Arrived in Hyde, Manchester Area last night. Staying with Simon Richards who has a vision see Church Planting Movements in each of the 7 cities along the M62 Corridor: Liverpool, Salford, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield and Hull.

We’re going to spend the next 2 days discussing strategy and seeking God’s plans! How Exciting!

I’m currently up in the North West. Spending a lot of time in the Liverpool area. Then going up to the Manchester area at the beginning of next week.

We are involved in lots of outreach and evangelism in Netherton (Liverpool) and other local estates and areas.

The outreach includes prayer on the streets, healing and miracle evening meetings, youth outreach bus (with internet access and free tea and cakes), Kids Klubs and coffee mornings

Just met with Jim+Irene in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire. They began meeting as a simple/house church with a few others over 10 years ago.

As time has gone by, people have moved away and others have moved on.

They are currently seeking God afresh for His vision for the people and places they are a part of.

Today we talked about a vision for the nearby towns of Ilkeston and Longeaton.  We also explored the Pioneer Pattern found in Matt 10

I am excited about what God is going to do in this area in 2010!

This trip (21st-29th Sept 09) consisted mainly of coaching others to start churches and encouraging the vision for church-planting across the County.

Travelled 369 miles

Looking forward to seeing all that God will accomplish through obedient disciples in this area!

Went out with Ben Taylor on Monday. We prayer walked Ilchester, Langport and Somerton (Somerset, South West).

We prayed that the Lord of the Harvest would Send out Workers, Planters, Evangelists.

We also prayed that God would open doors for effective work and help us to find People of Peace and see new communities of Christ (churches) formed.

We visited a Person of Peace in Somerton and spent a bit of time coaching that person in gathering his friends for a group to start

Ben and I spent some time discussion church planting principles and practices and a vision to see a multiplying movement of church planting across Somerset

9 of us (Mike and Sarah Chard, Johnny+Sue Paisley, Julian+Wendy Fisher, Ken+Maureene Rose and Me) met today at Johnny+Sue Paisleys Home in Butleigh, Glastonbury, Somerset, South West.

Johnny+Sue

In the morning we explored the Pioneer Pattern found in Matthew 10

We had Bring+Share Lunch

In the Afternoon we explored ‘Start a Church in Your Home, Work or Leisure’

And ‘What is Church?’

We ended the day asking the question ‘What is the NEXT STEP of obedience Jesus is leading you into?’

and then into prayer and prophetic ministry

Ben Taylor, Johnny Paisley and me (Peter Farmer) went over to meet Mark Cutliffe in Chepstow. (bordering Wales and England)

Mark, Ben, Johnny

We had lattes and chatted about seeing Christ-Centred Communities planted among the Celtic Peoples of Britain.

Mark talked about ‘Sketes’ (Celtic type missional communties formed around principles of hospitality, living-in-community, sharing everything in common, care for creation, prayer and mission. Often someone would move into an area and begin to pray…other people would come and live in the same house or area and share everything in common and a community would emerge)

Travelling down to Somerset today to meet friends involved in simple church and others incarnational and pioneer mission (I will keep you informed of what’s going on through these posts)

Please Pray For:

• Safe Travel
• Strengthening and Encouragement for the churches
• Revelation, wisdom, knowledge
• God’s Will to be Done

Just got back from inter-mission trip to South Wales!

Very inspiring learning of the Welsh Revivals over the past centuries and about pioneer prophets, preachers and planters that God has used in the past.

It’s great to meet people today, some who are praying for revival, some who are evangelising the towns and villages of Wales and others who are planting simple churches that meet in homes and cafes

I travelled 690 miles

Passed through quite a few places on the South Wales M4 Corridor

REVIVE WALES JESUS!

I’ve found this website thanks to a comment left by Ceri McDade. It’s so encouraging to find people praying for a spiritual awakening in Wales!

Wales has been a land of Revivals as decribed in some of my recent posts!

God has used Prophets, Preachers and Planters to spread the fire after an initial awakening. (though at the time the people who God used would perhaps not use those descriptions to identify themselves)

Do it again Jesus! In our time and generation, perform signs and wonders, set apart powerful preachers, prophets and planters and let all the saints move in mission, the gifts of the Spirit and the fire of God!