NYC Newsletter #4

This newsletter was originally sent August 18, 2011.

Dear Friends and Family, It has been another busy and exciting month as we have seen God working to advance His Kingdom in  NYC and in all nations.  As we mentioned in our last update, we have been meeting all summer with individuals and families who are praying about joining us in NYC.  The highlight of this past month came thispast Sunday when we met together as a group with these brothers and sisters for the first time.  We had twenty-six adults meet with us here in Birmingham on Sunday and have others from around the country who are asking God if this is how He wants to use them for the glory of His great Name. Over the next few months, we will be walking together as a group through some basics of our philosophy of ministry and what it will look like in NYC.  We will work through the New Testament's teaching on the nature and mission of the church and we will think carefully about how God is calling us to be the church for the advancement of the gospel in NYC and all nations.  We will spend concentrated times in corporate prayer, knowing that we are utterly inadequate to bring any lasting gospel fruit.  And we will share life together, living out the unity that we already have in Christ Jesus. Please pray for us over this time... Pray for our personal holiness Pray for the personal holiness and unity of our prospective team members Pray that God would assemble the team that He wants to send to NYC to advance the gospel Pray that God would grant wisdom to those who are considering moving to NYC.  Pray that they would know whether this is, in fact, where God is leading them. Pray that we would have wisdom to know how to lead well   Pray that we would continue to develop Kingdom partnerships with churches and individual Christians in NYC Pray that we would be a people formed by the gospel Pray that God would provide the necessary financial resources Some of you have asked about how you can partner with us financially. Currently, our sending church, The Church at Brook Hills, is handling all financial donations.  If God is leading you to give, you can do so by mailing your tax-deductible gift to:             The Church at Brook Hills             Attn: Jean Adams             3145 Brook Highland Parkway             Birmingham, AL 35242 Please make checks payable to The Church at Brook Hills and designate your gifts by writing “Northeast Church Plant” in the memo line.  If you would like to see our prospective budget, please contact us. Thank you for taking the time to read this e-mail.  We would love to talk with you more about what God is doing in NYC and answer any questions that you might have.  We greatly appreciate the encouragement that we have received from so many of you, and we look forward to partnering together in the future for the glory of Christ in NYC and in all nations. Blessings in Christ, josh and traci "Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, now and forever. Amen" (Eph. 3:20-21)