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Here at the Greater New Grove Church, we would love for you to pray that the Lord would lead us to a church building. We meet primarily on Zoom; however, we are holding steady until the Lord moves so we may be able to meet in person and begin to service our community.
We praise God that He provided two teams to assist us with the needed work inside our facility in Gillette. He also provided the needed financial resources to get it complete. Ninety-three percent of our interior has been repaired and/or updated. The church has grown since closing down the old church and starting this replant. We have seen 13 baptisms in the past 2.5 years and an attendance of about 40. God has provided all of our needs thus far. Pray for us as the enemy has hit us harder in recent months. There have been an unusual number of physical and spiritual challenges. We need to replace all the original windows from 1964 and need to redo our asphalt parking lot. All the plowing over the years in below-zero weather and snow has taken its toll. We need to find long-term partners to help support our budget. We are in year three and our income has grown, but we are not quite ready to stand on our own financially.
Pray for the soldiers of the Louisiana Army National Guard as we stage to provide missional support to Louisiana residents in preparation for storms. Pray God would anoint every counsel and word I speak to soldiers and civilians.
My family and I are moving in March 2025. Pray we would find a new place to live. Pray the Ukrainians in Saint Louis will hunger spiritually for Christ. Pray the Holy Spirit will work in the hearts of Ukrainians. Pray the congregants of Shelter Church will have a close Christian fellowship and will grow spiritually and numerically. Pray we would have faithful and dedicated disciples of Jesus Christ. Pray for those who will serve with their gifts in the building of His Church. Pray the Lord would add to our numbers those who will be saved. Pray for the Zolotov family as we welcome everyone to our bilingual Ukrainian American worship service of Shelter Church on every Sunday at 2 p.m. at Chatham. Christ’s blessings to you!
Pray the Lord will provide for us a new location with morning hours, a worship team of volunteers, and finances.
Pray our core team will have stability, strength, endurance, patience, and love for mission. Pray for my wife, as she takes the role of the children’s ministry. Pray I will keep growing in every area. Pray for wisdom that I may lead people to the foot of the Cross and that many will come to saving faith.
Pray more will confess faith in Jesus. Pray God will give us more spiritual power and provide for us.
I was just informed that my cholesterol is more than 360, and my meds have not been working to lower it. This is the second type of cholesterol meds that haven’t worked. My blood pressure is averaging around 140+/90+ and those meds aren’t working either. I am barely 37 and, at this rate, I may wind up with a heart attack before I’m 40. My family has the disposition to create cholesterol and absorb it from our diets. I have four kids and would love to see them grow up. I know God took me through having cancer at 28, but I don’t know how to de-stress. Pray things change so my stress decreases tremendously and my cholesterol levels will decrease as well.
I serve as a volunteer chaplain for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Law Enforcement, which means I serve Texas game wardens and the state park police. I serve a large region of south Texas. Pray I am able to meet and build trusted relationships with the game wardens and park police. They are an essential piece to law enforcement here in Texas. Many of our officers serve on the weekends due to the increase of hunting and fishing on the weekend. Because they serve on the weekend, they are not well connected to local churches. Pray I can help fill in the gaps and help meet their needs.
We have the great problem of needing more space. We have two Sunday morning services, and the auditorium is packed. Additionally, our young adults group meets on Tuesday nights, and they’re about to max out the space. We are also in need of more classroom space for our kids and students ministries, so we’re having to potentially look for another place to meet. All of this is good because the Lord is blessing us with so many people who want to grow in their faith, but we need prayer to discern how to handle these space constraints. We would love to have your prayers.
Pray for the Hispanic church plant, Iglesia Comunidad de Cristo. Our first official service was September 29. Pray new believers will be baptized. Pray they will be strengthened in their faith.
Pray for openness to the gospel as we reach Hispanics in the Denham Springs/Walker area of Louisiana.
Pray God will allow us to coordinate various service events aimed at the children and elderly of the community together with our sister churches and that the Lord will allow us to have fruit as a result of these events. Pray God will raise up faithful men of mature character who are capable of teaching to help us shepherd His church.
Pray as we plan and prepare for four “Fall-O-Ween Jesus” outreach events: First Baptist of Chalmette, Chalmette; Nunez Community College Trunk or Treat, Chalmette; Krewe of Autism, Violet; Carolyn Park Ball Field, Arabi. We will also set up in a friend’s lawn in a busy neighborhood on October 31. We have the potential of reaching more than 2,000 individuals (children, youth, parents) with the gospel of Christ.
Pray God will provide a space in which our church can worship on Sunday mornings.