NYC Newsletter #5

This newsletter was originally send October 3, 2011.

Dear Friends and Family, We wanted to briefly update you regarding what the Lord is doing to prepare us to advance the gospel inNYC and to the ends of the earth.  As we said in our last email, we have begun meeting with a group of prospective church planting team members here inBirmingham who are prayerfully considering planting their lives with us in NYC for the glory of Christ in all nations.  We have attempted to structure our life together as much as possible around the pattern of the early church recorded in Acts 2:42--"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."  We have been reminded that God did not choose to use slick marketing techniques and worldly wisdom to create and advance His church.  Rather, He sent out His people in the power of His Spirit to proclaim His Word, and through them He began taking the nations for the glory of His great Name.  We are praying and trusting that He will do the same with us...and we pray that He will do that with you as well. 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)