Creasmans: What's New(s) November 2011

October Highlights:

Jim:

Outstanding spiritual authority seminar! It was the 3rd time he had led it, and he's learning more each time.  Lord we pray that our lives and ministries would be characterized by your living presence.

At our Staff/Executive Committee retreat there was good open and heartfelt sharing about the vision and growth of CRMS and ministry planning for 2012.  Out of a dozen ministry intiatives we discussed, there was unanimous enthusiasm for starting new monthly learning groups for leaders to gather and discuss/digest quality books together over lunch meetings.

We also were unanimous about initiating mentoring ministry in Vietnam through five weeklong trips during the year.  Lord, thank you for the joy we have working with a common passion for empowering spiritual leaders. We ask that confirm that these are your plans for us by bringing spiritual fruit through them.

Praise the Lord for a fantastic time with the mentoring network in the Philippines!  At the October meeting, the group formally formed CRM Philippines, electing a President and VP and Secretary and Treasurer.  They are very enthusiastic, and I look forward to staying in close touch with them to help them establish and grow the ministry.  We have a three-day training set for December, to continue equipping them as mentors.

Kimberly:  

A couple of events were delightful opportunities to watch younger leaders step out and take risks into their calling as artists or being more creative. Thank you God for the joy of seeing others blossom in serving you with their unique gifts!

We are also thankful for God's gracious provision as friends both here and abroad partner with us in tangible ways. Emerging from a time of "lack" we are so humbled to see an encouraging trend in our CRM and Singapore bank account! Thank you for your prayers about this need, and thank you to those who are partners in the ministry through your gifts! As the resources grow, we can advance with the opportunities!

TCA College Graduation. Student Jaqueline Khoo graduated in Creative Arts. She is a professional social worker and also serves in the Chinese Ministry, music and creative arts of Grace Assembly of God, Singapore. She and her husband have a dream to be full time Christian workers someday...somewhere.

Tyler (18): 

Diagnosed last week with mono, he's not letting it slow him down much. Enjoying school and ROTC and new friends! Lord we pray for restored health and strength, and that by your Spirit, Tyler would follow you in all his ways, in all the new directions you are giving him opportunities to explore.

Cameron (14):

Football season is over and grades are out for first quarter. We are all so thankful Lord, for teachers at his school who work together with parents to give the students what they need to be successful and grow in godliness. 

Our Prayers for November

3-5 Facilitator Training

One of the most important events of the year for CRMS. We have twelve graduates from our mentoring networks joining Jim for three days of training on group facilitation and personal coaching. In order to become new leaders for our mentoring networks. Lord, for Jim and for the participants, we pray that they would catch more of the passion and vision and skills for personally investing their lives in other spiritual leaders, for the sake of your glorious name!

10-20 CoNext Meetings

Jim travels to London for meetings with CRM country leaders around the world. CRM is a fraternal organization rather than a multinational organization, so each country has a separate entity that relates to the others on a peer level, rather than USA being the worldwide headquarters. This will be an important time for the dozen country leaders to grow closer together, to support each other and find out how we can learn fro each other and collaborate together. Lord, we pray that you will guide the agenda and use the discussions to strengthen the working partnerships that have been birthed from CRM - for the grown and multiplication of your church around the world!

14-18 

An Invitation to Peace

From the CRM website:This fall we are honored to invite you to participate in CRM’s annual Week of Prayer.

From over 27 countries around the world, CRM staff and ministry partners will join hearts and minds together as we focus our attention on the Lord, who is the source of our peace and all good things. Through a daily email devotional, we will reflect on God’s invitation to be known and loved by Him, to be redeemed, to be still, to observe His provision, and to journey with Him.

If you would like to receive this shared reading and reflection every day from November 14 - 18, you can sign up on our prayer page at crmleaders.org/prayer.

We will also join together in more focused prayer on the annual Day of Prayer, on November 17. On this specific day, staff and ministry partners will pray for the requests of each other and for the movement of God around the world. We invite you to participate in whatever way you feel led, whether as a recipient of prayer or as one who might intercede for others.

Please reply to this if you want us to be praying for you. CRM also has offered to pray as a staff in our offices in Anaheim, CA. To submit a prayer request, simply send an email to donorservices@crmleaders.org or submit your request online at crmleaders.org/prayer.

If you would like to be involved in ministering to others through prayer, please contact Sheri Price at sheri.price@crmleaders.org.

We hope that this coming season will be one of deeper intimacy with the Lord, leading to an abundance of fruit and ministry in our lives and the world around us!

*All prayer requests are handled with the utmost care and privacy.

24-27 Thanksgiving!

Jim and Cameron will take a father-son trip locally while Kimberly cashes in on frequent flier miles to be with family in California. Lord God, we can't thank you enough for all you've done for us by giving us salvation and hope through Jesus and his sacrificial death for our sakes: to make a way to know you and live lives of purpose. And for those "secondary blessings" when good things come our way, or you provide peace and comfort in the midst of hard things, we are also grateful! Bless our friends and supporters this Thanksgiving with abundance and joy.

I have not stopped thanking God for you. 

I pray for you constantly, asking God, the 

glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

to give you spiritual wisdom and insight 

so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light 

so that you can understand the confident hope 

he has given to those he called—

his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.

I also pray that you will understand 

the incredible greatness of God’s power 

for us who believe him. 

This is the same mighty power 

that raised Christ from the dead 

and seated him in the place of honor 

at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms

Ephesians 1:16-20 (New Living Translation)

Please let us know how we can be praying for you!

Blessing. Joy. Humility. Gratitude. Grace.

Jim & Kimberly Creasman

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