The saints at Anaheim Hills Presbyterian Church (AHPC) are working hard toward the goal of particularization in May or June of 2019. There are two elder and four deacon candidates in the final stages of training. There are wonderful stories shared in adult Sunday school each week about the opportunities the members have had to witness and invite people to church in the past week. AHPC is also in the process of putting together some outreach events, including one for Mormons who are questioning their faith. Pastor Chris has just started a new Sunday afternoon study, “Christian Foundations”, for the people that are new to the faith and new to Reformed Theology. Please continue to pray with AHPC for their own church building, and for solid

Pastor Ron Beabout reports that Grace and Truth OPC has established a good pattern of regular ministry. The work of making contacts in the community continues and they’ve recently seen some fruit from their efforts. Ron encourages members to hand out church business cards wherever they go and sometimes this can even mean in their own home. One member had a technician in his home for a repair and before the technician left, he handed him a card. The man promised to come to worship at a later Sunday and that he would bring his fiancé. Please pray that they would come, and that a couple families who have visited somewhat regularly would continue to come to worship. Pray also for the Lord to provide a new facility that the church could have

We gladly welcome Downingtown OPC to the Home Missions Today prayer rotation. This young mission work is located in Downingtown, PA, about 30 miles west of Philadelphia. It started as a small Bible study led by Regional Home Missionary Dave Holmlund in January 2017, and the Lord’s blessing and grace have been evident from the beginning. The Bible study quickly developed into a worship service in April 2017 and now has around 40 people, young and old, who have a simple yet strong desire to worship God and testify to the glory of his grace. After moving to Downingtown in October 2018 with his wife (Ginger) and four children (Jude, Crosby, Audrey, and Matthew), Rev. Gregory O’Brien was installed as the organizing pastor. Please pray: for the

It is a pleasure to introduce for prayer the new (and soon-to-be-named) mission work in Zeeland, Michigan. This work is a church plant of Harvest OPC in Wyoming, MI and church planter Michael Schout will be working in tandem with Harvest OPC to develop a strategy for the work, including a mission statement, core values, and major goals and objectives. Michael was born and raised in Zeeland, and together with his wife Naomi, they have four children: Sadie (11), Eli (8), Lydia (5), and Titus (3). A starting informational meeting is scheduled for November 14 where the group will share in dessert, fellowship, and prayer as Mike communicates the history and vision of this new work. Please pray for the work in these early days as they seek to

Regional Home Missionary Steve Doe is concentrating his efforts on the Presbytery’s newest mission work, Jehoash Presbyterian Church in Catlett, Virginia. “Jehoash” means “in the strength of the Lord” and it is by the Lord’s strength and care that Jehoash is in the process of revitalizing, having a history that reaches back over a hundred years. What began in 1914 as a ministry to paroled inmates is now part of the OPC, ministering in a rural setting about to experience growth as farms are sold and houses and condos are built. Pray for the congregation which is eager to grow spiritually and numerically and reach out to their community. Pray that the preaching of the gospel would transform lives as the apostle Paul declared (Romans 1:16-17),