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Greetings!
What a month! God is truly at work in Phoenix and in
Arizona.
We are seeing God answer prayers in so many ways;
from a new life needing a home to the unity
expressed in a gathering of many house churches
looking for a shared vision to the blessing of being
trained by one of the world's foremost church
planters.
Read and be encouraged. But remember that there
is much work to be done. We have been given the
responsibility of taking God's message to the people.
We are equipped and prepared. Do you share the
vision?
I know there are individuals and groups involved in
house church around Phoenix that are not on the
mailing list for this newsletter. Feel free to forward
this to anyone you think may be interested.
Check The Joshua Tree blog
for commentary on topics of interest to the house
church community.
TIP: If you are curious about what other
Christian
bloggers are saying about the news of the day, go to
Blogs4God:
A semi-definitive list of Christians who blog.
Larry
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New Parents |
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When a young couple they know came to them and
asked if they would adopt thier little newborn baby
girl, Henry and Cindy Staggs could not refuse. With
barely 24 hours advance notice, they became the
adoptive parents to little Emma Madison.
Their house church fellowship has banded around
them in support to help them get ready for the
adoption process. If God is leading you to help Henry
and Cindy in any way, please contact
Larry.
Please pray that the adoption process will go
smoothly.
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House Church Retreat |
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Families from house churches all over the Phoenix
area converged on the Prescott Pines
Camp
on February 3 for the first annual house church
retreat. Our guest speaker was George
Patterson, a
recognized expert on the subject of church
multiplication.
They came from Phoenix, Mesa, Surprise, Gilbert,
Peoria, Safford. They came ....
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What are our next steps? |
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Now its important that we follow through with what
was planned during the retreat. To keep the
momentum going, and to help us all follow through
with our committments, the following are suggested
next steps.
- The materials that were given out at the end of
the retreat should be distributed within the house
churches to reinforce what we learned. Additional
copies of Church
Multiplication Guide can be purchased direct
from the publisher, William Carey Library.
- Take the opportunity to look at the huge amount
of resources made available by George free on the
internet at http://www.paul-timothy.net and
http://www.mentorandmultiply.com.
- Coordinators should mark their calendars for
Saturday March 11 for their first meeting at Jeff Evilsizor's
home. Planned times are 2pm to 4pm.
More details will be sent out.
- To understand the fields of opportunity around
us, demographic research is needed. If you would
like to help, please contact Darrell Kilcup.
- Darrell and Jeff are spear-heading the
establishment of a 24/7 prayer room in the valley.
They are looking for a room for this. If you know of
a place where this could be done, please contact
one of them.
- For more ideas on multiplying churches while
reaching the lost in our communities, read
Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life
Happens by Neil Cole. This book will reinforce
what we learned from George. Go to our website to
order your copy.
- Become grounded in the Biblical foundation of
house church by attending the workshop coming up
on March 25.
RESPONSE REQUESTED: To help reinforce
the
lessons we learned, please share something you
learned or an impression
you took away from the retreat. Send these to Larry and they
will be published in the March edition of the
newsletter.
RESPONSE REQUESTED: A proposed
Association of Phoenix Area House Churches was put
before those who attended the retreat. More
information on the proposal can be found here. We want to trust the Lord on this
so it is totally dependent on the level of support
there is from the
area house churches. Please send Larry your
thoughts on this.
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