Hi all -

Grateful for your prayers and interest in our ministry here. Would you pick one paragraph below and pray for us? Thanks.

Collegiate ministry – LOCAL.

I love cheesesteaks! When I was invited to join 20 or so college students in a “cheesesteak challenge”, my hearty “yes” was quickly followed by the thought to bring Mitchell along (Mitchell Graves is in our 20s group). The main purpose, of course, was not to feast on Max's Cheesesteaks in north Philly, but for Mitchell and me to engage with them over Jesus' compassion for people and the need for laborers in Matthew 9:36-38. The students, from Nav ministries at the University of Maryland and Bowie State University, were here over spring break for 5 days of ministry with The Philadelphia Project, repairing the homes of families facing hardships. Please pray with us that God will convince one or more of them to come to serve here, as a volunteer or full time.

Collegiate ministry – REGIONAL.

Check out what God is doing at Penn State, and the key role a donor played in getting it going. Here is a link to an interview by the Pocket Testament League with Morgan Forney, the Navigator Rep at Penn State http://www.ptl.org/videopages/psunav.php

You can also read a writeup about this project on The Navigators website:

http://www.navigators.org/About-Us/Stories/Navigator Stories/March 2014/One-to-One-to-Thirty-Thousand

This past spring.

Young couples and singles continue to be our emphasis, meeting with them one on one and in small groups. Our emphasis is twofold: content and relationships. The Biblical content we discuss provides a foundation, and modeling Biblical values and lifestyle is another. Jesus is our example, of course. I love what Jesus said when John the Baptist's disciples approached and questioned Him. His reply, “Come and see” (John 1:39). He invited them into the flow of His life. They spent all evening with Him where He was staying, and then the next thing we read about is that they are traveling with Him and accompany Him to a wedding (John 2). We include the people we are discipling into the flow of our lives - in our home, in our projects, and in our recreation. And in the midst of all this, we model and talk about what it means to be a follower of Jesus.

This summer.

When we moved here ten years ago, it was with the understanding that whatever Tina and I did, we wanted to do together. We have included her as much in ministry as her availability has permitted. This May, after 23 years of teaching, Tina's homeschool responsibilities will be completed; our youngest, Jack, graduates May 31^st. We are asking God to lead us in this transition. No major change is obvious to us yet, other than a new season of availability. We will be taking some time this summer to reflect on what God has done these past ten years here in Pennsylvania, and ask Him to direct our focus in the months ahead.

With eyes fixed (Heb 12:2) -

John & Tina