As of January 8, here is the information:   


VERSE FOR THE WEEK: God has spoken plainly, and I have heard it many times.  Power, O God, belongs to you; unfailing love, O Lord, as yours.  Psalm 62:11, 12 (NLT)


IN TOUCH MINISTRIES:   Even when our situation is bleak, we can trust God.  1/8/24

KINGDOM BUILDERS:

-Please do continue to support 15 DLC USA and World Missionaries monthly!

-Please pray about our church’s financial needs


HAPPY BIRTHDAY:  JANUARY
7 – Rhonda Hendricks (F)
8 – Dan Luoma (P)
9 – Eileen Bruns (R)
9 – Christopher Paxton (P)
10 – Fannie Savage (R)
13 – Karen Smith (R)



HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY:  JANUARY


ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

-Most of the weekly announcements will be in this website:   www.deaflifechurch.com/blog - Any questions, please contact Edward Kenney at deaftech@deaflifechurch.org OR VP: 651-300-2854

Tuesday, January 9 and 23:
-(ALL) New Disciples Class through ZOOM at 7 PM – Same ZOOM numbers / Contact Emory Dively for more information


Thursday, January 11 and 18:
-(ALL) Bible Study taught by Campus Pastor Nicki Melby or Jamie Melby from 7 PM to 8:30 PM   Meeting ID:  825 8995 8485 / Passcode:  893112 

 Friday:  
-2nd Friday is on January 12 – (ALL) DLC Prayer Meeting through Zoom led by Pastor Cindy Dively / Use Emory’s ZOOM numbers

 
WHO WILL PREACH ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 14TH AT PVDA?  ZOOM at St. Paul
Pastor Cindy Dively / Potluck

 

PASTORS DIVELY’S SCHEDULE: 
-Friday, January 12-Sunday, January 14 – Emory will go to Virginia Beach, Virginia to minister at River Wave Deaf Church

-Monday, January 15-Wednesday, January 17 – Emory will attend MN AG Equip Conference in St. Cloud

-Saturday, January 27-Saturday, February 10 – Emory will go to Africa

-Friday, January 26-Sunday, January 28 – 11th Deaf Youth Alive Retreat in Waterville – Cindy Dively will be there


 SAVE THE DATES!  Invite your friends! 
-Friday, January 26-Sunday, January 28 - 11th Deaf Youth Alive Retreat in The Village in Waterville – Need information, contact CD

-Sunday, February 4 – Black History Month / Black Soul Food

-Sunday, February 11 – Super Bowl Party at DLC at 6 PM – Bring snacks and games to share!  Bring your own drinks!

-Sunday, February 18 – Women’s Ministries Day

-Sunday, February 25 – DLC Business Meeting after service – Members are encouraged to attend!

 YOU MAY SEND CD YOUR PRAISE REPORTS AND PRAYER REQUESTS AT ANY TIME AT prayer@deaflifechurch.org. 


PRAISE REPORTS:  

 PRAYER REQUESTS: 
Faribault Prayer Requests:  

-Michael Robinson from last Thursday:  My friend passed away two days ago – We need to pray for his family


St. Paul Prayer Requests:
-Brandon - A Black male friend who passed away that was a friend of the family and another prayer request (I missed the second one) 

-Don’s friend has pain and was in the hospital for 3 days and came home and should get better in 2 weeks

-Tee - God to provide more teachings about the gospel

-John - More wisdom and about joining a prison ministry

-Estifanos - Africa’s Christmas cultural celebration here

-Pam - My daughter and her husband

-Ryan - Prayers for wisdom

-LW - Deep anonymous prayer request and my family situation need comfort

-Stephanie - Power and wisdom, praying for full neck recovery within 2 months

-John - Brother to come back to the Lord

-Sarah - Baby to grow and be strong in the Lord and looking forward for the birthing process to happen soon

 
Zoom Prayer Requests: 
-Christine G - Rayner for my mom who is overprotective and need her to have faith in my ability as an adult to make a decision to find the right church to join and for my husband as well

-Zachariah - Wife needs healing power from God to heal her coughing 


Others:
-Linda Sullivan had to postpone her surgery from January 8 to January 29 due to not feeling well because she has a high fever and diarrhea

-11th Deaf Youth Alive Retreat from Jan 26 to 28 – More registrations needed and need SNOW!


-PRAYER REQUESTS for the ASL CBT Translation Team 
PRAISES! 
- Praise God for the gift of Christmas and a New Year!  We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with your families. 

- Our team leader’s wife is recovering slowly but surely from her open-heart surgery in November.  She is currently doing physical & cardio therapy.  Pray for continued recovery.

- Praise God that our team is able to do translation work this year under DOOR International! Our first task will be to complete the final draft of our ASL CBT translation of Jonah and get it approved, which we did this week!  Praise God! We’ve been working on Jonah little by little for a long time, so it’s exciting to finally be able to complete it. We are now in the process of filming the “More Information” footnotes for Jonah. We hope to have the Jonah videos edited and ready to release by February for all of you to see!

PRAY FOR OUR TEAM: 
- Long story short: Our team will be working under DOOR International, doing ASL CBT translations plus developing more resources for training deaf translation teams. Pray for DOOR International’s leaders, as there are still a few complicated details that need to be resolved in order to ensure everything (finances & logistics) will be in place for 2024.

- We hope to add at least one more translator to our translation team.  Pray for God to provide and bring the right person for the job. 

- One team member will be flying out on January 8th for a 3-week trip to a South Asia country (name withheld for security reasons), to join a survey team collecting data about sign languages in that country.  Pray for a safe and successful trip for this survey team. 

PRAY FOR OTHER DEAF TRANSLATION TEAMS: 
- Please continue to pray for the Sign Langauge Translation Tool (SLTT), as they continue to figure out how to operate with the less-than-full funding they received for 2024. Many deaf teams rely on this program for drafting and getting video feedback, so it is crucial for SLTT to continue to grow to match the increasing need.   

- Still no news about whether the Russian translation team will have funding to be able to continue working in 2024. Continue to pray for them to get funding. 

Thank you for praying with us. God bless you, and Happy New Year! 

The ASL CBT Translation Team
Ron, RuthAnna, Bobby, Tyler, and Stuart

2023 DEAF LIFE CHURCH DAILY PRAYER REQUESTS:
-Sunday – 12 Deaf Life Church – Deafblind, Eau Claire, Iowa/Nebraska, Faribault, Long Island, NY, Rochester, MN, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Salt Lake City (Future), Virginia Beach, VA, On-Line, and PVDA (ZOOM, Vimeo, and Facebook Live Stream)
-Monday – Pastors, Lay Leaders, and their families 
-Tuesday – Board Members, Leaders, Teachers, and Workers
-Wednesday – Financial Needs
-Thursday – People’s Souls
-Friday – 14 AG US and World Missionaries
-Saturday – Protections:  St. Paul’s Garage, Parsonage, Church Buildings, and Rooms at Hearing Churches

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