Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Josh and Lisa Reach Canada
After a week of challenges at the border, God put the right person at the crossing to walk the family through the process and to grant them a one year visa. Praise the Lord for His mighty works. Pray for our missionaries as they love the wonderful people of Canada.
Praying for Ukraine
June 16-28, 2010
Mrs. Sherry Ruhl & Ms. April Ruhl
will join along with 21 other Americans in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ to family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors of church members in and around Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Please join in praying for:
Traveling Grace
Physical Health
Right words to say when speaking
Spiritual protection
Physical protection
Rest
Flexibility
Encouragement
Security in the Lord
"...but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Acts 1:8
June 16-28, 2010
Mrs. Sherry Ruhl & Ms. April Ruhl
will join along with 21 other Americans in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ to family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors of church members in and around Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Please join in praying for:
Traveling Grace
Physical Health
Right words to say when speaking
Spiritual protection
Physical protection
Rest
Flexibility
Encouragement
Security in the Lord
"...but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Acts 1:8
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
SUMMER 2010
Upcoming MISSION Events: (Please Join Us In Prayer)
- Free Lunch Wednesdays - Harmon Park - 10 % of children in Texas go to bed hungry. Let's make a difference in our city. Join us in feeding kids in Wise County during the summer.
- VBS - Saddle Ranch Sports Camp - First Baptist Church Decatur - June 13 - 17
- Ruhl's on Mission to Ukraine with International Commission - June
- Student Ministry Mission Trip to New Mexico - June 26th - July 2nd
- Blue Jeans & BBQ Patriotic Sunday - July 4th - First Baptist Church Decatur - Bring Someone!
- College Mission Trip to Vancouver - Maple Ridge "The Connection" - July 3-10
- Trek - Camp Copass - 3rd - 6th graders - July 12 - 16
- Student Life Camp - University of North Texas - July 26 - 30
- Pray for those going to Mexico and other places to touch lives during the Summer!
Lots of things are happening in the next 10 Weeks - Ask God to do amazing things as the First Family is On Mission for Him in the world! "Loving God, Loving People and Building Bridges of Hope!"
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
PRAYER REQUESTS FROM CANADA
REGION 1 – VANCOUVER
IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Pastor Yong Kim) PRAY for travel safety and an effective witness for the 5 who are going on a mission trip May 11-25 to North China. PRAY for them as they seek to share the Gospel through ESL. THANKS to God for making the trip possible. PRAISE God that a lady reached through their street ministry has been baptized. PRAISE God for her encouraging testimony of how she never knew happiness until she accepted Jesus. PRAY for the members who are seeking to go on a mission trip to Vietnam in November. pastor@immanuelfellowship.com
COMMUNITY OF HOPE (Director Yong Kim) PRAY for the homeless and displaced people that they minister too. ASK that they would know how to be encouragers to them. PRAY that they would be able to care for the additional number of people that they have each day. comofhope@hotmail.com
REGION 3 – UNIVERSITY/COLLEGES
PRAY for the 35 students coming on two mission teams to serve in the Greater Vancouver area May 11-June 8. They will receive training in prayer walking, campus ministry evangelism and how to reach other cultures. Also, they will assist Student Ministry Strategist Kelly Manire to establish a website that will explain the need for campus ministries and new church plants aimed at the University Communities across British Columbia. PRAY that every person on these teams will be deeply moved and impacted by the spiritual need in Canada. PRAY that the Lord would burden some of them to return and help with campus ministry. ASK that God do much more than we can ask or imagine and that Jesus would get all the glory in His church and for many generations. kellymanire@gmail.com
REGION 9 – SURREY/DELTA
GATEWAY MYANMAR BAPTIST CHURCH (Pastor Thu Soe Kyaw) PRAY that God would give the pastor more time to spend with God. PRAY for his strength as he works bi-vocationally at a night job. PRAY for God’s protection for Nan as she in involved in a family problem about the sale of some property. ASK that God’s will be done and the matter resolved in the right way. soekyawthu@gmail.com
REGION 12 – LANGLEY/FT LANGLEY/CLOVERDALE
RE: GENERATION (Co-Pastors: John Voth, Terry Teng) PRAY for the Trinity Western University students as most have returned home for the summer. ASK that the pastoral team would be able to concentrate more on the ones still in worship. PRAY that they would be wise in making decisions for the summer. vothjohn@gmail.com, terrynlori@shaw.ca
REGION 13 – PITT MEADOWS/MAPLE RIDGE
PITT MEADOW CHURCH PLANTERS - THANK GOD for the answered prayer for a new church start in this area. Over 18000+ live in this community without a Baptist Church or Evangelical Witness. Josh and Lisa Arrington are moving to begin a work for our Lord in June 2010. God is good!
REGION 15 – VANCOUVER ISLAND
COMOX VALLEY KOREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, Courtney (Pastor Jaeshin Park) PRAY for a new week night Bible study started for new Christians and/or soon-to-be Christians. ASK for wisdom for Pastor Park as he leads them in knowing how to become Christians. PRAY that the Holy Spirit would give people a clear understanding of His Word. nzcbc@hotmail.com
IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Pastor Yong Kim) PRAY for travel safety and an effective witness for the 5 who are going on a mission trip May 11-25 to North China. PRAY for them as they seek to share the Gospel through ESL. THANKS to God for making the trip possible. PRAISE God that a lady reached through their street ministry has been baptized. PRAISE God for her encouraging testimony of how she never knew happiness until she accepted Jesus. PRAY for the members who are seeking to go on a mission trip to Vietnam in November. pastor@immanuelfellowship.com
COMMUNITY OF HOPE (Director Yong Kim) PRAY for the homeless and displaced people that they minister too. ASK that they would know how to be encouragers to them. PRAY that they would be able to care for the additional number of people that they have each day. comofhope@hotmail.com
REGION 3 – UNIVERSITY/COLLEGES
PRAY for the 35 students coming on two mission teams to serve in the Greater Vancouver area May 11-June 8. They will receive training in prayer walking, campus ministry evangelism and how to reach other cultures. Also, they will assist Student Ministry Strategist Kelly Manire to establish a website that will explain the need for campus ministries and new church plants aimed at the University Communities across British Columbia. PRAY that every person on these teams will be deeply moved and impacted by the spiritual need in Canada. PRAY that the Lord would burden some of them to return and help with campus ministry. ASK that God do much more than we can ask or imagine and that Jesus would get all the glory in His church and for many generations. kellymanire@gmail.com
REGION 9 – SURREY/DELTA
GATEWAY MYANMAR BAPTIST CHURCH (Pastor Thu Soe Kyaw) PRAY that God would give the pastor more time to spend with God. PRAY for his strength as he works bi-vocationally at a night job. PRAY for God’s protection for Nan as she in involved in a family problem about the sale of some property. ASK that God’s will be done and the matter resolved in the right way. soekyawthu@gmail.com
REGION 12 – LANGLEY/FT LANGLEY/CLOVERDALE
RE: GENERATION (Co-Pastors: John Voth, Terry Teng) PRAY for the Trinity Western University students as most have returned home for the summer. ASK that the pastoral team would be able to concentrate more on the ones still in worship. PRAY that they would be wise in making decisions for the summer. vothjohn@gmail.com, terrynlori@shaw.ca
REGION 13 – PITT MEADOWS/MAPLE RIDGE
PITT MEADOW CHURCH PLANTERS - THANK GOD for the answered prayer for a new church start in this area. Over 18000+ live in this community without a Baptist Church or Evangelical Witness. Josh and Lisa Arrington are moving to begin a work for our Lord in June 2010. God is good!
REGION 15 – VANCOUVER ISLAND
COMOX VALLEY KOREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, Courtney (Pastor Jaeshin Park) PRAY for a new week night Bible study started for new Christians and/or soon-to-be Christians. ASK for wisdom for Pastor Park as he leads them in knowing how to become Christians. PRAY that the Holy Spirit would give people a clear understanding of His Word. nzcbc@hotmail.com
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
GO!!!
A New Brochure is available at the Connection Center in the Foyer entitled "GO!" It presents the opportunities for the First Family to be involved in Missions for 2010. You can PRAY for one of these Mission Trips to Canada, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico or Oklahoma (the closest foreign country!). You can GIVE to the Mission Offering Fund to help provide for other members to go and for resources for First Mission Partners. You can GO - just pick one of the trips and return the tear off for more information. God will make a way for those willing to serve. On the third Sunday in April, Josh Arrington will be sharing his testimony of being called to Canada; that afternoon at 5pm in the Auditorium will be a Mission briefing. Is God calling you to GO?
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Message from Randall Everett, Texas Baptist
Greetings,
These past weeks have been heart wrenching as we have watched the events of the unprecedented tragedy in Haiti unfold. Families have been torn apart. People are desperately searching for missing loved ones. These victims need the most basic things that we take for granted; food, water, medical assistance, shelter.
Latest estimates put the death toll at 200,000; approximately 70,000 have already been buried in mass graves. More than one million Haitians were left homeless. It is estimated that over one million children have lost at least one parent. Between 60 and 80 percent of the buildings in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, which bore the brunt of the earthquake, were either destroyed or rendered unusable.
Port-au-Prince continues to be plagued by food and water shortages. Fuel, also in short supply, has quadrupled in price. "There are extremely long lines at the few petrol stations" that are opened, said Bela Szilagyi, director of Hungarian Baptist Aid and a leader of the BWAid Rescue24 team.
In a disaster of this magnitude much will be needed. You may be asking how you and your church can be part of the effort to help. Our Disaster Response Haiti Earthquake page on our website www.texasbaptists.org will assist churches and individuals to connect with these needs. Click on the Give, Go, Pray and Connect boxes to see how you can assist.
· Give: This will help you make donations that are crucially needed. On Monday, January 25, we sent a medical team from Temple Baptist in McAllen and medical supplies from Baylor Health Care as the first of our relief teams. Mike Roberts, a member at Park Cities Baptist Church donated the use of his company jet. Recordings of the New Testament in Haitian Creole were included in the shipment. The BGCT has also supplied $80,000 to Texas Baptist Men to send 5,000 water filters and buckets which are ready to be shipped. Texas Baptists working through our Baptist hospitals, child care institutions, universities and Texas Baptist Men will continue to discover ways to stay involved.
· Go: At the "Go" box you can indicate your interest in volunteering. Our Church2ChurchPartnerships office will be in touch as opportunities arise. Currently we are in the response phase that requires military and professional teams. When we enter the recovery phase many others will be needed. Volunteers will be required long after the media has left.
· Pray: This box will include specific prayer requests from Haiti. I believe this is the most important part of our commitment. Pray for God to give strength, hope and courage to the victims and the workers.
· Connect: This will provide information for in-kind donations that are urgently needed.
Dr. Gil Lain, pastor of the Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo, told me that their church decided to donate their entire offering from the Sunday after the earthquake which totaled over $60,000. Whether our gift is $10 or $10,000, our prayers, time and money are needed for our hurting brothers and sisters.
These past weeks have been heart wrenching as we have watched the events of the unprecedented tragedy in Haiti unfold. Families have been torn apart. People are desperately searching for missing loved ones. These victims need the most basic things that we take for granted; food, water, medical assistance, shelter.
Latest estimates put the death toll at 200,000; approximately 70,000 have already been buried in mass graves. More than one million Haitians were left homeless. It is estimated that over one million children have lost at least one parent. Between 60 and 80 percent of the buildings in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, which bore the brunt of the earthquake, were either destroyed or rendered unusable.
Port-au-Prince continues to be plagued by food and water shortages. Fuel, also in short supply, has quadrupled in price. "There are extremely long lines at the few petrol stations" that are opened, said Bela Szilagyi, director of Hungarian Baptist Aid and a leader of the BWAid Rescue24 team.
In a disaster of this magnitude much will be needed. You may be asking how you and your church can be part of the effort to help. Our Disaster Response Haiti Earthquake page on our website www.texasbaptists.org will assist churches and individuals to connect with these needs. Click on the Give, Go, Pray and Connect boxes to see how you can assist.
· Give: This will help you make donations that are crucially needed. On Monday, January 25, we sent a medical team from Temple Baptist in McAllen and medical supplies from Baylor Health Care as the first of our relief teams. Mike Roberts, a member at Park Cities Baptist Church donated the use of his company jet. Recordings of the New Testament in Haitian Creole were included in the shipment. The BGCT has also supplied $80,000 to Texas Baptist Men to send 5,000 water filters and buckets which are ready to be shipped. Texas Baptists working through our Baptist hospitals, child care institutions, universities and Texas Baptist Men will continue to discover ways to stay involved.
· Go: At the "Go" box you can indicate your interest in volunteering. Our Church2ChurchPartnerships office will be in touch as opportunities arise. Currently we are in the response phase that requires military and professional teams. When we enter the recovery phase many others will be needed. Volunteers will be required long after the media has left.
· Pray: This box will include specific prayer requests from Haiti. I believe this is the most important part of our commitment. Pray for God to give strength, hope and courage to the victims and the workers.
· Connect: This will provide information for in-kind donations that are urgently needed.
Dr. Gil Lain, pastor of the Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo, told me that their church decided to donate their entire offering from the Sunday after the earthquake which totaled over $60,000. Whether our gift is $10 or $10,000, our prayers, time and money are needed for our hurting brothers and sisters.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
More Than Gold Update - Vancouver 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010… 25 days until the Opening Ceremonies!
More Than Gold FYI ……
Ministry Assignments for mission teams and local volunteers are still changing. Over the weekend we learned that VANOC and Translink both completely reworked the schedules for our hospitality sites. How fun is that! So, we were almost done and ready to send your assignments out to you and now ……you’ll just have to wait a bit longer. Please pray for opportunities to talk with folks and that they will be curious about why we are giving away hot drinks for free. Some volunteers will be serving as greeters and assistants at performing arts concerts – pray that people will be drawn to attend and will think about spiritual things as a result.
For mission team volunteers, “What do we get in our registration packets?” has been an oft-repeated question. As a part of your registration fee mission team members will receive: 1 backpack, 1 toque (hat), 1 lanyard/Id tag, 1 prayer guide, 1 copy of Soul Cravings, 5 Book of Hope , 4 New Testaments, 15 Gospels of Mark, 10 MTG pins, 20 pocket guides, and maybe a couple of other surprises! All of these items can be viewed on the website, www.morethangold.ca.
“Are there still uniform packages/jackets available?” is another question we’ve been getting frequently. The answer is both yes and no. They are sold out but we are also getting a few last minute cancelations. If you have extras your team is no longer wanting please let us know ASAP and More Than Gold will resell them for you if possible. If you’ve decided at the last minute you would like a jacket/uniform package let us know and we’ll pass along the request. We do know that because we have had fewer mission volunteers sign on than expected we have lots of extra backpacks for sale.
Over the weekend we packed an additional 1208 Care Kits and 641 Welcome Kits to be distributed during the Games. Over 600 Care Kits are already in the hands of local agencies for distribution coinciding with the opening of the Games. All the rest are already committed as well. And we’ve still got more Welcome Kits to put together! Thank you so much to all our partners across the US and Canada who have contributed items and cash toward this project.
More next week!
Kevin Sigsby and Janet Campbell
More Than Gold Outreach Coordinators
131 E. Kings Road, North Vancouver, BC V7N 1H4
604-904-8908
ksigsby@yahoo.com or janet@vancouverfocus.ca
More Than Gold FYI ……
Ministry Assignments for mission teams and local volunteers are still changing. Over the weekend we learned that VANOC and Translink both completely reworked the schedules for our hospitality sites. How fun is that! So, we were almost done and ready to send your assignments out to you and now ……you’ll just have to wait a bit longer. Please pray for opportunities to talk with folks and that they will be curious about why we are giving away hot drinks for free. Some volunteers will be serving as greeters and assistants at performing arts concerts – pray that people will be drawn to attend and will think about spiritual things as a result.
For mission team volunteers, “What do we get in our registration packets?” has been an oft-repeated question. As a part of your registration fee mission team members will receive: 1 backpack, 1 toque (hat), 1 lanyard/Id tag, 1 prayer guide, 1 copy of Soul Cravings, 5 Book of Hope , 4 New Testaments, 15 Gospels of Mark, 10 MTG pins, 20 pocket guides, and maybe a couple of other surprises! All of these items can be viewed on the website, www.morethangold.ca.
“Are there still uniform packages/jackets available?” is another question we’ve been getting frequently. The answer is both yes and no. They are sold out but we are also getting a few last minute cancelations. If you have extras your team is no longer wanting please let us know ASAP and More Than Gold will resell them for you if possible. If you’ve decided at the last minute you would like a jacket/uniform package let us know and we’ll pass along the request. We do know that because we have had fewer mission volunteers sign on than expected we have lots of extra backpacks for sale.
Over the weekend we packed an additional 1208 Care Kits and 641 Welcome Kits to be distributed during the Games. Over 600 Care Kits are already in the hands of local agencies for distribution coinciding with the opening of the Games. All the rest are already committed as well. And we’ve still got more Welcome Kits to put together! Thank you so much to all our partners across the US and Canada who have contributed items and cash toward this project.
More next week!
Kevin Sigsby and Janet Campbell
More Than Gold Outreach Coordinators
131 E. Kings Road, North Vancouver, BC V7N 1H4
604-904-8908
ksigsby@yahoo.com or janet@vancouverfocus.ca
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