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Global Outreach Updates
To share stories of God's faithfulness toward us in Christ and to remind one another of our partnership in the gospel. May we be mutually encouraged by God's work abroad, filled with faith by his Spirit to pray bold prayers for the sake of Christ's Kingdom, and spurred on to seek our Father's will to fulfill his plans and purposes among us here in Warrenville, DuPage County, and to the ends of the earth.
If you have not yet heard through your news source of choice, tensions are escalating between Armenia and their neighboring country, Azerbaijan. Fighting broke out this past Sunday, following the deadly clashes that took place in July. There is a long history to this hostility, one you can read about in any number of articles that are being published as news sources report on the recent clashes. My reason for writing to you today is to ask you to pray for our Global Outreach partners in this region.
As the new year approaches, we rejoice with our Global Partners in the work the Lord has done through their ministries and through His Church. We hope your heart is encouraged by looking back on some of these stories from 2019.
Pastor Ray returned from his trip to Armenia this week. It was a wonderful time together! He had the opportunity to preach twice on Sunday June 16th on the passage from Hebrews 4:11-16 at Central Baptist and Maranata Baptist.
A few weeks ago, we had our quarterly prayer meeting in the Fireside room. 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.
There are many factors that can make it difficult for us to feel connected to our global partners overseas. It has been a goal of the Global Outreach Team to address some of those challenges through regular prayer updates, quarterly corporate prayer meetings, and opportunities to meet with our global partners when they are visiting.
As the new year approaches, we rejoice with our Global Partners in the work the Lord has done through their ministries and through His Church. We hope your heart is encouraged by looking back on some of these stories from 2018.
Two weeks ago, 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.
Earlier this summer Grace Church donated $300 toward the VBS program at Grace Baptist church in Artashat. Pastor Ray was able to deliver this money in person during his recent trip to Armenia. Early last week we received an email from Asatur with pictures from their week of VBS.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Please pray for two of the church planters we support; Vova Sofiyan in Artashat, Armenia and Sasoon Margaryan in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia. Vova teaches Bible studies and preaches at Russian worship services. Sasoon serves Armenians living in Georgia and reaches out to his local Georgian, Turkish, and Jewish neighbors
