Middletown, DE >> Sovereign Grace Church in Middletown, Delaware, was planted in October 2004. Senior pastor Chris Patton sent us this update about the church’s growth and their upcoming “Commitment Sunday”…

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San Diego, CA >> Grace Church continues to wait and pray for city approval to lease a warehouse in their city. In the meantime, the church is preparing for a meeting with their local planning board on June 15. This weekend, the San Diego Union-Tribune featured Grace Church, its search for a building in a city where space is scarce, and the “interesting dilemma” their search raises. You can read the story at the Union-Tribune’s website.

For more information about Grace Church’s building project, read a prayer request from earlier this month.

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Gaithersburg, MD >> Fred and Jackie Catoe and their family are leaving an established church, moving to another city, and joining a small, brand-new church in Frederick, Maryland, with few established ministries. Why? Fred explains why the local church—and church planting—is his family’s way of life.

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San Diego, CA >> An update from Grace Church: “As we continue to pursue the building we hope to lease, Grace Church is awaiting city approvals for all of our necessary building permits, as well as our conditional use permit. Please pray, as these next few weeks will prove to be very pivotal. On May 18 our plans go before the local planning board, who expressed initial opposition to having a church in this particular industrial park. We are trusting the Lord for His will to be done. We know that “the king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will” (Proverbs 21:1). Thank you for praying with us as we await God’s leading and provision!”

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Knoxville, TN >> This spring, Cornerstone Church of Knoxville welcomed Jerry Bridges (author of several books including Trusting God and The Discipline of Grace) for several weekend events. During his two-day visit, Mr. Bridges taught more than 300 people during a morning seminar on “Grace and Discipline.” He also ate lunch with future leaders, spoke at a question-and-answer session for Cornerstone Church’s campus ministry leadership team, and spoke at the church’s Sunday celebration.

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Frederick, MD >> Fifty-five people enjoyed fellowship, good food, laughter, and “a sense of God’s delight in our gathering,” says Chris Silard, founding pastor of the new church in Frederick, Maryland, about its first team meeting on March 19. The warm and welcoming home of Stephen and Jane Price provided the context for members of the church-planting team to get acquainted and hear from Chris about plans for the Frederick church, as yet unnamed, that will be sent out this summer from Covenant Life Church (Gaithersburg, MD).

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