Thanks!

You Are Invited To...

If you live in the metro Denver area, I would like to invite you to an evening to learn about a new church planting movement that is being started in San Jose, CA. My friends Chris & Cassie are a part of this. Come hear their story! Here are the vital stats for the event:

Day: Friday, March 20

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

Place: Bear Valley Church
10001 W Jewell Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80232

Check out the website for more information. I hope to see you there!

Prayer & Praise (March 8-14)

- In May, I am conducting a weekend retreat for the summer missionaries who will be serving as team leaders in Christian Youth In Action (CYIA) this year. We are going to be focusing on leadership development and spiritual formation. I want each of the team leaders to be energized for seeking God first as they lead their team.

I am really excited about this! We are going to explore issues such as urban ministry, religious pluralism, conflict resolution, etc. Please pray for me as I develop each of the sessions and plan the various environments that we will have over the weekend.

- Continue to pray that I could make good connections with families, individuals, and churches as I seek to raise the $3,910/month I need for doing ministry with CEF in Denver.

- Praise God for the 50+ children’s Bible clubs that have been scheduled for this summer thus far! Our goal is to train 20 young people to teach 120 Bible clubs, reaching 2,000 children in metro Denver with the good news of Jesus.

Thanks!

Prayer & Praise (March 1-7)

- Praise God for the great CYIA kick-off event we had this past Friday! I thought it went very well. We had 16 returning and prospective summer missionaries (along with assorted parents and siblings) come for pizza, games, and an informative presentation about our vision & mission for CYIA this year.

Our theme for Summer 2009 is “transformation.” We talked from 1 Peter 1:22-2:3 about craving transformation.

Specifically, we want to see (1) students transformed in their faith through working in teams, teaching the Bible, internalizing the gospel, and showing God’s love to the children, and (2) children transformed in their lives by placing their faith in Jesus for salvation and learning to live for him.

Our goal for Summer 2009 is to train 20 young people to teach 120 Bible clubs in metro Denver, reaching 2,000 children with the good news of Jesus.

- This week I am writing, printing, & mailing my quarterly newsletter, Beautiful Feet. One of my favorite things is writing the devotional article for the back page. Pray that this process would go well and that I could write something that would be edifying for God’s people.

- Continue to pray that I could make good connections with families, individuals, and churches as I seek to raise the $3,910/month I need for doing ministry with CEF in Denver.

- Several of our team leaders this year will not be old enough to drive their team, so this week I am beginning the process of recruiting drivers for the summer. Please pray that all the spots will get filled.

Do you know someone who might be willing to spend a week this summer driving a team of two to four young people on fire for God? If so, let me know.

Thanks so much for your prayers & support. You are invaluable to this ministry!