Prayer Connection

▪ PrayDurham: every street and trail (6,000) will be adopted for prayer 
  600+ streets adopted 

▪ 8,ooo city kids & youth reached/enrolled in CEF clubs & outreach
  Over 2,500 are currently enrolled (December 2011)

▪ Good News Club^® (kids) and JYC^® (teens) will grow by 20% 
  Focus events: Jan., Mar, May, and summer 2012

▪ Transformational giving reaches goals in 2012 ($100K sponsoring kids for camp, $100K ministry development expenses, $25K admin and $25K operational expenses)

▪ Cassie's Garden enrichment programs (devotional life, sports, reading, fitness and nutrition) to be incorporated into Durham communities and partner organizations

▪ Volunteers and resources will sustain all outreach in 10 target communities

CEF Faithful Friends: Thank you for praying in the Spirit and according to God's Word. Wait upon the Lord and He will renew your strength... Cast all your cares upon Him and He will lift you up... Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... God's Words are reality to us in the Durham Area Chapter. Through your faithful prayers, He is making all things good.

PrayDurham initiative participates

  in special events at Duke, State Capitol, and Newark City Hall

  Adopting every Durham street block by block for prayer is the initial focus of PrayDurham with long term goals of spiritual air supremacy over the city and that every community will experience multiple expressions of the Gospel. The first phase is currently embracing streets in ten under resourced and target communities, school sites, and city government sites for strategic prayer. Over  600 target areas and residential streets are registered. John Blake, CEF Director, was at Duke during the National Day of Prayer and their reconciliation summer institute to cast the vision of PrayDurham. He also had opportunity this summer to travel with Dr. David Lobach to Newark, NJ and discuss “PrayNewark” where every street is adopted. John participated in a prayer service at city hall with the Newark City Council. Then back in June the CEF  Director joined select pastors, leaders, and NC state government officials for a “Call to Prayer” at the NC State Capitol (pictured above). These events and prayer movements are emerging across the nation. U.S. and State legislators are actively taking the initiative to form official Prayer Caucuses to protect and defend the right of Americans to pray and express their faith in God. National information is found at Pray USA.

National Day of Prayer
History was made as Durham observes the 60th annual    National Day of Prayer at the Duke University Chapel for the first time on Thu. May 5th. The noon prayer service was well attended as was the luncheon which followed in the Bryan Center on campus. The hour-long prayer service featured music, prayer for aspects of our nation, state, and city, as well as a pastoral commissioning of the faithful who attended to go forth as ministers of our city. The closing featured a call to action by engaging the PrayDurham initiative. Details and pictures can be seen online at the Herald-Sun. Other events during the week of National Day of Prayer included a prayer meeting at the YMCA downtown on Tue. May 3rd and "An Evening with Tim Keller" which drew a crowd of nearly 1,500. PrayDurham was also promoted at the Wed. May 4th event at the DPAC.

International:

• For our President Reese Kauffman and other leadership staff

• For workers to open the remaining 30 countries for CEF ministries 

• Praise God that during 2011, world wide, 11 million children were reached with the Gospel thru CEF ministries. 
  
  I am excited to be able to announce that CEF has officially opened 176 countries. The Lord is working through the workers of CEF to reach the children of the world with the Gospel. Rejoice with us as we continue to work to reach Every Child, Every Nation, Every Day.                 Reese Kauffman, President

USA:

• That the doors will remain open to public schools for After School Good News Clubs!
• In the next five years one half of our leadership will be at retirement age;
  Please pray for 200 new workers to fill the void and reach the children in the USA.
• Seven State Directors needed for: Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, DC
• Success for Good News Across America: Washington, DC in 2012 (summer)

North Carolina:

• For the children of our state to hear the Gospel and come to Christ for salvation.
• For the CEF staff: Good Health, Safety, and God's Provision for financial needs.
• For the development of two new chapters, one in the East and one in North-West.
• For additional Staff workers, "pray ye the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into HIS harvest."