2012 Connect Retreat Feedback

We’re so glad your child(ren) attended the 2012 Connect Retreat at the Laguna Beach Christian Retreat in Panama City Beach, FL! Not only did everyone behave tremendously, but everyone was committed to growing closer as a group to one another and to the Lord. When hearts are willing, great things happen. We hope these questions will help you as you discuss the weekend with them over the next few weeks.

Which fellow youth group members did I grow closest to? Which events and conversations helped me do so?

Which adult chaperones did I grow closest to? Which events and conversations helped me do so?

Which principles from the Bible (especially the books of 1-2 Timothy) did I connect with the most? Which principles will help me grow the most?

What did I learn/feel during the prayer time on Saturday PM (prayer stations and praying for others in the circle)?

Whose words of encouragement (on Sunday PM) meant the most and why?

What spiritual/Biblical memories will stand out the most in the weeks/months/years to come? What fun and relationship memories will stand out the most in the weeks/months/years to come?

Friday, January 13, 2012, was a great day for the people of Corbeni,
Arges, Romania! This was the day that 15 Christians most of them from
Pitesti and two from Corbeni distributed 1,000 Bibles, including 300
children’s Bibles to every house in the area.

The church in Corbeni is small. The average attendance is about 20
each Sunday but Petre Nedelea, the first person converted in Corbeni
some six years ago put together this plan to get the word of the Lord to
every home. The total of the number of people in the homes receiving the
Bible is between 4,000 and 5,000.

Each packet included the Bible and information on the church
offering special services to all the people, including weekly English classes
for children. The specific services offered for all begins the first Saturday
of February. Of course, the church has regular worship assemblies each
Sunday in an adequate meeting place, originally constructed and used as a
bar for serving alcohol and providing gambling. There are visitors each
Sunday and several more are expected as a result of the special Bible
distribution project.

U.S. Christians provided the funds to purchase the full Romanian
Bibles at a cost of $7.50 each. The 300 children’s Bibles were given by
Eastern European Missions in Dallas, TX.

A statement from Petre Nedelea about this effort to spread the
gospel in Corbeni, “We are all thankful that this work has been done and
we are anxiously praying and waiting to see what contacts can be made
from this door to door project. The work and zeal of the Christians who did
the work was outstanding, and we thank God for the joy of working
together.”

Corbeni is one of seven congregations in Dolj, Arges and Valcea
Districts. Total attendance each Sunday for the seven churches is from
275 to 300 people. Peter is one of the several preachers of the gospel in
the three districts.

Harvey M. Starling

MIDWAY CHURCH OF CHRIST
P.O. BOX 915
MADISON, AL 35758

Your financial sacrifice in 2011 for the people of Romania was a tremendous help! You
receive many requests and calls from various places for real needs and you chose to sacrifice to
help us continue to meet the challenges in Romania. I am deeply grateful! This is what we
must do to keep the church growing as we begin 2012:

1. Twenty eight (28) souls were baptized into Christ in 2011 in the three districts.
We have an extensive plan to help each new Christian grow in 2012 in the seven
congregations. This work is urgent and absolutely necessary.

2. Another four nights special Bible services will be presented in the Valcea Civic
Center in late January. Daryl Newton will be the speaker and we will be working
all week with the more than 100 visitors who attended the November, 2011 series.

3. Work reports, plans and budgets are being given now in each of the seven
churches by Romanian men. The Romanian Christians are being challenged to
serve and sacrifice.

You have helped greatly to “sound out the word of the Lord” in the three districts where
2,000,000 live. It is our plan to keep you updated regularly on the growth, opportunities and
challenges as we continue our efforts in Romania. Thank you and may God continue to bless
all of us to His glory.

Yours for Him,
Harvey M. Starling

Family Communication Information

Thanks for your participation!

Many thousands of brochures and invitations were distributed in the city in this campaign and Harvey Starling preached four nights in the Civic Center auditorium. The attendance was about 100 each night with near 100 different visitors during the week.

Daryl Newton and Robbie Holt along with nine Romanian Christians worked each day to personally contact the visitors and teach specific one to one Bible studies. Over 200 Bibles were given to those visiting and for their families.

The church meets in a nice rented room in the Civic center each Sunday with an attendance the past year about 18 to 20 present. The Sunday after the campaign, there were 31 present, including 10 visitors from the city.

Every Valcea Christian worked diligently to prepare for the week and also during the week. They are excited and thankful for the U.S. brethren who came to help and for the funds given for the campaign.

Of the near 100 visitors, it seems there may be 20 to 30 people very interested in continuing the study of the gospel and become Christians.

Romania, as is most of Europe, is a difficult field for the growth of the kingdom. Through the years since the revolution in 1989, there have been a good number of U.S. families who came to Romania to serve full time in the gospel. Today, as far as Romanian brethren know, there are 18 congregations in the entire nation. This does not include a number of congregations which began in the late 90’s or early 2000 but no longer meet and no congregation now exists. Some of the 18 are very small with attendance two to 10 on the Lord’s Day. The largest church is Bucharest.

There are seven active congregations in Dolj, Arges and Valcea Districts who often work together in special studies and evangelistic activities. Four have been baptized in the past month in the seven churches and as of this date, 25 souls have been added to the Lord’s church this year in the seven congregations.

Follow up will continue in Valcea by Romanian brethren and another special Bible seminar is planned for late January, 2012 in Valcea with Daryl Newton speaking during the week. Many from the November campaign are expected to attend this January series.

Specific request were made to U.S. churches and individuals to help financially in this campaign. Several brethren responded to make this effort possible. We are deeply appreciative!

Harvey M. Starling

November 28, 2011

Wednesday Summer Series
June 29, 2011
Sermon By: Dennis Washington

If you can help, show up at the building. Thanks!

If you have a chainsaw and are available to help, contact Larry at 522-2495 or by submitting the online form to the right. He also needs 3-4 men to help pull branches away after they’re cut.

Please comment about your experience if you help out with this opportunity. Thanks!

Operation Sandwich meets again today at 4pm at ICYC. Please bring a loaf of bread, a pack of sandwich meat, some sandwich bags, or a box to pack sandwiches in.

If you would prefer to make sandwiches and bring them, that is great too!
Sandwiches should be put in sandwiches bags and packed in boxes. Side items like chips, candy, cake, etc. are good too, but would be best kept separate.
If you have questions please call Burt (205-844-7409) or Michelle (205-844-7410).

If you’re interested in making sandwiches today and would like more information, carpool, etc. contact Leigh Brown (471-5020). This is a wonderful way to help a lot of people. If you help today, please comment below about your experience. Thanks!

Operation Sandwich meets again today at 4pm at ICYC. Please bring a loaf of bread, a pack of sandwich meat, some sandwich bags, or a box to pack sandwiches in.

If you can not make it today, we will meet again Friday at 4pm.
If you would prefer to make sandwiches and bring them, that is great too!
Sandwiches should be put in sandwiches bags and packed in boxes. Side items like chips, candy, cake, etc. are good too, but would be best kept separate.
If you have questions please call Burt (205-844-7409) or Michelle (205-844-7410).

Courtesy Burt Fuller in The Church Connection Facebook group. http://goo.gl/oJiep

Please comment on this post if you help with this effort. Thanks!

Please comment on this post if you help with this effort. Thanks!

Visitation: Tuesday evening, February 22nd, 6-8pm at Chandler Funeral Home in Vernon, AL (8901 Highway 18; Vernon, AL 35592)

Funeral: Wednesday afternoon, February 23rd, 2pm at Christian Chapel Church of Christ in Vernon (38614 Hwy 17; Vernon, AL 35592); Mrs. Springfield will lie in state from 1pm-2pm.

Roebuck is holding a prayer service tonight (Tuesday) at 7pm.

Visitation will be Wednesday from 5pm-9pm and 1pm-2pm on Thursday. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2pm. Everything will take place at the Roebuck Parkway building in Birmingham.

The family requests memorials be made to Jefferson Christian Academy, Freed-Hardeman University, Maywood Christian Camp, or Rainbow Omega.

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