Praises:
- Praise God for the 14 students who gave their lives to Him in the fall semester!
- Praise God for our amazing team of staff and for their dedication to God's mission.
- Praise God for our incredible staff retreat, the unity of our staff team, and our enjoyment of one another.
- Praise God for the thousands of students who responded to God's call into mission at Urbana. Praise God for those who made a first time decision or recommitment to follow Him.
- Praise God for Raya and how He is working in her life and in the lives of many other students like her in our area.
Prayers:
- Please pray for our SLED (Student Leaders Equipped and Developed) retreat at the end of January. Specifically pray:
- For good driving weather for students and for a safe drive.
- For our staff team and for our visiting staff (Rob) as we prepare for teaching at this retreat.
- For students to respond to God's call to mission on their campuses and get excited about being a part of what God is doing
- For students to learn how to lead small group Bible studies on campus
- For students from our area to get to know one another and feel unified in Christ
- Please pray for Justin as he prepares for one of our largest chapter camps ever! He is the camp director this year. He will be organizing staff and students, as well as co-teaching Mark 1.
- Pray for our staff and student leaders that they would make compelling invitations to camp and that the right students would come to camp and be changed by studying God's Word.
- Pray for more staff and interns! We would love to hire more staff for our area.
- We have a few MPD goals (ministry partner development). We would love for prayers that the Matt Moten legacy fund would get to $500,000 in the next five years. We also personally need to fundraise for a current deficit (to replace lost funding) and hope to make a push this spring and summer. Please be praying towards these goals!
