June 2009 Rhodes Family Church Planting Update

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been six months since we moved to Chico and it has flown by very quickly! These last few weeks have been very encouraging ones and we are so excited about where our ministry here is going.

Jeremy has been making some God ordained contacts here these last few weeks. He is building relationships with many people that we believe will be an integral part in our church planting process as well as continuing to foster the relationships he has built with several unchurched people. He has also been taking groups of people over to the Jesus Center to serve meals to the homeless. As well as being a volunteer coach for a summer flag football team. We have begun planning our nights of vision, which will take place once a month starting in September. These evenings will include some worship, a testimony given by one of the individuals we have been connecting with and a time to talk about our vision for Chico. We are very excited about these meetings, which will eventually turn into our launch team for the church! Please be praying for these evenings as we prepare for them and find a place to meet in.

Elizabeth has been very busy as well. She got cast in the musical “The Spitfire Grill,” which she auditioned for last month. She has rehearsals three nights a week and the show will open on July 17th. We would love to have anyone who is interested to come and see this great show. The kids are doing great! They go to the gym with Elizabeth every morning and participate in the kids’ center there, which is very much like preschool. They look forward to it every day and are making a lot of good friends.

Please pray for us as we find a place to meet. Also pray that God will bring the people into our lives that will be involved in His church with us. If you have not yet sent in your monthly support for June please do so at this time. Don’t forget that you can also sign up for automatic debits at www.sunergeo.org/donate. We are getting closer and closer to December, which is when we need to be at our next fundraising goal. Please pray that we will reach this goal. If you have not yet committed support to us and would still like to you may do so at anytime on the above listed website.

Blessings!
Jeremy and Elizabeth Rhodes