David and Rebekah Graves Coeur d’Alene Reformed Church (CDARC) has many reasons to offer praise to God. In December, the church continued a tradition of taking covenant youth Christmas caroling at local assisted living facilities, a blessing to all involved. The congregation also gives thanks that on January 27, CDARC will receive three new members by reaffirmation of faith. Pastor Graves shares that Northern Idaho has long nights during the winter months, and people seem reluctant to come out in the dark to attend evening worship. However, one visiting family has been very consistent at evening worship for the last three months; pray that they would join the church. Coeur d’Alene has also developed a reputation as a retirement

Brad and Cinnamon We warmly welcome Brad (and Cinnamon) Peppo, church planter at First Street Reformed Fellowship in Dayton, Ohio as they begin denominational support. Pastor Peppo, who was born in Dayton, is excited to be leading this group, which started meeting the first Sunday in August 2018. The group currently has about ten households represented, from young families to empty nesters. Brad shares that the group as a whole is new to one another, so he asks for prayer that they would grow in unity as they worship, fellowship, and serve with one another. The group meets Sunday evenings in a rented church building in the Dayton business district. Pray for the church as they think through the issues of location and what ministries fit

Mike and Elizabeth Diercks We happily introduce the new part time regional home missions coordinator for the Presbytery of Ohio, Michael (and Elizabeth) Diercks. Mike is not new to the presbytery, but knows it well, having served for several years on the Presbytery’s Home Missions Committee. In this new role, he will continue his work of visiting and supporting churches but will particularly focus on assisting church plants and planters. His most specific prayer request is that he would be used to stimulate the whole presbytery to be engaged in church planting in one way or another. “There is a role that every congregation can play in church planting, whether it be prayer partnership, financing, or participating in some small way in the

Jason and Amanda Kirklin Jason Kirklin shares the good report that Trinity OPC is becoming more visible at local Baylor University. There are currently two grad students who are waiting to be received and a third who is interested in membership. Pray that Trinity’s reputation as a welcoming family and biblically sound church would continue to grow on campus and many more students would join. While no formal outreach plans have yet been made for 2019, Jason shares that a group from the church is looking for a public event to set up a table and have conversations with people. Please pray for open eyes to see these opportunities and open hearts to share God’s love in the community. Pray, too, that God would grow the church family in love

Larry and Kalynn Oldaker Pastor Oldaker reports that Grace Fellowship had a great Lessons & Carols service on Sunday evening, December 23. They met jointly with Firelands Grace Church, an independent reforming church in Sandusky, and had about 45 people in attendance. Firelands’ Pastor Cody and Larry have been meeting regularly for fellowship and encouragement since November. Pastor Cody and several men in leadership are interested in the OPC and want to learn more about reformed theology and biblical church government. Please pray that God would draw the two groups closer together in fellowship and give wisdom on how to pursue that together. Additionally, Larry shares the encouragement that another couple and an individual have been