Thank you for continuing to pray with us as we prepare to move church locations. After the morning service this past Sunday we had a time of prayer and then walked over to see the new location. I heard for our realtor that he was able to negotiate free rent during the month of May […]
Free Rent (4/18/2023) Read More »
Thank you for continuing to pray with us about our move to a new location. Progress has been slow, but steady. We were able to take a look after the previous tenant left and removed all of their belongings. When we did, we discovered an unexpected slab of concrete. Finding it before finalizing plans with
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My phone rang on Friday evening with a call from our realtor. We had been discussing the timing of when to officially say that we would be leaving our current church location since we have to give 2 months prior notice and we want to avoid paying double rent. We agreed that it is now
Countdown (4/4/2023) Read More »
While we are still undergoing negotiations with the warehouse we are looking to rent, we heard that we passed the renter’s check. Based on my conversation with our realtor on Tuesday, it looks like we will be able to be in the building by the end of May or top of June. In the meantime,
This past week, we looked inside the warehouse we are trying to rent along with our realtor and the building architect. Although the previous renters technically have their contract until the end of April, they had already moved all their stuff out before we got there. This allowed us (especially the architect) to get a
One recent Sunday, we had 4 first-time visitors. Despite our attendance being down 10 people that day (6 regular attendees and 4 occasional attendees), we still had a total of 18 people. Had everyone shown up, we would have almost run out of chairs and been overcrowded in our space. We will probably need to
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My phone buzzed late one evening the other day from an Instagram direct message. It was a guy in his 40’s reaching out. He found out about our church by stumbling across our YouTube channel and wanted to connect his unsaved mother and sister to our church since they live in Nagoya. This past Sunday,
YouTube (3/7/2023) Read More »
Thank you for praying for the summer internship we are hosting this year. Last week, I was able to officially offer the position to several young men. Two have accepted the offer and we are currently looking for another intern to take the place of one who had to withdraw due to health reasons. Please
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As we searched for a second location for a church plant on the south part of town, the Lord has continued to close doors. The building we planned to rent in December fell through. Additionally, we learned this past week that the basketball court currently undergoing renovations right by that location (previously a hotspot for
Thank you for praying as we look for a new building for the first church plant. While nothing is finalized yet, we have found a location that checks all the boxes for what we were praying for and have been able to take a look inside. We will need to pay to have some work
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