June 16, 2007
We are thanking you for your prayers and support as the Lord continues to provide abundantly for this ministry! More and more people are being drawn into communion with one another through the least of these, whether homeless, poverty stricken, prostitutes, drug dealers, or gang members, and so many blessings are being shared!
Community Awareness – Meetings and missions
· A new mission has begun every Sunday from 4:30-7 PM, parking at 5017 Thriftwood Dr., Apex. For more information contact Cindy Boyce at 387-0921, cboyce@nc.rr.com.
· The Downtown Friends/Bread of Life ministry collected 54 names of at least 300 people who were served hot dogs prayed for salvation on June 2nd!!! Praise God!!
· CitW Volunteer Information Meeting concerning the ministry Church in the Woods, has been scheduled. This meeting will be held on June 25th at 7:00 pm. The location is 4701 Forestdale Rd. Raleigh, NC 27603, Alice McGee's home.
· Forming Faith Community Support Circles to Address Homelessness in Wake County. Date: Saturday, June 16, 2007, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon, First Baptist Church, 99 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Please submit your registration information by June 11th to Roberta Macauley at Roberta.macauley@raldioc.org or 790-8533 ext. 32.
· New York Times article: Off the Street and in an Apartment, but Unable to Escape Homelessness http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/11/nyregion/11cave.html?_r=2&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
· Harvest 07 Coming to Triangle/Raleigh-Durham Area - A group of 175 churches in the Triangle area has invited evangelist Greg Laurie and the Harvest team to Raleigh for Harvest 07, June 22-24 at the RBC Center. Harvest Crusades events present the Good News of Jesus Christ in a uniquely modern way featuring Greg Laurie's relevant Bible teaching and contemporary Christian music. http://www.harvest.org/crusades/2007/raleigh/
“Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost”
Scripture: Luke 15:3-7 (alternate reading: Matthew 5:27-32)
3 So he told them this parable: 4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Meditation: Jesus’ heart of love and compassion is most clearly revealed in the way he sought out sinners and outcasts of society. No one was excluded from his gracious presence unless they chose to stay away out of jealousy or mistrust. The scribes and Pharisees took great offense at Jesus because he freely associated with sinners and treated them graciously. The Pharisees had strict regulations about how they were to keep away from sinners, lest they incur defilement. They were not to entrust money to them or have any business dealings with them, nor trust them with a secret, nor entrust orphans to their care, nor accompany them on a journey, nor give their daughter in marriage to any of their sons, nor invite them as guests or be their guests. They were shocked with the way in which Jesus freely received sinners and ate with them.
God does not rejoice in the loss of anyone, but desires that all be saved and restored to fellowship with him. That is why the whole community of heaven rejoices when one sinner is found and restored to fellowship with God. Seekers of the lost are much needed today.
Prayer and Praise!
Apex
· Thank you Jesus for Your Almighty provisions twice a week
· The Lord is so gracious. He brought three lambs to the Apex mission. What a gift to witness lambs ministering to lambs. The three walked away feeling blessed.
· Produce picked up at a local grocer was in abundance today. The extra produce was given to those at the Apex mission. The missionaries took the food to two homes to be dispersed throughout the neighborhood. At one of the homes the single mother has the chickenpox and is unable to work. Please pray for the family’s finances, a quick recovery, and patience for her two young sons.
· A missionary was blessed to meet the man who received the wheelchair this week. Food was delivered to their home and he was strapped into the wheelchair with an ace bandage. Tears came to his eyes when this mother explained who the missionary was. The language barrier wasn’t a barrier at all. All he could say was gracias Dios! Thank you Lord for Your provisions and the tearing down the walls of fear and distrust.
Cary
· A lamb was taken to the hospital one night this week. The police called missionaries to meet him at the hospital. The lamb was released from the hospital with minor injuries.
· A Cary lamb finally agreed to enter alcohol treatment. Praise God! He has been suffering from numerous physical ailments compounded by excessive drinking and legal issues. He and a missionary were both blessed to spend several hours at the treatment center being processed, as God brought several other addicts there to share stories and discuss God’s plans for their lives. One man initially identified himself as “God” and said, “You may worship me.” But he was tremendously blessed when a missionary gave him a wrist band from the upcoming Harvest ’07 event in Raleigh. The band has written on it: “Making God Known.” He was told when he visits Dorothea Dix hospital that it is his mission now to share the love of Jesus with others, and he readily accepted!
· A lamb who was released from ATC last week found his employer has held his position at work. Thank You Jesus! The lambs also met a former lamb at church to learn they were in neighboring transitional homes. They were able to give each support and encouragement. What a small world!
Garner
· Please keep a lamb in Garner in your prayers as he saves money to move back to land he has in Arkansas. He entrusted his land documents with a missionary this week to see whether the 10 timbered acres might be worth enough to sell so the lamb could put some kind of housing on part of it. This lamb also was sharing with missionary identical visions about how the old song “Stairway to Heaven” contains so many veiled references to Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
· Please continue to pray for the lamb with the broken wrist (since December). The doctor has given missionaries the protocol for her wrist surgery. Please pray she will now take the necessary steps for surgery. She has asked for prayer from narcotic addiction. She has been taking too many pain pills for her wrist.
· Please pray for a Garner lamb who was in the hospital with sclerosis and other alcohol-related issues. Please pray also for a lamb who continues to create turmoil by gossiping and spreading vicious rumors about others – even as she praises Christ as her Savior.
· Please pray for a lamb who is in jail. Please ask that the Lord speak with Him and remind him that he is loved. He is due to be released soon.
· A lamb couple are trying to work more hours, pay off debts, save money, and find housing. The company the husband is working with has been blessed with more business than they can handle in his normal workweek. Thank you Jesus! Please keep these lambs in your prayers.
· This same lamb couple invited a lamb to stay in their hotel room, so he could shower, eat, and remain substance free for a few days. Praise God for the lambs ministering to lambs.
· Please pray for a place for the Garner Thursday mission to meet out of the weather, maybe a church on South Saunders St, 401 or Wilmington St will open their doors one night a week, especially when the days become shorter in the fall. The Lord knows the perfect meeting location.
· Please pray for a hair stylist to serve the Lord one Saturday a month at the Garner showers.
General
· Please keep lambs in prayer as they are asked to make decisions of walking away from their addictions and walking toward Jesus.
· Thank you Jesus for a lamb who is continuing to be substance free and involved with a support group through AA.
· Please continue to pray for support circles as these lambs readjust to society and are welcomed into the Body of Christ.
· Praise God for the existing support circle as the Body of Christ encircles a lamb with the love of Jesus!
· Please keep the director of CitW, Alice McGee, in your prayers as she is in Africa for a mission trip, returning this weekend.
· Thank you Lord for being scheduler of all Christians’ time.
Missionary Testimonials
God continues to provide food in miraculous ways and quantities! A missionary on Sunday met friends at one store and was able to tell them about what is being done with food that would otherwise be thrown away. The missionary then went home to find brown bag lunches being delivered for a ministry, visited camps, brought people to church and arrived EARLY – God’s timing again!
At church, the missionary met a woman who had a dream telling her to serve the homeless on a regular basis. Another woman said she wants to give vaccinations to the homeless’ pets for $1. She will also spay and neuter cats. Praise God!!!!
God’s Provision – Donations of Time & Finances
· Thank the Lord for the showers each week from the Garner church Thank You Jesus for serving hearts!
· Thank you Jesus for all the food donated by area grocery stores, churches, individuals, and caterers! Thank you Lord for all the donations of clothing, storage places, and toiletries donated this week.
· Thank You Jesus for the acupuncturist who donates her time.
· We thank you, Jesus, for those who have donated time showing the love of Jesus through relationships and support circles, especially as new ones are developing across Cary and Apex. Praise God!
· Praise God for a local veterinarian who provided neutering and vaccinations for a lamb’s dog.
· Praise God for the food donated by the family of an area graduate. The chicken, baked beans, potato salad, and salads.
· The Lord provided hamburgers, hot dogs, and baked beans today. Missionaries called the missionary who feeds the Sunday Moore Square mission. She didn’t have food for tomorrow. She received ~150 hamburgers, baked beans, and macaroni and cheese. As the missionary was leaving her home the Brown Bag ministry brought over 100 loaves of sandwich bread. Half of the bread was also given to her. Praise God for His mighty Provisions!!!!
Community Awareness – Meetings and missions
· A new mission has begun every Sunday from 4:30-7 PM, parking at 5017 Thriftwood Dr., Apex. For more information contact Cindy Boyce at 387-0921, cboyce@nc.rr.com.
· The Downtown Friends/Bread of Life ministry collected 54 names of at least 300 people who were served hot dogs prayed for salvation on June 2nd!!! Praise God!!
· CitW Volunteer Information Meeting concerning the ministry Church in the Woods, has been scheduled. This meeting will be held on June 25th at 7:00 pm. The location is 4701 Forestdale Rd. Raleigh, NC 27603, Alice McGee's home.
· Forming Faith Community Support Circles to Address Homelessness in Wake County. Date: Saturday, June 16, 2007, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon, First Baptist Church, 99 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Please submit your registration information by June 11th to Roberta Macauley at Roberta.macauley@raldioc.org or 790-8533 ext. 32.
· New York Times article: Off the Street and in an Apartment, but Unable to Escape Homelessness http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/11/nyregion/11cave.html?_r=2&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
· Harvest 07 Coming to Triangle/Raleigh-Durham Area - A group of 175 churches in the Triangle area has invited evangelist Greg Laurie and the Harvest team to Raleigh for Harvest 07, June 22-24 at the RBC Center. Harvest Crusades events present the Good News of Jesus Christ in a uniquely modern way featuring Greg Laurie's relevant Bible teaching and contemporary Christian music. http://www.harvest.org/crusades/2007/raleigh/
“Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost”
Scripture: Luke 15:3-7 (alternate reading: Matthew 5:27-32)
3 So he told them this parable: 4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Meditation: Jesus’ heart of love and compassion is most clearly revealed in the way he sought out sinners and outcasts of society. No one was excluded from his gracious presence unless they chose to stay away out of jealousy or mistrust. The scribes and Pharisees took great offense at Jesus because he freely associated with sinners and treated them graciously. The Pharisees had strict regulations about how they were to keep away from sinners, lest they incur defilement. They were not to entrust money to them or have any business dealings with them, nor trust them with a secret, nor entrust orphans to their care, nor accompany them on a journey, nor give their daughter in marriage to any of their sons, nor invite them as guests or be their guests. They were shocked with the way in which Jesus freely received sinners and ate with them.
God does not rejoice in the loss of anyone, but desires that all be saved and restored to fellowship with him. That is why the whole community of heaven rejoices when one sinner is found and restored to fellowship with God. Seekers of the lost are much needed today.
Prayer and Praise!
Apex
· Thank you Jesus for Your Almighty provisions twice a week
· The Lord is so gracious. He brought three lambs to the Apex mission. What a gift to witness lambs ministering to lambs. The three walked away feeling blessed.
· Produce picked up at a local grocer was in abundance today. The extra produce was given to those at the Apex mission. The missionaries took the food to two homes to be dispersed throughout the neighborhood. At one of the homes the single mother has the chickenpox and is unable to work. Please pray for the family’s finances, a quick recovery, and patience for her two young sons.
· A missionary was blessed to meet the man who received the wheelchair this week. Food was delivered to their home and he was strapped into the wheelchair with an ace bandage. Tears came to his eyes when this mother explained who the missionary was. The language barrier wasn’t a barrier at all. All he could say was gracias Dios! Thank you Lord for Your provisions and the tearing down the walls of fear and distrust.
Cary
· A lamb was taken to the hospital one night this week. The police called missionaries to meet him at the hospital. The lamb was released from the hospital with minor injuries.
· A Cary lamb finally agreed to enter alcohol treatment. Praise God! He has been suffering from numerous physical ailments compounded by excessive drinking and legal issues. He and a missionary were both blessed to spend several hours at the treatment center being processed, as God brought several other addicts there to share stories and discuss God’s plans for their lives. One man initially identified himself as “God” and said, “You may worship me.” But he was tremendously blessed when a missionary gave him a wrist band from the upcoming Harvest ’07 event in Raleigh. The band has written on it: “Making God Known.” He was told when he visits Dorothea Dix hospital that it is his mission now to share the love of Jesus with others, and he readily accepted!
· A lamb who was released from ATC last week found his employer has held his position at work. Thank You Jesus! The lambs also met a former lamb at church to learn they were in neighboring transitional homes. They were able to give each support and encouragement. What a small world!
Garner
· Please keep a lamb in Garner in your prayers as he saves money to move back to land he has in Arkansas. He entrusted his land documents with a missionary this week to see whether the 10 timbered acres might be worth enough to sell so the lamb could put some kind of housing on part of it. This lamb also was sharing with missionary identical visions about how the old song “Stairway to Heaven” contains so many veiled references to Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
· Please continue to pray for the lamb with the broken wrist (since December). The doctor has given missionaries the protocol for her wrist surgery. Please pray she will now take the necessary steps for surgery. She has asked for prayer from narcotic addiction. She has been taking too many pain pills for her wrist.
· Please pray for a Garner lamb who was in the hospital with sclerosis and other alcohol-related issues. Please pray also for a lamb who continues to create turmoil by gossiping and spreading vicious rumors about others – even as she praises Christ as her Savior.
· Please pray for a lamb who is in jail. Please ask that the Lord speak with Him and remind him that he is loved. He is due to be released soon.
· A lamb couple are trying to work more hours, pay off debts, save money, and find housing. The company the husband is working with has been blessed with more business than they can handle in his normal workweek. Thank you Jesus! Please keep these lambs in your prayers.
· This same lamb couple invited a lamb to stay in their hotel room, so he could shower, eat, and remain substance free for a few days. Praise God for the lambs ministering to lambs.
· Please pray for a place for the Garner Thursday mission to meet out of the weather, maybe a church on South Saunders St, 401 or Wilmington St will open their doors one night a week, especially when the days become shorter in the fall. The Lord knows the perfect meeting location.
· Please pray for a hair stylist to serve the Lord one Saturday a month at the Garner showers.
General
· Please keep lambs in prayer as they are asked to make decisions of walking away from their addictions and walking toward Jesus.
· Thank you Jesus for a lamb who is continuing to be substance free and involved with a support group through AA.
· Please continue to pray for support circles as these lambs readjust to society and are welcomed into the Body of Christ.
· Praise God for the existing support circle as the Body of Christ encircles a lamb with the love of Jesus!
· Please keep the director of CitW, Alice McGee, in your prayers as she is in Africa for a mission trip, returning this weekend.
· Thank you Lord for being scheduler of all Christians’ time.
Missionary Testimonials
God continues to provide food in miraculous ways and quantities! A missionary on Sunday met friends at one store and was able to tell them about what is being done with food that would otherwise be thrown away. The missionary then went home to find brown bag lunches being delivered for a ministry, visited camps, brought people to church and arrived EARLY – God’s timing again!
At church, the missionary met a woman who had a dream telling her to serve the homeless on a regular basis. Another woman said she wants to give vaccinations to the homeless’ pets for $1. She will also spay and neuter cats. Praise God!!!!
God’s Provision – Donations of Time & Finances
· Thank the Lord for the showers each week from the Garner church Thank You Jesus for serving hearts!
· Thank you Jesus for all the food donated by area grocery stores, churches, individuals, and caterers! Thank you Lord for all the donations of clothing, storage places, and toiletries donated this week.
· Thank You Jesus for the acupuncturist who donates her time.
· We thank you, Jesus, for those who have donated time showing the love of Jesus through relationships and support circles, especially as new ones are developing across Cary and Apex. Praise God!
· Praise God for a local veterinarian who provided neutering and vaccinations for a lamb’s dog.
· Praise God for the food donated by the family of an area graduate. The chicken, baked beans, potato salad, and salads.
· The Lord provided hamburgers, hot dogs, and baked beans today. Missionaries called the missionary who feeds the Sunday Moore Square mission. She didn’t have food for tomorrow. She received ~150 hamburgers, baked beans, and macaroni and cheese. As the missionary was leaving her home the Brown Bag ministry brought over 100 loaves of sandwich bread. Half of the bread was also given to her. Praise God for His mighty Provisions!!!!
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