Prayer

From the Spiritual Formation Committee, here are some suggestions to guide you as a pray for the campaign:

Praise God for:

• The congregation's earnest participation in last Sunday's quarterly day of prayer and 2nd round of praying tours.
• The continued enthusiastic interest and fundraising efforts of our children in support of the campaign.
  

Pray for:

• Good health and strength for Dr. Ryken during a very busy spring of this year.
• Campaign donations to meet--and even exceed--commitments in the promised time frames.

Prayer

From the Spiritual Formation Committee, here are some suggestions to guide you as a pray for the campaign:

Praise God:

• for the good turnout (over 100 people) at our first "Praying Tours" last Sunday.

Pray:

• for God to use the soon-to-be-mailed 30-day devotional guides in the lives of the congregation to help them make prayerful campaign commitment decisions.
• for upcoming events, specifically the quarterly day of prayer and the second of the praying tours, both on March 2.
• that the Lord will multiply the efforts and money directed toward church plants, as part of the campaign's city outreach efforts.

We have also had an encouraging update from the Band of Gideons. George McFarland reports that there are now 40 people who have signed up for the Band of Gideons and are praying daily for the Campaign! If you are interested in joining, please send him your name and email address at gmcfarland@dccs.org. You are also encouraged to share any particular blessing from the Campaign. Here are a few encouraging quotes that the Band considered in a recent email update:

"Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence." Charles Spurgeon

"Jesus did not pray about things, he brought things about by prayer." Armin Gesswein

Items for Prayer

From the Spiritual Formation Committee, here are some suggestions to guide you as a pray for the campaign:

Praise God for

• a good beginning to the children's program and the enthusiasm it's generating.
• the 25+ members who have thus far signed up to be part of the "Band of Gideon" prayer team.

Pray that:

• upcoming events--particularly the praying tours on 03/02 and 04/06, and the quarterly "Day of Prayer" on 03/02--will be well-attended.
• upcoming communications--especially the devotional guide to be mailed out in late February--will help members determine their level of campaign participation.

Items for Prayer

From the Spiritual Formation Committee, here are some suggestions to guide you as a pray for the campaign:

Praise God for Dr. Koop and his gift of a digital organ; the spiritual encouragement he and this gift are to the church.

Pray for:

• broad participation from the congregation in prayer and in financial giving.
• the Lord to provide some large gifts that will help us meet our overall campaign goals.
• Tenth's children to grow in faith as they trust God to provide ways for them to contribute to the campaign.