February 2007

Dear People of the Northstate Vision:

California is in a fullblown drought. We are seeing major economic indicators like the housing market weaken – and popular confidence with them. Serious prayer is needed from the people called by God’s Name. He has broken drought in our region several times in the past decade when the people offered prayer that was sustained, concerted across the Body, and focused on Kingdom issues such as water for the thirsty and food for the hungry. But the state is also enjoying more efforts at cross pollination for regional reconciliation in response to God’s 2004 call to stand together for His Kingdom. We’re in crisis – meaning danger plus opportunity.

Two years ago God showed me His plan to bless the state economically, physically, and spiritually. He had deliberately given insufficient living water to bathe all of the state at once. He showed me a wooden toy box on gimbals that makes waves when it is rocked on the gimbals. The waves roll to and fro and everything gets watered – but only so long as the motion and the sharing in the box continues. He said that the state would be blessed as soon as the regions of the state blessed one another in a sustained manner.

We call on our southern and central Cal prayer partners to pray that we in the North get plenty of rain and snow – even this late. They need to prefer our need to their own as Scripture counsels. We call on our NorCal prayer partners to pray that we have plenty of water so that we can send it south. We need to prefer to bless our brethren over storing for ourselves – as Scripture commands. God moves dramatically each time we conduct Paah-ho-ammi. Let us make Paah-ho-ammi for each other – begging the rain and snow for each other’s sake and God’s glory. What might He do?

CURRENT PrayNorthstate EVENTS

· The Red Bluff Daily News project we mentioned in January goes forward at full steam. Sixteen pastors and leaders from Tehama County will contribute to the GodTalk feature which debuts on Saturday, February 3. PrayNorthState will coordinate the project with newspaper staff.
· We hope to begin broadcasting on AM 1490 KBLF in Red Bluff within the next month as sponsors come on board. PrayNorthState Radio continue on AM 1400 KQMS Redding while expanding to the Red Bluff venue. (Prospective sponsors should contact us ASAP.) Chico expansion is pending – please pray.
· In February we begin recruiting for The Bible: Up Close and Personal and Paah-ho-ammi 2007. The Bible will occur at Redding City Hall and in front of the Siskiyou County Courthouse, Yreka, from Monday, April 30 through Noon on Thursday, May 3. Paah-ho-ammi will launch on Thursday Evening, May 3, and go through Wednesday, July 4.

WHAT THE COORDINATORS ARE UP TO

· Jim and Diana travel to Gridley to meet with local leaders on Saturday, February 3. Jim teaches at Trinity Life’s interdenominational prayer and praise, Yuba City, Wednesday, January 31, and preaches at Gridley First Presbyterian on Sunday, February 4. He preaches at Church on the Rock, Hayfork, on February 18, Oceanview Baptist Church, Crescent City on February 25, and at an interdenominational meeting in that city at 6:30 PM.
· Jim and Diana help dedicate the new Redding Carenet Pregnancy Center on February 6; Jim travels to Southern California for a pastor ordination on February 10. Jim and Diana prayer vanguard the state capitol on February 22, and Redding’s Cascade Theatre on February 24.

PRAYNORTHSTATE RADIO and TV for FEBRUARY

KQMS:
· 2/3 – Bethany and Liz Bashor – Blamesless Child Praise Band
· 2/10 – Sheri and Tom Bashor – Church Planters/Missionaries
· 2/17 – The Revs. Avram Brown and Lester Westling
· 2/24 – Hellen and Roy Meade – Intercessors and Business Owners

Fox 30:
· 2/5 – Drs. Robert Trent and Chris Lin – Ophthalmic Surgeons in Gabon
· 2/12 – Jenell Harville and Brenda Dowdin – Aglow International
· 2/19 – Lisa Heldreth and Krysta Dremel – Campus Intercessors
· 2-26 – Don Haile and Mike Palmer – Missionaries to Pakistan

PrayNorthstate Radio is heard every Saturday Morning at (note the new time) 7:00 AM on AM 1400 KQMS. Jim is also a periodic contributor to KVIP’s Saturday Magazine, heard at 1:00 PM on FM 98.1 and AM 540 KVIP. PrayNorthstate TV can be seen each Monday Morning at 6:30 AM on Fox Channel 30/Cable 2.

UPCOMING PrayNorthstate EVENTS

· Jim and Diana will be ministering in Southern California in late March. Jim leads a retreat for Bible-believing Anglican clergy in San Diego March 26 through 28.
· Prophetic Acts With Impact will be offered at Church on the Rock in Hayfork from Friday, March 9, through Saturday, March 10. Cost is $25.00 per person and participants learn how to lead Prayer Vanguards, Bible Reading Marathons, Paah-ho-ammi projects and other kinds of community transformation encouraging prayer.

Anyone desiring to participate or to gain a fuller picture of any current or upcoming events should go to the PrayNorthstate web site at www.praynorthstate.org or call us at 530-941-3470.

WHAT’S UP IN THE NORTHSTATE

Shasta County
· Bethel Church, Redding, hosts an annual prophetic conference from February 21-23 at their campus – 933 College View Drive in Redding. Featured speakers include Bob Jones, John Paul Jackson, Larry Randolph, and Kris Vallotton. Registration is $65.00 for singles and $100.00 for couples. Call 530-246-6000 or got to ibethel.org to register.
· Women are invited to two days of testimony and prayer at New Day Foursquare Church in Redding from February 23-24. Featured speaker is Pastor Jeri Matson, paralyzed at 8 years old and dramatically healed. Registration is $20.00 and the event is at 5221 Cedars Road in Redding. Call 530-244-2847.

Siskiyou and Nevada Counties
· Popular author and speaker Beth Moore (Get Out Of That Pit) will be speaking on Straight Talk About God’s Deliverance in a live satellite conference on February 24 from 9:30 to 3:30. There is a $25.00 registration and the event is available in NorCal at the Nazarene Church in Yreka (530-842-7689) and Sierra Presbyterian Church in Nevada City (530-265-3291). Lunch and a snack are included.
· Basic Mentor’s Training from Prison Fellowship will be offered through Victory in Christ Outreach on two Tuesdays, February 6 and 13 from 7-9 PM. The course will certify volunteers for the prison and re-entry ministry. Phone 530-842-4231. Training is at Choices for Family Resource Center at 201 South Broadway in Yreka. An earlier training was held January 27.

Statewide
· Former PLO terrorist Walid Shoebat speaks at the UC Davis Freeborn Hall on February 6 at 7 PM on meeting Jesus. Tickets are $12.00 with a $5.00 surcharge for phone orders. Call 530-752-1915 or come to the door.
PrayNorthstate PRAYER LIST
Please pray for PrayNorthstate’s Board: Jim and Diana Wilson, Dr. Andre Van Mol, Supervisor Mollie Wilson, Charles Davidson, Charlie Harper, Bob Newell, and Frank DiSalvo. Pray for PrayNorthstate and our sponsors: Taylor Motors, Hue and Cry Security, Dr. Andre Van Mol, Redding Custom Home Theatre, New Song Music, Nicolet Glass, TriCord Marketing, Ron Largent and Keller Williams Realtors, Carl Van Dyke Allstate Insurance, Fox 30/Cable 2 TV, Crown Motors, NorCal Leavitt Insurance, Children First Foster Family Agency, Carenet Pregnancy Centers of the Tri Counties, Mercy Medical Center and Dr. Todd Royse. Pray for Imago Dei Ministries, and LifeLight Pregnancy Center.

Pray for Israel, UK Transformation, Healing Rooms (Scotland), for Bill & Lori Gardner (Kenya), Doug & Dianne Phillips (Mexico), Ken Greenlee (Fiji), Bob & Lorelei Newell and Jeff & Julie Watson (Philippines), Ron and Christine Hamstad (Brazil), Coleen Schafer (Mexico), and Owen Reinhardt (Lithuania). Pray for Kingdom Institute School of Business, Hignell Group, Anne Kalvestrand, Robert Mitchell, Uniting Our Hearts In Prayer and San Diego Prayer Coalition.

HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT
Correspondence – and donations – may be addressed to PrayNorthstate, P. O. Box 493743, Redding, CA 96049-3743. Call us at 530-941-3470. Our web site is www.praynorthstate.org; our e-mail is praynorthstate@charter.net.