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Phoenix Area House Churches Newsletter
News from the home-front of the house church movement in Phoenix, AZ.
Greetings!
We have now enjoyed several straight days of 110+
degrees. But you say its a dry heat, right? When
its this hot it really wears on most people. Many
people take off for
the weekends to escape the heat to places north like
Flagstaff or Payson. If you do that, pray that God
will give you opportunities to meet people and share
the Good News of Jesus Christ. And that the you get
the chance to share your experiences in house church.
Speaking of going to cooler places, Sue and I spent
a great week in the beautiful Monterrey, CA area.
If you are looking for a very cool place to go that
is relatively un-crowded, compared to Southern
California, I highly recommend that area. But was
it ever hard to come back to the heat!
Help me to locate other house churches in the
Phoenix area. I know that there has to be more out
there that I don't know about but many of you may
know of them. If you know of a group that is not
listed on the house churches page of the website,
please ask them to contact me to get them on there
and to get them subscribed to the the newsletter.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Larry
Luke10:2b
Prayer Requests
From the Phoenix house churches
Please remember these requests during your daily
prayers:
- From Doreen
at Jesus
Cares Ministries: "my brother has just
informed me that he has
renounced the Lord. He is having tremendous bouts
with panic attacks. He believes God is unjust and
states that he will never serve Him again. He is
losing his mind. There is a generational curse of
insanity in the family that hits the men at this
age. (None of them were believers) He called upon
the Lord as a teenager, but has been confused and
dismayed most of his life. I would appreciate the
prayer of agreement for these curses to be broken
and for his heart to be set free to worship the
Lord. Thank you to all of you who will stand with me.
His name is Thom. thanks for the prayer."
- For a member of Sonlight Home Church in Surprise,
Jessica and her sons, Alexander and Joshua. Pray
for their financial and health needs. There is an
immediate financial need to help with the monthly
rent. If you can
help in any way, contact Rich
Kraemer.
- For the safety and health for the team from The
Gathering on their trip to Phillipines and Taiwan.
Pray that much fruit for the Kingdom will come from
their work.
- For the 16 year old daughter of one of our
brothers to come to Christ.
- For house churches in Phoenix to continue to
connect with each other for edification,
accountability, and fellowship.
- For the continued success of the Alpha group being
taught by Darrell of Big House.
- For God's direction for Henry and Cindy of East
Valley Grace after the closing of the sale of their
townhouse.
- For an East Valley Grace family who needs the head
of the family to come to Christ and for a job that
will provide for their needs.
- For John and Debbie of East Valley Grace while John is
away in school. For John as he leads a new Bible
study each Saturday night at Lion's World Services
for the
Blind in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Pray the Luke 10:2b prayer and ask God to send
more workers into His harvest field. Ask Him to
send the house churches of Phoenix into His harvest
field.
If you have a prayer request that you would like to
send to the Phoenix Area House Churches, please send
an email to me
and I will be glad to send it out with a newsletter.
Whats happening
Within the house church community
July 24,25: Air Assault on the
Kingdom of Darkness - Monday/Tuesday prayer
nights every two weeks continue for the house
churches in Phoenix and the East Valley. For
location information email Darrell for
Phoenix or Larry
for the east valley.
Larry reports that the east valley prayer
nights continue to be powerful times with many of
the house churches in the east valley represented.
Aug. 25-27, St. Louis; Sept. 1-4, Denver:
House2house National Conferences. If you are
planning to attend one of these please let me know.
Sept. 11-15, Arlington, TX: A Biblical
Theology and Practical Leadership Process for Church
Planting Movements, a teaching conference from
CPM Resources.
If you are interested in attending
this conference, contact Darrell.
If you are interested in hosting the next house
church potluck, please let Larry know.
The lighter side
A little humor for the month
Copyright Gospel Communications International, Inc -
www.reverendfun.com
What they are saying
About house church
The following article was originally posted on www.redorbit.com
but was linked to from www.sermonaudio.com.
After reading the full article, go back to the
SermonAudio link above to read the user comments at
the bottom of the page. Some of them are quite
entertaining. And you may even be moved to comment
yourself.
More Christians Moving From Traditional Services
Toward Home Churches
By MICHAEL ALISON CHANDLER and ARIANNE ARYANPUR
WASHINGTON - After Sunday dinner at Joe Rodgers'
Rockville, Md., home, guests adjourn to the living
room for church.
In his makeshift chapel, wooden kitchen stools
and a floral print couch act as pews, a portable
keyboard substitutes for an organ and the host, an
electronics technician by day, serves as pastor.
But just as there is no formal name or dress code
for this church, there is no sermon or pastor-led
prayer. When it came time to bow their heads on a
recent May evening, each of the 10 adults in
attendance had something to contribute: One man
prayed for success with his new fitness program;
another sought guidance as he prepared for his
upcoming marriage.
The worshipers have different faith backgrounds,
including evangelical, Episcopalian and Catholic.
What they share is a dissatisfaction with
traditional church services.
"You can't ask questions in most churches. You might
make an appointment with the pastor, get in his
daybook for a quick lunch," said Rodgers, 50.
A growing number of Christians around the country
are moving to home churches - both as a way to
create personal connections in the age of the
megachurch and as a return to the blueprint of the
Christian church spelled out in the New Testament,
which describes Jesus and the apostles teaching
small groups in people's homes.
CLICK
HERE to Read Entire Article at www.redorbit.com.
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Things are quiet on the home front during the summer
here in Arizona. But there are things being planned
for the fall and they will be upon us before we know
it.
Please continue to communicate what is
going on
with your group and what you are planning. We all
need to encourage each other by staying networked.
Please communicate and communicate often. The
website and the newsletter are here to encourage and
edify the members of the house church community.
Lets keep the
communication going.
You can help in the
support of
the website and newsletter by purchasing from the
retailers on the shopping
page. If you would like to see a specific
retailer on this page, let me know and I'll see if
they can be added. Or, if your house
church would like to sponsor one or more months with
a gift, email me. See you soon.
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