15 MARCH 2012 Greetings from the ION Prayer Team
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EACH THURSDAY we ask you to link in united prayer for those working in Orality & for our Great Commission Partners. If you are available, join us live…
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Prayer Requests:
Praying for orality, stories from the field.
“Everything on earth will worship you; they will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs” (Psalm 66:4).
Mimi Barker shared a prayer request...Please pray for an Orality and Storying workshop (OneStory) in Chiang Mai four days, 15-16 March/ Thursday & Friday and 19-20 March/ Monday & Tuesday. There have thirty (30) people coming for the training. Three staff members will be taking another step toward being independent trainers. This workshop is still in need of a Volunteer for childcare for next Mon and Tues. ContactMimi Barkerif you are in Chiang Mai or know of someone who can help.
Join in prayer for "Care Connexion"
March 16-17
Portland, Oregon areahttp://careconnexion.org/
Focusing on equipping and networking leaders to provide relevant and effective care for missionaries. Those attending will share strategies, resources encouragement in efforts to meet the needs of overseas workers.
Location for conference:
Village Baptist Church
330 SW Murray Blvd
Beaverton, OR 97005
Caring for the Soul
March 14, 2012 bywycliffeprayer
Care ConneXion 2012is a conference that aims toencouragechurches in their efforts to care for missionaries. Wycliffe is one of the sponsors,
· Prayfor the speakers as they prepare to share insight on how tocare for missionaries and how to help nurture their spiritual vitality.
· Praythat people will leave this conference feeling better equipped tomeet the needs of overseas workers.
Source: http://wycliffeprayer.wordpress.com/
Praying for friends in Orality…
Project Hannah
App 2.0 (iPhone, iPad)
www.twreurope.org
Free app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch available by searching for “Project Hannah” in the app store or by visiting projecthannah.org/app.
TruthSticks
shares two recent J.O. Terry’s blog posts
Bible Storying to Native Americans - TruthSticks
truthsticks.ning.com
Several years ago I met a Navajo pastor at a conference in New Mexico where I shared about Bible Storying. We had a brief opportunity to talk about his people…
Source: Navajo on Truthsticks.org: http://truthsticks.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bible-storying-to-native-americans-1
Adaptation of Rosary Meditations - TruthSticks
truthsticks.ning.com
In response to some inquiries from those working in Central America where the Rosary prayers are frequently used by those seeking divine intervention… Here is a link for Storysets centered around using Rosary prayers.
Source: http://truthsticks.ning.com/profiles/blogs/adapation-of-rosary-meditations?xg_source=activity
Praying for Mobile Ministry & Digital Evangelism
You may not have heard these terms, but if they are new to you, connect to Digital Evangelism Resources. Here is their link:
http://t.co/kCI5GWDF
Recently they posted a link to help us understand more about that pesky Facebook Timeline! Not excited about it? Take a few minutes and maybe you can embrace some of the neat options it has ♥
7 Crucial Things About Timeline For Facebook Pages - www.allfacebook.com
Here are the seven most important things to know about timeline
Mobile Ministry / Digital Evangelism is the next wave to check out...
Source: http://paper.li/soonguy/1330899182
Jerry Wiles shared
ASSIST News Service
ASSIST Ministries is an international ministry started in 1988 by journalist and author, Dan Wooding, and his wife Norma, as a way to help Christians living under difficult circumstances, and to share the Gospel with those who do not know Christ.
Two articles regarding ORALITY
--Orality: Changing the Face of Missions around the World - “Immediately he received his sight and started following Jesus”, Scripture says, of the blind beggar known as Bartimaeus (which means son of Timaeus), as recorded in Mark chapter 10.
--Jesus Wells Solve Village Leader’s Problems - Poojan Manasi had many ideas for developing the village he lived in. As the village chief, he was in charge of solving all the problems in his area, so he set out to tackle each issue starting with the village’s lack of clean water.
Source: www.assistnews.net
Prayer requests & Orality Stories
The weekly prayer focus is written to share & pray for ministries who link with ION. If you would like to be added to the email .pdf format list, send an email to:
JAPAN IN CRISIS. As we have reached the one-year anniversary of the triple disaster that overtook unsuspecting Japan, it seems fitting and proper to pause a moment and voice a prayer for the more than 16,000 lives that have been confirmed as lost and the more than 3,000 lives that are not yet accounted for. At the same time, perhaps it would be appropriate to remember a life that was spared. Kenji...See More
East Asian Peoples » Japan in Crisis
eastasianpeoples.imb.org
Join in our 30 Days of Prayer for Japan in Crisis, and invite your entire church to participate. Download the calendar and print out as many copies as you need.
Source: East Asian Peoples » Japan in Crisis
ENGAGING CHURCHES - SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. First Baptist Church of Kennesaw, Ga., asks prayer for safety and boldness for their teams working among their people group in Senegal.
AEGEAN TURKS OF TURKEY (uh-JEE-an). “Over a period of a few weeks before Christmas, I had the opportunity to share the story of the Bible (Creation to Christ) with my friend. She’s a college-age young woman who lost her father when she was young and takes her responsibility of helping to provide for her family very seriously. After discussing how Jesus fulfills God’s promise throughout Scripture to send a Savior, we agreed to begin reading the Book of John together. What better way to continue studying the life of Jesus than to read the book that begins with an entire passage describing Him as the One who became flesh to dwell among us! As we read, she began to make connections between the passage in John and the stories we had already read together. She said that she knew Jesus came, knowing He would die. We ended up reading four chapters, and if she hadn’t had to go to work, she probably would have continued to read as long as we were willing to read. She said multiple times that she understood so much better when we read together than when she read on her own. Please pray that the Father will continue to give us opportunities to read with her, to give her understanding as we read together and as she reads alone, and to help her see that Jesus--the Lamb of God, the Word made flesh, the One who dwelt among men to fulfill God’s promise--wants a relationship with her.”
SOKOTO FULANI OF NIGER (SOH-koh-toh fu-LAH-nee). During this month of March, there is much excitement among the Sokoto Fulani Team as they work to implement new ways of abundant Gospel sowing in Niger. Field personnel are beginning to produce a radio broadcast in Fulfulde, the heart language of the Fulani. The broadcast will consist of chronological Bible storying by national Fulfulde speakers. They hope to reach a wide area of Fulani villages and to allow more exposure for the Gospel message as people hear it in their specific language. Please lift up the field personal who are undertaking this new and unfamiliar task, asking that they will have patience in the process and that the Truth of these recordings will reach many Fulani.
EAST ASIAN UNENGAGED PEOPLES. Please ask God for 20 unengaged western China cities to be adopted in prayer by American churches by the end of 2012.
LAST FRONTIER. Many seeds have been planted in difficult soil. Out of 24 people who heard the Gospel over the span of one year, more than half have believed. Remember in prayer these new creations in Christ and ask that they will persist in believing and grow to greater maturity. Also pray that the rest who heard will soon come to believe in Him. All of these are Last Frontier people living in great oppression.
ENGAGING CHURCHES - SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. “Thank you for praying for the Mbalantu people and our volunteers from the Bi-Fork Baptist Association in Texas! Two of us were able to journey to Namibia in February and work with our two Mbalantu churches. These small groups are continuing to minister and grow, with one preparing to have a baptismal service. They are also working hard to gain all that is needed to register as a church with the government. Praise God, who has richly blessed our groups, the ministry, and our churches. We are so grateful for the prayers of the saints!”
Pray for these upcoming Embrace Events
California: Embrace Conference, Immanuel Baptist Church, Highland, CA, March 24
Texas: South Asian Peoples 101 Embrace Training, Longview, TX, March 27-28
Florida:Embrace Conference, FBC, Orlando, FL, March 29
Source: IMB Prayer Director, Ed Cox
http://www.imb.org/compassionnet
17-20 SEPT 2012 outside of Denver, CO REGISTRATION IS OPEN PLAN NOW! to bring your staff or team.
See http://www.oralbible.com
To register go directly to:
www.IONEvents.org
UUPG Prayer Resources
& Awareness
FREE UUPG Prayer Calendars
Download at:
http://bit.ly/zWWuUE
UUPG - Unengaged (no one is reaching them) Unreached People Groups of the world.
Source: Frontier Missions YWAM http://www.joshuaproject.net/prayer-resources.php
Resource for Praying for UUPGs
Maps showing UUPGs & Locations from MapFactory
The MapFactory shares global information in a strategic view for mission agencies and churches. Agencies that desire to show their ministry and activity on a map and collect data from their field workers and ministry locations now have a robust platform that can handle global, disparate information providing needed data for strategic church planting, resource sharing and allocation, and focused prayer.
· India - http://www.mapfactory.org/ftt-india-infographic.html
· Ethiopia - http://www.mapfactory.org/ethiopia-ftt-peoples.html
· Middle East & North Africa: http://www.mapfactory.org/ftt-north-africa-middle-east-infographic.html
Source: http://www.mapfactory.org/index.html
Praying for Training
StoryRunners
· Bible Storying Training 4 Women - Orlando, FL More info go to www.storyrunners.org & Register online at www.StoryRunners.org
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