Dear Friends,
We have had a great start to 2025 at both Focus Church and with the Hungarian Baptist church planting mission.
New church office, studio, and community space:
On April 1st we will be moving our church office to a new location. We are very excited about this opportunity. This is a two-story house with a fenced-in yard, which is quite unusual for this area of Budapest. This new location gives us more room for our growing staff. It also will have space for a studio where we will be able to produce quality videos for our online outreach ministry. We will also have space that we can use for small groups, youth meetings, training sessions, business meetings and counseling sessions. This will be a big transition, as our offices will no longer be in the same building as our Sunday services, but we believe that the new weekday location will provide greater opportunities for outreach, discipleship and long-term growth. Please pray!
Upcoming baptismal service:
In January we announced our next planned baptismal service for April 13th. At that time, I only had one person committed to baptism. Since then, five more have requested baptism, so we plan to baptize six on April 13th. We also have a married couple and a few singles who will join the church at that time. Exciting to see how God is building His church.
Church planting retreat:
We had a fantastic retreat for church planting couples which we held from Feb 21-23 at a hotel in Tokaj, Hungary. Eighteen couples were in attendance. This was a great time for me and Charin to get to know these church planting couples better and encourage them in the ministry. We received a tremendous amount of positive feedback from all who participated. We would appreciate your prayers to uphold these pastors who are “in the trenches” starting new churches.
International conference in Warsaw, Poland
March 20-22nd I was part of a delegation from Hungary participating in an international conference on missions and church planting in Warsaw, Poland. There were participants from 10 eastern or central European countries. I was co-leader of the church planting track and did a workshop on how to develop a pathway for discipleship. It is great to be able to both learn from and encourage church planters from other countries in the region.
Family News:
We will make a quick trip to the US from April 18-May 1st to visit family and see our new grandbaby, Verity Elise Wood, for the very first time. We always value these opportunities to spend time with family. Please pray for safe travels!
Opportunities for partnership:
In closing let me mention two financial needs:
· Support for our summer English day camp. We need about $2,800 toward building rental expenses. (Please designate – English camp)
· Furnishings for our new church offices, studio, community center. Special gifts of any amount can be used toward furnishing this new space. (office furnishings, kitchen equipment, couches and chairs for the living room area). Please designate – new office.
Thanks so much for partnering with us through your prayers and financial support. God bless!
Marc and Charin Patton
Support Address: Global Faith Mission Agency, P.O. Box 1088, Hixson, TN 37343-9998
Sending Church: Trinity Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida
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