Prayer Guide September 2010

We want to say a word of appreciation to all of you that continue to pray for Redemption Baptist Church as we are still working toward being on the ground in Las Vegas by January 2011. This is our most current list of prayer needs that you can lift up to the Lord on our behalf:

• Establishment of our Prayer Network
• Core Group Development
• Sale of the Tweedy's House
• Jobs in Las Vegas for Neal and Barry
• Strategic Housing in Las Vegas
• Additional Financial Partnerships
  

If you have any questions our want to help in some way, please message us and we will be in touch!

I'm in Vegas this week.

Hey Everyone:

I am in Vegas this week doing some work for Redemption. I had a great meeting with the staff at Hope Baptist, who is our local sponsor church. Hope Baptist has agreed to help manage our finances until we are ready to take them on ourselves. This means that they will be the place that all donations for Redemption should be sent. If you would like to support Redemption financially, you can make a check out to Hope Baptist Church and mail it to:

Hope Baptist Church
Attn: Maria Reed
8215 S. Eastern Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89123

Be sure to mark on the check that it is for “Redemption Baptist.”

On Thursday I will be meeting with several families who are interested in being a part of Redemption. They already live in the area and have a heart to see it reached with the Gospel. Please pray that the Lord would bless this meeting in a great way.

Give Barry or me a call if you desire for us to come and share with your church about what God is doing in Las Vegas.

I guess that is it for now. Thank you for all of your prayers and support!

In Him,

Neal

The Call to Redemption - Promo Video

The video below gives you a snapshot of how God has called us to plant Redemption Baptist Church in Las Vegas in the southern Summerlin area. This video also extends to others the invitation to partner with us in this work.

Thursday Update

Hey Everyone:

What a day! As the week comes to an end, we are tired but excited about the doors the Lord has opened for us. Barry and I met with a group who may end up being our core group for Redemption. It was a great meeting and we are looking to have another one next month because there were several couples who could not make it tonight. A lot of church plants struggle to get a core group, yet it seems the Lord is dropping one into our laps!

The team finished up surveying tonight. As part of the surveying, the teams have been getting prayer requests from the people they meet. We have written cards for the people we have prayed for to let them know that we have prayed for them. We will go and deliver the cards tomorrow evening to wrap up the weeks ministry.

Let me thank everyone for your encouraging comments and for all of the prayers. It has been a great trip. Tomorrow evening we will pack up and head to the airport. We will arrive in Memphis Saturday morning. We have had a great week, but we are excited to get home!

Neal

Wednesday Update

Hey Everyone:

It has been a great day! Barry and I had two important meetings. The first was with Mike and Shane from Hope Baptist Church. We had a wonderful lunch and worked out the details of them serving as our local sponsor. We then went to a meeting with the local director of missions, Harry Watson. Harry helped us improve our church planting proposal and encouraged us in what we are doing. It is good to have such great partners here in Vegas!

Tomorrow is the big day where we meet with a group of folks who are interested in the church plant. We are hoping to have a strong core group emerge from tomorrow’s meeting. The team will also be doing more survey work. They have done such a great job and we have had a great time serving the Lord.

Sorry for not uploading pictures, but I was away from the team most of the day. I should have some new pictures tomorrow. Again, thank you for all of your prayers!

Neal

Tuesday

Hey Everyone:

It has been another great day. We were able to do a lot of surveying as well as some folw-ups with people who have shown interest in the church plant. Besides the church planting work, we took some time to see Hoover Dam.

Tomorrow is an important day as Barry and I will be meeting with local church and associational leaders. Please pray that our meetings wil go well as we continue to build partnerships here in Las Vegas.

Neal

Viva LasVegas

Hey Everyone:

What a day! The Lord is blessing in great and wonderful ways. I got to do a follow up visit with a family who met our team that was out here two weeks ago. They have been praying for a church in their area for a while now. Not only are they interested in the plant, but on Thursday night, we will be meeting with a group of folks who are possibly interested in being a part of the plant. Please pray for Barry and me as we meet with this group and as they pray about being a part of Redemption.

The rest of the team has done a great job! The temperature today reached 110˚F, and yet they braved the heat to continue doing survey work. The team went and helped out with the “House of Light” inner-city ministry. They also had a chance to check out some of the sights here in Las Vegas.

I guess that is it for tonight. Stayed tuned tomorrow for more updates and pictures.

Neal