The Lamb of God Chronicle August 2009

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1 The Lamb of God Chronicle August 2009 The Lamb of God Community PO Box Phone [03] Fax [03] Mobile Website: Reflection Page 1 Our People Page 2 News and Articles Page 2-7 House Group Resource Page 8 Kairos NZ News Page 9-10 INDEX TO CONTENTS Web Sites Page 10 Fr. John: 2009 Itinerary Page 11 Members/Info/Records Page 11 Birthdays/Anniversaries Page National Prayer Watch Page REFLECTIONS... God IS at Work in our Midst Last Sunday I gave a Biblical reflection at the Gathering based out of Jesus response to the Pharisees in Luke 17 [21] the kingdom is among you. I concluded with examples of where I see signs of the kingdom among us in the Lamb of God; such as - in the worship time we had just enjoyed with little children dancing in spontaneous joy around the podium, in the relationships Veronica and I had enjoyed the previous evening at Lord s Day with the Challies family and others from our house group, in the suffering and trials we endure together as a people [Andrea s mother has just to the Lord following a battle with cancer], and the Christian intimacy of love in family life. Yes- aspects of the kingdom are present in our lives. And then I recalled a letter I received a couple of weeks ago from David Black, a long time member. David s letter: Your item on cluster living in the March Chronicle, and the reference to teen years being seen by many as a lost battle (page 5) prompted me to put pen to paper. Our family s involvement with Lamb of God started in 1982, when I took our oldest daughter to an outreach, held over 3 nights at Sacred Heart (now Cathedral) College; to which students from other Catholic Colleges were invited. I did not know much about the community at the time, but was particularly impressed by the testimonies of the young people. As a result of that outreach, the two of us started attending Sunday gatherings, and it wasn t long before all our four young daughters were also attending. Our involvement with Lamb of God also coincided with the start of the so-called terrible teen years and our family s teen years spanned a total of 13 ½ years. For all of those years, our daughters were fully involved with young people s activities in the Lamb of God and in Encounter Jesus from when it started. They also did most of their socialising with the other young people in Community. Looking back over those times, I would recommend Lamb of God as an ideal place for bringing up teenagers. Moving on to the next generation, with family members living in the Burwood cluster, most of our 10 grandchildren are experiencing from an early age what cluster living is all about, with their friends living within walking distance. Quite a unique feature in all this is that most of the parents of those children flatted together in single men s and women s households which were a feature of the cluster in the late 1980 s and 1990 s. Also, quite a few of our grandchildren have Lamb of God members as their godparents. Indeed further witness to the reality that God IS at work in our midst. Roger Foley: Senior Coordinator

2 2 Congratulations! OUR PEOPLE To John and Monica Haughey [], for grandchild number 17, born to Vince and Moira. Their grandson son arrived at 4am July 21, weighing 3.7kg. To Robert and Karin Van Doorn [], who has another grandson born to Joel and Anita on July 9. With sadness, yet confidence in the Lord, we remember: Tony Price [Blenheim], who passed away on July 2. Condolence to Gail and family and to the Blenheim branch. Andrea and Bernard Forster and family [], as Andrea s mum Kathleen died on July 20. [Note to all Branch leaders: Please send your local news/snippets to Roger Foley or Tom Caballes so that we can acknowledge important occasions in the lives of our brothers and sisters and make sure we do not miss any of them.] NEWS AND ARTICLES 30 th ANNIVERSARY FIRE FILLED EVENTS! The Branch hosted two special events over the weekend of 4-5 July to celebrate the 30 th Anniversary of the founding of the Lamb of God. On Saturday we hosted a family Lord s Day and catered meal, with invited guests from the Lutheran and Apostolic Churches, several Catholic pastors, leaders from Charismatic Renewal, the Light of Christ Community and Lamb of God leaders from, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Blenheim, Timaru and Dunedin. The Women s Leadership Council made a decision two months earlier that they would prepare and serve the meal to all attending. The sisters gathered at the Lamb of God Centre at 2.00pm to start the main preparations. It was a very cold day and so all heaters throughout the Centre were turned on high by 3.00pm as guests and families were due by 5.00pm for the Lord s Day. Then every electric cooking range and additional appliances were in use for the meal preparation. Unbeknown to the sisters, the main switchboard area, some distance away, started to swirl with smoke, accompanied by quite a strong smell yes - of things

3 3 burning, and it wasn t Mary s pastry! The bottom line was all heaters in the main auditorium and dining area died, but the lights still functioned. In the adjacent lounge, with the slider doors open to the auditorium to handle the numbers attending, the heaters remained on but the lights would not work. And in the kitchen areas - all kept working so the huge catering department just kept going! On the Sunday we continued to celebrate with a Special General Gathering open to all. This included a sustained time of worship, a briefer version of the PowerPoint presentation shown at the meal, items of song and dance, and a time of witnessing. It concluded with a time of fellowship for adults and an ice-cream feast for the children. Quite a weekend! For our branchthese were big events to host, cater, serve and accommodate- but what a joy! SELECTION OF THOSE WHO SENT ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS AND THEIR MESSAGES Congratulations from Sword of the Spirit International Jean Barbara: Beirut, Lebanon - International President Steve Clark: Ann Arbor, Michigan - Past President Bruce Yocum: Belfast, Ireland - Pacific Region President On behalf of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, [Marge Newburry] I congratulate the entire Lamb of God for championing 30 years of dedicated following of the Lord, building, maintaining and growing fellowship and for making every opportunity to advance the kingdom. Thank you for holding your doors open and always welcoming the wider body to your occasions where we have received up-building growth and ministry through your people. From a nuts and bolts level - we have deeply appreciated your generous sharing of your wonderful facility and venue for a number of our Renewal events. Not only did you lend to us your valued premises but you volunteered help with sound systems, setting up and even cleaning up! And on every occasion when asked about hire and payment Roger would always say Well let s just see how you get on... And I knew it would have been for free if we hadn t been able to make ends meet. So thank you for your generous spirit. Finally may I say what an inspiration you have been to us. I applaud you for your faithfulness, your dedication, your boundary breaking innovative action in taking the Good News far and wide and the love you have given to all who have encountered you. Someone said We are not called to be successful- just faithful. Well Lamb of God you have shown that faithfulness and the Lord in turn has showered you with much success. May He continue to champion your efforts with Him in the years to come. Congratulations and thank you again. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Covenant Community [Juan & Karina Toribio] Our hearts rejoice with you and all our siblings of Lamb of God, accomplishing 30 years of being together is a huge grace! May Our Lord keep the blessings coming for all of you, expanding His territories among your continent, spreading His words, living His Gospel, comforting the needy both spiritual and materially, building strong and lifelong Christ centred relationships, and raising new Christian warriors. Please receive a big, big, big, big Dominican hug.

4 Nazareth Covenant Community, Dublin, Ireland [Éanna] Families for Christ, Melbourne [Lambert] Covenanted for Christ Community [Taiping and Penang, Malaysia] Servants of the Lord Community, Singapore [Lim Tau Kok] All send congratulations and greetings. 4 Emmanuel Covenant Community, Brisbane [Shayne Bennett: Senior Moderator] Dear Roger- I just learnt that you were celebrating your 30 th anniversary as a community. Each year as a community is a wonderful milestone full of opportunities to follow Jesus and make his name known throughout the earth. Thank you to Veronica and yourself for your faithfulness throughout the years and also to the many men and women who are members of the Lamb of God Community. May the Lord continue to bless you and all that you do in his name. Peace. ***Emmanuel Covenant Community helped form the Lamb of God Light of Christ Covenant Community, Nelson [Willie and Paula Schryvers] Roger and Veronica and all of the Lamb of God Community. It is with great joy that we join in celebrating 30 years of the Lord s and your own faithfulness to Him and to one another. We continue to pray the Lord s blessing on you all now and for the future. ***Lamb of God and the Light of Christ have a long standing Alliance of Friendship Agreement. Director for Mission Development: Sword of the Spirit- Europe, Middle East & Africa Congratulations. God bless [Dr. Martin A. Steinbereithner] Antioch Community, London, England [Trevor and Linda Perry] Catholic Diocese of Bishop Barry Jones Fr Jack O Conner Fr Paul Duncan Fr Miles O Malley Greg and Maryanne Hall [] It was 1982 when Maryanne and I first met Roger at a meeting organized in Hillsborough where he gave a talk about Covenant Community life. Roger shared his own experience of committed relationships, accountability and service in a community with charismatic worship. That night we both agreed that was the lifestyle we desired for ourselves and our children and the Lord led us on the start of an exciting new journey into community life. Roger and Veronica we wish to thank you and all the members of the Branch for your love and hospitality and commitment to us over many years. You have been a wonderful example of selfless love, integrity and wisdom, and we rejoice with you in the success of 30 years of Lamb of God life. May the Lord continue to bless and sustain you. Congratulations on your 30 th Anniversary! You are all a shining example to us of the fruit of loving commitment and dedication to the call on your lives to building relationships in community. We look forward to many more such anniversaries as we all grow old together! Ivan, Annette and Hillary [] As the community celebrates 30 years in (that means in NZ too!) we thank you for your response to God's call, the sacrifices you made and very specially for the enormous amount of love that you have invested into making this community what it is today. Our prayers and blessings are with you and the branch of the community as you celebrate this milestone.

5 5 Harry Maureen & Lukanne [] It gives us great pleasure to honor you and the community of the Lamb of God in on your 30 th Anniversary. Looking back these 30 years certainly you've packed a lot of love and living into that time and we think you have a great deal to be proud of, particularly your enormous capacity for caring for the community. We praise the Lord for the many ministries that have become a blessing to people across this land. Thank you for your obedience to the Lord s calling. We pray that the Giver of Life, our Lord Jesus will bestow on you and the community in every rich Blessing as you continue to serve Him. I pray the blessing of Moses to Aaron from the book of Numbers 6:24-26 May the Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you, The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you his peace. Lots of love and good wishes to you as we share this friendship with you in the Lord s service for many more years. Congratulations once again, and we are proud to be part of this celebration. God Bless You. Elias & Priscilla and family [] Congratulations on the Community's 30th Birthday! May the Lord reward you manifold for the pains, aches, tears and sufferings you have undergone for nurturing 'Lamb of God' - His creation and remaining faithful to the promptings of His Spirit. May He refresh your tired spirits, renew your youth like an eagle's and fill in you a new zeal. Caedmon, Nicky & family [] Congratulations on this milestone of the 30th Anniversary of the founding of Lamb of God! We join with you & all the members, our dear brothers & sisters, to celebrate & thank the Lord for these 30 years of His faithfulness. We know that as you look back there would be so many memories, blessings, hurdles, ups & downs and yet you have come through it all victoriously. This bears testimony to God's faithfulness, but also speaks of your steadfastness & commitment to follow the Lord's call to Community which is so strongly imprinted on your hearts & in your lives. We consider ourselves as members of Lamb of God, so blest, as we have been the recipients' of your faithfulness, dedication & hard work even through tough times. We have been witness to your hearts' of love, service & commitment in so many ways, to name a major one - your service & love to our children when they visit each year for the Summer Oasis. As we see each of you following your call, we too are challenged & encouraged in our own calling. We pray the Lord's mighty blessings upon you both & upon each & every member of the Branch, particularly the founding members, & all your families & loved ones. May He who sees all that is done in secret reward you richly with every blessing, both spiritual & material. This and much more is our prayer for you. We will be with you in spirit as you celebrate. Bill and Rita Noordanus [Founding Group] Congratulations Lamb of God. You have been a memorable part of our family and our involvement has been a blessing. We fondly remember day one and subsequently the name chosen. May you have many more Anniversaries! From particular friends From Linda Schubert, Miracles of the Heart Ministries, California and Worldwide From Jovial and Wyeth Intervencion, Invercargill From Kelly Barber: Just a note to say thanks for inviting us to the 30th anniversary of the Lamb of God. Both Melissa and I really enjoyed being there and seeing everyone again. I really enjoyed the praise time and looking around at the faces, listening to and singing familiar songs, seeing the banners Steve and Catherine made and Glen s treasured cross brought back many memories. [Kelly Barber was a previous member of the community.]

6 30 th ANNIVERSARY RECIPES... try them! 6 CHICKEN CASSEROLE 1 size 16 Chicken (or larger) 1 x Tin Concentrated Creamy Chicken Soup (425gm tin) 1 ½ Cups Mixed Vegetables One punnet Sour Cream Juice of one lemon 1 tsp Soya Sauce Microwave the Mixed Vegetables until tender. Shred the cooked chicken and set aside. In another bowl mix: -Creamy Chicken Soup -Sour Cream -Lemon Juice -Soya Sauce Mix together and then stir in cooked chicken and vegetables. Bake in oven at 180o until heated through approx. 30mins PINEAPPLE BEEF CASSEROLE 1 kg blade steak Flour for coating 1 teaspoon salt Pepper to taste 1 onion sliced 1x 440gm tin of tomato soup 1 x340gm pineapple pieces in syrup 1 clove garlic chopped small 3 grated or diced carrots Cut beef in pieces and coat with flour. Put in casserole dish with salt, pepper and all other ingredients. Mix it up. Cover tightly and cook at 300f or 150c for 2 hours. Adjust seasonings if required. Alternatively you can use a crock-pot and cook it for several hours, when I do it this way, I do not coat with flour first but thicken when cooked if needed. Note 1 kg of steak, trimmed of fat, will serve 5 to 6 people.

7 7 AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME! June 27 th marked the birthday a dear member of our community Brian Scoullar [Central]. On two occasions, we were able to see him and just enjoy stories of his early years. It has been a great privilege to spend time with Brian who up to now is so eager to spread the Good News at each available opportunity. He continues to evangelize and share the love of God with much gusto. All at the ripe age of 92! He also devoutly prays for us members of the Lamb of God Community, our leaders in government and people who don t know Christ. After visiting Brian, one common experience we all have is - being energized! His passion for pleasing and loving God, his prayer life and his commitment to living a Godly life is truly an inspiration. As I reflect, I remember two bible verses: Romans 8:18 - The suffering we have now are nothing compared to the great glory that will be shown to us and 2 Tim 4:7 to 8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now a crown is being held for me a crown for being right with God As Brian said THE BEST IS YET TO COME! Amen to that Brian!!! Joel Sison WINTER APPEAL 2009 The Lamb of God Winter Appeal is finishing by the end of July. Through the Winter Appeal, the Lamb of God Community asks their members and friends to help support community building and leadership training for brothers and sisters whom the community is assisting. The community s work in Fiji is growing. In September, our Youth Mission Team goes to Fiji and will advance our work in Fiji. If you have not given your donation for the Winter Appeal or if you misplaced the letter, please contact Tom [by phone or by josethomascaballes@gmail.com] so he can arrange a way for you to do so. Many thanks to all who have donated so far to the Winter Appeal 2009 God bless you!

8 8 CHALLENGES IN LIVING TOGETHER AS COMMUNITY Resource for House Group Discussion by Roger Foley I am so busy, no time for community... August/2009 Life today is busy- has it always been so? 1 Kings 20 [39-40] Read the background. A man is assigned to care for a prisoner - while I was busy here and there, he escaped. Luke 10 [38-42] Mary sat at the Lord's feet listening to what He said - this however distracted Martha because of all the work she saw needed doing. Martha asked Jesus - don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? - tell her to help me - but Jesus replied you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her. Luke 12 [22-34] wonderful passage where Jesus teaches on worry, treasure and the key direction of life - for the pagan world runs after all such things but seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom sell possessions and give to the poor provide purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted for where your treasure is, there also your heart But more meetings stress me out! They are not more meetings - they are life giving opportunities! Being in a Christian Community cannot be another appendage to an already overly busy life. Why? Because Christian Community is a valid way of living life - a way to live a full and enjoyable life, a way of life supporting a balanced family and single life If you see it as another pressured add-on, you see it wrong! Okay, remind me how community life can help? Community helps us see our first priority is the Lord, then our family We receive spiritual and practical support in our small groups Community provides great relationships to support family and children *And community provides a pathway for family and children to grow Discussion starters 1. Review the blessings you have received by being in the Lamb of God. 2. What has challenged you most?

9 9 KAIROS NEW ZEALAND YOUTH NEWS Winter Oasis 2009 July 17 to 19 About 50 young men and women spent a weekend in Carey Camp in Henderson and they had an awesome time of praise and worship, prayer, workshops, teachings, sports, games and fun together. The theme for this year was G-Force [or God=Force]: Growing Deeper, Flying Higher. They developed their skills and talents in drama, music composition and dance. Although this is a shorter Winter Oasis, many of the youth felt that this has been the best so far, as they thoroughly enjoyed the talks, prayer times, workshops and fellowship through basketball. Can t wait for next year! A sharing from Chrisanne Antao: During praise and worship last week before Winter Oasis, I had a word that I would have an awesome time at Winter Oasis and also that there would be gifts and blessings waiting to be received at camp. Even though I received this word, I was not too keen about going to Winter Oasis. When I had injured my knee last year, it prevented me from playing at an Aussie tournament that my team was going to. I really love playing sports and even though I tried to enjoy my Aussie trip, I didn t. I was really angry at God and was gradually building this wall between God and me and this inhibited God to work in my life. Every week after Lamb of God gatherings I used to complain about the meetings even though I had enjoyed myself. Every month I used to say this is my last month that I am coming to Lamb of God. During Auntie Mhel s talk I felt that the Lord was with me and broke that wall I was building against him. I recommitted my life to God and I felt really amazing. Maria had said during her praise and worship that the devil makes you feel like you are the victim. This helped me realise why I ve been building this wall and therefore not allowing the Lord to work in my life. Another thing that I discovered about myself is that I focus more on other people s opinions rather than God s opinion. This is something that I need to work on and is going to help me keep the fire burning within.

10 10 Kairos New Zealand Schedule of Events 2009 Sep 24 Oct 6 Fiji Mission trip Fiji Oct 03 Oct 17 Dec 11 Jan Jan Jan Kairos Youth Leaders Training EDGE Family Night Kairos Christmas Party Summer Oasis 2010 S/O Leaders Training Men s Summer Household TBA WEB SITES WORTH NOTING KAIROS South Pacific Web Site go take a look Check it out atwww.kairossp.com You can network and chat with other young people by going to this website: We designated every Friday night at 10pm as a time to meet other young people. Sign up [free] for Youth Culture Newsletter The most recent edition of the Youth Culture Newsletter is now available online. It will no longer be sent to you via the Lamb of God list but you can get it at this linkhttp:// This is a recommended Sword of the Spirit publication for youth and parents. Living Bulwark Sword of the Spirit Recommended! This Sword of the Spirit on-line publication has received more than 43,000 visits (an average of 135 visits each day) in its first year. All back issues for the past 12 months can be found at: The current issue of the online magazine can be seen at: New Lamb of God website! We recently lost our right to use our previous domain name [ ] and we secured a new name for our website. Our new website is: Please visit the new website and bookmark the page! Part of the website may still be under construction, please be patient. If you have any comments, please inform Tom Caballes about it. Disclaimer: Please note that the Lamb of God community is no longer responsible for the contents of the old website and we advise all our members and friends to stop going to the old website. Your may also need to delete the old website from your bookmarks/favourites.

11 11 FR. JOHN REA HEALING MINISTRY ITINERARY FOR 2009 Lamb of God Centre August 09 Sunday Healing Meeting: Lamb of God Centre August 10 Monday Fr John speaks about Mary; followed by healing prayer August 11 Tuesday Fr John speaks about Marriage; followed by healing prayer August 12 Wednesday Fr John speaks about Gifts of the Spirit; followed by prayer August 13 Thursday Fr John speaks about Faith; followed by healing prayer August 14 Friday Fr John ministers at Lincoln town-ship August 15 Saturday Free day August 16 Sunday Healing Meeting: Lamb of God Centre August September September 21 Sept- 03 Oct October Healing Services, Sword of the Spirit, Miami Healing Services, People of Hope. New Jersey Healing Services, People of God, Pittsburgh PA Healing Services, Work of Christ, Lansing MI Samoa; Carmelite Retreat and ministry for Archbishop Alapati November November South Island Healing Services with Lamb of God Community Wellington Ministry/Healing Services SENDING NEWS FOR CHRONICLE PUBLICATION Branches are encouraged to news, photos, happenings and snippets to Tom Caballes at Each issue is closed around the 20th of the month. IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT OUR RECORDS Membership Records and Data: Branch leaders are responsible to keep updated records and then all new attendee additions, deletions, address and phone changes, births, deaths, transfers, etc to Tom Caballes and copy to BIRTHDAY INFORMATION [day and month, but year is optional] Branch leaders are asked to keep updated records and all new attendee additions to Tom Caballes GETTING CHRONICLE & OTHER NEWS BY [1] If you are receiving this as an electronic edition, we just need hear if and when you change your address. Notify [2] If you are receiving this by hard copy but you have an address, please send your address to [3] The Chronicle has a national and international mailing schedule. If you know of others wishing to be added, notify Lamb_of_God@clear.net.nz.

12 12 Birthdays for August SURNAME Collins Fernandes Haughey Collins Gomes Caballes Robinson Stocks Braganza Buladaco Celestine Fernandes Simento Pinto D'Santos Rajkumar Carneiro Fernandes Gomes Challies Henderson Lobo Lorca Dalgado Jackson Doran D'Sa Aguinot Southby Steele D'Souza Fernandes D'Souza Fernandes Rufino Coutts Coutts Hong MacNevin O'Malley Masara Pereira Lyons McCormick Saldanha Cummins NAME Grace George Monica Ethan Theresa Clarese Dorothy Anita Dominic Rosemarie Moira Arca Keith Lorraine Ralph Dominic Judy Ashlyn Joash Mark Bro. Peter Philo Bea Christopher Mary Matt Dan Dane Marylee Vivienne Judith Lionel Kimberly Rohan Lyncia Alice Desiree Maree Audris Bernadette Shayna Aselemo Annelise Charlotte Mary Kimberly Bev BIRTHDAY BRANCH 01/08 01/08 01/08 02/08 02/08 03/08 03/08 03/08 04/08 04/08 05/08 05/08 05/08 06/08 07/08 07/08 09/08 09/08 09/08 13/08 13/08 13/08 14/08 15/08 15/08 16/08 16/08 17/08 18/08 18/08 19/08 19/08 22/08 22/08 22/08 23/08 23/08 23/08 23/08 23/08 25/08 25/08 26/08 27/08 27/08 28/08 Central Blenheim Blenheim Blenheim Blenheim Central Central

13 13 Rodgers D'Silva Masara Oliver Carneiro Jamie Sean Ana Christine Renella 28/08 30/08 30/08 30/08 31/08 Blenheim Central Wedding Anniversaries for the Month of August SURNAME Hall Rodgers Kahonde Black Fernandes Taylor Ryan PRAYERWATCH NAMES Greg Jamie Jacob David Milton David Terry Maryanne Judith Petronella Kathleen Aly Rae Barbara DATE BRANCH 02/08 07/08 08/08 12/08 15/08 23/08 27/08 Blenheim Central Central Blenheim SOLDIERS OF CHRIST, ARISE Besides the armour and weapons listed in Ephesians 6: 10-18, God has made other provisions for our divine protection. And over the past few months I have looked at some of them such as the Name of the Lord, the Blood of the Lamb, the Word of God and the Cross of Christ. The weapons God has provided for our protection are powerful and need to be used if we are to survive our battles. Only those who know Jesus Christ have received these precious gifts and can use them as God has given us all we need to be victorious. Let us never forget we are in a spiritual battle, let us never underestimate the power of weapons God has given us or neglect to use them as we journey to our heavenly Father. During the month of June, God has been reminding us that we are in a spiritual battle; that we need to stand firm through the prophetic word received at our gatherings. Prophetic words come through regularly encouraging spiritual warfare as this year up until the end of May we received nine. But in June there was a big increase with 3 words on the June 7, 4 words on June 14 and 5 words on the June 21, a total of 12. Many remind us that God is our refuge, that Satan is like a prowling lion trying to tempted us from God s kingdom, others that there is darkness in this world and God has called us to walk in the light, to polish up the weapons and armour [Ephesians 6: 13-18]. An incident last month showed why God was warning the Lamb of God that we are in a spiritual battle and need to use our armour and weapons. The Lamb of God Community Prayerwatch has been given to us by God so we are aware we are in a spiritual battle, that we can stand firm by taking our place on the Watch. Now maybe is the time God is calling us to join the Watch if we have not been able to before, to join many faithful brothers and sisters now, who are standing firm and using the armour and weapons God has given us. If you have any comments or questions concerning the Prayerwatch then please send them to me at alan.mckenzie@clear.net.nz or give them to one of your branch leaders to send to me. God bless and watch over you all. Alan McKenzie. National Coordinator Prayerwatch.

14 14 Lamb of God Prayerwatch - Prayer Intentions SPIRITUAL WARFARE Against strongholds of Apathy, Witchcraft, Confusion and other named spirits. INTERCESSORY PRAYER COMMUNITIES Protect and bless the life and mission of SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, Patmos Community & Lamb of God Nadi Branch, [Fiji], Vanuatu Group, Light of Christ [Nelson], The Covenanted Community For Christ, [Penang & Taiping], Protect and bless their life and mission. FAMILY : Chris, Shalini and Denver Saldanha, Keith & Rohini Lewis, Jo & Anila Collins, Gladys Gomes, Bernie MacNevin, Elvis & Andrea D Silva, Peter Celestine, Yvonne D'Souza, Basil & Reena Fernandes, Ivan and Sheila D'Souza, Joseph & Teresa Gomes, Elizabeth Locke, Dominic, Sandra & Francis Rajkumar, Karyn & Neville Coutinho, Wayne & Michelle Cammell, Caedmon and Nicky Rebello, Lionel & Carol D'Souza, Central: Orencio & Riza Gueco, Jun & Angie Briguera, Cutie Zalamea, Blenheim: Jamie & Judith Rodgers, Mark & Mary Jackson, Mike & Cheryl Garrett, : Roger & Veronica Foley & Family, Robert & Karen Van Doorn & Family, Darren & Julie Humphries, Bev Cummins, Philip & Alison Middlemiss, Lesley Tilston, Bernard & Andrea Forster, Southern: John & Janet MacManus, Richard & Christine May, Margaret & Alan McKenzie, HEALING CANCER : Christine Pinto, Sandra Middlecote, Central: Bryan Scoullar, Blenheim: Carol Cullimore, David Aberhart, : Margaret Considine, Fr. Paul Duncan, HEALING HEART : Winona D Costa, Alfred Saldanha, Allan Carvalho, Maria dos Anjos D'Souza, Central: Paul Oliver, Blenheim: Chris Fredericks, Jamie Rodgers, : Dorelle Ham, Undine Cavanagh, Philip Middlemiss, Chris O Connell, HEALING : Thomas Hong, Edward D'Souza, Peter D Souza, Chris Saldanha, Ceejay Rodrigues, TJ Brown & Samuel, Elise D'Souza, Valerie Menezes, Cheryl Lobo, Katie Cammell, Wendell Fernandez, Shalini Saldana, Jesse and Peter Dalgado, Fatima Joy, Audrey Cabral, Marinelle Misst, Collin and Vimath Sequeira, Ruby Lowe, Tili Leatitagaloa, Philomena Lobo, Tony Antao, Susan Dias, Chrisanne Antao, Lovlin Franswah, Sheila D'Souza, Cynthia Braganza, Dorothy Fernandez, Sandra Rajkumar, Luiza & Luan Antao, Manuel Lobo, Joel Tham, Nathan Coutinho, Dominic Braganza, Christian Stolten, Alwin D Souza, Clarence Pereira, Central: Stephanie O Connell, Raphael (Bubbles) Rufino, Alice Rufino, Sharon Powick, Michael Powick, Jacob Muollo, Blenheim: Peter Greig, Josiah Grieg, Grace Weston, Mike Garrett, Micah Rodgers, : Lisa Borkus, Karin Van Doorn, Chris Aston Grieve, Veronica Foley, David Black, Siobhan Forster, Andrea Forster, Catherine Roberts, Andrew Black, Southern: Fr Merv McGettigan, Daniel MacManus, Steven & Judy Homes & Family, Sara Homes, Pat Forster, BEREAVEMENT Blenheim: Gail Price & Family, : Mark & Kirsten Challies, Imelda Van Der Werff, Andrea & Bernard Forster and family,

15 15 OTHERS NEEDS : Stanley & Teresa D'Souza & Family, Keith & Rohini Lewis & Family, Mark & Elizabeth Stolten, Sean D Silva, Bradley Pinto, Bob Misst, Greg Hall, Christine Fonseca, Deepak D Souza, Alwin D Souza, COVERING PRAYER National Council, Kairos Ministries, Branch Life, Lamb of God Centre, Branch Visitations, Clustering in, Ministry of Fr John Rea, Employment of Members, Light of Christ Special Ministry, Wellington branch [sickness among extended family]. I have made you a Watchman Ezekiel 33: 7