Several of our supporting churches recently asked for Ministry Updates in preparation for their Fall Missions Emphasis events of various kinds, and we thought it might be helpful to post for everyone to see.
Here is a recent Ministry Update and Prayer Requests.
Our ministry in Saint Petersburg, Russia is very full as we prepare for a yearlong furlough next school year (mid-June 2012 thru July 2013). Some recent highlights:
Here is a recent Ministry Update and Prayer Requests.
Our ministry in Saint Petersburg, Russia is very full as we prepare for a yearlong furlough next school year (mid-June 2012 thru July 2013). Some recent highlights:
- Gillian has finished four of her
six college applications, and recently scored very well on a Russian
Language Proficiency Test! She already has her first acceptance from Messiah College!
- Priscilla returned from a "Women of Influence" conference for
women in our mission agency: Church Resource Ministries (CRM), held in
Malaga, Spain, where she got some much needed rest, made new
relationships and received spiritual renewal.
- Bill finished a sermon series at our church in
Pushkin (south of Saint Petersburg) on Wisdom Literature in the Bible.
He finished with the Song of Solomon, and he led a couples' gathering
afterwards on "The Love that Overcomes," and "Appreciating Your Spouse." A
woman came forward to receive Christ during one of the messages on
Ecclesiastes (to see the O'Byrne Report Blog, click here)!
- Bill continues to teach Old Testament Introduction at Saint
Petersburg Christian University (SPCU) to the first year class of
students mostly from Russia's far east, or neighboring "Stans"
(Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc.), and one immigrant from America! Bill
recently submitted an article on "The Semantics of Worship in
the Old Testament" for the first edition of SPCU's new journal.
- Priscilla and Bill are providing pre-marital counseling for one of his students and his fiance.
- Bill also wrote an article on "The Path of Spiritual Transformation in Scripture" for a special "current issues" publication.
- Bill's
ministry continues to focus on the area of the spiritual formation of
church leaders, and he mentors a number of church leaders in Russia, but
also other CRM missionaries too (via Skype).
- The International Academy is the international school that our
school aged children attend. Bill is the chairman of the board of
trustees and has a number of duties preparing a new and expanded board
for launching a financial campaign and also preparing them for his
absence next year.
- Bill recently finished writing the chapter in The Imago Christi
Spiritual Formation Coaching Manual on a Spiritual Mapping Tool, and
will be leading a training seminar for using that tool in ministry in
November.
- Bill continues to co-lead Imago Christi -- the Spiritual Formation Ministry in CRM, which involves mentoring staff and coordinating training events and seminars in the area of spiritual formation. He'll be leading a Spiritual Formation Discovery event in Denver before the Imago Christi Gathering near Colorado Springs in November. He will also be presenting an extended Discovery event for Denver Seminary's Masters in Spiritual Formation program in January 2012.
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