Pillars Of Clouds & Fire Ministries NEST

NEST UPDATES Lake George Date "You shall enjoy!"

2006-09-14T11:34:00.000-04:00

Hi guys:

I am officially announcing the date for this retreat. It will be
November 17-19. I need a count by the weekend to make sure it is all
set. We will begin arriving after noon on Friday and will bug out on
Sunday after lunch. We gathered as much data as we could from those who
sent it and made a decision. We realize that not everyone can come and
we are sorry. If you have questions about anything regarding this
gathering, please contact Tina or I.

Note-we are looking for someone that would be willing to help out
administratively a little. Mailings, data collection and a few phone
calls from time to time. You will mostly be working with Tina.

Note-there is no childcare for the meetings we will be doing. This is a
couples and individuals retreat this time.

We will be praying with one another, eating, worshipping, eating,
enjoying the Lord, eating, strategizing for January and beyond (Which
includes a theme), (Did I say eating???) You will enjoy this time
immensely. You will be able to commune with God and all His creation. I
promise you this will be like no retreat you have ever been on.

We are preparing for our first invitational gathering of leaders in
January to be announced date wise. I am reviewing other calendars so
that we will conflict as little as possible.

For more information on NEST visit our blog site listed below.

Other dates on our website below list ministries we work with and their
meetings we feel will bless the body of Christ here in New England.
http://www.pocafministries.org/calendar.html

You will also note an October 13-14th meeting. You can read the
thoughts by clicking on the calendar days.

I need your help, your prayers, your thoughts. We want to connect you
with one another. I am hoping some of the ministries I work with will
be able to attend that Saturday. You will find some of the links here.
http://inneracts.org Phil & Wendy Coy (they have been invited to be
part of our personal circle of conscience)
http://www.impart.org/ Darryl & Martha Rodman (they have been invited
to be part of our personal circle of conscience)
Chris and Cathyann Adams On The Vine Church (they have been invited to
be part of our personal circle of conscience)
Roger & Phyllis Brooks Village Church (they have been invited to be
part of our personal circle of conscience)
Donna Milham www.eagledove.com
David Thayer www.net2church.org

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

Blessings,
Lee & Tina

Links
Lake George Retreat-http://silverbay.org/
Business interest-http:// pcfbiz.blogspot.com
Jesus Freak Racing Ministries-http://www.vermontel.net/~aaron
Mission Trip Possibilities-http://www.vermontel.net/~servant
Home Blog http:// pcfnest.blogspot.com
Calendar-http://www.pocafministries.org/calendar.html
Local Blog-http://pcfministries.blogspot.com/

"Search out earth's places where the temperatures are most unbearable,
diseases are most deadly, poverty is most desperate, peace is most
elusive, and life is most inconvenient. There! You have found the
greatest concentrations of people who are still waiting to be reached
with the good news of Jesus. Of course it's hard. If it were easy, it
would have been done by now.
Nov 2003 issue of SIM

NEST UPDATES 9/13 Update & Links

2006-09-13T06:32:00.000-04:00

Hi guys:

#1 Good morning in the name of Jesus!
#2 We will have the date resolved for Lake George. If you even want to
come for one day to this retreat, you will need to let me know. This
will be coming out tonight and we will be making reservations. This is
for individuals and couples. We can not work out child care for this
one. It will be a time of connecting and fellowship and prayer. This is
a beautiful place. Link below.
#3 We have had a lot of good "press" and people are asking abut the
January gathering. We will be discussing this at the November
Retreat-we may stage a one day meeting here in October. That has not
been decided. We have had business people asking if they could be part
of the big picture. Please continue to press in for this.
#4 Jesus Freak Racing Ministries is up and running-see below. Shirts
and hats for donations are available.
#5 Small business-I have been working with some small businesses as
part of the vision for the business network. In October, I will be
running a morning meeting for prayer and fellowship. If you are in
business or have a heart for business and think you would like to
pursue this, let me know. I will be posting information at link below.
#6-Money-You heard Tina say it at the meeting. "This will take a lot of
money." We presently are receiving offerings and tithes from some
people. We appreciate this. We have had help with an investment that
will be made available to each of you shortly. It is already a blessing
to our ministry. We would like to see it provide income for other
ministries across the nation.
#7 If there are people you would like to see on this list, please let
them and/or me know.
#8 Deeper Relationships-This is a hand of our local ministry. More
information will be appearing on our local link below. It will be on
Tuesdays. It will be a meal, worship and prayer for one another,
specifically in the area of FINANCE. This will be a regular meeting.
#9 For years I have been meeting with a pastor at a local restaurant on
Wednesdays @ 8. If you are interested in joining us, please let me know.
#10 Missions-We discussed this at the meeting-we have 2 present
opportunities, we would like to consider. I have placed photos of
Scotland & Tanzania for those of you to pray for the people. The couple
is in Scotland and their names are Terry & June. The "preacher man" is
my friend George in Tanzania.
#11 Database-we would like to have information from you other than
email address. We want to communicate to all your senses! Also, send us
your birthdays and anniversaries, so we can bless you!
#12-Prayer-we know many of you have been going through the mill, so to
speak and we want to pray for you. Please let us know your prayer
requests, by posting on the blog. If you have questions about this, let
me know.
#13-Your ministry-We want you to post your meetings on the blog so
others can attend-again of you have questions about this, please let me
know. There are a couple posted there now.

That's all for now-the Lake George Retreat meeting information will be
out tonight.

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

Blessings,
Lee & Tina

NEST UPDATES Jesus Freak Racing Tomorrow

2006-09-09T18:30:00.000-04:00

Hi guys:

Tomorrow Jim and LuAnn will be going to the North American Nationals in
Epping. Jim has an opportunity to minister there. Because this is a
large gathering there is a place to minister.

Please keep them in your prayers!

For more on the track-
http://www.newenglanddragway.com/
For more on Jesus Freak Racing-http://jesusfreakracing.blogspot.com/ or
http://www.vermontel.net/~aaron

We need to raise $4000 so keep us in prayer.

Thanks,
Lee
JFR
You may now donate to JFR through Paypal Jesus Freak Racing
http://vermontel.net/~aaron.

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

Blessings,
Lee & Tina

Visit pcfnest.blogspot.com

2006-09-07T09:55:00.000-04:00

New England Home Fellowship Group Pastors' Retreat

Net2Church Global Ministries is sponsoring the first Home Fellowship Groups of New England conference and retreat. This retreat is for all who are engaged in leading home fellowship ministries of any type, but is particularly for those acting as home fellowship pastors and their spouses and for those that they invite, as well as for those seeking to minister with these groups.

The purpose of this gathering is to help these pastors to develop relationships throughout New England with other home fellowship pastors, and to share their vision and testimonies with others for home fellowship ministry in general.

Spring of 2007 (Exact date yet to be determined)
Intervarsity's Toah Nipi Christian Retreat Center in Rindge, NH is the location for this extraordinary event. Come and take part in this gathering as we address the question; What is God saying to the home fellowship pastors, and why is it time to enable them to build a network and encourage itinerant activities throughout this network?

The setting for this retreat is a wilderness setting with a pond, miles of hiking trails, and plenty of area to find quiet and solitude to practice the presence of God, either alone or perhaps with a spouse.

There are rooms available for this overnight retreat on a pre-registration basis, provided without cost through the generosity of Gregg Hodgson, Director of Toah Nipi, who's only request is that we pay for meals ($20/ea) and take a love offering instead of the normal $50 overnight fee. WOW!

We will gather on Sunday afternoon for introductions beginning at 1:00PM as people begin to arrive throughout the afternoon, and break bread together for an evening meal and time of sharing between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Following dinner, we will have a time of quiet gathering campfire-style with acoustic instruments and open discussion, as well as worship and prayer, all mixed in as the Lord leads.

Monday morning is a time of solitude and a time to seek God in all of His creation in this beautiful New England nature setting before gathering to break bread again (breakfast). Following breakfast we will gather for corporate prayer and discussion of any prophetic word that might be shared for everyone's benefit before breaking bread (lunch) one last time. The afternoon will be a time of "raising a joyful noise-style" worship and "free time" to network or enjoy the surroundings again before departing.

Please come, take part, and let us get to know you.
Let us know soon for the planning of food and rooms!

In His love,
David R. Thayer, Director of Ministries
Net2Church Global Ministries
(603) 899-6032
davidthayer@net2church.org

NEST UPDATES 9/6 & Lake George & Prayers

2006-09-06T07:06:00.000-04:00

Dear Friends:

Let me first apologize for not being in touch more frequently as we
approach the November Lake George Getaway in November. We have
experienced intense warfare and some pretty cool stuff. (I am going to
list prayer needs for the group here. You may ask for prayer yourself
by being a "member" of this board. Simply go to the blog site. Many of
us have experienced attack in our physical beings, our emotional realms
and our finances. We need to pray for one another. And let's be honest,
having that phone ring and realizing you are not alone is important. We
are working n the final date for Lake George. (Does anyone have "I
can't come that weekend days-other than Thanksgiving?)

And now let me apologize for 2 copies cuz I still don't have the email
program figured out.

Yesterday I ministered for 45 minutes to an unbeliever. A troubled
youth of 22. We shall see, but I feel Jesus made inroads as I gave him
a ride home. This is part of what NEST is about. Many of you know that
we have a had a financial struggle on our hands here. We are trying to
get the ministry up, getting some things righted. AS I looked for a
"job" I reviewed ministry. One website(Not Christian) had over 250
youth ministry positions out of 350 ministry positions. Interesting.
Part of NEST has to be an emphasis on the youth. Not to say "this is
how we do it" but to be their friend.

If you have a ministry please use this board to discuss meetings, etc.

We will have more out this weekend.

Blessings,
lee

JFR
You may now donate to JFR through Paypal Jesus Freak Racing
http://vermontel.net/~aaron.

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

Blessings,
Lee & Tina

Visit pcfnest.blogspot.com

2006-08-31T05:02:00.000-04:00

Well, our weekend gathering was 1 1/2 weeks ago. I was only able to attend Saturday afternoon because of my insane schedule, but the break for fellowship and focus on the Lord was very welcome! I arrived just in time for lunch and fellowship over the meal. It was great! I got to meet some people who were new to me, Jim and Luanne, a wonderful couple! While I was there I noticed Tina limping about the house. I didn't like that at all, and after a little while it became apparent in my spirit that something needed to be done about it. So with Luanne's encouragement...haha...I prayed over Tina's ankle and foot and the Lord set about healing her. We also prayed over Luanne's knee which was bothering her.
I really love having the opportunity to use the gifts that the Lord has given me. I wasn't sure why I was going to the meeting (since I couldn't be there for all of it), what my place in it would be, but if that was all I was supposed to do, then it was accomplished! It is my joy to do the work of the Lord when He asks it of me. I am seeking Him more and more and really feel the need to DO rather than just to BE. Just BEING isn't enough for me anymore and becoming a part of NEST is going to be a step toward doing for the Lord...I am so thankful for Lee and Tina and their gentle spirits.
I am really looking forward to this retreat too! After all the work and school and headaches that go along with them, getting away for the weekend for time with the Lord, my husband and fellowship with friends will be a welcome break. God bless you all!

THE WEEKEND-FINALLY!

2006-08-25T11:49:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-19T21:17:00.000-04:00

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

Visit pcfnest.blogspot.com

NEST FIRST NIGHT

2006-08-19T08:37:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-17T20:59:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-16T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-15T03:33:00.000-04:00

Waiting on the Lord is not something that I am particularly good at, so it is good to have the prayer support of friends along the way! A little while ago I got quite an extensive word over my life, I've written about it in a blog of my own...anyway, one of the things that was said was something about being set free from the prison. It was kind of funny because the person who said it had no idea that I work in one. Ever since then I have been wondering if that was metaphorical, literal because I am going to nursing school and soon won't be at the prison, or literal meaning while I am in school God will give me something else. I know Lee has been praying for me to get out of here. It has been three years and quite frankly I am getting a bit burned out. The point of all this is that I have a lead for a job elsewhere. I am going to check it out more tomorrow. It is hard for me to try to find a job making the amount of money I get right now, and then get flexible hours since I am going to be in college full time. So this per diem job popped up in the paper. It also gets my foot in the door with the nursing career because it is similar work. I know if it is God that it will work out! The hours are perfect...and this is the only job I felt to look into. None of the others had that 'feeling' when I read them, know what I mean?

So I am hopeful. I have been waiting on the Lord with this financial situation and it has been hard! I know He will take care of us and supply all of our needs. Thank you for the prayers and continued support!

NEST News & Upcoming Meeting(s)

2006-08-14T21:05:00.000-04:00

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!

2006-08-14T18:22:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-10T20:10:00.000-04:00

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

Thanks,
lee

Updates and some FAQ's (Frequently asked questions)

2006-08-02T09:39:00.000-04:00

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

2006-07-30T19:23:00.000-04:00

Many of you have responded with a resounding "AMEN!" Already over a dozen people have come in with comments for this group. You do not want to play church, but be the church.

And this group is under the radar right now. I have invited those who have expressed interest in this type of thing and long to see His Kingdom come.

And so the meeting is Friday night and Saturday the 18 & 19th of August. At that gathering we will decide on the next one. Many of you will be in Mt. Snow the few days before it. Bless you!

One of the immediate comments, said that we needed a central post area where members could go if their email died or such. They have recomended a calendar as well. We will build that shortly. That is because some can not make it and we will be readying for the next meeting.

We will soon have a section on our website at PCF but until then, please use this if you are interested in commenting or catching up with things.

I will be posting more pertinent information as to the location, etc.

Also, we will post "bullets" so that you can see what is happening and how it is coming about. I devoted a lot pf tday to praying about this and building the "shell," so that people will know what is happening and how they can participate.

In response to that, I am going to "invite" you to post comments and introduce yourselves to one another through this ,ethod, called blogging. You will find the previous letters there as well. You will receive a letter from Blogger.com inviting you as a member. Your not returning this letter does not keep you from being a member, just unable to write and comment.

Please remember that this group is by invitation only and until after the first meeting, there will be no way to "invite' so to speak. The main goal is to build freindship and relationship so that we can work together.

I will add to this as we go.

2006-07-30T17:13:00.001-04:00

WOW!

I am using a new email program. What was the shortcut "Save" is now "Send" and I am getting very frustrated. WOW-wait a second. Maybe it is not enough to be saved, but you need to be sent as well!!! Sorry for the half finished letter, but I assure you people will not be sent before their time!!! Or will they?

WOW!!!

All ready we are at a place of WOW! So many have written and said this is something I feel drawn to. Below is the basis of a vision I had in year 2000 during an extended fast. Those that have known me for years will recognize the little bits. I am really encouraged by your letters. Imagine a group of people drawn by the Holy Spirit bringing forth the Kingdom in power and in might. I can tell you that we are going to see the end of comfort zones and enter the POWER zones. As a matter of fact, I am thinking that is exactly what we are going to see. We are going to see cities and towns transformed to zones of POWER, much as Amy Semple McPherson saw in her place of prayer with an "electricity" that even the public felt as they walked by. So, keep your eyeWOW!s on "Zones Of Power!"

Those of you who have written, it is an encouragement to me. We will be finalizing plans. Tina does need to hear from you so we can arrange food. Thank you for blessing us with your prayers and your words.

Lee

I wanted to share what the beginnings of this were. January 2000. I have made notes in CAPS.

Vision

In January 2000, the Lord gave me a vision, that I believe revealed the Father's heart for His church in New England and around the world. In that vision I saw many lonely leaders, who were just waiting for a dad to come along side.

Who were these people? Many were emerging leaders, but there were many who did not have the ability or the connections to receive from the wisdom of a spiritual "dad". While some of that was self imposed, the isolation often was real. I saw many churches that struggled for lack of resources, directions and giftings.

In that vision I saw a network of life. The Lord put it upon my heart to bring together 3 men who I see as fathers to the church. Each one provides oversight to existing churches. Each has proven work and the results are good fruit.

I contacted them and arranged for a meeting in March. Each one agreed, despite the distances that had to be covered.

Those three were; . At that meeting there were three others including myself. Below you will see the notes from at that meeting. Our meeting took place in a home constructed in 1760. And as one pointed out, we could easily envision members of the then, upcoming Revolutionary War discussing strategy, much as we discussed strategy for the war for souls.

A vision recorded at our first meeting was that of a net. The apostlic oversight was the outer cord of the net, and the knots were tied by the unity of the church leaders, the working of apostleship.

THIS WAS ATTEMPTED ONCE BUT THROUGH MAN'S OPPOSITION I WAS PUSHED ASIDE AND THE VISON FAILED IN THAT SEASON AND WAS ABORTED.

Mission statement

To see God's kingdom; united in the Spirit and built through relationship, fully supplied and strengthened by networking.

The purpose of our quarterly meetings is to seek the face of God for our New England area (our Jerusalem), develop relationships between church leaders, provide secure and wise influence and to serve one another.

These meetings are the result of a meeting held in March 2000 where 6 leaders came together in a New Hampshire home to discuss the viability of a network of ministry for New England. After hours of discussion, it was determined that not only was the Godly need there, but that during the whole time, the word, "but" had not been uttered once. That ideas came forth freely and built upon one another. Flowing freely.

Our quarterly meetings will offer the opportunities for an often isolated church leadership, to come together through existing relationships empowering them to forge new relationships.

The meetings will provide opportunity for those who desire to see the New England region( and beyond) taken for God, networked so that strong areas can aid in weakened areas, meeting the needs of the Kingdom.

Our next meeting will be February 3rd at The Village Church in West Swanzey. There will be a time of fellowship beginning at 11am. At 12 noon will assemble to pray and to see what is on God's agenda.

This meeting is part of what will be an ongoing process of leadership relationships, care for the emerging leader and ministry supply of gifts and resources.

How to join

This "net" is built by relationship. To "join", one must have relationship with someone involved. It is not a "club" but a gathering of leaders who want to see our "Jerusalem" impacted for the Lord. There will be no charge, dues or fees. What the Lord has freely given we must give. Each location has been kind enough to provide their location and buffet luncheon.

There are no "dues", but the building of relationships. Many will utilize the bigger "pool" of giftings and talents to further the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus.

If you happened upon this website or were directed to us, please contact me for further information;

Our first meeting, May 27th, 2000 was successful.

Notes from March 23rd, Apostolic Networking

General thoughts: a historic occasion

God is doing a new thing.
This includes breaking down the competitive in the hearts of leaders

Note: isolation exists in leaders as an attitude that is justified
Needed: healing and repentance that will allow pastors and leaders reaching out to each other in love.

Apostolic Networking: relatively a new concept and movement among leaders
Apostolic Networking: a natural progression of development resulting from current relationships

Apostolic ministry not Lord's over God's inheritance but bondservants to the church.
Prayer needs to intensify:
in order to bring forth the true revelation and implementation of apostolic reformation
to understand and build new models for training of emerging leaders
to identify and release resources, both spiritual and natural
to allow ministry to move from points of strength to supply the points of weakness
to enable leadership to flow in this reality
to promote vision that will fulfill the cause of Jesus Christ in the NE
to reveal and focus God given assignments
to establish right relationships for right purposes in right ways
to be enabled to bring forth fruitfully and purposefully the apostolic blessing

Possible name identity:

The real challenge is how is something like this facilitated?

This concept is an alternative and addition to what the Lord has already established and is not meant to
be exclusive or the only thing that is happening. There needs to be a built in philosophy that pervades
the network that avoids spiritual pride and denominationalism. Networking would provide a place for
freedom of purpose to flow without control based on a free market society where all benefit as much as
they determine is right for them. Give and take based on willing hearted and free will principles.

The net needs to be designed to provide social relevance, meet real needs and build provide powerful
recourses that practically meet the needs of the culture and society with God's provision.

The net is an organism not an organization in it's essence, though there will need to be organization to
facilitate it's function.

Two existing status quos that will be changed through apostolic reformation:
Denominationalism and Individualism

A new model for relationships and ministry resources based on the Internet.

Each leader and ministry has access to the net from their local position
The apostolic network provides the backbone for the communication to flow through relationships
Each website (ministry represented) is distinct, yet linked to other websites
Relationships become the knots of the network, tied on purpose for the extending of the Kingdom.
No one owns the net, but it belongs to all, parts of it defined by many site managers and contributors
Meditation on this model will provide further understanding of the freedom and availability of
networking

Apostolic networking is a recognition of what already exits and a further embracing of it.

What does apostolic networking look like?

Some identifying traits of :

It's alive - a community of relationships rather than an organization of relationships that are:

Enabling
Life giving
Instructive and prophetically accurate
Relevant
Productive
Provisional
Inspirational
Relationship orientated and based
Releasing
Safe
Open - transparent and real
Non-violating of individual distinctives and vision perspectives
Non-competitive
Cooperative
Non-demanding
Values time
Easily accessible

is designed to be consistent with the Kingdom principles of:

Vision enlarging An open future Reproduction (easily reproduced on any level) Encouraging support systemModel providing Challenging Life changing Respectful of current existing networks (groups, movements and such) Brings healing to existing networks so that they can flow within their own network and flow in enlarged circles of other networks

Provides:

Forum
Fellowship
Perspectives
Cross-pollinating
Flexibility for local emphasis and local flavor
Strength from agreement and unity for reaching the region with the gospel

Implementation:

Leadership provided by influence rather than by administration (consistent with the internet
model)
Built on existing and forming relationships.
Begins by ministering to the Lord in prayer so that He may form and shape the net through the
knotting of relationships.
Quarterly prayer meetings with invitations to all existing leader relationships in the NE to attend.

(You must be a guest of someone coming-please do not just "show up". See form.)

YOU CAN SEE MY ROOTS ARE TO SEE PEOPLE CHANGED, HEALTHY AND WHOLE. THIS VISION HAS MORPHED SOME, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT IS TO SEE HIS KINGDOM COME.

I NEED HELP. THIS REQUIRED MUCH.

SO, WHILE IN THIS DAY AND AGE THERE WILL BE GREATER EMPHASIS ON DISCIPLING PEOPLE WHO ARE QUITE FRANKLY, SICK OF CHURCH, IT IS ALL A LOT THE SAME.

BLESSINGS,
LEE

2006-07-30T17:13:00.000-04:00

Not The Last

Folks:

I have already received a number of "I can not make it-but include me the next time" letters. We are going to be doing this regularly as we send this team into cities and to different locations for training.

Just keep writing me!

Blessings,
lee

A Special Time Together

2006-07-30T17:06:00.000-04:00

Dear Friends:

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus!

This is an unusual time in our history. As we look across the nations of the world, we see the injustices of religiosity and the methods that are carried out by it. We feel the pain of war torn countries and their people. Even now as we sit on the brink of World War III, the question is "who will go?"

Without getting into detail in this letter (Though feel to write me for the details!) , I have dragged my feet hard the last year. Not wanting to be part of anything that does not give life or sustains people. I have always told people God will meet you when you step forward, but He has no reason to meet us with out placing that foot forward.

The last year brought me heartbreak with the death of one of my unsaved friends. Yesterday, as I read a letter about the seriousness of a brother's illness, I was quickened in my heart about the seriousness of our calls, our destinies and our hearts.

Many of you are familiar with a dream I had many years ago, about bringing teams to New England and pushing out darkness and establishing the Kingdom. For many reason, only attributable to man, that dream died a senseless death. It was aborted. But it is also clear in the scriptures that unless a kernel of wheat fall to the ground and die, it can not bring forth life and life abundant. Dreams need to die, that they might become alive by the power of Him.

Here's the deal...If you are receiving this, it is a special invite. It is for you and your spouse(where applicable.). It is not for your friends. It is because you are my friend and you add value to my life and your place in the Kingdom being established is important. You are from NY, CT, MA, SC, WA, VT & NH. Some are presently leaders and some in the workplace. The reality of it is you have been part of a conversation with me over the years that lead me to this.

This is because I think you might have a desire to see His Kingdom come here in New England and that the flames of revival would rise high and move into all the nations. Because you do not want to play church, but you want to be the church. Because while meetings are good, you want the meeting in the street, the mall or your workplace, to dwarf what happened in "church." You care about your inheritance, both in this world(The pre-Christian) and in the next. You want relationships that will last til we all get to see His face. You want to be with like minded people.

So, I am planning a meeting(God-I hate that word.), a gathering of brothers and sisters to come together to pray and to worship. To love on one another and to be encouraged. Out of this will come a place of training for the unsaved. A team to go about New England and to the world. We will be having concentrated weekends throughout the year. Places of food, fun and fellowship. Not another strategy-but a going forth. Many of you are gifted with gifts that I can not fathom but they are important to what is coming and getting ready to shake. Worship and prayer, dance and devotion. We want it all.

For a lot of you, you may come from a place of previous revivals. When you come to Vermont, there is only one documented revival here in Vermont and it was here in Springfield. (If you care to read about it visit, www.pocafministries.org)

Please write me back if you are interested. Please write me back if you are not. But get in touch with me! Out off this group we will form teams to travel to places needing and requiring prayer. And I have organizational people invited. That should help you! Me-I throw a party with purpose.

The dates will be.....8/18 Dinner 8/19 Meeting All Day
There are motels in the area. We will work out the food. But let me know if this is for you!

We love you!