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Hi Friends and Prayer Warriors!
Unless someone emails me another question, this will probably wrap up our series of FAQ about our ministry here in East TN. Our prayer is that this series has been informative as well as uplifting. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful base of friends and partners who encourage us and pray for the Lord's work here in our little corner of the globe.
Okay, the last question is a biggie. How do benevolence ministry and leadership training fit together? To be honest, in Meredith and I's first few months on the field our team had more conversations about this than just about anything else. On the surface, they seem like vastly different emphases in ministry, but we believe they complement one another nicely.
In addition to meeting individual's needs through our benevolence ministry, we are providing a resource to local churches that is helping us develop relationships with churches and their pastors, with the hope that in time we'll be able to train and invest in their church leaders. After five years, Mountain Vision has developed a credible presence in the local community. We've developed a reputation for helping people and serving churches. Presently, we're talking with those churches with whom we have healthy, working relationships about starting a program to train some of their leaders. Without the foundation laid by years of serving people and churches in the community, we wouldn't have the credibility necessary for churches to even consider letting us help train their leaders. Right now, we're in the consideration stage. Our prayer is that by this fall we'll see some movement towards establishing a program for training and equipping church leaders.
1. Please continue to pray for our relationships with local pastors and church leaders, that the Lord would allow us to work together to further His kingdom in East Tennessee.
2. Please pray that the Lord would continue to provide, particularly furniture, for our benevolence ministry. The demand is so high, we aren't able to provide for all of those who come to us. We were blessed with a large load of things last Saturday, and they were basically all gone by the end of the day today.
3. Praise the Lord for his provision, and for those we were able to bless this week!
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| Lily giving the little boy kisses. It's not looking good folks! |
Hi Friends and Prayer Warriors!
Unless someone emails me another question, this will probably wrap up our series of FAQ about our ministry here in East TN. Our prayer is that this series has been informative as well as uplifting. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful base of friends and partners who encourage us and pray for the Lord's work here in our little corner of the globe.
Okay, the last question is a biggie. How do benevolence ministry and leadership training fit together? To be honest, in Meredith and I's first few months on the field our team had more conversations about this than just about anything else. On the surface, they seem like vastly different emphases in ministry, but we believe they complement one another nicely.
In addition to meeting individual's needs through our benevolence ministry, we are providing a resource to local churches that is helping us develop relationships with churches and their pastors, with the hope that in time we'll be able to train and invest in their church leaders. After five years, Mountain Vision has developed a credible presence in the local community. We've developed a reputation for helping people and serving churches. Presently, we're talking with those churches with whom we have healthy, working relationships about starting a program to train some of their leaders. Without the foundation laid by years of serving people and churches in the community, we wouldn't have the credibility necessary for churches to even consider letting us help train their leaders. Right now, we're in the consideration stage. Our prayer is that by this fall we'll see some movement towards establishing a program for training and equipping church leaders.
Things you can pray for this week.
1. Please continue to pray for our relationships with local pastors and church leaders, that the Lord would allow us to work together to further His kingdom in East Tennessee.
2. Please pray that the Lord would continue to provide, particularly furniture, for our benevolence ministry. The demand is so high, we aren't able to provide for all of those who come to us. We were blessed with a large load of things last Saturday, and they were basically all gone by the end of the day today.
3. Praise the Lord for his provision, and for those we were able to bless this week!
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| My friend Mark and his sons, Tanner and Taylor, helped me pick up furniture donations on Saturday. |
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| Lily came along to help too. She's checking out the goods. |
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| Mrs. Deanna was the source of much of Saturday's donations. Thank you! |
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| This little boy was on the front step of the house, and Lily walked right up and gave him hugs and kisses. |
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| Our total donations for Saturday included two queen bed sets, a full mattress, a complete twin trundle bed, some book cases, a coffee table, microwave, linens, and other miscellaneous items. |
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| On July 4th, we drove over toward Pigeon Forge to spend the holiday with Daniel's family on the lake. Lily loves the water! |
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| Watching her cousins splash in the lake. |
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| Sitting with mommy and eating a cracker on the dock. |
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| Giving baby Joanna, her newest cousin (6 weeks), kisses. |
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