Kiké (Kee-kay) is the Campus Director for Campus Outreach SERVE, working on the ITESO University campus in Guadalajara, Mexico. The team works to build relationships with students with the desire to share the gospel with them and disciple them. They also desire to enfold them into the local church and to develop them as future leaders. 

Please pray:

• Praise God for Brittany’s miraculous recovery from surgery; pray for continued good health for her.
• For the salvation of students, specifically the students with whom they are meeting.
• That God will raise up more laborers for His glory on their campus.
• For their children Chloe, Clark, Barry, and Bruce.

Abram is the President/CEO of ECHO, a global Christian organization which provides agricultural resources, skills, and seeds to reduce hunger. His responsibilities include managing and empowering the global staff of 100+, overseeing the fundraising and development of ECHO’s four global offices, seed banks, training events and conferences, internship program, research, and networking with their 19,000 global partners.

Please pray:

• That the Lord would bless the global holistic work of ECHO and expand its capacities to be a blessing to the 500 million smallholder farms around the world.
• That the ECHO network would empower Christian workers to bring the gospel and bless the poor spiritually and physically.
• That the work of their hands, hearts, and minds would glorify God and strengthen His church.
• For their children Eliana and Benjamin.

Kathy, along with her late husband Jim, served in western Michigan for many years among refugees, immigrants, and international students from many different nations. Her strategic goal remains the same: to make disciples for Christ and equip and encourage the local Christians for cross-cultural outreach. Through service, outreach, and hospitality opportunities, she develops personal relationships and shares the love and gospel of Christ in word and action.

Please pray:

• For Kathy and the rest of the Boerckel family as they continue to grieve Jim’s passing.
• For wisdom and strength for Kathy as she continues to minister to those around her.
• For believers’ involvement in cross-cultural outreach.
• For their children Aaron, Micah (Jessica), Weston (Emily), Samuel (Haley), and five grandchildren.

Mark is a Partnership Development Coach and technology consultant. Deb serves as Senior Director of Staff Vitality. This role oversees staff care, global health services, crisis management, and counseling. Together they enjoy training, leading, and encouraging Wycliffe colleagues who are working all over the world.

Please pray:

• For the work of Bible translation and the transformation of lives.
• For Mark and Deb as they use their gifts within the organization.
• For wisdom for Deb as she has broader reach with multiple teams in the organization.
• For good connections as their family is spread from Florida to Georgia to Illinois.

Ethan is a pastor serving the University of Illinois with RUF, the PCA’s denominational campus ministry. Following college graduation, he served as an RUF intern at Duke University. In 2018, the Browns moved to Charlotte, NC, where Ethan attended Reformed Theological Seminary. In 2021, the Browns moved to Champaign-Urbana to start a new chapter of RUF at the University of Illinois. Ethan loves getting to know students and helping them get to know King Jesus.

Please Pray:

• That RUF would increasingly come to be known as “a community that prays.”
• That their outreach efforts would be effective, and that many new students would plug into RUF so that they would be equipped for a lifetime of following Jesus and serving the Church.
• That God would send out RUF students in the future to be faithful workers in God’s harvest (as pastors, missionaries, counselors, teachers, mothers, fathers, and leaders in whatever field God calls them to enter).
• For their children Judah, Ellis, and Ezra.

Harvest Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Bloomington, Illinois, is a church plant of Christ Church (PCA) that launched in May 2026. We believe that the harvest in Bloomington/Normal is plentiful but that the laborers are few, and we are praying that God would send us out into the community to proclaim the gospel, live out our faith, and lead people into a relationship with Jesus Christ. We emphasize prayer, relational evangelism, and intentional discipleship. Our hope is that Harvest is a place where people come to worship God, grow in their faith, and connect with one another.

Please pray:

• That God would bless the public launch of Harvest on September 13, 2026.
• That sacrificial love would be a defining mark of our church community (Jn. 13:34–35).
• That many people would come to Christ through the ministry of Harvest (Mt. 9:35–38).
• That God would strengthen us against spiritual attack (Eph. 6:10–20).

Brian is working with CEF Camp Good News as the camp’s facilities manager. Over the years, hundreds of kids have found Jesus as their Savior and grown in Him through the ministry of Camp Good News.

Please pray:

• For the children who attended camp, that their hearts and lives would continue to remember and live out the gospel messages they heard this summer.
• For rest, endurance, and health for the Camp Director and for Brian as they shift to retreats and repairs after the busy, long hours of summer ministry.
• For needed finances as they work to repair and improve the camp facilities.
• For strength, healing, life/family balance, and spiritual growth.
• For their children Zach (Jordan), Janelle (Wes), Brad, and four grandchildren.

The Crooks serve in Chiang Mai, Thailand, ministering to internally displaced people in war zones with the Free Burma Rangers (FBR), a movement of people driven by compassion who provide help, hope, and love to people in conflict areas, to shine a light on the actions of oppressors, to stand with the oppressed and support leaders and organizations committed to liberty, justice, and service, all in the name of Jesus. Josh advises and assists on relief teams as they share the gospel and gather stories during their field service near the front lines in Myanmar, Ukraine, Sudan, and the Middle East. While sharing the Gospel, he creates video, photo, and podcast content that tells the story of God's redeeming power among Ranger teams and the people they serve. Alissa is a volunteer coordinator for FBR, guiding new volunteers through the onboarding and development process as they train to serve in the field. She shares the gospel with unbelieving volunteers and provides professional coaching for them through their journey of service.

Please Pray

• That the Lord will give courage, faith, and energy to reach people under threat of war.
• That the gospel, shared in love, will alter the course of the various conflicts where FBR operates. For reconciliation, repentance, and revival.
• For their children Judah, Jabez, and Jenevieve.

Mark and Kris live in Madrid, Spain, and serve as the Regional Member Care Coordinators for TEAM missionaries serving throughout Europe - about 60 missionaries in all. Their ministry is to ensure that each global worker and their family have the support they need to maintain spiritual and emotional vitality as cross-cultural workers. They work to build and maintain healthy ministry teams, facilitate conflict resolution, help each one adapt and thrive in their host culture and navigate their relationships with TEAM and with their senders back home.

Please pray:

• For Mark and Kris this fall as they will be in a heavy season of travel, visiting missionaries all over Europe. Pray for safety, health, and good connections with them.
• For their children Anna (Ben), Josh (Alissa), Beka (Trent), Ben, Sam, and 9 grandchildren.

Josiah Venture’s mission is to equip young leaders to fulfill Christ’s commission through the local church in Central and Eastern Europe.  Mel serves as Executive Vice President of Josiah Venture. He and Amy work alongside over 300 leaders in 16 Central and Eastern European countries to shepherd, train, and give direction as this movement continues to grow. 

Please pray:

• That they endure. This has been a challenging year for their team as they respond to the crisis in Ukraine, along with the increasing impact of the war on youth in Europe.
• For wisdom for Mel as he shepherds the leaders of JV’s ministries.
• For Amy as she leads a ministry to the women of JV.
• That they would embody Romans 15:5, that the God who gives “endurance and encouragement would give them a spirit of unity as they follow Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth they may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
• For their children Hannah (Joseph), Hayley (Austin), Noah (Jill), and four grandchildren.

Josiah Venture’s mission is to equip young leaders to fulfill Christ’s commission through the local church in Central and Eastern Europe. Noah and Jill serve in Podgorica, Montenegro, a country with only five registered Protestant or Evangelical Christian churches, and fewer than 150 national believers in Jesus. They engage in full-time contact ministry, street evangelism, language learning, and relationship building with local churches. 

Please pray:

• Praise God for young students who are choosing to put their faith in Christ. Noah 
  and Jill love witnessing His work in these young people’s lives.
• For their local church and youth group, that they would be able to see opportunities that God is giving them to reach out to unbelievers in Podgorica.
• That God would continue to open doors for sharing the gospel.
• For their daughter Hazel and son Henri.

Dr. Katrina is the State Director of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Illinois and also serves part-time with CEF USA Ministries as the National Education Director. Her responsibilities include the supervision of all CEF staff in Illinois and overseeing the CEF Local Chapter committees, Camp Good News, and the volunteers who make the ministry to children possible. She also serves with CEF USA to help strengthen the educational/training ministry across the country to help train, equip, and support workers to reach more children for Christ!

Please Pray

• For Katrina and the CEF of Illinois State Board as they oversee the ministry of CEF throughout Illinois.

• For the completion of Katrina's ‘Leadership Training Instruction' certification with the CEF 'Children's Ministry Institute.'

• For Katrina’s weekly radio program on WPEO, 'Telling Future Generations.'

• For her husband, Kermit, and their two children. Caleb is a senior at Taylor University and Samuel is a senior at Peoria Christian School.

The Frantzes moved from Illinois to Athens, Greece, in 2023, where they continue the vision of investing in the next generation to make an impact in the world around them. Campus Outreach Greece was launched in 2023 in Athens, Greece, and partners with the First Evangelical Church of Athens by supporting its English-speaking community. Campus Outreach also helps operate a community space in the Pangrati neighborhood that serves the area.

• That the Evangelical Church and the Pangrati Project will flourish.
• That the staff will have great connections with people in Athens.
• That the staff will remain steadfast in the work God has called them to.
• For their children: Darcy, Daxon, Declin, and Dawson

Since 2015, the Gallegos have dedicated themselves to the ministry of planting a new church in the north central part of Malaga, Spain, where there are no evangelical churches. In September 2021, they opened a church and for the moment, they meet in the hall of a hostel. The Word, prayer, and fellowship are priorities in their church life, showing God’s love and trying to be salt and light in their community.

Please Pray:

• That more friends and contacts receive the gospel and Christ personally.
• That more people join the church.
• That they can find a suitable place to meet and that the church continues to grow and serve the community.
• For their children, Yoel and Lidia.

The Gildards are part of a church-planting team in the growing aerospace technology corridor west of Toulouse, France. They are building relationships, sharing the good news of Christ, and encouraging evangelism and leadership among French Christians. There is searching among the French, and a void in their hearts that only Christ can fill.

Please pray:

• For Jamie’s work in helping to train future leaders in their church.
• For Jamie and Jacki’s evangelism work with friends, neighbors, and contacts.
• Very few people in France have any idea of what the Gospel is.
• For their children Rebecca, Jimmy (Paxton), Owen (Karen), and Angelle.
• For their children Rebecca (McKellan), Jimmy (Paxton), Owen (Kaija), Angelle, and two grandchildren.

Mark and Karen serve together with The Navigators—coaching and mentoring campus leaders as they help college students discover who Jesus is, grow in their faith, and then reach out to their own friends. Mark has also been asked to serve as Interim Divisional Director for the next two years, overseeing the Regional Directors and their ministries in 8 states in the southeastern United States.

Please Pray

• For wisdom and strength as they coach and mentor leaders of college ministries.

• For good and lasting spiritual fruit on college campuses across the country.

• For energy and for discernment as they step into this interim role.

• For peace and comfort as they grieve the loss of their son Benjamin (who passed away in March).

Tom and Lisa serve with Navigators, based in Denver, Colorado. They have had the privilege of serving as coach/mentors with younger organizational leaders with two other mission agencies, OMF and SIM. The leaders are all over the world. The program includes two in-person meetings, and the rest of the mentoring /coaching is virtual. They are especially thankful for and enjoy their three adult children, their spouses, and nine grandchildren.

Please pray:

• For Tom and Lisa as they travel: good health, stamina, safety, ability to sleep, and focus.
• For their virtual ministry with those they are coaching—meeting every 2-3 weeks during the course of each leadership development cohort.
• For guidance from the Lord regarding ministry as well as where they should live.
• For their children and grandchildren to be drawn closer to Christ.
• For their time (via Zoom) ministering to those they are coaching.

Josh is the Regional Field Leader for GHNI in Southeast Asia, helping give leadership to the organization’s Transformational Community Development projects. TCD workers seek to help villagers reach sustainability in the areas of water, food, income, wellness, and education through three-to-five-year projects among unreached people groups. Lisa teaches American Literature and British Literature (Grade 11 & 12 English) at Grace International School, a school in which about 80% of the students are missionary kids.

Please pray:

• Thank God that Josh has made an excellent recovery from his injuries.
• For protection for them as they work to bring help and hope to unreached 
  people groups in impoverished villages in Southeast Asia.
• For their children Colby, Hailey, and Noah.

Mike is the director of Your Jerusalem, an organization to help churches spark a sustained movement of evangelism by equipping Christians to evangelize their friends. His thirty years of experience as a campus minister and his training as an ICF-certified coach help individuals address the lack of evangelism in their lives and mature through the process. Mike believes the gospel changes lives, families, churches, cities, and nations.  

Please pray:

• For many churches to request the training that Mike offers, and for many to address the barriers that keep them from sharing their faith.
• For fruit from this ministry: overcoming barriers, Christians maturing in their faith, churches fostering a culture of evangelism, and non-believers hearing the gospel and placing their trust in Christ.
• For his wife Stacey and their children Knox and Katie-Beth.

Chase and Ailisha (Sha) lead a small team that works alongside several primarily indigenous ministries/projects based in the university town of Cluj, Romania. These include a university student ministry, a publishing house, a mission to addicts, a mission to Roma, and a local adaptation of Serge's Sonship discipleship course. The team also assists local believers working among students and professionals within the Cluj artistic community.

Please pray:

• That Roma youth would be touched by the gospel in a way that transforms their lives and their entire community.
• For new conversions and for spiritual growth among the already converted, especially among university and seminary students.
• For a deeper devotional life that overflows into hospitality and relationships.
• That God would add much needed people with complementary gifts to the team.

Ben and Sheri have been serving in local church ministry for over 35 years, most recently as the Senior Pastor at Subiaco Church in Perth, Australia. Ben’s new position is Executive Director of Spero Ministries based in Perth. Spero Ministries (Latin for “I hope”) exists to address the needs of pastors and Christian leaders for spiritual care and personalized ministry training. The core ministry of Spero is shepherding the shepherds of God’s people. The goal is not simply to help ministers of the gospel survive in ministry but to thrive.

Please pray:

• Praise God for the wonderful reception Spero Ministries has received by pastors and Christian leaders in Australia.
• That Spero Ministries will be able to grow their network and build on the ministries and relationships that were established this year.
• For their children Taylor (Celeste), Katherine (David), Christine (Sam), and six 
  grandchildren.

Abbie serves as the Director of Training for the US National MPD (Ministry Partner Development) Team. In her role, she oversees all of Cru's national trainings related to support raising and finances for all staff and interns to be fully funded, Christ-centered laborers, focused on their mission. Jason is on staff with Cru Church Movements (CM). Locally Jason trains church leaders and lay people on how to be multiplying disciples. The goal is transformative, multiplying churches in every segment of the city that communicate and demonstrate the gospel to every person, so that every man, woman and child would know the gospel and experience the love of Jesus Christ. Nationally Jason has two other roles: he is a trainer for the Cru Fellowship for Church Multiplication, where he helps train church planters, and he is on the CM Mobilization and Partnering team as a training and coaching specialist.

Please pray:

• For Jason to have open doors to serve more pastors and churches who want a new discipleship pathway.
• For Abbie and her team to have wisdom and clarity.
• For Jason and Abbie as they parent their young adult children Hannah (Jesse), Owen, and Bennett.

Zack and Citlali serve on the campus of ITESO University and TEC de Monterrey in Guadalajara, Mexico. Their team’s vision is to see God transform Guadalajara into a city that is saturated with the gospel. Through this gospel saturation, they hope to see Guadalajara undergo a metamorphosis from being severely under-evangelized into a city filled with people who deeply love Christ, walk with Him closely, and engage others around them in gospel proclaiming mission.

Please pray:

• For open doors for sharing the gospel and for the salvation of the students on the ITESO campus and Tec de Monterrey campus.
• That God will raise up more laborers for His glory on their campus.
• For their sons Zami, James, and Joseph to know the Lord.

Jay serves as president of T-Net International, which seeks to train and equip pastors and leaders around the world to finish the Great Commission.  Currently T-Net is in 50 countries and has about 50 staff in North America, Africa, and SE Asia, with nearly 17,000 pastors in training and hundreds of training centers globally. 

Please pray:

• For new work starting in Latin America. They recently hired a director for this work.
• For the translation work to continue expediently and accurately
• For them as they work on a 2nd accreditation credential for Teleo University which will open up doors in North America.
• For work in closed countries. Pray for their director, Wesley, in India, as he pursues the new “Equip Himalaya” initiative.
• For their children Kaleb (Lizzy), Jared, Alexa (John), and two granddaughters.

Scott and Rachel minister through Hands of Love Ministry, based in Central Illinois, whose outreach includes music and speaking ministry throughout the United States and internationally. Rachel also leads a local women’s community Bible study.

Please pray:

• Praise for spiritual growth, ministry growth, and a time of refreshing.
• Praise for Weston’s continued progress in his journey recovering from autism.
• For God’s hand to continue to guide them as they move forward in faith.
• For His rich presence to go with them everywhere they have the privilege of serving Him.
• For their children Maria (Ben), Weston, and three grandchildren.

Dan leads “Heart of Illinois Youth for Christ.” Their team takes the Great News of Jesus Christ to lost teens around Central Illinois. They have formed hundreds of “Authentic Christ-Sharing Relationships,” with teens who don’t yet know Jesus.

Please pray:

• For more Volunteer Ministry leaders.
• That the gospel be shared faithfully and embraced by many.
• For their children Amy (Josh), Wes (Janelle), Jess (Grant), Ben (Natalie), and beloved grandchildren.

Wes and Janelle direct Campus Life at Normal West High School. They lead a team of adults, committed to coming alongside young people and meeting them where they are. They seek to help young people navigate the pivotal years of high school, uncovering God’s story of hope in their lives.

Please pray:

• That the team would grow! That God would call committed adults into authentic Christ-sharing relationships with teens.
• That students would be receptive to and transformed by the truth of the gospel.
• For their family to keep receiving God’s grace as they love each other.
• For their children Jack, Ransom, and Eva.

The Moreaus live in Chicago and are teaching English to refugees and immigrants, helping them adjust to American culture and developing organic relationships through Devon Oasis. Bob also supervises the AV team at a church in downtown Chicago.

Please pray:

• Praise and ongoing prayer - Bob's has been getting good healthcare at UChicago and Cleveland Clinic. Pray for ongoing healing and future organ transplants if he needs that.
• For the families they serve through Devon Oasis, including ESL and in-home ministry
• For the neighborhood teens they support.
• For the right child placement and endurance. They have updated their adoption paperwork.

Ron and Pam have been with Word of Life International Ministries since 1982. After 11 years in Chile, Ron started serving with International Ministries as a Project Coordinator. He provides strategic assistance by helping mobilize short-term work teams, some project fundraising, and procuring much-needed equipment and resources. He is part of a design team for the international camp properties. He also travels with many of these teams to work on camp construction projects. 

Please pray:

• For Pam: She is the “Mimi” to the grandkids and wants to see each of them know and walk with the Lord.
• For Pam’s ongoing ministry with students, both her Spanish class at a local Christian school, as well as her many past students. Pam has earned their respect and they keep in contact, coming to her for counsel.
• For the many short-term mission trips to fill the needs of many of their international fields. Visit www.GO.wol.org.
• For their monthly support.
• For their children Caleb, Joanna (Mark), Joshua, and twelve grandchildren.

The Newtons catalyze Gospel movements through direct, evangelistic work among refugees and other newcomers in the US, and by activating and coaching Christians to live out faith in their own contexts. They have lived in Asia and Europe and continue to focus on Muslims and people whose lives are impacted by poverty. Ben and Lindsey utilize simple, reproducible tools, incorporating spiritual formation practices to spark and sustain everyday disciple-makers. They share their time in ministry alongside the responsibilities of parenting five children, ages 7 to 19.

Please pray:

• With gratitude for the amazing people that God has raised up in the last year–both new and recently activated Christians!
• For those attending Bible studies to obey what they learn in Scripture and share it within their networks.
• For people of peace to be identified and discipled from unreached communities.
• For their children: Samuel, Caroline, Elisabeth, William, and Gabriel.

The Ngamaus’ main ministry outreach is education.  Pan African schools provide education from pre-school to high school, with a student population of over 250.  Over 150 are residential students. They also provide Bible training to pastors and church leaders in Kenya and the East African community. 

Please pray:

• Praise Him for salvation decisions for students and staff.
• For additional friends to partner with them.
• For them to be in step with God for the ministry direction and purpose.
• For their children Ngamau (Ciera), Wangari, and Kihika (Nancy), and four grandchildren.

Jeremy and Christy serve with WorldVenture to provide theological education and counseling in Europe. Jeremy teaches full-time in the New Testament department at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (ETF). He enjoys the opportunity to work with and mentor students from across Europe and all over the world as they prepare for lives of ministry and discipleship. Christy is busy providing counseling support for WorldVenture missionaries. 

Please pray:

•  For their transition and adjustment to living in Kandern, Germany, and for safe travel each week as Jeremy commutes by train to Belgium.
• For friendships for each of them in their new location and for the boys to adjust well to their new school.
• For the students at EFT, that they would be the Christian leaders, the “theological voices” that the Church in Europe needs.
• For their children Kai, Caleb, and Sam.

The Parrs serve with the Illini Land Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) at the University of Illinois. In 2023 Josh joined staff with Illini Land FCA to continue to labor at the U of I after almost a decade serving there with The Navigators Collegiate. The mission of FCA is to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus and His Church. Josh and Julie long to see Illini athletes and coaches come to know Jesus through God’s Word and equip them to labor for the Kingdom on their teams, in the community, and for the rest of their lives wherever God takes them. They are excited to see what God will do in and through the diverse group of student-athletes and coaches at the U of I.

Please pray:

• That they would stay Christ-centered as a family and a staff team.
• That God would open doors for the gospel on all the sports teams at the U of I.
• That coaches and athletes at the U of I would trust Jesus and seek to help others do the same.
• For their daughters Hannah and Joanna to know Jesus as their Savior.

Jews for Jesus has centers in 12 countries and 16 cities around the globe—their largest work is in Israel. Susan is the Chief Partnership Officer (CPO) and is forging partnerships with other missions, churches, and theological institutions who share a commitment to evangelism. Her greatest love is to personally share the gospel with Jewish people one-on-one and with anyone else who needs to know Jesus.  

Please pray:

• For Susan, in her role as CPO (Chief Partnership Officer).  She is currently working on possible partnerships with four other mission agencies operating in Europe, the Middle East, and North America, two training institutions, and a digital ministry.
• For the Jewish seekers on her caseload including the Rosners, Nathan, and Steve.
• For Susan’s younger sister, Pauline’s salvation. Having lost their mother during the height of the pandemic, they have had more spiritual discussions than ever before.

Ted is the director of the Midwest Alliance (PCA), which exists to see PCA churches and presbyteries in the Midwest move forward in church planting as an intentional and functional partnership, committed to working together to plant churches and renew existing congregations by strategic coordination, contributing resources to one another, increasing communication and collaboration. 

Please pray:

• For Ted as he seeks effective leadership and to resource the churches and
  presbyteries of the Midwest Region for church planting.
• That by God’s grace, they will grow from 251 PCA churches in the Midwest 
  region to 350 over the next ten years totaling 100,000 people.
• For the 40 current church plants and planters.

Mike and Leslie serve in roles caring for the missionaries of Cru, Mike as Associate National Director of US Staff Care and Leslie as the MPD (Ministry Partner Development) Coordinator of Capacity Ministries. Mike engages in coaching staff who are engaging in employee crisis situations. Leslie helps ensure the missionary staff in the capacity ministries of the headquarters (Finance, HR, Tech, and Legal) are able to be fully funded and engaged in the ministry.

Please pray:

• For Leslie as she changes her role to a new scope in the ministry that she will be able to understand the unique needs of each department she serves and help the missionary staff balance their own personal needs for financial support with carrying out the critical infrastructure duties they each have.
• For Mike as he leads in caring for all 9,000 people who serve in Cru.
• For margin as Mike and Leslie lead full lives (ministry, kids with special needs, strong marriage) as they seek to honor the Lord.
• For their children Benjamin, Maddox, and Zachary.

Geordon continues to serve as the Global Youth Advocate for Youth Compass, the Diaspora ministry of Youth for Christ. As of January 1st, he is the Global Ambassador for Youth for Christ International. YFCI was just granted Consultative Specialist NGO status with the United Nations so Geordon will be speaking and presenting papers over these next few years specifically about teenagers. He will also be training YFC young leaders about protocols and how they can participate at the UN as well. His Global Ambassador role also includes being the liaison with the World Evangelical Alliance and Lausanne. Geordon is also serving 1/4 time as the interim preaching pastor at their home church in Victoria, BC. Marilyn continues as the Executive Director of Youth Compass International.

Please pray:

• For ministry with cross-cultural communities in both global and local locations.
• For meaningful reconnections with partners this coming season.
• For their children Jordan (Rachel), Joshua (Nicole), Jolyn (Ricardo), Joy (Daniel), and one granddaughter.

Jim and Linda Rinella lead the campus ministry for Oaks International at Colorado State University. Their passion is to see college students come to Christ, to make disciples, and to send students and alumni out across the world into missions. They want to develop students to become leaders and laborers that will go on to serve God in their families, their churches, their jobs, and their communities. Jim is on the leadership team for the nationwide college ministry of Oaks International. He also serves as the Director of Staff Training to help develop Staff in Oaks International especially focused on helping brand new staff as they start in full-time ministry.

Please pray:

• Praise God for 45 student leaders to help them outreach on campus!
• That God would help them reach college students that don't know Jesus.
• For full healing for their son Matthew's brain and body following his traumatic brain injury nine years ago.
• That God would send Christians into their son Michael's life, and that he would come back to Christ.

Steve and Katie work with Beautiful Redemption to connect kids and families in crisis with a community that cares through a technology called CarePortal. Since 2016 they have been building an ecosystem of churches, businesses, and individuals who know the needs in the community and have a simple way to serve a vulnerable family in the name of Jesus. Beautiful Redemption has partnerships with over 240 churches and has served over 33,000 kids in the past nine years.

Please Pray:

• For support for their church network through adding churches and strengthening existing ones.
• For continued connections with donors with a heart to see their work expand to new territories.
• For their children, Judah and Zoey.

Jeff is the Director of Development & Legacy Giving. While raising resources to sustain current evangelistic YFC outreaches, he has recently joined the Juvenile Justice Ministries summer ministries sharing the Good News with students in the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center. God is also working in mighty ways in YFC’s other outreaches - Deaf Teen Quest, City Life, and High School & Middle School Campus Life as well. With added resources God is providing, YFC is expanding with new ministry sites and programs like Rebalance and Hispanic outreach. In addition to his local efforts, Jeff serves the YFC ministries across the country as a Legacy Giving specialist for the Youth for Christ Foundation.

Please Pray:

• For the youth who have recently said “YES” to Jesus and the discipleship of these new believers.
• For more Ministry Leaders (volunteers) to join this mission of taking the Good News of Jesus to lost and needy teens.
• For the many opportunities to speak with YFC financial partners near and far about tax-saving generosity Kingdom giving for their joy and Kingdom benefit.
• For their daughter, Laura, in her cancer battle.

Sadey is the Chillicothe Campus Life Director at Illinois Valley Central High School. Sadey, alongside a team of volunteer leaders, aim to care for students emotionally with authentic relationships, physically with meals, and spiritually by sharing the Good News about Jesus.

Please pray:

• That more students in Chillicothe would get into authentic, Christ-sharing relationships with safe adults.
• For more STUDENT leaders to have a heart for their lost friends to meet Jesus.
• For more partners that are able to help with meals, hosting, and cheering on Campus Life in the community.
• For Jonny and Sadey’s marriage as they grow closer to Christ and each other.

As associate director, Gary works at the Morton, Illinois, home office to help oversee and coordinate various ministries. He is also involved in the day-to-day care of the missionary family. RHMA missionaries go into small towns and rural areas across America to plant new churches and restart dying ones.

Please pray:

• For a renewed emphasis on church planting in rural America. Much of their work in recent years has been in strengthening existing churches.
• For wisdom in how to best encourage, equip, and care for the missionary family across rural America–some in very discouraging, isolated places.
• For Gary as he continues treatment and surgery for his cancers, for minimal side effects, maximum effectiveness, and quick recovery.

Chase and Jess work on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. They have been on staff with CO for just over nine years and are entering their 6th year at WMU. This semester their focus is first to share the gospel broadly with many students. Secondly, they are focusing on reaching Greek life (fraternities and sororities) with the gospel. These organizations tend to be places where most ministries won’t go and are often left untouched by the gospel.

Please pray:

• That their team would have favor on the campus and form many friendships that would lead to gospel conversations.
• That many fraternity guys would put their faith in Christ for the first time this fall!
• That the students in discipleship groups would grow in their love of God and desire to labor in his harvest this year
• That students on the football, baseball, soccer, and volleyball team would mature in their faith this year
• For their children Bennet, Jaclyn, and Jordyn

Martin is the director of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in central, western, and northern Illinois, where he oversees thirteen schools.  His supervision also includes two staff and over fifteen volunteers. Martin casts vision, recruits staff and volunteers, initiates chapter planting, and leads some of the chapters.  He particularly helps lead the Bradley chapter.  InterVarsity’s goal is to develop witnessing communities at the existing chapters on secular campuses and to plant new chapters at schools without a Christian group.  

Please pray:

• Please pray for more paid staff. Most of the current ministry is being done by volunteers with only a few hours a week.
• Please pray for deep discipleship of students, despite the limited hours of the volunteers.
• Please pray for students to love, pray for, and witness to the lost on the campus.
• For their children William, Dawn, and CJ.

Bill and Sue continue to live out their hearts for college ministry. They spend time on campuses across the country ministering to the Nav staff and students as cross-generational friends...speaking, listening, praying, and mentoring.

Please pray:

• For a revival on America’s campuses.
• For a new army of laborers radically committed to the Great Commission.
• For a new generation of leaders who have a magnificent obsession with the Word of God.
• That Bill and Sue would continue to be seeds that fall into the ground and die and bear much fruit.
• For their children Dave (Hannah), a professor at KU, and Jeff (Aubrey), a pastor in SC, and six grandchildren.

Mike and Kathy are working with Cru City, specifically with the IIR (International, Immigrant, and Refugee) ministry. Their desire is to develop strategies to reach, disciple, mobilize, and send IIRs to reach others with the gospel. They are the founders of Grace Presbyterian Church’s ESL ministry and are helping with it.

Please pray:

• That God would provide a team of individuals from each cultural group to help give leadership to this ministry.
• That God will give creative ideas as they seek to provide opportunities to 
  interact with individuals concerning their needs and spiritual interest.
• That God would multiply church-based ESL ministries in other states.
• For their children Nathan (Larissa), Tim (Traci), Abbie (Jason), and nine 
  grandchildren.  

Lisa helps coordinate volunteers for the office special projects as well as doing some behind the scenes work so that field ministry and events can happen. When she is not doing behind the scenes work, she helps teach Good News Clubs during the school year and 5-Day Clubs during the summer. She also passionately leads a Moms in Prayer group for the moms of Glen Oak Learning Center and other local elementary school students.

Please Pray:

• That more moms would join the prayer group at the State Office location.
• For opportunities to build relationships with families in the neighborhood of the CEF office.
• For the successful building of more gospel partnerships.
• For her husband Gary and their daughter Kristina.

Tomas and Melody serve as the directors of the Matthew Training Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, whose vision is to see well-trained disciples serving among the nations. Along with five teammates who are also passionate to make disciples like Jesus did, they lead discipleship programs where the participants live in a multi-cultural community whose focus is to grow in intimacy with the Lord and make disciples who make disciples. 

Please pray:

• For their team relationships and dynamics.
• For those who passed through their programs this year to continue to follow Jesus and make disciples.
• For more volunteers (those they have had have served so well, been an example to their students, and been blessed in return!).
• For complete financial support.

Dean serves with Cru’s international student ministry, Bridges International, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.  As the team leader, he coaches a team of students and volunteers who seek to win international students to Christ, disciple them, and train them to reach others. Kim works in the human resource world of Cru. Her team seeks to develop individuals and teams so they can be healthy and effective missionaries. 

Please pray:

• That every international student on the UW-Madison campus and throughout 
  Wisconsin would have the chance to hear about Jesus.
• That they would walk closely with the Lord, depending on Him for wisdom, strength, and energy.
• For their children Christa (Sam), Michael, Katie (Jack), and their two granddaughters to love the Lord and to make wise life decisions.

Gordon is responsible for carrying out the vision of the organization, primarily in Uganda, Africa. The Village of Joy has 12 classrooms, a library, a medical clinic, a cookhouse, a teacher residence, a children’s home, and new washrooms. They provide meals, an education for 400 children from pre-school to high school, medical care, a children’s home that now has 240 orphans, and daily chapel services.

Please Pray:

• For finances to be able to complete the high school, meet monthly budget, and for them to make yearly trips to Uganda.
• That God would continue to protect the Village of Joy from the Ebola virus, and that it would be safe for Gordon and Linda to travel there next year.
• For new monthly partners.

Megan is serving with TEAM to provide special education services at Faith Academy in the Philippines.  She is serving in the elementary school division to teach, disciple, and care for students of missionaries.  By partnering with missionary families, she hopes to serve God’s Kingdom work in Southeast Asia.

Please Pray:

• For dependence on the Holy Spirit in each aspect of working with students, families, teachers, and other staff to provide educational services for students;
• For the 6th grade girls Megan is discipling in a small group this year. Pray these girls would grow in their connection, have a deeper relation with God, and desire to obey and worship Him;
• For Faith Academy to continue creating disciples, partnering with missionaries, and empowering God's Kingdom.

Jonathan, Executive Director of Camp of Champions USA, is passionate about helping people encounter Jesus in ways that transform lives. He believes camp is one of God's greatest tools for bringing the Gospel to life through meaningful relationships, exciting adventures, and everyday moments that inspire campers, families, and staff to know Christ more deeply, grow as disciples, and experience His love in a safe, fun, and Jesus-centered environment.

Please Pray:

• That together they would make disciples who make disciples by equipping every camper and staff member to boldly live out their faith and invest in others, so the Gospel continues to multiply far beyond the summer.
• That God would make every summer count by bringing the broken, the hurting, and those searching for hope to camp, where they would experience the love of Christ through relationships, joyful adventures, and the life-changing truth of the Gospel.

• That every partnership would impact eternity as churches, volunteers, donors, and COCUSA work together to share the hope of Jesus, and see lives forever changed for His glory.

• For their children, David (16) and Addison (13)

The Weyeneths serve with The Navigators’ Encore Mission. They are involved with a personal discipling and counseling ministry helping people apply the gospel to daily life challenges. Sandy continues a long, very difficult health recovery journey from a host of major physical problems, plus severe burnout and related issues. 

Please pray:

• For complete healing of Sandy’s health.
• For creative ways resulting in fruitful evangelism.
• That God would transform lives through biblical marital counseling.
• That hundreds of quality discipleship resources shipped overseas would change lives.
• For their children Alicia, Mirachelle (Noah), Merrilee (Jason), and six 
  grandchildren.

John serves on the Leadership Development/Human Resources team at FamilyLife guiding new and current staff as they learn Cru's core distinctives and translates those into winning, building and sending people for Christ in the marriage and family sphere wherever they live. Karen transitioned to Cru City Global where she helps in the sending and caring of US staff going to unreached places around the world. She facilitates prayer for Cru's private conference, caring for staff parents dealing with challenges.

Please pray:

• That each family member would seek God first and bring glory to Him in all that they do (school, ministry, relationships, etc.).
• For new relationships to grow; to find friends and ways to serve at their church and in their community.
• For wisdom as they honor, stay connected with, and care for Karen’s mom.
• For their children Hannah (Andy), Mary, Grace (Josh), Kara (Justin) and 7 grandchildren.

The ministry of Church Planting in Trinidad among Hindus & Muslims continues. Their main focus at this time is preparing & equipping the younger generation for the future ministry. They are also engaged in ministering to the Nepali Diaspora (Hindu & Buddhist background believers & unbelievers) in the United States.

Please pray:

• Mentoring potential leaders Jared Joshua and Jaheim in Corinth hills.
• The Bible study on gospel of John will challenge the ladies to walk in truth of God’s word.
• Housing close to the ministry site and to the children in the US.
• Wisdom as we navigate ministry between Trinidad and the immigrants in the US