Facing The New Year

The holidays, as great as they were, are now behind us, and the details, responsibilities, and travel schedule is hitting with a vengeance. I love it! But let me get right to the point of this update—I need your help!

 

First, you’ll see the urgent need for prayer as I highlight the key events for this year. In April, we’re making our first fore into the public schoolsin the United Kingdom. My friends Rick and Mick Vigneulle are partnering with me to make inroads to the youth culture through the schools, followed by pizza blasts. These events will also help “feed” our summer youth camps as well.

 

Second, summer youth camps will come upon us quickly. Please pray for this fruitful time as we conduct or help with five camps this summer, of which two will be for “street kids.” I use that term affectionately to contrast these two camps with the other three, since the three are church camps, and the majority of the young people attending those are already Christ followers. Last summer in our pilot “street kids” camp, only 3 young people out of 60 came to camp as believers—but 31 accepted Christ as their Savior during that camp!

 

Third, in the fall of this year, we’re adding a retreat for teenagers, re-enlisting as many of the campers from the summer camps as possible, in order to fan the flames that were ignited during July and August.

 

While I will not belabor all the details of making these critical events happen, I do want to ask you and your church for financial help, in addition to your prayers. Each school assembly costs $1200. Could you sponsor one assembly? A single pizza blast can cost up to $20,000—but hundreds of teenagers come to Christ each year through these events. Would you help make one pizza blast a reality? One camper can attend a week of camp for $250. Unsaved British teens do not want to spend their money on youth camp, but they will come if it’s available to them at no charge. Would you sponsor one (or more) camper? A young believer can attend the retreat for $125—but most can’t afford it. Would you make a financial investment to help grow a potential champion for Christ?

 

The camping season is several months away; however, the high school assemblies are only weeks away. I’m devoting my energies over the next six months to securing the funding necessary to make these events a reality. Please let me know that you will partner both through your fervent prayers as well as your generous investment in that which will outlive us both—the eternal souls of young people.

 

Through our combined efforts on the outside and the Holy Spirit’s working on the inside, we can make an eternal impact on a nation that was once a great gospel lighthouse to the world, but one groping in darkness and in need of the light today.

 

            Thank you for your partnership with us in ministry-developing tomorrow’s leaders today.

 

 P.S. In order to maintain the integrity of contributions, we ask that all regular monthly personal support be routed to our account at Central Missionary Clearinghouse (address below). Gifts to sponsor campers, high school assemblies, and pizza blasts should be sent to Gospel Alive, Inc., a Michigan-based 501(c)3 established for the purpose of global evangelism and discipleship. Thank you for helping us make and maintain this distinction of funds.

  

 

Central Missionary Clearinghouse

Peterson-Great Britain

P. O. Box 219228

Houston, TX 77218-9228

 

 Gospel Alive, Inc.

200 Woodstone Road

Waterford, MI 48327