October Prayer Letter

Church planting seems to find ways of deepening your dependance on God. Thanks for your prayers, they are very much appreciated.

Over the past months we have been meeting to develop the team more. We have been taking many college students and young professionals through the vision and mission of Refuge City Church. John has been leading most of those meetings and Scot has jumped in, when John has been out of town. We had another vision presentation a couple weeks ago, and things went well. John was able to relax more because Scot and I took care of organizing everything for that night. John is growing as a pastor, and it has been a joy to support him as he leads this church.

Scot and I have been working together to allevieate as much as we can from John’s load as we can. Communication has been a main area that we are trying to grow in. While it easy to think, just talk more, that’s not always the best way to communicate. Each of us understands words in different ways, and ofter how things are communicated is swayed by feelings.

It’s so easy to loose focus and let our sinfulness sway our hearts from realizing God’s grace at work in each other. It has been encouraging to me to see Scot by God’s grace serving people, talking with people about the Gospel, teaching those who are coming about our core values, and so much more. John, by God’s grace, has been: helping Scot and I see the depts to which our sin will try to hide itself, teaching us about loving the city, how the Gospel can breakthrough in how we serve and live, speaking with pastors in the area about RCC and the necesity for this church, and so much more. Amy, John’s wife, by the grace of God, has been: understanding of many of the struggles John faces, reaching out to women that have been coming and those she meets, cooking up food for so many different occasions, and there are so many other things that could easily go unnoticed.

John has asked me to speak at Airway Baptist Church on October 16. This will be my first time speaking in Ohio since my teenage years, not to mention it is for their Sunday morning service.

Things can get busy but through it all we are seeing God build another church for His glory.

Psalm 30