All in His time

I am a planner... I love lists and calendars and sticky notes... I love to line the steps up and then see things come together.
Most of my lists have time frames and include set goals and expectations...

Are you like me? 

This isn't bad, until we apply it to our walk with God, our ministry, our experience and expectations. 

Gods time line is never ours, his to do list always outshines mine and very rarely are all my items included on his..
I often wonder  when God sees my list what He would mark as not necessary and what he would add at the bottom. Do we leave room for God to add at the bottom, or does he have to write in a tiny corner, like when you have to add onions to your grocery list and it ends up being written sideways across apple's and bananas...

I digress.  One thing God has been teaching me is it is all in His timing. I might think things need to be done at a certain time or pace, might feel pressure to have things done at a certain time or pace but it ultimately comes down to His time and His pace...sometimes it's a lot slower than I want, ok often times it is... but sometimes it comes so quick you just hold on, close your eyes and praise him that he doesnt let go.

So what ever your searching, waiting, planning... trust His time ♡

You are invited!

I wanted to update you with our October schedule - We would love to see you during out time in the States. 

Date -                                 Location -

Oct 11-13                          Missions Conference in Carlton MN.

Oct 16                               Mill City Church

Oct 18                               Tea Time - Redeemer Evangelical Free, Milw, WI

Oct 20                               NEW Freedom Church

Oct 20                               Booyah Sale!!! Family Video Howard Green Bay, WI

Oct 21 - 22                       Missions Conference in Shell Lake, WI

Oct 24                              Bible Study, Green Bay, WI

Oct 26                              Tea Time - NEW Freedom Church, Green Bay, WI

Oct 27                              Evangelical Covenant Church, Norway, MI

MEETING AT THE MEETING PLACE

It's been great getting to see the transformation from where we started to where we are now. With each week the Meeting Place is looking more and more promising.

While the to do list always seems to grow and there are issues we haven't begun to understand we know we can rest in God's peace, that he is in control.

Pray with us as we learn about the health and safety regulations, the policies we have to write, the electric and heating issues, and even the simple how to stock the place.

 

 

 

This past month

I am sorry I did not post this praise back in mid August.  I got in the habit of posting on our Facebook page and forgot to also add it to hear.

But on August 11th, we had an amazing day! Eric preached at church this morning about our perspective.  Then after church we made lunch for 9 young adults. We sat down with them and had a vision session regarding the community center we are opening. It was so great to see God move and hear the vision and passion these people have for the center.

We are meeting with the young adults again this Sunday to continue planning and praying for the Meeting Place.  We have 7 people signed up already!

♡ Megan

Join us for a day of prayer

On October 2, join your brothers and sisters around the globe for a day of prayerfully asking God to multiply His disciples on an unreached continent. Mark your calendars and keep an eye out for more details to come! #GEMdayofprayer #ten2dayofprayer

Prayer Requests

  - the opening of the Meeting Place
    - we need heating for the building
    - we need to put in a fire door
    - we need to figure out the electric in the
      building

  - the starting of the young adult Bible
    study

  - that young adults step up and get
     involved in the Meeting Place

Thank you for joining us in praying for the city of Highbridge, Somerset

♡
Megan

A visit home

We are coming to a town near you!

 

      We are so excited by what God is doing, He is calling the youth in England. We have a new building and are preparing to open a youth community center by the end of 2019.

    The youth in England struggle with loneliness  and a deep prejudice of the church.. Scott, a teenager from Highbrdige was so desperate for connection he carried his friend (who swore he would never step foot in a church) through the doors to attend a youth event. By the end both were playing games, talking with us, and most importantly heard the gospel. The use of a community center will remove a large hurdle from sharing the gospel with the youth. We are excited to be a part of God’s plan and are grateful that you are part of this journey with us.   

     We will be visiting Wisconsin this October. We have a few conferences to attend and want a chance to share with you, in person, all that God is doing.  During our trip we will be working towards our goal of raising $500 in monthly support to make sure we can run the center without issue.  

    We hope to be able to connect with as many of you as possible.  We also need your help sharing what God is doing and inviting others to hear as well.  

    We have some dates set aside to do some ‘sharing events’.  These are opportunities for us to come to you and share what God is doing with a group of your friends, family, a Bible Study, youth group, or Small group.  These events last around 1.5-2.5 hours (depends on your group) and are a fun night of fellowship where we share stories of God moving and invite others to join us, in prayer and/or support. It’s really simple for you, pick a date, invite anyone who is interested in youth ministry, missions, England, or just hearing good God stories, put out some drinks and snacks and we will do the rest (we can even help with snacks and send helpful reminders). 

    The biggest worry is that you may not know anyone who can financially partner… don’t worry about that, let God. We just want to share what He is doing. If you are interested in helping us share, even with 1 other person - please look at the dates below and let us know when works for you through email (Megan.mayer@gemission.org) or Facebook message.  But don’t delay cause these dates may go fast. 

Hope to see you soon,

    Eric, Megan & baby Stephen 

Our current event schedule

Come stop by and say hi!

CHURCH SHARING

Wednesday Oct 16 -

Mill City church, Neenah, WI

  Sunday Oct  20 - 

New Freedom Church, Green Bay,  WI

  Sunday Oct 27 - 

 TBD

CONFERENCES 

 October 11-13

    Carlton, MN

 October 21-22

     Shell Lake, WI

TEA TIME 

Come and here what God is doing in the UK

Tea, coffee, desserts, and time of worship and testimony 

Small raffle at end of event 

Milwaukee Area.                    Green Bay Area

Friday Oct 18th         Saturday Oct 26th 6:30 - 8:00pm. TBD

Redeemer Church.          New Freedom Church

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Sharing Dates Available:       Morning/Afternoon/Evening 

Milwaukee (and surrounding areas)

Thursday Oct 10th.  M/A/E

Thursday Oct 17th.  M/A/E

Friday Oct 18th.        M

Saturday  Oct 19th. M

Tuesday Oct 29th.    M/A/E

Green Bay (and surrounding areas) 

Tuesday Oct 15th.       M/A/E

Wednesday Oct 16th.  M

Wednesday Oct 23rd.  M/A/E

Thursday Oct 24th.      M

Friday  Oct 25th.           M/A/E

Contact Us:

Megan.mayer@gemission.org 

Bishop Sutton Outreach

What a blessing today was!  

Eric went last night to Bishop Sutton where he worked with a team to start setting up for the community 5K event. Him and another youth worker slept the night on the youth bus to start setting up again bright and early this morning.  Stephen and I drove the 45 minutes out to the community to meet with him and Pastor Kelton this morning. 

What a wonderful event - our purpose was to help the church in Bishop Sutton connect with their community and bring awareness to the youth event we will be holding there in July (when we have a youth group from the USA visiting us).  God truly blessed the day! We had beautiful weather, great placement for the tent, and enough balloons to pass out to all the kids. We also had two jesters with us to do tricks and tell stories for the kids.  

We were able to hand out more than 100 flyers with weekly activities that are put on by the church and flyers promoting the July event. But the best part was that we got to help the church be present in their community. There were second and third connections made with families that they have seen at other events in the past - and what a blessing to get to pour in multiple times into a family. We were also able to pray for a gentleman which was exciting to see done on the fair ground. 

For me; beyond the excitement of the ministry, the fun learning to twirl plates on poles, or even seeing the kids enjoy their balloons, was the encouragement. It was so great to be an encouragement for the church in Bishop Sutton and to see them be uplifted by the event and the connections they were making. We can't wait to see the follow up in July when we get to back to the community and join them in ministry again.  - We will have more pictures on the facebook page, later this week. 

Thank you for your prayers and support, we couldn't do this with out you. Thank you for being a part of the ministry :)