In this past Sunday sermon we were encouraged to “…engage in the missionary enterprise, whatever that means for you…” (listen to this 4 minute clip from the sermon): Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Our church currently helps to support Steve Schneider who is a missionary to...

This is a little late, but this is the last update we have from Steve Scheider (see previous ones here): “…All of the Chilean Christians have been so welcoming to us and we have enjoyed very much all of their services and classes that we have attended. We are thankful that on Tuesday, August 10th, Steve taught for three hours the Biblical Counseling class in Spanish at the 4-year seminary program at the Facultad, which he had also...

Since Pastor Jay was out of town, Pastor Emilio Ramos gave a special message entitled, “The Great Commission: Make Disciples!” from Matthew 28:16-20. The outline is as follows: The Context of the Great Commission: Christ’s Resurrection (Matt. 28:16-17) The Basis of the Great Commission: Christ’s Authority (Matt. 28:18 | Rom.  1:4) It’s Cosmic Impact (Eph. 1:20-23) Fulfilling Daniel’s “Son  of...

It is always such a joy to hear how God saved an individual and then to see them get baptized. This is exactly what we did immediately after yesterday’s worship service. First, Pastor Jay came up and shared with us what water baptism is followed by a small explanation of Romans 6:1-7 which talks about our one-time spirit baptism, which is what our water baptism symbolizes. …do you not know that all of us who have been baptized...

Two weeks ago we introduced you to the missionary to Chile that we support. Well, this week we are pleased to announce that he will be our guest preacher this Sunday (June 20th). You can read his lastest newsletter here. ______________________________________________ June 21st UPDATE: Here is the 4 minute introduction that Pastor Jay gave about Steve for those who missed it: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to...

Some of you may or may not know that our church helps to support a missionary. His name is Steve Schneider and he serves in Chile. We are trying to get some more updates on what he is currently doing, but so far the most recent info I have is from a newsletter from Oct/Nov 2009. To help introduce him, here are some of his ministry objectives: Teaching at the Facultad Teologica Biblica Bautista (seminary/institute) in the 4 year day program to...

Mary (who goes to our church) is arriving in Nepal today with a team (from another church) to preach the gospel and disciple. This from Mary: Dear Friends, God has given me an incredible opportunity to share the gospel in Nepal… We will be in eastern Nepal, a country immersed in Hinduism, Animism, and Atheism,  from September 15th to the 27th working with local believers going into unreached areas with the express purpose of sharing Jesus...

Dennis has posted and commented on pictures from Mérida Mission Trip ’09. This from Teri’s blog: The mission team has been home a few weeks now from their February 2009 evangelism trip to Mérida, Mexico’s Carnaval. Dennis has been working hard on organizing the 1,383 photos taken by the missionaries and paring them down to just 380, then organizing and captioning them for your viewing pleasure. They have now been posted on...

Today, Teri received a few photos with brief descriptions from Dennis. Here are a couple from her blog: Dennis and a translator, from Calvary Chapel, open air preach. Way of the Master training session at Calvary Chapel Mérida last Saturday. A girl reads over her Million Dollar Gospel tract. Dennis and a translator, from Calvary Chapel, open air preach. Eduardo uses the “red and green” ice breaker tracts to introduce...

Teri has posted some more updates on the trip, on her blog. Still no new pictures, but here are some of the highlights from the most recent update: Yesterday morning, the team went to the village of Hocába… where God brought together a large crowd to hear the open air preaching. It was also reported that there were many good one-on-one witnessing encounters. Dennis is excited that the church evangelism team members are seeing so many...

Just got a email from Dennis giving me a quick update and telling me of one particular witnessing encounter they had: It is a great joy in the Lord to see God moving in these people at CC Merida. Their excitment to evangelize is tremendous. This night, I did a pseudo open air along the parade route to a group of people and gave away money for trivia. These people were sitting and waiting for the parade to pass their location (a captive...

Teri Cain was able to talk to some of the Mérida Missions team last night and the following are some highlights that she posted on her blog: All is going well and the team remains excited and energized by all that God is doing. Dennis reported that they have had many good witnessing encounters throughout the parades. One man stood out in particular…he told his wife, who was anxious to leave, that he was staying to listen! The team was...

It was truly a joy to spend our normal Friday post-service worship time to specifically pray as a congregation for the Mérida mission trip and the future of missions at Sovereign Joy Community Church. Teri Cain has posted the following update from Dennis and the team on her blog: It’s Friday evening, February 20th, and after a pre-dawn start this morning, the mission team is in Mérida, Mexico by now. All five team members were beaming...

Dennis is taking along a team of four others to evangelize the city of Mérida during their annual “Carnival”. The Carnival is much like our Mardi Gras, only much more family-friendly. The biggest events of the celebration are the parades that take place over five days. (Dennis went to Carnival last year at this time to scope out the possibilities of evangelizing during this time and found the parades to be reaping with possibilities...