Pete & Dulcie Hodge, urge you
to keep the work
in Elbasan Albania in your prayers and plans for
the
coming year. We feel we are on the threshold of
wonderful things here, and unusually, whilst we
could
always use more money to help with the work, it is
physical help in the form of workers we urgently
need.
The local Christians are doing a tremendous job
considering that many of them have only been saved
a few months or even weeks, but we could really use
youth workers, or older people who would like to
teach
the WEI English classes, or even personal Bible
Studies.
We are now finding so many opportunities, but have
so
little time to use them. If you want to help Pete's ministry
financially from the UK, please contact the
Skelmersdale church
sponsering eldership for overseeing UK Sterling donations
is the Skelmersdale eldership. For more details you can
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Heather
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Christ at the
Skelmersdale congregation on
8 October, please
pray she continues to grow
in the grace &
knowledge of
Jesus.
Wednesday 18th, Meti
and Feti Uruci were immersed
into Christ. They are the
parents of our sister Jeta,
who was instrumental in
bringing them to a knowledge
of the Lord. Please pray for these two fine people, and
for
the rest of us that we may be able to encourage them
in
their new life. Today also, Dulcie Hodge and the
English
Class team held their weekly English class in Mjeks Albania.
There were 107 at the three classes.
The highest number to
date. Remember, these are all teenagers and do not include
any
of the 98 children who attended last Sunday.
We are thankful to our
Father in heaven for the ability
we now have to make
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Precious
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Who's Church Is
It?
The Tenfold Mission of the
Church of Christ.
Fifteen Qualities of an
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By What
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The Church of Christ is
Unique Among the Religions of the World.
Right Attitudes About the
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The Authority of Elders in
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The Church of Christ Without
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What Can a Woman Do in The
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Questions & Answers
About Women in the Church of Christ.
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Lord's Day, 29 Oct, Isaiah 45:18-25 & Romans 14
Lord's Day, 5 Nov, Psalm 69:1-18 & Romans
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Lord's Day, 12 Nov, Isaiah 52 & Romans 15:14-33
Lord's Day, 19 Nov, Genesis 45:1-15 & Romans
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Encouraging Experiences In
Evangelism
I was christened as a baby and
raised in the Dutch
Reformed
Church. My parents took my 2 older brothers
and myself to
Church. Before and after 3 meals every
day our father
would pray and after dinner we would
read from the
Bible. So I got to know most of the Bible,
but I never could
fit these stories into a big picture.
I went to Christian schools and
learned more about
God. My brothers
and I had some education in the church.
Before I was
thinking about doing confirmation, I moved
to Germany, where
I lived for about 10 years. I worked
in a big
warehouse selling computers and mobile phones.
I visited the
Catholic Church with a girl-friend, and also
the evangelical
church. The result was that I stopped
going to church in Germany. In that time I was more
interested in
money making and started up my own
business in New
Age Correspondence Courses. New
Age is a movement with beliefs out of line with the
Bible.
New
Age believes in the power of positive thinking and
focuses
completely on yourself and the great cosmic power.
But I didn't
realize how wrong this was yet. However I
still believed in
God and thought I was okay.
As the economy in Germany dropped
down I decided
that it was time
to go back to the Netherlands. I noticed
that my English
was poor. After searching for English-courses,
which were either
not suitable or too expensive, I found an
advert for "Let's
Start Talking" (LST) in the local paper in
the Netherlands.
LST is a project of churches of Christ to
evangelize.
I went to the induction meeting and started
studying. The
students organised socials every week which
had the purpose
to bring the church members and the people
studying with LST
in contact. After a short time we started
disscussing some
Bible passages at my request and I found
out that they had
a church service which I started attending.
At the end of the
LST project we had a final weekend in
Belgium, called
Friendscamp.
Two weeks after the students had
left, I had a Bible
study with the
local evangelist. We studied for
about 4 hours and
spoke about elementary Christian
subjects including baptism. I always thought I was
saved
because I
believed in God. But now I realized that I
needed to be
baptized for the remission of sins. The
evangelist asked
me if I wanted to be baptized and I
said yes. I
was baptized at 10:30 p.m. in a bathtub.
It was the
greatest moment of my life. I felt very very
happy. Shortly
after my baptism I realized how wrong
New Age is and I
terminated my own business and destroyed
all the
material.
Two weeks after my baptism I
served as assitant
campleader at a
youthcamp and I started serving the
church. In the
course of the year I studied the scriptures
and books and got
interested in Bible school. At the moment
I am already in
my second year at the British Bible School.
After my
graduation in June 2001, I am, Lord willing,
planning to go
into full time work for the Lord. But I am
not yet sure
where. Who am I? My name is Roel de Gruyter.
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