1. Thanksgiving to the Lord for His faithful care for the church in NYC throughout this year and prayer for the church’s further going on in the new year
2. The strengthening of the prayer of the saints at every level in the church life: personal, by 2s & 3s, between the couples, in the families, in the brothers’ houses and sisters’ houses, in the small groups, in the sisters’ prayer groups, in the service groups and in the weekly church prayer meetings
3. The semiannual winter training on the Crystallization-study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther being held this week in Anaheim, and all the video trainings which will be held in many localities all over the earth (the video training in NYC will begin this upcoming Thursday)
4. The continued homecoming of many who have not been meeting regularly
5. The need for meeting halls in various localities throughout the country and throughout the world:
a. Atlanta, GA
b. Stuttgart, Germany
c. São Paulo, Brazil
d. Sydney, Australia
6. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)