Harrington Family November 2020 Prayer Requests

* The holiday season is a critical time for ministry here in Japan. So many natural opportunities to share what we thank God for and what the birth of Jesus means to us. This year we will have less opportunities to spend time with others. So please be in prayer for the opportunities the Lord does provide. May hearts be open to not just learning about these two “American culture holidays”. But to hear of God’s greatest gift he has ever given us or of how God is the provider of all good gifts.

* We also continue to pray for new avenues of ministering to our community. So please ask God to open new doors for us to boldly walk through.

Harrington Family October 2020 Prayer Requests

* Praise God for a new relationship with a family who all came to the church plant we have been apart of. We pray the Lord will continue to allow us to go deeper in relationship with them.

* Because of the ongoing COVID situation we are needing to evaluate how we have done ministry here-what should we continue doing and what needs to change. Please pray for wisdom as we move forward in ministry.

Harrington Family September 2020 Prayer Requests

*We thank and praise God that our first outreach event in the Shichigahama community in so many months. One Of Mark’s friends from school came to this event. And then he brought his whole family to our church plant that Sunday, fellowship and worship. Pray we would have more opportunities to share more about Christ with them and they would continue to come to church.

*Pray for opportunities where we can love and serve our community. Through community events, volunteering or just seeing a need and being able to fill it. May The Lord also lead us to relationships we can pour into here in Shichigahama.

*Our hope is to start some new English outreach classes and gatherings. There have been people in the area who have shown and interest in gathering with us to learn English. May it be an opening for us to share the unconditional love we have received from Christ. And for them to see our unshakable hope we have in Jesus Christ.

Harrington Family August 2020 Prayer Requests

Thank you all for your prayers! We are blessed as we think and pray for our Parkside church family.

*Please pray for our church plant here in Shichigahama, as we work through putting together a vision and mission statement.

*Pray for continued unity as we think and pray about the direction of ministry we feel the Lord calling us to. Pray for wisdom.

*Please also pray for new relationships to be formed with others here in Shichigahama.

*Lastly, we would appreciate continued prayers for our kids as they continue to adjust to a new school and new friends.

Harrington Family July 2020 Prayer Requests

*Sadly many of our summer ministry events have needed to be cancelled due to COVID-19. Please pray for how we can show and share Christ’s love to others during this time. May the Lord provide opportunities to be able to meet with people to encourage and grow in our relationships.

*As we continue our focus as a church plant on Shichigahama, our desire is to find ways we can meet the felt needs of our community. Pray the Lord will give us clarity and wisdom on how to best care for the needs and share Christ with the people of Shichigahama.

Harrington Family June 2020 Prayer Requests

*We thank the Lord we have been able to meet together in person to worship the Lord and fellowship with one another. Please pray for everyone in our church family to rightfully remain cautious amongst the reopenings happening here in Japan. May the Lord lead us on how to minister to the communities surrounding each of the house churches.

*Pray for our kids as they have begun to attend school again. As of the beginning of June schools have reopened here. This is a critical re-entry point into Japan for our kids. Please pray for them as they navigate many varying emotions. We thank the Lord for some new friends they have already made. May the Lord draw these kids to himself.

*May we have and take advantage of gospel opportunities.

Thank you all for your prayers.

Harrington Family May 2020 Prayer Requests

* Praise the Lord we were able to worship as a church plant over Easter! We were able to join in on worshipping together because our 2 week quarantine, after arriving in Japan, was over. May the Lord grow us closer to one another as we strive to spur each other on in our walks with Christ. May the Lord call people in our neighborhood to himself through our lives and conversations.

* Pray the Lord gives us wisdom on how to appropriately reflect Christ’s love in how we interact with people during this time of uncertainty. Our desire is to love as Christ would love. To love others as Christ has loved us. May the Lord give us wisdom on how to best live out our faith and love in our daily life during these uncertain times. Please pray for our pastors as well as they are trying to do the same.

Harrington Family April 2020 Prayer Requests

* We thank God for our arrival back in Japan. We were so blessed to have been able to spend a year back in Cleveland with our wonderful Parkside Church family. We appreciate your prayers as we get acclimated to our new community.

* Our kids are still experiencing many firsts as they re-enter school. And we are working to begin the process of reaching out to get to know our neighbors. Please pray for gospel opportunities.

* Praise God for the beginning of a worship service here in Shichigahama. It is a blessing to see the small seeds of a gospel community beginning to blossom.

Harrington Family March 2020 Prayer Requests

Please be in prayer for us as we are in the process of transitioning back to Japan. Our hope is to be back in Japan before the school year begins.

We have a couple of specific prayer requests:

*First, is for the new community (Shichigahama) where we will be living for the next 4 years.

*Second, we need the paperwork for Jude to flow through in a timely manor.

*And finally, pray for the emotional health of each member of our family. We are all at different levels of emotion as we go through leaving here and transitioning to Japan. May we each be instruments of God’s grace, love and forgiveness with each other and those around us throughout this process.

Harrington Family February 2020 Prayer Requests

We thank and praise God for providing an agreement on a rental home right in the middle of our desired ministry area. The kind of place we were needing is less than 4% of the rental market. We are so blessed by the LORD providing this place. Please pray for the neighbors we have yet to meet. Pray the LORD would be preparing their hearts and minds to hear the message of God’s grace.