Bethany and Matthew Sytsema’s newborn baby has yet to understand the meaning of “home sweet home.” That is because the Sytsema family along with hundreds of other Manville, NJ households still do not have homes to live in since the carnage brought by the recent Hurricane Irene. The entire Lost Valley section of the 2.5 square mile township in Somerset County was completely flooded by the recent natural weather disaster.
ChristiaNet.com, a large Christian portal with six million monthly page loads, has moved into the social media arena and within four months has received over 500,000 “Likes” or Fans to their Facebook page.
Freedom Crosses Founder and President Mary King, a former member of the United States Diplomatic Corps, is a woman on a mission.
On October 30, 2011 every Church of God congregation is asked to designate a special love offering exclusively for aged ministers and widows.
In 1992 the Church of God General Assembly declared one Sunday a year to focus on honoring those who have gone before us, blazing the trails of ministry through evangelism, pastoring and church planting. These saints of God are worthy of recognition and support and Reformation Sunday is the venue in which to do it.
Church of God General Overseer Dr. Raymond Culpepper is asking pastors across the nation to give high priority to the offering this year, especially in light of the economic climate which has particularly affected aged and retired ministers. One-fourth of the offering will be used to help fund financial assistance to aged ministers with emergency needs. The remainder will be given as a special love gift from the church to retired ministers and widows at Christmas.
A special PowerPoint presentation has been developed for Reformation Sunday and is available for download on the Church of God Web site, www.churchofgod.org. Pastors are requested to use it to promote this special day of commemoration for these warriors of the faith.
