Alpha Prayer Requests/Praises 9/30/13

Beta: Had a good outreach on Sunday, and we have two possible new members!

Sickos: Pray for quick healing and regaining energy

Upcoming outreaches

Tim: Preaching at Landon’s wedding went really well!

Chris: New pastor at Mohn’s Hill has been really good!

Shirah: First real week of work went well!

Going for driver’s test on Friday at 3:15

Alex: Will be speaking at his youth group. Pray that it goes smoothly and is accepted

Becky: Having Nick (new kid) in her youth group has been really good!

The new discipleship program in her youth group. There’s lots of excitement, but pray that it’s able to get off the ground.

It’s been a tough week for her family. Pray for perseverance

Jade: Has a new cousin! Pray that she’ll be able to finish the blanket she’s making soon

Brooke: Had a really good day on Saturday!

Sister (Leah) got back from a mission trip to Kenya on Saturday night! She was safe and had a really good time! Pray for her as she processes the trip

 

 

 

Alpha Prayer Requests/Praises 9/23/13

Sorry they’re a little late this time, Alpha.

Hannah: Working on her Bible study. Nervousness and lack of motivation to study.

Leaving on Sunday to go to VA to visit the Blacksburg AIM team.

She will think through the Bible study this week.

Becky: Got her permit!!

That her aunt and uncle would have wisdom in how to handle their sons getting into some trouble.

She will be able to balance the extra work at home (with her mom working more now) and her already busy schedule.

Clarissa: Scheduled her driver’s test for November 2.

Trying to decide whether or not to lead kids’ worship at church and thinking through factors that play into that.

Shirah: Starting work (being a nanny) again- peace that it’ll go well and that she’ll be able to be an encouragement to the mother of the kids.

Getting back on track with her values.

Not been sleeping well.

Amy: Feeling overwhelmed with her schedule.

Courtney: Deciding whether or not to be committed to new discipleship program in her youth group.

Katie: Been sick.

Chris: Is at peace with what he’s doing this session!

Finances are working out so far!

Devos could improve and add memorization to it.

Tim: Preaching went well!

Missionary support increasing!

Getting Epsilon started for this session/obstacles.

Alex: Devos suffering because of busy schedule.

Attitude not been good and needs to stay humble and willing.

Encouraging relationship and conversations with a guy from church!

 

Have a great rest of the week, guys!

 

 

Alpha Prayer Requests 9/16/13

Hey Alpha! Here’s an encouragement to be praying for your team this week!

 

General: Car wash went really well!

Getting Epsilon started back up and everything that goes with that.

Sprouts starting back up. Pray we actually get people!

Chris: Needs to get his wisdom teeth pulled.

Income (especially as he is on Beta now and has to pay gas money).

Got blood taken to see if he has Lymes

Shirah: Going for her driver’s license on Oct. 4. Also pray for her car situation (whether or not to let her brother pay for it to begin with or to wait until she can buy it herself).

Alex: Miming at his church went really well! Be praying, though, that he’ll stay humble especially when he mimes and gives the glory back to God.

He’s graduating!!

Amy: Was given the position of missions officer for her youth group. Pray that she’ll be able to keep up with updating her youth group on the missionaries at her church.

Had a really good time at the cabin with her family this past weekend!

Becky: Had a meeting with her youth group tonight to try and make some changes in the way things are run (becoming more discipleship focused).

Clarissa: Wrestling with her application and where to take it. Translation: It’s complicated.

Brooke: Getting closer to God again this session and being willing to grow

Biases sister is coming to church and bringing her sons! Pray that their sister’s boyfriend will start coming, too.

 

Have a great week, guys! Love ya’ll lots!

 

 

 

‘Light the Night’ Halloween Alternative

On October 31, 2012, Alpha had the opportunity to partner with Thunder Outreach at Fairgrounds Square Mall in Reading. ‘Light the Night’ is a safe alternative to Halloween trick-or-treating. DRAMA has been asked in years past by Thunder Outreach to participate in this event through mime, but this year the mall actually asked Thunder Outreach to see if we could come back because they had seen the way we interacted with people.

While we did present three of our mimes, the majority of our time was spent stroll miming- playing sports with imaginary balls, bats, ect., eating food that doesn’t really exist, getting trapped/trapping other people in mime boxes, and things like that. During our time stroll miming, we played several games of duck duck goose with the children there. They enjoyed it almost as much as we did and afterward quite a few of them would stick around and watch us mime and play other things with us.

~Becky and Brooke~

Team Alpha October 7, 2012

For Alpha’s first outreach of the session, we were partnering with Mohn’s Hill E. C. Church at a park. One of the main things we learned at this outreach was flexibility as it was cold and rainy, we had a metal pole in the middle of our stage, and we had complications with our face paint. We presented two mimes and everyone seemed to enjoy it. One lady came up to us afterward and told us that the mimes made her cry and were very powerful. Some things that made people smile were our running around with face paint on afterward and one of our members (Chris) tying balloons to his beard. Over all, it was a really good outreach and we had fun and learned a lot.

~Becky and Brooke~