Dear People of the Northstate Vision:

Just the other day a bookstore owner complained of a neck so stiff she could not turn her head. Jim prayed and it was healed before he could get to his car; she came out of the store to praise God. Three employees at the Redding Sears requested prayer while Jim was looking for some merchandise. A mother tells Jim of a visible Jesus and a couple of angels visiting her son after prayer from a distance; the son is now pain free. The Lord reveals a grandiose vision to a congregation that never before knew dreams and visions and members are now praying for one another and seeing God move in each others’ bodies. Still another congregation in drought stricken Texas gathered the community to prayer for rain after a PrayNorthState conference and saw rain come within a day of each meeting. This season of miracles escalates in unlikely places – praise God!

The dark season also advances. A church in San Leandro, California, buys a property and the city forbids religious activities on the property. Proposals keep surfacing in states to collect gasoline taxes by tracking vehicles; Homeland Security stands by its alert identifying Christians and pro-life people as potential terrorists; the President declares that government and God partner in life and death health decisions. All of the above raise the spectre of restriction or elimination of the free exercise guarantee in our constitution and opens the way for persecuting people of faith in the US. Such persecution is already going on in democratic nations that permit – for example – gay marriage; pastors are jailed for speaking Biblical truth.

The good news is that God’s season wins, but He is adamant that the Body stand by and with Him. That means rising to draw the prodigals home now.
CURRENTPrayNorthstateEVENTS

• PrayNorthState offers Praying Home the Prodigals at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship in Crescent City from Friday, September 11, through Saturday, September 12. Call Pastor Scott Ratzloff at 707-218-5141 for information. We offer this harvest preparing event at St. James’ Anglican Cathedral in Fresno from Friday, September 25, through Saturday, September 26. Call Dean Carlos Raines at 559-222-3721 for information. Praying Home is a walking out of Luke 10:2 – the fields are white for harvest; let the workers come forth. Participants learn to make warfare by honor and to release bindings on their own hearts that compromise the impact of their witness in this special season of favor for miracle and decision – we believe there has never been a better time in which to serve Christ.

• PrayNorthState Radio and TV has impacted the NorthState for Christ for the past eight and a half years. Our radio broadcasts are heard weekly on KBLF Red Bluff; KLXR Redding; and KNTK Mt. Shasta and Yreka. Our television program is seen Monday Mornings throughout the region on Fox 20. We have enjoyed tremendous favor over the years, but right now we are in serious need of new sponsors if our programming is to continue. Business persons or anyone wishing to serve the Lord as a sponsor of Christian broadcasting in a secular venue are encouraged to call us at 530-941-3470 or e-mail praynorthstate@charter.net for information about this opportunity.

• If you would like to book any of the teaching events we do – from Praying Home to Seeding the Future to Prophetic Acts With Impact or Building A House of Prayer – call 530-941-3470 or e-mail praynorthstate@charter.net.

PRAYNORTHSTATE RADIO and TV for SEPTEMBER

KLXR, KBLF and KNTK:
• 9/5-6 – Frank Agree – Perspectives on the World Christian Movement
• 9/12-13 – Ron and Patty Plumb – Teen Challenge 35th Anniversary
• 9/19-20 – Don Upham – Author of In Favor of the Saints
• 9/26-27 – Jim Nielsen and Doug LaMalfa – Current/Former Assemblymen

Fox 30:
• 9/7 – Ben Ogilvie and Catherine Millard – Freedom Tours
• 9/14 – Ron and Patty Plumb – Teen Challenge 35th Anniversary
• 9/21 – Will and Karen Bishop – Grads of Perspectives Ministry Course
• 9/28 – Kate Eifert – School of Supernatural Ministry Graduate

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 AND BEYOND

• We congratulate Susie Rodriguez of Redding; she won the raffle for a week’s vacation or retreat at His Haven Refuge in Brookings, Oregon. Go Susie!

• Oroville is on the map on Sunday of Labor Day Weekend – September 6 – when Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill perform in concert at Oroville’s Riverbend Park. This is their only west coast show in 2009 and admission is free. Seating is limited and can be reserved at classicchristianconcerts.com.

• Mom’s in Touch International is a ministry of faith and faithfulness – the moms simply unite to pray for and bless (in tangible ways) the schools in their communities. They have been active in the NorthState – and PrayNorthState is proud to partner with them – for a quarter century, meeting each week for prayer. They will host a coffee for all interested – moms or not – with kids in school or not – on Saturday, September 12, at 11 AM. They want to start new groups wherever the interest and faith are present; they want to support and encourage all who come out. Call Carolee at 530-224-9024.

• Also on Saturday, September 12, Randy Thomas of Exodus International will keynote God’s Grace and the Homosexual Next Door. The annual conference of Imago Dei Ministries will be held at Redding First Naz Church from 9-4 at 2225 Bechelli Lane in Redding. Call 530-223-0454 for information. Thomas will also be the speaker at services for Redding First on Sunday, September 13. There is a registration fee of $50.00 for attendance.

• Teen Challenge International celebrated fifty years of ministry – the most effective recovery ministry in history – in 2008. This year they celebrate thirty-five years in the northern valley of California – and that means Redding and the region for which we are the hub. The annual banquet features Nicky Cruz, the gang leader who met the Lord and launched (with David Wilkerson) Teen Challenge and whose story is told in The Cross and the Switchblade. Locations include Redding’s Holiday Inn (September 17), Yuba City’s Best Western Inn (September 18) and Sacramento’s Radisson Hotel (September 19). Tickets are $35.00 per person and info is available at 800-437-1919.

• Campus Awakening is a ministry growing out of the Jesus Culture movement. The student ministry comes to Neighborhood Church of Chico on September 18 and 19 to train and equip students and youth pastors to take their campuses for Christ. There is a cost of $10.00 per person. Visitors from out of town are invited to camp out on Friday Night on the church campus. Speakers include Jesus Culture founder Banning Liebscher, Charles Rigby, and Zack Curry. Register online at ncchicoevents.org or call 530-342-6006.

• The first regional expression of a statewide series of Sacred Assemblies will be held on Saturday, September 19, (the Jewish Feast of Rosh Hashanah) from 10 AM to 10 PM. Located at Impact Church, 8330 Brady Lane in Roseville, the event is a gathering of Christians of all backgrounds and traditions who love California and are willing to pray for her. Contact www.impactchurch.info. There is no charge for participation. The assemblies have a four-fold purpose: to pray and fast for the state, and seek God’s face and blessing; to birth houses of prayer in the hub communities of the state; to link the houses and support them in terms of 24/7 prayer; and to establish houses of prayer within a thirty-minute drive of every home in California.

• The Christian Business Men’s Connection – a ministry of evangelism and support for the business community – offers the annual Gold Scramble and Barbecue on Friday, September 25, at the Lake Redding Golf Course with a noon check-in, followed by lunch. Donnie Pauling, a former producer of porn films who met the Lord, will keynote the event. Tickets are available for $25.00 per person and reservations should be made by calling 530-223-4075. Prizes and lunch are included. Anyone needing a golf cart must call 530-243-5531 in addition to the reservation call.

• Outreach America will give away one hundred bicycles at the Tehama District Fair in Red Bluff on Saturday, September 26. Pro BMX riders Jon Greer and friends will be featured at the outreach event. There is no charge beyond admission to the fair for participation. Call Treva at Outreach America (530-222-3083) to donate bicycles or participate as a member of the event prayer staff.

• FaithWorks Coalition and Francis Court Transitional Housing announce their first annual fundraising banquet and graduation ceremony. Francis Court is a ministry of twelve family apartments built on faith in which families can continue to learn independent skills and dependence on the Lord. The ministry celebrates four years of service to the homeless population – bringing them to stability and freedom as they move on to permanent housing. Tickets are $20.00 per person; there is a silent auction at 6:30 PM; the dinner and program begin at 7:30 PM and the event is held on Saturday, October 3. Call 530-242-1492 for tickets or information.

• Redding Transformation continues its three dimensional project under the rubric of Safety Net – a ministry of transforming neighborhoods that has won public grant support. MyWatch is a neighborhood based networking program aiming to improve the health and safety of specific neighborhoods through connecting neighbors; Project 18 is a mentoring program for teens as they leave the juvenile justice system; and Safe Transitions provides temporary homes for battered and abused mothers and their children. Call 530-222-9371 or go to safetynetcommunity.net for information.

• B & T Satellite and Redding Home Theatre has offered a $100.00 donation to PrayNorthState following each purchase of a sound system. Call 530-510-8101.
UPCOMING PrayNorthState EVENTS

• The Miracle of Inner Healing will be presented for the Order of St. Luke in Sacramento on Saturday, October 3. The event takes place at Peace Presbyterian Church in Elk Grove from 9-5; call 916-684-8100 for info.

• Praying Home the Prodigals comes to Cornerstone Fellowship in Anderson October 9-10 (call 530-355-1725); and to River Rock Fellowship in Reno, Nevada, October 16-17 (call 530-587-8549). We will offer a variation of Praying Home titled Recovering Our Great Commission Identity at Christ The Good Shepherd Anglican Church in Henderson, Nevada, October 30-31 (call 702-250-6678.) This variation is more tailored for a liturgical culture.

• When Seasons Collide is a new PrayNorthState teaching series that includes themes like Unprecedented Favor; Breaking the Power Paradigm; A Runaway Freight Train; and Three Amigos – Elijah, John the Baptist, and Barnabas. It is designed for this special season. Call us at 530-941-3470 or e-mail praynorthstate@charter.net for details.

• Everything we know about revival and transformation are in the pages of The Holy Spirit and the End Times. All we have to offer on reconciliation – the pre-requisite for transformation – is found in Living as Ambassadors of Relationships. The books sell for $16.00, but we are offering the set – in this season – for $25.00. Prices include taxes, although a $5.00 shipping charge is added to shipped orders. Jim has guested on nationally syndicated radio programs The Truth Uncovered, The Frank Pastore Show, and Bytes. Holy Spirit and the End Times has also been translated into Indonesian; these books are hot.

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 addresses the Christian Business Fellowship in Yuba City on Tuesday, September 1 at Noon. Prayer Vanguard comes to the Grilla Bites Restaurant in the Downtown Mall on September 10, after blessing Redding Senior Apartments on September 9. There will be two other vanguards on undisclosed ministries as well as our monthly trip to the state capitol.

• Jim preaches for Sunday services at Lighthouse Community Church in Crescent City on September 13, and at St. James’ Anglican Cathedral in Fresno on September 27.

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 Linda Hartman. Pray for Taylor Motors, Perry’s Tree Service, Redding Custom Home Theatre, Nicolet Glass, Fox 30/Cable 2 TV, Crown Motors, Belongie Entertainment Enterprises, Curves of Redding and Anderson, Children First Foster Family Agency, Gallagher’s Heating and Air, Dr. Scott Kremer, Corning Ford, Method 3 AM, Mercy Medical Centers, and Dr. Todd Royse’s Chiropractic First Healing Services. Pray for Imago Dei Ministries, Carenet Pregnancy Centers, Bethany Christian Services, Spyglass, 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 WE ACCEPT THE SEASON OF UNUSUAL FAVOR
AND ACT ON IT – IN JOY, SERVICE, AND TURNING;
THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES
WITHOUT IN ANY WAY FEARING OR FOCUSING ON DANGER;
THAT WE WOULD SEEK HIS FACE, HIS FOCUS, AND HIS
PURPOSES IN OUR LIVES FAITHFULLY AND EXPECTANTLY