Ways you can get involved in 2011:

• Pray for those who need a relationship with Jesus – safety and warmth for our homeless.
• Socks & underwear ( all sizes), children’s coats, shoes, & winter clothes, men’s coats & shoes are all huge needs!
• Blankets & sleeping bags are really needed now that the weather is cold!
• Space heaters & electric blankets for families living without gas to heat homes.
• Pantry Needs: Pop top cans of meat, soups, pastas, fruits, crackers, powdered or shelf milk, cereals (kid friendly), instant grits & oatmeal, sweetened kool aid mix.
• Personal products: deodorant, shaving cream, razors, toilet paper, paper towels, laundry & cleaning supplies.
• Volunteering your time Thursdays-Sundays: food ministry, clothes closet, food prep & serving, youth & children’s ministry, transportation, leading worship & other opportunities are available. Let us know when & where you would like to serve.
• Ministry Leaders: Choose a day & ministry and contact Ron Cook.

January 2011

• Set up for Clothes Closet on Thursday the 20th and 27th from 10-3. Journey Church.
• Bounty of Hope Free Community Café & Clothes Closet on Saturdays ( 15th, 22nd, 29th). Journey Church @ DoveDown 11 AM-1 PM.
• Food Ministry each Thursday & Friday will help many families and homeless this month.

For more information check out: www.hopefromrushton.com

Phil & Jami Covone:

For the last few months of our ministry, we have seen God at work all around us. At Luz y Verdad, families are experiencing salvation and baptism, and are growing in the faith. Some are taking on new roles; such as leading worship and teaching Bible studies.  

Four people have followed Christ in baptism in the last three months. This is a big step for people who were traditionally raised to be baptized as infants. Please pray that God will continue to draw people to Himself and teach them about a relationship with Jesus, rather than a “religion”.

As church planters, we were trained by North American Mission Board to target the “unsaved, unchurched” in our community and to teach and lead them, until the Lord “added to our number”. Praise the Lord for the spiritual growth at Luz y Verdad!

We are amazed as God has shown us His work in Honduras, through Good Samaritan Baptist Mission. We had the privilege of traveling there in November, as Phil was asked to speak at five Good Samaritan Christian school graduations, including the Bible Institute. On our last night in San Marcos de Colon, Phil led a revival service for the Good Samaritan staff. We also visited several Feed the Hungry Kitchens and met many local church planters. We will lead a student mission team from Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy to this area in April 2011.

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On Saturday, December 11, members from Eagle’s Landing First Baptist cooked a meal, complete with smoked turkey and all the fixings! They brought the food, tables, chairs and more to serve the people of Deer Creek Mobile Home Park. The kids loved the puppet show by the ELFBC student ministry! Luz y Verdad members helped serve and invited people to church.

A special thank you from Luz y Verdad: to Alan & Ming Richardson, along with Darren & Sarah Hughes and the many others for the hours of hard work and planning they put into this event!

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We are partnering with True Worship Christian Fellowship to spread Christmas greetings.  You can be a blessing to the underprivileged this holiday season by creating a Christmas card and writing a simple message of love and hope in Christ.

Details:

• Hand-made Christmas cards with a personal message to share with people who are homeless in Atlanta (purchased card are acceptable, too)
• Message should express the joy and hope reflected in the Christmas story.
• Message should center on Jesus Christ, Savior of the world! No politically correct messages – this is CHRISTMAS!
• Do not refer to the reader as “homeless” or refer to their situation in any way.
• Focus on writing messages of joy and hope such as: “I am praying that you experience the love of Jesus Christ this Christmas Season.”
• Sign the cards – Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church
• Do not include any personal contact information
• Cards only – no gifts or money should be included with the card

Starting Thursday, December 8 – place your cards in bins located in the Global Outreach area of the main church lobby or the lower LifeCenter lobby until Sunday, December 19

Help spread the joy of Christ to the local Hispanic community this Christmas.

Here’s how:

Volunteer your time from 11am – 3pm on Saturday, December 11.

• Due to limited space onsite, we can only accept 25 volunteers for this event.
• If you are interested, please contact:  Ming Richardson / mingr@charter.net

Bake a cake or cupcakes for this event

• Baked goods need to be dropped off at the church campus no later than 8pm Friday, December 10.

True Worship Christian Fellowship

Saturday, November 20  (9:00am-1:00pm)

Meal served at the corner of Trinity and Peachtree in downtown Atlanta

Items needed:

• toboggans
• gloves
• blankets

Rushton’s Hope

Thanksgiving Day, November 25  (10:00am-2:00pm)

Meal served at Second Baptist Church, 501 W. Broad Street, Griffin

Items needed:

• toothbrushes
• toothpaste
• soap
• shampoo
• pop-top canned foods

Items needed for both efforts:

• turkeys (frozen)
• stuffing (bags or boxes)
• chicken broth
• chicken bouillon
• cream corn
• canned whole kernel corn
• corn muffin mix
• cranberry sauce
• canned green beans
• evaporated milk
• pumpkin pie puree
• instant mashed potatoes

All leftover food items will be donated to Helping In His Name Food Pantry.

3 Ways you can help:

1. Volunteer your time
2. Donate supplies
3. Contribute financially

For more information on volunteering contact:

Ming Richardson / mingr@charter.net / 770.616.4901

*or leave your contact information in a reply to this blog post

Trinity & Peachtree - Site for Thanksgiving Outreach in Atlanta!

We have two awesome opportunities for involvement this Thanksgiving:

1.  Saturday, November 20 – Feed the Homeless; Downtown Atlanta (Trinity & Peachtree) with 20 Point of Light partner, True Worship Christian Fellowship; Meal served 10:00 a.m. – Noon; volunteers needed  9:00 a.m.  - 1:00 p.m.  Volunteers can help with serving, interacting with guests, clean, assemble and distribute “Goody Bags”, etc.

2.  Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 25 – Feed the Homeless; Griffin with 20 Point of Light partner, Rushton’s Hope; Meal served 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; volunteers needed  10:00 – 2:00 p.m.  Volunteers can help with serving, interacting with guests, clean, etc.

These are great chances for individuals, families, ministry groups such as LifeGroups to make a difference this Thanksgiving!

More details coming soon so check back!

It is simply amazing how God can use you right in your own back yard! or in this case, Stockbridge, just a few miles away from our home church! We were so excited to spend our weekend with Luz y Verdad. Many members from our eagles landing body went to enjoy the out-reach to the spanish community. The evening kicked off with face painting, music, skits, and food! All ages showed up to enjoy the fun and by the end off the evening the lawn was sprinkled with eager faces.

Everyone was in on all of the excitement and many opportunities to share the gospel were presented. While the sun began to set over the trees, voices quieted and a well known spanish gospel group, Samaritan Revival, began an incredible time of worship. Hands lifted high and true praises to our king, Jesus Christ were evident that first evening. Tony Nolan spoke after the sweet time of worship and openly shared his story and his love for the Savior. The presence of the Holy Spirit was truly present and by the end of his honest proclamation of faith the alter, or in this case, the grass below the stage, collected a handful of those who had trusted their lives to Christ. A short time of celebration and encouragement followed the service. We were all filled with joy as we watched some of our new friends become our new brothers and sisters!

Never assume that there is not a mission to be had in your own “back yard”! The time we spent with Luz y Verdad was a true blessing and a little piece of how great our God is. We can not wait to see how God continues to use Luz y Verdad! ELFBC is excited to continue partnering with such a strong light within the community and we know that HIS word is increasing there with a strength previously unknown!

Tim and Pam Wolfe visited Eagle’s Landing Wednesday, June 2, to share their story in church planting. They are currently serving as church planters at 1027 Church in Midtown Atlanta. 1027, which is six years old, is one of our 20 Points of Light partners.  They are actively involved in a partnership with the Atlanta Food Bank. Tim challenged us to do the same. That was the intention for the night as we were prepared to go into local communities and invite our neighbors to join us and Helping In His Name Food Pantry in helping meet the Henry County need. Rain and thunderstorms kept us from doing that but did not dampen the enthusiasm as most left with bags to distribute and fill with non-perishable food items!

The Wolfes and 1027 – getting it done in Midtown!

Check out Tim’s blog!