This Sunday, November 30th during Pizza lunch we have asked Abbie and Tim Rask to give us an update on their preparation for ministry in India. We have also asked Kevin Watterson from EFCA Crisis Resonse to introduce himself, his family and their ministry.
Here is some ministry information on the Wattersons:
This Sunday, November 30th, during Pizza Lunch, Kevin Watterson from EFCA Crisis Response will be introducing himself and his family. The Watterson family is in the process of raising support for an extended ministry with Crisis Relief. We hope you will enjoy getting to know Kevin and will prayerfully consider meeting with him to discuss his support when he calls.
Kevin and Babette Watterson along with their kids, Kendra-10 and Logan-8 will be sharing their support needs and their Vision for Ministry with EFCA’s Crisis Response ministry. Kevin was the owner of a small heating and air conditioning company up until May of 2006 when God called him to sell his business and opened the way for him and his family to join Crisis Response.
Kevin and his family have been serving with Crisis Response since February of 2007 as short term missionaries, and have recently switched their status to long-term. They have relocated from Pennsylvania to Louisiana in July this past year and are currently raising support as they serve in the ministry.
As you may recall, Kevin came with Mark Lewis here to Trinity Fellowship to help in the Ike recovery effort the Sunday after the storm hit. Many of you have joined the relief effort and shared in the ministry opportunities that hurricane Ike has created.
One of the guiding principles of Crisis Response is the belief that in the wake of every crisis lies an opportunity for ministry. Crisis Response exists to “Show the Love of Christ to Those in Need” by meeting the physical, emotional and relational needs of people with the intention of sharing the good news of the gospel of Christ as the other needs are met.
Cutting trees, cleaning up debris, gutting houses and helping in the rebuilding effort after disasters provides the opportunity for non-believers to see Christians in action, and leads to questions about why we do what we do and builds the credibility needed for people to listen when we talk about Jesus, and the hope we have in him.
Please come and join us as we hear how God has worked through the Crisis Response ministry, and the vision and challenges Kevin and his family face in joining the Crisis Response ministry.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Ike Relief, Saturday, November 22nd
Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday dear Nathan! Happy Birthday to You!
Nathan Jackson is celebrating his birthday by taking a work party of ten or so teens to Galveston for Ike Relief work. It would really help if we could provide several adults to provide transportation and help with the work. If you are available to help, please contact Iva at the church office (ivaf@trinityfellowship.net, 281-482-0577) or Bob (mail@trinityfellowship.net, 281-787-7120) to let us know.
Parents of teens who are coming, you would be especially welcome!
Nathan Jackson is celebrating his birthday by taking a work party of ten or so teens to Galveston for Ike Relief work. It would really help if we could provide several adults to provide transportation and help with the work. If you are available to help, please contact Iva at the church office (ivaf@trinityfellowship.net, 281-482-0577) or Bob (mail@trinityfellowship.net, 281-787-7120) to let us know.
Parents of teens who are coming, you would be especially welcome!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Ike Relief: A Little Work at the Church
As I mentioned earlier, we will not be having a crew go out this Saturday, November 15th, because of the Thanksgiving church event at Old City Park in Friendswood (3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.).
However, with the rain this week it has become apparent that the roof over the L.I.F.E room is still leaking, and it would seem prudent to remove the soaked sheet rock of the wall and ceiling where the worst leaking is occurring. We plan to do that Saturday morning, starting at about 9:00 a.m. Anyone who would like to help is welcome!
However, with the rain this week it has become apparent that the roof over the L.I.F.E room is still leaking, and it would seem prudent to remove the soaked sheet rock of the wall and ceiling where the worst leaking is occurring. We plan to do that Saturday morning, starting at about 9:00 a.m. Anyone who would like to help is welcome!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Ike Relief: The Crew Vision
We had a good crew of people working in Hitchcock and Santa Fe on Saturday, November 9th to help with a couple of roofs. This was our first go at doing some roofing, which will be a major category of recovery help in the coming months. It wasn’t too bad. I think we can develop the expertise for simple roofs pretty quickly.
We won’t be having a crew go out this coming Saturday, because of the Thanksgiving church event at Old City Park in Friendswood (3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) and preparation for it. The following Saturday (November 22nd) we hope to have a large crew of teens celebrating Nathan Jackson’s birthday by helping. More on that later.
The Crew Vision:
On Saturday we had all four ‘weekly’ crew leaders working, and we had the chance to talk and re-commit ourselves to the idea of establishing rotating crews for Ike relief and other helping exercises.
The four crew leaders are Jeremy Anderson, Doug Breaux, Steve Norman and Bob DeGray.
We figure there are between 100 and 140 ‘able bodied’ people at Trinity. That includes men, women and teens. We’ve found that both male and female help on these crews is welcome and effective. If we divide that by four it gives a pool of 25 to 35 people for each Saturday of the month. From that pool we hope to create a crew, on any given Saturday, of seven to ten people.
These weekly work crews will not be limited to Ike relief. On some Saturdays we hope to use the crews to do needed work around Trinity, or to help Trinity families with needed work (i.e. moving the Olsons, or remodeling at the Reeds).
We are convinced that having people available for such needs will be a real blessing to Trinity and a wonderful outreach ministry - showing God’s love in a practical way; physically doing God’s will!
We’re going to have a sign up sheet at the Thanksgiving event this Saturday and again at church on Sunday where we’ll be asking you to sign up to be in the pool of able bodied people and to indicate which Saturdays of the month you are not usually available to help. We will use this information to start making calls to establish the pool of workers for each Saturday.
Then, when we know the timing and task for any given Saturday we will call through that pool of workers to find out who is available. Under this system, you should only get a call once a month at the most.
Please prayerfully consider jumping in the pool! You will be God’s blessing to others if you do!
We won’t be having a crew go out this coming Saturday, because of the Thanksgiving church event at Old City Park in Friendswood (3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) and preparation for it. The following Saturday (November 22nd) we hope to have a large crew of teens celebrating Nathan Jackson’s birthday by helping. More on that later.
The Crew Vision:
On Saturday we had all four ‘weekly’ crew leaders working, and we had the chance to talk and re-commit ourselves to the idea of establishing rotating crews for Ike relief and other helping exercises.
The four crew leaders are Jeremy Anderson, Doug Breaux, Steve Norman and Bob DeGray.
We figure there are between 100 and 140 ‘able bodied’ people at Trinity. That includes men, women and teens. We’ve found that both male and female help on these crews is welcome and effective. If we divide that by four it gives a pool of 25 to 35 people for each Saturday of the month. From that pool we hope to create a crew, on any given Saturday, of seven to ten people.
These weekly work crews will not be limited to Ike relief. On some Saturdays we hope to use the crews to do needed work around Trinity, or to help Trinity families with needed work (i.e. moving the Olsons, or remodeling at the Reeds).
We are convinced that having people available for such needs will be a real blessing to Trinity and a wonderful outreach ministry - showing God’s love in a practical way; physically doing God’s will!
We’re going to have a sign up sheet at the Thanksgiving event this Saturday and again at church on Sunday where we’ll be asking you to sign up to be in the pool of able bodied people and to indicate which Saturdays of the month you are not usually available to help. We will use this information to start making calls to establish the pool of workers for each Saturday.
Then, when we know the timing and task for any given Saturday we will call through that pool of workers to find out who is available. Under this system, you should only get a call once a month at the most.
Please prayerfully consider jumping in the pool! You will be God’s blessing to others if you do!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Ike Response: Preparing for Saturday, November 8th
Ike Response - Preparing for Saturday, November 8th
We’ll be needed down on the island! At this point it looks like there will be about 100 people total helping with hurricane relief on Saturday. I think that total includes an estimated 15 or so from Trinity, but I’m not sure. Also, I haven’t heard from that many yet. If you haven’t specifically raised your hand about coming, please contact Iva at the church office (ivaf@trinityfellowship.net, 281-482-0577) or Bob (mail@trinityfellowship.net, 281-787-7120) to let us know.
We will meet at the church at 6:30 a.m. for a 7:00 a.m. sharp departure. I expect that we will return around 5:00 p.m.
Ladies, I recognize that many of you will be staying here for the baby shower. However, if you would like to make cookies for the volunteers, we can transport them down and include them in one of the meals.
We’ll be needed down on the island! At this point it looks like there will be about 100 people total helping with hurricane relief on Saturday. I think that total includes an estimated 15 or so from Trinity, but I’m not sure. Also, I haven’t heard from that many yet. If you haven’t specifically raised your hand about coming, please contact Iva at the church office (ivaf@trinityfellowship.net, 281-482-0577) or Bob (mail@trinityfellowship.net, 281-787-7120) to let us know.
We will meet at the church at 6:30 a.m. for a 7:00 a.m. sharp departure. I expect that we will return around 5:00 p.m.
Ladies, I recognize that many of you will be staying here for the baby shower. However, if you would like to make cookies for the volunteers, we can transport them down and include them in one of the meals.
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