METRO MISSIONS FEBRUARY 2014 MISSIONS PRAYER AND PRAISE CALENDAR

1 IMB: SYRIAN REFUGEES The Taliban recently targeted a Central Asian village because residents wanted to join the “peace process.” The conflict resulted in several deaths, destruction of some homes and destruction of the already poor wheat crop. BGR (Baptist Global Response) stepped in to supply emergency allotments for 240 families in this village. The BGR team had the opportunity to spend the night in the village. One member said he prayed for residents and explained to the elders that the food donors loved their people and asked God to take care of them.

2 EPIC LIFE CHURCH OF SEATTLE PASTOR KEITH CARPENTER Pray for Pastor Keith Carpenter, his wife Kristine, and their four sons as they minister in the North Aurora Ave area. Epic Life is one of FBD’s newest church plant partnerships in the most unreached city in America – Seattle, Washington.

3 IMB: WORLD LEADERS “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for President Almazbek Atambaev of Kyrgyzstan (central Asia, west of China).

4 PRISON MINISTRY CHAPLIN ROB D’ANDREA Pray for Chaplin D’Andrea and the men he counsels and witnesses to each week. Pray the inmates will listen to the Holy Spirit and believe in Christ as their Savior.

5 EL BUEN PASTOR PASTOR PEDRO GUTIERREZ Join us at 7pm for a special prayer service dedicated to seeking God’s will for the church and its ministries in 2014.

6 KEYSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH/ KEYSTONE FELLOWSHIP NORTH PASTOR DAMON HALLIDAYKeystone has made prayer their number one priority. They are using the ACTS model to assist with their hour of Prayer:Adoration – Praise and worship God for who He is; Confession, which we should do daily; Thanksgiving, which we should give God daily; Supplication, which is making your request known to God. When men work, our churches experience what men can do, but when men pray, our churches experience what God can do.

7 IMB: DEAF OF COLUMBIA Pray for the deaf national leaders who have started a new Bible study with sixteen attending the first service. Pray this Bible study will become a church plant, reaching the more than 1,000 deaf in the area.

8 SILENT FRIENDS CHAPEL PASTOR DALE KESTERSONPray for SFC as they seek to serve the deaf community in the Dallas area. SFC offers worship services in American Sign Language (also voiced for the hearing), with Sunday School classes for all ages, as well as deaf outreaches and special events.

9 LAKE JUNE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR BOBBY WORTHINGTONAgape Sunday – Come join LJBC for a day of worship and praise for our risen Savior. Stay after the worship service and enjoy fellowship and a delicious chili cook-off.

1 0 IGLESIA BAUTISTA COMMUNIDAD HISPANA PASTOR PORFIRIO ABADPray for Pastor Abad and this partnership church as they meet at Criswell College in Horner Hall Sunday afternoon at 1:30pm. Pray for Pastor Abad and his family as they follow God’s lead, saturating the surrounding area with the gospel.

1 1 THE PATHWAY CHURCH PASTOR BOBBY HIGGINBOTHAM Please pray for Pastor Bobby Higginbotham, his wife Kelli, and their two children as they shine the light and love of Christ into the hilltop area of Tacoma, Washington. The Pathway Church meets at Franklin Elementary on Sundays at 10:30am.

12 EL CALVARIO PASTOR RENE LUEVANO Pray for the pastor and congregation as they continue their comprehensive Wednesday evening Bible studies on “A woman After God’s Own Heart” with teacher Ada Luevano and “Fundamentals of the Faith” with teacher Eddie Gonzales at 7pm.

13 IMB: PRAY FOR WOMEN Eleanor Witcher of IMB’s prayer office, this month, 10 women will learn to sew through the Light for Women vocational sewing training program in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Please pray that as they learn to sew they will learn the truth about Jesus.

14 EL BUEN PASTOR PASTOR PEDRO GUTIERREZ Please pray that our Couple’s Banquet and Bible Study today at 7pm will be a time for the couples in EBP to strengthen their relationships with the Lord and to draw closer to each other.

15 NEXT GENERATION OF MISSIONARIES, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL Growing the next generation of missionaries – Having enough missionaries to support Southern Baptists’ efforts to impact lostness in North America will require prayer and intentionality in developing the next generation of missionaries.

16 SILENT FRIENDS CHAPEL PASTOR DALE KESTERSONPray for Deaf IMB, NAMB, and Wycliffe Translators around the world proclaiming the good news to the millions of deaf or hard of hearing.

17 PRAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS Who are the people in your own backyard who need to hear the gospel and be discipled? We must sow individually and collectively with intentionality, and that means getting our hands dirty for the kingdom. We don’t sow only once, and we don’t choose only the choicest soils. We sow generously and widely.

18 CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH Please pray for our Conversational English ministry, which meets Thursdays, on the campus of FBD, 5th floor of the Criswell Center from 10-11:30am.

19-28 VISIONWALK INT. MINISTRIES LARRY WALKER, Ambassador at Large Central America Mission – Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Pray for Dr. Walker as he preaches and shares the gospel. For more information see LarryWalker.org

20-22 PASTOR’S RETREAT: MT LEBANONPray for the special guest speakers that will be attending the annual Mission Pastor’s Retreat February 20-22. Please pray for the Pastors and their wives at they attend the retreat at Mt Lebanon. May this be a time of rest and renewal in the Lord.

21-22 ADAT SHALOM PASTOR ROBIN ROSEAdat Shalom Jewish Evangelism Conference, Friday 7:30pm, Saturday 8:30am-5pm, “Sharing the Messianic Hope.” Do you have a Jewish friend? Have you ever tried to share the gospel with them but didn’t know how? Where do I begin? How do I answer their Jewish objections? Each session will address various aspects of Jewish outreach, history and culture, taught by experienced and knowledgeable individuals. You will walk away with the knowledge and tools to reach out and share the good news we have in Messiah! There is No Charge for the Conference, but you MUST register to attend. Please contact us at 972-271-4976 or office@adatshalom-dallas.org.

22 EL BUEN PASTOR PASTOR PEDRO GUTIERREZ Please pray for Conexion, a monthly parent and youth worship, Bible study, and bonfire Saturdays at 6:30.

23 EL CALVARIO PASTOR RENE LUEVANO Pray for the pastor and congregation as he preaches each Sunday morning this month on the “Prophets of the Old Testament.”

24 EL BUEN PASTOR PASTOR PEDRO GUTIERREZ Please pray for Pastor Gutierrez and the congregation of EL Buen Pastor as they go out into the surrounding community taking the Gospel door-to-door and inviting neighbors to visit their church.

25 CROSSROADS INDIAN CHURCH PASTOR BOB RAOPray for Crossroads Church as they reach out to Southeast Asians in the Valley Ranch and Irving area. Their services are now held at 8001 Mustang Drive, Irving.

26 EL CALVARIO PASTOR RENE LUEVANOPray for the Pastor and congregation as they continue their comprehensive Wednesday evening Praise & Worship Bible Study with Bro Shiloh Alvarado at 7pm.

27 ADAT SHALOM PASTOR ROBIN ROSEPre-Service Prayer Time: The WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHEN & WHERE of Prayer. Join us for prayer every Friday evening at Adat Shalom from 6:45-7:15pm. Do YOU as a disciple feel the need to learn more about prayer? Do you want results? Do you desire to see God at work in your life and the lives of those you love and at work in the world at large? The book of James tells us “the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much” (James 5:16b).

28 JAPANESE MISSION CHURCH PASTOR FUTOSHI SHINGAKIPlease pray for Pastor Futoshi and congregation as they reach out to Japanese in the DFW area. The church meets at 3800 Carbon Rd., Irving, TX 75038.

MISSION CHURCH CONTACT INFO For more information on any Mission Church and their events, contact info is below.

Adat Shalom 972.271.4976Crossroads 214.458.6496El Buen Pastor 214.381.5119El Calvario 214.638.1277 Epic Life Church epiclifechurch.orgFirst Laotian Baptist Church 214.228.7044Iglesia Bautista Comunidad Hispana 786.942.1151Japanese Chapel 469.328.1872Keystone Baptist Church 214.403.4408Lake June Baptist Church 214.213.7055Prison Ministry 214.969.7746Silent Friends 214.969.2410The Pathway Church thepathwaytocoma.com

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Would God ask a family to move from a small town in Minnesota, leave a thriving ministry, and go plant a church in a spiritually dark place? Yes! Keith and

Kristine Carpenter and their family moved from Minnesota to the Aurora Corridor in North Seattle to plant Epic Life Church in the city on North Aurora Avenue.

This corridor encompasses communities of many ethnic backgrounds, lower income pockets, homeless men and women, underdeveloped businesses, “adult” areas, multiple apartment complexes, and high crime areas with no child friendly or family friendly environment whatsoever.

Keith, his wife Kristine, and their four sons, Konnor, Kaden, Kody, and Kaleb, have been sowing the good news of Jesus in the neighborhood of 105th and Aurora, where the Lord prompted Keith one morning to follow Him. As a result of praying for supernatural direction and guidance, the Lord provided a church facility for them free of charge, and today, they own the property.

Neighboring businesses that were once hostile or apathetic have become grateful for the light and truth that are touching lives in an area where the police find dead bodies of individuals destroyed by darkness. Epic Life Church is striving to consistently introduce people to Christ in their communities and homes in different and tangible ways. Please join First Dallas Missions Ministry as we pray for and support Epic Life Church. Our First Dallas student choir ministry will serve there during the week of spring break, March 8-14.

Please pray for Epic Life Church, the Carpenter family, and a second new church plant in downtown Seattle, situated in another of the most dangerous and dark areas in the entire city. For more information, please go to www.Epiclifechurch.org, or www.keithcarpenter.wordpress.com.

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Meet the Carpenter Family

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to

proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to

proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.” Luke 4:18-19, NASB