She called tonight at 12:15. I assumed I wouldn't get to hear from her today, so we both had gone to sleep. In Sa world, this means I will be up for the next few hours trying to go back to sleep. but again she is worth it. God has been incredibly kind to her/us with this trip. She has had some neat experiences and made some good friends. All things that we had prayed about.
Today, she had an opportunity to travel south to the city of Wilkes-Barre. Why Wilkes-Barre? (This information is taken from the Restored Church website http://restoredchurch.org/). The city of Wilkes-Barre is the seat of Luzerne County which is 2.9% evangelical. This area is in desperate need of a church planting movement fueled by the power of God and prayerful teamwork among the people of God. The area is resistant to evangelical Christianity due in large part to dead religious systems or apathy toward God as revealed in Scripture. Many feel the northeast corner of America has become the most un-churched area of our nation and basically “post-Christian.”
Combined with the city of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre forms the third largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania (behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh). Wilkes-Barre was founded in 1769 and formally incorporated in 1806. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metro area had a population of 563,631 in 2010. Wilkes-Barre had a population of 41,498 in 2010. This area is depressed, spiritually needy and desperately needs the restoring power of the gospel.
She said it was cold, but they had the opportunity to meet with people. The goal was to distribute literature about the church. One of the ways that they did this was by waiting near parking meters with quarters ready to pay for someones parking. This would then allow them to pass out information on this not yet launched church.
Please be praying for this ministry as they prepare to reach this community with the good news of Jesus! The following information is copied from the Restored Church website. http://restoredchurch.org/
Grand Opening 2013
We are committed to building a core group of 40-50 committed individuals before we start holding weekly Sunday services. As we continue to build that core group we are having monthly “preview services”. These services will include our worship band, preaching from God’s Word, and vision casting for the church to discover more about who we are and what we’re looking to do. Each preview service will be held at 10:30 am at Downtown Arts (47 North Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702). These dates are:
April 14th
May 12th
June 16th
July 7th
July 21st
August 4th
August 18th
September 1st
September 8th (Grand Opening)
April 14th
May 12th
June 16th
July 7th
July 21st
August 4th
August 18th
September 1st
September 8th (Grand Opening)
Please keep praying for her and the team as they travel to NYC tomorrow. Their goal is to pass out 4000 bottles of water!
Thank You!
~mama sa
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