Archdiocese Catholic Center for

Charismatic Renewal

1707 South Flores Street

San Antonio, TX

78204­1926

Phone (210) 226­7545

Y hay de mí si no predicara el Evangelio!

... woe to me if I do not preach the Gos­ pel! 1Corinthians

9:16

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OCTOBER 8 CTSA TV, Canal 15, Programa Carismático en Español, Hazme Volar, 8­9pm 10 Healing Workshop, 9:00am­12:00pm at CCCR 13 Bishop Flanagan will have Mass and Anointing of the Sick, 10:30 am, CCCR Chapel 17 Fall Series Workshop, “Prayer Ministry for Evangelization”, 10am­12:30pm, at CCCR 19 CTSA Channel 15, “Fanning the Flame” Charismatic Program, 8­9pm 23 Evening of Renewal & Revival, 7pm at St. Mary’s University Assumption Chapel 30 Primer Congreso Carismatico Mariano, 6 a 10 pm, Iglesia de San Buenaventura 31 Primer Congreso Carismatico Mariano, 8 a 5pm, Iglesia de San Buenaventura 31 Fall Series Workshop, “Intercession Opening Doors for Evangelization”, 10am­12:30pm,

At CCCR

NOVEMBER 10 Bishop Flanagan will have Mass and Anointing of the Sick, 10:30 am, CCCR Chapel 12 CTSA TV, Canal 15, Programa Carismático en Español, Hazme Volar, 8­9pm 14 Healing Workshop, 9:00am­12:00pm at CCCR 16 CTSA Channel 15, “Fanning the Flame” Charismatic Program, 8­9pm 26­27 Thanksgiving Holiday ­ CCCR will be closed

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Catholic Center for Charismatic Renewal Newsletter 1707 S. Flores, SA, TX 78204 210-226-7545

Volume 10 Issue 10

Charisletter Website: www.cccrsa.net

Primer Congreso Carismático Mariano

Predicador: Rev. Raul Sanchez

“Padre Raul” Oklahoma Alabanza:

Santo Tomas Moro Houston, TX Donativo: $10.00

Viernes, 30 de Octubre, 6 a 10 P.M. Sábado, 31 de Octubre, 8 a 5 P.M.

Iglesia de San Buenaventura

1918 Palo Alto Rd, San Antonio, TX 78211 (on State Hwy 16 near Hwy 35 and SW Loop 410)

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Evening of Renewal and Revival

Theme: “Embrace the Call to Holi­

ness” Special Guest Speaker:

Gail Dereszewski St. Monica’s Pastoral Associate, Masters of Theol- ogy from St. Mary’s University, Past President of Women’s Aglow (Evening San Antonio Chapter), International, Leads Bible Study Group, Retreat Speaker, President Archdiocese Finance Council

Assumption Chapel at St. Mary’s University

One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78228

Friday, October 23, 2009, 7-9 pm Tongues of Fire Music Min­

istry will lead the Praise & Worship

**Parking in front of St. Mary’s** **************************************

October 2009

Email: info@cccrsa.net

Mass and Anointing of the Sick

Bishop Tom Flanagan Tuesday, October 13th, 10:30 a.m.

CCCR Chapel Blessing of religious articles

Please do not block Fire Lanes or assigned parking

Hazme Volar (en vivo) Canal 15 del CTSA (por cable)

Segundo jueves del mes a las 8 pm. Hagan sus llamadas al numero en la pantalla del TV. Si tienen sugerencias de algún tema o preguntas, llamar al CCCR, 226-7545.

Anfitriones: Jesús y Evelyn Ramos.

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Most Rev. Thomas J. Flanagan Liaison for CCCR

Father Bob Hogan, BBD Associate Liaison

Rosbel Hernandez Director

Thanks to all of you who attended the September 26 session on Worship Leading that Evangelizes. Our Fall Prayer Group Training Series continues with two presentations in October:

1) OCTOBER 17 from 10 am to 12:30 pm at CCCR: Prayer Ministry for Evangelization. Praying with people for a personal commitment to Jesus Christ, for baptism in the Holy Spirit, for the gift of tongues, for other charisms/spiritual gifts, for the empowerment of the Spirit, for God’s call and direction in their lives. Everyone is invited. All those in- volved in prayer ministry should attend. You will grow in greater understanding, wis- dom and anointing for this ministry.

2) OCTOBER 31 from 10 am to 12:30 pm at CCCR: Intercession Opening Doors for Evangelization. Learning the power of intercession to overcome obstacles to God’s work. Jesus said that certain difficulties can only be overcome with prayer and fasting. Learn to be guided by the Spirit in what to intercede for and how to intercede (for indi- viduals, families, churches, neighborhoods, our city). Learn about and experience the power of united group intercession. Everyone is welcome. We need strong interces- sors for the Charismatic Renewal and the whole Church in our Archdiocese.

Because of the opportunity to have Fr. Hampsch speak to us on the weekend of November 6-7, we will not have the 4 th session of the Fall Series on November 7. The St. Mark Prayer Group along with other groups in their zone will be sponsoring his visit. You will be getting more information about Fr. Hampsch speaking and leading services on the Healing of the Family Tree.

This weekend, October 2-4 is the Church of the City Ecumenical Conference that the Center is co- sponsoring. The theme is “Transformation…Personal …Family… Neighborhood…and City.” Last month you received the information brochure. The brochure has the correct address. I gave an incorrect address in last month’s newsletter. The place is Abundant Life (Viva Abundante) Church at 7431 S. Presa, 78223 (near SE Military) on the south side of town. From the downtown area from 35 or 10 or 90 you head south on 37 (toward Corpus Christi). Exit at SE Military Dr. (Exit 135). Turn right on SE Military and go 2.3 miles. Turn left on S. Presa and the Church will be on the right on the first block. We will be very blessed to have Charles Whitehead again (coming from England; former chairperson of the International Office for Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Rome) as the main speaker. We were very blessed by him last year. Sessions are Friday (7:00 pm), Satur- day (9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 6:30 pm) and Sunday (6:30 pm). There is no registration cost. Love offerings will be taken. Come and invite people to come with you. God is preparing us for great things in our city, but we need to respond to God’s call. We had a good Catholic turn out last year. I pray that it is even better this year. We will see you there!

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Prayer Groups & Masses at CCCR Mondays: 7:00 pm (Bilingual) “Flame of Love”, Martin Family Music Ministry Info: Isabel Martin, 645­6004

Tuesdays: Mass at 10:30 am (Praise & Worship starts at 9:30 am), CCCR Chapel “Upper Room” Prayer Group Info: Helen Pickard, 264­5364

Tuesdays: 7:00­9:00 pm, CCCR Chapel “Jesus, La Palabra de Vida” Info: Jesus & Evelyn Ramos, 487­0432

Wednesday/Miercoles: 7:00 pm (Bilingue) Capilla/Chapel del CCCR “Tree of Life” Prayer Group *Every First Wed: Healing Mass at 7:00 pm CCCR Chapel Info: Eleanor Huron, 432­1509

Thursday/Jueves: 9:30 am, Capilla del CCCR “Sala Alta” Prayer Group Info: Rosie Chavaria, 923­2502

Friday: Healing Mass at 12:00 Noon, CCCR Chapel Info: Laura Montoya, 333­5913

Friday: 7:00­9:00 pm, CCCR Chapel “Mountains of Praise” Prayer Group Info: Rudy & Delfie Garcia, 226­7070

“Life in the Spirit” Seminar

Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:30am ­ 5:00pm

Oblate Grotto Ministry Center 5712 Blanco Rd., SATX 782

Praise & Worship by Heavenly Sounds For Information: Steve Trevino, 477­0926 or 342­9864

“Healing of the Family Bloodline” Speaker/Facilitator: Carmen Frankel

September – November 2009, Regular Wednesday Night Meetings

Christopher Hall – Room 202, 7pm – 9pm St. Mark The Evangelist Catholic Church 1602 Thousand Oaks, San Antonio, Texas 78232

Music Ministry: Jubilee Praise Sponsored by:

The Spirit and Word Charismatic Praise And Prayer Group at St. Mark

For Information call: 210­490­7820

Ecumenical Monthly Prayer and Intercession

Gatherings at the CCCR

First Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm CCCR-Upper Room, 1707 S. Flores St.

(adjacent to St. Henry’s)

Actividades en Español Cada Lunes: 7-9 p.m. Grupo de Oración, Discípulos de Jesucristo en San Buena Ventura Cada Martes: 7—9 p.m. Grupo de Oración, “Jesús-Palabra de Vida”, CCCR, Alabanza, crecimiento y sanación. Cada Miércoles: 7—9 p.m. Grupo “Tree of Life”, Capilla del CCCR Segundo Jueves del Mes: 8-9 p.m. “Hazme Volar”,Programa de Televisión en Vivo Cada Jueves, Grupo de Oración 7-9 pm, Santa María Magdalena

30 y 31 de Octubre 2009 Primer congreso Carismático Mariano en San Buena Ventura

is a ministry of the Charismatic Renewal Center and is mailed to all who wish to receive it. An annual donation of $12.00 is suggested. We gladly send free copies to Pastors to keep them informed. We gratefully accept additional donations to support the ministry at CCCR.

*All contributions are tax deductible.

News, articles, and calendar events must be submitted for publication by the 15 th of the month prior to publi- cation.

Consultants Volunteer Staff Rev. George Montague, SM Laura Montoya Rev. Einer R. Ochoa Olga Martinez Deacon Robert Garza Maria Onzon

Beatrice Koenig Archdiocesan Healing Ministry Sonia Deras Pedro & Nelda Palacios Josie Gonzales Book Ministry

Santa Garza Archdiocesan Youth Ministry Newsletter Staff Rudy & Delfie Garcia Rosbel

Hernandez Norma Alaniz

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Que es el Congreso Mariano Carismático? Cuando leemos las Escrituras en el libro de los Hechos en el capitulo 2: Una historia real; vemos un cumplimiento profético dado por Dios en el libro del Profeta Joel 2: donde se nos promote que El Espíritu Santo de Dios descendería sobre toda carne. Me pregunto: Por Que hay tantas personas que son tan incrédulas? Por eso pierden tantas bendiciones del Espíritu Santo. Aun Jesús nos dejo la promesa del Padre: “un

Consolador” El proveedor de los Frutos y Dones del Espíritu. Era necesario que Jesús se fuera para que viniera El Espíritu Santo. Jesús le dio una orden a los Apóstoles, después de su resurrección, les dijo: Vayan al Aposento Alto y esperen la venida del Espíritu Santo en ayuno y oración. No es una casualidad de que “María” se encontrara junto a ellos en ese mismo aposento alto. Cuando llego el día de Pentecostés vino el Espíritu Santo y fuego llenando acada persona obediente a la orden dada por Jesús viendo el cumplimiento de la promesa del Padre. Somos templo del Espíritu Santo y como tal vino hacer morada en nosotros. Todos hablaban Lenguas y el Espíritu de Dios guiaba a la Iglesia de Jesucristo por el Nuevo camino de salvación. María estuvo presente en ese evento de Pentecostés y participo de esos dones espirituales. Nos dio el ejemplo de una mujer virtuosa y llena del Espíritu Santo. Fue obediente y llena de amor para con el prójimo, (Eres Tu)

Cuantos quieren imitar a María? Por su obediencia Dios la separo para traernos al Salvador del Mundo. Quieres dar de tus talentos al mundo como María lo hizo? María te

EL COMITE HISPANO • Agradecemos tu participación a

nuestros eventos anuales. El Espíritu Santo te bendecirá y Te Prosperara. Si en lo poco eres fiel, en lo mucho Dios te pondrá. Cree en todas las promesas de Dios y veras su Gloria.

• Directiva del Comité Hispano:

• Asesor: Padre Will Combs

• Coordinador:Rosbel Hernández

• Presidente: Jesús Ramos

• Vic:. P. Leonor Huron

• Secretaria: Lupita Lozano

• Vic: Sonia Deras

• Tesorera: Sandra González

• Vic: Rachael Hinojosa

• El Centro RCC-Evelyn Ramos

• Zonas: Francisco González, y Roel Hinojosa,

• Vocal : Rudy Zamora

Primer Congreso Mariano Carismático Octubre 30-31 (Viernes y Sábado)

Extendemos una cordial invitación a Todas Las Guadeloupians', y todo movimiento eclesiástico que ama a la Virgen María. Te esperamos; Asientos Limitados.

El Rev. Raúl Sánchez de Oklahoma estará trayendo un mensaje podoro de Dios. El Costo será $10.00 dólares por persona.

Donde: Iglesia San Buenaventura, 1918 Palo Alto Rd, San Antonio TX 78211 (On state hwy 16 near I-35 and SW Loop 410)

Tendremos muchas bendiciones y sorpresas. Colabora con tu presencia, Te Esperamos.

Para mas Información: Jesús y Evelyn Ramos (210) 437-3345, Francisco y Sandra González (210) 778-4718, Centro Carismático (210) 226-7545

Nos honra El Grupo de Música: Santo Thomas Moro de Houston, TX

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ARCHDIOCESE HEALING MINISTRY WORKSHOP

Saturday, October 10, 2009 ­ 9am to 12 noon

Catholic Center for Charismatic Renewal

GOD WANTS TO HEAL US PRAYERS FOR HEALING (Part 2)

"Praise The Lord, my Soul, and do not forget how kind he is. He forgives all my sins and heals all my dis­ eases.” (Ps 103:2,3)

PRESENTED BY: Pedro & Nelda Palacios (English) Josie Gonzales & Irene Garza (Spanish)

ATTENTION: EVERYBODY IS WELCOME, ALL HEAL­ ING MINISTERS wishing to join the CCCR HEALING TEAMS should attend this workshop. Those persons wanting to be Healing Team Members must attend at least 6 Healing Ministry Workshops during the year. Prayer Groups may send their Healing Teams for training.

FOR INFORMATION: Pedro & Nelda Palacios, 680­3255 Josie Gonzales, 924­9976

FROM THE SERVICE COMMITTEE: Why does the 'Charismatic Lifestyle' belong at the heart of our Spiritual life? The Charismatic Lifestyle is not a private spirituality devel- oped by men as a means of expressing their faith. Rather, it is mainly something God has done. A Grace He has poured out in order to renew His Church. It is, first and foremost, an inward Grace: a gratuitous, overpowering and very intimate certitude or confidence of God's presence, His love, and His saving power in our life. It is living a full life in the Spirit which is often (but not always) accompanied by extraordinary spiritual gifts, such as those that appeared among the early Christians after Pentecost.(1 Corinthians 12) The Charis- matic Lifestyle is often Evangelical in its nature that draws Christians into the fullness of the Holy Spirit. On September 26 th , Fr. Bob Hogan began the fall workshops on Practical Evangelization Tools & Training for the Prayer Community. The Service Committee wants to thank those who attended the first workshop and encourage you to attend the October classes on the 17th & 31st at 10:00 am. I hope to see you there. We want to thank the St. Paul's Youth & Prayer Community along with Matt Arismendez for an Evening of Re- newal & Revival that really brought about New Life. The October Evening of Renewal & Revival will be hosted by the Zone 3 Prayer Com- munities at Assumption Chapel located in Reinbolt Hall on the campus of St. Mary’s University, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, Texas 78228. The Special Guest Speaker will be Gail Dereszewski, Pastoral Associate at St. Monica Catholic Church. She will be speaking on "Embrace the Call to Holiness". Praise & Worship will begin at 7:00 pm, Friday, October 23rd. Bring the whole family.

The Charismatic Youth Office invites you to attend their “Take Jesus To The Streets” Rally & Mass at San Fernando Cathedral on Octo- ber 11th at 3:00 pm. We will meet at CCCR and then go in procession to the Cathedral for Mass at 7:00 pm. Bring the whole family for a fun day with our youth.

CCCR is thrilled to introduce Fr. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F., noted author and teacher on Spiritual Warfare to San Antonio. The forces of darkness can destroy our family before they are even noticed. Demonic entities are forces of evil that seek to penetrate our lives and relationships with their manipulative and destructive ways. On November 6th & 7 th , the Zone 2 Prayer Communi- ties will sponsor a weekend retreat entitled, "Spiritual Warfare! What's That?" “Exposing The Reality of Evil”, with Fr. John Hampsch. This weekend retreat can teach us the ways in which these demonic entities can affect us, and describes how we can elicit God's power to deal with them effectively. The location will be at Christopher Hall, St. Marks Catholic Church, 1602 Thousand Oaks Dr. San Antonio, TX 78232-2398. The event will begin at 7:00 pm, Friday. More details to come in November newsletter. Seating is limited so plan to get there early.

Please remember to keep up with your ministry of generosity and support to the CCCR with your gifts and prayers.

May God Bless You, Jerry Syring ­ Chairman

"TALLER" MINISTERIO DE SANACIÓN DEL ARQUIDIÓCESIS DE SAN ANTONIO

Sábado, 10 de Octubre 2009 ­ 9:00am ­ 12:00pm

Centro Católico Para La Renovación Carismática

DIOS QUIERE SANARNOS ORACIONES PARA SANACION (Segunda Parte)

"Gloria a Dios, mi Alma, y no olvides que bueno es el Señor. El perdona todos mis pecados y sana todas mis enfermadas” (Salmo 103:2,3)

PRESENTADO POR: Josie Gonzáles y Irene Garza (Español) Pedro y Nelda Palacios (Ingles)

ATTENCION: TODOS SON BIENVENIDOS: Invite a los amigos. Todos los Miembros del Ministerio de Sanación deben de atender estos talleres. Todos los que desean ser Miembros Capacitados al Ministerio de Sanación y imponer manos en las funciones del Centro Católico Carismático tienen que haber atendido cuando menos 6 talleres de Sanación durante el ano. Equipos de Sanación en los Grupos de Oración son bienvenidos.

INFORMES: Josie Gonzales, 924 9976 or Nelda & Pedro Palacios, 680­3255

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† Healing Masses & Healing Services †

2nd Mon: St Agnes, 804 Ruiz St, 6pm 2nd Mon: St. Bonaventure, 1918 Palo Alto, 7pm Last Mon: St James , 907 W Theo, 5:30pm Tues: CCCR Chapel, 1707 S. Flores, 9:30-Praise & Worship, 10:30am-Mass (salt, water, oil & religious articles blessed) 1st Tues: St. Vincent De Paul’s Chapel, 4422 W Loop 410, 7pm 1st Tues: St. Jude, 130 S. San Augustin, 7pm 1st Wed: CCCR Chapel, 1707 S. Flores, 7pm 3rd Wed: St. Lawrence, 236 E. Petaluma, 7pm 3rd Wed: Holy Family, 152 Florencia, 7pm 3rd Wed: St. Mark’s Day Chapel, 1602 Thousand Oaks Drive, 7pm-Praise Music, 7:30pm-”Family Tree” Mass, 8:30pm-Sacrament of the Sick Last Wed: San Juan de Los Lagos, 3231 El Paso St. 7pm Every Thurs: The Grotto, 5700 Blanco Rd, 7pm, Charismatic Healing Mass 1st Thurs: CCCR Chapel, 1707 S. Flores, 10am, (Salt, water, oil & religious articles blessed)

1st Thurs: Holy Family, 245 S. Hidalgo, New Braunfels, Tx, 7pm, Healing Mass Third Thurs: St. Phillip of Jesus, 131 Bank, 6pm Last Thurs: St Mary Magdalen, 1710 Clower, 7pm Last Thurs: St. Phillip of Jesus, Children Healing Mass 131 Bank, 6pm Fri: CCCR Chapel, 1707 S. Flores, 12pm (Salt, water, oil & religious articles blessed) 1st Fri: St. Agnes, 814 Ruiz, 7pm (Exposition 8am-6:50pm) 1st Fri: St. Dominic's, 5915 Ingram Rd, 7pm to 4am 1st Sat: St. Agnes, 814 Ruiz, Devotion to Our Lady at 9am; The Four Mysteries of the Rosary & Mass at 10am Sun: The Grotto, 5700 Blanco Rd, 2-4 pm, Healing Service Sun: St. Mary Magdalen, Charismatic Mass, 1710 Clower (beginning August 30th), Song & Praise - 12:10pm Mass - 12:30pm

CCCR Bookstore News

The bookstore is run by volun- teers and this month we recognize Ana Garza, Consuelo Gomez and Maria Zamora, for their loyal dedication to this ministry. Their hard work helps to keep things in order and running smoothly in our Book- store. Thank you ladies for the wonderful work that you do!

Santa Garza, Bookstore Manager +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

OCTOBER SALE! 10% OFF ALL BOOKS

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! CCCR needs volunteers to help out in the Book­ store and in the Office. If you are able to help out anytime between the hours of 9:00 am­3:00 pm, please call Norma at 226­7545. Any time that you are able to give would be so greatly appreci­ ated! Thank you!

THANK YOU MARICELA!!! I would like to recognize Maricela Santana for her hard work in keeping our Center clean and tidy. Maricela gives freely of her time every

week to clean the chapel, bookstore, offices and rest­ rooms. We all need to do our part and help keep our Cen­ ter clean! Maricela also volunteers in the bookstore and helps with our newsletter mail­out.

Thank you Maricela for all you do !

Norma Alaniz—Office Administrator

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Spontaneous Prayer Spontaneous prayer can be healthy and should be encouraged. But too much spontaneous prayer without structure can also be a hindrance at times. When Jesus showed his disciples how to pray, he didn’t say, "Just make it up as you go along and be sure not to read anything or use a form!" Sometimes we act like that is what he said. Instead he said: "And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Fa- ther knows what you need before you ask him." (Matthew 6:7-8)

The a.c.t.s. Approach to Spontaneous Prayer ACTS is an acronym that provides a framework for spontaneous prayer. It can help keep you focused no matter where you are or what is going on in your life at the moment.

Adoration This is another word for "worship" — and as we have seen, only God is worthy of our worship. Elements of worship include rever- ence, admiration and love. In all these ways, God should come first in our lives. No matter what your purpose in praying at the moment, begin with adoration — in your heart and in your words. Need some inspiration? Try a line from the Psalms, such as, "How awesome are your deeds" (Psalm 66:3), or "O Lord, our Sover- eign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" (Psalm 8:9) A good prayer exercise is to browse the Psalms looking for phrases to use in your own prayers.

Confession Acknowledge where you have fallen short, where you have made wrong choices, where you have indulged the false god of self- sufficiency, where you have let yourself fall prey to pride and fear, and ask God to forgive you. Thank Him for the gift of salvation in Jesus, and resolve to do your best to follow Jesus’ example in all you do and say. Ask for His help. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:9-10)

Thanksgiving. We should take nothing for granted — not even life itself. Thank God for your own existence, for the existence of all whom you love, for His love, His selfless sacrifice, for his constancy and pa- tience, for every good thing in your life, and for His Spirit to guide you in all you do and say.

Supplication Now it’s appropriate to do what most of us do most of the time with our prayers — petition God for something, perhaps even many things. It’s more than okay to ask God for things. And noth- ing we want will surprise Him. He knows us better than we know ourselves. Fortunately, He also loves us even more than we can ever love ourselves. So remember, no request is too small or large. Most of all, ask God to do what is truly best for you — even if you will have difficulty accepting it — and ask Him to help you accept His will for your life. Even Jesus struggled with accepting the Father’s will for Him. But in the end He did it. Pray for the same level of acceptance on your part.

Submitted By Jerry Syring

Michael and Erica Rodriguez are the hosts of Fanning The Flame, and are asking you to tune into CTSA (Channel 15) every 3rd Monday of the month from 8 pm to 9 pm. You can contact Michael and Erica at:

fanningtheflame@cccrsa.net

Hi to all of my readers and supporters. For those of you who are unaware, Michael and I had our baby boy, Caleb Joseph, on July 30 th . He weighed 8.6 lbs. and was 21” long. We are very Blessed to have him

as part of our family. We’re sure we will be writing some of his “Jesus remarks” soon too!

I missed sending in some articles, but I am ready to get back into it. So, for this month, I have a couple for you! God Bless!

My 3 year old son, Nathaniel, was sitting at the table with me one afternoon. We were eating our lunch. It’s usually a time for conversation, but at this particular moment, we were not saying a word. He

then blurted out a little laugh and said, “Jesus is funny.” Who knows what Jesus was doing at that moment, but He showed his humorous side to Na- thaniel. I thought this was absolutely divine and adorable.

Sent by: Jessica, Dallas, TX

I was dropping my two boys off at school one morning. It was 15 minutes until the bell rang, and both 7 year old Michael and 5 year old Abram were eager to get off the truck. They both grabbed their

backpack and lunchbox before coming to me for a kiss and a blessing. Before Abram got off the truck, he reached out to his sister and new baby brother. He ran his finger on their head and said, “God Bless you.” He did that on his own. I loved it. Thank God for our ministers in the making!

Sent by: Erica, San Antonio, TX ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please send all stories to kidsforjc@yahoo.com by the 10 th of the month. God Bless! Everyone has a story. Share with us!