April 2007

Dear People of the Northstate Vision:

One miracle underway in our life is that Jim’s manuscript for If My People – the book on multi dimensional reconciliation that God downloaded in 2003 when we were in Hawaii – has been accepted for publication by Destiny Image. Anyone who knows the publishing industry knows the overwhelming odds against acceptance of a first-time author by an established house. The odds are increased exponentially when the work is only submitted to three publishers. God even exercised His sense of humor when Jim asked if he might attend a popular Christian writers’ conference in hopes of meeting some likely editors and publishers. The Lord of Life’s answer was a simple, “You don’t need to do that.” He had it covered.

Make no mistake – there is no way that human effort generates this kind of favor. We are looking at a total miracle. In terms of improbability it is a lot like leading a man to walk on water, turning a human heart away from a lifetime lifestyle of self centrality to focus on God and His people, or raising a man from the dead. Such things do not happen in the ordinary course of events; yet we dedicate and bet our lives on the fact that they did and do. They did and do because we serve a God as all-loving as He is all-capable.

Easter is coming on April 8. It follows the awful work of Good Friday – which follows the sublime love displayed in the washing of feet and the introduction of the Lord’s Supper the night before. That love is at its most dynamic and battle hardened in the mighty submission of the Cross. But it is at its most improbable when He returns to claim those who tortured Him on the third day after. Our sinful history is a failed effort to achieve self-salvation. He says, “You don’t need to do that.” He has it covered.

CURRENT PrayNorthstate EVENTS

· Training for Transformation: Impacting Your Community Through Prayer will be presented in Yreka from Friday, April 20 through Saturday, April 21. Life Fellowship Foursquare Church hosts this training in concerted prayer for cities, speaking the Word of God over the city, Prayer Vanguard, and other ministries that prepare for transformation. The same material will be given in Crescent City – Oceanview Baptist Church hosting – from Friday, April 27, through Saturday, April 28. Fridays are from 7-9:30 and Saturdays from 8:30 to 5. Breakfast and lunch are included in the $25.00 registration. Call 530-842-5433 (Yreka) or 707-464-2825 (Crescent City). The conference in Crescent City is taught under the more familiar Prophetic Acts With Impact.
· Redding legend Cal DeMercurio cooks and Oregon Street Tea Company hosts a PrayNorthState benefit dinner on Monday, April 30, at 6 PM. The $50.00 donation per person funds our mission travel. A Fiji mission visual report is included. There are forty-four spaces available. Call us at 530-941-3470.

WHAT THE COORDINATORS ARE UP TO

· Jim’s Sunday preaching begins at Destiny Fellowship, Anderson, on April 1 (8:30 and 10:30), and continues on April 8 (Easter) at Copco Community Church (9:30 and 11:00) near Montague. April 14 (Saturday) he speaks at River Valley Foursquare, Redding, at 5:00 PM; he will be in Redding the last three Sundays – April 15, Bethel Church (6:00 PM); April 22 (9:00 and 10:30); First Nazarene Church and April 29 (9:00 and 11:00); New Day Church.
· Jim and Diana lead a Prayer Vanguard at the Cascade Theatre on April 1 and teach at the Single Parents’ ministry of Redding’s Bethel Church on Monday Evening, April 9. Jim speaks at a statewide prayer rally on the steps of the state capitol hosted by Sacramento’s Victory Tabernacle between 12:30 and 3:30 PM on Thursday, April 5. Their team prays at the capitol April 19.

PRAYNORTHSTATE RADIO and TV for APRIL

KQMS and KBLF:
· 4/7 – Former NFL star Jeff Kemp and RRR Boys’ Ranch’s Skip Tyler
· 4/14 – Dick Haak and Victor Styrsky of A Night to Honor Israel
· 4/21 – Christian Motorcycle Association leads Reid and Kathy Stangenberg
· 4/28 – Single Parent Ministry leaders Susie Rodriguez and Maggie Fair
Fox 30:
· 4/2 – Joy and David Gartman – mother-son ministry school leaders
· 4/9 – Pastor Jack Witt and Mike Logan of River Valley Foursquare
· 4/16 – Pastor Jack Witt and Mike Logan – City Church at the Cascade
· 4/23 – Pastor Jack Witt and Mike Logan – Fractal Leadership
· 4/30 – Pastor Jack Witt and Mike Logan – Qadosh Leadership Training

PrayNorthstate Radio is heard every Saturday Morning at 7 AM on AM 1400 KQMS and 8 AM on AM 1490 KBLF. Jim is 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 coordinate 2007’s Bible Reading Marathon from Monday, April 30, through Thursday, May 3, and National Day of Prayer in Redding at Noon on May 3 – both at City Hall on Cypress. We kick off the 2007 Paah-ho-ammi the evening of May 3 in Mod 6 at Simpson University at 7 PM. The recurring prayer project will run through August 6 and teams are being organized now. Join with the 300+ Bible readers and the 200+ Paah-ho-ammi pray-ers.
· Jim serves in Fiji and New Zealand beginning on May 17 and Jim and Diana will be on mission to Scotland and Sweden in June. These trips are about one third funded as we write. Please give thanks, pray, and give as you are led.

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

· Victory Tabernacle, of Sacramento, hosts interdenominational prayer and witness at the Capitol Thursday, April 5. Prayer is offered inside from 10:30 to Noon, and speakers (including Jim) share the Gospel from 12:30 to 3:00 PM. The rally and time of prayer is held in conjunction with the annual IMA Western District Conference, “Let the Healing Begin”. Pastor Jeffrey Garner of the San Francisco Lighthouse Church and a Western Seminary professor will keynote the conference. Call 916-223-4192 for information.
· Never Again – Christians Standing With Israel offers a workshop on the emergence of global anti-semitism at Northridge Church of God in Fair Oaks. Dr. Charles Jacobs, president and founder of the David Project, will speak. Admission is free but on-line pre-registration at neveragaincsi.org is required.
· Redding Transformation will again be posting prayer tents in various locations in Redding and Anderson Wednesday through Friday, April 18-20. The tents are visible from city streets, are staffed by volunteers from all streams of the Body, and volunteers pray for any needs presented by people coming in. They are staffed from 10 AM to 4 PM. Call 530-357-3151 for information.
· Aglow International hosts the annual Spring Advance in Mount Shasta on May 4-6. Men and women of all streams are invited to hear from Pastors Kim and Mary Andersson of Redding and Pastors Ron and Deborah Freise of Alturas. Call 530-244-4906 for information or to register.
· Monday, May 14, is the anniversary of the independence of Israel. Christians and Jews will gather in Redding for A Night to Honor Israel. The event will be held at Little Country Church on Canby Road at Churn Creek, Redding. Beginning at 7 PM participants will worship, hear from Holocaust survivors, and be given opportunity to support development efforts in Israel. PrayNorthState is a co-sponsor of this event.