[Faith-talk] Been going to a new church

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Poppa Bear,

This is great news. Personally, I like smaller churches. I'm glad to 
hear that it's working so well for you, and for you too, Christine.

Blessings,

Linda

At 11:53 PM 11/15/2015, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk wrote:
>Hello list, about three months ago I started praying for God to bring a male
>friend into my life to start fellowshipping with. About a month after that I
>went to a training for prison ministry and ran into a guy that I had met a
>few times about ten years ago. Well, we started talking and have spent time
>together every week since then, sometimes two and three times a week. He was
>talking to me about his Church and some needs that they had there. I started
>going about 6 weeks ago and I have really enjoyed it. My home Church is over
>a thousand on any given Sunday service where this Church is at about 130 or
>so. I have been received with open arms, been asked to be involved in
>different ministries and today I gave a short testimony and an overview of a
>program called Angel tree. We were looking to have 5 children sponsored to
>receive Xmas presents on the behalf of their incarcerated parent. I have
>about ten people come up to me and talk to me after the service and my
>friend just let me know that we have a sponsor for every child. I have also
>been meeting every Saturday morning with my friend and another member of the
>Church at a coffee shop for a kind of accountability/round table meeting,
>and I have been going to the worship leaders house on Monday nights for a
>bible study. I am feeling really encouraged about what God has been doing in
>my life and what he has planned for this Church. If anyone could pray that I
>could be humble, faithful and have courage to serv I would appreciate it.
>