If you wait for perfect conditions,

you will never get anything done.

~Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NLT)~

Kathy Dyer continues to have health concerns. She is now home recovering from surgery. Everyone’s prayers have been greatly appreciated. Please continue to pray for her and our family during this time. Matthew 18:19-20.

Jennifer Dyer

Hello,

I was reading on your site one day about vbs at first bap church,all of a sudden I thought about ritz crackers and grape koolaid and how lovely the teachers were back well over 30 years ago.then I caught myself daydreaming and woke up to say those were the great days that have passed.soooo to all you folks that have a part in vacation Bible School,at kentwood First Baptist Church,just remember a child holds fond those sweet memories that will last a liftime….hats off to all of you and GOD BLESS….Lisa Westmoreland

 

 

Don’t forget to participate in the Prayer Walking opportunity tomorrow morning at 7:30. Meet at the church. As you walk and pray, you will “sow as you go”!

 

 

 

Baptist Press

September 18, 2008

TEXAS–Families, churches pick up pieces after Ike. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28943

TEXAS–HBU adjusts to Ike’s damage. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28944

WASHINGTON–Death penalty for apostasy likely in Iran. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28945

ALABAMA–WMU launches Korean-English resources. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28946

NORTH CAROLINA–Build relationships, campus ministers exhorted. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28947

CALIFORNIA–EDUCATION BRIEFS: Speaker series launched at Golden Gate. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28948

TENNESSEE–FIRST-PERSON (Art Toalston): Hurricanes, economic upheaval & crisis. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28949

FLORIDA–FIRST-PERSON (David Burton): God’s Plan for Sharing: Jesus calls us to sow as we go. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28950

KOMpray

Kids on Mission Pray

Prayer Requests

“Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these,” Luke 18:16b

KIDS MAKE GREAT MISSIONARIES

You know, missionaries go to other countries to serve God. Many missionaries are married and have children, so their kids go live in the other country too. Well, did you know that in some places, there are more missionary kids than grown-up missionaries? Wow! The missionaries tell us that the children are very important in their work. For one thing, kids keep them smiling! The babies also get a lot of attention. The local people come up to talk and give the missionaries all kinds of ideas about how to be good parents.

Younger children play with the other children in the neighborhood. That gives missionary parents a chance to get to know their neighbors. How do older children help? They have coaches and teachers at school. Mom and dad missionaries meet the coaches and teachers and tell them about Jesus-if the older children haven’t told them first!

Missionary children know that many of their friends don’t know about Jesus. They are always praying about witnessing to their friends and teachers. Please pray for the neighbors of missionary kids, for their teachers and coaches, and for their good friends. Pray that they will hear the story of Jesus and want Him to be their Savior.

MORE PRAYER REQUESTS FROM MISSIONARY KIDS

Please pray that my family would continue to do well in Gaborone, Botswana. We recently moved there from Zambia. Please pray for school. MEREDITH, age 12, (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Pray for my sisters to become believers. I like being a MK (missionary kid) because I get to go to a lot of countrys. COLBY, age 9 (South Asia)

Please pray for my neighbor because she is very sick-maybe cancer. DANIELLE, age 9 (Pacific Rim)

I really want to get into Grace (an international school). I also want to make lots of friends. Please pray for me. HOPE, age 11 (Pacific Rim)

I want you to pray for my family because we have to move and don’t know where we will go. Pray that my friends, Sana, Shafar and Nabila, will become believers. Thank you. SAMANTHA, age 10 (South Asia)

Please pray for people in my school that they will stop saying bad words. Also please pray for the Malagasy people. They believe in ghosts and spirits and that their dead ancestors live still. CALEB, age 11, (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

I live in a city with 6 million people. I have just moved here so I really need your prayer right now so pray for me to get accustomed to such a big city. Pray also for me because the city I live in has a really high crime rate. Thank you for all your prayers and for supporting me, thanks again. NATHAN, age 12, (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Week of Prayer for the

Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering

“I feel a special calling to assist in the rebuilding of lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,” says Kelly. “Because of the great pain endured by so many, a great harvest is ready to be picked for the Kingdom of God.”

“…and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday,” Isaiah 58:10. “Because our ministry is in a city which experienced such devastation, it would seem that the scripture listed above would take on greater meaning, yet I believe the scriptures speak to a greater purpose of the Church as a whole. As with the scripture we believe and desire to join God in His plan for the nations and follow the role He desires for our particular body of believers,” reflects Kelly.

Kelly O’Connor is the pastor of Carver Baptist Mission Church in New Orleans. This church is housed on the campus of the Carver Baptist Center. “I feel a special calling to assist in the rebuilding of lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,” says Kelly. “Because of the great pain endured by so many, a great harvest is ready to be picked for the Kingdom of God.”

While Carver Baptist Mission Church is still in its infant stage, this ministry has witnessed a number of individuals receive Christ as Savior. “As a result of the salvations, we have begun to disciple many who have given their lives to Christ. One individual has really shown consistent growth in his personal character and witness. An example of his personal growth can best be described by his disposition, hunger for God’s Word, and witness to our community. He is now leading others to a relationship with the Lord,” recalls Kelly.

Please pray that lives are genuinely changed in the community surrounding Carver Baptist Mission Church. Pray for leaders who live and value integrity. Also, pray that souls will be saved and that the new believers will be receptive to discipleship.

Have a fantastic Friday!

Anna Lee