Ryan and Rochelle Cavanaugh “Mission Church is being blessed so amazingly!” Pastor Ryan Cavanaugh shares that this past Sunday they broke their attendance record at 43. They currently have seven families that are regularly visiting the church. Five young people have finished new members class and will soon profess their faith. And another family of three is preparing for membership. Ryan asks that you please pray for: 1) boldness, courage, and creativity in their outreach efforts this year, especially as they witness to those in their community, 2) the Lord to send the right people their way to visit the church, and 3) that they would see adult baptisms in the church. Pray too for a young man Ryan has been speaking with recently. He told

Michael and Naomi Schout Last night Grace Fellowship OPC in Zeeland had their first Core Values Study and Discussion at the Howard Miller Public Library, a highly visible location for which they praise God. The group is meeting every Tuesday evening for ten weeks to discuss such topics as: Gospel Centrality; Prayer Dependency; Culture of Evangelism & Hospitality; and A Place for Weakness, to name a few. They are praying that it will be helpful as they delve deeper into what it means to be a faithful church plant and look closely at these Christian values at the foundation of Grace Fellowship. Michael shares that the group hopes to begin evening services on March 10 and, Lord willing, launch a morning and evening service on Easter

Daniel and Amber Doleys On behalf of Living Water OPC, Pastor Daniel Doleys shares his great gratitude to the denomination for their support over the last four years. Now as they complete support and look toward future days, their biggest prayer request is for patience in their aim to become a neighborhood church. Living Water OPC is situated between two historic neighborhoods where most families have lived for at least a couple of generations. Having only moved there in the last six months, Living Water is “the new kid on the block”. Daniel knows it will take time to connect with the people and become known as a place of love and caring. Please pray that God would bless their efforts to grow their presence in the community as well as

Matt and Lois Cotta Matt Cotta shares that momentum has picked up in the past few months at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. Worship numbers have been excellent, they have been seeing many new visitors, and some have expressed interest in membership. The church is in the midst of some preliminary Officer Training classes. Pray that these classes would continue to be lively and well attended. Matt also shares the continued praise that the ESL Outreach group, Pasadena English Corner, is really flourishing. Attendance has been in the teens for several weeks and almost everyone who comes for the ESL instruction stays for the Christianity Explored Bible study. The attendees have been asking a lot of great questions about the Bible, about Jesus,

Lowell and Mae Ivey Since their last report, Lowell and the folks at Reformation Presbyterian Church have been involved in starting a new Bible study in Yorktown, VA. This group of about six families meets every Sunday evening and are hopeful to start an OPC church. Please pray for wisdom for this new initiative. Lowell also shares the praise that the church has been growing in the grace of hospitality. In fact, on a recent Sunday after morning worship, Lowell invited a new visitor to his home for lunch only to learn that she’d already received four other invitations! Lowell requests prayer for their officer nominations and congregational meeting coming up in January, as they discuss the possibility of organizing in 2019. Also, pray for