Happy New Year!!! Are you excited for what God is going to do this year in His Church and in and through you??
As a church here in London, this is our annual week of Fasting and Praying, where we take time to focus on the year ahead by dedicating our lives afresh to God. It is about seeking to know God more, to be empowered by the Holy Spirit and about aligning our plans to the plans and purposes God has for us, individually, and collectively as a church. His plans are always better than ours and will always include making disciples.
Some people fast from food and some fast from things like television or Facebook. I would encourage you also to take some time out and seek God about His plans for you this year. We have a Prayer and Fasting Guide that you can use by clicking here. I’ve had a great week so far!
This past month has brought about some changes for me. As most of you know, I have been helping out with our Youth Team on Sundays once a month for quite a while. I will no longer be a part of this team but I will still mentor some of the teenagers and take part in summer camp.
I will now oversee our Welcome Team on Sundays. I have been overseeing follow-up for all new people so this make sense as a good transition to help out this team. People feeling welcome as they come into church for the first time can make all the difference in whether they come back or not – and that’s with not even hearing the preaching!
I’ve also had the privilege of meeting up with many new people this past month and beginning to see them experience God in new ways and seeing transformation taking place!
At the end of this month I will be making my annual trip to Florida to see family and friends and to raise some much needed financial support.
I would love to meet up with those of you who are available in Florida so please contact me so we can get together. I will be there for 3 weeks.
For those of you who aren’t in Florida, hopefully we can catch up by phone or some other way. Thank you for all of your prayers and support in every way!
Lots of Love
Traci
I pray that you have a wonderful Christmas with family and friends as you celebrate the birth of our King!
Loads of Love
Traci
This is my first entry on my new Website! I still have lots to add and tweak on it but I am hoping that this you will enjoy my updates in a new format and I look forward to any feedback or comments.
This past month has been busy with accomplishing a few more steps in establishing my ministry in America. Thank you so much to everyone who have been so patient and such a massive blessing in praying with me through this process. Your support has been overwhelming.
The temperature has been dropping here in London but it hasn't been slowing us down in ramping up for Christmas. Our Kids and Youth are preparing for our Christmas program on December 15 with play, band and choir practices.
As a church, we have also been asked to take part in a Christmas service in a nearby mall in the community on December 14th. In the past, we have taken part in small services in this mall around Easter but this year we were really excited to actually be asked by the Counsel to do a service for Christmas!
The mentoring and small groups that I oversee are coming to an end for the Christmas season but I happy to say that I have seen such growth over the past few months in our teens and adults attending these groups. It's also been exciting to see some of them come into a relationship with Christ as their Saviour!
Join with us in praying that during this season we will be able to share the Love of Jesus with many people as they come through our services in the mall and in our church services. Many of the children who attend our church come without their parents. This Christmas play is our way of getting these parents through the door to hear the Gospel. The services in the mall will also be an opportunity to share the Gospel with people from many other religious backgrounds.
Let's remember that Jesus is the reason for the season!
Love
Traci