FEBRUARY, 2004

E XCITING
STATIST
ICAL DATA
G ATHER
ING OF
PEOPLE
which laid out
principles for
community
Hello everyone! WHO PRAY transformation;
I am happy to Several new Doug showed a
report that members came power point
right now we from the presentation
have 124 out of Gathering of that he
168 time slots People Who developed on
filled each Pray at the same topic.
week. And, Stonecroft. We had a group
there are 169 Many of you from northwest
hours of prayer were able to be Arkansas, a
ascending to there, plus person from
God’s throne praying people Joplin, and one
room every from many from
week. Even different Humansville,
though there churches and MO. Our next
are a few communities. Gathering will
uncertain hours It is truly most likely be
right now, this awesome to see an evening in
is wonderful the Body of May.
progress toward Christ come
24/7 prayer for together and
Stone and
Taney Counties.
So, keep this in
worship God.
Pastor
Howard Boyd
E XCITING
MINISTR
IES WITH A
mind during and Doug LINK TO THE
your UP Team Small from UP TEAM
prayer time; North Greg Thompson
though you may Carolina were is the
seem to be terrific Superintendent
alone, there are facilitators, of Schools in
many leading us in Humansville,
Christians corporate and the Holy
praying with prayer and Spirit has been
you. God sees praise. Pastor leading him to
the individual, Howard begin a ministry
and He sees the showed the in his area –
group – and it is Sentinel Polk and Cedar
all pleasing in Group film Counties. The
His sight. “The name of the
Quickening,”
ministry is Holy Spirit has upcoming Faith
“asleep kNOw shown him a Promise
more”. Greg is wonderful way Banquet.
mobilizing to spread the Church Army is
teams of Gospel – a wonderful
Christians who through local ministry to
will focus on cable channels weary and
learning what around the hurting people
our rights are nation. These and has a
as citizens and stations are national and
taking looking for international
appropriate quality highly positive
actions to material, and track record of
ensure the place Randy has people not only
of Jesus Christ ways to being set free
in schools, produce it. from addictions
government and Please pray for but also finding
all sectors of this ministry a relationship
society. Please as well – for with Jesus
pray for this funding to Christ. The
ministry. It is produce and local Director is
near and dear send tapes Steve Baughan.
to our hearts (and meet the On Friday
for another needs of his evening, March
reason: Greg is family) and for 5, at the
planning on doors to open. Radisson Hotel
beginning Randy is also a in Branson,
something member of the they will have
similar to the UP Team. It is their second
UP Team in his heart-warming annual Faith
area! Plus, he that both Promise dinner.
has joined UP Randy and “Faith
and he has Greg asked for Promise” is not
recruited some hours that are a direct fund-
of his family the hardest to raiser, nor is it
members to do fill. pledging to
the same – and donate. It is
they are in asking God to
central and
northern MO
and Kansas!
C HURCH
ARMY
Kimily Tinch,
identify an
amount to
donate during
God is good. the Prayer the following
My thanks to Leader for the year should
Randy Baar Churches/Mini there be
who introduced stries sector, personal
me to Greg. and I have the financial
Randy is local privilege of blessings of
and has a helping to some kind.
ministry called coordinate Please pray that
“The Spirit of prayer for the God will bless
America”. The Church Army
financially, so at 336-7076. servant
that they may The dinner is leaders,”
continue on free and dress because servant
with their is casual; there leaders stay the
important work will be a course, stand in
and so that they number of the gap, take
can open a people who the burden of
resident facility will purchase the community
for women with tables or half- on themselves.
addiction tables to cover Doug Small in
problems. Also the cost. Of his presentation
please put course, if any on community
Church Army of you would transformation
on your regular like to help do also talked
prayer list; they that, it would about the
are a real be great, too. importance of
blessing to our servant leaders
area. The in each city,
purpose of the each
dinner is “to
honor our Lord
and Savior
S ERVANT
LEADER
SHIP
community.
The request has
to do with an
Jesus Christ, important event
Since we are
with an exciting coming March
on a roll with
and fun evening 18, just a month
regard to
designed to or so away. On
prayer
elevate our faith that day, James
requests, here
in God and Hunter, a
is another one:
raise awareness nationally
It is clearly
of the mission recognized
God’s timing
and work of consultant on
that this
Church Army servant
request comes
Branson.” leadership who
right after the
Peter wrote the
Gathering.
Herschend will excellent book
During the
be the MC and “The Servant”,
time at
the evening will be here to
Stonecroft,
always includes orient and train
“The
some moving representatives
Quickening”
testimonies from every
film
from people sector of our
highlighted
impacted by the community.
some core
ministry. There About 48
principles that
will also be leaders will
must be in
music by Bernie spend the day
place for
Parquette and with Mr.
community
Mike and Hunter and will
transformatio
Nancee then spend the
n to occur.
Micham. If you balance of the
One of them is
would like to year
that "God uses
attend, call me implementing
the principles, also as an and proceeded
and supporting optional down the street.
and follow-up to At several more
communicating people who lights, Heather
with one participate in did the same
another. The Mr. Hunter’s thing. Finally,
plan is then in program. The the trucker
2005 and overall prayer jumped out
beyond to offer with regard to before Heather
the program March 18 and could. He went
widely beyond, back to her car
throughout specifically and said, “Hi,
Ozark with regard to my name is
Mountain Mr. Hunter’s Kevin. It’s
Country, with program, is winter in
facilitators that servant Missouri and
trained by Mr. leadership be I’m driving the
Hunter. Please an important salt truck!”
pray for your part of God’s (Thank you,
sector, and for perfect will Kimily!)
all sectors, that being achieved
this program
plant seeds that
will bear much
in each sector
of our
community.
A NOTHER
CAR-
RELATED
fruit in the GROANER
growth and
development of
our area. The
O N THE
LIGHT
ER SIDE
This one gives
pause for
reflection: Two
program is As a trucker cars
based on stopped for a
universal red light, a
principles; lady in a car
however, Mr. (dare I say a were
Hunter uses the blonde???) waiting at a
example of caught up. stoplight. The
Jesus of She jumped light turned
Nazareth as the out, ran up to green, but the
greatest his truck and woman didn’t
example of knocked on his notice it. A
servant truck door. man in the car
leadership in He lowered the behind her
history. The window and began pounding
Foundation is she said, on his steering
also developing breathlessly, wheel and
a Biblical “Hi, my name yelling at her to
servant is Heather, move. But she
leadership and you are didn’t. He went
journey that losing some of ballistic inside
will be offered your load!” his car, ranting
to the He ignored her and raving,
community and
pounding on the and drove to and the chrome
steering wheel the police plated Christian
and dashboard. station. There fish emblem on
The light turned the man was the trunk.
yellow, and the finger printed, Naturally I
man began to photographed, assumed you
blow the car searched, had stolen the
horn, and he booked and car.”
gave her an placed in a cell
obscene gesture.
The woman
looked up, saw
– all with no
explanation.
After a couple
J UST A
FEW
MORE, I
the yellow light, of hours, PROMISE
and accelerated another
“Do you believe
through the policeman
in life after
intersection just approached
death?” the
as the light the cell,
boss asked one
turned red. The unlocked the
of his
man was beside door and
employees.”Yes
himself, yelling escorted the
sir,” replied the
in frustration as man to the
employee.
he missed his booking desk.
“Well, then,
chance to get There the
that makes
through the original officer
everything just
intersection. He was waiting
fine. After you
heard a tap on with the man’s
left early
his window and personal
yesterday to go
looked into the effects and
to your
barrel of a gun said, “I am
grandmother’s
held by a very really sorry for
funeral, she
serious looking this mistake.
stopped in to
policeman. The But you see, I
see
policeman told pulled up
you.”…….The
him to shut off behind your
lady told her
his car while car while you
friend, “My
keeping both were blowing
husband bought
hands in sight. your horn,
me a mood ring
He complied, giving an
the other day.
speechless. The obscene
When I’m in a
officer ordered gesture and
good mood, it
him to exit the cussing a blue
turns green.
car with hands streak at the
When I’m in a
up, turn around lady in front of
bad mood, it
and put his you. I noticed
leaves a red
arms on the car. the “What
mark on his
At which point, Would Jesus
forehead.”…….
the officer Do?” bumper
The Sunday
handcuffed him, sticker on your
School teacher
read him his car, the
asked, “Johnny,
rights, put him “Follow Me to
do you say
in the patrol car Church” sign
prayers before wrote briefly life, and I was
eating?” “No, about the thankful that it
ma’am, we importance of had ceased to be
don’t have to. forgiveness. A entirely bitter.”
My mom is a recent issue of Though not
good Time many slaves
cook.”…….The Magazine were literate, as
prospective reviewed a a young child
father-in-law biography of Harriet had
asked, “Young the only served a
man, can you African sympathetic
support a American woman who had
family?” “Well, slave in this tutored her.
no, I was just country who Harriet’s book,
planning on wrote a book written during
supporting your about her life. hours in
daughter. The When Harriet between her
rest of you will Jacobs was an duties as a
have to fend for adolescent, her domestic,
yourselves.”… master made became a best
….It was Palm sexual seller. The
Sunday, and advances biography picks
because of a toward her. up where
sore throat, Regardless of Harriet’s
five-year-old the steps she autobiography
Sarah stayed took to avoid left off. The
home from him, he author notes
church with a continued. In that Harriet’s
sitter. When 1835 Harriet labors
the family took drastic intensified as
returned home action: She she worked with
they were ran to her black refugees
carrying several grandmother’s from the Civil
palm branches. house and hid War and
The people in a cubbyhole founded a
asked what they that was 9 feet school for black
were for. long and 3 feet children. She
“People held high. She never married
them over stayed there and was never
Jesus’ head as for almost 7 financially
He walked by.” years, coming comfortable.
“Wouldn’t you out only for And following
know it! The necessities. In are the words
one Sunday I 1842, Harriet that penetrated
don’t go, He finally escaped my heart: “In
shows up!.” to the North. 1855, when
She wrote Harriet was in

F ORGIVE
NESS
In the last
later, “Sweet
and bitter
were mixed in
her 70’s, she
heard that her
former owner’s
Newsletter, I the cup of my widow (the
owner who had identify their broke into my
tried to abuse branch of thoughts. “I
her) was living service, but don’t know
nearby and was they were what Bush was
in dire straits. definitely thinking
Harriet went ‘military’; about…I can’t
over and cooked clean-, believe he is
her dinner. cropped even in
That’s an haircut, and office…” I
example of that ‘squared tried to ignore
forgiveness! away’ look them as they
that comes ran down our

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MILITA
with pride.
Smiling sadly,
I glanced
president….
But they
continued, “It’s
across my all about oil,
OVERSEAS
table to the you know. Our
As the political
empty seat soldiers will go
debate heats up,
where my in and rape and
the issue of
husband steal all the oil
whether we
usually sat. It they can in the
should have
had only been name of
gone to Iraq is
a few months ‘freedom/’….M
fast becoming a
since we sat in y chest
major topic.
this very tightened as I
Regardless of
booth, talking stared at my
our personal
about his wedding ring. I
views, the
upcoming wondered what
following story
deployment to he was wearing
forwarded to
the Middle now – probably
me by Phyllis
East. He had his desert
Portel, an UP
made me uniform,
Team member,
promise to affectionately
gives reason to
once a month dubbed ‘coffee
pause and
get a sitter for stains’ with a
remember our
the kids and heavy bullet
troops; it was
come here to proof vest over
written by a
enjoy a nice it…The group
military wife:
steak. He in in the next
“I was sitting
turn would booth continued
along in one of
treasure the on, complaining
those loud,
thought of me about padding
casual steak
being here. I the military
houses that you
wondered budget at the
find all over the
where he was expense of
country…I
at this very social security
studied a group
moment… and education,
enjoying their
Then high about how we
meal. They
pitched female were just asking
wore no
voices from the for another
uniform to
next booth ‘9/11’. I
glanced at the my heart, is cobbler
table where the halfway alamode.
young men were around the ‘Compliments
and I saw their world, of those
faces change. defending your soldiers,’ he
They had right to say said. He also
stopped eating rotten things told me that the
and were about him… ladies in the
looking at each You have the booth had tried
other right to your to buy my
dejectedly. opinions, but dinner, but
listening to the what you say another couple
women in public is had beat them
talking….When another to it. When I
I heard from matter. I will asked who, the
the loud booth not sit by and manager told
‘I am sick of listen to you me they had
our tax dollars ridicule MY left, but that the
going to train country, MY man was a
professional president, MY veteran and
baby killers.’ I husband, and wanted to take
said to myself, all the other care of the wife
‘That’s it!’ I fine American of ‘one of our
am normally a men and boys.’ Then the
reserved women who soldiers came
person, but put their lives over and one of
indignation on the line, them said, ‘We
welled up inside just so you can just wanted to
me….Sliding have the thank you,
out of my booth, ‘freedom’ to ma’am. You
I walked complain. know we can’t
around to the Freedom is get into
adjoining booth expensive, confrontations
and placed my ladies; don’t with civilians,
hands flat on let your words so we
their table. and actions appreciate what
Lowering cheapen it.’… you did…As I
myself to eye As I returned drove home, I
level with them, to my booth, realized that I
I said “I applause had learned
couldn’t help broke out – I that one voice
overhearing must have CAN make a
your been talking difference.
conversation. louder than I (Lori Kimble is
You see, I am thought. a 31-year-old
sitting here While I was teacher and
alone, and do waiting for my proud military
you know why? check, the wife. Let’s use
Because my manager this story to
husband, whom returned with remind us to
I love with all a huge bowl of pray for our
troops and their criminals? In committed
families.) the Garden of hours grow
Gethsemane, rapidly as the
Jesus knew Holy Spirit
what was leads, so that

W ATCHI
NG
WITH JESUS
coming. He
was crushed
with both
there may be
ongoing prayer
every minute of
human fear every day.
FOR EVEN and the weight Please invite
ONE HOUR of the sins of others, people
As we approach mankind. He whom you know
both Lent and reached out to to already be
the release of three of his intercessors and
the movie “The apostles for ask them to
Passion of the comfort, but consider taking
Christ”, would they were an hour a week
you pray that asleep. What of their prayer
we Christians He asked time to join
and those who them, He asks with others in
are not us: “Could this “concert of
followers of you not watch prayer”,
Jesus recognize with me for
the depth of
divine love
expressed in the
one hour?”
We are
members of
L ENTEN
PRAYER
There is a
Incarnation of the UP Team booklet
the Word as as one way to available
Jesus of respond to entitled “Seek
Nazareth and in that call. It is God for the
His Passion and for Him, so City.” It has
horrible death that His been used
on the Cross? – presence and around the
that we grasp to love and grace country for
a depth that we may permeate several years
have not our area. It is and consists of
reached before for the glory of 40 days of
just what it His Father. It prayer for
means for the is for the community
Creator of the salvation of transformation.
universe to souls. And it is Branson Hills
become one of all possible Church ordered
us, to walk with only by the a quantity and
us, and to power and they have some
willingly endure presence and available. The
the mockery of love of the cost is $1.50. If
a trial and a Holy Spirit. you would like
method of Please pray to purchase one
execution with me that or more and use
reserved for the the number of this tool as
worst of people and another way to
pray together, week or so ago, annual Summit
please call me at several of us for pastors,
336-7076. went to the spouses and
Relationship ministry

P
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WALKIN
Center of the
Ozarks, a
counseling
leaders. The
prayer format is
similar to the
“Prayer service that one used at the
walking” does has moved to a Gathering and
not mean like at new location is the model for
Jericho in the and is it. It so
Old Testament, expanding. important for
with horns They asked for church leaders
blaring. It prayer, so we from many
means quietly went to one of denominations
praying at and the offices and to come
around various prayed for and together and
places, in with some staff pray for unity
addition to members for in the Body of
praying from awhile. Also, Christ and for
our homes, keep in mind community
churches, etc. that the Power transformation.
If you would of Prayer Also, please
like to join workshop (a check with
others in some biblical pastors and
quiet and brief journey into ministry leaders
prayer walking, the meaning you know and
let me know. and ask them to
Also, if you importance prayerfully
know of any and value of consider
organizations prayer) is participating.
(think of all available for The cost is only
sectors) that groups of any $50, and that
would welcome size. covers all meals
prayer on-site, and, if desired,
would you
please let me
know. The
P ASTORS
’
PRAYER
lodging.
(Sources of
assistance are
more available if
SUMMIT
organizations needed.) The
Another
we can identify Summit begins
request:
that already at 10:00 on the
Please pray for
pray and/or 8th and ends at
the upcoming
that would noon on the 10th.
Pastor’s
appreciate Folks who are
Prayer
prayer, the interested
Summit on
more prayer should contact
March 8-10 at
synergy we can Gene Byron at
Stonecroft.
create in our 334-3468.
This will be, I
area. For believe, the 8th
example: A WEBSITE
A dear brother constant bitter,
in Christ, Ken victory, a story determined,
Greening, has of perpetual relentless
put together a progress. We opposition…But
website for us. read, for the early church
It contains a list example, such went right on
of available statements as beating down
hours, the these: “The all opposition,
mission and Lord added to surmounting
vision, and even the church every obstacle,
a chat room. I daily such as conquering
will have more should be every foe,
information saved.” (Acts always
later. In the 2: 47) victorious, right
meantime, I …”Believers on without a
encourage those were the more setback from
of you who have added to the Jerusalem to
e-mail to Lord, Rome, in the
contact multitudes of face of the most
ken@gr8fx.co both men and firmly
m, and he will women.” (Acts entrenched and
give you 5: 14)…I once mightiest
guidelines for went through heathenism and
accessing the the Acts of the unbelief. I
site. Apostles repeat the
marking the question, ‘Why

P RAYER
LITERAT
URE AND
notes of
victory, and
without a
was it?’..It was
a praying
church. It was
single a church in
SCRIPTURE exception the which they
In 1924 R.A.
triumphant prayed not
Torrey wrote a
shout of merely
book entitled
victory rang occasionally,
“The Power of
out in every but where they
Prayer.”
chapter…Why all ‘continued
Following is an
this difference steadfast…in
excerpt:
between the prayers.’ They
“When we read
early church all prayed, not a
the only
and the church select few, but
inspired church
of Jesus Christ the whole
history that was
today? membership of
ever written,
Someone will the church; and
the history of
answer, all prayed
the early church
‘Because there continuously
as it is recorded
is so much with steadfast
by Luke in the
opposition determination.
Acts of the
today.’ Ah, There is nothing
Apostles, what
but there was else in the
do we find? We
opposition in church of today,
find a story of
those days: nothing in the
ministry of person who
today, nothing knows how to
in which you pray and who
and I have meets all the
departed more conditions of
notably and prevailing
more prayer and
lamentably who really
from apostolic prays. ‘The
precedent than Lord God
in this matter of omnipotent’
prayer. We do (Revelation 19:
not live in a 6) works for
praying age… and through
Prayer has as that person.”
much power
today, when God bless you
men and women and yours. I
are themselves would love to
on praying hear from you.
ground and Peace.
meeting the
conditions of Bob Burton
prevailing
prayer, as it has
ever had. God
has not
changed; His
ear is just as
quick to hear
the voice of real
prayer, and His
hand is just as
long and strong
to save, as it
ever was…
Prayer is the
key that unlocks
all the
storehouses of
God’s infinite
grace and
power. All that
God is, and all
that God has, is
at the disposal
of prayer. But
we must use the
key…No one
can stand
against the