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Today's Feature |
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No Time for Picking Blackberries
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Dana Weller |
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 The
poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(1806-1861) wrote, “Earth is crammed
with heaven, each common bush aflame
with God. Yet only he who sees takes
off his shoes. The rest sit round it
and pluck blackberries.” Moses saw
a burning bush and turned to see it.
When God saw that Moses turned
aside, it was then that He spoke to
him and commissioned him for
service.
Do you see what is happening in
this world? Jesus said look the
fields are ready NOW for harvesting.
The call is as certain for us as was
the burning bush call for Moses.
Are you willing to turn aside and
allow God to speak? Do you hear
God’s call? OR are you too busy
picking blackberries!!
I encourage you to go to
www.bfcbom.org
and on the opening page simply watch
the population clock for one minute.
As you watch that clock, think of
the somewhat gloomy words written by
J. Wakefield MacGill (1829-1902):
Hear the wail across the sea;
Comes from millions unto thee;
Weary ones who might be free;
Did they but know of Calvary.
Wailing, wailing o’er the sea;
Wailing, wailing unto thee;
Wailing, wailing to be free;
Go, tell them all of Calvary.
Wailings reach this favored
shore,
Wailings ceasing nevermore;
Men are dying evermore;
Go, tell them all of Calvary.
Do you
see the burning bush? There's no
time for picking blackberries!
You can leave a comment on this
article at our Let’s Fish
weblog
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Letter To
Let's Fish |
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| Hi Dana:
I am serving as a volunteer with
World Team, specifically related to the
France Challenge project. Jenny and I,
along with Helen and Carl Spackman are
attending the Paris Prayer Conference
from June 11 to 18th. I recently had an
article published in the latest issue of
the Fellowship News concerning, "France
Challenge Project: A Time to Give Back".
Also to raise funds for the Project we
are doing a book sale at the Harrisburg
Church on April 16 with all proceeds
going to the France Challenge Project.
Blessings on your efforts,
Hank Snyder
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Booking
for Missions |
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| A BOOK SALE TO HELP THE
FRANCE CHALLENGE PROJECT
The France Challenge Project is an
approved plan of World Team to plant
fifty evangelical protestant churches
pastored by French Nationals in France
over the next twenty years. Funds are
needed to evangelize, train leaders and
establish these churches throughout
France. Every dollar raised from this
sale will go directly to fund this
effort to preach the gospel of Christ in
France.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO:
1. Donate books from your library for a
great cause, and then
2. Come to the sale and add quality
books to your present holdings.
DATE: April 16 2005, 9:00AM to 2:00PM
WHERE: GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
Getting Out The Word: Fellowship
News, Messages of Grace,
Book Sale Finder e-mail address:
Hsenft01@comcast.net,
church bulletin insert and members
sharing the word with appropriate
persons and at appropriate places.
Sale Categories:
1. Low end ---- .25
2. Regular ----- 2.00
3. High end ---- Priced individually
Storage area before sale: Stony Creek
Packing Shed
- schedule drop off with Hank or Harry
No Magazines or Textbooks
Bibliophile Director: Harry Senft,
Organizational Director: Hank Snyder
Other volunteers needed -- see Hank or
Harry
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Missions
Adventures |
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Spend Your Summer in Maine
We are looking for teens to come for
staff for summer camp and are trying to
work a program where they can raise
support to come to Maine and spend the
summer doing summer camp, work projects,
growing in the Lord and just enjoying
the Lord in a unique setting.
Bob Sloma
bdsloma@juno.com
(207) 585-2410
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Nelson's
Nuggets "My Church?" |
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| Many of you know that I
spend much of my time acquiring the
items (professional way of saying
shopping) that we distribute overseas in
such places as Kosovo, Morocco, Mexico,
Greece, etc. Oftentimes a conversation
develops with the clerk at the register
or with another customer either ahead or
behind me in line as to what am I doing
with so much toothpaste or soap or
shampoo or socks…? Of course I try to
seize every opportunity to share about
our ministry and that I am a missionary
with my church and then tell about what
we do and why. Almost every time without
fail one of the persons involved in our
conversation says something like, “my
church has done something like that in
the past,” OR “my church just returned
from ….” The sad thing is when I ask,
“where do you go to church?” or “what is
the name of the church?” Again, almost
every time without fail the person
stutters and cannot come up with the
name of the church, and then says, “well
it is my parent’s church and I haven’t
been there for a while!” Or, “well I
can’t remember the name but I know where
it is!” Sad isn’t it, I know that they
are trying to make conversation and they
are trying to be nice BUT when they say
my church it is really not their church
It breaks my heart that they have not
been to their church in so long that
they don’t remember the name of it or
that they grew up in a church and no
longer go since leaving home. ANYWAY, it
gives me an opportunity to tell them
that maybe GOD has me in their line
today to prompt them to go to church
this SUNDAY, or to prompt them to go
back to that church that they haven’t
attended in so long. I am grateful for
all the opportunities that GOD gives me,
each and every one! You can leave a
comment on this article at our Let’s
Fish
weblog
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Remember I LOVE mail! You can contact me
at
weller@bfcbom.org. |
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