Justin and Jennifer Dancer have answered the call to move to South Dakota! Justin will become the planter pastor for Hills of Grace. Pray for them as they continue to prepare for this time. If all goes well, they will be moving up after the holidays. They are a gifted family that are a great fit for Hills of Grace. The church is excited about their coming!
In today's Rapid City Journal, the front page announced that 900 new homes were going to be built in an area between Rapid Valley and Box Elder. Begin praying for this new area, and how we can be involved in planting a new church in that area. They are houses that will range from $120-200k.
Fireproof continues a successful run in Rapid City. Last night started it's 5th week here....and the manager commented to me "I don't think Fireproof will ever end!" It almost sold out again last night.
During 2009, we have many areas identified in the southwest region of the Dakotas where new churches need to be planted. Pray that we can find planter pastors and start core groups in these areas.
One final prayer request concerns our Black Hills Stock Show. We have applied for a booth to help start a Cowboy Church. The prayer request is that our application will be approved and we will get the booth. It is very difficult to get a booth due to the number of repeat vendors that come year after year. Having this booth will allow us access and an audience to the thousands from our area that come to the stock show, and could hear about the possibilities of a new church!
Last Sunday I had the privilege of baptizing my mom in Missouri. She had been baptized at an early age, but in her 20's realized she had not made a true commitment and became a Christian at that point. 50 years later, she was obedient to the Lord in baptism! Together with the pastor of her church, we worked out a surprise where I got to baptize her. It was an awesome experience.
Thanks as always for your support and prayers.
Until next time,
John
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