VIDEO OF CENTRAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE
October 08, 2008 11:13 AM
I
recently spoke at Central Christian and mentioned
some very exciting things that are going on at
Choices’ Medical Clinic including some photos
and a recent heart-wrenching story. I have made
arrangements for you to see the video of one of the
services. You’ll need to have QuickTime
installed to view it. You can get that
here.
Once you have that, go here to see the video.
Once you have that, go here to see the video.
NEW WICHITA REVIVAL IN OCTOBER
September 23, 2008 01:04 PM
I’ll be in
Wichita on Oct. 4th, 2008, to begin a revial at
SUMMIT church where Terry Fox preaches. I’ll be
preaching there Sunday morning and night, the 5th,
and Monday through Wednesday nights, ending on the
8th.
The church is on East Kellogg just east of Webb Road on the south side behind CarMax.
Would love to see you there if you can make it!
The church is on East Kellogg just east of Webb Road on the south side behind CarMax.
Would love to see you there if you can make it!
CHOICES MEDICAL CLINIC UPDATE
July 09, 2008 08:49 AM
I
invested my 10 days with Choices Medical Clinic (my
Pro-Life work in Wichita, Kansas) in May, where we
saw a number of young women "accept Christ as Savior"
and make decisions to "keep their children" rather
than have an abortion!
PRAISE THE LORD!
That ministry, which is right next door to the largest abortion mill in the mid-west, is so exciting!! We, actually, have a number of women "call" or "come in" inquiring about the cost of an abortion. Some "stop by" to make an appointment.
Many "saves" are the result of "being where we are"!
Tiller, the abortionist next door, has his facility built like a "military bunker" and it is very un-inviting with the only entrance in the back of the building, through a driveway gate, which leads to a parking lot in the rear.
Choices Clinic is a beautiful new building ( it still looks new although it was built 10 years ago ) surrounded by lovely landscaping and flowers and has a very visable front entrance with parking right at the door! When you drive down the street you are actually "drawn" to it. Thus, our first contact with many of our clients comes as a result of them thinking they are at the abortion mill. This provides us the opportunity to tell them we offer a "different choice" than the abortion they are seeking.
What an opportunity!!!
We offer "free" pregnancy tests as well as "free" 4D color sonograms. We have three registered nurses and two doctors who are supported by over 40 trained volunteers who serve as counselors, demonstrating the love of Christ to all who come through the door. What a place!!
You can't tell I'm "sold" on Choices, can you!? Some of you reading this have "financially" made this ministry possible through the years. THANK YOU! I wish you would come by and see what you have helped create. God have MIGHTILY used you and babies "lives have been preserved" to bless many and numerous names have been "added to The Lamb's Book Of Life"!!!
PRAISE THE LORD!
That ministry, which is right next door to the largest abortion mill in the mid-west, is so exciting!! We, actually, have a number of women "call" or "come in" inquiring about the cost of an abortion. Some "stop by" to make an appointment.
Many "saves" are the result of "being where we are"!
Tiller, the abortionist next door, has his facility built like a "military bunker" and it is very un-inviting with the only entrance in the back of the building, through a driveway gate, which leads to a parking lot in the rear.
Choices Clinic is a beautiful new building ( it still looks new although it was built 10 years ago ) surrounded by lovely landscaping and flowers and has a very visable front entrance with parking right at the door! When you drive down the street you are actually "drawn" to it. Thus, our first contact with many of our clients comes as a result of them thinking they are at the abortion mill. This provides us the opportunity to tell them we offer a "different choice" than the abortion they are seeking.
What an opportunity!!!
We offer "free" pregnancy tests as well as "free" 4D color sonograms. We have three registered nurses and two doctors who are supported by over 40 trained volunteers who serve as counselors, demonstrating the love of Christ to all who come through the door. What a place!!
You can't tell I'm "sold" on Choices, can you!? Some of you reading this have "financially" made this ministry possible through the years. THANK YOU! I wish you would come by and see what you have helped create. God have MIGHTILY used you and babies "lives have been preserved" to bless many and numerous names have been "added to The Lamb's Book Of Life"!!!
SUMMER NEWS-2008
July 07, 2008 09:10 PM
Hey,
dear friends, May and June were VERY "fruitful"
months as well as "stressful" and July looks
EXTREMELY busy!!
At the end of May I left Wichita with an "upper respiratory infection" which hung on for about a week after I got back to Florida. The worst part about it, however, is the fact that I was, obviously, contagious! Lois came down with it and with her, already, asthmatic lungs it REALLY hit her hard!!
Within a couple of days she was struggling to breathe and I took her to the hospital emergency room. They admitted her, immediately, and treated the pneumonia with steroids and anti-biotics intravenously for a week. She was also on oxygen 24/7 and was released to the home with it. The doctor is "weaning" her from it a few hours at a time each day but she still sleeps with it every night. The decision to cancel all of my dates in June, to stay with her, was an easy one to make. I became her nurse, housekeeper and cook for most of the month. I can hear some of you LAUGHING and saying something like, "If Bro. Joe's cooking didn't kill her NOTHING will!!" Shame on you!!
You would have been proud of me. It really was funny, however, when we look back on it! We proved that you REALLY CAN "teach an old dog new tricks"! I was ashamed about how "little" I knew about doing the laundry, cooking meals, cleaning and a dozen other chores around the house which need to be done, regularly!
Most of us are SO SPOILED, men!!!!! As I've often said, "If we have a good wife we should be on our knees every night giving The Lord thanks for her!!" I have realized that for a long time! Lois is "SO SPECIAL"!!! I'm so thankful for the day she said, "I DO" over 46 years ago !! Unbelievable! I'm getting "OLD"!!!! Don't laugh, so are some of YOU!!
Well, it's the week of July 7th and I'm back at it. I flew in from Florida yesterday and I'm in Wichita serving half (5) of my days this month ( I committed 10 days each month to Choices Clinic) with my Pro-Life work and this weekend I travel to Ravenwood, Missouri to consult with a church.
I speak Friday night and Saturday morning to their elders and staff about "Church Leadership" and "Church Strategy and Programming." They are very interested in church growth and reaching the lost with The Gospel message.
I fly back to the "Sunshine State" Sunday and then return to Kansas July 21st for a week. Please continue to pray for me for health, safety, and most of all "fruit" for The Kingdom and that it always be "To God's Glory"!! Thanks to those of you who are making this new ministry for me possible.
I love you, Bro. Joe
At the end of May I left Wichita with an "upper respiratory infection" which hung on for about a week after I got back to Florida. The worst part about it, however, is the fact that I was, obviously, contagious! Lois came down with it and with her, already, asthmatic lungs it REALLY hit her hard!!
Within a couple of days she was struggling to breathe and I took her to the hospital emergency room. They admitted her, immediately, and treated the pneumonia with steroids and anti-biotics intravenously for a week. She was also on oxygen 24/7 and was released to the home with it. The doctor is "weaning" her from it a few hours at a time each day but she still sleeps with it every night. The decision to cancel all of my dates in June, to stay with her, was an easy one to make. I became her nurse, housekeeper and cook for most of the month. I can hear some of you LAUGHING and saying something like, "If Bro. Joe's cooking didn't kill her NOTHING will!!" Shame on you!!
You would have been proud of me. It really was funny, however, when we look back on it! We proved that you REALLY CAN "teach an old dog new tricks"! I was ashamed about how "little" I knew about doing the laundry, cooking meals, cleaning and a dozen other chores around the house which need to be done, regularly!
Most of us are SO SPOILED, men!!!!! As I've often said, "If we have a good wife we should be on our knees every night giving The Lord thanks for her!!" I have realized that for a long time! Lois is "SO SPECIAL"!!! I'm so thankful for the day she said, "I DO" over 46 years ago !! Unbelievable! I'm getting "OLD"!!!! Don't laugh, so are some of YOU!!
Well, it's the week of July 7th and I'm back at it. I flew in from Florida yesterday and I'm in Wichita serving half (5) of my days this month ( I committed 10 days each month to Choices Clinic) with my Pro-Life work and this weekend I travel to Ravenwood, Missouri to consult with a church.
I speak Friday night and Saturday morning to their elders and staff about "Church Leadership" and "Church Strategy and Programming." They are very interested in church growth and reaching the lost with The Gospel message.
I fly back to the "Sunshine State" Sunday and then return to Kansas July 21st for a week. Please continue to pray for me for health, safety, and most of all "fruit" for The Kingdom and that it always be "To God's Glory"!! Thanks to those of you who are making this new ministry for me possible.
I love you, Bro. Joe
TRIP ANNOUNCEMENTS
March 04, 2008 05:02 PM
Hey, brothers and sisters, sorry it has been so long
since I have written but I have been EXTREMELY busy!!
God is SO GOOD and I am SO BLESSED getting to see so
many lives changed, and saved, during my trips each
month to Choices Medical Clinic in Wichita!
Every time I drive into the parking lot and see Tiller's abortion mill right next door I thank God that a pro-life clinic is so close!!
Just a few weeks ago we were just about to close for the day and a young woman literally "fell" through the door sobbing, with her mother on her heels! They had just left next door, where they had gone for an abortion, and at the last minute couldn't go through with it.
One of our "on-call" doctors was contacted and before long he arrived to do a sonogram to show them their baby, and this mother and daughter left rejoicing, about an hour later, that they had not made a terrible choice. That's just one account of many victorious moments experienced at Choices!!
What if Choices wasn't there?
Thanks to those of you who make it possible!
I also enjoyed recently being at Tomoka Christian Church in Ormond Beach, Florida for a leadership conference, where I taught on church growth and stayed the next day to meet with their church staff. Joe Putting is their fantastic senior pastor and they are running over 2,000 in a building which seats under 400!!
Pray for them as they try to reach even more with the gospel. Land has been purchased and they need to relocate and build as soon as possible!
Yesterday I attended and sang in the morning service at the exciting Summit Church in Wichita, Kansas where my great friend Terry Fox pastors. What a TERRIFIC opportunity this congregation has to reach people for Christ in their new facility on East Kellogg, which they will move into this next Sunday!!
It's LOVELY and what a preacher of The Word Terry is!! I predict this congregation will experience rapid growth!!
I'm ALSO EXCITED about my 14TH, that's right, 14TH trip to the HOLY LAND, coming up DECEMBER 8-16 of this year, 2008!! I've already had a number of folks "sign-up"! My good friend, Pastor Gene Williams, and his wife, Joyce, are over there this week with 50 people from around the country. Don Golledge, my co-host for the trip, and I have reserved 100 plane seats and hotel rooms for this tour in December; so "sign up" quickly, while there's still room, for what we are calling "An Early Christmas Celebration In Bethlehem"!
This will be a "LIFE CHANGING" trip for many!!!
Please take good care of yourselves and please keep my new ministry in your prayers. I hope all of you know HOW MUCH I love you!!!!
Every time I drive into the parking lot and see Tiller's abortion mill right next door I thank God that a pro-life clinic is so close!!
Just a few weeks ago we were just about to close for the day and a young woman literally "fell" through the door sobbing, with her mother on her heels! They had just left next door, where they had gone for an abortion, and at the last minute couldn't go through with it.
One of our "on-call" doctors was contacted and before long he arrived to do a sonogram to show them their baby, and this mother and daughter left rejoicing, about an hour later, that they had not made a terrible choice. That's just one account of many victorious moments experienced at Choices!!
What if Choices wasn't there?
Thanks to those of you who make it possible!
I also enjoyed recently being at Tomoka Christian Church in Ormond Beach, Florida for a leadership conference, where I taught on church growth and stayed the next day to meet with their church staff. Joe Putting is their fantastic senior pastor and they are running over 2,000 in a building which seats under 400!!
Pray for them as they try to reach even more with the gospel. Land has been purchased and they need to relocate and build as soon as possible!
Yesterday I attended and sang in the morning service at the exciting Summit Church in Wichita, Kansas where my great friend Terry Fox pastors. What a TERRIFIC opportunity this congregation has to reach people for Christ in their new facility on East Kellogg, which they will move into this next Sunday!!
It's LOVELY and what a preacher of The Word Terry is!! I predict this congregation will experience rapid growth!!
I'm ALSO EXCITED about my 14TH, that's right, 14TH trip to the HOLY LAND, coming up DECEMBER 8-16 of this year, 2008!! I've already had a number of folks "sign-up"! My good friend, Pastor Gene Williams, and his wife, Joyce, are over there this week with 50 people from around the country. Don Golledge, my co-host for the trip, and I have reserved 100 plane seats and hotel rooms for this tour in December; so "sign up" quickly, while there's still room, for what we are calling "An Early Christmas Celebration In Bethlehem"!
This will be a "LIFE CHANGING" trip for many!!!
Please take good care of yourselves and please keep my new ministry in your prayers. I hope all of you know HOW MUCH I love you!!!!
MINISTRY UPDATES
October 02, 2007 10:04 PM
Hey,
dear friends, what an EXCITING week I have just spent
in COLORADO! First, I helped David Lee with "Justice
For All", a Wichita, Kansas based pro-life
organization, with a day of training for the "Focus
On The Family Institute" students, who were gathered
at the beautiful "Focus" facility in Colorado
Springs. Each year three semesters, offering 15 hours
of college credit, are offered to juniors and seniors
from around the world in ethics, morals, values and
leadership. Eighty-eight students are "hand-picked"
for each semester from as many as five-hundred
applicants! It warmed my heart to know that these
exceptionally gifted young men and women were going
to be placed in key leadership roles around the world
with a strong "biblical" world view! What a
difference they can make in our society! Two days
later they would join us to work at an anti-abortion
exhibit erected on the University of Northern
Colorado campus in Greeley. Later that day I met with
individuals from the leadership team at "Focus" to
discuss opportunities for me to do some work around
the country for the "Focus" ministry. I'm "honored"
and find that possibility very
interesting.
The next day we traveled to Denver to train high school students from Faith Chapel Christian Academy, a large school of over 1,200. After going through the special "pro-life" training they would then join us on one of the four days the exhibit would be on the Northern Colorado Greeley campus, to defend the "un-born". This experience with the JFA exhibit on a college campus is one every Christian who loves life and deplores abortion should take part in. EVERYTHING is done in the love of Christ and with a sweet spirit. Each person, pro-life or pro-choice, friendly or angry, is treated with respect and concern. Every volunteer is constantly reminded that we want to receive those who stop to talk and debate the exact way Jesus would receive them, with compassion and a desire to tenderly help them. It is a real challenge but greatly helps build maturity and patience. Get to know the JFA staff. They are all some of the finest people I have ever encountered!! They have a fantastic unique ministry! Hearts and minds were changed; babies were saved! Praise The Lord!!
The next day we traveled to Denver to train high school students from Faith Chapel Christian Academy, a large school of over 1,200. After going through the special "pro-life" training they would then join us on one of the four days the exhibit would be on the Northern Colorado Greeley campus, to defend the "un-born". This experience with the JFA exhibit on a college campus is one every Christian who loves life and deplores abortion should take part in. EVERYTHING is done in the love of Christ and with a sweet spirit. Each person, pro-life or pro-choice, friendly or angry, is treated with respect and concern. Every volunteer is constantly reminded that we want to receive those who stop to talk and debate the exact way Jesus would receive them, with compassion and a desire to tenderly help them. It is a real challenge but greatly helps build maturity and patience. Get to know the JFA staff. They are all some of the finest people I have ever encountered!! They have a fantastic unique ministry! Hearts and minds were changed; babies were saved! Praise The Lord!!
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 27, 2007 06:38 AM
Wow!
What a whirlwind and I am so thankful to each of you
for your support and encouragement.
I wanted to let you know where I'll be speaking and meeting in the next few weeks, so here's a rundown. If you will be in the area, stop by and say "Hello."
I will be preaching at The First Christian Church in Ocala, Fla. on September 9th for the two morning services. I will also be preaching at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Wichita for Lincoln Montgomery on Sunday morning, November 4th. I will be in Wichita at Choices Medical Clinic September 10-15. I will be in Denver, Colorado and Colorado Springs, Colorado with "Justice For All Ministries" (David Lee's organization) and "Focus On The Family" with Dr. Dobson September 23-27 and back in Wichita with Choices Medical Clinic September 28-31.
Hope to see ya' soon!
I wanted to let you know where I'll be speaking and meeting in the next few weeks, so here's a rundown. If you will be in the area, stop by and say "Hello."
I will be preaching at The First Christian Church in Ocala, Fla. on September 9th for the two morning services. I will also be preaching at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Wichita for Lincoln Montgomery on Sunday morning, November 4th. I will be in Wichita at Choices Medical Clinic September 10-15. I will be in Denver, Colorado and Colorado Springs, Colorado with "Justice For All Ministries" (David Lee's organization) and "Focus On The Family" with Dr. Dobson September 23-27 and back in Wichita with Choices Medical Clinic September 28-31.
Hope to see ya' soon!
FLM IS UNDERWAY
August 23, 2007 05:05 PM
Hey, brothers and sisters, well "Forgiving Love
Ministries" is off and running! I have already had a
couple of speaking engagements and more have been
scheduled. One very enjoyable opportunity I was given
was the closing slot at the "Reclaiming Oklahoma For
Christ" rally, in Oklahoma City, last month and then
stayed over to preach at Fairdale Baptist Church the
next morning for Pastor Paul Blair, the event's
organizer. Paul is so gifted and has a marvelous
family! What a great church body if you live in that
area!!
It was wonderful to spend time with Dennis and Ted Davis while there!! I have also been spending 10 days per month serving Choices Medical Clinic, in Wichita, as their Ambassador to pastors, churches and other supporters, in the state of Kansas and beyond. There are presently exciting plans being considered to "duplicate" Choices Clinic in other states! Even though I served for over eight years on the Choices' board I didn't realize the entire scope of her ministry and the life-changing difference all the volunteers and laborers at Choices make in so many lives! It's an "honor" to serve with them! If you have a chance, drop by and visit, or better still offer your services.
Please continue to pray for "open doors" I may walk through, to God's glory, and also pray for my safety and health as I travel.
God bless you and I pray our paths cross soon. Thank you and never forget, "I love you" in The Lord!
It was wonderful to spend time with Dennis and Ted Davis while there!! I have also been spending 10 days per month serving Choices Medical Clinic, in Wichita, as their Ambassador to pastors, churches and other supporters, in the state of Kansas and beyond. There are presently exciting plans being considered to "duplicate" Choices Clinic in other states! Even though I served for over eight years on the Choices' board I didn't realize the entire scope of her ministry and the life-changing difference all the volunteers and laborers at Choices make in so many lives! It's an "honor" to serve with them! If you have a chance, drop by and visit, or better still offer your services.
Please continue to pray for "open doors" I may walk through, to God's glory, and also pray for my safety and health as I travel.
God bless you and I pray our paths cross soon. Thank you and never forget, "I love you" in The Lord!
WELCOME TO MY NEW MINISTRY
August 19, 2007 05:37 AM
Well,
this is EXCITING!
Those who know of my past involvement with the primary targets of my new ministry will appreciate this new direction. Take a look around my new site to get more information and return here to my blog frequently to see what is new.
Those who know of my past involvement with the primary targets of my new ministry will appreciate this new direction. Take a look around my new site to get more information and return here to my blog frequently to see what is new.