Keeping Current January 2008

January 22, 2008

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Articles in this issue:

  • Becoming Russian One Funny Story at a Time – Johan M.
  • Prayer and Praise Notes

Roberts’ Reflections – Showers of Blessings

January 3, 2008

The governor of Georgia made national headlines last November for convening a meeting at which he led citizens in praying for rain. Some rain fell the next day, which scoffers said had been predicted anyway; then an inch or more fell the following week. Was it divine intervention? Believers opined it might have been; in any case they praised God for it. (Rain-drenched folks elsewhere would gladly have shared their over-oversupply!) Continue reading …

Seeking God’s Kingdom — Colin

January 3, 2008

Out of my mind…Happy New Year to each of you! I am so excited about the coming year—trusting that God is going to guide us and empower us in new ways as we seek Jesus’ kingdom!

In this new year, our brand new boards for NWYM will really be kicking off their first-ever ministry plans. New people are being added to the NWYM staff as we work to expand and deepen our ministry to local churches and beyond. I have hope that there will be signs of new fruit from this ministry we have been called into together—new people finding Christ and welcomed into our local church communities, new churches being planted, new ways in which we are all increasingly transformed into Jesus’ likeness, new ground broken because our peacemaking, justice work, and compassion ministries are touching lives and needs in our world.

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January 2008 Connection

January 2, 2008

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  • Providing Support for Christian Education by Laurie Conant
  • One More Thought by Karen Oberst
  • New NWYM Ministry Staff introduced