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June 2010

Generation 2 generation 

AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE

G2gAs a ministry we want to see a whole generation mobilized.  People say, "You can't take anything with you when you go.", meaning that when we die we have to leave everything on this earth.  However we can leave something on this earth of eternal value - we can leave the next generation.

We can leave a generation who are serving the purposes of God in their generation and who will one day join us around the throne.  We need to leave a louder song of praise on this earth for Jesus than we gave Him in our lifetime.  We want to leave this generation mobilized and equipped for the King, going to the furthest regions on earth and declaring: "Our God reigns!"

This is why we are committed in our mission statement to: "Reconnect the generations and release them to have an uncompromising passion for Jesus with a heart for mission and evangelism."

We hope you will be inspired to raise a generation that knows their God. Start with your own children and, with them, go to make disciples of every child, every young person and every adult in the nations - for Jesus sake.

 

                                                         (Extract from: Born for Such a Time as This)

Fire For the Nations 1
 

July 16th
6:30pm - 9:30pm
July 17th
9:30am - 8:00pm
2010

New Hope
Christian Church
3300 Kirby Whitten PKY,
Bartlett, TN  38134

 

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Generation 2 Generation and partners are working together with others on the frontlines as we advance the Kingdom by making Jesus' Name famous.

 

 

AN EVENING WITH
THE KIRK'S

 

Tuesday, 13th July 2010
New Hope Christian Church
A time for adults to come and get to know their hearts, passion,
and vision.

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UPDATE FROM:
AMBER BARONE

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I am almost half-way through my internship and I have to say it has been an amazing time so far.  I have had the privilege recently of helping Fire For the Nations take place in La Coruna, Spain for the first time. It was amazing. I have been participated in multiple FFNs in America, but this one was different. There was a challenge with the language and having interpreters, but honestly that didn't stop anything. God truly moved and I was even able to communicate with a couple of the ladies about their experience. They both expressed how God captured their heart through different aspects of the FFN. Even though there were times I couldn't understand the language, I understood the heart response. We cried, laughed and hugged a lot and in the end I was able to pray with both of them.  I think for me that was one of the most amazing things God did that weekend. He brought different cultures, languages and people together.

 


Daphne Kirk


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SPAIN: FIRE FOR THE NATIONS 1

MonasteryNever in our wildest dreams did we think we would be holding Fire For the Nations in a Catholic monastery in Spain, yet this is exactly what happened. It was such a privilege to be in these surroundings and see all generations impacted as they began to see something of what it means to be prepared "for such a time as this". The praise of Jesus rang clearly - and the silence of the surroundings gave unique moments to experience the quietness of His presence.

 We were invited by Roberto Reed, who is giving his life to see the good news of Jesus spread through the vehicle of church planting, in a nation where less than 2% are Christians. People came from 400 miles away and during the weekend we saw Jesus give breakthrough after breakthrough in the young and old.

After this weekend our vision continues to be wide open as to the doors that Jesus might open. We have been up the Himalayas, under armed guard in Indonesia, in mega churches in the USA, in nationwide leaders conferences, in the cold, cold winter of Russia, in the sweltering heat of Singapore, in the poverty of India and so the list goes on to May 2010 when we went to this amazing Catholic monastery. I love serving our God who opens doors that no man can shut and just asks that we walk with Him through them.

 

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May 2010 -  Sobrado Monastery
Iglesia Vida Nueva - La Coruña, España

(Report sent by Roberto Reed and people attending) 


More than sixty people ages 2 through 70 from our Vida Nueva Covenant Church participated in our first Fire For the Nations training on evangelization and mission. We were motivated and challenged to grow in worship, prayer, and community where both young and old had much to give and receive.  Our prayer was and is to have God's heart for people and for the nations. Four people from the "Palabras de Vida" Covenant church in Valencia also joined us.   

La Coruna Group

TESTIMONIES OF THE IMPACT OF
FIRE FOR THE NATIONS:


"The teaching was excellent"

"I liked being together as a community and felt the love and friendship"  
 
"The time of 'washing the  feet of the persecuted church' deeply impacted me."
 
"I now want to find free time to read and study the Bible"

"I was impacted by feeling compassion for people that don´t know Jesus & that my daughter saw me cry for the first time"


"The videos helped me see the reality of the world and of my life."
 
"The time of prayer for other countries with people that suffer persecution."


"The innovation, creativity and how we were moved to faith - to really BELIEVE in Jesus, that He is with us, will return and that we can fulfill His mission together."

"Being together between generations - adults and kids sharing together."  
 
"I was given a burden for the nations."
 
"It brought great renewal to my life - It has changed the way I look at things."

"It helped me rest and draw close to God and to my church, Vida Nueva." 
 
"Thank you for helping us find Jesus - thank you for being a great family for us. I give thanks to Jesus for the way He placed you in our lives."  
 
"I want to do Fire For the Nations 2." 
 
"I had a lot of fun."
 
"God has renewed my life, filled me with peace and changed my way of thinking."
 
"It helped me recover my family."  
 
"I liked being with the adults... and the manuals." (7 year old boy)  
 
"Now I see the possibilities in life and a have a much larger vision."  
 
"Now I want to spend time with my family... witness about Jesus... be strengthened by God's word."  



 

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REPORT FROM: MARCUS GARNER

Marcus SpeakingThis was the first time I had been part of the G2g team with a specific Church rather than being involved with running an FFN course and going to Indonesia with them.  For me this was both fantastic yet also extremely challenging.

Fantastic: as I was able to really connect with a few of the young lads during the Saturday FFN taster session,  the following day at the Bible study, and again at the evening service taken by the G2g team. The challenging side for me was sharing at the evening service as I am not often given the opportunity to share with so many people. It was wonderful to have a further insight into how powerfully God works through this ministry to help, support and encourage, whilst being a part of allowing God to use me to open the eyes of the local church to the amazing possibilities and unlocking of individual potential through the reconnecting of the generations.

 

This was equally challenging to me on a personal level as God really spoke to me about my involvement in my local church and the young people I am responsible for there! I am continually encouraged and challenged through my involvement with Generation 2 generation, and long may I be in this place!  I strongly believe that as followers in Christ we should never get to a point of complacency or a place where we are not feeling challenged in our journeys!  Complacency would be far more dangerous than any physical place on earth or in fact any situations in life I'm faced with!

God bless us....one and all!

 
 

 

 
Exciting News
Mustard Seed

Exciting News from Japan!

Six months ago we launched Mustard Seed Christian Church not knowing who would show up – if anybody. Since that time we have had new people come to church almost every week and have already celebrated 3 baptisms. And as you probably read in last month’s update, we have now run out of space in our current location. Up till now, we have been meeting in a sports bar that can seat 36 people, but this past week we had 48 people there! It’s a wonderful problem to have! So we asked you to pray that God would provide a new place. 

He has answered your prayers! We have secured a new place to meet at starting from August 1st. The location is a dance studio that is conveniently located very close to our current location. You can see the website for the new location here. The new place will allow us to seat around 100 people. We are very excited about this move and what it will mean for the potential growth of God’s church in Japan. As excited as we are about the growth and new location, we now have new financial needs that need to be met quickly, and we’re asking for your help.

 


OUR CURRENT FACILITY

 

 OUR NEW FACILITY

How You Can Help

Specifically, renting this new location is going to cost us about $650 dollars more per month than what we were previously paying. Moreover, our previous location already had the following items that we now need to buy:

  • Projector and projector stand
  • Projector screen
  • Sound board
  • Power amp and monitors
  • Chairs and tables

Recently, we taught on the importance of giving at Mustard Seed Christian Church. It was amazing to see people respond to the message and begin to give regularly to the church. We want you to know that the church is going to be giving sacrificially to these expenses as well. We don't yet have the funds to cover the expenses of this move, but are completely maxed out of space. We are asking if you would consider partnering with the church to make sure there is room for more people to come hear the gospel and join God's family.

In total we have around $8,000 in new one time needs as well as the increased monthly costs to rent the new location. Would you please make a special contribution or consider raising your regular giving to help meet these needs. Giving online is very easy to do by clicking HERE.
 

Thank you so much for your prayer, support and encouragement. I wish you could tangibly see the way that your sacrifices really do go to making a kingdom impact in Japan. Your gifts help make it possible for this mustard seed to grow. Thank you!

 
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Update from Bridgette Relyea - June 2010
Mustard Seed
PICTURES

Around 3,000 people worshipping at Passion: Tokyo.


MSCC's first church trip!
On the bullet train, coming back from Tokyo.

PRAYER REQUESTS
Praise! My visa has been approved.

Pray that God will continue to bring people to church, and that they will understand their need for the gospel.

Pray for continued endurance in language learning. 
 
Pray that my upcoming move to Nagoya will go smoothly in terms of finding an apartment, etc. Also pray for wisdom in making the English school an effective outreach tool.  

LINKS
 

Dear Brothers and Sisters, 

This morning before church, I stood on the sidewalk outside our meeting place, waiting for some Japanese friends who were coming to church for the first time. I could hear the sound of the small gathering of believers upstairs, singing praises together. I thought about how six months ago, if someone had walked by “Strikers” bar on a Sunday morning, they could not have overheard praises being sung to God. Someone would not have an opportunity to go inside and hear about reconciliation to God, or how Jesus can bring healing to someone’s life.  But today, there were 37 people worshipping together in that little room!  As I stood there on the sidewalk, I could not help but offer prayers of gratitude for the work God is doing here in Japan. Thank you for your faithfulness in prayer and giving that has enabled this to happen! 

God is working in Japan!

This last month has been yet another full one for Mustard Seed Christian Church.  In addition to continuing full time language school, the other staff members and I attended a leadership conference with some church-planters from various other cities in Japan. Some were Japanese, some were Australian, some had large churches, some had small.  But my teammates and I left that day refreshed with the realization that God is indeed working to build his church all over Japan!  

Later in the month, MSCC had it’s first ever “church trip”! A group of 11 of us took the bullet train to Tokyo for the day to attend the Passion conference. (“Passion” is a Christian worship conference held every other year in major cities around the world..)  In a country that is still less than 1% Christian, the experience of seeing three-thousand Japanese people worshipping together was profound, particularly for the Japanese believers in our church. We saw clearly that night, once again, that God is working in Japan.  

In the next few months…

Many of you will remember that part of our strategy in planting a church here in Japan was for me to teach English to Japanese people as a means of connecting them to the church. The demand for English teaching continues to be very high. And as logistics have fallen readily into place for me to begin teaching, it looks like I will be soon moving from Okazaki to the city of Nagoya so I can begin teaching on a regular basis. While the exact dates of my move are not in place yet, I am excited for this upcoming change! I'm looking forward to the great possibilities for MSCC in terms of connecting with many more Japanese people via the language school.  
 
With much love and thanks, 

Brigette 

P.S. Visa Update: Several minutes (literally) before I finished writing this update, I got a call saying that my religious worker’s visa has been APPROVED.  Hooray! Thank you for all of your prayers for that! 

 
Update from The Parsons - June 2010
Mustard Seed
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PICTURES

Taisei being baptized.


Ryan Fletcher: new church planter headed to Osaka, Japan

PRAYER REQUESTS
Pray for God to continue to reveal his plan for MSGF and our future.

Pray for the following cities: Osaka, Tokyo, Tehran, Istanbul, Karachi, Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Dhaka, and Bangkok.

Pray for God to provide for our family and for the ministry of Mustard Seed Global Fellowship

LINKS
 

 Greetings Friends and Supporters!

The past two months have been great months of productive ministry for Mustard Seed Global Fellowship. I am excited to fill you in on how things are going with our recent church plant in Nagoya as well as some future projects we are working towards.

Mustard Seed Christian Church in Nagoya

Our church plant in Nagoya continues to thrive with two recent baptisms as well as a young man, training for pastoral ministry. This young man, Taisei, became a Christian in Australia, but was recently baptized at the church and wants to become a minister of the gospel in the future. He has a long road ahead, but we are excited to be training up someone to help minister with us in Japan. The church is currently going through the book of Ephesians and there are a handful of people very close to making decisions to follow Jesus. God is at work! Keep praying.

New Church Planter & Team Heading to Osaka

We recently hired a new church planter to be a member of a new team we are building to plant a church in Osaka, Japan. Ryan Fletcher, is a graduate of Ozark Christian College who recently finished a preaching internship at College Heights Christian Church in Joplin, MO. Ryan said he joined Mustard Seed because, “The whole world needs an opportunity to hear about Jesus and the whole world needs Christ-centered churches. Planting a church in an unreached city it is a faithful thing to do with my life and I am glad to serve in this way.” We are excited to have Ryan on board and are in the process of adding to this new team. This summer, I am an taking Ryan through an extensive pre-field training program to help prepare him for effective ministry in Japan.

Prayer Requests

Please continue to pray for the following 10 cities:

  1. Osaka, Japan
  2. Tokyo, Japan
  3. Karachi, Pakistan,
  4. Dhaka, Bangladesh
  5. Mumbai, India
  6. Delhi, India
  7. Calcutta, India
  8. Tehran, Iran
  9. Bangkok, Thailand
  10. Istanbul, Turkey

These are the 10 largest, least-reached cities in the entire world and the places that MSGF wants to plant churches in the future. We are still seeking God’s direction for the best strategy to accomplish this goal and ask that you would join us in seeking his wisdom and asking him to raise up workers to plant new churches in these cities.

 
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The Salvation Army and Dress For Success Join Forces in Helping Women in Need Get Back on Their Feet

Memphis, Tennessee, May 26, 2010 - On Tuesday, May 11, two local non-profit organizations came together in their efforts to help women in need in our community build better futures. On Tuesday night, Dress for Success donated business apparel and provided professional guidance to the women in The Salvation Army’s Emergency Family Shelter, a shelter that provides housing, meals and case management for up to 57 homeless women and their children.

Dress for Success is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and career development tools. Twenty-three women at The Salvation Army’s Emergency Family Shelter were fitted for a brand new suit and a pair of shoes to assist them in their job searches.

“We started working with The Salvation Army in 2009, because they have a number of women in the shelters who are searching for a job and can benefit from our services,” said Denise Fultz, program coordinator for Dress for Success Memphis. “Some of these women have never owned a suit before. It’s important for us to reach out to these women and provide them with a fresh look and different perspective.”

In addition to the clothing, Dress for Success gave the women tips on how to apply make- up and how to prepare for an interview. The organization donated additional clothing and shoes, and distributed goody bags containing make-up and accessories.

“Our ladies are so grateful to benefit from the important mission of Dress for Success,” said Joyce Waters, program director for the Emergency Family Shelter. “This event helped the women develop professional confidence, which is so important when applying for jobs.”

“It’s rewarding to help these women realize they are not just a client or a mom, but they can be a professional too,” Fultz added. “It is more than just clothes or make-up. It’s our way of boosting their confidence and encouraging them to do whatever they desire.”

To learn more about Dress for Success, visit www.dressforsuccess.org/memphis. For more information on the Emergency Family Shelter or The Salvation Army in general, please visit the website at www.salvationarmymemphis.org.

 
Salvation Army Kids
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Six Memphis Men Organize Carnival for Salvation Army Kids

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 2, 2010 - On May 22, members of the Organization, a group of six men dedicated to working together for the betterment of the Memphis community, hosted a carnival for children at The Salvation Army’s Purdue Center of Hope.

The Organization provided the children in The Salvation Army’s Emergency Family Shelter and Renewal Place program with food, games and prizes, making for a fun-filled afternoon. More than 40 children jumped on a moon bounce, enjoyed a hay ride, had their faces painted, danced with Elmo, received balloon animals and played a variety of other games during the carnival.

“We’ve been working with the children at The Salvation Army for about a year now,” said Ronnie Parker, president of the Organization. “We believe children are our most valued commodity, and a lot of these children have had a rough life. We owe it to the kids to let them have a good time. Plus, it’s important for the children to interact with supportive men who can act as positive role models.”

“We are always so grateful for the men in the Organization for getting involved with these kids,” said Joyce Waters, director of the Emergency Family Shelter. “So many of these children are without father figures, and the men in the Organization have a positive impact on them. The kids had a blast at the carnival.”

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Mamma was Praying
Memphis Union Mission

James

"I Didn't Need No Help"

Visit just about any city in America and James has been homeless there.

He spent 10 years wandering from place to place, sleeping under bridges, getting high.

But his mama was praying for him.

She had raised him with Christian values. "I knew Jesus," James says today. "I knew who He was. I just didn't put my trust in Him."

When James came to Memphis, he found that he could be broke and hungry and someone here at Memphis Union Mission would still love him. We would take him in, feed him, give him a place to sleep, care for him.

He also knew the Mission had a program to help people break free from addiction. But "I kept on thinking that I didn't need no program," James says, "that I didn't need no help, that I could do things on my own ... I could do things on my own and didn't have God in my life."

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Your Heart for the Bridegroom - Daphne Kirk
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Your Heart for the Bridegroom 

“Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life” - Proverbs 4: 23 

Relationships are Gods vehicle for reflecting all that He has for us in community. As Father, Son and Holy Sprit enjoying each other in a perfect flow of relationship so He gave us each other to enjoy communion as reflection of what He enjoys. When this takes place nothing can compare with it – when relationships are broken and breakdown pain is the result. All of us know to some extent or another how painful it is when our hearts are hurting. some of those hurts seem to heal quickly and our lives move on with no awareness of scars or lingering pain. Others invade our lives daily, sometimes taking us by surprise, while at other times we brace ourselves for the ongoing hurt that seems to get no easier with the passing of time. 

When this happens in a marriage, or a relationship that is intent on marriage the pain and consequences can not be expressed with words alone. Divorce can mean a lifetime of meeting the consequences of that breakdown and walking through its minefields. Sometimes it seems that the pain will never disappear and will inevitably be part of the future. 

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