• A global research project for the Jesus Film, helping them determine what direction to head from here, now that their flagship media product is more than 30 years old.
• Conversations with Campus Crusade’s vice-president for “Leader-Led Movements” (city- and community-based ministries working with and through leaders) on how we might be able to contribute to their progress
• Conversations also with BreakPoint and Southern Evangelical Seminary, on the possibility of partnering with them to help with their strategic outreach efforts.
• New blogging, at First Things: Evangel.

Jonathan is working as a magician at Busch Gardens this summer, and Lisa just got home from a most excellent experience at a young people’s Christian conference in Pennsylvania.

The plan after that: work as a magician at Busch Gardens this summer, and then Thomas Nelson Community College.

First, the efforts of Sara, Lisa, and Jonathan to bring a Campus Crusade band to town have come to fruition: 3union arrived yesterday. This evening they’re presenting a concert and message at our church; tomorrow they’re scheduled for the First Priority Christian club at Yorktown Middle School, and on Saturday evening we’re expecting up to 1,000 people from over a dozen churches at a concert where they will share the gospel and promote Christian clubs at public schools here.

Second, Tom is in final preparations for talks he’ll be giving this Saturday at an apologetics conference in Chesapeake, VA. (He’ll be back from the conference in time for the concert that night.) Conference speakers were just informed to “expect to be challenged” because a number of atheists have signed up to attend.

Third, discussion has begun to bring several major Christian leaders to our local area for the first Manhattan Declaration rally in the U.S. We don’t know exactly what that will develop into yet.

And finally, Tom is following through on two new major projects begun in Orlando last week.

Please pray with us for all of these things. Thank you!

Meanwhile Sara, Lisa, and Jonathan are on the home stretch for the March 13 community youth event. Please pray for their final preparations, too.

Tom also recently led an effort extending far beyond Campus Crusade, a strategy session for pastors, ministry leaders, and Christian scholars in conjunction with the National Conference on Christian Apologetics. The question was: Christianity has great answers even to the hardest questions and most difficult challenges, but are the answers really reaching the people who need them most? How can we do better at this? We’re praying that the work that flows out of this will reach every church in America.

Sara and Lisa: Sara is leading both Jonathan and Lisa in developing some significant new ministry and leadership skills. In particular, Lisa is working to book a Christian band in several venues in our area in March.

Jonathan is doing a twice-weekly computer internship with Campus Crusade for Christ’s Military Ministry this semester.

We need prayers for health—Tom and Jonathan both caught the flu, most likely swine flu since Tom was immunized against the seasonal flu. Both Lisa and Sara had emergency room visits in the past few weeks (they’re fine now). Even our animals have been to the doctor much more than usual; our cat is recovering from a serious attack by another cat on our property.