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Edition Issue 29 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 Allentown!
Recruit a reader week!
Let’s fish has a bank of 191 e-mail addresses. This is a recruitment week. Make sure all of the following people from your church are subscribed:
¯ College students with new e-mail addresses ¯ High School students with an interest in evangelism or missions ¯ All who have participated in a short term missions trip ¯ All who plan to be involved in a missions trip in the future ¯ All short term missions leaders ¯ All youth pastors and church leadership ¯ Anyone interested in world evangelization ¯ Anyone who loves SPAM! ¯ Any lonely person who wants at least one consistent weekly letter!
The person who recruits the most new readers will win a 2”x3” framed painting of an Orthodox Cathedral on white pine bark. This small but beautiful art piece was painted by Natasha from Moscow and is a reminder to pray for the church in Eastern Europe.
Please send me Name, address, and e-mail address of each recruit. Each entry should have the permission of the people they submit.
Winner will be chosen by our great panel of judges. (Me!)
4. Trips in the works (updated weekly)
There are 107 days till Urbana!
How would you like to save $70.00? If you are thinking about going to Urbana that is the amount you can save if you register prior to October 31. Every Let’s Fisher in college or Sr. high school should consider this major missions event. You can register on line at www.urbana.org
Dear Dana:’
We should have told you before now so we send our sincere apologies. We are sending a team of 11 to Romanian September 19-28. There will be a three-fold emphasis – teaching by those gifted in teaching, mercy ministries by those gifted in mercy projects and a work project for those gifted in manual labor. I will be going and leading the team.
Brian Cooper
Editor’s note: The entire Let’s Fish readership is interested in EVERY BFC sponsored trip. I print this letter to urge any others that are or have gone on a missions trip in 2003 and have not registered with Let’s Fish to do so. Pastor Brian, tell the team we are praying for them!
IT is not too early to register your 2004 trips.
Dana,
FYI-- a trip to Serbia from Grace BFC, Reading, is planned and the team of six people leaves this Friday, Sept. 5 from Newark Airport. The team consists of the following people: Charles & Vickie Lavigna, Harold Witwer, Leroy Burke, David & Kasahun Williams-Jaffe. They are going with a specific purpose-- to minister to the Frankas, lay bricks, and help Milina as she helps to feed and care for another team coming from Detroit. Please include this in the short term section of Let's Fish and encourage people to pray as the team leaves! Sorry such short notice! At this point, NO other trips are planned to Serbia via the Grace BFC route. We'll try to keep you posted as to how everything went. Thanks for your prayers and work in communicating in this way!
Clyde
Write me. I love e-mail!
By the time most of you read next week’s issue of Let’s Fish hundreds of BFC teens around the denomination will make a witness stand for Christ at the entrance to their High School. I know of BFC H.S. teachers that will stand in the background as a testimony of their own faith and support of the kids. WHAT AN EVENT!
Let’s spend the next seven days praying for each and every student that will make this stand! Pray that there will be a positive impact on the High School systems around the country. Pray for those who have not purposed in their heart to participate because of fear that they will face their fears and stand shoulder to shoulder with others on this great day.
In preparation for this great day Fallout 2003 will be held this Saturday as a rallying point for H.S. believers and a natural place to invite unbelieving friends. (I will be there all day behind the French fryer in the food tent. I would like all Let’s Fishers to give me a big hello when they pass by!)
Check out the announcement below (item #7)!
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. Please register your 2004 trips as soon as they materialize. WHO, WHAT, CHURCH, MISSIONARY, COUNTRY, and DATE. Contact: office@bfcbom.org
Aug. 30 - Dec. 1 Pastor Carl & Charlene Cassel in Kenya, Carl to teach at Moffat College of Bible and Charlene, hostess at Kijabe Motel. Sep. 5- Serbia Trip Reading September 18- 29 Royersford Barnabas Team to visit with the Moyer's in France and with Rick Erb in the Ukraine. September 19- 29 Royersford Work Team to put roof on Church building in Palowice, Poland. September 19-28 Bethlehem to Romania
Trips highlighted need our prayer support RIGHT NOW!
Oct. 9 - 17; work trip to Guatemala (Mi Refugio). Building skills sought. Several from the BFC mid-Hudson churches are planning to go -- elder Hans Waldvogel (Faith BFC, Holmes, NY) is the contact person hwaldvog@jhmc.org October date to be determined Cedar Crest to Kosovo Work and ministry.
Don’t forget to register your 2004 trips!!!
Mark your Calendar!
Urgent register by Friday! Short term Missions Symposium
Purpose: To gather the leadership from all short term efforts of local BF Churches over the past months to debrief and to plan for the future.
Time: September 19 6:00 p.m.
Place: Blandon Bible Fellowship Church
Cost: $7.00 Topics covered:
>My #1 “best idea” that I will use in every future trip. Round table. >My #1 “worst idea” that was a total flop never to be repeated. Round table. >Partnership opportunities now available with BFC missionaries. >Craftsmen mobilized and ready when needed >Long term ministry partnerships. >Preparing for your trip part 1 Bonding and Training. >Preparing for your trip Part 2 Practical ideas >Fund raiser ideas and IRS issues >Church preparation for individuals going “solo”. >BOM resources >If you can’t debrief don’t go. Getting the long term advantage
Don’t Miss It!!!
Register today office@bfcbom.org
Fallout 2003
Urgent register by Friday!
Fallout 2003 is just days away and do we have a line up for you!!! Bands like Audio Adrenaline, Five Iron Frenzy, Skillet, Daniels Window (coming to Fallout and Sno-Glo 2004)...Sports all day with a 3 on 3 basketball tournament, 6 on 6 volleyball tournament, skatepark and bike park...acoustic cafe for your kids to come and show us their talent...youth leaders free lunch at 3:00pm sponsored by Compassion and a whole lot more!!!
Fallout 2003 is an event sponsored in part by the BFC and the date is
Saturday September 13th from
12:00noon to 9:15pm. Tickets for groups will be $20 for 15 or more
people and $22 for individuals. Tickets are on sale at www.itickets.com,
Hackmans Bible Book Store, Provident in Souderton or get from Billy Dunn at the
Emmaus Bible Fellowship Church. (editor’s note: See You at the Pole should be a MUST for all H.S. Let’s Fishers. Standing outside your high school and praying with other believers may be a bolder step for you to take than was your missions experience this summer. BE BOLD! For your post H.S. Let’s Fishers Fallout requires a host of volunteers. Why not be involved in this great event by volunteering your time! E-mail Pastor Billy at wdunn7@aol.com. It will take 250 volunteers to work this mammoth event.)
Don't miss our 2nd Annual College Fair coming the weekend of October 3rd
and 4th!!!!
Representatives from Christian Colleges will be there to answer questions, as
will financial aid officers who will also host workshops. Other seminars will
deal with spiritual and intellectual issues that may confront the new college
freshman. Last year's College Fair was a great success, even though it was our
very first. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Claude Gates via e-mail at: cgates@sunlink.net , or Dr. John Studenroth at: studenroth@juno.com.
I just put a call into the Child Evangelism Office to see if my friend Ralph can come up with the words to a song I learned as a kid. It begins “I can be a little missionary . . .” In theory it is a powerful children’s song that taught me at a very young age the responsibility I had to be an ambassador for Jesus Christ!
Now so many years passed I can no longer remember the words of the song! The reality of its message however still remains; I have a responsibility to this world to proclaim the Gospel. I guess thinking about the bold stand so many of our h.s. students will be making next week at the flag pole, challenges me to make every effort possible to publicly live my faith.
Well Ralph just called me back with the words to this song. No wonder it impacted me. The words are a little old fashioned, but look at the message:
I can be a little missionary, If the gospel story to the lost I carry. I can work for Jesus in the home land Lord Here am I, send me!
I’ll be faithful, studying, and praying, If the Master call me, home I’ll not be staying! To the fields already white to harvest, Send me Oh Lord I’ll pray!
At six years of age it was already being grilled into me that at home or abroad I can be a witness for Christ! I would hope that the motto of every Let’s Fisher would be:
I’ll be faithful, studying, and praying, If the Master call me, home I’ll not be staying! To the fields already white to harvest, Send me Oh Lord I’ll pray!
You are my witnesses, declares the LORD, that I am God.
Most of all, Keep Fishing!
Dana
Reminder
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-mail and snail mail address, and phone # required. Registrations are already coming in! Don’t miss out!
September September 19 Short Term Debriefing Round-up December 27- January 1 Urbana
A cooperative effort of the churches of the BFC to win the world for Christ Your response is always welcome at: office@bfcbom.org 610 398-8776 |
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