NOVEMBER 2007 ISSUE – VOL. 7 #10

The Rev. Jim and Diana Wilson, Coordinators

Dear People of the Northstate Vision:

The Lord our God has answered prayer abundantly in the crisis of wildfire returning to Southern California. In late October PrayNorthState partnered with the Justice House of Prayer, statewide National Day of Prayer, Uniting Our Hearts in Prayer, the Border Prayer Posse, and Capitol Hill Prayer Partners in calling for consistent, concerted and focused prayer for the people of Southern California and the firefighters from around the state and nation who are fighting the fires on their behalf. We don’t know how many thousands prayed daily, but we do know what God did.

We all prayed for the winds to die and the rain to come. By Tuesday Morning He was already confounding the predictions of many more days of dry Santa Ana winds – they were dropping and by Thursday they were gone. By the weekend there was a gentle rain falling in parts of SoCal and the feared western winds from the ocean had come – but they drove the fires back on themselves instead of sending them in new directions. There is still danger – and much to be done before the recovery effort can truly begin – but the predictions of greater loss than in 2003 have not come true. We need to praise the Lord as fervently as we prayed to Him – and keep praying too!

While we seek the Lord’s face in the face of crisis let us pray for the harvest of souls that can and should be the legacy of His intervention. Let us pray for the Church – that she would unite in prayer as Our Lord commands – for there are so many more ministries and congregations that could have joined in the partnership (and perhaps some unknown to us that did) of prayer over the wildfires. Pray all the more for His promised rain – which we need – and His reign – which we need even more – in California.

CURRENTPrayNorthstateEVENTS

PrayNorthState Radio is invited – and God affirms in prayer – to begin broadcasting ASAP on KMYC AM 1410 in Yuba City. We will air at 9 AM Saturdays and effectively double the coverage area for our radio broadcasting. Our debut on KMYC is frankly contingent on securing a minimum of four sponsoring churches or businesses within that coverage area. We have one of the four; pray for the rest. Please pray that God will provide and call us at 530-941-3470 or e-mail to praynorthstate@charter.net if you have a referral from Yuba City south to North Sacramento or from Yuba City north to Chico.

WHAT THE COORDINATORS ARE UP TO

· Jim teaches on Saturday, November 3, at 6:30 PM, and preaches the Gospel on Sunday, November 4, 10:30 AM, at Solid Rock Community Church in Hayfork. On Monday, November 5, Jim will guest host the Radio KVIP Share-a-thon from 5-6:00 PM, and on Saturday, November 10, he will lead prayer for our nation at the Veteran’s Day observance hosted by Union Southern Baptist Church at Red Bluff High School at 6:30 PM. Prayer Vanguard will again visit the state capitol on November 15 and Jim will preach and teach at Copco Community Church in Montague on Sunday, November 18. He will attend the annual prophetic conference in Albany, Georgia, from November 29 through December 1.

· Jim and Diana had planned to take the first two weeks of November for a vacation but due to illness in the family have been forced to postpone indefinitely.

· Jim’s first book – Living As Ambassadors of Relationships – is due out from Destiny Image Publishers on January 1. Watch the newsletter and web site.

PRAYNORTHSTATE RADIO and TV for NOVEMBER

KLXR, KBLF and KNTK:

11/3-4 – Diana Katona – Mail Carrier and Prayer Warrior
11/10-11 – Russell and Sharla Weisner – Harvest Craft Ministries
11/17-18 – Jay Nelson and Ronda Ratzlaff – Operation Christmas Child
11/25-26 – Kim and Mary Andersson – Pastors to Pastors

Fox 30:

11/5 – Dave Kugelman and Mike Wilson – Christian Business Alliance
11/12 – Rich Potillor and Robert Wigington – Generation 14
11/19 – Rich Potillor and Robert Wigington – Generation 14
11/26 – Joan Costa and Kelly Brabo – Teen Challenge, Yuba City

PrayNorthstate Radio is heard every Saturday Morning at 8 AM on AM 1490 KBLF, and 9 AM on FM 102.3 KNTK, Sundays at 7 AM on AM 1230 KLXR. See PrayNorthstate TV Monday Mornings at 6:30 AM on Fox Channel 30/Cable 2.

WHAT’S UP IN THE NORTHSTATE

Sunday, November 11, is the anniversary of the end of World War I. But the war against Christ and those who follow Him continues to rage around the world. More than a quarter billion Christians – that’s about one in eight of the Body of Christ – risk their lives as they proclaim Jesus as their Lord. Sunday, November 11, is the worldwide day of prayer for the Persecuted Church. Let us all join together to pray for the martyrs – the witnesses – of the Good News.

Crosspointe Community Church in Redding will host a presentation of Heartcraft Ministries on Saturday, November 3, from 9 AM to 3 PM, and again on Sunday, November 4, from 12 Noon to 6 PM, at the campus located at 2960 Hartnell Avenue. Heartcraft is a ministry dedicated to supporting people who accept Jesus from a Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist background – many of whom are declared outcasts by their families and cultures. The ministry offers them a chance to make a living through handicrafts. The ministry can be contacted at 530-865-4199 or at www.heartcraft.org.

The 40 Days of Life Vigil conducted daily in Sacramento since September 26 concludes on Sunday, November 4. The California vigil partners with Christians in eighty cities and thirty-two states to make a prayerful witness for life – and especially life for the unborn. There are no confrontational activities, but some cities have reported a 28% drop in local abortions following vigils. For information or to participate in the closing services call 916-955-1577.

Saturday, November 3, 8 AM to 10 PM, will see the Aglow International Gold Area’s Fall Conference. Aglow International is a ministry of women (that now includes the men in their lives) ministering through prayer and service in more than one hundred sixty nations. The one-day event will feature Redding area Pastors Kim and Mary Andersson as keynote speakers, along with Ben Eiesland, of New Hope Fellowship, leading worship. The conference location is the Gloryland Revival Center in Sacramento. The Anderssons, who minister internationally as well as pastoring a small church, are featured on PrayNorthState Radio in November as well.

Lake County Gathered Churches will host a conference November 8-10 in Clearlake. Dick Joyce will keynote the event titled A New Anointing for a New Day. The conference is open to all Christians – whether from Lake County or not – and anyone interested should call 707-994-4890 for information.

Also in Sacramento – all Christians are invited to join together to pray for the state and nation on the first Saturday of every month at Capitol Christian Center – Room S-1 – at 9470 Micron Avenue in Sacramento; at Adventure Christian Church – Fireside Room – at 6401 Stanford Ranch Road in Roseville – both at 7 AM; at First Baptist Church of El Grove – Room E101 – at 8939 East Stockton Blvd in Elk Grove – at 7:30 AM; and at Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church – Wells Chapel – at 11427 Fair Oaks Blvd in Fair Oaks – at 4 PM.

Also in Sacramento – on the third Saturday of each month all Christians are invited to gather at the Rose Garden/Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial at the State Capitol to pray for the state. Prayer begins at 8:30 AM.

California’s Governor recently signed into law a group of bills that – taken together – will compel the state’s public schools to present alternative family arrangements (including families led by homosexual parents) as of equal desirability with more traditional arrangements. These new laws also imply penalties for public school personnel who may choose to speak out against these arrangements, and the possible threat of sanctions against clergy who preach Biblical ethical values if the pattern followed in Europe and Canada is instructive. They offer – at best – serious threats to freedom of both religion and speech in California. The Governor’s Prayer Team hosts conference calls each weekday at 5 AM and prays over these and other issues. They can be contacted at califgpt@gmail.com and at 530-870-6906.

In addition, Capitol Resource Family Impact – a lobbying and education group staffed by Christians – has begun a referendum process on these new laws. We do not normally involve ourselves in political issues – and we are not involved in this one in any direct way – but we do feel obligated to direct interested readers of this newsletter to Karen England for information or to become involved, if they so desire. Capitol Resource Family Impact is located at 660 J Street, Suite 250, in Sacramento. (Donations are not tax deductible.) Karen England may be contacted at kengland@capitolresource.org and more information may be obtained by calling Meredith Turney at 916-498-1940.

Popular worship leaders and singer-songwriters Brian and Jennifer Johnson are offering free downloads of two of their most popular songs – Where You Go I’ll Go and You Have Ravished My Heart. The songs can be downloaded at brianandjennjohnson.com for a limited time. The code 2freesongs must be used.

Christian music pioneers Bob Kilpatrick and Randy Stonehill offer a series of concerts to benefit the Harvest Network – a ministry that facilitates missionaries. The events will be held on Friday, November 23, at Paradise First Baptist Church (530-877-3532); Saturday, November 24, at Community Baptist Church in Red Bluff (530-527-4203); Sunday, November 25, at Woodland Bible Church (530-666-6045); and Monday, November 26, at Oroville Church of the Nazarene (530-533-7464). All concerts begin at 7 PM and there is no admission, although love offerings will be taken to benefit the Harvest Network.

UPCOMING PrayNorthstate EVENTS

PrayNorthState brings Building A House of Prayer: Some Assembly Required to Oceanview Baptist Church in Crescent City the weekend of February 8-10. Jim will make a January trip to Crescent City to seed vision for that event as well. The weekend conference seeks to help participants make unceasing prayer a lifestyle as natural as breathing. There is focus on prayer as ongoing conversation with God, but at least equal emphasis is given to pragmatic prayer for community transformation, healing, and seeking vision for personal and corporate life. Hands on experience is included at every step – along with tips about documenting and proclaiming results.

Prophetic Acts With Impact comes to the Pacific Northwest the weekend of February 15-16. The training for Paah-ho-ammi, Bible Reading Marathons, and Prayer Vanguard ministries is hosted by Word of His Grace Church in Seattle, Washington. The teaching will be offered in Henderson, North Carolina, the weekend of March 28-29. Watch the newsletter for more details.

Jim and Diana plan to travel to Fiji and New Zealand from February 21 through March 9. The purpose of this trip is to introduce the ministries of Teen Challenge to Fiji, and Carenet Pregnancy Centers to both nations – at the request of local leaders with whom we work. Dr. Ken Greenlee will be on the trip as well, to introduce Healing Rooms to Fiji. We ask prayer from all of you as we prepare for this extraordinary travel. At the same time, international travel is not included in the operating budget of PrayNorthState. Everyone reading our newsletter and feeling led to contribute to this mission is welcome to contact us for information or to make a donation. Contact info is on the back cover.

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.

ANNUAL APPEAL

As all of you know, we do not make appeals for funding throughout the year. The only time we cite the financial needs of this ministry is each November when we send a report of our activities and a request for pledges and one-time gifts for the upcoming year. It is that time again and our annual appeal and stewardship report will be out in the next two weeks. We ask that our people of prayer begin seeking the Lord now as to how He would call you to support us in 2008. Please consider not so much the needs, but the unique opportunity we represent to share what God is doing over radio and television, to call the Body to prayer in times of emergency – as in the wildfires – and in times of commitment – as in Paah-ho-ammi, National Day of Prayer, and the Bible Reading Marathons we facilitate, and the unique gifting of PrayNorthState for cooperating with and encouraging leaders and ministries to share with and up-build the Body.

Please pray for our leaders and media sponsors:

Please pray for PrayNorthstate’s Board: Jim and Diana Wilson, Dr. Andre Van Mol, Mollie Wilson, Charles Davidson, Charlie Harper, Bob Newell, and Frank DiSalvo. Pray for Exec. Assistant Elizabeth Peterson. Pray for Taylor Motors, Hue and Cry Security, Dr. Andre Van Mol, Redding Custom Home Theatre, Nicolet Glass, TriCord Marketing, Ron Largent and Keller Williams Realtors, Carl Van Dyke Allstate Insurance, Fox 30/Cable 2 TV, Crown Motors, Children First Foster Family Agency, Oregon Street Tea Company, Jim Wilson Motors, Gallagher’s Heating and Air, Furniture Depot, Dr. Scott Kremer, George Growney Motors, Mercy Medical Centers in Redding, and Dr. Todd Royse. Pray for Imago Dei Ministries, Carenet Pregnancy Centers and LifeLight Pregnancy Center.

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.

PRAYER FOCUS FOR FALL:

THE FIELDS ARE WHITE FOR HARVEST;

PRAY THE LORD OF THE HARVEST TO

SEND WORKERS INTO THE FIELDS.

PRAY EVERY DAY FOR THAT SOFTENING

OF THE SOIL OF OUR SPIRITS THAT

WILL ENCOURAGE DECISIONS FOR LIFE IN CHRIST