Major Prayer Items For This Week

We're in an important time for our ministry. It seems there are many crucial things happening right now. We'd appreciate your prayer this week for the following areas:

• The board of an organization that supports church plants is meeting this week.  One of the many items on their agenda will be to discern which church plants they will support financially in 2008.  We have provided necessary documents to apply for this assistance.  Please pray for wisdom for these leaders and for God's provision for ClearView.
• I have the privilege of traveling to Winona Lake, IN this weekend to serve as a facilitator for a "Vision Weekend" sponsored by CE National.  On Friday evening and Saturday, I will meet with the leadership team from a Grace Brethren Church.  The purpose of the time will be to walk along side these leaders as they discern a workable and specific strategy for reaching out to lost people and making disciples.  This is the first time for this exercise.  I'm very excited about it.  Please pray that God will guide us and that, ultimately, people will be loved to Jesus as this church practices the strategy they sense God leading them to.
• Perhaps the most important thing you could pray for...related to our goal of beginning a new church is this:  God is leading to a tweak in our strategy.  We've been focusing almost solely on building the foundation for a new church through reaching unchurched people for Jesus.  While this is the reason ClearView exists, and we can NEVER depart from this objective, we need to find some seasoned, pioneer-type, Christ-followers to join us on our journey and help us launch a missional church.  I'm dreaming about and trying to put on paper another arm to our current ministry--targeting believers and asking them to join our team.  Obviously, one thing that would GREATLY help us move forward in this area is establishing working partnerships with other churches that share our vision for reaching people for Christ.  Please pray for wisdom, creativity, and skill in communicating our vision.  Pray God would lead us to 75 adults to join our team by Summer 2008.  Pray for pastors/churches that would partner with us.

Thanks!