Use the #Superbowl for Good

Leverage Superbowl for Good

Thanks to Jon Dansby for sharing the post for using the Superbowl to reach people for Christ. 

The Apostle Paul wrote “To the weak, I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it (I Corinthians 9:22).”

Most people will watch some of the Superbowl. Over 110 million people tuned in to watch the Superbowl last year.

Photo from Flickr

You can use this event as an opportunity to reach out to those who need to hear the gospel.  Consider your list of people who need Christ. Pray over your list.  Find out who is going to watch it. Invite them over or ask if you can come over to watch part of it. Use this as an opportunity to get to know one or more of your friends or neighbors.   

Be hospitable.  Throw a party to invite others over. Or go to a party and offer to invite them over for dinner some time. 

Above all, pray. Ask God to guide you to an opportunity.  Do everything you can to see God save people.  

Please share how you could use the Superbowl for Good. 

   

Seahawk & Patriot families from Flickr

Integrated Ministries Grace Church supports

WHAT IS INTEGRATED MINISTRIES?

Integrated ministries is a description of ministries whereby The Church follows God's directive to share the Gospel in word and deed. Grace Church will share the work of Christ (the Gospel) and share the love of Christ (our good works) with every human being.

As the Commitment to Common Mission for Grace Brethren Churches states,

"We affirm that God has created human beings with physical, emotional and spiritual needs and that the Church expresses the compassion of Christ in proclaiming the Gospel while caring for various needs of mankind.

We call upon the Church to bless believers, strengthen churches and reach the lost by showing the works which reflect true faith (James 2:26)

• Assisting those in need,
• Promoting economic, family, and personal development,
• Encouraging the development of businesses with a missionary focus (Business As Mission)"

Grace Church supports the following Integrated Ministries: 

Water for Good

Water for Good, providing fresh water and community based resources for people and communities in the Central African Republic and beyond.

Asia's Hope

Asia’s Hope, providing comprehensive, family-style care for orphaned children at high risk of sexual and economic exploitation in Cambodia, Thailand, and India. 

GROW founder, Faa

GROW, rescuing children and youth at-risk for the sex trade in Thailand. 

VisionTrust

VisionTrust, developing orphaned and neglected children into mature Christians.



We praise God that we can support these integrated ministries to share the work of Christ (the Gospel) and to share the love of Christ (our good works) with these partnering organizations.  Please pray for the year-end appeals as they seek to do good in the years ahead.

God be praised! Another child comes to Christ

Pic from internautdecristo.com.br

Just got off the phone with Linda Kline who is a teacher for the Norwayne/Northwestern Religious Education Program. She shared how one boy prayed to receive Christ at his home in his room. This young boy told Ms. Kline that he reviewed the Evangecube truths and decided to trust in Jesus for everyday for the rest of his life. You can view the presentation below.

How awesome is God! Someone coming to Christ brings the Lord glory! Please pray for Linda as she continues to offer these evangecubes at cost to the kids in the Religious Ed Program. May the Gospel go into homes where even the household will hear and respond to God so that the Lord is glorified.  Thanks for the report, Linda.

Links:

• Blogpost a year ago re: dedication of the new building
• Wooster Daily-Record, letters to the Editor (scroll down to read how God glorified His name)
• To order Evangecube from Christian Books

Team going to Central Africa

Tim Harley, Dale Imhoff, & Rick Ratzel

After church I got to pray with and to encourage a three-man team leaving for Central Africa to assist with ICDI in various ministry projects from April 4-16.  This team fulfills our highest value--to develop all people into fully devoted followers of Christ.

Each departs for Africa to build relationships and to reconnect on-going relationships for the ministry initiatives that God has catalyzed over our recent trips.  The team has watched God work to provide for their prayer needs, their support needs, and spiritual and health needs. God is awesome!

Tim Harley will lead this team. Rick Ratzel returns to Africa. And Dale Imhoff embarks on his first trip to the Dark Continent.

Each covets your prayers. May the Lord use their willingness to go make disciples by ministering to the whole human with ICDI--Gospel presentations (faith-based: to show Jesus Christ's love), agricultural seed bank preparations , follow-up on wood workshop center (release from poverty in holistic ways), and development on programs to help improve the health of Central Africans through spirulina ponds so that many Africans can access protein for greater and healthier lives in the future for their families, communities, and possibly their country and continent as they get empowered to continue the work themselves.  


So stop and pray for Tim, Rick, & Dale. They depart April 4. Ask God for safety, healthy and energetic ministry, ability to make new relational contacts and to reconnect with existing connections, and stamina for travel and ministry in the country of Central African Republic.

Praying for God the Holy Spirit to use them