DAY 19 – MAY 10, 2019 – JOSIAH AND JORDAN POTTER, CROSSPOINTE PEACHTREE, ATLANTA, GA

Jordan and Josiah Potter, Mercy & Sunday

BACKGROUND

Josiah Potter, lead pastor and church planter of CrossPointe Church Peachtree City, is advancing the Gospel in the Atlanta, Georgia area through the CrossPointe Church movement led by Chan Kilgore. Josiah and CrossPointe Church Peachtree City joined the Spanish River Church Planting Network in 2012.

Josiah explains, “This is our second church plant but our first as Lead Pastor. It has been so helpful for us to make sure we install and keep Sabbath rhythms for both my spouse and I, as well as our family. The importance of weekly date nights, family days, and days off has helped refresh us in the Gospel and allow us to enjoy God and what He has given us as a family. The greatest impact on our lives has been how we have been forced to lean into Jesus for everything. We have had to take great leaps of faith in this church plant and it has been radically transforming to watch Jesus answer prayer and continue to clear the way for us to proclaim the Gospel in Peachtree City.” To learn more, go to http://crosspointepeachtreecity.com/

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for us to as we strive to be a church where the hurting, the hopeless, the discouraged, the depressed, the frustrated, and the confused can discover love, acceptance, grace, hope, and healing; that we would be a church where people experience a deep sense of biblical community and genuine love for one another. Pray for our leaders and volunteers and attenders, that we will grow in influence in reaching our community for Jesus Christ.

DAY 18 – MAY 9, 2013 – XAVIER AND RAQUEL MEMBA, CN22@, BARCELONA, SPAIN

Xavier and Raquel Memba and Family

BACKGROUND

Pastor Xavier Memba is a church planter in Barcelona, Spain. He is planting CN22@ in the heart of the city with the hopes of launching a network of churches to saturate Barcelona with the gospel. Xavier and his wife Raquel have three children.

BCN22@ is a catalyst church for Redeemer City to City, and has been a member of the Spanish River Church Planting Network since December 2011. The church wants to bring the message of Christ’s hope, renewal, and vitality to the individuals and community around Barcelona. For more information, go to http://kerigma.net and watch this video:

Xavier shared this with us recently:  ”As a celebration story, I would like to share that after a year and a half meeting in a very beautiful former art gallery building, we’re now moving to a new location that provides us with more space for our growing congregation. Also, in the last few months, we’ve been able to start a couple of home-based Bible Study Groups, new babies have been born, and this summer there are two couples getting married.”

PRAYER REQUESTS

We are seeing God at work in our midst and are very excited to see what comes next in the new stage we’re just entering, as we’re about to start meeting in our new ministry space. A great opportunity, as the location is conveniently very well located in one of the main avenues in Barcelona. We pray and would appreciate very much your prayers for us to make the most of this new place and use it as a venue for the church to reach out and serve the community arournd us.  Thanks for your prayerful support.

PHIL AND JENNY LETIZIA, CITY CHURCH, WILTON MANORS, FT. LAUDERDALE FL

Jenny and Phil Litizia & Oliver

BACKGROUND

Phil is the organizing pastor of City Church Wilton Manors, a congregation in the greater Ft. Lauderdale area that began public worship in January. The church has a passion to see people come to know God through understanding and embracing the gospel of Jesus Christ. They want to be the very presence of Christ in Wilton Manors by cultivating a community that is marked by faith, hope, and love. They want to see Christ bring social, cultural and spiritual renewal to the city of Wilton Manors as they live out the gospel of Jesus.

We’re so glad to be partnering with City Church Wilton Manors and for God’s work among them. Phil shared this with us:  ”We recently concluded our first course of ‘Christianity Explored.’ Six people went through the course, all either brand new to faith, or unchurched and questioning faith, including two new friends that are gay and from the Wilton Manors community. We have oftener celebrated the fact that people are encountering the gospel and the claims of Jesus for the first time in Wilton Manors. We’re hoping that some, if not all, will come to faith in the coming weeks.”

PRAYER REQUESTS

Phil told us that Jenny is 21 weeks pregnant with a little girl. There may be an issue/problem with the baby’s lungs. Please pray that God would resolve this problem, and that it would be obvious that He has done so through what they see in the baby’s ultrasounds. There were no new updates as of 5/7/13, but hopefully within the next week there will be.

Phil shared: “On top of that, we’ve been having to run some medical tests on our 15-month-old son, Oliver. His weight is a bit low, and though tests have ruled out an infection, the doctor has ordered a kidney ultrasound on him this week. It could be unrelated, but my mother has had two kidney transplants, and there’s history in my family. But, we’ve been told to not worry too much. For some reason, our little family is having to walk through some health uncertainties.  Thank you for praying for the pregnancy.”

Psalm 4 and 5 have been a focus: “Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.  Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the Lord.  Many, Lord, are asking, ‘Who will bring us prosperity? Let the light of your face shine on us. Fill my heart with joy when their grain and new wine abound. In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”

Pray for our church, that we would continue to see our church excited about the mission. We’re entering into that “second season” of our first year, and I know early zeal can wain. I’m praying our volunteers and core folks will stay excited.

Pray that God would continue to give us wisdom and grace as we learn how to best articulate the gospel in the second highest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population in the country. We have seen some God work, but it is a minefield right now in our culture, and we’re trying to listen well and speak with grace and wisdom. We know this will take us years to learn how to decipher well.

And pray that we would see people come to faith and into the life of our church, particularly from our Christianity Explored course.

DAY 16 – MAY 7, 2013 – LOGAN AND MELISSA KECK – THE EGLESTON SQUARE PROJECT, JAMAICA PLAIN AND ROXBURY, BOSTON, MA

Logan & Melissa Keck and Family

BACKGROUND

SRC is so glad to be partnering with Logan and Melissa and Christ The King Presbyterian Church to help launch The Egleston Project in Boston. This is a gospel-centered, multi-ethnic, neighborhood-focused church for the community, radiating out from the Egleston Square area of Boston. At the center of their vision is the conviction that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, and that every malady and grief is addressed and substantially healed in this gospel. Logan and Melissa long to see transformation in the city by the outgrowth of lives as they are renewed by the Holy Spirit. They are convinced that only the good news of the love of God expressed in the death and resurrection of Jesus is capable of accomplishing such radical renewal in Boston. To learn more, CLICK HERE.

CELEBRATION STORY

“In the past two months, we received and celebrated our first conversion. He is a Jamaica Plain resident, and he has identified himself as a homosexual up until this point! His roommate shared the gospel with him after having conversations about God’s judgment after death. This man felt extreme conviction over his sins of pride, homosexuality, self-centeredness, among other things, and prayed to receive forgiveness and righteousness through Christ. The roommate had come to faith about two years ago, through relationships with Logan, that led to her coming to church, hearing the gospel, and repenting and believing! God is good!

PRAYER REQUESTS

Praise: God delivered Melissa from clinical depression after challenging life circumstances and through exposing sin and bringing repentance, and a deeper understanding of faith in the Gospel of Grace; now faithful for others.

Pray: For God’s kingdom to continue to come in our hearts, marriage and family, and to our neighborhoods in Boston. Pray for a Holy Spirit revival and for God’s grace for our kids Ruby, Ambrose, and Jubilee. Please pray for us in our parenting.

DAY 15 – MAY 6, 2013 – JIM AND LINDA KIRK, TRINITY RIVERTOWNS CHURCH, WESTCHESTER, NY

Jim & Linda Kirk and Family

BACKGROUND

Trinity Rivertowns Church is a brand new congregation forming under the leadership of Jim Kirk. This church has a great heritage, being a daughter church of Trinity Presbyterian in New York, a granddaughter church of Redeemer Presbyterian in NYC, which means it is a great granddaughter of Spanish River Church. Trinity Rivertowns is forming to celebrate Christ and serve the communities in western Westchester County. At Trinity Rivertowns Church, three core values shape their vision: the power of the gospel, the priority of the church, and the place where God has called us.

It is great to see the work of the Lord among this group of believers who are coming together to reach their community for Christ. Jim had this to share with us recently: “Praise God for Jason, a non-Christian who has been invited to our meetings, exploring the Christian faith, wrestling with Jesus – and inviting his girlfriend and other friends to come and see!”

For more information on the Kirks and their church plant you can CLICK HERE  and CLICK HERE.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for the church planter, that he would know more and more the sufficiency of Christ in his life and ministry.  Pray for relationships being built in our neighborhood, for friendsihps formed with non-Christians, and for opportunities to share the gospel.  Pray for initial church gatherings: preview services and community groups as they begin meeting.