NEWS AND PRAYER REQUESTS August 20, 2007

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Dear Praying Friends,

Thanks for the treasure of your faithful and loving prayer support. I wanted to give you a brief update on our progress and tell you about our plans for the remainder of August and the month of September.

Rosemary and I are back in Minnesota after three weeks away. Our first-phase drive to Virginia and the time there getting Heather and Jordan settled at Liberty all went very well. As we talked and prayed about our situation, I felt burdened to get Rosemary and the family settled there. Through the wisdom of a few friends and board members – and God’s gracious special provision – we were able to make an offer on a home in Forest. At this time, it is expected that the sale will close in mid-September.

Our home in Eden Prairie has not sold. If it does not sell in the next two weeks, we are going to rent it until the market improves. We do have an open house today. Perhaps the Lord will bring the buyer at this 11th hour. So, in addition to some speaking and ministry events, I will spend some time this week researching moving options and home rental options.

Key Prayer Requests:

· For Rosemary as she will be in Minnesota until September 9th, when we pull out. She has a lot of packing and organizing to do. Ask the Lord to bring the right folks to help her as I will have to be out of town during part of these next three weeks.

· For Justin as he finishes his last semester here in MN and makes plans to begin working for World Help in VA starting in late December.

· For Heather as she begins her new life as a dorm student that she will find good friends, find ways to serve others and do well in her academics.

· For Jordan as he continues his schooling while leading 10,000 students in worship several times a week – that the Lord will guide, bless him in his service and guide him in his relationships.

· For God to resolve our home situation in a way that honors Him. Perhaps he will send a last-minute buyer or someone wanting to purchase investment property. If we rent, pray for the right renter and the Lord’s provision in this way. If we do not get renters, it will create very unusual stress on our finances at this time.

· For the continuing support for our monthly needs and the regular requirements of the ministry. We are still about $5000.00 a month short in our regular monthly pledges for the total ministry budget established by our board.

As you pray for us, please keep in mind this summary of how the next weeks will unfold:

· August 19 – 25 – Time in MN raising support, speaking and working on plans for moving and possibly renting house
· August 26-29 – Lead Michigan Pastor’s Prayer Summit – Holland, MI
· August 30 – Back to VA to speak in Convocation and participate in the all-night prayer meeting.
· September 4- Teach a class at Liberty University
· September 5 – Return to MN to finish packing home, load moving truck and drive our last vehicle back to VA
· September 10 – Arrive in VA
· September 11 – Teach a class at Liberty
· September 13 – Close sale on Forest home and move in
· September 15 –19 - Return to MN to speak and lead state-wide Pastor’s Prayer Summit
· September 20 – Help lead Central VA. Pastor’s prayer gathering
· September 22-26 – Speak in New Jersey and participate in Strategic Renewal annual board meeting.

Thanks so much for your love, concern and prayers. We love you and are grateful for your interest and faithful friendship.

Daniel Henderson
President - Strategic Renewal
www.strategicrenewal.com
P.O. Box 365
Forest, VA 24551

News and Prayer Requests August 10, 2007

Dear Praying Friends,

Thanks for your prayers as we drove to Virginia in "phase one" of our physical transition. The truck full of my library, office items and all of Jordan's and Heather's earthly belongings made it safely to Forest.

We are staying in the home of one of our board members, Bob Miller (and his dear wife Debi). I am beginning to settle in to the offices and finding my way around town. Rosie is enjoying her time with Debi and family members in this area (Vernon and his extended tribe).

Jordan is already full-bore into practices with the Liberty worship team and Heather is looking for a job and getting ready to start freshman orientation at the university. Justin is back from Uganda and working at the World Help office in Forest. Vernon Brewer has offered him a very exciting job to take effect when he graduates from Northwest College in St. Paul in December.

I am currently in Michigan. I led a city-wide Fresh Encounter in Adrian, Michigan on Saturday.

For the last four days, Alice Moss and I have been leading two back-to-back Prayer Summits for the entire staff of "Life Action" and "Revive our Hearts" Ministries. This includes the home staff and the dozens of young people who travel to churches throughout the country. Many of you will recognize the name, Nancy DeMoss, who serves as part of the staff and has fully participated in the week. The summits have been profoundly powerful as God is blessing the simplicity, purity and passion of Scripture-fed, Spirit-led and unscripted prayer.

Rosemary and I will return to Minnesota around the 18th of August. The burden of our unsold home, resulting in the temporary situation in Virginia, is weighing heavily upon us. My dear bride is longing to get settled into something we can call home in VA - but everything remains in the air until our MN home sells.

Please ask the Father to give us abiding peace and grace - and to sell the home in a way that honors Him.

As you pray for us, please remember these issues and events:

- Open hearts and generous commitments at Donor events in Minnesota - Sunday, August 19th and Monday, August 20th

- Speaking for Southwest Christian High School's Faculty and Staff - Monday August 20th and Tuesday, August 21st.

- Relaxing and enjoyable family time during Down time with Rosie and Justin in Eden Prairie - August 22nd - 24th and the wedding on Friday evening August 24th.

- Pray for me as I speak at Calvary Baptist Church in Holland, MI Sunday August 26. Pray for the Pastor Mark Vroegop

- Pray for me and the attendees as I lead the Holland Area Pastors' and Leader's Prayer Summit - Monday, August 27th- 29th

- Also as I Lead a Fresh Encounter service at Central Wesleyan Church in Holland (Largest Wesleyan Church in U.S.) on the Evening of the 29th.

- And as I speak in convocation at Liberty University, Friday August 31st as the culmination of "Prayer Emphasis Week" I will also be leading an all-night prayer meeting at Liberty that same night.

Thanks for praying.

Daniel Henderson

President - Strategic Renewal

PRAYER WARRIORS for Daniel Henderson

Thank you each of you for your willingness to be a part of the Prayer Warrior team on behalf of Daniel Henderson.

Attached you will find a composite letter from Daniel on which I have highlighted in yellow areas for prayer. Of course pray as you are led. The highlighting is only to try to make it quicker and easier for you to determine areas of Daniels concerns.

As we pray and lift our prayer shields together we create a TESTUDO SHELL (tortoise) around and over Daniel and Rosemary. So--- read and see a picture of how the Roman army did this by visiting http://prayerwarriorarmy.blogspot.com/. This is our site for Daniel's Prayer Warriors. Enjoy!! We will be adding to this site regularly so feel free to record comments you may have.

Please remember that the primary focus of this prayer team is Daniel and Rosemary and their well-being. Of course a lot of that depends on the SRI ministry. And we should pray for the ministry as Daniel desires. However please do not loose the priority of holding them personally up before the Lord for His touch, comfort, leading, growth, protection and right relationship with Him.

We know God will finish what He has started and will complete the works that He planned for Daniel and Rosemary before the foundation of the earth. However they also have an enemy who would love to delay and defeat them in any way he can through fear, doubt, neglect of time with God , offenses between the two of them and many other ways.

So let us pray!!!! God hears!!! God answers!!!
Once again Thank you and May God Bless each of you greatly!!!

Connie Acker
Coordinator
SRI Prayer Warriors

Newsletter update - July 28, 2007

Dear Prayer Partners

Thank you for your gracious commitment to pray for us during these days.

As I write, I am in the Portland airport preparing to return to Minneapolis after the National Pastors’ Prayer Summit. Over last weekend I was in Sacramento, “friend-raising” and preaching at Arcade.

Here in Portland we’ve enjoyed a fabulous experience with over 100 leaders from 17 states and four countries. It was a thrill to see the Lord ignite the hearts of so many pastors with the vision for prayer summits and leading their church in a growing culture of prayer. It was especially fun to see some good friends from both Arcade and Grace. Scott Neubauer, who coordinates prayer summits at Grace, did a fabulous job training leaders in the specifics of organizing prayer summits.

Rosemary returned last night from San Diego after spending eight days caring for her mother in the nursing home as her dad traveled to evaluate the Covenant Village facilities in Atlanta and Denver. They plan to move around the end of September in order to be closer to one of the daughters. This will create an added stress on everyone but will eventually provide better care and attention for her parents. Pray for her strength and peace of mind.

Our realtor called yesterday to update us on the home. The one interested couple is still in the loop. They have boiled it down to our home and one other. Mr. buyer likes our place while Mrs. buyer is undecided. It would be so wonderful if they would make us an offer in the next day or so. In the meantime, other interested parties are walking through, one last weekend and another next Tuesday.

Of course, we pack the U-haul over the weekend and will pull out Monday morning to head toward VA. Please pray for our emotional strength as we make this trek. Lord willing, we will have an offer. If not, it will just be a strange moment for us. It is in the Lord’s hands.

This Friday, I will get an updated report on my support. My sense is that I am somewhere between 50% and 60% of the goal. Many people are responding with such open hearts. I am grateful. However, it is harder than I expected to get people locked in to monthly support vs. one-time gifts. Join with me in asking the Lord to give me strength and to open the hearts of donors. I will keep doing donor events well into the fall and hope to get some more set up in California and Minnesota as well as Texas, Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey. I am feeling burdened to do some fasting about this issue, and our home – should it not sell in the next week.

It's official! The Hendersons will be relocating to Forest , Virginia in August. Here are the reasons:

• We will partner with Vernon Brewer and World Help (located in Forest ) sharing their headquarters and working together on some important national and international initiatives of renewal and world outreach.

• Liberty University (nearby) has enthusiastically invited me to impact their 10,000 campus students in the area of worship-based prayer. They want Liberty to become distinguished as a school that trains renewal-oriented pastors with a strong conviction and competency in prayer. I will teach a few modular classes throughout the year, speak in chapel, lead worship-based prayer events, and equip students for prayer leadership.

• Thomas Road Church wants me to help that congregation become a model of worship-based prayer, as I am able to lead prayer events and train prayer leaders.

• God has birthed a prayer movement among pastors in Central Virginia and I will help give inspiration and leadership to that initiative.

• The arrangement will still allow me the freedom to give my primary energies to the mission of Strategic Renewal and the vision for national revival.

• Two of our children (Jordan and Heather) will be in school at Liberty .

• The cost of living is more affordable and will allow us to sustain the ministry and raise our support in a reasonably priced economy.

OFFICE UPDATES

Our national headquarters will be located in Forest. Dr. Bob Miller will assume the leadership of our daily operations. Bob is a Strategic Renewal Board Member and the President of Jefferson Direct, Inc., a marketing and management consulting company working with not-for-profit organizations. He will give a major portion of his week to directing the ministry activates alongside me. On a personal note, Bob and I have been friends for almost 30 years and I am completely confident in his leadership and organizational abilities.

Lori Lane Bergenstock will continue to lead our West Coast Office. That team will focus entirely on setting up our Fresh Encounters seminars, conferences, and other renewal events. We are grateful for Lori's outstanding dedication in overseeing the operations for these many years. She is excited to narrow her focus and contribute in this essential role for our ministry.

FAMILY UPDATES

Please keep our family in your prayers as we prepare to head to Virginia . Because our home in Eden Prairie has not sold, we will take only our basic necessities with us in early August. Justin will still be in Minnesota as he finishes school. Pray for God's timing and provision in this unusual moment of transition.

Our support level is at about 50%. We need to hit the goal by September 1. Join us as we continue to share the vision and trust the Lord to burden many friends from across the country to join us in this very exciting step of faith and dramatically increased impact. If you would like to join our support team you can do so on our website.

August will be a busy month as we transition and as I will be active in some very important ministry events. We will keep you informed along the way and we truly thank you for your partnership in prayer and support of this important ministry of igniting the heart of the church through personal renewal, congregational revival, and leadership restoration for the glory of Jesus Christ.

Yours for Revival,

Daniel Henderson

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