Hello everyone,
This weekend marked our 7th united service together as Roca Norte! As a group we are following, seeking, serving and enjoying Jesus together as we seek to imitate the New Testament church as much as possible. The church has primarily consisted of our core group of 8 (plus the 4 kids) along with another 4-6 that have been attending consistently. I have been so blessed and amazed by the hearts of servanthood that have been displayed by our core team. God has been so good to Priscilla and I in calling these individuals to join us in this church plant.
There are little details that we are working to add or improve as the weeks go by, but we just continue looking to Jesus as our Leader and our Guide for everything. I like to tell everyone that He's actually the Senior Pastor of Roca Norte. I get this from 1 Peter 5:4. After exhorting pastors and leaders in the first few verses of the chapter, Peter says in verse 4, "and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away." Those words "Chief Shepherd" could also be translated "Senior Pastor." So, as the Assistant Pastor of Roca Norte, I am helping encourage and mobilize the rest of the church to follow our Senior Pastor Jesus more and more closely. May we allow Him to build His church exactly how He wants so that He may receive a bunch of glory! As always, thanks for joining us in this endeavor. We cherish the privilege of having you walk alongside us to point the city of Chihuahua to Jesus!
-Tim, Priscilla, Josiah and Hannah
Eph. 3:20-21
Praise Reports
- God is blessing Roca Norte as we fellowship together, study God's Word together, worship together, pray together and serve together!
- Last week, we hosted a team from The Home Church in Rowland Heights, CA that came to provide a training for the leadership in our church as well as a few other churches in the city. We received more in-depth training regarding the united church/house church hybrid model that we'll be using in our church. We learned a lot and I'm really excited to see what the Lord does in our church and in our city through the training!
- The semester at UACH is nearing a close and it's been another great few months of sharing Jesus through the classes, conversation club and Bible study.
-The kids continue to grow and adapt in their new school.
Prayer Request
- That the Lord would continue drawing us as a church closer to Him and closer to each other through our united church gatherings and our house church meetings.
- That He would continue to guide us through all of the details of planting and organizing the church.
- That He would raise up leaders in the church and give me wisdom for how to disciple and prepare them.
- That He would give us many opportunities and wisdom to reach the lost in our city.
- For the end of the semester at the university. That the end-of-the-year parties next week would be fruitful as I share Jesus more in-depth than I'm able to throughout the semester.
- For the after semester cafe meeting that we'll be having to discuss Jesus and Christianity more in-depth with interested students. That the Lord would draw the students, anoint our conversations and save students through the meeting.