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Iron Prayer Service Reports 2006

[70.3 Buffalo Springs] [Ironman Coeur d'Alene]

[70.3 California] [Ironman Arizona]

Ironman Lake Placid

July 22, 2006

We had an amazing Ironman Prayer & Celebration Service (Iron Prayer service). Counting the mission teams (about 50 people) and our church members who attended (about 15 people), we had over 200 people who attended (including kids). Nine people trusted Christ as Lord and Savior! Mission teams from GA led a kids program in our church gym for kids age 10 and
under. The guest speakers for Iron Prayer were Michael Pluimer (multiple Ironman competitor), Brad Varner (1st time Ironman), and Ryan Silvius (who completed IM LP -- his first Ironman -- last year). Music was led by mission teams from GA. After the service, 3 people were baptized in the lake (Lake Placid) -- an Ironman volunteer (new Christian, and new member of our
church), the wife of an Ironman athlete (local residents), and an Ironman athlete from Maryland, who gave his life to Christ a little over a year ago.
Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of any of the above mentioned activities. However, I have attached a couple of pictures of our team interacting with athletes at the North Country Ministries sponsored Ironman Pancake Breakfast (we served about 1000 people), and us serving at an aid station on race day. I also included a picture of one of our recent baptisms, the same site where we baptized those on Ironman weekend. And, I included a picture of the block party / BBQ at our church, held on the night before the Prayer service (with a sign for the prayer service in the background).
We did other ministries throughout the week also, including:
-serving at registration
-helping with Ironman banquet set up
-having an NCM booth in the Ironman expo area (face painting, sno cones,
balloon animals)
Thanks!
In Christ,
Derek Spain

70.3 Buffalo Springs

June 23, 2006

Ironman Coeur d'Alene

June 23, 2006

FCA Endurance Newsletter - July 31, 2006 (Click on link)

During the Ironman Coeur d'Alene weekend, FCA Endurance had the opportunity to partner with Iron Prayer Ministries and Tod Hornby and the Lake City Community Church (LCCC) to help put on an Iron Prayer on Friday afternoon before the race. This was an awesome event! It was held

outdoors at a small park, with fantastic weather. The LCCC Praise Band was fantastic and opened things up and closed things down with a few great worship songs. Speakers for this event included nationally-known coach JR Rosania, pro-triathlete Heather Gollnick, and FCA Endurance Executive Director Chris Anderson.

JR Rosania was able to share part of his story and tell about how his life was changed through his friend, Pat Tillman. Since Pat’s death, JR has searched and found the Lord’s path for his life, looking to be a

complete servant of the Lord through all that he does. He shared Phil 2:2-8, and inspired many by his desire to live a complete life for Christ.

After JR, pro triathlete Heather Gollnick shared about finding joy in Christ and the blessings that we all experience through Him. She challenged all of us to seek, find, and spread that glorious joy. She also challenged us to smile as a reflection of that joy, even during the pains

of racing. As a side note to her message, Heather was definitely smiling when she finished second on race day!

Chris Anderson then got to share and challenge people to think about why they race. Competing, finishing Ironmans, achieving goals, doing “great” things, and getting human praise or material rewards will never satisfy you. There is always something more and/or bigger, and we can only

find peace and joy by doing all things for and through Christ. As Matt. 6:19-21 says, we need to live and compete for treasures in Heaven that last. After Chris shared, everyone broke into small groups and prayed for the athletes who were competing. This was a powerful time, and

everyone was touched. After the event, people were able to hang out and share in fellowship.

As an exciting end to these events, some IM CDA staff were present at the Iron Prayer, and had great things to say about it. There was even some talk about how to incorporate it further into the main IM village/expo for next year. This would be a huge opportunity to reach more individuals, and your prayers about this would be greatly appreciated.

Ironman Arizona 2006

April 7, 2006

ICTN Booth at Expo

Pro & Iron Prayer Speaker, Heather Gollnick, Gets 2nd Place!

Report - 4/7/06

Hey Everyone - just a quick report...we've worked two days now with an ICTN booth at the IM AZ Expo. Dozens and dozens have come by. We're pumped all the ministries that are a part of the ICTN and especially the Iron Prayer service which we just had a few hours ago. We had 95-100 attend the service, up from 80 last year. Gave great promo for the other IP services this year and for the ICTN Tri Camp next Jan. We'll have to cap that camp at 125 and I don't think we'll have any problem getting there. It was great to see a number of triathletes in town for the race on Sun. who came to the camp last Jan. God is at work. Momentum is building! I'll send out pics of everything in a few days after I recover from this outreach and Holy Week. Heather Gollnick spoke at the service and did a great job.

We'll run the booth all day tomorrow. We've got the following banners hanging in/on/around the tent/booth - ICTN, Iron Prayer, Athletes in Action, and FCA Endurance. We've given out probably 200 copies of the little tri specific evangelism tool, Step Up To Life. All in all, an amazing two days!

Thanks for praying,

Linc (Lincoln Murdock)

70.3 California

March 17, 2006

It went well! The temperature dropped significantly and it started to pour down rain about 15 minutes before we started. Before I could even really finished asking him, Roch (Frey) let us take one of the IM tents from the expo and move it over to our site for the band so they didn't get soaking wet. We had about 25 people there, which I think is pretty good in light of the weather. The worship was awesome, as were the speakers - Ken Sacher and John Owen from FCA-Endurance. There were 5 other people who had told me personally that they'd be there who weren't, so I can only imagine how many more would have come had the weather cooperated. The band certainly drew a lot of attention from those who were braving the weather in the expo area.

In any event, I'm confident that the Lord was glorified and that the event was a blessing to the athletes. Almost all of them approached me after the service to tell me how awesome it was for them. I think it was especially encouraging for the first-timers. We also had a few friends there who aren't Christians, and I think the service was a good witness to them. We took everyone's race numbers and were able to cheer most of them on out on the course the next day, as well as pray for them individually.

In Christ,

Jennifer (Irrgang)