Middle East Partner, the ministry of Kathy Giske to help Iranian Christians, will receive our $100 mission allocation for this month. It is difficult to be a Christian in Iran since they are not allowed to worship freely. Middle East Partner provides materials for Christians who meet in small home fellowship groups. Iranian Christians have helped some women who have been victims of abusive marriages, helping them to find employment and safe living quarters. Some of these women become Christians themselves, and share the good news of God’s gift of salvation with others. One lady, Nadia, was in an abusive marriage and was kicked out of her unhappy, but only home when her husband brought another wife home. Not knowing what to do, she tried to commit suicide. She was found bleeding in the street by a Christian lady, who prayed desperately for her survival. The Christian lady helped her get to a hospital for treatment. When Nadia was recovered enough to look for work to support herself, she was surprised to find the Christian lady who helped her was the person who would interview her for the job. Nadia was hired, and though it took awhile before she was ready to accept Jesus as her Savior, she did become a Christian herself, and help plant several small house worship fellowships.
The last quarter of pre-school rent money for this school year will be divided equally between “Opening Blind eyes” prison ministry and Jan Griffith’s ministry in Sweden. Rev. “Rip” Van Winkle has a very dedicated ministry spending time visiting with inmates at the Monroe Prison. Besides holding worship services, he shares the gospel individually with any one wants to listen to the message of God’s love and salvation. He believes very strongly that God’s love is great enough to give second chances to anyone who is willing to accept His gift of love and forgiveness. We certainly have examples of Biblical saints who needed “second chances”, including Abraham, David and Peter.
Jan Griffith, our home-grown missionary to Sweden, works in a church that operates a Christian school. Some of the students are refugees. Jan also is very interested in supporting good ecumenical relations between different denominational groups, and with other ethnic cultures, especially with Muslim refugees, since some of the students at the school where she works are children of Muslim refugees. She has been active in supporting the book, “Across the Street and Around the World” which gives ideas on how to share the Christian faith with other groups in a way that is not offensive to them.
We received a very nice thank you letter from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for the $540 our congregation sent to the “One Great Hour of Sharing” offering. We also have a very appreciative thank you card from the Edmonds Food Bank for making the ‘books’ part of “Bikes, Books and Berries” a “huge success.” The card says “the partnership you created with Half-Price Books brought in just the right amount of books for the event.” I will post these communications in the fellowship hall so every one can read them.
Since we have no special offerings in the summer, it is a good time to make our much-needed roof repair a place for special gifts. Write “roof repair” on the memo line of your check before putting it in the offering plate. Cash donations may be put in an envelope marked “roof repair.”
Gifts can also be given on line or in the mail, following normal procedures for gifts and offerings.
Ruth R, Mission Elder
The last quarter of pre-school rent money for this school year will be divided equally between “Opening Blind eyes” prison ministry and Jan Griffith’s ministry in Sweden. Rev. “Rip” Van Winkle has a very dedicated ministry spending time visiting with inmates at the Monroe Prison. Besides holding worship services, he shares the gospel individually with any one wants to listen to the message of God’s love and salvation. He believes very strongly that God’s love is great enough to give second chances to anyone who is willing to accept His gift of love and forgiveness. We certainly have examples of Biblical saints who needed “second chances”, including Abraham, David and Peter.
Jan Griffith, our home-grown missionary to Sweden, works in a church that operates a Christian school. Some of the students are refugees. Jan also is very interested in supporting good ecumenical relations between different denominational groups, and with other ethnic cultures, especially with Muslim refugees, since some of the students at the school where she works are children of Muslim refugees. She has been active in supporting the book, “Across the Street and Around the World” which gives ideas on how to share the Christian faith with other groups in a way that is not offensive to them.
We received a very nice thank you letter from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for the $540 our congregation sent to the “One Great Hour of Sharing” offering. We also have a very appreciative thank you card from the Edmonds Food Bank for making the ‘books’ part of “Bikes, Books and Berries” a “huge success.” The card says “the partnership you created with Half-Price Books brought in just the right amount of books for the event.” I will post these communications in the fellowship hall so every one can read them.
Since we have no special offerings in the summer, it is a good time to make our much-needed roof repair a place for special gifts. Write “roof repair” on the memo line of your check before putting it in the offering plate. Cash donations may be put in an envelope marked “roof repair.”
Gifts can also be given on line or in the mail, following normal procedures for gifts and offerings.
Ruth R, Mission Elder
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