I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 3:14

In his letter to the Philippians, Paul the Apostle declares that even he hasn’t “arrived” yet and still has room to grow. He invites us to adopt the same mentality. This spiritual “pressing on” is what our yearly Prayer & Action Goals are all about at Peninsula Community Chapel.

Our church elders have identified several goals for us to pursue as a church this year. Some of these goals will excite you while others may make you say, “Ehh…” And that’s kind of the point.

Your walk with God is a community project! Because of that, some of our goals will relate to things that you are already passionate about. Other goals will stretch you to take action and pray for an area or topic that you might not have that much interest in at first and that’s the beauty of growing in community. When we grow together as a community, we help one another to address blind spots and areas that we could use shoring up in. None of us has “arrived” yet and we all have areas in which we need to grow. By growing together as a church family, we help to ensure that our growth is biblically balanced and nourished by other people’s perspectives and experiences.

If we only pursue goals that we are already excited about, our spiritual growth will be stunted as we simply reinforce our own interests and passions. But when we grow together, we stretch ourselves to explore new areas and press on to know the Gospel’s influence in every corner of our lives.

So join us this year in using these goals to guide your prayers and actions. We are excited to have you with us for this adventure!

Are you living the rich and full life that you were made for?

Life is a central theme in the Gospel of John. In the English Standard Version translation, the word “life” is mentioned fourteen times in Matthew’s Gospel, seven times in Mark, fourteen times in Luke, and a whopping forty-three times in John!

One of the first things that John tells us about Jesus is that “In him was life, and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4). Towards the conclusion of his Gospel, he explains how Jesus did many other things but that “these things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31).

Life is something we all long for. We don’t just want to survive… we want to live! We want to live meaningful and abundant lives. Through Jesus’s saving life, his substitutionary death, and his glorious resurrected everlasting life, we gain access to the abundant life we were made for.

These Prayer & Action Goals are designed to help us experience more of that life and also share it with others. Please prayerfully consider pursuing them along with us. Below each goal, we have included several suggestions for how it can be pursued. Please feel free to make these goals your own by pursuing them in other creative ways as the Lord leads you. It is our hope that these goals will enrich your spiritual growth this year!

Trusting in Him,
Garrett Spitz
Lead Pastor

I will pursue this goal by doing one or more of the following: 

• Prioritize regular Sunday morning attendance where I will listen to sermons on the Gospel of John with my church family so we can help each other apply God’s Word to our lives.
• Study the Gospel of John (Chapters 1-10) or themes from the book on my own or with others (Home Group, Bible Study, or Discipleship Class).
• Watch the Bible Project’s animated overview of John.
• Participate in a Bible Dig-in event on the Gospel of John (Chapters 1-10).
• Listen to a playlist of songs that focus on themes from the Gospel of John (Chapters 1-10).

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. - John 10:10

I will pursue this goal by doing one or more of the following: 

• Participate in special prayer events like the Churchwide Day of Prayer on August 7 and our monthly Day of Prayer & Fasting on the first Wednesday of every month
• Identify a prayer partner and meet with them on a regular basis to share and pray for each other.
• Try out one or more of the following PCC Prayer Meetings
  • Tuesdays at 6:00AM (virtual: bit.ly/pcctuesdayprayer)
  • Tuesdays at 6:30AM (Hall C)
  • Thursdays at 10AM (women only – Rm 201)
  • Sundays at 8:30AM – Focused on praying for morning (Rm 201)
  • Sundays at 10:45AM – Focused on praying for Global Ministry/Persecuted Church (in various classrooms)
• Read, discuss, and apply one or more of the following resources on prayer:
  • A Praying Church by Paul Miller (256 pages)
  • Prayer by Tim Keller (336 pages)
  • Lead With Prayer by Cameron Doolittle, Peter Greer, and Ryan Skoog (256 pages)
  • Praying the Bible by Don Whitney (112 pages)
  • One of the Five Things to Pray books published by The Good Book Company (96 pages)
  • What If I Don’t Desire To Pray? by John Onwuchekwa (64 pages)
• Participate in a seminar or Discipleship Class focused on prayer

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” - John 4:10

I will pursue this goal by doing one or more of the following: 

• Get involved in a Home Group
• Invite others to join my Home Group or help them to find one that will be a good fit for them
• Provide practical assistance and encouragement to others in my Home Group when they are going through a difficult time
• Use my gifts to serve my Home Group (e.g. as a Host, a Global Ministry Coordinator, a Social Coordinator or in other practical ways)
• Help my Home Group to multiply by identifying and encouraging potential new Home Group Leaders and Hosts

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. - John 13:34-35

I will pursue this goal by doing one or more of the following:  

• Praying for an educator (public, private, or homeschool) by name and praying for specific requests that they have.
• Helping local educators in practical ways by volunteering and showing appreciation for their difficult work.
• Pray for and support the work of local education-related ministries like Newsome-Bailey Project.
• If you have school-aged children: Find out new ways to engage my child/children’s educational spaces for God’s glory.

So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.” - John 7:16

I will pursue this goal by doing one or more of the following: 

• Find out more about our Global Ministry Partners by attending a global prayer time on a Sunday morning at 10:45 sometime during the year
• Begin or increase my support of a specific Global Ministry Partner (by receiving their updates, praying for them, and supporting them financially)
• Learn more about local refugees and how you can love them in Jesus' name by participating in a FOR training
• Volunteer through our Friends of Refugees (FOR) Ministry to provide a practical resource to a local refugee and drop it off yourself
• Support a short-term trip to assist a Global Ministry Partner

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” - John  8:12

Prayer & Action Goals 2024-2025 Booklet (pdf)