Volume 1, Issue 9
T h e M c C o l l u m Fa m i l y
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AMERICA PRAISE & PETITION Praise • We are going to be church planters! • Brenda has finished her SEND educational requirements! Even so, she is continuing with her education. • We received some new pledges and Valley View Baptist Church voted to partner with us annually! Petition • Pray for us as we learn more about what church planting in Croatia means. • Please pray that we would find a way for our children to learn the Croatian language • Pray that more individuals and churches would join our team. Monthly Pledges 41%
Outgoing Support 35%
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C H U RC H P L A N T I N G “I was going to talk to you about this lieved that this put us in a unique posiwhen I visit in March, but I think we tion to lead a team in Croatia. Steve need to talk now,” said Steve Meeker explained that not many missionaries when he called early one morning in have any experience with church plantJanuary. Steve is the country coordina- ing. After much prayer, contemplation, tor for SEND International in Croatia and Godly advice, we agreed to this and Slovenia. This phone call was pre- request. Now, we will be church plantcipitated by an email Michael had sent ers! the day before. Our Global Outreach pastor, Scott Countryman, had pre- What do we know about church plantsented us to a consortium of Twin Cit- ing in Croatia? We know we have a lot ies churches in hopes that they would to learn! There will be a high emphasis on being serchoose to partvant learners. ner with us We will have financially. He the opportunity had left that to learn from a meeting feelcouple of sucing positive, cessful Croabut with some tian church questions. Mip l a n t i n g chael forteams. We will warded the also work to questions rebuild trust and garding the relationships camp to Steve within the Bapin Croatia. tist church in When Steve Zagreb. During called, he told our first two Michael that Baptist Church in Severin na Kupi, Croatia years it will be he had been very important thinking and praying about asking us to change our for us to get a good grasp of the Croaprimary responsibility in Croatia away tian language and culture. from camping and toward leading a church planting team. Wow! Michael We are still learning what being church was unexpectedly excited. We had planters in Croatia will look like, but been part of a successful church plant- we’re very excited to be part of what ing team in Eagan, Minnesota. Steve, God is doing among the Croatian peoand others at SEND International, be- ple in Zagreb!
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