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| Monthly Prayer Requests and Ministry Updates | June 2013
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Greetings!
You are receiving this e-mail because you have expressed an interest in keeping up with our ministry to prisoners. Thank you very much for your interest and your prayers.
June is upon us and this means the start of summer! The children are out of school and many of us are wondering what to do during those dog days of summer.
By God's grace, we are receiving student applications at a faster rate than we ever have in the past. If you are not an instructor, now is the perfect time to commit to spending just 20-30 minutes per month helping a prisoner grow in grace. You can do this from the comfort of your own home and we will give you all the answers so there is nothing to bar you from serving!
For those of you who are instructors, would you share the ministry with at least one person this month and try to recruit them to serve? And, would you be willing to take on another student? This is a good place to be and we are thankful for so many who desire to study God's word. |
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June Travel Schedule
- 1: Covenant Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga: Mentor Recruiting
- 16 - 20: Greenville, SC: PCA General Assembly
- 22: Covenant PCA, Chattanooga: Mentor Training
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June Update & Praise
- In May we trained 5 new Mentors for the work at Walker State Prison. We hope these men will begin mentoring on June 10.
- We have seen our financial support increase by 30% over last year! We are most thankful to God for His blessings in this area.
- On May 2nd, we had a Board of Directors meeting. Shelly reported that we have over 500 students for the first time in our history! Praise be to God for the work that He is doing in the prisons!
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June Prayer Requests
- Please pray for Shelly in her work. She prints the courses, keeps the database, and receives and sends all the mail.
- Please pray for safe traveling mercies for our Board of Directors. We will have a Board meeting in June at the PCA General Assembly.
- Please pray for Spanish Speaking mentors for Walker State Prison. We have need of 6 men who speak Spanish.
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Watch our Videos or Listen to Interviews
MNA-Metanoia Prison Ministries has been blessed with some videos that were produced by Genesis One Productions, with the help of Christ Covenant Church. Andy Caldwell directed, shot and edited the videos, and I think he did a fantastic job. You can watch the videos here: Metanoia Video and Metanoia Video 2. Please let me know what you think. Also, please visit Ligonier.org and watch another video here: http://www.ligonier.org/blog/metanoia-prison-ministries/
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Upcoming Events: Mark Your Calendar!
I thought it might be good for you to be aware of various events that we are scheduling so that you can both pray for us, and attend if you find yourself in the area. Here are the events on the calendar thus far: - June 1: Presentation at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga
- June 18 - 21: PCA General Assembly, Greenville, SC
- June 22: Mentor Training at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga
- July 13: Iowa Presbytery
- July 14: Ministry update in North Liberty, IA
- July 16: Missouri Presbytery
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About The Casson Family
Mark Casson is a husband, father, businessman, author and PCA Ruling Elder who also happens to have spent over 15 years serving a life sentence in California's prison system. He is the Director of Metanoia Prison Ministries and the Director of Prison Ministry for Mission to North America. Mark is a sought-after speaker who has taken the gospel of grace to high schools, college campuses, prisons and churches. He has a passion for mercy ministry to prisoners that is infectious.
His beautiful wife, Raylene has been a school teacher for more than 20 years and has taught in Bolivia, Canada, and the U.S. in both Christian and public schools.
They have two precious daughters. Eliana is 4 years old and has played in CA, NY, FL, MT, UT, OR, ID, NV, AZ, NM, TX, OK. and TN. She loves her little sister, Joelle, who is 1. |
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