Maci & Ava Stocker
Where are you moving to?
I am moving to Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. Our street is where
the wall used to separate the East from the West. Nowadays,
it is a lovely residential area with lots of families, cafés and
playgrounds.
Why are you moving there?
My parents have decided to move to France to do more
medical mission work in the Congo. I first wanted to stay in
Cambridge, but it became evident that it would be financially
impossible to stay. Berlin wasn’t on my agenda, but God
opened doors.
Tell us something about the church you will be joining.
Although Berlin is a very secular city, there are a lot of
evangelical churches. I will be looking for a church with a
strong children’s ministry and clear teaching for myself.
What most excites you about
the move?
I am so much looking forward
to moving. Ava and I recently
visited Berlin and she enjoyed
the time thoroughly; all the
different sounds, food and
playgrounds. It will be so nice to
have a lovely flat and to be able
to cycle everywhere.
What are you most apprehensive about the move?
I am not apprehensive about the move as I am fully trusting
God to lead and to provide, however, I will be missing my
parents greatly, as well as the church family I was blessed to
have at StAG.
How can we be praying for you?
Please pray for a good and healthy church, good friendships
and that Ava and I feel at home soon. Thank you all for your
love and support. God bless you.
Johnny &
Katie Pawlett
Why are you planning to go on the church plant to
Huntingdon?
It is often said that when a church is going to plant, every
member of the church needs to make an active decision
about whether they will stay at the church, or whether they
will go to the new church plant. Both options need to be
prayerfully considered and purposefully decided upon.
Having heard about the church plant, we spent some time
thinking and praying about whether God was calling us to
join it. There was one particular Sunday, World Mission
Sunday, where we got home from church and both had the
same thing in our minds – “we should go!” So we are!
What are your hopes for the plant?
There are many people in Huntingdon who may never have
been to a church and certainly won’t have ever heard or
considered the claims of Jesus. Our hope is that we can
prayerfully reach out and proclaim the Good News to these
people, and also that the church plant in Huntingdon can
serve the people of Huntingdon by having at its core a heart
for the gospel, a heart for God’s people and a heart for
Huntingdon.
What are you most apprehensive about the move?
Missing lots of good friends that we currently have at StAG;
there will certainly be a relational cost to moving. Also, we
feel a little apprehensive simply because it is a change of
church and home and there are still many unknowns. This
is certainly going to be a lesson for us in learning to trust God
more deeply and genuinely and not relying on our own
strength.
How can we be praying for you and the plant?
All the time and effort in the world can be put into all the
practicalities, but it means nothing if God’s Spirit is not at
work, if He is not ‘building the house’. Please pray that God
would have mercy on many people in Huntingdon; drawing
them into His Kingdom and into a living and saving
relationship with Him.
Please pray for us, that putting in time and effort into the
church plant would not puff us up or cause us to boast in
ourselves, but rather that God would use it to cause our
hearts to love Him more and to love others above ourselves.
Pray that we would be growing in living out those greatest
two commandments.
To find out more about the church plant to Huntingdon, please contact Charlie Newcombe
([email protected])
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