Death by Church Plant: November 2009

Monday, November 30, 2009

Pray for Kevin Gilman

Kevin is at Swedish Hospital right now. They are doing surgery, going into his neck, removing a disk and fusing two other disks together. He has been in the hospital since Sat. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Please Help us Help The Mitchells - Ella Fans

Hey friends, here is a short note from a family in crisis. Help us if you can. From Amanda Mitchell: Hi everyone. Ella is recovering from her 4th UTI and we are meeting with the doctor on Dec. 9th to set a date for her surgery. We are pretty sure it will be scheduled before the end of the year. We are asking anyone and everyone we know to help us raise money for her over the next two weeks. I know this is forward, but as a mom, you will do anything for your daughter. We have exhausted our funds, Travis' 401K and other savings plans. I am hosting another jewelry/fundraiser party next week. If you know of any way to help us, please let us know. I think if we can just get through the end of the year we can be in a better position and the best thing...have a healthy daughter.

We appreciate all thoughts and prayers during this time. Thank you for listening to a mother's rambling.

Sincerely,

Amanda Mitchell

If you want to help, drop me a note and I will get you more info.

Mark Kraakevik

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

The delicious Thanksgiving meal we enjoyed at "Second Home" restaurant, in Cherry Creek

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Monday, November 23, 2009

My Grampa Kraakevik died 4 years ago today. He was 99.

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A day in the life of the EDGE - happy birthday Dave

Dave celebrates his birthday with us

Post-church youth group game

Mark Kraakevik
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To live is Christ, to die is gain.

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Britta and I are singing - no school today!!! (Annika is sleeping)

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Temple in Salt Lake

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Praying over SLC

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Oops. Leatherman attached to keys. Thank you airlines security for keeping us safe

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

I have to be up at 4:30am to go to Salt Lake City tomorrow for a Prayer tour

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Newsweek Mag. made a video. Everything you need to know about this decade (in 7 minutes)

http://2010.newsweek.com/video/decade-in-seven-minutes.html

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Membership is declining in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

http://www.jakebouma.com/2008/08/15/a-look-at-the-declining-membership-of-the-elca/

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Good morning from colorado

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Wondering who will brave the snow storm this morning to get to church

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Praying for this church from Denver - van rolled in Portland, 1 died, 15 injured

http://cbs4denver.com/local/Colorado.church.group.2.1309025.html

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Hosanna Lutheran Church (one of my favorite churches) is leaving the ELCA

This is a fascinating development in the church world. I used to work at the church down the road from Hosanna. In fact I spoke at several of there confirmation retreats. (A Baptist speaking at a confirmation retreat??!!) I am praying for this church and for the leadership. If you can not see the document, click the link below. It will take you to a twitter. When you click on the link in the twitter it will download a PDF doc from Pastor Bill Bohline.

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https://twitter.com/JustinWise/statuses/5629139633

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Prayer Requests from a pastor friend in Glenwood Springs

Please pray for Tomas and Luis' brother

This letter came from Juan Lopez, Pastor of Roca De Refugio in Glenwood Springs, CO
"Beloved brothers:
It is a blessing to be able to greet you in the name of Jesus, hoping that you are enjoying His blessings.
I write you to ask that you help us in prayer for the father of Tomas Cardenas. He is the brother who is in charge of the work in Grand Junction. His father is in the hospital and in very grave condition. Tomas needs to go to Nicaragua to visit him. So we ask that you pray that he will make a good decision. His father's name is Bernardo Cardenas.
Another matter is that we need to pray for the tragedy that has occurred in El Salvador. Many people have been left homeless and 125 people have died and many have disappeared in the flooding that has provoked mudslides. The story of brother Luis in Apulo is sad. When he heard that the mudslide was coming he grabbed his two children. He was hit by the current and let loose of the children but managed to catch his daughter but could not reach his son. He only heard him scream, "Papa, papa" each time farther away until he could not hear him anymore. The body of the child has not been found."

Mark Kraakevik

The EDGE Colorado - Live The Message

To live is Christ, to die is gain.

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