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Issue 14 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 “Mission Events” then Let’s Fish
Greetings from Allentown! 239 days till URBANA!!!
Plan, save, but most of all register!
5. Trips in the works (updated weekly) 6. Proudly wear a BOM Board of Missions Shirt
7.
Bridge Building To
Our Local Church
Now there is a contradiction! Although it has been a great recruiting tool for the military, it has caused great turmoil within the ranks. The slogan smacks in the face the very core value of interdependency so needed in battle. “While the rank and file are appalled by the slogan and the message it sends, the Army's senior leaders are pleased with the positive response from the target audience and ignore the contradictions.” (This statement is from a recent editorial in a military journal).
Let’s get one thing straight. In the ranks of the soldiers in the Kingdom of God, there is NO PLACE for the “one”! From recruitment to the battle field, it is imperative to promote the team. We use the term “short term team”. One recently said to me, “I am going ALONE on a missions trip this summer, should I register my trip in Let’s Fish?” My answer was “ABSOLUTLY!” There is a sense that all of you reflected in the trips recorded in item #5 below are part of one team. If you are one or a part of a team of twenty, you are part of the “troops” being sent out into God’s harvest field. DON”T forget that everyone who invested financially into your trip and those committed to pray for you are also part of the team. Make sure you do everything possible to ensure that all of your partners are fully involved.
An army of one makes as much sense as attempting to play football by yourself.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ. –Paul
Dear Pastor Weller,
I took your recommendation and got Speaking of Jesus, by Mack Stiles. It was wonderful. I read it through in two days and now I need to go back and pray about putting it into practice.
I found that Mack Stiles wrote a book on short term missions trips too. I'm halfway through it and I think it's wonderful. He has such a wealth of stories from his experience!
I'm having radical thoughts. I was thinking about what is said about being a missionary here in America too, and sharing our faith where we live and stuff. Only whenever one of us goes overseas we all gather round and support them and pray for them and they send us updates and prayer requests and stuff. If we're supposed to be missionaries over here, shouldn't we be mutually supporting each other like that all the time? I'm not sure what this should look like, but I wanted to run it by you.
Elizabeth Studenroth
Greetings from Tanzania!
Trying to be faithful in getting prayer updates out every few weeks - a friend of mine and myself were recently challenged by the biography of a missionary to China -James Fraser. Only through believing prayer can God bring blessings upon the work - prayer is the real work of missions. " We are, as it were, God's agents - used by Him to do His work, not ours. We do our part, and then can only look to Him, with others, for His blessing. If this is so, then Christians at home can do as much for foreign missions as those actually on the field." Keep praying!
Kim
Keep those letters rolling in!!!
As we have begun to help out in preparations for summer camp, here in Montana, we've discovered some opportunities we wanted to run by you which you might share on your teen email news, etc. Big Sky Bible Camp - Bigfork, MT - has the following opportunities:
10th Grade-Graduates: Each week of the summer there will be opportunity for High Schoolers to work at camp. You may choose to work mainly in the kitchen or mainly in physical chores (painting, landscaping, brushing, cleaning, etc.) around camp. There will be a Bible Study time each day with an emphasis on serving the Lord in a camping ministry.
Senior or Graduate: Several young people will be chosen to work in the Junior Counselor program. Junior Counselors will have training sessions in counseling as well as assist the counselors throughout the day. There will be one Junior Counselor session: August 5-16.
College Students: We can use many college age folks for camp counselor positions. We ESPECIALLY need guys, at this point!! But there are still a few women spots that need filling, as well.
Following is the schedule for our summer at Big Sky: June 9-14 : Staff training June 16-21: Junior Camp (gr 3-6) June 23-27: High School camp (gr.9-graduate)
July 1-5: Camp Promise (ages 9-16) July 8-12: Camp Promise (ages 17-35) (these are the two weeks of camp for individuals with disabilities for which we will be responsible, but we'll be involved with the other weeks of camp, too)
July 14-19: All Girls Junior Camp (gr.3-6) July 21-26: All Boys Junior Camp (gr3-6) July 28-Aug.2: All Girls Jr. High Camp (gr3-6) Aug.5-9: Junior High Camp (gr6-8) Aug. 11-16: Junior Camp (gr3-6)
There are also several weeks of Wilderness Camps (backpacking camps) happening consecutive to these other weeks.
If anyone would like more information, they can contact our camp office at (406)837-4864 or by email at bsbc@cyberport.net. Thanks for spreading the word!!
love in Christ, emmy ort Contact Dana Weller for details.
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 by e-mail to office@bfcbom.org. Name, age, church, e-mal and snail mail address, and phone # required.
Registrations are already coming in! Don’t miss out!
5. Trips in the works (updated weekly) The Board of Missions is keeping statistics of all short term missionary trips (both by teams and individuals).
Please let us know all the important information about your trip. WHO, WHAT, CHURCH, MISSIONARY, COUNTRY, and DATE. Contact: office@bfcbom.org
To Date the following ministries being done by BFC’ers have been registered with Let’s Fish.
Feb. 4-12 - Coopersburg and Blandon doing renovation work in Guadalupe. (See item 1 above) Feb.19-22 - Frances Sears to stay with the Lawrence children. Feb. 21-March 2 - Coopersburg Kenya Trip. March 14-24 LBC trip to Morocco including team members from BFC churches in Lebanon, Newark, York and Emmaus. (See item 7) March (Date not established) Cedar Crest work team to Newark N.J. with missionaries Toto Felecia Baran. April 29-May 2 Frances Sears will take the third short missions trip to be with the Lawrence children while Brian and Carol Ann go to Canada. May 6-13 Sinking Spring team of 9 church planting in Mexico City. May 14 - Aug. 6 Rachel Moyer (Coopersburg) with Kim Stengele, Tanzania May 10 One day ministry blitz through out the tri-state area as part of Emmaus Mission Conference. May 14-28 Cedar Crest & Quakertown Tanzania Trip Building Dispensary. Skilled builders may still be needed! May 23 June 6 Emmaus to The Fold (Hash) room available May 26- Aug. 5 Alicia Billups Team Coordinator for RGBI June 7-13 Paris Prayer Conference 2003 www.david.riddell@wanadoo.fr June 12-15 . Mt. Pocono trip to Blueberry Mountain (Slomas) June 21-28 Coopersburg trip to work with Bob & Donna Sloma at Blueberry Mountain Bible Camp along with Chris & Becki Merrick. June 26-28 Paradise at Lighthouse for VBS June 26-July 3 Emmaus to The Fold (Hash) room available July 4-18 Serbia Trip Reading (spaces available) July 5-12, Paradise team to Thompson, CT, to assist with VBS both at the church and at a nearby park. July 5-25 Elizabeth Studenroth Moscow with the English Exchange July 11-26 Serbia Trip Reading (spaces available) July 26- August 3 Q’town, Lehighton, Blandon missions trip to Asheville, North Carolina. July date to be determined Cedar Crest to Morocco Work team and ministry. August 2-18 - Emmaus Ukraine Trip doing puppet shows, drama, music and coffee house ministry as well as a morning camp program with Push-the-Rock each morning. August 10-24 Cedar Crest trip to Pollocks Team of 25 for work and ministry Aug. 15-30 Serbia Trip Reading (spaces available) August 16-23 - Emmaus going to Wissinoming BFC for VBS and evangelistic puppet shows. August 22-24 - Walnutport BFC Weekend Block Party. Emmaus will be doing puppet shows and a Saturday block party. Sep. 26-Oct. 11 Serbia Trip Reading (spaces available) October date to be determined Cedar Crest to Kosovo Work and ministry. Nov. 7-22 Serbia Trip Reading (spaces available)
6. Proudly wear a BOM Board of Missions Shirt!
BOM shirts are available at the unbelievable price of twenty bucks! Here is the catch we need your order by return e-mail. Button down shirts are available in Navy, Khaki, and Hunter Green long or short sleeve and sizes xs thru xxxlarge (the xxlarge and xxxlarge cost $5 additional). Wear your BOM shirt and let everyone know you are part of the team!
Prices good till May 8, 2003
7.
Bridge Building To
Our Local Church
Do you not say, 'Four months more, then comes the harvest'? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. -Jesus
Most of all, Keep Fishing! Dana |
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