A Word from Our Pastor

April 2012 

It was the fourth Thursday of the month and we had a team of people from the church serving dinner
at a local mission downtown. There were about 55 kids as well as perhaps twice that many adults.
They were all there for a hot meal. 

After serving the meal, our team prepared a prayer station where we placed a prayer box. Prayer request
forms were distributed at the tables and guests were encouraged to write their needs out and place them
in the prayer box for our team to pray over them. We also made it known that we were available for personal
prayer. 

Many participated, and we prayed for healing, for financial needs, for employment and for family crisis. Toward
the end of the evening as the mission emptied out, a young mother of two young children visited our prayer
station. Her prayer request was different from all the others—she wanted to know God for herself and for her
children. 

We had the privilege of leading her to place her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord, and she left
with 5 Gospels of John to give to her whole family. Jesus said, “And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.” (John 17:3)

And to think we almost left the mission before she came over to us seeking to know God. She was asking the right 

question. She received the right answer. Nothing religious about it at all. Just knowing Jesus. 

“Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.” (John 4:35) 

Lord, help me to keep my eyes open to what you are doing. 

Pastor Jeff Palmer