Friday, November 4, 2011

Quick Prayer Request: Envisioning Retreat

We are headed out the door on the way to Mexico for a NieuCommunities weekend Envisioning Retreat and felt especially compelled to seek your prayer support during this time.


NieuCommunities is at a very exciting place in our corporate ministry internationally and specifically in our site here in San Diego. We currently have seen much fruit and life transformation come as a result of our role in creating a place (through our intensive 1-2 year Apprenticeship) for young leaders to navigate/discern their calling and Kingdom contributions. A few things have come up (all good things!) at this stage in NC San Diego:


1. There are a significant number of young leaders who have completed our NC apprenticeship that feel called to start or partner in starting other ministries similar to what we are doing with NieuCommunities (Spiritual Formation and Missional Life).

2. We are having to frequently turn people down who would like to move to San Diego and go through our Apprentice/Formation process because we are currently at our maximum capacity. This is also true of our other sites in Vancouver and South Africa.

3. Our NieuCommunities founder and SD Site Directors, Rob and Lauri Yackley, are taking a 6 month sabbatical starting in January after 27 years as missionaries. This will create a need for restructuring some of our leadership dynamics.


All that being said, we leave for our retreat this weekend with hope, excitement and a divine curiosity at what God might have in store for our SD community and global ministry. We need the Spirit's presence to rest upon us this weekend as we fervently listen and seek discernment in the road ahead.


Although NC hosts an apprenticeship process, we all understand our primary vocation as being apprentices of Jesus. An apprentice is one that not only knows the ways of their teacher, but one who faithfully steps into those ways. May we step faithfully into the ways our Teacher has in store for our future.


Thanks in advance for your prayers!


Love, jon, jan and ruby

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