Come Kingdom of God!
Dear Friends of Living Stones Ministries,
Praying you are blessed and encouraged by the Spirit of God – who always speaks life, hope, and grace! How grateful Geoff and I are for His ongoing guidance and blessing as we seek to serve Him and the body of Christ.
I am surprised to see that the last time we wrote to you was in the autumn of 2023 but the fact is the Lord has kept us extremely busy serving Him! As you will realise from the heading to this update, “Come Kingdom of God”, this is still our focus, our passion and this is what inspires and motivates everything we do.
Since late 2023 Geoff has been helping an Elim Network church here in the north west. He has been invited to come alongside the leadership to help them take the church forward, meeting with their leadership team, attending prayer meetings, and preaching in the church on a fairly regular basis a couple of times a month.
We are totally committed to our local church, CLC St Helens, but God gives a passion for the body of Christ wherever located and it is both a blessing and a great privilege to be able to serve the Lord “wherever and whenever” He calls.
As part of our engagement with local church life, we lead a group in our home mid-week, Geoff is part of a men’s discipleship group which gathers men from many different spheres of life, some still on the road to finding Christ and can number up to 30 or so men. For myself, outreach is still high on my agenda! I am currently visiting a local homeless centre linked to CLC, and believing God for Him to move in power there bringing radical transformation.
We are delighted that our home church is majoring in on prayer, and speaking personally, I (Jane) sense God’s encouragement, release and anointing for intercession. To see the Kingdom of God come, for the manifestation of His holiness, love and power, it will be essential for all of us to acknowledge, not only the way Holy Spirit releases His gifts through us, but also to pick up the assignments He has chosen for us.
Geoff spoke recently at CLC St Helens on the “Third Cleansing of the Temple” touching on the areas of purity and prayer, which lead into a release of God’s power giving glory to the name of Jesus. (You can view this on our website). We continue to press into His purposes with faith, anticipating a season of breakthrough ahead.
Since the beginning of this year, apart from us both being blessed with invitations to speak at home church and the one mentioned above, we have ministered at West Houghton Family Church here in the north west, at a Filipino church in Derby and another in Liverpool, (part of the JCIM Filipino network of churches), in March a weekend of ministry at Elim Clapham church, and in May at CLC Widnes.
Family news:
At the end of May we took a week out of our busy itinerary to visit my sister who lives in the south west France, enjoying the experience of the 36 hour ferry trip to Bilbao and then driving the 4 hours or so to our destination. Short but sweet!
Also, we were inspired by the number of bikers going over to Spain – maybe next time! However…. very soon our next bike adventure will be a 5 day visit to our son in Bideford, Devon. Prayer for good weather would be appreciated! Geoff says, for those interested, we ride a Kawasaki Versys 1000 Grand Tourer!!
In early August we are gathering as a family to celebrate Geoff’s 80th birthday – (I know you can’t believe it, and I would suggest you forget it straightaway as we will not let age define us!) But we do give thanks to God for our ongoing health and strength, which we do not take for granted. Geoff will be preaching at our home church on the 18th August, his actual birthday, and I expect you will not be surprised that he might mention Caleb!
Our daughter, Sarah, continues as a minister in training here in Warrington but has been invited by Salford Elim Church to join them as assistant minister. Her induction is on Sunday 8th September. Please have her in prayer as she transitions.
We would appreciate your prayerful support for us over the next few months, for wisdom, guidance, our health and well-being.
Currently other than those mentioned above, our diary dates are as set out below.
Thanking you so much for your interest and support, whether prayer, friendship or finance, we send our love and blessings to you, in Jesus name.
Geoff and Jane
Ministry dates:
July 21st Billinge Family Church
July 28th Billinge Family Church
August 18th CLC St Helens
September 1st Billinge Family Church
September 14th Clapham Elim Church (ladies meeting) tbc
September 15th Lewisham Elim Church
September 22nd Billinge Family Church
