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Persevering Prayer
Thank you so much for all your prayers and generous support! I hope you realize how important you are in seeing the Lord work here in Newark!
January 2019 Bulletin
This month’s Bulletin features updates on TUMI, Urban Church Planting, and Urban Leadership Retreats.
Unlike Us
World Impact Men’s Retreat in September, I sat around the fire for hours both with boys as young as 12 and men with grey hair.
Newark 2018 Update
In the past year, five different Evangel Schools of Urban Church Planting were hosted in Newark.
Satisfying Ministry
My prayer is that you would be satisfied during this season. Satisfaction, at times, can be elusive. We can be easily deceived by acquisitions and accomplishments masquerading as satisfaction.
Update from The Oaks
Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ from The Oaks. The weather has certainly changed and the nights are windy, cold, and frosty.
Truth in Isolation
Happy Christmas season! A month ago we held our women’s retreat at The Oaks Camp and Conference Center north of Los Angeles.
Peters December Prayer Letter
As Doug and I were sitting on our living room couch, we started to recount all the wonderful deeds God has done.
Hope
It is important to note the nativity story is an evangelistic one. The Gospel writers recorded it with the assumption that we would spread it to others.
December 2018 Bulletin
This month’s Bulletin features testimonies from our Men’s and Women’s Retreats.
Faces of Servanthood
On the first night of my current TUMI Capstone course, Foundations of Christian Leadership, we were talking about Jesus washing His disciples’ feet from John 13.
Journey of Faith
How do you train leaders for ministry work in the city and what do they look like? They look like the men that came out for our leadership retreat this fall just outside of Wichita.
Refugees Find Jesus
Last month we had the blessing of hosting the Arboleda family who are originally from Colombia. They came to our church Iglesia Del Maestro when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in August 2005.
Spiritual Warfare
Recently thirteen teams representing twelve denominations were certified by TUMI/World Impact to train and equip church plant teams from and for the urban poor.
Outreach
Warmest regards to family and friends. I am always amazed at how quickly time seems to pass. Hopefully, you all had a time of renewal in the Lord and relaxation during the summer.
What Do You See?
What you see is a part of your story; a story utterly unique to you, yet inexplicably intertwined with the stories of those around you.
A Crucial Time
I recently returned from a 3-day trip to Kansas where I was recertified as a Dean for the Evangel School of Urban Church Planting.
A Changed Family
The school year at LACS started with a bang! Each child had a gift bag on their desk with all kinds of desk goodies, such as fancy pencils, a pencil sharpener, a journal, bookmarker, erasers, etc.
