Pillar Church of Crestview (Alex & Kate Chatman, Noah & Mahala Clifton)
– Praise the Lord that they celebrated their church’s 2nd birthday on Nov 9th! They are blown away by God’s faithfulness and His kindness. Praying for the amazing things God has in store next year for them!
– They are asking the Lord to use their church in big ways this next year! They are asking the Lord to see 12 baptisms in 2026. The Lord has flung open the doors with the Chaplins and they have invited them in to partner with them closely, please pray for the Lord to use Pillar Crestview in the lives of the military service members and their families! They’ve had and are having several outreach events over the last quarter of the year and they’ve already started to see some visitors come as a result! So please join them in praying for fruit and salvations!
-They will spend the majority of 2026 studying the Gospel of Luke, please be in prayer for the Lord to use this time in His Word to bear fruit in the lives of the church and individual families!
– The Clifton will be welcoming their first child (boy) in February 2026! Please be praying for them as their lives change, for them to honor the Lord in parenting and the new season of life and marriage. Please be in prayer for Mahala’s health and for baby boy’s health, so far so good!
– Noah will be graduating with his BA in December and starting his MDiv in 2026. Please pray for strength and for this transition!
Pillar Church of Norfolk (Carey & Erin Julien, Jonathan & Quemeka Rivera)
– Please pray for Pillar Norfolk about discipling the group of new believers that the Lord has brought into their care.
– Join them in praying according to John 20:30-31, “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”, their sermon series memory verse. They want to continue experiencing Jesus in powerful ways through the gospel of John.
– Please pray for Pillar Norfolk with new ministry endeavors on the horizon
– Please pray for them as they follow God as a church through the upcoming holiday season and rest rhythms.
– Praise God with them as they are inheriting a church building and assets from Brentwood Baptist Church!
– Pray with Pillar Norfolk as they move forward with the replant to the new location.
– Pray with their pastoral team for the undershepherding of the saints that are going to be transitioning from Brentwood Baptist Church to Pillar Norfolk and the saints of Pillar Norfolk in this new season of merging churches.
– Pray for the Rivera family as Jonathan retires from the Navy after 27 years of service and transitions to civilian life, and for the LORD’s guidance for their lives after the military.