THE WEEKEND-FINALLY!

Hi-

 

I realize this has taken longer than I expected qras and for that I ask you to forgive me. The weekend was awesome and yet I faced serious opposition. My health has suffered, things flew out of control and for some reason today is the first day that I have felt "up" to writing this. Tina and I experienced severe attack and many things are "on fire" right now. I would ask you to keep me in prayer. This morning it took all my strength and energy to get out of be. I have been expereriencing severe muscle, joint and tendon pain. This morning it felt like someone had placed heavy weights on my shoulders and elbows and the pain was bordering on unbearable. (I have since been to the doctor and have a lot of things to change in my life-I WILL BEAT THIS! Their thoughts do not lend to much of a future.)

 

A couple of very cool things. I have received many good words and response about this past weekend and I am grateful to all who wrote and told me how much this was a blessing fo them.

 

The other thing was that Tina and I attended a meeting in another church and we each received a very good word. If she decides to share hers you will get it from her. My word I received iterated the Gideon type of call and the fact that I would have faithful people surround me and us. The prophetic word also outlined the apostolic connections that we would see in the NEST and how we would be an apostolic organization. We would see miracles, signs and wonders, healings and the raising of the dead. So, it just confirmed the God of this weekend and the direction.

 

A review of the weekend.
Friday night-
Aaron G. led worship after a very nice dinner( We should all be thankful for Tina and all the planning and getting the food together.) that Tina and Cathyann worked on. The presence of God as Aaron led worship with Ken G. was very intimate for me. Chris A. shared a scripture from Isaiah 6 and Cathyann A. shared from the last few verses of  2 Corinthians 16. She also gave me a percussion shaker in the shape of an avocado as a first fruit of what was happening. Mike K. received this...

 

Heavenly Heart-
Father reach our hearts, heaven connect to the heart. The portal we are looking skyward for starts in the heart. The cure, the calling, the the desires, the ministry is already layed on your hearts. A broken heart is an open heart. Heartaches and pain is me reaching you. Follow your hearts. All hearts connect-I am the connection with all of your hearts. Give me control of your heart-let it melt in my hands, my bloodstained hands. Follow your heart. Trust it-it is I who control it. You keep following your thought, your mind, your desire. It is all heart-it is all consuming. There was more fellowship before the close of the evening.

 

Saturday-
We began with fruit, bagels, juice, etc. that Tina had assembled. The after a time of food and fellowship, we opened to a time of meditation and reflection or meditation. Mike K. brought forth the scriptures from Haggai1:1-11. He felt the Lord impress upon him, that NEST had to do with rebuilding the temple (This is an apostolic mandate.)-that we have done our "stuff" and now it was time to do  God's stuff. Tina brought forth

verses out of Zechariah 4:1-14 and that we must take on the spirits of deception, legalism and religion. That it was not by flesh and might but by God's spirit. I noticed that the scripture verses have all been OT. Luanne shared that she was thinking that much of this had to do with judgement and that we must judge not lest we be judged. She spoke of the unsaved as a key purpose for us. That the unsaved were to be looked at through Jesus' eyes as He did the thieves on the cross. Se also saw lots of purples and reds and bright lights. I said that we did not have to wait years and years on our future that we could begin calling our future into now. That brought up a conversation where people mentioned that they would like to have homes where they could provide respite and bless others.

 

We had a great lunch and lots of fellowship. We spent time outside just drinking in the creation of the Lord. One of the topics that came up was the Jesus Freak Racing Ministry of Jim and Luanne and the Lord. PCF Ministries will be taking them on and helping them with the final stages of the race vehicle. Aaron S. will be putting together their website shortly.One of the methods of raising funds will be that of donations and the donors receiving a hat or a shirt depending on the donation. Please pray for this ministry as Jim has been pretty much doing this as a one man show. We will be praying for a driver to replace himself and a pit crew. This is a great example of where the church gets to "invade" a place that much of Christianity has avoided.

 

One of the greatest times when the presence of the Lord just engulfed the meeting was when Vanessa prayed for Tina's ankle. The smell of the oil and the presence of the Lord brought quick healing to her ailing ankle.

 

After our final presentation, we had a Q&A time. Some of the questions were "what do you see happening?" "When?" Mike K felt we were going back to the beginning of a life filled church.

 

Quarterly meetings-Our first quarterly meeting will be in January. Others will be April, July and October. This is when we will open our strategy up to the "rest of the world" inviting leaders and ministries, etc. I am feeling strongly that each meeting has to have a theme that allows leaders to take something home. For instance if the meeting is about relationship, we would gear the meeting with ideas and things that would bring people together in such a way that relationship prevails on their mind when they leave and they want to model it to their people. We will have other themes and thoughts as we get closer to the date.

 

We are planning a NOVEMBER Meeting of NEST at Lake George at the Silver Bay Camp. (silverbay.org) This will be a time of fellowship and strategy. It will be by invite only and will be adults. This will be a great little "vacation". We will begin on Friday afternoon and end on Sunday after lunch. Tina will notify you of the date shortly. We also have another strategy meeting coming up in September and for those of you who are part of PCF Local we will be having a meeting at Lake George similar to what was just described. If you consider yourself a "member" of what we are doing locally you are invited to this as well. It seems that with only 4 months until our first "public" meeting we need to get in gear. If you want to enjoy a time of worship, food, strategy and good times this is it.

 

For those of you who were in attendance would you please do me a favor and post something about the weekend on the blog. It would be helpful to me and helpful to others. It would mean a lot to me.

 

A final thought-The last few days have been very rough for me. I have had a lot physical things go wrong in my being. Add that to the emotions and spiritual stuff and I am feeling pretty weak. And as I talk to Christians I find the number one lack is relationship. It is not money or peace, but not having a deep relationship. The evidence of being a Christian was described  in the book of John. "They will know we are Christians by our love." Am I the only one sitting in this boat? I think not. Conversation after conversation leads me to believe there is a great desire for this missing ingredient. It also tells me few know how to get there. And the question is not "why?" but "who?" Who will lead this breakthrough of relationship? How many just in this small group can look around and say "I want relationship and I want to be relationship." I have been thinking about this love ministry called Deeper Relationships. I am thinking hard about it.

 

Bless you!
Lee & TIna

NEST Catch up

Dear Friends:

It was a great weekend with lots of notes to post in the next day or
so. I did want to give you what was presented though I will tell you it
does not cover what happened. We had some healing, lots of relationship
building and planning. We continue to need your prayers. I personally
feel like I went through the mill and am retiring to sleep very
quickly. We had so many prophetic things happen, it was amazing.

But I wanted to let you view this site, which has the 3 presentations
for you. It requires Power Point viewer.

http://vermontel.net/~servant/
 
"DO NOT DESPISE THIS SMALL BEGINNING, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD REJOICE
TO SEE THE WORK BEGIN."
 
Blessings,
Lee & Tina

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NEST FIRST NIGHT

Dear Friends:

First night's meeting went well and according to the schedule. WoW!
Thanks to everyone who pitched in.

Check out the graphic created by Aaron Schofield for this ministry.

We resume at 9 this morning. We hope you can make it.
 

 
"DO NOT DESPISE THIS SMALL BEGINNING, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD REJOICE
TO SEE THE WORK BEGIN."
 
Blessings,
Lee & Tina

First Fruits

Dear Friends:

 

Welcome to PCF NEST and the first fruits.

 

WHEN:
Tomorrow night (Friday 17th) we gather as PCF NEST (Pillars Of Clouds & Fire Ministries New England Spiritual Teams).
Below you will find the schedule.
WHERE:
We live at 88 WCFR Drive, Springfield, VT. for those of you who are trying to get here for the first time.
WHY:
To usher in PCF NEST. First fruits.
WHO:
People who care about the future of NEW ENGLAND.

 

Friday
6 PM Gather at the house. (See menu below)
6-7 PM Relationship building (As many of you may not have met)
7-8 PM Worship and Prayer
8 PM PCF NEST & What it is
9 PM Closing for the night

 

Saturday
9 AM Gather & Breakfast. (See menu below)
10 AM Worship & Prayer
11 AM PCF NEST & You
12 PM Lunch. (See menu below)
1:30 PM Worship & Prayer
2 PM Discussion of PCF NEST & Future Plans
4 PM Break time
5 PM Dinner. (See menu below)
6 PM Closing for the night

 

Menu-Feel free to contact Tina to find out what you can help with. We are both home on Friday in preparation. Our home number is 802-885-2885
Friday Evening Dinner: Pasta Salad, Hot Dogs w/ rolls and Chips with Bean Dip
Saturday Breakfast: Donuts, Bagels, Fruit, Coffee and Tea
Saturday Lunch:  Sandwiches with sandwich meat, chips & pasta salad
Saturday Supper:   BBQ chicken, coleslaw and beans

 

PROPHETIC WORDS
In the last 24 hours I have received 2 words about what God is doing here with us (Tina & I), PCF locally & PCF NEST regionally. Both of these words come from recognized prophetic voices. Darryl Rodman of Impart Ministries gave one of the most significant words about being a trumpet like Gideon had blown and that was why people were receiving the good news of PCF NEST. The other part was that like Gideon it would be done with a small group of people and that God would work things out as He did with Gideon giving signs for tokens of good. A second word we received was that NEST would be like a "SWAT" team of sorts. That NEST would provide a model for healthy works.

 

Darryl also discussed a prinicipality he and Martha had encountered coming into New England. The principality is DESTROYER. And when he told me that, I was reminded of the spirit of Apollyon. And so part of the next few days is prayer against this. And many of you have heard me teach on the spirit of Python and Leviathan . People-the residing principalities of religion, intellectualism, witchcraft would indeed like to destroy. And the spirit of poverty must go and I believe we will only see it go by the humility of a servant and LOVE. As Heidi Baker says she heard God say "I want you to come up way down."

 

Please pray for us. Since we began to engage this word about NEST, we have seen an exposing of all our life. We are dealing with many challenges, from finances, health and relationships. And trust me when I say we pray for you.

 

RECEPTION OF PCF NEST IN THE REGION
I went to a conference yesterday at Mt. Snow and reconnected with a great deal of people who were very interested in PCF NEST. Many remembered our first steps with a number of years ago. That was a time when we had 60-80 people at many of the meetings . Some were pastors who desired team ministry to come to their church gatherings. Others were musicians and ministry people who have tired of the same old church style that so often produced no fruit. We have quite a list of interested people. And this is the season. And this is the time to form a core goup of people to work with. And that is you, who have been invited to this gathering Friday and Saturday.

 

So, we pray blessings upon you tonight. We believe for dreams and visions to come to you. We expect that whatever the size of the group the next few days, we will impact the region for God.

 

"DO NOT DESPISE THIS SMALL BEGINNING, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD REJOICE TO SEE THE WORK BEGIN."

 

Blessings,
Lee & Tina

 

 

What we can accomplish

A few days ago I became concerned over this article. It was about a
rash of burglaries in Springfield.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060815/NEWS/608150371

It bothered me. Why? Because I have a small store and my own home. I
felt the Lord prick my heart about prophesying the stop to the end of
this. Even as recently as last night I was sharing with a young man
about the changes that come by prophesying the things that aren't as
though the are.

Imagine my joy to read this...

http://rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060816/NEWS/608160369/1003/NEWS02

Now-this is simply to say we can change our community through prayer,
prophesying and being out there. And if we can change our communities,
we can change our region.

Yesterday, I took some pretty good hits, but this most definitely
lifts my spirits.

Thanks!

Blessings,

Lee & Tina

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Pillar of Clouds & Fire Ministries

88 WCFR Drive

Springfield, VT 05156

NEST News & Upcoming Meeting(s)

Dear Friends:

We just had a powerful weekend in Maine. I realize why TEAM is so
important to changing New England. Team and singular focus. is the key
we to win souls and see His Kingdom come.

This weekend coming is fast approaching. I would like to know if
A-You are coming
B-You might be willing to participate in some worship and
C-You would be willing to participate FOODWISE or at least help
organize a little.

Meetings will be here at our home. I realize a lot of you are not going
to be able to make it because of other commitments. Just let us know,
if you haven't already.

Thanks!

November-we are planning a Friday night to Sunday excursion for the
purpose of building team. This meeting will be held in Silver Bay, NY.
You can view the location at www.silverbay.org. We will most likely be
taking the TRINITY. We will be making reservations fairly soon-SO I
need to hear from you if A-you are interested. We will be mailing out a
date in the next 48 hours. We will be there Fri-Sun. I NEED TO HEAR
FROM YOU WHEN THE DATE IS SENT OUT! We will be spending the time
worshipping, fellowshipping, praying and strategizing. Between now and
then we need & covet your prayers. This is the beginning of our
traveling teams. In the beginning these teams will go throughout New
England, but may be going beyond shortly!

This weekend will be for husbands and wives(Please communicate if I
only have one address!). No children unless your child is like 1,
please. I know you will have questions, so please write me. Or respond
on the blog(Could we get in the habit of looking to the blogs? I think
it will be easier for each of us.).

We may actually be asked in the next few months to bring one of these
teams to a few churches or a city, so please be praying.

We will be planning another meeting in October and will let you know
about that. That will be here in Springfield and again we will update
you.

You also will be pleased to know that we are assembling a "circle of
counsel" and will announce that after we receive confirmations. These
people will work with Tina and I and give us their thoughts, prayers,
wisdom and counsel.

Thanks for all your prayers.

Lee

Beautiful weather, great friends and time together!

On Friday morning, Tina and I hit the road. Leaving Springfield about
9:30, we began a route to Maine with no highways. A 4.5 hour highway
trip became a 7 hour road trip. As we toured through the back roads of
NH, we encountered little traffic or construction. Wending our way up
along the edges of the "notches" of NH and Mt. Washington, the
temperature never really got above 85. But it was blue skies and lots
of sun. We finally reached Route 2 in Maine and it began to get dark. A
shower began and as we pulled over for rain gear (Not reindeer.) As
Tina geared up the rain stopped and the sun returned. About 4 we pulled
into Waterville and "bedded" down for the night. (The Chinese food was
not all that hot!)

The next day we had breakfast with a minister friend of ours and after
great food and conversation, we were off to "Bawh Hawbah." Wed rove
mostly highway to get there and then cruised around til lunch time
visiting a cool art and antique gallery on the coast. (As the owner
astutely recognized, "Guess you won't be buying much furniture." But it
was a cool place so we hung out for a while. Then off to a burger and
lobstah joint called Ruth & Wimpy's. It was pretty nice outside so we
waited for my brother to show up out on the deck. Lobster and corn were
being cooled in big buckets over open fires and a 6' lobster guarded
the parking space. His name-Wilbur. We have a funny picture of him. We
will post later. Then a huge rain shower that lasted all the time I was
paying the bill, which was a long time.

After seeing my brother we lollygagged back down back roads of Maine.
All roads seemed to go down, so either we started on the tall end of
Maine or it is true, North is higher than South. We arrived back at
"camp," and just kicked back the rest of the day except for a short
trip to grab some munchies. Yesterday morning we packed(Oh-when you
have a bike, packing is swift and easy!) and attended church at a
friend's church. Worship was sweet (WOW!) and we had a wonderful time
there. I was allowed a few words(Helmet hair, jeans and Hawaiian
shirt.) and I had been hearing all weekend, "get a grip," so I spoke of
it.

Get a grip. The Lord is ready for His bride to grip onto Him in love.
It used to be that f we agreed about the cross, the blood and
salvation, we were in unity, but I felt the Lord saying that if His
people will come together in love with Him, and grip that, we will see
the changes we are looking for. Ironically, all the pews were pretty
empty on one side. I "joked" about the fact that it was like going to a
bad wedding where no one is on the groom's side. As the words left my
mouth, I realized that I like so many others I have preferred the
company of my friends over my company with the Lord. So "get a grip" on
loving Him made more sense.

We had a great lunch with our friend and a hug goodbye we went on our
way to come home. Ironically, we got caught in traffic and I said to
Tina, this is what it is to be a "natural" Christian without the help
of the supernatural. People get all twisted up and jockey for the next
few inches when the Lord just wants them to fly. I said I really need
to contemplate a change, because being with others and being able to
minister out of love sure beat "being in traffic."

We appreciate all your prayers and kind words.

Be in touch!

Next week

Next week is our regional meeting. Please let me know if you are coming.

Thanks,
lee

Updates and some FAQ's (Frequently asked questions)

Something incredible is happening.

(Previous messages found at pcfnest.blogspot.com)

With each day I am more and more encouraged about where we see this
whole thing going. A conversation with one of the leaders I invited,
added to my enthusiasm about this move. Even the hot weather has
dampened my enthusiasm.

Recent thoughts have included that while many prepare to "go to church"
my prayer is that this group will prepare to be the church. And that
means sacrifice. For most of us, it will entail the sacrifice that goes
with being with people we do not feel comfortable with or do not even
want to be with sometimes, because we could "hang out with our friends"
instead. Sacrifice may mean forgoing some object to see the Kingdom
expanded in another's life. Whatever that sacrifice is, if it is God
ordained in it is God in you revealing His workings.

We are still fine tuning for the meeting. I do not have a count yet, so
please begin to let me know. If you need a room in the area, let me
know and we will hook you up somehow, some way. If you need a list of
local motels, let me know. What are you going to receive? I believe you
will see people connected who have a heart to see the lost saved. The
interesting dynamic here is that while there are five fold gifts
coming, I think you will be surprised at the humility. Jesus said that
the one who is least will be recognized as the greatest in heaven. Not
to many climb into that line of serving. I want this time to be
comfortable and refreshing. My wife tells me I throw "parties" without
thinking sometimes, so I am working on establishing the meeting area.
The rest(which is food, etc. we will capture.) shortly as well. (Tina
and I have meetings this weekend and next so we are very cognizant of
our planning needs.)

Some questions have come along.

What are we doing?
We are preparing a group of people(Really-everyone is prepared.) for
working together to expand the Kingdom here in New England(And
further.) The key is getting people who can work together.

What about the local church?
I was just given a word that I was not to focus on Springfield anymore
than other cities I go to. So, while we will have a local church here
in Springfield(As you will in other places.) this group's mission will
be to undergird existing ministries and church bodies, plant works
where feasible and deposit gifts and resource with others. (We are
preparing to do something here in Springfield that HAS not been done
before and will incorporate worship, prayer and relationship ("He did
not say teaching"...keep watching.)

Why gather?
Not to have another meeting. To build relationship and feel comfortable
with one another so that when things heat up and they will ( We do not
necessarily have overcoming life but are to overcome life.) we will
know the love we have for one another. We will not bring in others to
"do a meeting" but we will concentrate on what we have and who we have.

What about finances?
We will need that to expand the Kingdom. but we are not running out
looking for money. I have some ideas I will be sharing shortly about
this. We will gather money when we have a plan and an objective or
target-not the other way around. We have people who have been giving to
us and will most likely continue to. I believe as the objective becomes
clear, we will see the finances. What will it take to send a group of
people to pray in a city? I do not know, but I believe when we sense
that as the objective we will see it burst open.

Are we a prayer ministry?
We are a people of prayer. One of our local projects we hope to see
birthed is a place of prayer and worship(yes-24/7 when the Spirit
moves.)

Who is leading this?
Right now-Tina and I. At this juncture I have surrounded myself with
men and women of counsel. Many you will meet in the coming days will
tell you I am on the phone regularly with them asking, seeking,
receiving counsel. The greater picture requires more people. We are
planning for that. You will see that lay out shortly.

Where are we meeting?
For this season we are in Springfield. In the future we may take this
show on the road.

What about teaching and training?
We have ministries we are aligned with and aligning with. (Music,
worship, dance, prophetic, counsel, finance, etc.) They will be doing
intensive weekends with us to guide people called in that direction of
ministry.

That's some of the keys for now.

One of my dreams is to select a city and bring a group of men and women
and bathe the place in prayer, worship, evangelism and leave a church
body behind.

Responses:
When you respond. One letter goes to me and another to Tina. We may
post some of your response from time to time. We recognize some of you
are "under the radar" because you are involved in ministries and trying
to determine the next step. We will not violate your anonymity. We have
sent a letter to you, to enter answers on the "blog" site, so if you
want to respond so that the others you will be working with can see,
this is a great place to do it.

That's all for right now. Please be praying. We love you!
Lee&Tina

Pillar of Clouds & Fire Ministries
88 WCFR Drive
Springfield, VT 05156