Today’s prayer requests come from Jody May, our small groups pastor.  Jody is also our campus pastor and is in charge of setup at the theater.  Tomorrow is Thursday, and I’m asking everyone to pray and fast for the mission of our church.   Here’s what Jody writes…

As we have already seen there are some big prayers being prayed for right now in our church.  We want to be the church that has a great Sunday experience for adults and children.  We want to see numerous people come to Christ of all ages.  And lastly, we want to be a real church for real people, especially those who do not have a relationship with God…’yet.’

The way I see it Journey Groups will be leading the way in our efforts in, “Leading people from where they are to where God wants them to be.” They will be the backbone of our church by Reaching out to our community, Connecting with one another for strength and guidance, and Growing in their relationships with God.

Here is the prayer for our Journey Groups this year;

1.  That we would have 25 groups in the fall.  This is a huge step for us and would be an increase of 40%!  This would be a representation of 60-65% of our adult attenders.  What does this mean?  It means more and more people will be in a place that is conducive to their spiritual health and to the health of the church.

2.  That our Journey Groups will lead the way in reaching out to our community.  That they will be all about inviting friends, neighbors, relatives, anyone to their groups, always striving to include.  That they will invite these same people to church whenever they get a chance.  And most importantly, that they would be the hands and feet of Christ in their community.  That they would complete some type of outreach event once a quarter.

3.  Lastly, that our people our so on fire for others, that every group has to multiply in February in order to handle the amount of people living life in a Journey Group.

I know that God is going to be doing some incredible things here!  Please be in prayer with us as God takes this ministry to the next level.

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” Ephesians 3:20