December 2015

OAFC Crier December 2015

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.  (Philippians 1:2-6)

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Year in Review
In 2015 10 local groups held 22 outreach weekends across the country plus our national Summer Training. 
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Our 10 active groups this year were: Texoma (North Texas) led by Mark Clemens, Southern Illinois led by Mike Brammeier, Nebraska led by Benjamin Debrick and Rev. Matthew Tassey, Central Illinois led by Jamie Louderback, Minnesota led by Aaron Delong, Oklahoma led by Rev. Matthew Larson, Central Missouri led by Rev. Jacob Mueller, Southern Missouri led by Rev. Peter Kirby, East Iowa led by Beth Fosse, and South Texas led by Bill and Jeanne Coats with Sandra Hernandez. Thank the good Lord for these groups and may he continue to bless these wonderful leaders.

Prayer Requests

• That God would guide and bless our OAFC Board meeting taking place this December 30th, 2015 to January 1st, 2016 in Malcolm, NE as we plan for future events and how best to help regional groups. 
• That God would guide and bless our work with the Outreach and Evangelism office of Synod to lead an evangelism academy and event at the 2016 National Youth Gathering.
• That churches, pastors, church-workers, and laity would open their hearts, doors, and schedules to host OAFC outreach weekends in their areas - that the Church would grow and that our youth would grow in their faith and confidence in sharing Christ. 
• That God would guide and bless our scheduled regional weekends with growth of faith in our youth, the building up of the Church at large, and the softening of the hearts of those to whom they speak that the unchurched may join the Communion of Saints.
• That God would sustain and encourage our regional and national leaders in, above all, faithfulness to Him, and also in the joy of training youth and adults at OAFC weekends. 
• That God would open the hearts of those we speak to at the doors - especially of our prospects - that they would seek Christ and actively join their local LCMS churches.

OAFC is a youth evangelism RSO of the Missouri Synod that exists to grow faith in LCMS youth by sharing The Faith with the unchurched through regional outreach weekends and national training conferences.

You can download this 1 page formatted version of our year re-cap to include in your church's bulletins or post on your news boards, etc to share OAFC in your church.

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