“MEGA-FUN” WINTER RETREAT (FOR 3RD-6TH GRADERS AT CAMP LEBANON)

Last month Jenni and I organized a winter retreat for the 3rd-6th graders in our local church—Northbrook Fellowship.  We feel it is crucial for even younger children to have times away with their peers. This helps establish deeper Christian friendships, as well as being challenged to live their lives for Christ. The 25 participants all had an amazing time and came away challenged by the retreat theme of “Gratitude.” The only complaint was that the retreat was too short as everyone had MEGA-FUN!!

FEBRUARY 2014 PRAYER & PRAISES

· 2014 ROYAL SERVANTS MISSION TRIP BROCHURE— 
Matt has completed the new 2014 Royal Servants brochure. The brochure will go out to thousands of students across our nation as our staff are actively out recruiting students for next summers mission trips. If you know a teenager or college student who is interested in a mission trip this summer, please direct them to us if they have questions!

· RECRUITING STUDENTS—
We are seeking students to join our 2014 mission teams by sharing in churches and through our website. Please pray for Matt as he is speaking in churches and recruiting students these months.

· THANK YOU—
We were blessed by those who contributed towards our 2013 year-end short-fall in medical and office expenses. God provided for many of our year-end needs. Thank you for your generosity!

Merry Christmas from the Halseth Family!

We pray your 2013 was blessed! Here are a few Halseth family highlights of 2013:

Rachel Rose is our sweet two year old.  She loves dressing up in frilly pink princess dresses.  She also likes her baby dolls, especially if they are wearing pink.  She is a big girl now and enjoys going to Sunday school.  If she could, she would have a play date everyday!  She is loved much. She misses her siblings a lot when they leave the house.

Joshua turned six in November and likes both the school bus and kindergarten! It is no surprise that he loves gymnastics as he tumbles about everywhere daily :)  He also enjoyed swimming and especially soccer this summer.   He is good at helping Daddy stack wood.  He is also a snugglebug and likes to say, “I love you more than toast.” 

Abby is our sweet 3^rd grader.  She flourishes at school and would like to be a teacher when she grows up.  She enjoys practicing teaching on her white board in her room. Abby is very artistic and stylish.  She is also enjoys gymnastics, soccer and swimming.

Nathan is a 5^th grader and loves sports. He plays traveling football and basketball.  He has an impressive memory, a very good sense of humor, and enjoys reading.  His highlight this year was a week trip with Dad; mountain biking and at Camp Nathanael.

Matt was grateful to have the family join his team of 30 Royal Servants in Scotland and England this summer. He also enjoys his Band of Brothers men’s bible study, and volunteering with a Boys Brigade program in a nearby community church!

Jenni found it rewarding to see how much our kids enjoyed both traveling and learning this summer on Daddy’s Scotland team. She has enjoyed several Christian conferences this year. She loves to bike, read, and lead a Women’s Bible study.



Praying your Christmas shines brightly with many of His blessings!

Love, The Halseth Family

SCOTLAND 2014

Praying for students in Scotland! Next 

summer - 2014, our family will be 

returning to Scotland with another 

Royal Servants mission team!

In this Holiday season, we pray that Christ is ever-nearer to your heart. We are grateful for the blessings He has brought our family and ministry this year. We are also excited for all God has in store in 2014!

As you know, this past summer our entire family packed our bags and traveled to Scotland and England with a team of 30 Royal Servants. The fruit from our ministry was incredible and remains to this day. Scottish and British people along with immigrants from around the world were impacted for Christ. Student’s lives were changed.

“I feel prepared to take what I have learned from this summer of service and begin a lifetime of ministry.” – Matthew A.

“I have never experienced so much spiritual growth at one time as I did this summer... Before now I had not ever fully opened up my heart, soul, and mind to God.” – Ana V.

“I shared God’s love with Mary and she made a commitment to follow Christ. This ignited a desire in my heart to reach out to people like her – those who are lost and forgotten.” – Shinead W. 

“I now have a much greater confidence in talking to strangers about Christ… I am ready to take the next step with God – towards my future and faith in Him alone.” – Devin F.

Wow! We are incredibly privileged to have played a small part in the spiritual development of students like these. So as you can imagine, we are ready to do it again! Yes, that’s right, for the summer of 2014, our family will travel with Matt as he again leads a team to serve in Scotland and England!

We remain grateful for your partnership in bringing the message of hope all over the world! 

REIGN MINISTRIES TAKES ON A NEW IMAGE (A NEW VISUAL BRAND, WEBSITE AND MORE…)

Our new Logos for Reign Ministries 
and our ministry divisions; Royal 
Servants MissionTrips and Kairos
Discipleship School.

 Over the last few months Reign Ministries has undergone a total and complete makeover in the visual brand of the ministry. This has involved new logos (which have not been updated since 1987!), a new revamped website, new social media strategies, new print publications and more.

Our new look was developed to reflect Reign’s commitment to intentional discipleship, quality mission trips, and professional leadership that we have established over the past 30 years. We believe the logos present a seamless look, uniting Kairos Discipleship School and Royal Servants divisions underneath Reign Ministries. 

Please visit our new revamped website 
at  www.reignministries.org

Matt has been involved with a team of people to make this happen. We are all very excited and believe the new visual identity and updated website will aid in Reign Ministries’ mission to advance the Kingdom of God by developing youth and youth leaders who have great commandment hearts and live great commission lifestyles. 

You will see the updated look on our website and social media outlet pages, as well as on our print materials over the coming months. Please take the time to visit our new website and check out the new updated look!

PROMOTING & RECRUITING (FOR ROYAL SERVANTS MISSION TRIPS)

Besides working on the rebrand Matt has also been involved in promoting our Royal Servants Mission Trips and talking to interested students. This involves answering email inquiries, networking with youth pastors and setting up speaking engagements at local churches.

While the thrust of recruiting happens mainly after the first of the year we are seeing a greater number of students finding us online and pursing our mission trip opportunities earlier than ever before. With the new website now in place we are also benefiting from a new online application process which makes our recruiting efforts much more effective.  All the hard work has paid off and ultimately leads to more lives being changed for the Kingdom!

OCTOBER 2013 PRAYER

· Prayer for Local Ministry—
Matt helps lead a men’s morning bible study group which encourages men in the quest for authentic Christian manhood. He also volunteers with a “Boys Brigade” program,  with a goal to raise up godly young men to lead and serve in family, church and the community.   Jenni leads a small group for “Women of Worth”, a women’s community bible study and ministry.

· Prayer for Our Family—
Eph. 6:4 encourages parents to “Take your children by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master” (MSG). Please pray that this would be how we lead our children. Pray that we are filled with the love of Christ. For he is our life and we need him desperately in our family and in our ministry, every moment of every day.