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Last night, Adam spoke about a very powerful and more effective way for us, at Christ Fellowship, to share the Gospel. Each of us within our family of believers have very unique giftings and talents and when those are put together for the sharing of the Gospel our work will undoubtedly be more effective.

We want to be even more intentional about bringing the people we meet into our family through the ordinary activities we do. Simple things like dinner, weekly chess meetings, or craft nights, are great ways for us to introduce our friends to those in the body.

Please pray, that God would use our combined efforts to bring glory to Him through the sharing of His Gospel.

For study notes from this week, please click here.

Praises and Prayer Requests:

Maddens expecting baby this week!

Matt’s dad is doing well with cancer treatments!

Andrew’s parents…traveling mercies.

Natalie’s nephew Jonah…having surgery.

Natalie… travel from CA.

Emery (Madden’s nephew)…cochlear implant surgery.

Nelia and Judy’s friend Jessica.

Judy’s daughter Jane and son Ray.

Jen’s friend Robin

This week we met at the Megaplex and continued our study in Mark. We talked about the fishermen (Simon, Andrew,James, and John) whom Christ told to follow Him. These guys had about a second to make up their mind as to whether or not they would answer the call, but immediately Mark tells us they got out of their boats and followed Him.

For sermon notes from this week’s message, please click here.

Praise and Prayer Requests

Baby Madden is coming soon, please pray for Mom (Paige) and baby!

Emery, the Madden’s nephew, needs surgery on his cochlear implants, please pray for Emery and his family.

Keep Jessica, Nelia and Judy’s providential friend, in your prayers.

Please pray that God provide opportunities for us to share the Gospel this week.

Selene held one of the winning tickets for a house at Navidad a Reynosa.  Pictured is her husband and three children.  They were in the process of trying to build a house so needless to say they were thrilled when they held a winning number.  After meeting with the family a couple of weeks ago and evaluating what they currently had, we have poured a floor for their house.  Their house is actually being built onto the side of her grandfathers house.  Culturally it is very normal for several generations to live in the same house or on the same property.

Next week a construction team from Immanuel Baptist Church of Glasgow, KY will be here to complete this project.  We are blessed to have an electrician, plumber and several carpenters coming to help with this project!  Please be praying for the construction team and this family!

It is exciting to be delving deeper into our study in Mark as we learn how to be disciples that make disciples. Knowing the Gospel and applying  it to our testimonies is one of the ways we seek to share Christ in our communities. We also desire to share the Gospel in love and in doing this become aware of our own short comings and keep one another accountable to the call He has placed on our lives.

Praises and Prayer Requests

- Jolly’s home to sell…they have an offer on their old house!
- Matt’s dad…cancer treatments.
- Jessica…the providential friend of Nelia and Judy.
- Nick…skatepark ministry/missions and Grandmother as he reads the Word with her.
- Paige and baby.
- Andrew…music ministry/missions.  Also remember Andrew’s parents as they travel for a few weeks.
- Travis…new Gospel opportunities at work.
- Megaplex Gathering this Sunday.

For sermon notes from this week, please click here.

UTRI is now accepting applications for two exciting opportunities: the Summer 2012 internship program, and IMPACT 2013. If you are 18 or over, you can apply to come for a summer, a year, or both; either way, your life will never be the same.

In the internship program, you will constantly be encouraged to grow, through mission opportunities in other cultures, quiet time, and daily discipleship, not to mention being surrounded by a tight-knit group of believers. Deadline for application is 02/20/12, so don’t delay! Click here for more info, or go to the Internship link above.

If you are ready to take it to the next level, then IMPACT is for you. A yearlong training program designed to challenge, strengthen, and grow you. This school will prepare you to be a bold, effective, and compassionate minister, whether on the mission field, in a leadership position or to fulfill the call that all believers share as ambassadors for Christ. Deadline to apply is 04/01/12. Click here if you are interested in more information, or go to the IMPACT link above.

We hope to see your application soon; don’t miss these once-in-a-lifetime opportunities!

This has been a great week for us in SLC. God is moving and we are seeking to become more fluent in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Next Sunday we will talk about the first two chapters in, “What is the Gospel” by Greg Gilbert and continue our study in Mark. Not only do we want to know the Gospel, but we also desire to share it, as the book of Mark is teaching us, and we seek to make it known to our friends, acquaintances, and relatives. It is beautiful to see how God uses us despite our brokenness in allowing us to be a part of the Great Commission.

We met at the Megaplex this week and were very happy to have 7 guests join us! God is good! Andrew’s (our worship leader’s) parents came as well as Matt and Jen’s neighbors and one of their neighbors’ friends. It is exciting to see how God is working here in SLC and we pray that He will continue to bring more people to Himself.

Praises and Prayer Requests

We praise God for the visitors we had this week!

We also pray that God will work in their hearts and they will seek to live out the Gospel.

Please continue to keep the following in your prayers:

• Adam’s Gospel Opportunities
• Travis’s friend from work
• Matt and Jen’s neighbors
• Katie’s friend
• Paige’s pregnancy
• Nick’s Grandma & his Ministry at the Skate Park

For sermon notes from this week, please click here.

Yesterday, Adam taught about making disciples. Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV) says, ” Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” As the Body of Christ we desire to bring this command to fruition. Please be in prayer for those whom we’ve talked with and shared the Gospel with this week and that God will break our hearts for them.

Praise and Prayer Requests

• Nick is meeting twice weekly with his Grandmother and reading the Bible with her. Please pray that the truth will be made know in his Grandmother’s life.
• Nick will be helping with the youth from Calvary Chapel. Please pray for him as he begins to help impact the lives of these young people for Christ.
• Jen shared the Gospel with her neighbor this week. Please pray that God will work in her neighbor’s life.
• Adam had lunch with a young man and shared the Gospel with him. Please pray for this young man would accept what Christ has to offer him.
• Travis is making relationships with one of the guys he works with. Please pray that God will change this man’s life.
• Katie is forming a relationship with a young lady that needs Christ. Please pray that God will touch her and turn her toward Him.
• Please be in prayer for Paige as she progresses in her pregnancy.

For sermon notes from this week, please click here.

Yesterday we met at the Megaplex for worship. As part of our desire to become a Gospel fluent church we began a study in the Gospel of Mark and Adam directed us through an introduction of the book. We talked about ways that we brought the Gospel to bear last week in our daily lives.  We hope to gain more fluency by learning the Gospel and living it out.

Praise and Prayer Requests:

*This week, seeds have been planted with friends, family, co-workers, and acquaintances. God has used skate parks, workplaces, chess club, coffee houses, a mom’s day out, and worship sessions to make His name known. Praise God for opening doors!

*Judy praises God this week for answering prayers!

*Please continue to pray for us as a church as we seek to be bold and proclaim Christ’s name!

*Please pray for the opportunities that we have this week to share the Gospel.

For sermon notes from this week and last week, please click here.

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Pastor Jonatan takes his youth to the local hospitals in Reynosa every January to minister to the sick and pray with the families.  This year we were invited to participate with him in this great opportunity.  We started the day preparing for the visits.  Many of us put on clown outfits and makeup to make the kids smile.  Before we left the church, we prayed for the day and then loaded up in his bus.  I was the bus driver for the day.  It’s hard enough keeping up with Jonatan in Mexico in a car, much less in a bus…but I did my best!J  Including eight from UTRI, there was approximately forty of us in total that participated in the day’s events.  We had opportunities to give out tracts, perform dramas, preach the Word and pray with many families at two different hospitals.  We also distributed kid’s bags and gifts to babies, toddlers, elementary age children and teenagers.  At the end of the day, we returned to Jonatan’s house for a church service with testimonies about the day and a pizza party.  It was a great experience for us.

We are always very thankful for the opportunities to serve in partnership with Pastor Jonatan and Discipulos de Cristo Iglesia Bautista.   Please pray for them as they continue to minister to the people of Reynosa and Northern Mexico. 

Thanks for your continued prayer support!
Shawn