National Day of Prayer 2009

National Day of Prayer May 7,2009
Farmington Civic Center Farmington, N.M.

2 Samuel 6:14

Some images of the music and dance ministry that takes place in our fellowship. Included are the front covers to our cds,
"The Hour Of Incense" and "The Macedonian Call/All My Hope Is In You"

Psalm 150:

1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!
2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

Cry Out America

This past Thursday Sept 11, 12:oo p.m. we held a prayer gathering at the San Juan County administration building. Cry Out America is part of a nationwide call to repentance and prayer.
These are some photos I took there. I plan to put up some pictures of the local pastors who participated in my next post. There were aprroximately 100+ folks who attended, representing some 18 fellowships.
At right: The event began with the sounding of theshofar to the four directions.














The Presidential proclamation is read












The children's choir sang.

Some of those who came to pray.

Memorial Day Cleanup

On the Sunday evening before Memorial Day some of the churches got together and helped clean up the veterans section of the Shiprock cemetary.

This was done in preparation for the memorial service to be held on the following morning.

It ministered to me as I read the names on the tombstones. Most of the families that have loved ones buried here take very good care of the graves. In fact there are some ornate and awesome displays presented at the gravesites.

What is sad is to see some of the plots which have obviously fallen out of care.

May God bless the families and friends of these who gave the most that could be given.

Here are some more photos from 2007 events and outreach.




Here is Isabel Yazzie grilling tortillas at our church picnic. She has been a believer since 1960!!

Navajo tortillas are thicker and smaller in diameter than those of mexican style. The custom is to grill them. There's nothing like it!





The above photo was taken at Boyd Park in Farmington,N.M.
Our pastor Eric Lee in the white shirt and Roland Deale, one of our board members are praying with one of the many who are lving on the highways and byways of the area.

Pastor Lee (photo below left) also spoke at the event, encouraging the church to get out of it's four walls and begin to minister to the nations.

The photo below was taken at the food outreach in Nizhoni Park in Shiprock. Regina and Cheryl are single moms who struggle to keep their families on the right track. They also are part of the dance ministry in our church.

The photo on the right is Betty, wife of pastor

Paul Toadechenie from Tees Nos Pos.This was taken at our

Christmas Day outreach in Shiprock, She is making frybread for the dinner.

The creation of good frybread requires knowledge and skill. It truly is an artform. Frybread can become an addiction.

I will have some new photos, taken in the past few months,

posted here in a day or two.

Chris P.

James 1:22-27

This blog will, through the medium of photography, put a face to those whom we serve on the the Navajo Nation and throughout the Four Corners region.In the first few posts, I will put up photos taken at the various outreaches we either organized, and/or participated in with other fellowships during 2007.



This was taken on Christmas morning in the City Market parking lot in Shiprock, New Mexico. We went out and set up a dining area right off the main road, It was around twenty degrees with winds gusting up to twenty-five niles an hour. Even so, we had many come, as we served food and gave clothing to them all. Our pastor and two of our elders pray over a young man during our outreach in Nizhoni Park in Shiprock, during the October Northern Navajo Nation Fair.

This is Jorie and Christie West a mother/daughter duo known as Sayani (Cherokee). They are wonderful peole and a blessing to be with. This was taken during our July 22 outreach in Nizhoni Park. I believe we served food to about 300 people.

This is young Hannah Deale. She is a beautiful little girl. Her dad is the bass player on our worship team, oversees our men's minstry, and is also a board member.

We see many homeless men like these who live not only in the park area, but under the bridge on US Hwy 64 which is just off the park.

These ladies represent five different churches from the Shiprock/Farmington area.

Another photo from Christmas morning. The elderly women of the Navajo, are respectfully referred to, by everyone, as "grandma". I remember her well, as she was so excited to receive a hot meal and prayer, that she began singing carols non-stop.

Please pray for these and their salvation. Pray all who are called to serve them, both from Native America as well as other areas of the world.

For His Glory Alone,

Chris P.