Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition 4
January 31, 2010
Jeanie Thomas
Module
Podcast: Download (Duration: 42:44 — 19.6MB)
A Cure for the Cured
January 31, 2010
Pat Nemmers
AM Service
Mark 1:40-45
Podcast: Download (Duration: 34:27 — 15.8MB)
Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition 3
January 24, 2010
Dianne De Cleene
Module
Podcast: Download (Duration: 42:30 — 19.5MB)
All in a Day’s Work
January 24, 2010
Pat Nemmers
AM Service
Mark 1:21-38
Podcast: Download (Duration: 36:02 — 16.5MB)
Tonight’s Events Canceled
January 20, 2010
Due to weather conditions this evening, Youth Group, Membership Class and Prayer Meeting have been canceled. Membership Class will be rescheduled for next Wednesday Night, January 27th
Leonard – January 2010
January 18, 2010
Dear Prayer Team,
Greetings from warm, humid south Brazil!!! It is summer vacation time here! After having our traditional family time on Christmas morning, if was so nice that we decided to celebrate the day as many Brazilians do and have a cookout/picnic. John’s mother was able to be with us this year, as she is getting ready to leave for her furlough in the States beginning January 20th. Our short-termer from Grace Baptist Church in Chariton, Iowa, Bekah Hendricks, was also here for Christmas and will be staying through March. She loves snow, so it was hard for her to hear about all the snow in Iowa that she was missing. We were trying to dream up ways to make her Christmas “white,” (throwing popcorn in the air, spreading corn starch around…etc.), but decided against those. We think she enjoyed the picnic, though. She has made some good friends down here–in fact a couple of them are here from Fortaleza visiting her right now so we have a full house!! We are enjoying the extra visitors, as it is nice to have help with the ministry and also at home.
The last time we wrote we were gearing up for our Christmas program at Gato Preto, and we are glad to report that it went well…all except for the stormy downpour RIGHT at the end as John was wrapping up the Christmas message. Even the tarp that we had put up before the meeting did not keep the strong winds and rain from dampening the crowd, and we ended up quickly running for cover in the small home where we meet. There we enjoyed a time of refreshments, gift distribution (small sacks of candy for the kids and devotional books for the adults), and also inspirational special music with Orlando and Lourdes, a dear couple that has been helping us. Even though the program did not go as we had planned, it was a blessing to hear one lady say at the end that this was the best Christmas she had ever had! Also, since that night, a lady named Rose and her two children have not missed a meeting. She hasn’t accepted Christ as her Savior, but we sense she is very close to making this decision. Please pray for her salvation.
Besides our work at Gato Preto, John has had the opportunity to speak at various churches and also at a camp for Chinese adolescents. (pictured below) How awesome it has been to see the Lord work each time He opens the Word of God!
Our prayer requests are as follows:
-For Rose and others who need to be saved.
-For a place for our group in Gato Preto to meet–our land issue was put on hold until February, but a couple other options have come up.
-For our up-coming VBS in Gato Preto. (salvation of children)
-For the Carnaval events planned (retreats, special meetings…) in February.
Thank you for your prayers!!
Sincerely in Christ,
John and Bev Leonard
Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition 2
January 17, 2010
Jeanie Thomas
Module
Podcast: Download (Duration: 51:08 — 23.4MB)
The Miracle Within
January 17, 2010
Pat Nemmers
AM Service
Mark 1:1-15
Podcast: Download (Duration: 34:05 — 15.6MB)
Two Tragedies: The Crisis in Haiti and a Small View of God
January 14, 2010
As I mentioned this morning the crisis in Haiti has called us to think about our theology as well as our compassion. Times like 9/11, the tsunami of a few years back, Katrina, and now Haiti challenge our hearts as well as our heads. Often believers struggle giving an answer to their fellow man as to why God would allow or dictate events such as these. In truth these events often reveal not only the unbelievers small view of God, but sadly believers as well.
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A Simple Way to Pray – Martin Luther
January 14, 2010
Early in the year 1535, Peter Beskendorf, a barber and an old friend of Luther’s, asked Dr. Martin Luther for suggestions concerning prayer. Luther responded with an open letter titled, How One Should Pray, for Master Peter the Barber. This letter fills the following pages.
