NCF National Ministry

• NCF staff and volunteers gather March 12-14 for annual team meetings in Madison, WI. Ask God to nourish us for fruitful ministry and strengthen us in our personal challenges. Praise him for his faithfulness!
• Local nurse groups are planning events for National Nurses Week, May 6-12. Pray that nurses who are seeking spiritual peace will attend and be drawn to God.

Student & Faculty Ministry

• Join us in praying for new NCF campus volunteers and staff who are called to serve in ministry with nursing students! Ask God to provide direction and funds for recruiting and developing new staff.
• Renee Lick thanks God for Kelli and the new NCF Bible study in the College of Nursing at the University of Michigan. Pray for more students to share the vision for a witnessing community.
• Praise God for enthusiastic NCF student leaders who started 6 new student chapters in the fall semester and reactivated 3 groups. Ask God to encourage those who want to start student ministry this spring.
• Student ministry is growing at Wichita State U and Newman U (KS). Pray that these NCF groups will be recognized as official campus ministries. Thank God for Christian faculty and God’s work in their lives.
• NCF student chapters are selecting new leaders for the coming year. Pray for smooth transitions into their new roles.
• Our graduating students are seeking jobs and taking the N-CLEX licensure exam. Pray for God’s direction and peace in their lives as they enter into professional nursing practice.
• Pray for the new NCF ministry at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and for Amanda, NCF campus volunteer. Students are inviting their friends for Bible study discussions related to faith and nursing.
• Nursing students at Florida Gulf Coast University and their faculty advisor, Tina, are praying that the influence of NCF on campus would grow and for students and faculty to know Jesus through their witness.

Publications, Resources and Networking

• Thank God for the outreach of Journal of Christian Nursing and for our partnership with authors and the publishing staff at Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• Ask God to provide for the needs of Kathy Schoonover-Shoffner as she edits JCN and speaks to nurses and students at several venues this year.
• The Cleveland Area NCF nurse group presents Alternative Therapies: A Christian Perspective on Touch-Related Nursing Intervention on March 10. Pray that nurse and student participants will demonstrate therapeutic alternative healing interventions that are grounded in a biblical, Christian view.
• Ask God to bring students and nurses to: Innovations in Faith-Based Nursing at IWU (IN) June 18-21; Reclaiming Dignity in a Culture of Commodification at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (IL) July 12-14; and Partners in Care: Unity in Diversity Through Christ, the NCF International conference in Chile, November 5-10. Thank God for NCF’s partnerships with these ministries.

Global Ministry

• Thank God that NCF Canada has been granted nonprofit status. Pray that NCF will be recognized as a charitable organization by the government during 2012, and that the Lord will provide more laborers to gather his harvest.
• Pray that nursing students who want to learn more about local and global missions will attend Urbana 12 in St. Louis, December 27-31, 2012. Pray for Grace Tazelaar and others preparing healthcare seminars.