Our Weekend At Northshore

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Last Sunday the interns took a little road trip to Beverly, Mass to do a service for the Northshore Bridge Church. Their usual worship leader (Josh Young) is in Australia and the pastor was scheduled for teaching a 202 class so he asked the interns to come to the church and do worship & minister to the body out of what we've gained from the Pinnacle mountain.

We started out with some worship, then Ali got up and spoke on the intern program and all the things God is doing within Streams School of Ministry. Then she called up the rest of the interns to give words over the body/individuals the Lord highlighted to us. Most of us got prophetic words for people and the congregation, and it was great to share that with the body.

Then we showed a video on Streams School of Ministry on the big-screen. You can see it by clicking here.

After the guest speaker finished, we did prophetic teams and dream teams after the service, all made up of interns and intern leaders. Lots of people came up for ministry, or to get a dream interpreted and many of them got touched by the Lord. We even saw a few people get physically healed! One woman we ministered to got healed of a thyroid issue, as well as some profound emotional healing. There were some truly beautiful, deep things happening under the surface in the hearts of the people there.

I think a lot of them got more emotional healing than they signed up for!
"the Lord's delight is in those who honor him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love." - Psalm 147:11

Here are some pictures from salsa dancing and the Sunday service:



learning the basic steps

salsa was so much fun!



worship on Sunday morning

Kyle having fun in his little drum cubicle

leading worship




Andy & his homemade bass!




These last photos are from a man at Northshore who took them during the service!



Lance giving a prophetic word


Ali sharing a word

Many blessings,

Jourdan M.
1st year intern

Family Meeting No. 1

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Hey all,

A couple of weeks ago, Scott Evelyn gave the church a message about a new vision the Lord gave him about the Pinnacle and our body.  I've already talked to you guys about the new things going on with the mountain, and how we believe the Lord is preparing us for a move of God up on the Pinnacle. See here and here (under Pinnacle update).

So Scott shared this new vision with the church, and it was amazing...radical, but amazing.  This next year is definitely going to be an influential one for our body.

This last Sunday we decided to have a "family meeting". That way the congregation could have an opportunity to bring up questions or comments they had about the things Scott shared the previous week.

It went really well for being the first time!

People were able to voice their questions and/or concerns and it made for some pretty open communication between the body and Scott. It was definitely needed, and the majority of the congregation already had questions saved up from the previous Sunday.

Communication is key to a functioning relationship - I think we all know that. So it was really good to have it happen within the church because it put everything out on the table as opposed to keeping them to yourself without proper discussion.

Once we find out more about what will be happening within the church I can better inform you but for now, that is as much as I can share...

As for the interns, we are just going about things as per usual, with a lot more emphasis on the Pinnacle and all the things that are happening up there. So far we've been able to get on the mountain pretty regularly throughout the week, but it really depends on how much snow and ice we get on the access road.  We love going up and ministering to the heart of the Lord and watching Him transform our hearts in the process. We believe we are being prepared for a move of God that will completely change everyone involved. It's really quite exciting!

Here are some pictures from the Winter Carnival at Dartmouth! The interns went up to Hanover this last Saturday to just have a  laid back day  seeing the sights and enjoying the carnival...it was such a blast!

Many blessings,

Jourdan M.
1st year intern

We Did It!

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Wow.



What a whirlwind of a week.

Monastic week officially ended on Friday evening, around 6pm, and let me tell you...if it was anything (besides being scary-wonderful) it was a bit of a bumpy ride. We all learned a ton and even though it was difficult to stick to all the rules at times, everybody really appreciated the simplicity of a monastic lifestyle.

At first monastic week seemed to be quite a daunting task to undertake. What with no sugars, refined flours, meats, words, and sometimes electricity, looking ahead towards monastic week was an intimidating sight to behold.

But a few days into it I think we all realized how peaceful and beautiful a monastic lifestyle could be. Not having as many words spewing out of our mouths, or even the shoveling of junk food into it, it forced us to think about the simpler things in life. Many of the things we used to rely on were no longer available to us, and it toppled down some of our life-perspectives to make room for some newer, simpler ones:

*many of the things we say aren't as significant or important as we previously thought.

*not using your laptop for 4 days won't kill you.

*silence is beautiful.

*the Lord loves to speak to us when we are in silence.

*top ramen is not a food group.

*uno in silence and candlelight is very interesting and should be done more often :)

*when we shut our mouths, the Lord opens His...and breathes life on things we thought we let die within us. New creativity then sprouts forth as an incredible fresh start.

*silence showed us how to put value on things we previously overlooked.

*Thus, we all realized how much we loved and appreciated each other, as family, as fellow interns, as leaders, and as friends...*

It was a great week.

ps. I'll be posting pictures from our monastic week soon, so be sure to stay tuned!

Many blessings,
-Jourdan M.
1st year intern

Christmas is Over and A New Day Has Begun!

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Hello everyone!

We are so excited to all be back here in New London, NH for the beginning of the new term. It has definitely started out with a bang!

Just the second day after the interns arrived from their restful Christmas breaks we rode out for a four day conference called "Kingdom Mechanics" at the Metrowest Bridge in Boston.

Bags were unpacked then re-packed, interns were stuffed into the van, and finally after two hours or so of an anchovy style van ride we arrived at Metrowest. As well as attending the conference, the interns also had other work duties and assignments so we could help in any way we could. It was an amazing learning experience for all of us.

The speakers were Jeff Jansen, Jeremy Nelson, and the pastor of the church, John Thomas. They each had tons of good words to share with the body. It was amazing to hear what the Lord had put on each of their hearts...

Many of the interns were really blessed and touched by the speakers, and a lot of inner healing was taking place. Even outer healing was breaking out!! There were many people who got up to receive healing and left later that night or afternoon with a miracle in their body. Backs, ears, thyroids, and even noses were healed that weekend!

The Lord was really doing some incredible stuff in everyone's lives during the conference, and I'm sure I can't even begin to comprehend all that it was...

All I can say for sure is He is good. All the time.

Here are some pictures from the weekend, courtesy of our good friend and leader Matthew Keating. Be blessed!

David & Kyle scraping the van, what good guys :)

Jeremy Nelson during worship

Ali & Lance during worship

Matthew and John Thomas on the last day of the conference...

Kyle & James got recruited for the worship team!! Figures... :)

Me (Jourdan) being a freeze-baby during the service...

break time!

John Thomas

Liz is just so adorable.

me and Ali during worship

People getting touched during the service with Jeremy Nelson

David doing the book table..


Beautiful ladies!! Liz, Grace, and Jess working registration.

That's all for now! May the rest of your week be full of peace, rest, and adventure.

- Jourdan M.
1st yr. intern

Snowy Sunday

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This Sunday we had church service up on the Pinnacle for the first time in the snow! We had people doing everything from plowing the path up to the mountain, to making hot soup for fellowship after service and stoking the fire to keep us all warm and toasty. It was a Sunday full of new experiences, to be sure.

Our new army tents are up and functioning, finally! Now it's just a matter of keeping them functioning throughout the rest of the winter! Here are a few pictures of us assembling the tents...

the VERY warm wood-burning stove in our tent...which also happens to be a common meeting place for the women in the congregation :)

So this Sunday we had our first ever experience of having church in the tents in the snow. There were only a few inches, but it definitely wasn't easy getting up there for everyone. We even had a shuttle going up and down for those without four wheel drive :)

Once we figured out how to get everyone up to the mountain, we finally got to do some worship on the mountain. Once we started, God really moved in those tents...For the last few Sundays Scott has been speaking on the true meaning of worship, that being a continual stream of adoration and worship from us to the Lord. It's all about Him. So this Sunday we had the opportunity to really walk that out in our worship, and the Lord showed up and blessed it. A huge portion of freedom and child-likeness was released in the tent and people were dancing and shouting for the Lord. It was so powerful and so pleasing to the Lord.

Hopefully the tents can keep us warm up there through the winter...we love worshiping on the mountain and the Lord really seems to speak while we're up there. For now we will just be up there as often as we can!

Feel free to keep us in your prayers about the mountain and all the stuff that God is doing in our internship and the body, we would really appreciate it!

Blessings,

Jourdan Meyers
1st Year Intern

What's Going On!

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I know a lot of you find yourselves wondering about what in the world is going on with the interns and the church, so I decided it was time to have a little update post for everyone.

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We've been working really hard on the Pinnacle lately, trying to get the tent up and ready for church and worship nights in the colder weather. So far we have two HUGE military tents up there ready to receive heat from the stoves we'll be installing in each one. After they are heated, it will be so much more pleasant to be up there for hours on end. And believe me, we want to be up there for hours on end :) God is doing awesome stuff up there.

The things God is going to be doing in the church, the internship, and the Pinnacle are going to be amazing. We want to be as prepared as possible for whatever God wants to do...so these tents are going to be such a blessing for the church and the interns because now we don't have to freeze our faces off in the winter on the mountain, and if all goes well, we will be able to meet in the high school as little as possible.

Besides work we've been having a blast as the holidays come nearer and nearer. A few of the interns went home for Thanksgiving (including myself) and the rest got to spend the day with close friends and church members who were willing to take them in :) We have just a few more weeks until Christmas break when all the interns will go home for a few weeks with their families. Then we'll be back at it in January for round 2!

I think I speak for all of us when I say my experience here has been a "scary-wonderful" one so far. There has been an extraordinary amount of change and growth just by being in this house and learning from our teachers and leaders. For me, I've never wanted to change more than I do right now. God is doing so much in my life and I just get to hand my heart over to Him and watch Him do the work in me. It's a real blessing to be in this atmosphere of grace for this new season.

campfire up on the Pinnacle

Blessings,
Jourdan Meyers
1st Yr. intern

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