Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has been sentenced to death for his faith in Christ. He is charged with "apostasy." Please pray for him and his family. You can read more about it here and other followers of Christ who are persecuted at Persecution.com.
(Youth been given "final instructions") - Please be in prayer for our youth and leaders as well as other young people who are at Momentum (Youth Conference) this week that God would work in each of their lives in a special way. We have already been made aware of God's involvement!
Rick Warren advocates that the church has the greatest opportunity to provide the fullest support to individuals who have contracted AIDS, whether through personal choices in life, or the choices that were made by others. You can read about it HERE.
We appreciate the ministry of Operation Barnabas - short as it was! They had a good ministry at Antietam Recreation, then about a half hour program at City Park before the rain set in. On Friday morning, half of the group helped with clean up around the church from construction. Also, thanks to Drapers for taking them to that great historic site: Nutters in Sharpsburg on Thursday evening! ;-)