The Rev. Jim and Diana Wilson, Coordinators

Dear People of the Northstate Vision:

As we get into the serious side of summer there are multiple crises in the NorthState. They are of several types but the solution is the same. There are still hundreds of fires burning in California and thousands of heroic men and women fighting them. God has provided mild wind conditions and often doused fires at the ignition point – we need to seek God for radical blessing even as we thank Him for the firefighters. Likewise, the economy in the state is showing signs of revival even as hundreds of new layoffs and closures are announced – God has not given us a spirit of fear and we need to seek His face at the same time we step out in faith and behave as though the economy were booming along. Our Father owns the cattle on a thousand hills and there is a world that needs our witness to that reality.

The most protracted prayer battle we face is political on its face and deeply spiritual at its core. The November ballot will feature an initiative to amend the California Constitution so that marriage is again sanctioned exclusively as between a man and a woman. We believe the political battle will be won as most Californians know instinctively that marriage has a shape and that all will suffer when that shape is denied. But the spiritual battle – the more important of the two – will be much more difficult. Will we decide that we have “had enough” of activist judges and radical political agendas and erupt in a backlash? Or will we walk the path of Our Lord Jesus who declares (in Mark 10:6-9) that marriage between a man and a woman is of the very fabric of creation? This Jesus died and rose for those with whom He agrees and disagrees. This Jesus speaks out for real marriage even as His heart breaks for the sexually broken. We need to pray for a corporate affirmation of His love even as we stand for His truth. We need to pray daily starting now.

CURRENTPrayNorthstateEVENTS

* PrayNorthState’s Prophetic Acts With Impact seminars will be presented in Wellington and Rotorua, New Zealand when Jim goes on mission to Fiji and New Zealand from July 15 through August 11. (The events will be held on July 18 and 19 and July 25 and 26.) Diana will remain in California and coordinate the prayer team of some sixty special Christians who hold up the mission and the outreach in Vatawaqa around the clock. Jim will also lead a pastors’ conference in Suva, Fiji, on Saturday, August 9. The conference will focus on Prophetic Intercession and Praying Home the Prodigals. These events are offered without charge, but not without cost. Please pray for the team in both nations and for Ken Greenlee who leads the Fiji outreach. Donations to the PrayNorthState special travel fund – are deeply appreciated.
* PrayNorthState coordinates prayer for the November ballot initiative on marriage in Shasta, Tehama, Trinity, and Siskiyou Counties. Meetings for worship and prayer will be held at Yreka Methodist Church (5 PM, Sunday, July 6) and Weaverville Nazarene Church (6 PM, Sunday, July 13). All people of prayer are invited and other meetings will be announced.

PRAYNORTHSTATE RADIO and TV for JULY-AUGUST

KLXR, KBLF and KNTK:

* 7/5-6 – Barbara Lund – Missionary to Africa
* 7/12-13 – Mike and Linda Hurley – Christian Financial Counselors
* 7/19-20 – Robert Wigington and Rich Potillor – The Lot
* 7/26-7 – Dean and Michelle Adams – From Publishing to Policing
* 8/2-3 – Dennis and Anita Flom – The Two Pillars
* 8/9-10 – Reid and Kathy Stangenberg – Active Photography
* 8/16-17 – Dr. Terry Walling – Center for Transformation Studies
* 8/23-4 – Deborah Parmely and Leslie Montana – Village Schoolhouse Toys
* 8/30-31 – Deborah Parmely and Leslie Montana – Partnering With God

Fox 30:

* 7/7 – Kimberly Berry and Susan McFadyen – Back to School Project
* 7/14 – Kim Harmon and Raina Pendleton – Get Real Worship
* 7/21 – Ken Hayes and Kendra Meade – Praying With People We Meet
* 7/28 – Kim and Mary Andersson – School of the Spirit
* 8/4 – Brad Dacus and Kevin Snider – Pacific Legal Foundation
* 8/11 – Brad Dacus and Kevin Snider – Pacific Legal Foundation
* 8/18 – Terry Walling and Pat Lilly – Center for Transformation Studies
* 8/25 – Pastor Dave Honey and Ken White – Good News Rescue Mission

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

* Chef Cal DeMercurio will provide a multiple course gourmet feast to help fund the next PrayNorthState ministry trip to Fiji and New Zealand – July 15 through August 12. The event includes a new video of the work in Fiji, music from a jazz combo, and is hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church on Hilltop Drive in Redding and is scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 PM on Thursday, July 10. A $50.00 donation is asked and reservations are a must. All of the proceeds will benefit the special travel fund of PrayNorthState. Call 530-941-3470 for reservations or e-mail us at praynorthstate@charter.net.

* The seventh annual A Day in the Son is held on Sunday, July 6, at Mt. Shasta City Park from 10:30 AM to 5 PM. Food, music and fun is free – along with prayer and praise and worship. This is the Body coming together for worship in the center of the community – as it should be. Contact wildenworks@nctv.com if you can help set up and break down – but come our regardless.

* Dr. Alveda King – niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an on-fire Christian with whom Jim has had the privilege of shared prayer – will speak in Sacramento on July 10-11 at the Sacramento Life Center’s “Speaking for Life” series. Dr. King will also minister prayer and encouragement while the warriors for life pray at a Sacramento abortion clinic. Contact sacramentohelpers.org for more information. This is the group that has kept vigil at clinics for many months and is lobbying the state legislature to eliminate the $33 million in the state budget that funds free abortions through MediCal.

* Redding Pastors Kim and Mary Andersson will teach at the Chico Prayer House on prophetic impartation on Sunday, July 13, at 6 PM. They will also be hosting the Director of MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries and Churches Tom Hardiman as he speaks and facilitates a prophetic roundtable. The Prayer House is located at 3851 Morrow Lane, #7, in Chico.

* Get Real Worship operates a summer camp for all ages from July 14 through August 15. The location is Redding’s River City Church and leaders will train participants in whatever worship arts God is calling from them – from choir to drama to dance to writing to making crafts and offering them to God. The cost for the camp is $125.00 per person and a faculty from across the Body has been assembled. Contact worship leader Kim Harmon at 530-247-0435 or e-mail getrealworship@att.net. This is for taking our worship to the streets or wherever we find ourselves in Christ!

* The Lot returns to the Dairy Queen Parking Lot from 7-10 PM on July 18, August 15, and September 19. The evangelistic event includes live bands and a DJ, inflatable games, 3on3 Basketball, and a skatepark. The list of sponsoring ministries is too long to print here, but the event(s) are the fruit of a great cross-section of the Body on each third Friday of the summer months. No charge.

* Redding’s Bethel Church plans multiple across-the-Body events in July and August beginning with the return of Jesus Culture to the Redding Convention Center from July 30 through August 1. This semi annual event sends hundreds of young people into the streets to serve the needs of the people they meet and declare the Kingdom. Anyone wondering about the health of the Genesis Generation should attend Jesus Culture and see what God is up to with them. Speakers this year include founding Pastor Banning Liebscher, Church Planter Paul Goulet, and leader of The Ramp Karen Wheaton. There is a $50.00 registration fee before July 16. Contact jesusculture.org or call 530-246-6000.

* In August Bethel sponsors the Children’s Leaders Transformation School with Children’s Pastor Deborah Reed; School Principal Don Mayer; Pre-School Pastor Deanna Warner; and Director of Kingdom Kids Ministry School Laura Griffis from August 5-8 at the College View Drive church campus in Redding. Judith D’Amico (Abba’s Child Learning Center Directress) and SOZO leader Sue Elliott will also lead the event. Contact laurag@ibethel.org or call 530-246-6000, x1433 for information or to register. Tuition is $500.00 for this one.

* The Bethel School of the Prophets returns to Redding August 12-15 with Kris Vallotton, Dan McCollam, and Nancy Cobb carrying the teaching duties. Register on line at ibethel.org.

* Family Christian Center in Orangevale brings Revival Fire Kids Camp to the Springs of Living Water (Chico) campus from July 30 through August 1. The cost is $225.00. The camp is directed by Pastors Matthew and Siobhan Oliver, Pastor Meadow Bailey, and speakers include Pastors Dan Herrera and Mike Garman. Contact the church at 916-988-6606 or at www.riverlife.net.

* The Lighthouse of Victory Ladies Ministry hosts a women’s spiritual advance event from August 8-10 at Camp Alta in the Sierra Nevada. There is a cost of $160.00 for the weekend and the retreat is led by Pastor Fonda Hinkle. Keynoters include Noreen Jacks, author of Promises from the Olive Tree; and the Rev. Jeana Flory, leader of Crown Him His Glory Ministry. For information contact timothy@comeanswerthecall.com.

* The Chico based Center for Transformation Studies announces their Fall class schedule as of August 4. Classes will actually begin in September and the Body is invited to a preview event on September 13-15. For information contact Director Terry Walling at 530-891-8285 or go to www.cftstudies.org.

* Lou Engle is known nationally for events known as The Call. These events have gathered praying young people in major cities all over the nation to pray for revival and repentance in the nation. He calls for a gathering in Washington DC from August 14-16. Contact thecall.com for information.

UPCOMING PrayNorthState EVENTS

* The Fall Season is already quite full for PrayNorthState. We will teach Prophetic Acts With Impact at Willow Creek Community Church on September 5-6 and at Jesus Christ Fellowship in Middletown (Lake County) on September 19-20. Contact Pastor Emil at Willow Creek (530-629-2055) or Pastor Jeff at Jesus Christ Fellowship (707-987-9082) for information on these events. All are offered on Friday Evenings from 7-9 PM and Saturdays from 8:30 to 5 PM. There is no charge for attendance and love offering are taken for the benefit of PrayNorthState. These events train participants for

* We introduce a new teaching series this Fall titled Praying Home the Prodigals that is based entirely on Living As Ambassadors of Relationships. The maiden voyage of the six week course at Redding’s Bethel Church begins on Wednesday, October 29, at 7 PM and continues through December 17. The class will be adapted to a weekend format and taught at All Saints Anglican Church during their congregational retreat September 12-14 in Bakersfield, and again at a clergy retreat at the ECCO Conference Center near Yosemite National Park. All are welcome to the Bethel class regardless of church connection; the clergy and retreat offerings are by invitation only at this time. We look forward to teaching the course in a number of venues and there is no charge. Call us for info or to book.

* Building A House of Prayer will be offered at Arcata First Baptist Church on October 17 and 18. Prophetic Acts With Impact will be taught at River Rock Fellowship in Truckee on October 24 and 25. Watch for details.

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 THE COORDINATORS ARE UP TO

* Jim preaches Sundays at Copco Community Church in Montague on July 6 at 11 AM and on that evening at Yreka Methodist Church at 5 PM, and at Weaverville Nazarene at 6 PM on July 13. (The evening meetings are intended to organize prayer for the marriage amendment on November’s ballot.) He preaches at the Samoan Assemblies of God in Naenae, New Zealand, on July 20, and at Maori Presbyterian Church in Rotorua, New Zealand – on July 27. He will speak at multiple TBA locations in Auckland during the following week, and at Nadawa Assemblies of God in Suva, Fiji, on August 3. Jim will preach at three revival meetings at Nadawa Assembly during the week of August 3 and at a TBA location on August 10 before returning to California. Jim and Diana are seriously hoping to take the balance of August as vacation before charging back in September for more of whatever God has in store.

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 for our newest board member, Linda Hartman. 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, Gallagher’s Heating and Air, Dr. Scott Kremer, Corning Ford, Mercy Medical Centers, St. Elizabeth’s Hostpital, Red Bluff, 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 SUMMER:

THAT GOD WOULD INFORM AND DIRECT THE ELECTORAL

PROCESS IN THIS LATE HOUR OF OUR HISTORY AND BRING

JUSTICE FOR THE HELPLESS – ESPECIALLY THOSE PRE-BORN AND WOUNDED BY DRUGS, VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL

TRAUMA OR CONFUSION – BY REFORMING OUR COURTS AND LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM AND RESURRECTING OUR HEARTS