Included in the photo are: front row (Cindy & Vincent Escandell, Wayne Lott, Dee Seifert, Judy Miller, AnnaMarie & Willie Peterson), back row (Blake McDaniel, Roy & Margaret Fitzwater, Steve Stahl), not pictured (Jen Howat, Kathy McDaniel, Cheryl Stahl). The Escandells recently joined our team and serve in Louisiana. Jen also recently joined our team and serves in Oklahoma. Dee, Judy, Wayne, the McDaniels, the Petersons, and the Stahls all serve in Texas.
I am praying daily for new NCM staff, primarily in their 30s and 40s, to join with our team of seasoned servants. I am also praying for a Hispanic couple to join our team to better serve the growing number of Spanish speaking churches in our region. There are two top 5 cities in our region (DFW – 6.8 million and Houston – 6.3 million). There are five additional cities (Austin, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Tulsa) of a million or more. And five more cities (Baton Rouge, El Paso, Fayetteville, Little Rock, McAllen) of 500 thousand or more. I am asking God for a NCM staff presence in all 12 of these key cities, and for a strong team in DFW and Houston to effectively serve many hundreds of churches of all sizes and theological bents in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Judy Miller wonderfully hosted our time together in her home in Cedar Park. We had good time together as a team in the Scriptures, sharing from our personal lives and ministries, and interacting over good meals. We also received some helpful training called “deep dive”. This training was designed to enhance our skills as certified coaches in our work with local church leaders toward NCM’s goal of helping create a culture of outreach and disciplemaking in the local churches we serve.
