"THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING US!"

One of the dear saints in our sister church in the "Northeast Kingdom" of Vermont shared this with me after joining them for prayer meeting last Wednesday evening.

Earlier that day I had traveled to Montpelier, capital of Vermont, enroute to Island Pond. We have no church in Monteplier, or Burlington, Vermont's largest and most vibrant city.

The day before I had traveled to Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. We have no church in Concord, or Manchester, New Hampshire's largest and most vibrant city. Or anywhere else in the state.
When I called a classmate from seminary, born and raised in New Hampshire, his wife (also of New Hampshire) told me how to pray for New Hampshire: "Pray for good churches!"

Last Monday I traveled to Augusta, the capital of Maine. We have no church in Augusta, or Portand, Maine's largest and most vibrant city. Or anywhere else in the state.
When I called a fellow elder in ministry, who was born and raised in Maine, he told me how to pray for Maine: "Pray for good churches!"

During the well attended Wednesday evening meeting, I challenged the church at Island Pond to have courage to trust and obey God and His word to do again what He has done before. In the first centuries after Christ the gospel triumphed throughout the Roman Empire. Early in our nation's history and in New England, the gospel triumphed.

God has not changed; the gospel has lost none of its power; people are still people. Let's trust God to do it again, through us, for His glory.

Are we listening to our brothers and sisters? As we make disciples of all the nations in and from the northern Atlantic region, Christ will build His church. Pray for the Island Pond, Vermont Grace Brethren Church, led by Jake Kocis.