
In this month’s newsletter, I share testimonies from our local house of prayer, photos from our second annual Back to Eden festival, and new articles published through Presence Pioneers Media. Check out all the goodness below!
Thank you for giving to Presence Pioneers and praying for us so that we can continue this ministry locally (The Greenhouse) and globally (Presence Pioneers Media).
Matthew Lilley
President, Presence Pioneers
The Greenhouse Worship Room Testimonies🌱
The Greenhouse is our local community here in Pitt County, NC, that includes our house church and our house of prayer (The Worship Room). We got this text from a young adult who visited the Worship Room recently before moving back to her hometown:
“Hello! This is ________, who joined the Greenhouse nights of worship for a couple weeks... just wanted to let you both know how blessed I was to have gone to those nights for the time I had. I needed it more than you know. Lots of stuff going on in my life...”
Another one of our Worship Room volunteers had this to say about his time in the prayer room:
“Regularly participating in worship and prayer with other believers helps to strengthen my faith and keeps me sensitive to what the Lord has to say. It has become a critical part of my spiritual discipline.” - Alex
The Greenhouse is one of the few ministries in our area with a vision to build a prayer room featuring live worship. Our goal is 20-25+ hours every week. We need your support to undertake this pioneering work here in eastern NC. Please partner with us!
Back to Eden Festival 2025 🚜
Our second year of the Back to Eden festival was beautiful! September 26-27, there were twelve homesteading classes/workshops, ten hours of worship & prayer, local vendors, and over 125 registrants from across our region.









NEW From Presence Pioneers Media in September🎙️
From Pastor to Pioneer [article by Matt Schneider]
The Purpose and Power of Intercessory Prayer [article by Matthew Lilley]
Sell Everything! The Door to a Life of Adventure [article by Jonathan Friz]
Four Ways That Prayer Fuels Missions [article by Matthew Lilley]
Family Update👨🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻
We hit a significant milestone in the Lilley household in September. Our oldest daughter turned 16! Wow… how the time flies!