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Dear Friends of FICM,
We thank God once
again for bringing us through another week, even though
challenging, God has truly fulfilled His promise to
us. Gwynn returned Monday from a restful, restorative,
retreat. Each Labor Day weekend, Connecting and Bonding, a
non-profit for Ministers’ Wives sponsors this glorious time
of restore women who serve along their husbands. Gwynn
highly recommends them. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul. Ps 94:19 Today as we reflect of our nations healing from 9/11 we remember so vividly that although we had needs, our nation had a greater need. We continue to pray for our nation and for those who continue to be touched by sin’s dread sway. We must collectively, live intentionally to bring Christ to lost men, women and children. Praise Update
Thanks to our
crew from Newsong, Irvine (BAM), Nicola Reynolds (Georgia)
and Rebecca (Wisconsin) and Fontane (Illinois). It is only
through the power of God we have hope. We thank God VIP
Printing and Print 4 Life for coming to our rescue to print
and prepare for mailing which was long past due. Through
their diligence and consistency they were able to bring
everything together.
Pepperdine
University’s “Step Forward” Day brought 15 students who
interacted with our community kids and participated in
distributing the back packs from Here’s Life Inner City, LA
and school supplies.
Thank you Tommy for the delicious hot dogs links. Thanks to
Meka Webb of 5 A Day Healthy Start for the great T-Shirts,
gifts and materials made available, also.
Thanks to Diane
for relieving Pastor Joe in preparing the Sunday dinner,
Bro. Findley and Mr. Pete helping pastor going downtown and
helping as needed.
We praise God
for Steve and Jerry recovering substance abusers. For years
they turned to Faith in Christ Ministries for encouragement
and support. Friday night past, Steve celebrated 1 year
sobriety and Jerry who never believed that God loved him
enough to rescue him, when he came to church yesterday he
was a visible manifestation of God working in his life to be
and to do more than he had ever expected.
Miracle
A miracle in time; Joe and I were looking through the
bills to see what to pay
because we could not afford bring everything current,
but praise be to God, Joe as sitting in the park on a van he
was donating to a new church when a person came and asked
about buying a truck, which he did. Thank the Lord we were
able to meet most of our obligations. Not only that, during
our Sunday service, pastor was sharing with the church about
our financial challenges and the people, even though could
hardly afford to give they made a sacrificial gift of
$145.00.
I was overjoyed to receive a phone call from a former
volunteer seeking to do an internship with us because S.A.Y.
Yes! is scheduled to resume Tuesday the 19th
and I did not have any volunteers, yet. And, after the
Saturday distribution of school supplies, 2 of our Spanish
speaking moms, said (through their children) they would help
with serving snacks. What a blessing!
A. Gwynn & John Emra, HLIC-LA thanks for the backpacks and school supplies, also thanks to friends who gave school supplies, also B. Rebecca and Fontane came at the end of summer - what a blessing, Rebecca plans to return in December with more college students. C. Pepperdine students for "Step Forward Day" interacted with our community children and distributed the backpacks D. Susan sharing the "Gospel Story" at Kids' Club before the distribution E. Pepperdine students and community children enjoy hot dogs Prayer request: We are seeking God’s direction as to how we can maximize our ministry and effectively respond to the needs of the community. You are a part of our vision, we ask your prayers and participation however the Lord leads.
Condolences to the Poehlman Family, the passing of
Kathryn Poehlman
Prayer
request: Mr. Bobby Crawford, suffering with gout
Our Pre-Thanksgiving planning meeting
will be this Saturday, September 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. in
the Community Center located at 4501 S. Western Ave. Please RSVP to Gwynn, by phone at 323-291-9636 or email FICM@aol.com, by September 13h if you are plan on attending. Needs Our monthly financial goal is $3,000. Please help us to stay current.
Thank you
for your prayerful support.
Pastor
Joe and Gwynn Browne
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