Prayer Update - July 8, 2009

Featured Church/Mission: First Presbyterian Church, Concord, NH (Pastor Doug Domin)
1. Please give thanks for Ted Ogley and his family and the blessing they have been to our church.
2. Please gives thanks for God’s provision of a leased space on Loudon Road and the blessing this has been to our church family.
3. Please pray for our Main Street Market Days outreach July 16-17 and Vacation Bible School the week of July 20.
4. Please pray for the ongoing training of officer candidates and for the continued spiritual and numerical growth of our congregation.

Featured Potential Church Planting Site: Keene, New Hampshire
1. Pray for the people of Keene and for the spiritual and material prosperity of people in the western part of New Hampshire.
2. Pray for the reformation of the church in Keene and for God’s blessing upon the evangelical churches there.

Featured Potential College Ministry Site: Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire
1. Pray for the students, faculty, and staff of Keene State College and for the school’s impact on the state through the large number of public school teachers who study there.
2. Pray for the campus ministries at Keene State, including the work of Campus Crusade for Christ.

Special Prayer Requests for Shiloh Retreat Ministries, Jefferson, NH, and Faith Presbyterian Church (profile), Lancaster, NH
Shiloh: Please pray for adequate income to keep current with expenses and to pay down the outstanding property tax bill and camp ground engineering fees. Please ask the Lord to fill our weekends with retreats and our 4 weeks of camp; please also pray that the Lord would continue to provide ministry coordinators Ken Todd and Greg Gordon with off-site work through early July and again as soon as camp ends.
Faith Presbyterian Church:
a. Praise God for the 32 children that attended our day camp (June 22-26). Pray that God would produce fruit from this ministry and that our church would be able to follow up with these families.
b. Pray for visitors to attend our worship services.
c. Pray that the Lord would meet our financial needs and close the current $5,000 budget short fall. Pray that we would receive increased financial support from donors outside of our church (close to half or our budget is based on outside giving).
d. Pray for new members to join our church.

MNA Committee work:
Pray for the committee’s upcoming meetings on July 9 and August 13 and for the further development of existing ministry contacts.

Northern New England Presbytery:
Pray for God’s blessing upon the presbytery’s July 18 meeting in Laconia, New Hampshire.

Summer Ministries:
1. Continue to pray for the summer internship of seminary student Mike Viera at Grace Presbyterian Church (profile) in Laconia.
2. Continue to pray for the summer internship of seminary student Ted Ogley at First Presbyterian Church (profile) in Concord.