Itineraries:
Jon Jenks – February 18-21 Missions Conference, Fosterburg Bapt., Belthalto, IL
February 26 First Baptist, Belmont, NY
Chip Wood – February 17-18 – Men’s Adventure (circulating)
February 19 – Central Baptist Church (speaking)
February 25-26 – Faith Baptist Church in N. Chili NY (speaking)
Chip: 3 TJT sessions with Temple in Lincoln, NE
Scott Owen – February 10-11 IRBC teen winter retreat (counselors)
February 12: Calvary Baptist in Rochester, MN
February 17-18: attending Marriage Conference at Prairie Flower Baptist in Washington, IA
February 19 and 26: First Baptist in Monroe, IA
LJ studies: Austin, MN; St. Ansgar, IA; Charles City, IA; Chisago Lakes; Des Moines, IA; Leading LJ for Prairie Flower
Tim Weeks – February 12– teaching Connection Hour at Kossuth Street Baptist, Lafayette, IN
Steve and Kristen Wynn – associate church revitalizers at Constantia Center Baptist Church in Bernhard’s Bay, NY
This past Sunday marked the end of my short sermon series in the book of Habakkuk. If interested, you can listen to the three-part series on Constantia Center Baptist’s Facebook page: facebook.com/ConstantiaCenterBaptist.
Praises
*Praise God for Steve and Kristen remaining healthy. London and Calvin had the stomach bug this past month, but we were spared and were able to continue ministering!
*Join us in praising God for our partnering families and churches.
*Praise God for our five partnering churches – Constantia Center Baptist Church, Faith Baptist Tabernacle, Faith Bible Church, Smyrna Baptist Church, and West Smyrna Baptist Church.
*Praise God for four churches considering partnering with us – Cornerstone Baptist Church in Ames, NY, Grace Baptist Church in Binghamton, NY, Tabernacle Baptist Church in Ithaca, NY, and Glen Baptist Church in Watkins Glen, NY.
Prayer Requests
Wynn Family
*Pray for us to have wisdom as we seek the Lord’s leading in ministry at Constantia Center Baptist Church, Faith Baptist Tabernacle, and more.
*Pray for new families to join our ministry team in partnership.
*Pray for London and Calvin as they continue to adjust to our new life as missionaries.
*Pray for our conversations with potential new partnering churches and families.
*Pray for us as we’ll be traveling to Illinois in February for Fosterburg Baptist Church’s Missions Conference.
Constantia Center Baptist Church
*Pray for the church’s new pastor and for wisdom and the Lord’s leading in the search process. We have begun to receive some potential names for candidates – which is exciting!
*Pray for the core group to be bold in proclaiming Christ and for their faith in Christ to produce good works.
*Pray as we begin a sermon series on the One Anothers.
*Pray for the men who are taking BCP’s Leadership Journey with Steve.
*Pray for our small groups to grow spiritually and numerically.
*Pray for our teachers and students as we prepare to launch Sunday School this month.
*Pray for wisdom as we continue to implement the revitalization plan.
*Pray for Kristen as she serves in junior church and nursery.
Faith Baptist Tabernacle
*Pray for the small groups, discipleship groups, and children’s ministries and that more families will participate in them.
*Pray for Pastor J. and Steve as they partner together to minister at FBT.
*Pray for the leadership and members of the church as they seek to boldly proclaim Christ and live out the one anothers.
Teacher Journey Training
*Pray for Steve and Chip as they will be leading an Embark workshop in Dundee, NY, in March.
Brent and Michele Howard – missionary church builders, currently building at Grace Baptist Church in Canton, OH
The job here at Grace Baptist in Canton, OH, has been progressing well since the end of September. A group of men took a trip out from New York and provided some extra help pouring the sanctuary floor the last weekend in September. The guys from Grace Baptist were very dedicated to seeing the building get under roof as quickly as possible. We were able to finish the roof in October and start right on the brick and siding. Most of the brick and siding was finished in November and December with the help of 3 guys who took a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska to spend a cold week in November outside installing the Novabrick! All of the mechanical contractors are working diligently at roughing in their services so we can insulate soon and turn on some heat in the new building. We have been working on covering the 500’ of sprinkler pipe that was added to the existing building. Small soffits needed to be built through most of the hallways to conceal the orange pipe feeding water to each room.
I’ve been reminded recently of an illustration given by Steve Little about Moses, Aaron, and Hur. Moses was given specific instructions for how to defeat Amalek in battle; it seemed simple I’m sure at the time. But, after holding the staff of the LORD over his head for a while, he realized he needed help. All of us some point in our lives need help and at other points in life can be a help to someone else in need. Thank you for being our help by prayer, support, and physically helping.
Tim and Marsha Weeks – Church Facilitation Director with a Missionary Care emphasis
Prayer Requests
- Please pray for wisdom for the Besteys as they minister in Kansas City, MO. Their daughter needs a kidney transplant, and they appreciate the prayer of others in this time of waiting.
- Please continue to pray that Marsha will communicate well during the (26 total) weeks ahead of training the Ladies in the growing in the Grove studies.
- Pray for the Solomon’s serving in Fairmont, WV. They both are struggling with health issues and need wisdom for the decisions that need to be made concerning treatment.
- Continued prayer for our family. Reuben celebrates a birthday this week. His family while on vacation met up with his cousin Jason Berrus (it had been 17 years since seeing each other) and their children enjoyed meeting second cousins.
- Also pray as Tim prepares for teaching in Connection Hour at Kossuth Street Baptist Church.
