Thank you!

I have three prayer requests I’d like to share with our TBC prayer warriors.  First, a praise; Marshall Pulliam moved here and his job transfer fell threw immediatly and he had no job.  We asked people to pray for him in our newsletter, and within a few days, God provided a full time job with benefits.  Praise God.

Secondly, I am flying to Southern California tomorrow and I will defend my thesis before a board.  If I pass, My Doctoral work will be basically complete and I’ll walk in May with my Doctorate.  It would be so nice to be done with the work involved with this, so please pray that my thesis defense goes well.

Also pray for those guests that will come over the Christmas Season.  Pray we connect with them in a meaningful way and the truth of God’s saving grace is felt.

Thank you, thank you for your prayers.

Loren

ps.  If you want to listen to our latest sermons, click here, and then click on the “Launch Media Player” button.

Please pray for several visitors who come from an LDS background, who are not comfortable in chruch, but are looking for something. Pray that they come to the Lord here, and find the Joy that comes from Him.

Pray also for our neighborhood outreach on the 12th.  Pray that as we invite our community, we get a positive response.

Pray also for our volunteers; that they stay encouraged, and see the fruit of thier labors.

Thank you for you prayers and support!

We also are doing a 4 week mini-series on Hard Teachings of Jesus, and we sent out a small mailer, pray that new people would decide to join us for Sunday Services.

A few months ago I had business cards printed that just said, “Just a little reminder, God’s love is Free,” with our church info on the back.  We gave some of those cards to our launch team, and one couple gave one to one of the Costco free sample workers.  That worker and her husband actually came to church, praise God!  last week they confided with the couple who invited them that they have also had the LDS  missionaries coming over to their home teaching them, and that they were being “pressured” by family and the missionaries into LDS baptism. They are afraid how their family will handle it if they tell them they are coming our church, but the husband does not buy the LDS “stuff.”  Please pray for this family.

Also, two Sunday’s ago another individual indicated on the contact card they wanted more information about how to become a Christian.  We have reached out several ways to this individual, please pray that they would continue to move toward receiving Christ.

Thank you for your prayers!

One quick story (there are too many of these stories to tell really), one day Stephen and Taylor (from Fresno), were walking with me to hand out flyers promoting our Easter service.  We were tired after walking numerous streets during that day, and were on our way home, but made the decision to hang promo flyers on the doors on our walk home.  On our way we passed a home with a man outside working on his yard, and we struck up a conversation, and invited him to join us for church on Easter.  To our amazement he came, and just loved the service.  I saw him moved to tears during worship, and he tracked me down after the service and said “he’d be getting baptized soon,” and that he wanted to pray.  He hadn’t prayed in about 10 years.  He said he was was not sure what to expect, and had his wife wait 20 min in the parking lot after dropping him off in case he got board, but he could not stop talking about how amazing the service was, and that he will be back.  He thinks his wife might even come (and she is against religion for the most part).  Anyway, I am not much of a writer, and there are so many other cool details to this story, and so many other amazing ways the Lord has used us here already, I cant do God justice for what He has done in and through us.  Please Pray the Lord continues to move, to grow our group, and make His name great here in Davis County Utah.

Now lets pray that the follow up is a success.  Our team has already started the that process, lets pray that we make meaningful connections, and that our first time visitors feel as welcomed and loved as they should.

The City has been very helpful in this process, but please continue to pray that this gets resolved as we plan, as our newspaper print adds will have to be filed before the date move is completely secure.

Pray for our Sunday Morning Service this week.  We will be in the Theater, holding our first Sunday morning church service on the 20th (this Sunday), and we officially open our doors on April 3rd.  Pray, Pray, Pray!!

March 9th (today)- Centerville Planning commission will consider a zoning code ammendment to add church use as a conditional use in a public facility zone.

March 15th- Assuming the Planning commission will recommend the change, the City council will vote to approve the commission’s recommendation.

March 20th- Our first Sunday in the arts facility.  Because the process will not be complete (See March 23rd below), we will not yet have a lease signed, but the city is willing to allow us to use the facility while the amendment is being considered.

March 23rd- Assuming the City Council voted to approve the zoning change, the Arts Center would then need to file an amendment with the Planning Commission to add church use to their conditional use permit.  If this is approved on the 23rd, we can sign the lease and be all set.

The City has been helpful in navigating this process (as unexpected as it was/is).  Lets pray that each step of the way goes through with no hitches, and that Jesus is glorified in all this.