Exciting News from our Partnering Missionaries!
Praise Reports from the Missions Field
  • Missionaries Paul and Christine Pierquet report a great year of ministry in Ukraine; they have moved their church plant ICA Kyiv (International Christian Assembly) into a new building and the congregation has grown so that they now hold a second service.  The Pierquets have also planted a daughter church (national church) in Kolentsi, Ukraine, where there was no church presence before. 

  • Priority One and Sam Johnson report the completion of a 6,000 seat Conference and Worship Center in Tanzania, where 5,000 Tanzanian Pastors attended the AG General Council meeting. There was also an ordination ceremony for 462 Ordination Candidates for the ministry!

  • Missionaries Gary and Janice Dickinson celebrate the first graduating class of the Gabon Advanced School of Theology in Gabon, Central Africa. Gary and Janice came to Gabon in 2014 to build and lead this seminary. Praise the Lord!

  • Richard and Lori McLane report that their Mokra Street church facilities are now finished and their Warsaw, Poland church plant is now able to have bible classes and Adult/Youth classes during the weekdays.

  • Tom and Missi Trask, Chi Alpha Ministries leaders in Missouri, report the following stats for 4th Quarter 2018:
  • 24 Salvations and Re-dedications
  • 17 Water Baptisms
  • 10 Holy Spirit Baptisms
  • 190 in attendance at weekly services
  • 100 Internationals involved

  • Duane and Lori Danielson, are praising God for answered prayer! While their ministry team was away to India, their Children’s Ministry office in Dhaka, Bangladesh was broken into and several pieces of computer equipment as well as cash were stolen. God intervened and all the equipment that had been stolen was replaced.
Prayer Requests from the Missions Field
  • Paul and Mechthild Clark, our Missionaries to Germany, ask for prayer for Paul as he prepares for surgery on his left eye to correct a growing cataract. 

  • Joseph and Alice Lear, missionaries to Serbia, ask for prayer for Belgrade International Church—to be a great light in the darkness; for their home groups, “Gathering of Grace,” that they will multiply in every municipality in Belgrade. Also, for their youth outreach — that many will come to know Christ, and for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Belgrade and all of Serbia, awakening hearts to their need for Jesus.

  • Richard and Lori McLane, missionaries to Poland, ask for prayer for teams and donations to help them complete their new “Wiktoria Ministry Center” construction project. They have finished the electrical hookup and the digging of their well, and would like to get project completed. 

  • Tom and Missi Trask, Chi Alpha Ministries leaders in Missouri, ask for prayer for changed lives in their students and that many will be called to Give a Year (spend a year in ministry after graduation from college) as a result of attending their Salt Winter Conference in January. SALT is the primary student training conference of Chi Alpha, the Assemblies of God campus missions movement. 
Coming Events from Lakeside Missions
How can I Serve Missions?
There are many ways to serve missions....
  • Pray for our supported missionaries and ministries.
  • Participate in our annual Big Gives.
  • Go out each month with Frank and Susan Pantalena and serve the homeless with our supported ministry Bread of Life in Detroit.
  • Sign up and go on the next domestic missions trip; contact our Missions Director Frank Pantalena for details.
  • Pray and ask God to give you direction about going on the next Lakeside international missions trip; it will change your life! Contact Frank Pantalena for details.
Missions - Giving Report
  • Lakeside's 2018 World Outreach Faith Promise Giving Need is: $211,100

  • Our Lakeside Family has made faith promise commitments of $204,930 (as of December 9, 2018) toward our 2019 World Outreach Faith Promise Giving Need.

  • Praise The Lord! Thank You Lakeside!
How Should I Pray?
For our Missionaries
  • for open hearts to receive the Gospel
  • for the needs of the missionaries to be met in order to minister effectively to the unreached
  • miraculous healings/touches from God
  • safety from works of the Enemy
  • hedge of protection for them as they minister to the unreached peoples on their mission fields
For the Nations of the World
  • for government officials to make decisions that will align with our missionaries' work on the field
  • for a hedge of protection from Satanic attacks around all the countries and people
  • for a Holy Spirit filled revival to flood the nations
Event Reports
Our 2018 Christmas Big Give was held Wednesday, December 5; what an awesome event it was! 54 Families registered to participate in the evening's festivities, and they enjoyed Pastor Phil's illustrated sermon "The Search for Christmas", Santa Claus, gifts for parents and caregivers, Christmas Carols sung by the Lakeside Choir, Prayer Ministry (in the chapel) and a carnival in the gym! Sixty decisions were made for Christ!