Covenant Community Church, Greenwell Springs LA

Berlin, Germany

Kirk, Amy, Mercy, & Jack Priest

www.KirkAndAmy.org

Contact
Kirk & Amy Priest
Nicolaistr. 3712247
Berlin, Germany

Biography
Kirk was born in Michigan and raised in a Christian home. He dedicated his life to the Lord in August of 1991. He was disciple through the ministry of Chi Alpha at Central Michigan University and it was as a student that the Lord called him into full-time ministry.

He graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in German & History. As a student, he was actively involved
in the ministry through preaching, teaching, leading worship, and evangelism on campus. He also traveled to Germany on short-term mission trips and studied a year at the University of Heidelberg.

Amy was also born in Michigan and raised in a loving, Christian home. She sensed a calling to ministry at a very young age and led many childhood friends to the Lord. As a student at CMU, she majored in English and Speech Education, graduating with a B.S. in 1998. She was an active student leader in the Chi Alpha group, leading worship, discipline women and doing evangelism in the dorms. She is a gifted musician and artist and has ministered through her music to the lost both inside and outside the church.

After graduating from college, Kirk moved to Louisiana for an internship and God opened the door for a full-time ministry position as a Campus Missionary with Chi Alpha at Louisiana State University where he re-pioneered the ministry in 1997. Kirk and Amy maintained a long distance relationship and were eventually married in Dec. of 1998. They have a little girl named Mercy Claire. She was born March 5, 2001. She can clap, sing and likes to lay hands on and minister to anything that she can put in her mouth. On July 12, 2004, their son Jackson Scott was born.
Together they have ministered to thousands of students from over fifty different nations. Their ministry is hallmarked by worship, evangelism, cell groups and café ministry. They have a passion for reaching today's generation of students in Germany.

Over 180 gathered with us during the Christmas break to celebrate the New Year and to seek God for this generation. The city of Nuremberg, home of the ginger bread cookie and also famous for the War Crimes Trials played host to our annual Winter Conference, called SilvesterFreizeit.

Our guest speaker this year was Psychology Professor and Campus Pastor from the Free University in Amsterdam, Peter Roelofsma. The topic was Inner Healing for both students as individuals and the entire campus.

Peter's research has revealed that over 60% of all European students suffer from depression. This is a very sobering statistic. It also reveals the need for campus ministry more than ever before to touch these hurting individuals.

Many students attending were also touched by the power of God and challenged to reach their campus with the HOPE of Jesus.

I taught a workshop on "How to plant a student group" and eight students attended it. The hope is that several of them will start a new group this coming year across various parts of Germany.

We also received an offering at the conference for the victims of the Tsunami in South East Asia. The students response was overwhelming. They gave over $5500. Part of the money will go directly to a missionary who is an SfC Alumni ministering now in Indonesia.

Pray for the next generation of leaders in Germany (pictured above). God desires to restore the broken spirit of this nation and I believe He will use these young people in the End-Time harvest