Christmas Came One Night x 10

God showed Himself strong...

• close to 6000 people attended 10 performances
• the performers were enabled through each performance (despite one illness requiring a visit to the ER for dehydration)
• the set continued to rotate on cue
• many heard the gospel for the first time
• many re-evaluated their life purpose
• some made decisions to follow Christ!

Upward

Upward Basketball, the community basketball outreach to children K-5th grade

• has 100 more enrolled this year than last year
• has resulted in a great partnership with First Evangelical Free to make this growth possible
• some of the coaches serving this year came to Christ through serving in the previous years in Upward!

Drawn to Christ

• A TSC student shared Christ with an uncle who was going to leave his wife. He responded to the gospel and has returned to his family!
• International students heard the gospel for the first time at Thanksgiving meals all over the region. Pray for those seeds to grow.
• Several thousand will hear the gospel at the upcoming Christmas production. Pray for the message to be clear and to fall on receptive hearts.

Seeds Planted

And God produces the growth:

• 3 more internationals came to Christ last week
• 49 people met on Saturday to explore the possibilities of a West Des Moines church plant
• after the message on 2 Corinthians 6, several spoke of their need to break the yoke with those who have been leading them away from Christ rather than urging them onward in their walk with Him
• a staff member's neighbor, often drunken, came to church for the first time last weekend and thought the message had been planned for him

God's Word is producing fruit by His Spirit. Let's pray for more and more!