Saturday, May 30, 2009

Anthem Church Prayer Update

I know not everyone digs being on a prayer team cause you get the weekly updates and then you feel guilty when you don't actually pray, so here is the update for that person. Just check the blog from time to time and get the update, when you take the time to come look, it means you're probably ready to pray for us :)

Here's what I sent out to our Prayer Team:

Good weekend to you all :)

This week was challenging and encouraging at the same time. We are working on fundraising and location stuff which are always at the mercy of other people, but God open some amazing doors and encouraged me in ways that I didn't expect. Here is the prayer request for this week:

Starting a church involves gathering outside support to help sustain the ministry in its early stages. This is a particularly tough thing to do right now as churches and individuals are struggling financially. Please pray that God would open more doors and create new partnerships to give Anthem a healthy place to start from.


Thanks for your prayers! Give me a call if you have any questions or want to spend time together. If you're going to be a part of Anthem and we haven't hung out yet, I would love to spend some time with you here in the next few weeks. Talk to you all soon.

Reproducing the mission of Jesus Christ

Thanks for stopping by. The goal of this page, and anything I'm involved in really, is to create the motive and opportunity for people to pursue the Jesus mission with everything they have inside of them. Beyond head knowledge of Jesus, we need to be people who are consistently helping people find their way back to God and apprenticing others to do the same. So... make it hap'n cap'n.

Writing and updates from Matt Larson, lead pastor of Anthem Church in Thousand Oaks, Ca.