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Edition Issue 32 Let’s
Fish Bible Fellowship
Churches sharing resources to evangelize the world. A place for the
exchange of ideas on short term missions projects and local outreach.
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of
men." All responses can be sent
to office@bfcbom.org Current and past issues can be found on the web at: www.bfcbom.org look in Let’s Fish, Archives Greetings from 2. Short Term
Symposium Rescheduled 3. Feed Back 4. Trips in the
works (updated weekly) It is not too early to begin planning team building
experiences for your short-term group. Spending quality time working together
fosters team awareness and spirit. ·
Fall Fix Up ·
Spring Spruce Up There may be other times that the camp could accommodate
your group for a day of work. Contact: Phil Atkins, 2. Short Term Symposium Rescheduled The Short term Symposium canceled due to the threat of bad
weather is now rescheduled for October 17th Please register today at office@bfcbom.org. Cost: $7:00 dinner included. Dear Dana: Thanks for listing us in
your prayer section. We had a great trip and were involved in Children’s
Ministry with two local orphanages and a Christian pre-school as well as street
children. We took over $1800 we raised from our Run for the Children, a 5K Race
our church held back in August. We are planning on doing that next year as
well. In addition we had a work team which did carpentry at the OM Headquarters
in There is a work project
for roofers over in Brashov, where we are. Thanks so much. Brian Cooper Dear Dana, I have a praise and
prayer request to share with you. Today Sept.24,03 Rachel Bechtel held her
first Bible Study at her high school. 16 children from middle school and high
school showed up. Praise The Lord!! There is a Christian teacher that is
allowing her to use his room every Wed. morning before school to hold the Bible
Study. Rachel is meeting with Pastor Tim Burlett on Sundays before youth group
to go over things for the Bible Study,he has been a great help. Please pray
that these Bible studies will impact the students at Thanks so much, Cindy Bechtel Write me. I love e-mail! 4. Trips in the works (updated weekly)
The Board of Missions is keeping statistics of all short
term missionary trips (both by teams and individuals). As you can see the 2003
trips are quickly coming to an end (we have had nearly 50 ministries this
year!). Please register your 2004 trips as soon as they materialize. WHO,
WHAT, CHURCH, MISSIONARY, COUNTRY, and DATE. Contact: office@bfcbom.org This just in: The statistics for 2003 – There were 56 short term
trips by 27 different BFC churches! Aug. 30 - Dec. 1 Pastor Carl & Charlene Cassel in Oct. 9 - 17; work trip to Trips highlighted need our prayer support RIGHT NOW! October 26-Nov. 5
Cedar Crest to Kosovo Work and ministry. November 12-29 Sandy
Wolfinger and Nancy Lorusso to 2004 June 12-18 Paris
Prayer Conference all invited! Don’t forget to register
your 2004 trips!!! November 14-16 BOM
Missions RWR This annual work/study weekend sponsored by the BOM is for
high school and post high school young people serious about knowing God’s will
for their life and the possibility of career missions. This weekend fills up
quickly so register early on line at: Missionary Craig Tress from Registrations are already coming in! Don’t miss out! A quick look at Let’s Fish and it becomes obvious that this
appears to be “off season” for mission trips. There are only four out of 56
trips left on this year’s calendar. Don’t get lulled into thinking that there
is nothing to do till the next mission season. What you do NOW will make
all the difference in the world as to the quality of your church’s next
ministry. Here are some ideas to keep you active over the long winter
months: 1. Have your leadership attend the
upcoming Short Term Symposium. See item #2 above. 2. Talk to your missionaries
supported by your church using them as an obvious resource of possible
ministry. 3. Keep in close contact with
Nelson and Chris for ministry ideas. 4. Have mission interested young
people attend RWR (see item #5 above) 5. Make use of Let’s Fish and have
all mission participants register for their weekly copy. 6. Follow the three “P’s” of a
successful short term trip: · PLAN. Plan early, plan
well, plan thoroughly. · PRAY. · PRACTICE. No matter if
the team is ministry or work oriented, be your very best! 7. Build team spirit early. (See
item #1 above) 8. Consider a Design Your
Impact Workshop for your church. This BOM sponsored workshop will help
you integrate your short term mission program into the overall design that God
has created for your local congregation. This is great material! Contact us for
more information. Most of all, Keep Fishing! Dana A cooperative effort of the churches of the BFC to win the world for Christ Your response is always welcome at: office@bfcbom.org
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