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Christ ian

Field Address:fDon Bridges

Kaisers t rasse

79 Landstuhl

West

Germany

Misswn

VOL.4

APRIL-AUGUST, 1984 NO. 2

Ju ne b eg an with a visit from

Dean

Hickerson, a

former missionary to

Germany

now working

as

a

cam

pus

minister in Missouri, He was able to

spend

two Sun

days

here. During this time he

helped

in preaching,

calling,

and

preparation for the upcoming vacation bi

ble school. We appreciated Dean not only for his will

ingness to be

used

in various ways, but also for his

knowledge

and

abilities. He

seemed

to

have

fitted in

well with

the type

of work here.

Vacation

bible school

wa s t he

last

week

of

June. This

year we ran into some problems. First,when we asked

permission to hang flyers announcing the program, we

were

refused.

Second , t he announcemen t which was

to

appear in the local paper ran late. Instead of two or

three

weeks

prior, it

appeared

the

weekends

we

were

to begin

and

end. Third, just prior to the VBS, the direc

tor, Paul Toothman,

was

informed that he

was

being

transferred

to

th e

Frankfurt area . This meant

that

he

would be tied up with

movers during

the

program-

In spite of all these, the Lord blessed us.

Our

atten

dance

averaged

forty children. Most of

t he se had

no

church

background of any kind. When

asked

to bring a

bible, some did not have any. Others brought their

large family bible.

This year, it

was decided

that we would write our own

lesson material. The

theme

of

th e VBS was W ho

is

Jesus? It

covered

his bir th; baptism an d temptation;

miracles:

death, burial and resurrection; an d following

Jesus. We

had enough

teachers this year for the four

age groups. There were

enough

volunteers, also. Janet

Aldrich came all th e way from Indianapolis,

Indiana

to

help us (She may not have known that when sh e

originally planned to come as she was visiting her

sister, Susan Spencer, for the summer, I appreciated

her willingness to help us ) I know that the children

learned from

this

VBS

because

on th e

last

Sunday du r

ing the sermon i said who is this Jesus?

and

one of the

boys called ou t -- God's Son

Several

have

continued coming

as a result of VBS. i

will

take

th e bu s to ge t

them

on Sunday morning only to

find some walking down the hillfrom where they live.A

few times they have come at 9-9;15 (Sunday school

begins at 10). When Iask why they

came

so early, they

reply we thought you weren't coming for us. Itis good

to se e the eagerness of young children

CAMP

July is the time of our

summer camp.

This year it

was

moved from Moiveno to

Camp

San Francesco,

about

one hour along the coast north east of Venice. The

theme

of the camp

was

Doing God s

Will

I taught two

classes.

One

was the

gospel

of Luke, the other, the

book

of Romans. The

camp

was small with 48 people

attending.

Susan Spencer and

her two children, Lanny

and Sarah attended

from Landstuhl

(her husband.

L.V.,

had

a school he

was

attending during this time). Also,

Janet Aldrich was able to go with us. Several came

from the United States. One group from Ozark Bible

College attended

and

helped with the children's

classes. A couple came from New Mexico. Inall, itwas

a good time for teaching, sharing, and

encouragement.

LONDON

Iwent to London August 3-5 for a preaching rallywith

Fred Miller.

Donald Hun t from

Ottumwa,

Iowa and

David Arrowsmith from Coventry,

England were also

on

the program. There

were

nine sessions with the

average attendance around 40 people. 1appreciated

the opportunity of going for several reasons. First, was

to help

encourage

the people there. Second. Iwas able

to see th e

work

first hand. I

s aw the

cultures with which

Fred works, the people who work in these cir

cumstances,

and th e conditions under

which

this work

is carr ied.

While

1was in London, I was ab le to see some of th e

sights. At the British Museum, I saw the Sinaiticus

and

Alexandrinus

manuscripts

which are from the 4th

an d

5th century A.D. I also saw there the Roset ta stone. It

was by means of this stone that Egyptian hieroglyphics

were understood. I

saw

carvings from Nineval. statues

from Athens and

Greece,

and mummies and idols from

Egypt. Naturally, when a person goes to London, he


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CAMP P ICTURE

1984,

Notice

the

tourist

on the tar right

that'sGuy

Mayfieid

He has works din

missions

for over 40 years,

mainly

in

taly

has

to

se e

the crown jewels. They are at the Tower of

London (where many

people

lost their

head,

literally).

We had to go

underground and

through a three foot

solid steel door to view them in the vault. Idid. They are

impressive, over

3700 diamonds

in the king's crown

a lone .

But

how

dim and

dull

these

will be

when

we s ee

the KING in his beauty

Among

some

of the

other things

which I

saw

were

Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminister

Abbey, Big Ben, punkers ,

and

demonstrations. In all,

quite an interesting trip. Itfeels so

good

to be home , I'm

glad I went.

BAPTISM

Barbara Toothman was

immersed

into Chris t by her

father, Paul Toothman, on May 13, 1984.

P OPL

NEWS

We are always sorry to se e people leave. This

past

June,

both the

Gary Goble and

the Paul

Toothman

families left. Gary

was

our pianist for the

past

5

years.

His wife

Theresa

helped in t eaching a

Sunday

school

class and junior church worship. Gary got out of the

ser

vice

and

is now working with a computer

company

in

Heidelberg . Paul was our

Sunday

school superinten

dent. He an d Donna

along

with their children helped to

build the youth

group.

It

seems

like

they

were always

bringing kids with them. Both

will

be

greatly missed.

In August Diane Miller left to beg in working with

people

from Pioneer Bible Translators in Papua, New

Guinea. She was

here for

about

5 years working

as

church secretary, children's education director, and

missionary.

She will

be greatly missed.

A new family that

has

come

is the Richard Baldwins.

They

are

from

Georgia

(most recently). They did not

know

about

the

church

prior to coming. As they were

driving

down

the road, they

came

across

the sign out

front. We

ar e s o

glad

they

did

Many many

thanks

to those of you who contr ibuted

towards the

purchase

of our new

copy

machine.

PETITIONS

FOR

PRAYER

1. uidance fo r

th e

Church

2- Growth of the Congregation/Calling Program

3-

Book

Store

4. Bible

Correspondence Course

5. The

Congregation here

6. The Bus Ministry

NEEDS

1. Names of Christian or

Church

of Christ military or

civilians

here

in

Germany

2. Letters of

encouragement

3.

News

of

God's dealing

with you

4.

Prayers

In

Christ,

Don

FINANCIAL REPORT

Apri l - August,

1984

Balance on Hand 3 /31/84

3,367.43

Income 7,699.53

Rent, Food

942.45

Transportation 1,270.47

Miscellaneous

4,614.84

Balance on

Hand

8/31 /84

11,066.96

6,827.76

, 4,239.20


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T H E

O V E R S E A S C H R I S T I A N

Jf I take the wings of

the

morning and dwell in

the uttermost parts of the sea even there shall

Thy

hand lead me and

Thy right

hand hold

me

Psalm 139:9 10

C HR I S T I AN

CHURCHES

AND

CHURCHES

OF

CHRIST

R a m s t e i n W e s t

G e r m a n

I

1 3 ;. tr g j

fl

S i i

M ay

1 9 8 4

L a n d s t u h i

hristian

C h u r c h

ervice

Don

B r i d g e s M i n i s t e r

S e e page 1 5

E u r o p e a n Chr i s t i an Serv ice

Camp

nea r V e n i c e


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EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN

SERVICE CAMP

Ju ly

17 -26 , 1984

Camping

Vi l l agg io

San

Francesco

1-30020 Por to S. Marghe r i t a d i

Caor le

Venice) , I t a ly

Phone

(0421 )

82828

o r

82096

For the bene f i t of some

who may

not have re

c e iv ed th e March

i s s u e , some i n f o rma t i o n

wi l l

be

r ep ea t ed

he r e .

Th i s

will

be t h e

2 1 s t

a n n u a l

Christian

S e r

vice camp

fo r Eng lish speak ing people in

Eur

ope from Ch r i s t i a n

chu r che s and

chu rch e s o f

Christ

The theme of the camp i s

to be: Knowing

G o d s Will

Prog r am

Each family or camping group wi l l arrange

its

own

t ime

fo r group devot ions and fo r meals

The morning program wi l l

be made up

of

c l a s s e s . Vaca t i on Bib l e Schoo l f o r

th e

c h i l

dren wi l l be

di rec ted by Dennis and

Linda Mes-

s imer ,

miss ionar ies

in

Belgium and Hol land .

The

a d u l t c l a s s e s w i l l

be d i v i d e d i n t o two

per iods

of four

days

each.

Each

person

may

share in two c la s ses each

per iod .

Some of

th e c l a s s e s th a t w i l l

be

o f f e r e d a r e listed

be l ow

w i t h their leaders:

Moral i ty

and

Conscience Chaplain Gary

Buf f i ng ton , USAF,

Be r l i n .

I I

Cor in th ians Dr. Donn

Leach,

Manhat

tan

Bible College, Manhattan, Kansas.

I Peter

D r .

Lea ch

S ing les

Ray Bodley, Minis te r

of

the

Frank fu r t ,

Germany Chr i s t i an Church .


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Ro le

of Women

Today Barbara

Mal lory mis

s i ona ry

in

Be r l i n .

Af t e rnoons

a re f r ee fo r r e s t f e l l ow s h i p r e c

r e a t i o n and s i g h t s e e i ng . There a re

t h r e e

swim

ming

poo l s on

th e

campground and th e campground

i tself

is located on

a beautiful

b e a c h of the

Adr i a t i c Sea .

Venice

i s nea rby and you may

visit

th e

c i t y

in

th e

a f t e r noon s .

Linda Messimer i s

a r r ang ing

th e song s e rv i c e

fo r th e even ing

mee t ing a t

7 and

Don

Br idges

i s

a r ra n g in g fo r

th e

p r e a ch e r s .

La t e r in th e even ing t h e r e i s a f e l l owsh ip

hour .

D i f f e re n t f am i l ie s

or

camping

groups

a re

i nv i t ed to

o f f e r

to ho s t

t h e s e

pe r i od s when

campe r s

have

t ime

to s t a nd

o r sit

a round

to

ge t h e r and

ge t to

know each o t h e r b e t t e r .

Every

one

i s i nv i t ed to br ing cook i e s popco rn

powder

fo r making

d r i nk s

e t c . to

prov ide

re

freshments for

this

hour

osts

There a re

no

cha rges

fo r

pa r t i c i p a t i on in

the

camp program. Each

person or

fami ly wi l l

prov ide

fo r its

own

meals and wi l l pay th e

admin i s t r a t i on

th e

r egu l a r

camping

f e e s

which

a re

in l i n e

wi th

t hose

charged

by first

c l a s s

campgrounds all

over Europe . For

th e p a s t two

yea r s

th e

do l l a r

has

bough t a round 1600

L i r e .

The

cha r g e s

p e r

day a r e : . . .

^

Lire

about

Camping sp ace 13 000 8 .13

Each

per son

8

or ove r

4 800

3 .00

Each c h i l d

7

2 500 1 .60

Ch i l d r e n u n d e r 3 free free

Wha t

t o B r i n g .

Bring your Bib l e note book and pen . Bring


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campground, but

you may

want to br ing

some

s t ap l e s from home. I f

you

a re in th e mi l i t a r y ,

you

may

want

to

s top

a t

th e

commissary

a t

Vi-

cenza o r Aviano on

your way to

camp. Remember

t h a t they

a re

c losed on Monday, bu t you can

shop

t h e r e

Tuesday

morn ing

and still

a r r i v e

a t

camp in t ime fo r

th e

Tuesday even ing

s e r v i c e .

Br ing

camping c l o t h e s and

be prepa r ed

fo r

r a i n ,

coo l

wea the r

and

hot

wea the r .

Repea t ing

what

i s

sa id on page t h r ee

about

the Fel lowsh ip Hour,

b rin g c oo k ie s,p op co rn ,

powder fo r co ld d r i nk s

and

powder

fo r ho t choco l a t e to

help

with

t h i s

even ing ge t - t o g e t h e r .

How to

G e t T h e r e

From Germany:

Go

to Inn sb ru ck , Aus t r i a by

way

o f

th e Autobahn o r by

way

o f Garmisch . I f

you want

to

buy I t a l i a n

t ou r i s t

gaso l ine cou

pons

and r e c e i v e

coupons

fo r

s e v e r a l

f r e e mi l e s

on

the t o l l roads

au tos t r ada ,

buy these from

the ADAC

at t h e

G e rm a n -A u s t r i a n

border You

must

use

o t he r

than I t a l i a n

money.

From

I nn sb ruck

you may t ak e th e au tobahn

over the Bridge

of

Europe

t o l l

one

way,

12

round

t r i p to

the Brenner Pass , then

th e

toll

road

sou th to th e

Milan -Ven ice

au t o s t r a d a ,

j u s t

sou th

of

Verona , and then e a s t by Vicenza

and

Venice V enezia)

to

San St ino . I f you

are

in the mil i t a ry you wil l want to s top a tVicen-

za and go

to

the Vicenza Army

base

fo r

I t a l i a n ga s o l i n e

coupons .

The base

is

l o c a t e d

back

toward

th e

c i t y

a

sho r t

way

on

th e

regu

lar

r o a d

f r om V i c e n z a to P a d o v a an d V e n i c e .

Be

su r e t h a t I t a l y i s on your l e ave o rde r s .

You may

p r e f e r

to tak e

th e r e gu l a r r o ad s

f r om Innsbruck Y ou will s a v e a

lot

of toll


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down

the

upper Adige Valley,

the

Tyrol count ry ,

t h a t

was

a

p a r t

o f

Aus t r i a

u n t i l

a f t e r

th e

F i r s t World

War.

any people here pre f e r to

speak

German

r a the r than

I t a l i a n . You wi l l go

by

Bressonone B r i xen , Bolzano Bozen) and

s e v e r a l

sma l l

t owns , t h e l a s t o f which i s Lav i s .

About f ive miles

sou th o f

Lavis , j u s t

before

Trent

Trento) ,you

turn

r i gh t

and

then

l e f t

over a c l ov e r l e a f

and

fo l low th e s i gn s fo r

Padova, Highway

47 .

I f you want to go by Vicenza , you wi l l

f ind

s ign s po in ti ng to

the

road before you get

to

P a d o v a . Ot h e rw i s e

c o n t i n u e

on

to

Padova

and

t ake the

au tos t r ada

from th e re p a s t Venice

Venez i a to

San

S t i n o .

Leave

the

au to s t r ada a t San St ino and go

south to aorle Just

before

aorle there

is

a

t r a f f i c

l i g h t . Turn

r i g h t

he r e ,

mi l e s ,

pas t S. Margherita to the Camping Vil laggio

S .

Francesco

On a

r e c en t t r i p

we

found t h a t it i s abou t

900 k i l om e t e r s

o r

560

m i l e s

f rom Rams t e i n t o

th e

camp.

The

space

rese rved

fo r

our group i s on the

f i r s t

s t r e e t

to the

r i gh t

a f t e r the en t r ance .

Via de l l e Rose,

between

Via Maripor t and

V ia

Cod e r o

NEWS

NOTES

The

Streatham Chr i s t i an Day School of the

London,

England mission

has

been

open s ince

l a s t fall

Fred

Mi l l e r o f

th e

miss ion

wr i t e s :

The schoo l i s proving

to

be an out reach and


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Gary

and

Teresa

Goble

and

t h e i r

t h r e e

s o n s

Jeremy Joshua and Jacob plan

t o

l e a v e t h e

Ramstein Vogelweh a r e a J u l y 1 and spend th e

month i n

t h e S t a t e s . Gary i s l e a v i n g t h e A i r

Force J u l y 1 and w i l l r e t u r n

t o

Germany

to

work w i t h t h e P l a n n i n g and

R e s e a r c h

Corpor

a t i o n

a t

H e i d e l b e r g .

The

Gobies

have

been

working

with t h e Landstuhl Church f o r t h e

p a s t t h r e e

y e a r s .

Gary has

been the

p i a n i s t

and

Teresa

has

t a u g h t i n th e

Sunday School

and c h i l d r e n s c h u r c h . They

have

a l s o been

i n

t h e C h r s t i a n

S e r v i c e

Camp

and M i d w i n t e r

R a l l i e s . They

have

sponsored

t h e

Fel lowship

Hour

i n

t h e - c a m p .

Upon

t h e i r r e t u r n to Ger

many they plan to work with

Bert

and Luc.ie

O t t

i n

t h e Church

a t

P f o r z h e i m . They w i l l

b e missed this s u m m e r .

I n o u r

last

i s s u e we

t o l d

o f

t h r e e

m i s s i o n a r y

f a m i l i e s coming to I t a l y t h i s summer.We s a i d

that

we

w o u l d h a v e

m o r e

i n f o r m a t i o n

i n

this

issue

Ryan

and

Carr ie

Carr

are

coming

to

I t a l y

in

September. They

have

r e c e n t l y graduated from

Ozark Bible Col lege . Ryan has served as youth

m i n i s t e r o f

t h e

M o n t r o s e

C o l o ra d o C hu rc h and

he

and

C a r r i e

p l a n t o spend

th e

summer

with

t h e

Mont rose C h u r c h . C a r r i e i s a

d a u g h t e r o f

H a r o l d

and

Enid

F o w l e r

m i s s i o n a r i e s

i n

I t a l y .

Jim

and Charlea

Cormode

plan

to

come from To

r o n t o

O n t a r i o

this

summer t o

work

i n

s o u t h e r n

I t a l y .

Jim i s a

s p e c i a l i s t i n r a d i o

engineer

ing

as wel l

as

a Bible College g r a d u a t e . The


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C h a r l e s and I v i a P h i p p s p l a n t o r e t u r n t o

I t a l y i n

J u l y .

C h a r l e s

came

t o I t a l y a s

a

m issionary in

1947 Two years ago

he and

I v i a

w e n t t o

t e a c h i n

t h e

A r t e s i a New

Mexico

C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e . T h e y

p l a n t o

be i n

t h e

Eur

opean C h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e Camp i n J u l y and then

r e t u r n

t o m i s s i o n a r y work i n

Europe

Brian

and Linda

Smith m i ss i o n a ri e s s e rv in g

a t H i d d e n h a u s e n

n e a r H e r f o r d h a v e

had s e v e r

a l

c o n v e r s i o n s

r e c e n t l y . They p l a n t o be i n

t h e

European

C h r i s t i a n

S e r v i c e

Camp

i n J u l y .

The summer s e s s i o n o f

S p r i n g f i e l d

C o l l e g e i n

Birmingham England began A p r i l 30 and i s

t o

end J u l y 13 On t h e

f a c u l t y

a r e : R o b e r t W e t z e l

P r i n c i p a l

o f

t h e

c o l l e g e

H a r o l d

M e r r i tt

mis

s i o n a r y

i n

E n g l a n d

Donn

and

J o a n Leach

o f

M a n h a t t a n C h r i s t i a n

C o l l e g e

Rona ld H e n d e r s o n

o f C i n c i n n a t i B i b l e S e m i n a r y a n d

Doug

Dickey

o f P a c if i c C h r i s t i n C o l l e g e .

Malcolm Bruce

F o w l e r

s o n

o f

H a r o l d

and

E n i d

F o w l e r m i s s i o n a r i e s

i n

I t a l y and Debbie Jane

T o d d d a u g h t e r o f Mr and M rs Lee Todd a r e

t o

b e

m a r r i e d J u n e

t

t h e C o n c o r d hristi n

C h u r c h C r o c k e r M i ss o u r i

w h e r e

Mr Todd

is

t h e

m i n i s t e r .

H a r o l d a n d E n i d F o w l e r

a n d

their three child

r e n who a r e i n I t a l y

S t u a r t

L i s a

and

R o b e r t a

w i l l l e a v e f o r a s h o r t

f u r l o u g h

t h e l a s t o f

May

i n

t ime

t o be a t t h e wedding M a l co l m s


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Bib l e Study

Second

Lesson

The

f i r s t l e sson was given in the March i s su e .

More than one of th e

pos s i b l e

answers a re t r ue

fo r most o f th e que s t i o n s . Decide which

a re

t r ue

and

then check your answers with mine a t

th e

end o f

th e

l e s s on . I f you f e e l

t h a t

some

of answers are wrong 1 s ha l l apprec i

a te hear ing from

you.My

address i s given

on

page

16. -Guy Mayfie ld .

1 . Read

Act s

16 :13 -15 .

Lydia

A

was

a s i n ce r e

w orsh ip e r o f

God.

B. whi l e f a r from

home found

a group

to

meet

wi th fo r p r a y e r .

C.

heard Pau l

and S i l a s

p r e a ch .

D. was

bap t i z ed .

2 .

Read

Ac t s

16

: 1 6 - 2 5 . P a u l and Silas

A.were

un jus t l y

put in

pr i son .

8 .we r e we l l

t r e a t e d

in

p r i s o n .

C.a t midnight

were

pray ing

and s ing ing

p r a i s e s to

God.

3 . Read Ac t s 16:26 34.

A.The j a i l o r asked

Paul

and S i l a s S i r s

wha t mu s t 1 do t o

be

s a v e d ?

B.

Pau l

and

S i l a s

answe r ed

You

on ly

h a v e

t o believe

on

t h e

Lo rd

J e s u s

to

b e

saved.

C.They t o ld him to be l i eve on the Lord

J e su s to

be

saved an t hen t h ey spake

t h e Word

o f

t h e Lo r d

to

h im .

D .ln speak ing th e

Word of th e Lord

to

h im they

must

have

exp la ined

bap t i sm.

E .A l l o f

h is househo ld

were

b ap t i z e d .

F.We do

no t know

if th e

j a i l o r

had ch i l d r e n .

G.From o the r pas sages in th e New Tes tamen t


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Which of

the fo llow ing

are

mentioned

in

pas sage?

A Hearing or being

taught

the. Gospel.

B

Faith

bel ieving the Gospel

C.Repentance Change of l i fe

D. C on fe s s io n o f t h e Lord Oesus

E. Bapt i sm

F.

Cal l ing

on the Name of the

Lord.

G Being f a i t h f u l

unto

death .

9

each

4 . 3 o h n 3 :14 16

5 .M a t th ew 2 8 : 1 8 - 2 0

6 .Mark 16 : 1 5 16

7 Acts 2:1 41

8 .A c t s

3 :

19

9 Acts 8 : 6 - 1 2

1 0 . Ac t s 8 : 2 6 - 3 9

11 Acts

9:1 18

1 2 . 3 o e l

2 : 3 2 A c t s

13 Acts

2 2 : 1 - 1 6

2 : 2 1

1 4 . A c t s 1 6 : 1 3 - 1 5

1 5 .A c ts 1 6 :1 9 - 3 4

16 .Roman s

6 : 3 - 6

17 .Roman s

1 0 : 9 - 1 7

18 Galatians

3 : 2 7

19 .Ephes ians 2:8

20 Colossians 2 : 1 2

2 1 . 1

Peter

3 : 2 1

2 2 :H e b r ew s

1 1 : 6

23 Revelation 2 : 1 0

24. Are any

of

the above

conditions

mentioned

in

every one of these passages?

A. Yes B. No.

25 .

What

can we l e a rn from th e answer s to

ques t i on s

to

24?

A A person m y be saved by jus t

sat is fying

any

one

o f

t h e s e s e v en c o n d i t i o n s :

B A

person

m y be

saved

by

sat isfying a l l seven

o f these conditions

26.Review a l l

of

the

passages

mentioned

in

questions

to 23.What

promises do w

have

i f

we

s a t i s fy

a l l of these cond i t ions?

A.

S a l v a t i o n

C .G i f t o f th e

B. Fo rg i v ene s s

C.

Un ion

w i t h Christ


13/23

1 0

My

answers GWM :

1 . A,B,C,D

all t r u e

A

a n d

C are true

3 . Only

B

i s f a l s e .

They

did

tell

him t h a t

he s h o u l d b e l i e v e on th e

Lord

J e s u s to

be

saved

then they

spake the Word

of

th e

Lord

to

him

and then he knew t h a t he- should be

b a p t i z e d .

G is

t r u e . Romans

1 0 : 1 7

tells us t h a t

faith

comes

by h e a r in g th e

Word o f

God.

Mark

16 :

15:16 t e l l s us t h a t a person

must

be l i eve

befo re being b a p t i z e d

and

Acts 2:38 tells

us

tha t

repentance

comes

before baptism.

A

baby can

not

hear

the

Gospel,

bel ieve

the

Gospel, o r r epen t .

4. B 14.A,E

5.

A E 15.A,B,E

6 . A,B,E

16 .E

7.

A,C,E

17.B,C

8 . C 1 8 . E

9 .

A,B,E

19 .B

1 0 .A B D E see-KJV 20 .E

1 1 .E 2 1 .E

1 2 . F 22.B

1 3 .A E F

23.G

2 4 .B 2 5 .B

26.

All o f

t he se

prom ises .

NEWS NOTES

Continued

from page 7

The

Fowlers

have

been

serving

the

Church

a t

Palese near

Bari

for the past several years.

Since most of th e members of th e

Pa lese

con

regation l ive in the

nearby

town of Bitonto,

the Church i s being

moved to

Bi ton to

and


14/23

1 1

Larry Lewis,who was a c t i v e in

the F r a n k f u r t

Church and i n t h e

C h r i s t i a n

S e r v i c e

Camp w h i l e

he was s t a t i o n e d a t H a n a u , i s now

a t

F o r t Hood,

He

sends h i s g re e t i n g s .

His

a d d r e s s

i s 2921

Whitemarsh,

R i c h a r d s o n ,

X 75080. He i s

p l a n

ning

to be

a t Malcolm F o w l e r s

wedding

and

t o

a t t e n d

t h e

N a t i o n a l M i s s i o n a r y C o n v e n t i o n i n

P h o e n i x i n S e p t e m b e r .

Lloyd

Thomas

was

a

s o l d i e r

i n

Germany

in

the

e a r l y 1 9 7 0 s .

He met Bet ty W e l l i v e r , a

mission

ary working with

Alva

and

Oanice

P h i l l i p s

i n the

Black

F o r e s t

a t the European C h r i s t i a n Camp.

They

were

marr ied and Lloyd took a European o u t .

They s e r v e d

t o g e t h e r

i n t h e Black F o r e s t f o r a

s h o r t

t ime

and

t h e n

Lloyd

r e t u r n e d

t o

D a l l a s

C h r i s t i a n

Col lege t o complete h i s

d e g r e e , a n d

t h e n s t u d i e d a t A b i l e n e C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e .

He

i s

now a

chaplain a t Fort Hood, Texas.iHe

aed

B e t t y a r e l e a d i n g i n e s t a b l i s h i n g a new

c h u r c h , t h e C r e s t v i e w

C h r i s t i a n

Church , a t

Copperas

Cove, which

w i l l

s e r v e

not.

only

t h e

Copperas Cove

community bu t

people of F o r t

Hood. Chaplain

Thomas

address P.O. Box 657,

Copperas

Cove, X

76552.

Much o f t h e news t h a t we a r e

g i v i n g

a b o u t our

c h a p l a i n s

i s

gleaned

from

the

C h a p l a i n s

News

tt r f o r

December ,1983

t o March,

1 9 8 4 , p u b

l i s h e d by

Chaplain

C h a r l e s

T r i n k l e , E x e c u t i v e

S e c r e t a r y of th e Chapla incy Endorsement

Com

m i s s i o n , C h r i s t i a n ,

c h u r c h e s and

c h u r c h e s of

C h r i s t , Box 1415, Johnson C i t y , 37601.

Chaplain Harvel

Ayers

a t Herzogenaurach i s

having

an average

of 120

i n s e r v i c e s and

i n Sunday S c h o o l . E i g h t e e n

people a r e meeting

r e g u l a r l y f o r t h e

L o r d s Supper .

Mrs. Ayers

i s the

base Religious

Education Coordinator


15/23

1 2

News N o t e s C o n t i n u e d )

S e r v i c e

Camp

and

Midwinter

R a l l y

and

s p o n s o r e d

two

r e t r e a t s a t Berchtesgaden i s t h e Family

L i f e

O u t r e a c h

C h a p l a i n

a t

F o r t

C a r s o n , C o l o r a d o .

Chaplain Gary Perkins who was i n Germany up

to

two

years ago and

who

shared i n the

Camp

and

Rally

programs

i s

on

the

f a c u l t y

of

the

S e r g e a n t s

Major

Acadamy a t F o r t B l i s s , T e x a s .

He has w r i t t e n a

t e x t

on l e a d e r s h i p i n s t r u c

t i o n t h a t i s being c o n s i d e r e d

f o r

adopt ion

a s

a text f o r n o n c o m m i s s i o n e d offi ers i n

s t r u c t i o n f o r th e

army

Chapla in P e r k i n s

w i l l go

t o

t h e

G e n e r a l

Command

and

S t a f f

C o l l e g e

f o r

t h e

r e s i d e n t

c o u r s e .

Chaplain David

Belt

i s

the

Chaplain of the

P a s t o r a l

Care Depar tment

o f

t h e

Naval Medica l

C e n t e r

a t

N a p l e s ,

I t a l y .

He

has s e r v i c e s

each

L o r d s

Day with the L o r d s Supper

i n the

h o s p i t a l and v i s i t s each ward each

day

Guy

and Thelma Mayfield had the p r i v i l e g e of

v i s i t i n g Chaplain Belt

on

April

3

and having

dinner

with him

and Captain Henry Gold in the

Allied

O f f i c e r s

Club

Chaplain

Belt

and

Cap

t a i n Gold

were s t a t i o n e d

t o g e t h e r i n C a l i f o r

nia

and were a c t i v e

in

the

Mission Viejo Chris

t i a n

Church They ran t o g e t h e r i n C a l i f o r n i a

and

a r e c o n t i n u i n g t o run

and s e r v e o u r Lord

t o g e t h e r i n I t a l y .

C h a p l a i n

B e l t

was

nomina

t e d f o r t h e Navy Achievement

Award

a t

h i s

l a s t s t a t i o n and was r e c e n t l y awarded the

medal a t t h e Naples H o s p i t a l .

C haplain R ich ard

B e s t e d e r ,

who has been

s t a t i o n e d in

England i s

now a t

Elsworth

AFB

S D He

and

h i s

w i f e , E l a in e , a re a c t i v e in

the l i f e and

work of

the

Rapid

City

Church


16/23

1 3

C h a p l a i n Gary B u f f i n g t o n o f t h e A i r

F o r c e

i n

B e r l i n

i s w o r k i n g

w i t h

Dale M a l l o r y , m i s

s i o n a r y i n

B e r l i n , i n

p l a n n i n g

t h e

t e a c h i n g

program f o r t h e European C h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e

Camp

Mrs. Buff ington H a r r i e t t ) i s t e a c h i n g

i n t h e

Big

Ben C o l l e g e , a n d

has had

o v e r 300

s o l d i e r s i n

h e r c l a s s e s s i n c e s h e

began

t e a c h i n g .

C hapla in L arry

V o l l i n k

o f Mannheim

sponsored

a S p i r i t u a l

Growth Weekend

a t

W e i l s t e t t e n

n e a r

T u b i n g e n . F o u r t e e n s i n g l e

s o l d i e r s

and

t h re e f a m i l i e s p a r t i c i p a t e d . B u r t o n T h u r s t o n

o f t h e

I n s t i t u t e

f o r t h e Study o f C h r i s t i a n

O r i g i n s

a t

Tubingen

and

C h a p l a i n V o l l i n k

preached on

Sunday Art

Thomas

of

Tubingen

t a u g h t a

c l a s s

on

P r a y e r and C h a p l a i n

Ooe

Gib

i l i s c o o f K i t z e n g e n

t a u g h t

one on W i t n e s s i n g .

Mrs. V o l l i n k p l a n n e d t h e

m e a l s . S i g h t s e e i n g i n

t h e a r e a added t o t h e weekend.

C h a p l a i n V o ll i n k

has

j u s t

r e t u r n e d

from

T Y

on

t h e

i s l a n d

o f

C r e t e . W h i l e t h e r e he p r e a c h e d

a t t h e c h a p e l

on

the N a v a l Base

C h a p l a i n

A

Kramer

of Augsburg w i l l be

l e a v

ing i n June

f o r t h e C l i n i c a l

P r o f e s s i o n a l

E d u c a t i o n Instructors S c h o o l at

the W a l t e r

Reed

H o s p i t a l i n

W a s h i n g t o n .

C h a p l a i n F r a n k

B r u n i n g w i l

be coming

t o

A n s b a c h f r o m

F o r t B r a g g , NC J u n e 2 7 .

One o f C h a p l a i n B r u n i n g s r e c e n t

a s s i g n m e n t s

w a s

in the

Sinai

S c o t t and C h e r i e C a u l l e y , w h o w e r e i n t h e

Tubingen Church from 1978

t o

1 9 8 1 , h a v e

w r i t t e n

from

P o r t a l e s ,

where t h e y s h a r e w i t h

Dean O v e r t o n i n t h e m i n i s t r y o f t h e C h r i s t i a n

f o r s t u d e n t s a t


17/23

1 4

News N o t e s C o n t i n u e d )

Dean H i c k e r s o n ,

fo rmer

m i s s i o n a r y i n Germany

plans

to

be

i n

Europe

t h i s

summer He

w i l l

be

working with

Don

Bridges a t Landstuhl

and

with

Dale Mallory

i n

B e r l i n , and

s h a r i n g i n t h e Euro

pean C h i s t i a n

S e r v i c e Camp near

Venice

I t a l y

i n

J u l y . B r o t h e r H i c k e r s o n i s c o n d u c t i n g a cam

pus m i n i s t r y

a t

t h e

U n i v e r s i t y o f

M i s s o u r i

a t

W a r r e n s b u r g .

Timothy Thomas r e p o r t s from

P o r t u g a l t h a t a

new m i s s i o n a r y , P a u l a H a r f o r d , a r r i v e d

December

3 1 . down payment h a s been made

on

a m e e t i n g

p l a c e f o r t h e Church a t C a r c a v e l o s . T h e r e were

two

r e c e n t c o n v e r s i o n s

w i t h

b a p t i s m s

on Feb

r u a r y and March

3 .

W a t i s

Ward a

life

l o n g

member o f F i r s t

C h r i s

t i a n

C h u r c h ,

W a s h i n g t o n , I n d i a n a , p a s s e d from

t h i s

life

t o

be w i t h

h i s Lord on May 6 , a f t e r

b e i n g

ill

f o r

s e v e r l

y e a r s . B r o t h e r

W a rd s

w i f e ,

M a r t h a , h a s s e r v e d a s

t h e

F o r w a r d i n g

Agent

f o r o u r work

i n

E u r o p e s i n c e 1 9 5 2 . We h a v e

a l w a y s e n j o y e d o u r f e l l o w s h i p w i t h W a t i s

and

M a r t h a and h a v e a p p r e c i a t e d s o much all t h a t

t h e y h a v e

done

f o r u s and o u r w o r k .

WM

On

Sunday

and

Monday

A p r i l

22

and

23

th e

churches a t Genk

and Maasmechelen

Belgium

had j o i n t s e r v i c e s when Emrys and Usha Rees

m i s s i o n a r i e s t o I n d i a , s p o k e . Henk i and

Mary E s t h e r B o o n a e r t s , m i s s i o n a r i e s

i n

B e l g i u m ,

entertained

t h e m

in their h o m e .

T h e

oonaerts

had

s p e n t

a

y e a r

i n

I n d i a , r e t u r n i n g

t o

Belgium

l a s t

summer

Mary

E s t h e r s p a r e n t s ,W i l li a m

a n d

J e a n R o l a n d

are missionaries

in

India a n d

s o were h e r g r a n d p a r e n t s . On Sunday a f t e n o o n

the Rees a n d the oonaerts w e r e with Dennis


18/23

1 5

Eng l i s h Language Ch r i s t i a n Chu r ch e s

Frank fu r t , Dre ie i ch S t r .

10 , Kel s t e rbach ,

near the Frank fu r t

I n t e r n a t i o n a l

Ai rpo r t ,

Sunday School 1 0,Morning Serv ice s 11,

Evening

S erv ic e s 6 :3 0 , Ray Bodley ,

Min i s t e r ,

Phone:

06107) 1508 .

Lands tuh l ,66

Kaise r

S t r . Sunday

School

10 ,

Morning Se rv i c e s 11 , Evening Se rv i c e s

6 .

Don

Br idges ,

Min i s t e r ,

06371)

62988 . a new

number)

Tubingen,100

Wilhelm

St r .

Evening

s e rv i ce

in

Eng l i sh . Ca l l Burton Thurs ton or Werner

Hausen,

Minis ter ,

a t

07071)211 475.

On ay 20 and

21 th e Tubingen

Church i s

to

have s p e c i a l

l e c t u r e s on th e

ew

Tes tament Min

i s t r y by Vic Hunter of the D isc ip les House

o f London, England . Dr. Bonnie Thur s ton has

been t each ing

a

l a d ie s c la s s on

th e Book of

Acts in

Engl i sh on

Monday

mornings .

Dr.

Burton

Thurston

has completed

the

manuscr ip t

fo r h i s new

commentary on th e book o f James .

I .E . Udoh,

na t ive

evange l i s t in Niger i a , who

has been supported for a number of years by the

Frankfur t congrega t ion

wi l l

be a gues t of the

Chu r c h on

J u n e

1 7 .

The L a n d s t u h l Chu r c h we l c ome s s v r l new

peop le

to its

f e l l owsh ip : James and Caro l Wal

ton

and t h e i r ch i l d r en , J u l i e ,

Joseph

and

Jona than , f r om th e M inerva Park Church o f Colum

bus,OH,Anthony Alexander

from the

Ada i r sv i l l e ,

R

Church,

John and

Chr is

Giles

and

t h e i r

sons ,

John

and^

Jus t in , f rom the

Pantano

Church of

Tucson ,

AZ., Richard and Diane Baldwin , and

t h e i r

s on s ,Ch r i s t o phe r

and Brad ,

from

th e

Stone Mountain, Church,and

Keith

and

Becky


19/23

1 6

THE

OVERSEAS CHRISTIAN

Often we

r e c e i v e

letters t hank ing us fo r ou r

news l e t t e r .

We

a re happy

if

th e O verseas

Chr i s t i an

i s

i n t e r e s t i ng and

he lp fu l ,

and

we

do

apprec ia t e

these

l e t t e r s ,

but we do not

want t h i s

little magazine to be cons ide red

ou r

news

letter The

Ea i rmoun t

Chu r c h

i n Ri ch

mond, V

does

publ i sh a news

l e t t e r

fo r us

abou t

fou r

t imes

a

yea r . The purpose o f th e

Overseas Chr i s t i an

i s

to

prov ide news

of

th e

life

and work o f

hristian

c h u r c h e s and

churches

of Chr i s t in Europe e spec i a l l y

fo r

our

mi l i t a r y

s e rv i c e men

and women

and

t h e i r f am i l i e s . It

is

ma i l ed

f r e e

o f ch a rg e

t o

all

t h o s e

who s e n ame s an d addresses

a r e

suppl ied

to

us

by

Fred

and Leanna

Ragland

of

th e Chr i s t i an

M i l it a r y Fel lowsh ip ,Box 2408 ,

Orov i l l e ,

CA

95965 .

Fo r a

little news o f

ou r s e l v e s . We

s p en t

ove r

t h r e e

weeks

o f

Ap r i l in I t a l y ,

France

and Belgium, v i s i t i ng se rv ice

men and women

and I t a l i a n f ami l i e s and o the r s c a t t e r ed Chr i s

t i a n s .

Guy was

i nv i t ed

by

Malcolm

Coffey

and the Latiano Church to

speak at

the

inaugu

r a t i o n o f th e new La t i ano mee t ing

p l a c e

on

Apri l 8. He also preached a t

the

evening

se r

v ice a t th e Flak Kase rn where Stephen Thomason

i s the chapla in on Apri l 1, and a t

the

Bari

and Ciampino

Rome)

churches on Apri l

and

15.We

enjoyed

the

overnight hosp i t a l i t y of

t h e s e

C h r i s ti a n f r i e n d s

and c o w ork er s : S te v e

and

Linda Thomason,

a t

Pa t t onv i l l e ,Ge rmany ,

Malcolm

and Wilma

Coffey

a t

Bar i , MSG Pat

and Oane t

McAl l i s t e r a t Carov igno , Cha r l e s

and J e s s i e

Lee

Troyer of Lecce , a l l

in I t

aly

and

Dennis

and Linda Messimer in

Beringen,

Belgium.

We

t rave l led about 4,000 miles .

Our son and

daugh te r - in - l aw,S tephen and

Pa

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Chris t ian

Miss ion

Field

Address:

Don

Bridges

Kaisers t rasse

79 Landstuhl

West

Germany

V O L

4

SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER

NO. 3

There are

so

many things

to

do ,

(

sometimes meet

myself

coming

an d going.

What do you think of when you hear the word

minister^ The preacher on Sunday mornings? One

who is part of the clergy? One who's profession is to

work with a church? One who preaches powerfully

and

does

not ramble? One

who

is

always

right for he's the

minister? What comes to your mind when you think of

minis ter?

Paul said that

he

was

made

a minister of t he church

so that the gentiles might know the gospel (Col.

1:24-2:5). He labored so people might be encouraged

and strengthened 'in the understanding of God's

mystery - Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures

of wisdom

and

knowledge . Yet, 2 Cor. 11:23-33 does

not give us an image of a lifewe would like to imitate.

Bu t

Paul was a

minister

A servant

His

life's work was to

bring the good news to the gentile people no matter

what it cost. (For those who may not know, the Colos-

sian

letter was written while Paul was a

prisoner

in

Rome on

account

of his peaching to the gent iles.) He

wanted every man to be complete in Christ.

What would cause a ma n to

struggle

so long and

hard for Chr is t? We

begin

to understand

what

drove

Paul when we

see

what captivated his thoughts. Jesus

Christ

ha d

done what no one or nothing else could. I

can well imagine that Paul loved to dwell on the things

of

Christ

in whom

are

all

th e

treasures of wisdom

and

knowledge . He saw the King in his beauty Thus, he

was happy to suffer so that the gentiles might have this

great gospel. But Paul also had a prayer that they might

be encouraged through love and u y assured ofChrist

so that they may not be deceived by persuasive

arguments. He pointed their thoughts beyond this

w or ld t o where Christ is.

A story is told of Walter Scott, who began life as a

teacher. He was appointed as an evangelist for an

organization. In his first sermon, he preached very

powerfully. At the invitation, no

one

came

forward. His

second

sermon

was

also

powerful, but again, no one

responded. In his third attempt, he was toward the

end

of

the serm on when he noticed

a

man walk

into

th e

assembly. He concluded

the

sermon

and

offered the in

vitation. This

man cam

forward, accepted Christ, and

was

baptized.

Later,

Scott

wrote to

t he man

to find out

why he had come forward

when

he had heard only a

few minutes of the sermon? The man responded

that

he

had began reading his bible

and saw

that he needed to

believe,

repent, and

be

immersed

into Christ. He

then

determined

that

if

he

ever heard anyone preach what

he found in th e bible (and that alone) then he would go

to that man

and

be baptized.

Then

Mr.Scott

discovered

the

greatness

of the gospe l. If he

had

thought that the

man

had

come

because of the

power

of his

preaching,

his pride would have swelled so that he would have

thought he

was

something. The power, however, was in

th e gospel Yet. at th e en d of Scott 's first year, over

1000

people

accepted Christ, it

was

said by A. Camp

bell at Scott's death , 'hi s whole heart was in th e work.

What is a minister? He is a servant. O ne man s ai d that

his living was hardware, but Christ was his life. There

are many servan ts who may never ent er a pulpit, but

there a re n on e wh o will not do what hi s mas t er a sk s.

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they have caught a glimpse of the King in his beauty,

and their life is hidden with Christ in

God

Pa r t o f

ou r r emode led

back

inc ludes

a new kit

chen. I have used it several t imes and really find it

a help.

Another

part

of

th e

back

room

is

the

nursery area.

With one here and thr ee more soon to follow, this

area will soon fill up .

BACK ROOM

This

last

summer

we

started work in our back

room

to

change

it into a nursery

and

fellowship area, fvlany

hours of work

were

involved.

Susan Spencer

(along

with Lanny and Sarah)

helped

in cleaning, painting,

and

organizing,

Bruce

Avila

and some

of

the

youth

group helped in moving things. Others helped in

clear

ing out things and set ting up things. Michael Hiller-

brand

worked

so

that

we might have a kitchen

area.

Overall, itwas a great team effort We

were

in need of

the nursery area

because

we were using Diane Miller s

apartment. Since

she

was leaving, we

needed

to have

a place for the children. We

presently

have

one crib,

and

three

pregnant women

one

just

hav ing g iven

birth). We are thankful for the completion of this room. It

will

be

usefull

P OP

NEWS

Diane

Miller left

here

after six

years

to

begin

work

with a missionary family in Papua, New Guinea. She

worked with

the

children s church, ladies

group, and

did the office work.

She

originally

came

to W.Germany

to tutor missionary children. She came to Landstuhl at

the invitation of ll Rosnett. Now,

she

is returning to the

work

sh e

originally se t out to do, teaching missionary

children. She will be working with Wes and Alia

Beasley.

She

will

be

greatly

missed here, but our

prayers go

with her in

her

new field of

service.

1

Bob

and Lori

Ross

have joined us coming

from th e

church in Roy,

Utah.

Lori gave

birth

to Daniel

Wayne

November

30 ,

1984.

Some new families

have joined

us

here

at Landstuhl.

Bob and Lori Ross came from the

church

in Roy, Utah.

Lori

gave

birth to Daniel Wayne in November. I enjoy

seeing their spirit and energy, Bob is helping as a

substitute for the junior class. We are glad they

have

come

ll

and

VickieBecker have also joined us, along with

Jeremy.

They

have come as

a result of Carol Walton.

Vickie

teaches

piano lessons.

Carol

took one

of

the

hymn books

and

one of the bulletins fell out. Vickie in

quired because they had been looking for a Christian

church

and

were told this was a german congregation.

They

have

been coming ever

since.

Rick and Susan Veitschegger have also come, and

their littlegirl Loren. They drove by

and

saw the sign in

the

window. They

ar e

from a Christian

church

in

Mississippi. He is a pilot. She is due to

have

a baby in

February. We

have

enjoyed hav ing them

come

and

sha re

t he ir l iv es w it h

ours.

BAPTISMS

Michael Hi ll erb rand

wa s imme rs ed

out into Christ

September 16,1984. Now, this happened as a result of

Sigrid Schappert, a german girl who worships with us. I

had been talking with Sigrid and Steffi Karg about

bap

tism. Sigrid

was

already baptized, but Steffi

was

only

sprinkled. After many hours of discussion, Sigrid writes

to Michael and tells him about baptism. He

became

convinced

and came

from

France

to be immersed. (He

was working as a missionary with the Menonites.) He

saw that whatever God asked, he should be willing to

do. But I had no knowledge of Michael. Itwas Sigrid

who sha red t h is with

him.


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The day Michael was immersed, we had a church

dinner. Most of us went, including the two German girls,

and had a day of fellowship. Since Michael had to be

back

in France that

evening,

I took him to the train sta

tion. Sigrid and Steffiwent along. Aftersending Michael

on his way, we went to the church building to unload

the chairs. The girls

stayed

and talked for awhile. Steffi

was conv inced tha t

she

needed to be immers ed, but

she

still

had

a

mental rese rva t ion . How would

this

affect

her

family and their relationship? After

another

hour and

a half of going through the scriptures,

she

said

she

was

ready. So, we took her and immersed her into Christ.

What a joy it is to

see

people who are willing to do

wha te ve r Go d

asks

because of their love for Him

Whatever

God wants,

I

want that

tool Don't you?

VBS

MEETING

We have

begun

planning for next year 's vacation

bible school. The lessons this year were written and

adapted by the peopl e here {rather

than

ordering

material). It was decided that we would do itagain, so

the wheels

have

already started turning. The

theme

of

next year's VBS will be Adventures inActs'. We will be

having five lessons with a closing program on Sunday

night. During

the

next few months, people ,will be

writing their lessons, seeking for illustrative'matertal,

and getting craft

ideas

and materials together,

Laura Roberts has

joined

her mom and dad here in

Germany.

She has

been a great help in working

with th e junior church program. She Is even

learn

ing

to

speak

German.

THANKSGIVING

I

was

privileged to

spend

Thanksgiving with th e Jim

Walton

and

Ray Roberts families. Although

t here was

no snow on the ground, we did have plenty of rain. We

spent

a

quiet day

together talking

an d

playing

some

games. In th e

evening,

some of the people from the

congregation came

over for a

dessert

time.

Our

time

spent together proved to be rich.

We

have

so

much

fo r

which

to

be

thankful

in

our

lives.

We

s eem

to over look a t t imes

what we should be mos t

thankful - life in th e Son. We often think of our friends

an d

families, our health

and

prosperity,

an d

our joys

and happiness. But nothing is greater than that God

has

spoken

and called strangers to be a part of his fami

ly even his enemies I wonder at limes where our

greatest joy really lies. Is itin being

able

to do what we

want to

do ?

Or is it

the

freedom that is in Christ? {Gai.

5:13,

Jn .

8:36) I

hope

you

had

a

good

Thanksgiving

also

HOW

FAR?

How far are you willing to go forChristianfellowship?

30 minutes? 1 hour? There are several families who

travel from thirty minutes to just over an hour for the

fellowship. Two families come from Hahn which takes

just over an hour. There is a bibte study there every

Monday night. Ithas started to grow with a new family

joining us. Another

family

comes from Zweibrucken.

about

thirty minutes away. Another comes from Rup-

pertsweiler which is 30 to 40 minutes away. I praise the

Lord

for the ir commitment to Him. It seems strange,

however, that

some

people are willing to come such

great distance's while some who are-aeross.Jhe street

will never set foot

inside

the door..

REQUESJ .

Do.you o,r,someon&-you know^have-some

F VORIT

HYMNS OF PRAISE' hymnals theywould like to

pass

on

to someone

else?

We are looking for these. We would

like to have about

100.

If you know of some that ar e

available,

please

let me know

Doyou have a favorite recipe you would like to give?

I am always looking for someth ing new to take to our

church dinners. Ifyou do, send it. Thanks

PETITIONS

FOR

PRAYER

1.

Guidance

fo r

t he Chur ch

2. Growth of the

Congregation/Calling

Program

3. Book Store

4. Bible

Correspondence Course

5.

The Congregation here

6. The Bus Ministry

N S

1.

Names

of Chr is tian or Church of Christ military or

civilians here in Germany

2. Letters of

encouragement

3.

News

of God s dealing with you

4. Prayers

In

Christ,

on


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