We are praising God with Claire that in less than 10 months the Lord has provided complete support for her as the new Josiah Venture Kids Ministry Specialist. She will be flying back to the Czech Republic on December 19th.
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Each year, our church family likes to bless our Global Outreach partners with personalized christmas cards and a monetary gift. There’s still a week left to sign the cards that are out in the church lobby. You can also donate to their Christmas gift on CCB, by dropping payment in the offering boxes, or by leaving in the church office.
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Serving with Hanoi Bible College to train up pastors for the Evangelical Church of Vietnam
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The Kashtan's will be visiting us this month. Below are some of the planned events where you can hear from and get to know more about their ministry in Israel
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I arrived in Armenia very early Saturday morning Oct 7. Sunday Oct 8, I preached at Central Baptist church in the capital Yerevan. Asatur and I had lunch (lahmajo - kind of like a personal pizza) followed by baklava & coffee with their Youth Minister (Roman, a seminary student) and his unsaved brother-in-law. Much of the time was spent in sharing the gospel with him.
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Yesterday, we had our quarterly prayer meeting in the Fireside room to seek the Lord's goodness on behalf of our global outreach ministries. If you were unable to join us, please consider praying on your own time or inviting others to join you in lifting up these requests before the Lord.
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If you would like to get more involved in regular prayer and planning for our global partners, we would love to talk more with you about opportunities to serve on our team. Please feel free to reach out to Angel Connor, Emily Walker, or Natalie Worley for additional information.
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Pastor Ray is off to Armenia for a few weeks. He left October 5th and will arrive back home on the 21st. He will be preaching two of the Sundays that he is there. He will also be spending a large amount of his time at the Theological Seminary of Armenia.
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It has been a long, busy, but rewarding summer in Slovenia. After the Fusion camps that our Grace Church team was apart of, Karis took a weekend trip to Croatia with some believing friends for a much needed time of fellowship and R&R. She is now in the throws of the start of the school year, Fusion and JV planning for the year, continued discipleship and mentoring relationships with students from camp, and a JV conference in the Czech Republic. Additionally, Karis received news last week that her grandfather had passed away. She flew home to Texas yesterday and will be there until the funeral on Saturday. You can also be praying for...
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Some 300 people were in attendance, several returning from as far away as western Canada. Representatives from four “adopted” churches were present. And thanksgiving was offered to God for them as well as several other house churches that benefit from sermon podcasts made available online. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were exalted in every expression, to the praise of God’s glorious grace.
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In 1997, Tim and Linda Kelly were sent out from Grace Church of DuPage to plant a church in Germany. Twenty years later, we rejoice with them in the clear and evident spiritual fruit the Lord has brought through their ministry. Pastor Daryle and Jean Worley along with Pastor Ray and Bobbi Glinski will be traveling to Germany this Thursday, September 14th. They look forward to joining with our brothers and sisters in Meine, celebrating the Lord's faithfulness to the Free Evangelical Church.
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Prayer Requests for this Week:
- Please join with us in thanksgiving to our Lord for answered prayer and a speedy recovery for Pastor Nadaban.
- Please continue to pray the Lord would strength and heal him.
- Pray for the congregation of Pregeteria Baptist Church, that they would continue to see fruit born through their ministry in Arad, Romania.
Claire will be heading to Czech on August 15th, where she will come alongside her Josiah Venture teammates, Mel and Amy Ellenwood, to prep for their annual JV Kid's camp. Please join us in prayer for the JV Kids, for the JV Team, and for Claire that God would do a work in them and among them!
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We are soon preparing to send out Claire Patty to serve with Josiah Venture as their JV Kid Ministry Specialist in Central and Eastern Europe. Here she reflects on the reality of living between joy and sorrow.
"Perhaps this paradox will sound familiar to you today at the start of another new week. May you find the hope in Christ's presence today and the hope of his Second Coming."Read More
- Claire
Grace Church of DuPage got to know Pastor Ilie in 2000 when a music outreach team from our church ministered at an evangelistic service in their church in Romania. Shortly afterward we began supporting him, allowing him to quit his factory job and devote full time to pastoral ministry.
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