Prayer Update - June 28, 2011

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Featured Church/Mission: First Presbyterian Church (profile), Concord, New Hampshire (Pastor Doug Domin)
1. Please pray for Ted Ogley as he prepares for his Presbytery exams
2. Please pray for VBS that it would go well and be an outreach to the community.
3. Please pray for our facility needs. We are moving out of our present location July 31. We need a 24/7 facility but may have to go to a Sunday morning only rental. This is a serious dilemma for us.
4. Give thanks for the wonderful congregational meeting this past Sunday.
5. Give thanks for the way we see God using our church.
6. Pray for our financial needs as our giving is below budget.

Featured Potential Church Planting Site: Brunswick, Maine (profile)
1. Pray for the spiritual and economic prosperity of the people of Brunswick.
2. Pray for the existing evangelical churches in Brunswick, including Merrymeeting Bay OPC, currently meeting there.
3. Pray for the expansion of the Kingdom in central Maine.

Featured Potential College Ministry Site: Bowdoin College (profile), Brunswick, Maine
1. Pray for the students, faculty, and staff of Bowdoin College as they begin to prepare for the new academic year.
2. Pray for the establishment of strong college ministries on a campus without a RUF, Intervarsity, or Campus Crusade presence.

MNA Committee work:
Burlington: Continue to pray for The Vermont Project, the joint church planting/RUF work in Burlington, VT. Pray in particular for:
1. Joseph Pensak and his family as they make preparations to move on site to Burlington.
2. For the people of Burlington, that God would continue the work of preparing the fields for harvest.
3. Ongoing efforts to connect with potential prayer and financial partners for the work in Burlington.

Presbytery Interns: Continue to pray for: Tom Powell, as he has begun an internship at Hope Presbyterian Church; Mike Viera, as he begins his studies again at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson; and Nathan Snyder, as he does an internship this summer and prepares for another in the fall.

Herb Shipman: Continue to pray for adequate support to be forthcoming to support Pastor Shipman in his work as an evangelist to the dairy farming community of northern Vermont.