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Week of April 22

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  • Pray for safe travels as nearly 300 planters, spouses, kids, and other leaders journey to Cannon Beach for the annual NWBC Church Planting Retreat.  Pray for keynote speaker James Langston (Executive Director of Mission Encounters International), worship leaders Nate & Becky McGlinchy, and many others as they lead their sessions.  


    Pray for Church Planting Director Gary Irby and other NWBC Church Planting & Church Health leaders, as they seek to lead and serve the planters and their families.


    Pray for NWBC Childhood Ministry Director Leigh Ann Stark and her amazing team as they show God's love and teach church planter kids in their very own VBS.  Please lift up the largest group of teens we have had EVER that will be participating in middle & high school youth groups! SO exciting!


    Pray for NWBC Church Planting Administrator Natalie Hammond and her amazing team of volunteers as they manage the nuts and bolts of the retreat.

  • Please be in prayer for our Church Planting Retreat as it continues into day two.  Pray for the ladies, as they spend some quality time together and with Marci Langston, encouraging one another and being encouraged themselves.  Pray for our breakout leaders, and for James Langston as he shares in our main sessions on leadership.


    Pray for the many people giving of their time to meet individually with participants for soul care and consultations - Scott Brewer, Joe Chambers, Brenda Keck, Ron Keck, Marci Langston, Larry McCrary, and Greg Pickering.

     

    Pray for the planting couples and families as they enjoy some quality free time on the beach and relaxing, that this time away would be both a time of growth, but also a time of refreshing.

  • We are so thankful for the amazing team of people who run the Cannon Beach Conference Center! Pray for more people to join their team, and for refreshing and encouragement for all the workers who serve us so humbly and well!  Pray in thanksgiving for Esteban, Clara, and Joel in the retreats department for helping us plan and facilitate an amazing time for our planting families! 


    Pray for the many leaders from associations around the Northwest who are gathering at the retreat to connect with church planters and NWBC staff. Pray for these leaders as they seek God's direction through prayer, dreaming, and strategizing together.


    Pray for safe travel home for everyone who participated in the retreat.

  • Please pray for the NW Church Planting Team today - Gary Irby, Tim Howe, Ivan Montenegro, Phil Peters, Wes Hughes, Rob Walker, Zac Minton, Ken Harmon, Brad Schneeflock, and Natalie Hammond - as we take a day to retreat together and find renewed vision and focus for the future.  Pray our time together would be sweet and refreshing.  Pray for wisdom and discernment, and for the Spirit's leading as we refocus, dream together, plan, and strategize.

  • Pray for planter Donghyeok Kim and First Love Church of Seattle in Issaquah, Washington.  Pray for Pastor Kim as he strives to share the Gospel with the Korean population on the Eastside.  Pray for his wife Sunmi, his daughter Youri  and son Eunyou as they work alongside Pastor Kim to reach the Koreans on the Eastside.