Yuma OPC continues to be a place where a loving and encouraging group of saints gather to worship the Lord and live the Christian life together! Over the summer three families moved to Yuma and are in the process of joining. In September theyparticipated in a “Happy Hour” type of event at the building where they have their church office. This was a great outreach opportunity. About 100 people came through the office and several filled out prayer requests. Please pray that some of these folks might come and visit Yuma OPC for worship soon. Pastor Jeremy reports that they’re now ramping up and getting ready for winter visitors. They have also begun a women’s study which meets twice per month. The ladies are going through Disciplines of a

Pastor Ryan Cavanaugh shares, “Our faithful Lord is truly blessing Mission Church!” Since the last update, Mission has added 12 members to the church (communicant and non-communicant). They have an additional 8 people (one family of 7 and one covenant youth) who will soon be ready for membership. Attendance is in the mid 40’s to low 50’s. On September 30, they had their first church-wide outreach where they held an “End of Summer Cookout” at the county fairgrounds. In the pouring rain, 30 people from the community still showed up! Praise God! An outreach committee has been appointed and they are currently planning outreaches for Christmas, as well as events for next year. Please pray for continued boldness in sharing Christ withfriends,

CDA Reformed Church gives thanks to God for his faithfulness. Though several initial families have moved on for various reasons, the Lord is at work growing his church there. In October they received four families by reaffirmation of faith and witnessed the baptism of two covenant children. Pastor David shares that they’re also seeing more families move to the area from churches of like faith and practice. They hope to receive several of these families by letter of transfer in the near future. Give thanks with CDA Reformed for this growth and pray for potential office bearers to be raised up among them. Over the summer, the men of the church began a weekly book study. They are currently working through their second book: Richard Sibbes',

Regional Home Missionary Lacy Andrews reports the following praises and prayer requests: Heritage OPC in Wilmington, NC has experienced significant growth; pray for wisdom as they consider the purchase of a church building. Praise God for a new mission work in Bluffton, SC – Covenant Presbyterian Church of the Low Country; pray for growth in numbers and wisdom for the newly appointed provisional session. Praise God for the provision of a new location for Peninsula Reformed Presbyterian Church of Yorktown, VA and for the start of both morning and evening worship in early November; pray that morning worship would attract new visitors to the work. Praise God for the reception of Knox Presbyterian Church of Mechanicsville, VA into the

In early August, God graciously granted First Street Reformed Fellowship a successful transition to morning worship services. Pastor Brad Peppo shares that the new worship space is working out very well, and the Sunday school program is in full swing. The group has had several new visitors attend since moving to mornings, and two new families have expressed interest in joining. In addition to the early morning theology study at the local coffee shop and the monthly Christian-Skeptic discussion gathering at Pastor Brad’s house, the group has begun holding a weekly Bible study in the cafeteria on the campus of the nearby community college. Pray that God would continue to bring new members to the work and that they would begin to see fruit