Upcoming Events & Important Information
Prayer for the World Situation We would like to sound the call to all the saints in Northern California to sanctify the next two weeks—from Tuesday, March 24, through Monday, April 6, 2020—as a special time of prayer in response to the unprecedented changes in the world situation due to the coronavirus pandemic. This past Lord's Day (March 22), Brother Minoru gave an hour-long fellowship by video conference to a group of 250+ brothers in Northern California, in which he shared a very heavy burden for all the churches—not only in Northern California but throughout the Lord's recovery—to rise up to pray. As he stressed to the brothers, the primary function of the church is to pray for God's will in the heavens to be carried out on the earth; furthermore, all the blessings that we have received as believers are for the church to fulfill her function of prayer. In light of the seriousness of the current situation, our brother and all of us are strongly burdened that the church should fulfill her prayer ministry to match Christ's intercession in His heavenly ministry, so that God's will can be done on earth at this critical time. As such, we strongly encourage the saints to do the following: Sign Up—Sign up at http://tiny.cc/norcal-prayer-signup to schedule your daily and weekly prayer times for the next two weeks:
Personal Prayer—Schedule a fixed time to pray personally to the Lord for 15 minutes or more each day
Prayer with Companions—Schedule weekly times to pray with companions for 15 minutes or more each time Prayer Items—Use the list of prayer items given by Brother Minoru: Our brother listed seven categories of prayer items that we can pray for, one for each day of the week, as a practical help to our prayer exercise in these two weeks The list of prayer items (by language) can be accessed using the following links:
20200324 NorCal Prayer (Spanish) (will be uploaded to http://norcalchurches.org/norcal-prayer/)
20200324 NorCal Prayer (Korean) (will be uploaded to http://norcalchurches.org/norcal-prayer/) For further updates, please go to the http://norcalchurches.org/norcal-prayer/ website. Please do your best to fellowship the burden for this special time of prayer with the saints that you know, especially those who may not be on this NorCal email list. May the Lord richly elevate the church's prayer ministry and function at this critical time for His universal administration. Amen.
International Memorial Day Conference (5/22-25 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, GA) A special group rate of $109.00 USD/per night plus tax for a room with single to quadruple occupancy is available. For room reservations, please call 1-800-228-9290 and mention the Living Stream Ministry Memorial Day Conference to receive the discounted group rate. To make online reservations at the special group rate, please go to: book.passkey.com/go/LIVINGSTREAMMINISTRY2020. Reservations must be made on or before Friday, May 8, 2020 in order to get the reduced rate. Saints should reserve only the number of rooms that they intend to use, as cancelled rooms are no longer available to others at the discounted group rate.
2020 Southwest Summer College Training (7/6-12 at Yucaipa, CA) Registration is open at collegetraining.org.
HWMR
Crystallization Study of Deuteronomy, Week 5
Prayer Meeting
Main Hall district - TBD
Library district - TBD
Life-Study Reading
Life-Study of Matthew, Msgs 59 and 60
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“I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.” -- John 15:5