“The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing
the perishing.
Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the
promising.”
— Leonard Ravenhill
It is exciting seeing people give
their lives to Jesus and His mission. It is thrilling as we catch the eye of the
people alongside us who now are in their own lifeboats – joining in on this mission
– folks who we rescued from the murky water not long ago, precious people who we’ve
helped come to know the Lord…giving their lives to do the same thing – helping more
people know and experience Jesus.
Thank you for joining us in our
heart 4 the city through prayer, encouragement and financial support – our church
and the ministry beyond may not be filled with the richest or best educated,
but we do see the face of Jesus and definitely see Him working in and through
us.
UPDATESWe were able to impact over 100
people during Thanksgiving. We especially give thanks to all the people who
donated time, money and food to allow us to serve so many good meals and hand out
so many groceries for the people in our community. It is fun and humbling to
see eyes lighten up and shoulders relax when we are able to help families in
need with some extra food and an invitation to join us for a hot meal.
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We have much to be thankful for…here are just a few things:
· No More Cancer?
Edvin, the teen boy that has been fighting cancer, is just about done with his rounds of chemotherapy. He has been doing great and the images we’ve seen show drastic reduction of cancer in his body. Let’s keep praying, but what a blessing to see and hear the improvement.
· Leadership team getting strongerWe were impressed when we returned from sabbatical at how well the leadership and the church overall had done, but now that we are back we get to see and be part of intentionally guiding even more growth and maturing. We are anticipating even greater things through this leadership team in 2018!
· New Community Group started and growing
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· Great team of children’s ministry volunteers at our church
We had
a full house during our powerful 3-hour training which was full of so many
great ideas and a passion to impact our community. We desire to be and are
working towards providing one of the best children’s ministries in our
community – which is a very big need (many broken families, unreached segment of
the population and other churches have no children’s ministries). It is through
the children’s ministry that we believe many of our leaders will be trained up
and released to do even greater ministry.
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· No More Cancer?
Edvin, the teen boy that has been fighting cancer, is just about done with his rounds of chemotherapy. He has been doing great and the images we’ve seen show drastic reduction of cancer in his body. Let’s keep praying, but what a blessing to see and hear the improvement.
· Leadership team getting strongerWe were impressed when we returned from sabbatical at how well the leadership and the church overall had done, but now that we are back we get to see and be part of intentionally guiding even more growth and maturing. We are anticipating even greater things through this leadership team in 2018!
· New Community Group started and growing
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· Great team of children’s ministry volunteers at our church
Pictured: Our two children’s
ministry classes.
·
Rebecca being celebrated for
her birthday.
Our
firstborn is now 12 and our church really made her (and us) feel special by
pouring out love and attention for her on her birthday.
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·
Fabiola teaching 7th
grade Bible at Los Angeles Christian School (LACS)It
has been an exciting time for Fabiola to dig deeper into the Word of God and
equip and encourage these young people for Christ.
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Pictured: A past group of 7th
graders from LACS at a Christmas party.
Toy Drive: We Really Need Your Help
Can you help us bless children in our community with toys this year? We
need toys for boys and girls for all ages from 2-18. You can purchase the toys
and drop them off (if your local), order them online and have them shipped to
us (Chad Wolyn
/ 2001 S. Vermont Ave. / Los Angeles, CA 90007) or send us money and we can buy the toys ourselves. (If you send money please
let us know that it is for toys so that it doesn’t go to our personal
missionary support.) All
donations need to be received by Saturday, December 16. Our goal is to bless 100 children!
Upcoming Events
·
Urban
Church Association Pastor’s Christmas Dinner, Dec. 7
Thank you so much for your prayers and support!
Together we can be the lifeboat and help sent out even more lifeboats as
we bring meaning, purpose and eternal life to people that otherwise may never know
our Mighty God.
Wishing you the merriest of Christmases!
Chad, Fabiola, Rebecca, Justice and Beniah