[Faith-talk] Been going to a new church

[Ericka]

So happy you have found such a welcoming atmosphere and such a good friend. I know that angel tree is a wonderful ministry. Congratulations with everything!

Ericka Short
"Friends are like flowers in the garden of life"

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> On Nov 15, 2015, at 11:53 PM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> 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. 
> 
> 
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