Ambassador tour 2009 begins...
A lot has happened since we last updated you! We had the chance to spend the 2 weeks over the holidays at home with our families, which a great time of refreshment and relaxation. We had the opportunity to share in the York Grace Brethren Church on Sunday, December 28. Many of the congregation had the chance to meet Stacie for the first time, and told her they have been praying for her already and are glad to have a face to put with her name. It's awesome to know that York GBC has already begun supporting us consistently in prayer. What an encouraging day for us!We came back out to Winona Lake last weekend and were in the Warsaw Community Grace Brethren Church on Sunday, January 4. Ed Lewis prayed over us during the service, and the church body there commissioned us to begin our ministry. During the 'hour of training', Stacie & I taught the youth class about the necessity of discipleship in every believer's life. Since we have worked with this youth group for a number of years, it was great to share our heart and passion with these students that we know so well. They also prayed over us, commissioning us to our ministry, and many committed to continue to pray faithfully for us.
Stacie & I are so thankful for the chance to start our ministry in Waldorf, York, and Warsaw, as these are the churches we consider our 'sending' churches, because of our long relationships with these church bodies. We are excited and encouraged by their support!
We are in the office this week, finalizing our schedule for this month. Last night we headed up to Grace Community Church in Goshen, Indiana, and got to participate in Axis, their Wednesday night youth time. It was great connect with Kari, an Operation Barnabas 2008 alum, as well as meet the 3 students who will be joining us on Barnabas in 2009! We enjoyed meeting lots of students, talking with friend of ours, Rich Yauger (youth pastor) & Jeremy Byng (worship leader). Stacie & I had the opportunity to teach last night too; we spoke again on the necessity of discipleship, which all starts with a relationship with Jesus. We had so much fun!
Jeremy and his wife Ginger were excited to hear about the Ambassador program. Jeremy said, "I'm so excited for you and this new ministry. God is certainly going to do great things!"
Saturday we head out to Ohio. We have plans to connect with pastors and youth in the following churches: Grace Church of Greater Akron (north & south campuses), Delaware GBC, Rittman GBC, Western Reserve GBC, GBC of Columbus, GBC of Powell, Canton GBC, Southern Hills Church, Wooster GBC, Grace Chapel of Minerva, and Ashland GBC.
It'll be a busy week for sure, but we can't wait. If you're in the Akron or Columbus areas and are interested in getting together to hear more about CE ministries or to talk about discipleship ideas, we'd love to hear from you! Email us as CEambassadors@cenational.org.
posted by sarah @ 10:15 AM
1 Comments:
You two have been blessed with an incredible energy that was so evident when you spoke to the Axis youth group last Wednesday night. I will be praying for you as you speak with other youth groups. Thanks so much for sharing from your heart!
God Bless You!
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