Reach Global Annual Europe Conference

A prayer team of 9 members from Two Rivers will be attending the Europe Conference beginning January 1-9. Our team will be participating in the conference by teaching a listening prayer workshop and praying individually for everyone who signs up. We desire to pray for every family.

Each person or family will have a 15 minute prayer time specifically for them. These times are meant to lift up these battle weary soldiers who are on the front lines all over Europe.

We pray our team would be humble as we bring encouragment and comfort. We pray our team would be equipped to be a fountain of refreshment. We pray for the light of Christ to shine upon each person we pray for and that God's transforming power would be released in them as they reach out to others in their cities of influence.

Join us as we go and pray for us. You are a valuable part of our team as you remember us before the Father.

Team Attends the Free Evangelical Conference of Lebanon and the Arab World

This past weekend our team attended the Conference hosted by our friends in the Beirut church. We heard reports about the work in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and the Sudan.
The work includes: several church plants, a girls home, work among Kurds & Assyrians, a Biblical institute, social aid and a new plant for Kurds and Iraqi refugees right in downtown Beirut with a first service yesterday.
We are very much enjoying out time with our new friends in Beirut. They are a very friendly and fun loving people who love to eat. More than anything they love the Lord Jesus and are intent on reaching out to all the world with this love. We are glad to be with them and ask you to pray for continued eyes to see.

Exploring Lebanon and Egypt with Reach Global

A Reach Global 2RC team will be taking a vision trip to Lebanon and Egypt in the Middle East. Our team will be visiting with several pastors and leaders to see how we might partner with them in reaching the Arab world for Christ.

Please pray for Arthur, Tim and Dave as they meet with leaders and see the work that is already taking place. What is it that Two Rivers can do to come alongside these ministries in a way that is salt, light and encouragment to those who work in these countries?

Two Rivers Church desires to have partnerships with churches here in the US as well as other countries to further the gospel. Our current partnerships include Guatemala and Germany. Pray for our team to have eyes to see what God wants us to see so we know exactly what He wants us to do in joining this work.

Reclaiming The Country of Germany

Our team returned on Saturday night after a week of visiting, learning and praying with the pastors of 4 different cities in Germany. What we saw was a picture of God reclaiming the land in a country where He has been forgotten for so long.
Our visits to Chemnitz, Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin were encouraging for us and for our new pastor friends as we met with them to hear about their churches and neighborhood. In 3 of the 4 cities we found churches located in neighborhoods or buildings that were once used for communist government meetings or parades. One of the churches is being remodeled in a restaurant/theater that was once known and loved by everyone in that city.
We learned much about this country related to the history of a nation devastated by war, suppressed by communism and a generation growing up without fathers and in some cases mothers. Who could imagine the pain and suffering over the past 60 years. With the wall coming down over 17 years ago new challenges were faced by a people who have lived in a socialistic society that has provided for their needs in some ways.
Mike and Debbie Edwards with Reach Global introduced us to the pastors and churches they have been working with over the past 4 years. We were able to see the work, the challenges and the needs of those churches. We were able to pray with every pastor, some leaders and worship in 2 churches in German and English.
Continue to pray for the pastors, leaders and the work in Germany.

Before You Pack Your Bags... Prepare Your Heart

Our team has been preparing our hearts over the last 2 months by meeting weekly for prayer and talking about our focus. We have also been praying for our friends in Germany.
Friday we board the plane and are asking you and all our prayer warriors to lift us up as we travel, as we talk and as we meet new friends. May our words be uplifting, encouraging and may they bring hope to a country that really does not see the hand of God as active today.
We pray that our light may shine bright on our team and in our lives so that we may be attractive to those we connect with.
I know the plans I have for you says Jeremiah, plans for a future and a hope so you may know the living God. Pray for our team as we go.

Germany Prayer & Vision Trip

On Friday, June 8, members of Two Rivers Church will board a plane for Germany. Our team members include Tim Ogier, Sid and Shannon Kemp, Robyn and Bruce Wagner and Dave Benner.
The adventure begins by hooking up with Mike and Debbie Edwards who are working with Reach Global to train and encourage church pastors in the former East Germany. Mike and Debbie live in Leipzig where we will be staying for the week.
Germany is a country where "they have forgotten that they have forgotten God." This trip is a first for Two Rivers and it is intended to build relational bridges that may lead to long term involvment for us in Germany.
It will be an opportunity for us to see the work Mike and Debbie have been involved in for 3 years and to hear from German pastors their challenges and ways we may be able to help. We will venture out to Berlin, Chemnitz, Dresden and the home city of Leipzig.
Prayers for our team before we pack our bags:

• Pray God will open the eyes of our hearts to see clearly what He wants us to see and know.


• Pray that our team will be gracious guests with eyes to see and ears to hear.


• Ask the Lord to give us discernment as we walk the streets and visit these 4 cities where Mike has pastor friends.


• Ask God to give us opportunites to pray for these pastors and bring them hope.


• Our trip dates are June 8-16. We ask for safe, on time travel.

Dave for the team