Please remember these requests in your prayers:

- The young sailor in the picture is none other than our own Aaron Spence. He graduated from Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, IL early this month and has now been transferred to Pensacola, FL for his job training. After that, only God knows. Lets cover him with prayer.
- Doreen of Jesus Cares Ministries in Chandler has informed us that they may have to shut down their mens program. The pastor who has been overseeing the program is getting married and they need someone to stay on the property to oversee the program. They are talking to a local church about partnering with them. Please pray for God's wisdom in this for both the church and the ministry.
- Continue to pray the Luke 10:2b prayer. Ask Him to send the house churches of Phoenix into His harvest field. Ask for spiritual renewal within the house churches of Phoenix.
- Vernie Abbitt is continuing to recover from injuries suffered during a mission trip last year. Please keep him in your prayers.
- Praise God for those taking part in the Valley's Saturday Morning Mountain Top Prayer Campaign. Be there on Feb. 3 to pray for your city.
- For the 16 year old daughter of one of our brothers to find peace and come to Christ.
- Larry's coworker Phil still recovering from heart attacks and a stroke. He has been on disability and has had some challenges with the insurance causing some serious financial problems. Please keep him in your prayers.

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.

Coming Up:

Jan. 22, Feb. 5: Air Assault on the Kingdom of Darkness. (North Phoenix) Email Darrell for location and time.

Jan. 23, Feb. 6: Churches in the East Valley meet for prayer. Call 602-524-9400 or email me for times and location.

Jan. 26-28: First Annual Organic Church Movements Conference - Members of CMA and others interested in organic church will want to attend this. Complete information can be found on the CMA website.

Feb. 3: The Valley's Saturday Morning Mountain Top Prayer Campaign. Be sure to plan to be a part of this movement in the valley. See the website for more information and to join in the discussion.

Feb. 3: House Church Seminar and Training, Dana Point, CA with Robert Fitts and Frank Smith. See here for details.

Feb. 10 - 6:30pm: John Briggs, Director of Mission Builders International will be at Arrowhead Fellowship, 9516 W Peoria Ave, Suite 2, Peoria Az. Mission Builders International connects Christians to frontline missions sending short-term volunteers. If you are a candidate for short term mission or know someone who is you don't want to miss this. For more information, call Rich and Becky Kraemer at 623-214-3671 or email Rich.

Mar. 18 - 3:00 to 7:00pm: The next valleywide house church gathering will be held at Squaw Peak Park north of Glendale, west of the 51. More details will be forthcoming. For planning purposes, we would like to get an estimated head count. For those early planners out there, anyone who wants to RSVP early - may do so by emailing Jeff Evilsizor. We will be ordering subs and having people bring a cold side dish to share.

Home Fellowship Network is a new website that was launched Jan. 1 with the goal of helping house churches across the country network with each other for the purpose of encouragement. The webmaster is Greg Jones and it is a division of Total Life Ministries, Inc.

A Kingdom, A People & A River is a weekly newsletter published by Maurice Smith of the Parousia Network of house churches in Spokane, WA. Maurice always has great insight on a variety of subjects. He is working on a project for a house church related podcast. To subscribe simply type SUBSCRIBE in the Subject line of a blank e-mail and send it to newsletter@parousianetwork.org.

Growthtrac is a great source of Christian marriage resources, spiritual growth, advice and community. Go here to subscribe to their newsletter.

ABC News ran a recent feature they called "Living Room Liturgy". See here for the story.

A recent Barna Update cites "House Churches Are More Satisfying to Attenders Than Are Conventional Churches" according to a new study. See here for this report.