Prayer Points from Dongara

Dear prayer supporter,

Thanks again for your partnership in prayer for the Lord’s work in Dongara and Mingenew.

Things seem to be rolling along for us up here. Easter was a great time to remember the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. The church was packed with visitors, some of whom we’re continuing to follow-up. We also had heaps of visitors come through our home, some staying with us and others elsewhere. It was a great blessing to see so many friends and family.

We’re continuing to get to know people better and settle into life in Dongara. We’ve seen a few changes already (which weren’t pushed by us but seemed to be where the church was heading), especially to our services, including service times, more modern songs, kid’s talks, crèche and kid’s church.

As a result of moving Dongara church to 9am (rather than 8am) and offering kid’s ministry, we’ve seen two new families start coming to church. This has been very encouraging and provides a larger basis to growing more of a family ministry.

Our Bible study, which Matt leads, continues to be a great source of encouragement. A good number are consistently attending and eager to grow together. We’ve just finished Colossians and are about to start Exodus. We’ve also floated the idea of running “Introducing God” at both Dongara and Mingenew which will hopefully take shape next term.

Corinne and Penny have been making great contacts with young mums from playgroup. Corinne hosted a card-making party at our place which was a good opportunity to get to know some of them better. BBQ’s at different people’s places have been a good way to get to know some of the blokes too.

Life continues to be busy and enjoyable with all sorts of church and community activities to get involved in. Kate and Sam have settled in well. Kate loves having Sam in her life and has learned to show her love in a more gentle way. Sam is sitting up and developing well. Kate even taught him how to clap!

If you want to catch up on more Malcolm family life happenings then check out our blog site at:

malcolmsindongara.blogspot.com


Yours in Christ,

Matt and Corinne Malcolm (and Kate and Sam!)

Thanks and Praise

· For Easter services – for time to stop and remember Jesus’ death and resurrection, and for good numbers
· For the changes to service times and how they run
· For the new families at church
· For Tyler, Penny and Elijah Swartzentruber – who continue to be a great support and encouragement to us – for Tyler as he works at Geraldton Grammar school
· For Gary and Joyce Hamersley and their great support and encouragement. (Gary is Honorary Assistant who lives and works in Mingenew)
· For Corinne and Penny making great contacts with young mums through playgroup


Please ask God:

· For faithfulness to Jesus and to his gospel truth
· For good habits of Bible reading and prayer together as a family and individually for Matt and Corinne
· For Sam to sleep through the night (now only feeding once at night)
· For godliness in our tiredness
· For both centres to adapt well to service times changes
· For the new families at church– that they might keep coming and grow in the truth of the Lord Jesus
· For our continued meeting of people from the community, that we might be a light among the darkness
· For the Swartzentrubers and the Hamersleys
· For our next Men’s breakfast – May 12th – Jeremy Rice from the Cathedral will speak to us
· For future discussion about the direction of the Parish under God