Unlimited Partnerships: Chelsie and Ferguson Road

The Story

Some of us have grown up hearing the stories from the Bible.  Others around the globe and even right around us have never heard the remarkable events recorded in the Scriptures.  Most of the youth we minister to at FRBC have never heard the stories.

This past month, we presented the story of Joseph and his brothers to the students in a readers theater format.  Every week, each student was assigned a character from the story.  They would read the scripture that corresponded to their character and would act out their part for the group.  The results were amazing. 

The students could not wait to come back each week to hear the next part of the story.  One week a student was unable to attend, she requested a copy of that part of the story.  The next week, she came back knowing the story forward and backward.  She had studied at home on her own. At the conclusion of every week, the students would discuss what had happened, make predictions about the next part of the story, and see how it applied to their own lives. Seeing their excitement, watching them learn scripture, and seeing God use it to transform their lives reminded me of the power of the Word.  God’s Word is very much alive.  It is exciting and life transforming.  Read His Word and be amazed.

Significant Accomplishments:

• The new college Sunday school class grew from 2 to six
• Led a church coalition meeting to plan the Christmas celebration and combined church directory
• Organized the coalition prayer walk
• Held the first college fellowship event and reached nine people
• The African congregation is now hosting an outreach event every other Sunday to reach the community. 
• The apartment ministry was able to provide a full Thanksgiving meal for a single mom who is raising her daughter and granddaughter.  She works two jobs and goes to school at night.  When we entered the apartment we found that the family just had a mattress on the floor for all of their furniture.  We will be connecting with this family in the future as well.  
• We held the first prayer walk that the coalition has had.  The pastors of the churches had never held a prayer walk, and they decided that it was something they would like to continue on a regular basis.  Last year, the coalition held a prayer gathering inside one of the churches.  Now, they are walking and praying out in the community.  It is great to see the group moving to a more missional mindset. 

This Month’s Challenges:

This month was a bit challenging in regards to finding new leadership.  Both our children’s and youth director moved.  It has been a bit difficult in filling in the holes while also looking for and training new leaders.

Next Month’s Plans:

We plan on focusing and reorganizing the apartment ministry.  Our youth Sunday school director/teacher moved, so we will also focus on reorganizing the department and training a new leader for this position.

Contact Chelsie for Prayer and Suppoert at clk4077@gmail.com.

 

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