1. Thanksgiving to the Lord for His faithful shepherding of the church in NYC and prayer for the Lord to take the church on for the remainder of this year according to the three banners for the church in 2025:
· Numbering our days (Psa. 90:12)–That we all would learn to “number our days” and redeem the time so that every day would have eternal value before the Lord
· Magnifying Christ (Phil. 1:20)–That we all would magnify Christ in our daily lives
· Maturing in life (Col. 1:28-29)–That we all would grow in life daily unto maturity
2. The Chinese-speaking Perfecting Training which begins tomorrow (July 23-27 at Camp Penuel and July 30-August 3 in Cerritos, CA)
3. The Northeast Summer School of Truth which begins this upcoming Lord’s Day afternoon at Camp Penuel (July 27-August 3 for high schoolers and August 3-7 for middle schoolers)–The topic of the lessons this year is The Bible–The Word of God
4. The Family Bible Camp (August 14-16 at Camp Penuel)
5. The Lord’s move in Europe:
a. The European Young People’s Conference and Family Conference to be held in Male Ciche, Poland from July 27-August 2
b. The need in Dublin, Ireland and in Riga, Latvia for a suitable meeting hall
c. The preparations for the gospel outreach which will take place in Italy during the upcoming Winter Olympic games in February 2026
6. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)