Dear People of the Northstate Vision:

We begin our eighth year of ministry in PrayNorthState on the heels of a banner 2007. The year past saw PrayNorthState Radio more than quadruple our coverage area – not bad for a program manned by volunteers that simply asks a couple of Christians each week what they do in the Lord and how that connects to their relationship with Him – while our TV ministry continues to span the NorthState. We ministered in Fiji, New Zealand and Scotland – teaching, praying, and coming alongside ministries there as we do here. The Bible Reading Marathon and Paah-ho-ammi were rousing (and documented) stories of the Lord’s glory and we saw hundreds healed and confessing Jesus wherever we served – locally and internationally. Jim’s book – Living As Ambassadors of Relationships – is out as you read this and his second is in the works – The Holy Spirit and the End Times – A Season of Unusual Miracles was completed in December and should be out in late 2008. We continued our usual pattern of assisting others in ministries from a single parent family festival to praying and walking schools and businesses.

It was not all glory-to-God stuff. The regional economy suffers even as we pray, there is drought on the land physically and spiritually as we see marriages flounder and scandal break out in the Body. Many churches that have looked for revival and transformation are circling their wagons and the political polarization of our land escalates. What can we do in 2008? We need to pray more, press in more, and practice His presence more than we ever have done. Jesus’ promise that when we come together His call to life will be heard in our midst (Ps. 133) is as relevant today as ever. Paul’s call to be not weary in well-doing (Gal. 6:9) because all things are valued only in light of Christ (Phil. 3:8) is right on! God is coming in 2008. Pray for it!
CURRENTPrayNorthstateEVENTS
• PrayNorthState Media – radio and TV – is calling January 2008 Culture of Life Month. The theme will also be observed in GodTalk (Red Bluff Daily News), which we coordinate. We are prompted by the anniversary of Roe v Wade that comes on January 22, but honestly our purpose is to praise God for the Culture of Life – which far transcends any legal or political issue – even one as fundamental as the right to life for the helpless ones of all ages – and which God is introducing in the Person of His Son and the manifestation of His Kingdom to a world soaked in the culture of death. We who believe and live in that light are the personification of that culture. Let us pray and repent.

WHAT THE COORDINATORS ARE UP TO
• Jim preaches Sundays at Copco Community Church in Montague on January 6 at 11:00 AM, River Valley Fellowship in Redding on January 13 at 6:00 PM, La Vida Nueva in Red Bluff on January 20 at 11:00 AM, and Oceanview Baptist Church in Crescent City on January 27, at 10:00 AM.
• Jim will offer speak and bless, and begin 2008 with the Lord’s Supper at Da Barn Youth Nightclub on Monday, December 31 at 11:00 PM. He facilitates the regional Pastors’ Prayer Summit at Richardson Springs with Pastors Ken Malone and Abe Huerta Monday through Wednesday, January 14-16. (Any pastors or spouses wanting to come should call 530-343-6006 for information or to register.) Jim and Diana will lead prayer teams to the state capitol and bless several regional businesses and schools with Prayer Vanguard in January.
• PrayNorthState is still seeking sponsors for our radio outreach into Butte, Sutter and Sacramento Counties on AM 1410 KMYC. Call if you can help.

PRAYNORTHSTATE RADIO and TV for DECEMBER

KLXR, KBLF and KNTK:
• 1/5 – Dr. Andre Van Mol and Ken Jones – Christian Med/Dental Association
• 1/12 – Wynette Sill – 40 Days Vigil for Life
• 1/19 – Natalie Jones, Birth Mom of Adoptee, and Linda Fruin, Foster Mom
• 1/26 – Sharon Blaine and Vickie Fitch – LifeLight Pregnancy Care Center

Fox 30:
• 1/7 – The Rev. Patrick Lee and John Ficker – 40 Days Vigil for Life
• 1/14 – Elizabeth Pierini and Joy Sanner – 40 Days Vigil for Life organizers
• 1/21 – Frank Agee and David Kim – Perspectives Missions Course
• 1/28 – The Rev. Ken Pfeiffer and Frank Agee – Harvest Mission Network

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

• Multiple ministries in the NorthState helped to ring in the Year of New Beginnings with special activities for young people. Samples include A Call to Worship in Yreka at the local YMCA. John Crovelle (best known for calling the men of the city to prayer) organized the event for the fourth year and keyed it to those who are not accustomed to – or comfortable in – a church. Special invitation was given to more experienced Christians of all ages to be there and stand with the young (in the faith) ones. In Redding, Generation 14 – a Christian hip hop group – organized a New Year’s Eve Party at Da Barn on Parkview Drive. Several bands offered various kinds of music – all of it to the Lord and for His glory – and the evening included prophecy, testimony, and the Supper of the Lord. There is no better way for the Church to party!

• The Apna Lounge is an internet gathering place located in the United Kingdom and devoted to offering freedom of association to young people whose traditions bind them into parentally arranged cross gender relationships. Conceived by a non-Christian Asian man, the lounge has become an effective crusader for Christ by the simple tactic of telling the nation that Asians and Middle Easterners are not at all offended by emphasizing Jesus in Christmas. Their campaign – based on blessing and truth-telling without aggression – has been so successful that Members of Parliament have resumed sending Christian Christmas cards after a long hiatus. We often ask our prayer warriors to pray for the UK – please pray for and imitate the Apna Lounge – and pray for the Son of God to introduce Himself to the founder.

• Capitol Resource Family Impact – Christian staffed – has begun a referendum process seeking the reversal of new state laws (effective January 2008) that mandate the promotion of same-sex unions in public schools. For information or to become involved, contact Capitol Resource Family Impact at 660 J Street, Suite 250, in Sacramento. (Donations are not tax deductible.) Karen England leads this drive and may be contacted at kengland@capitolresource.org and more information may be obtained by calling Meredith Turney at 916-498-1940.

• LifeLight, a Redding based ministry of compassionate care for women in crisis pregnancies, opens their new location on December 1 and hosts an Open House on Sunday, January 20, from 2-4 PM. Their new address is 2919 Bechelli Lane – next to A-1 Smog – and the phone is 530-222-5200. They can also be reached at lifelight@snowcrest.net. The opening follows a year-long search for a new and larger facility after their Cypress Avenue landlord announced plans to sell the building; it also fulfills a long-time passion to be located in the Enterprise area of Redding. God is great and God is good!

• The Annual Pastors’ Prayer Summit – sponsored by the pastors of the Chico hub – will be held from Monday, January 14, through Wednesday, January 16, at the YWAM base at Richardson Springs – just outside Chico. There us a $75.00 registration fee to cover food and lodging and some scholarships are available at need. The summit begins at 1 PM on Monday and ends just before lunch on Wednesday. It is a time to spend with the Lord and with brother and sister pastors – nothing but prayer and worship and fellowship is on the agenda! Call 530-343-6006 x2110 for information or to register. Jim will facilitate this year alongside Pastors Ken Malone and Abe Huerta.

• Sierra Ministries International conducts a Healing Ministry Training at the Celtic Cross Presbyterian Church in Citrus Heights. The event is led by the Rev. Dan Prout and will run from Friday, January 25, through Saturday, January 26. Call 530-478-1478, e-mail sierraministries@nccn.net, or call the church at 916-967-1414 for info or to register. The event teaches the Healing Rooms model of ministry and has been well received around the region. There is a $40.00 registration fee per person; reduced by half for youth aged 14-24.

• Redding’s Bethel Church a writers’ workshop, Writing Unto the Glory, from Monday, January 28, through Wednesday, January 30. Featured speakers include Best Selling Authors Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton; and Journalist/Editors Julia Loren and Terry Lea. Workshops will be presented by Screen Writer Bob Jamison, Children’s writers Deborah Reed and Kimberly Shaw, and Editor Christy Russell – among others. The workshop offers practical tips to writers who would give God glory by telling pieces of His story. There is a $90.00 registration fee and information or registration is available at ibethel.org or 530-246-6000.

• Perspectives is a college level course in activating the Great Commission. The weekly course begins January 27- 29 and covers the history of missions, the Bible on missions, and practical techniques of church planting, mission, and support of missionaries. It makes the case that our neighborhoods are the mission field as much as any foreign land. The course is held in three simultaneous Northstate locations. Call Russell Weisner (530-514-2109) for Chico; David Williams (530-547-3514) for Redding; or Frank Agee (530-877-1017) for Chico to get info on fees and locations or to register.

• Jesus Culture returns to the Redding Convention Center on Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2. Featured speakers are Dutch Sheets and Banning Liebscher, with worship led by Chris Quilala, Kim Walker, and Melissa Wise. There is a $35.00 registration fee and registration is through Melissa (call 530-246-6000) or at encounter@jesusculture.org. The event will equip and offer hands-on experience to young people in effective street ministry and reaching their peers with the Kingdom and Culture of King Jesus. The event began as a vision of Youth Pastor Banning Liebscher and has spread to eight world-wide locations.

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. The weekend conference shows participants how to 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. Call the church at 707-464-2825 for information or to register.

• 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 Bothell, Washington. Jim will also be teaching on themes covered in his book, Living as Ambassadors of Relationships, in Vancouver, British Columbia, earlier in that week. (Watch newsletter for details) To participate in the Prophetic Acts event call the church at 425-424-3801 for info or to register.

• Jim and Diana 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. 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. Call us at 530-941-3470 or e-mail at praynorthstate@charter.net. Our mailing address is P. O. Box 493743, Redding, CA 96049-3743.

• Prophetic Acts With Impact will be offered in Oroville at Jordan Crossing Ministries on Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, from 7:00 to 9:30 on Friday and from 8:30 to 5:00 on Saturday. Watch the newsletter for details.

• Jim and Diana will share pulpit and platform with Australian prophetess and evangelist Sheena Ryan when they teach on Prophetic Acts With Impact June 6-8 at Ardent Faith Ministries in Huntersville, North Carolina. The event will teach about coordinated and targeted prayer for a community as per Paah-ho-ammi, speaking the Word of God over communities as per Bible Reading Marathons, and the importance of onsite-with-insight prayer as per Prayer Vanguard. Call Pastor Jeffrey Watson at 704-948-4545 for info or registration.

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.
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, and Bob Newell. Pray for Exec. Assistant Elizabeth Peterson. Pray for Taylor Motors, Hue and Cry Security, 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, Western Business Products, Gallagher’s Heating and Air, 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, 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 WINTER:
THAT GOD WOULD BREAK DROUGHT WITH
CLEANSING RAIN AND STAY THE SANTA ANA WINDS;
THAT HE WOULD BRING HEALING TO THE ECONOMY
AND PROVISION TO MINISTRIES OF THE CULTURE OF LIFE; AND THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST WOULD PRAY WITH THE AUTHORITY AND FAITHFULNESS TO WHICH WE ARE CALLED