Faith: Where Does it Come From Part 2
Jun 23, 2019
Sometimes it is just plain hard to believe in a God that we cannot see? Do you ever struggle with that fact or know someone who does? How to bolster your faith or help someone you love as they struggle with understanding who God is. All this on the next Moody Presents with Dr. Mark Jobe.
Faith: Where it Comes From Part 1
Jun 16, 2019
Let's face it, sometimes we struggle with knowing God, following Him and even more than that...trusting! If you need some encouragement to bolster your love and commitment to God then you've chosen the right place. Let's dig right into our study from the book of James as Dr. Jobe helps us understand where FAITH comes from on Moody Presents.
The Temptation Trap Part 2
Jun 9, 2019
Happiness. It's the one thing for which we'll trade just about anything….But is it possible we've got our priorities backwards? We are inviting you to stick around for some great Bible teaching with Dr. Mark Jobe on our program called Moody Presents. Today's a big day for us, as we continue with part two of "The Temptation Trap," based in James chapter 1.
The Temptation Trap Part 1
Jun 2, 2019
Time to connect with Dr. Mark Jobe…on Moody Presents. We are excited to welcome you to a brand new series from the book of James. Think of it as the believer's guide for living. Our teacher, Pastor Mark Jobe, is President of the Moody Bible Institute and founding pastor of New Life Community Church. Few evils are more difficult to overcome…than temptation. We tend to blame other people for our temptations. We're even willing to blame God, suggesting that HE tempted us. So what exactly does the Bible have to say about…the "Temptation Trap?" Here's our teacher, Pastor Mark Jobe on today's Moody Presents.
Take the First Step
May 26, 2019
Our series is titled Unstuck. BUT…Now that we're "out of the cave," it's time to take some positive steps. Our teacher is Dr. Mark Jobe, President of the Moody Bible Institute. I think today's message will really go a long way to help you apply what you have heard these last several weeks. This is the culmination of our UNSTUCK series so let's get ready to take some "first steps".
Rediscover Your Boundaries Part 2
May 19, 2019
If you're just joining Pastor Mark …here's a quick recap. So far, we've learned that you and I shouldn't say yes when we should be saying no. There are some things we just have no business pursuing—good things, even. Today, we head back to 1 Kings 19, verse 15, with a look at the next step: Don't hold on to what you should be letting go of. How do we do this? Well…We've got to learn from God's Word. This Unstuck series is nearing completion so let's get right to our study on Moody Presents.
Rediscover Your Boundaries Part 1
May 12, 2019
Do you feel stuck? Perhaps you have that stuck in a rut feeling when it comes to church, or in your relationships, or at work. Let's head over to I Kings 19:15---"Rediscovering your boundaries." And that means—don't take on more than God has called you to do.
Rediscover Your Boundaries Part 1
May 5, 2019
Welcome to Moody Presents with Dr. Mark Jobe, President of the Moody Bible Institute. I'm Jon Gauger. Do you feel stuck? Perhaps you have that stuck in a rut feeling when it comes to church, or in your relationships, or at work. There is hope today and you need to listen to our continued series that is all about getting UNSTUCK so that you can get out of your "CAVE" and into your "CALL". We are back to our series after a couple weeks of serious concentration on Easter. Well… let's head over to I Kings 19:15---"Rediscovering your boundaries." And that means—don't take on more than God has called you to do.
God's Fruitfulness Plan Part 2
Apr 28, 2019
It's the week after Easter? Are you still on track with your worship of a risen King? We struggle don't we? To stay on track, to live like Jesus wants us to live. We feel this message will help. Dr. Mark Jobe, president of the Moody Bible Institute is our Bible Teacher and we are picking up with part two of a message that has everything to do with who Jesus is and what plan He has for your life!
God's Fruitfulness Plan Part 1
Apr 21, 2019
Happy Easter. Christ is risen from the dead! In our special two part Easter. It's time to take a fresh look at the intensity of Christ's teaching as He approached the time of His sacrificial death. Pastor Mark has titled his message, "God's Fruitful Plan." Our text is John 15. We'll be looking at "Four principles to stir up fruitfulness in your own life."
UNSTUCK: Re-envision your Vision Part 1
Apr 7, 2019
What would happen if a movie was made of your life? Would you be shocked at what you saw? What would your movie reveal about you? Well this powerful series from 1st Kings continues and we use that descriptive word because we have heard from so many that this teaching series is helping that stuck feeling. Elijah needed to get unstuck and so do we. Let's continue now with a new vision for our life story.
Turn Up the God Volume Part 2
Mar 31, 2019
So…how do you turn up the God volume in your life? According to Dr. Mark Jobe, you may be hearing the Word physically, but you're not hearing it spiritually. Let's head back to 1st Kings 19 to learn how to dial down the outside noise in order to tune in to God's voice.
Turn Up the God Volume Part 1
Mar 24, 2019
A story about a man, a cave and an encounter with God, that's our current teaching series called UNSTUCK by Dr. Mark Jobe. If you are able to get your Bible and open it to I Kings 19:11-13 you'll have the tools you need to reposition yourself for clear reception. Elijah was in a cave but had to step out to his new calling!
Rethink Your Thinking Part 2
Mar 17, 2019
Last time we were together Dr. Mark Jobe helped us to reshape our thinking from 1st Kings 3:19 where we saw Elijah suddenly captivated by fear. What captivates you creating the problem of being stuck and unwilling to serve God? Let's recognize key areas that God cared for Elijah, just the way he cares for you!
Rethink your Thinking Part 1
Mar 10, 2019
We, as Christians, are a group of people with issues, seeking to follow the teaching of Jesus Christ, to keep us from getting stuck in life. But what if you are feeling stuck? Just not going anywhere for Him? It's time to head back to God's Word and learn more from Elijah in I Kings.
UNSTUCK: Out of your Cave and into your Call Part 2
Mar 3, 2019
Elijah, right before entering a cave said, "I have had enough!" Do you find yourself stuck? As if you were cowering in a cave of isolation with no way out? There are seven sticking points that keep us cowering in a cave when we should be following God. Find out more on today's program.
Dr. Mark Jobe - Unstuck
Feb 24, 2019
It's a brand new series for Moody Presents and our teacher, Dr. Mark Jobe, asks you to listen and learn along with him for the next several weeks. If you feel stuck in a rut, ministry going nowhere, prayers hitting the ceiling, distracted and frustrated in your faith then let's move right to the life of Elijah. It's time to get out of your cave and into your call on the next Moody Presents with Dr. Mark Jobe.
Dr. Mark Jobe - Holy Hunger for a Holy God Part 2
Feb 17, 2019
We just wrapped up Moody Bible Institute's Annual Founders Week conference and if you missed it please head to www.foundersweek.org to see hear all the messages. Speaking of Founders Week we now go back a couple of years, before Dr. Jobe was president of MBI he spoke at Founders Week about developing a Holy Hunger for God. Let's listen to part two of this important message!
Dr. Mark Jobe - Holy Hunger for a Holy God Part 1
Feb 10, 2019
Is it possible that you call yourself a Christian but yet when it comes down to it you really don't know who God is? I think we may all struggle with that question from time to time inviting the need to develop a real hunger for knowing God. Join our teacher, Dr. Mark Jobe on Moody Presents.
Dr. Mark Jobe - Rekindling Your Spiritual Passion Part 2
Feb 3, 2019
It's time for Moody Presents, the weekly half-hour Bible teaching program from the Moody Bible Institute featuring Dr. Mark Jobe. Pastor Mark comes to MBI as the newly appointed president and let me tell you he is ready to teach us from the Bible. Let's pick up with part two of our mini-series called Rekindling Your Spiritual Passion.
Dr. Mark Jobe - Rekindling Your Spiritual Passion Part 1
Jan 27, 2019
Welcome to Moody Presents and our new teacher, the newly appointed 10th President of the Moody Bible Institute, Dr. Mark Jobe. We will get to know Pastor Mark and then we'll head right to Revelation chapter 2 to understand the greatest challenge in our culture when it comes to spirituality. Join us!
Dr. Mark Jobe - Knowing Christ Part 2
Jan 20, 2019
Serving Jesus Christ with all of our heart, that's the continuation of our study with our new teacher on Moody Presents, Dr. Mark Jobe. Join us now to get to know Mark and then listen to the second part of our series meant to take you the next step in your walk with God by developing a hunger for the Word!
Dr. Mark Jobe - Knowing Christ Part 1
Jan 13, 2019
Knowing Christ is the name of our series and we are so excited to introduce Dr. Mark Jobe to you, the newly appointed 10th President of the Moody Bible Institute. We'll get to know Pastor Mark a bit better in our program today and begin a two-part series on developing a deeper relationship with God. All ahead on Moody Presents.
Dr. George Sweeting - True Greatness Part 2
Jan 6, 2019
Let's pick up with our study that began last week here on Moody Presents featuring the Bible teaching of former president of the Moody Bible Institute, Dr. George Sweeting. We've heard much about making our nation great again over the past years, but according to Dr. Sweeting, no amount of money, prestige, or power will bring about true greatness. Let's move back to the Bible for solid answers.
Dr. George Sweeting - True Greatness Part 1
Dec 30, 2018
As we head into a New Year, we ponder resolutions. Would you listen to this important message from former president of Moody Bible Institute, Dr. George Sweeting as we en devour to live our lives with true greatness. We will also understand what makes a nation great. Is it politics, money, presige and power? What makes our workplace, home and church great? So many questions with answers that you and I need to take to heart on the next Moody Presents.
Dr. Michael Easley - Visitation of God
Dec 16, 2018
If you are like me you don't mind getting a Christmas gift. In fact, you may be somewhat expectant! On today's Moody Presents, former Moody Bible Institute president, Dr. Michael Easley will takes us to Genesis chapter 50 as we encounter expectation, not just a few days, but a couple of thousand years!
Dr. Joe Stowell - Grace Part 1
Dec 2, 2018
It was the mark of the grace of Jesus Christ that conquered the early world. That same grace must be prevalent in our lives today as we seek to share Jesus this season. A fitting time of year to go to the book of John, Chapter 1 to learn more about grace. Let's learn together!
Dr. Michael Easley - Freedom from Fear Part 2
Nov 25, 2018
From the Moody Presents and Moody Bible Institute family we hope that you were able to spend quality time with your family, giving thanks to God this weekend. Today on Moody Presents we again move to the topic of fear and how to gain freedom from it. Perhaps you worried about the Thanksgiving meal, feared interaction with "that relative" or dicovered a host of things to fret over. It's time to relax in God's Word and learn how to put away our fear. Join us for this special Moody Presents!
Dr. Michael Easley - Freedom from Fear Part 1
Nov 18, 2018
Worry is often described as a darkness or a shadow that remains in our minds and is capable of being recalled at a moments notice. We worry about so many things in life even though we know that it will not ever change the outcome. Join us for a special two-part presentation to help calm your fears. Let's turn to God's Word as Dr. Michael Easley brings us a message called Freedom from Fear.
Dr. Michael Easley - Caelum Et Terra Firma Part 2
Nov 11, 2018
Heaven is real, and we sure know that earth is too! As a believer in Jesus Christ we look forward to the hope of eternity in a place God is preparing for us, yet we must remain faithful while living in a place so filled with trouble. Learn with us as Dr. Easley brings a message of hope and encouragement as we "walk" this earth.
Dr. Michael Easley - Caelum Et Terra Firma Part 1
Nov 4, 2018
Caelum Et Terra Firma - It's a Latin phrase somewhat created by Dr. Michael Easley and fully explained to help you in your walk with God on the next Moody Presents. Join us to learn what it means to have one foot firmly planted on earth and the hope of having the other in heaven. So much to learn and understand, you've got to join us!
Dr. Joe Stowell - Stepping Out With God Part 2
Oct 28, 2018
Today we turn back to Abraham and some serious training in stepping away from comforts that lure you away from full devotion to God and stepping into exactly what you should be doing to serve Him. On the next Moody Presents!
Dr. Joe Stowell - Stepping Out With God Part 1
Oct 21, 2018
There is much to be learned today from an Old Testament Bible character who was dearly loved by God, Abraham. Dr. Joe Stowell will take us to the book of Hebrews to learn what it means to step out of your current situation and into God's will for your life. Find out more in the first part of a message that could very well change your life!
Dr. William Culbertson - God of Government Part 2
Oct 14, 2018
Join us for part two of a very serious message concerning the God we serve who is both grace filled and just. Dr. William Culbertson, former President of MBI, brings us teaching meant to take you the next step in your walk with God. Join us now!
Dr. William Culbertson - A God of Government
Oct 7, 2018
A moving message as brilliant when originally given so many years ago. Welcome to Moody Presents featuring the teaching of our past presidents of the Moody Bible Institute. We are excited in the coming weeks to welcome our new 10th President of MBI, Mark Jobe to the Moody Presents microphone. Until then, let's take a look back to one of the most moving messages yet to be aired on this program. In two parts, we hear teaching about a God of mercy but also a God of justice.
Dr. Joe Stowell - Solving Your Identity Crisis
Sep 30, 2018
In Christ we are made new! Do you struggle with placing your full faith in God? Perhaps the baggage of the past is weighing you down and keeping you from fruitful ministry. You must join us for the next Moody Presents with our teacher Dr. Joe Stowell as he moves to the life of Jesus and the gospel of Matthew to help solve your identity crisis!
Dr. Michael Easley - Loving the Unlovely
Sep 16, 2018
It is a marvel that we are loved by God. According to our speaker, Dr. Michael Easley, we deserve none of what our God gives us. We will go to often overlooked pages of Hosea for important application on love offered to us and how we should love those around us. Join us for part one of this important series.
Dr. George Sweeting - Turning Trials into Triumphs Part 2
Sep 9, 2018
How do you react when you encounter a trial in your life? Where should you turn for help? Join us for part 2 of a very important message to help you with problems that we all face. Unexpected trials. On the next Moody Presents.
Dr. George Sweeting - Turning Trials Into Triumphs Part 1
Sep 2, 2018
Problems, we’ve all got them. When we react to our seemingly bad situation do we use it as a training tool in our life or an opportunity to complain. It is time to hear from Dr. George Sweeting, former president of the Moody Bible Institute as he brings a powerful two part message serious on turning our trials into triumphs. Join us for Moody Presents!
Dr. William Culbertson - The Weapons of Our Warfare
Aug 26, 2018
Welcome back to Moody Presents, the weekly Bible teaching program coming to you from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Our undergraduate and graduate school is back in session where students are actively learning God's Word. It is an exciting and enriching time and we hope you will pray for them as they gain the knowledge needed to minister in our world. We would like to let you in on a bit of that learning in part two of a message as relevant today as when it was delivered some 50 years ago by then MBI president, Dr. William Culbertson. We were only able to learn of two spiritual weapons needed to ward off the enemy, let's get right back to the message to learn more.
Dr. William Culbertson - The Weapons of Our Warfare
Aug 19, 2018
With all that is going on in the world how can we be hopeful? We encourage you to take time to listen to today's program with our teacher, the late Dr. William Culbertson, 5th president of the Moody Bible Institute. An amazing two-part series that we will bring you this week and next regarding the weapons needed to ward off the enemy. These are not physical weapons, mind you, but spiritual and we will go right to God's Word to find them. Join us!
Dr. George Sweeting - An Approved Workman Part 2
Aug 12, 2018
We join Dr. Sweeting for part two of a very powerful message that is as sobering as it is encouraging. You will hear a very long list of those who have gone before us that did not remain true to the work of Jesus Christ. However, as you will hear in today's message from 2nd Timothy there is much encouragment to stay the course and be one of God's own approved workers!
Dr. George Sweeting - An Approved Workman Part 1
Aug 5, 2018
Often and easily we chase human approval in what we do. We want people to like us and to affirm us, but as we'll find out over the next two weeks this is not a perspective with which we should be concerned. Join us for a study of 2 Timonthy 2 as we learn about young Timothy and whose approval we should seek. And how!
Dr. Michael Easley - The Living Word Part 2
Jul 29, 2018
How can words be living? How can God be the Word? How did the Word become flesh? Answers to these questions are found in the pages of the Bible, John chapter 1, yet even after several reads it can be confusing. Join us as we continue our study of this familiar and very important subject with this week's teacher, Dr. Michael Easley. Afterall, as Michael says, "Don't let the world teach you theology, let the Bible and the Holy Spirit do that." Let's study it together on the next Moody Presents!
Dr. Michael Easley - The Living Word of God Part 1
Jul 22, 2018
If you've spent anytime studying your Bible in the first chapter of the book of John you'll noticed there are many references to "the Word" referring to many different aspects of God. Get ready for a greater understanding of this familiar passage with truths that will help you take the next step in your understanding of Scripture.
Dr. Michael Easley - Legacies of Grace Part 2
Jul 15, 2018
Discouragement and dispare. We've all been there from time to time and have coped with these issues in a variety of ways. Dr. Easley tells us there is an encouraging answer for our problems. Join us as we discover the legacies of grace found throughout the Bible in part two of our series on Moody Presents.
Dr. Michael Easley - Legacies of Grace Part 1
Jul 8, 2018
The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago "presents" teaching that helps you take the next step in your walk with Jesus Christ. Today, the 8th President of MBI shares a message filled with encouragement for those that feel hopeless in their faith. What should be done? Look a the legacy of scripture and be encouraged by those that have gone before us. On the next Moody Presents!
Dr. William Culbertson - The Blood of Christ Part 2
Jul 1, 2018
Dr. William Culbertson, 5th president of the Moody Bible Institute and renowned Bible teacher is featured again today on Moody Presents with part two of "The Blood of Christ." It is time to look at three important truths from Scripture on how the blood of Jesus Christ can change you from the inside out.
Dr. William Culbertson - The Blood of Christ Part 1
Jun 24, 2018
Has the cross and its meaning grown dim to you? Can you think about the cross without shedding tears? Has the whole thing become so commonplace that you are not moved anymore? Whether you answer yes or no, our next Moody Presents mini-series featuring the Bible teaching of Dr. William Culbertson is sure to bring you deeper in your knowledge of the saving blood of Jesus Christ. Please take time and listen to this relevant message.
Dr. Joe Stowell - What is God Worth to You? Part 2
Jun 17, 2018
In our two-part mini series, former MBI President Joe Stowell continues essential teaching on the topic of worship. What is God worth to you? And how should you respond? Answers to these questions from God's word as we take the next step in adoring our God.
Dr. Joe Stowell - What is God Worth to You? Part 1
Jun 10, 2018
What is worship? What is God worth to you? These questions will be answered with a two-part teaching series on the topic of worship featuring Dr. Joe Stowell. In our generation we have witnessed so many changes in the church in terms of worship style. But is worship style really at the heart of the matter? Perhaps it is time to do some heart examination of our own? Join us for Moody Presents!
Dr. George Sweeting - The Judgement of God
Jun 3, 2018
The judgement of God is our focus on the next Moody Presents. As we continue to feature past presidents of the Moody Bible Institute we open doors to teaching that will encourage, edify and take you the next step in your journey with Jesus Christ. Join us now for a message from Dr. George Sweeting where we understand that the God we serve is much more than a loving Father.
Dr. Joe Stowell - The Muchness of God Part 2
May 27, 2018
On this week's Moody Presents we are featuring the teaching of former MBI President, Dr. Joe Stowell. A favorite message and one worth an indepth listen is, "The Muchness of God." Last week we learned that God provides everything you and I need for spiritual survival. Today, we will learn how to gain access to the muchness of God as Moody presents instruction from Revelation chapter 3.
Dr. Joe Stowell - The Muchness of God
May 20, 2018
We like much! Much food, laughter and deals. But have you ever paused to consider how you need to align yourself with the "muchness" of God? We'll learn from God's Word through the teaching of former MBI president Dr. Joe Stowell what it means to receive the benefits of knowing God more. Join us!
Moody Presents - Dr. George Sweeting
May 13, 2018
Most self-help and success books relate stories of human power and achievement. Dr. George Sweeting says that we are nothing apart from Jesus Christ and only through His power are we allowed to do anything. Join us for a stirring message as we present Dr. Sweetings message, "Faith: The Power to Move Mountains."
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. Michael Easley Part 3
May 6, 2018
Are you ready to understand more of why you believe what you believe about Jesus? Join us for a "mini" theology lesson on our next to the last episode in the Hall of Presidents series. Continue to join us as we feature the rich teaching of the presidents of the Moody Bible Institute. All of this and more on Moody Presents!
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. Michael Easley #2
Apr 29, 2018
There is no better time to listen to the amazing Bible teaching featured within our program series called, "The Hall of Presidents." Join us again, right now, for a message meant to take you the next step in your walk with God. Join us now for a legacy listen to the past presidents of the Moody Bible Institute with a message from Dr. Michael Easley, the 8th president of MBI.
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. Michael Easley
Apr 22, 2018
Our Hall of Presidents series continues as we feature the past presidents of the Moody Bible Institute learning of the spiritual legacy along the way. Today marks the beginning of our 8th president's tenure, Dr. Michael Easley. A brilliant expositor of God's Word, join us now for the first of three messages over the coming weeks.
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. Joe Stowell
Apr 15, 2018
We continue our series with the 7th president of the Moody Bible Institute, Dr. Joe Stowell. Equipping the next generation of leaders, and consumed with sharing the cause of Christ, these traits marked the leadership of Dr. Stowell. Join us today for a message entitled "Guard Your Heart".
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. Joe Stowell
Apr 8, 2018
Serving from 1987 to 2005, Dr. Joe Stowell, 7th president of the Moody Bible Insitute was certainly a leader that students and staff embraced. Dr. Stowell loved people and sharing Christ with them. Join us now for a very special message in our continued series called "Steward of God's Treasure".
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. Joe Stowell
Apr 1, 2018
He is Risen! Christ is Risen indeed! We hope that your celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ will be joyous and worshipful. Our current series is called the Hall of Presidents featuring the past leaders of the Moody Bible Institute starting back with our founder, D.L. Moody. We have advanced quite a few years now in our timeline and bring you a hallmark for such an aweful time in our recent history. Join us now as we continue the Hall of Presidents on Moody Presents with a message form Dr. Joe Stowell entitled Where was God on Sept. 11th.
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. George Sweeting Program 2
Mar 25, 2018
Moody Presents began under the direction of Dr. George Sweeting, president of the Moody Bible Institute. Join us as we continue our Hall of Presidents broadcasts featuring the legacy leaders of MBI. Enjoy music and amazing teaching now as we continue to learn more about the minsitry of Dr. George Sweeting.
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. George Sweeting
Mar 18, 2018
A graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, Dr. George Sweeting is featured as we stroll the Hall of Presidents. In 1971, Dr. Sweeting took over from William Culbertson with great celebration and change at the Institute. Come celebrate his life and continued minsitry to this very day as we hear his passion for the gospel on Moody Presents.
The Hall of Presidents - William Culbertson
Mar 11, 2018
The Hall of Presidents is our continued historical series of Bible teaching programs featuring the past presidents of the Moody Bible Institute. Today, we will hear from William Culbertson who served as 5th president from 1948 to 1971. In a time of great technical change within the world you'll hear a message focused on the centrality of what a Christian must believe about God.
The Hall of Presidents - William Houghton Part 2
Mar 4, 2018
Join us for Hall of Presidents, a legacy look at the founders of the Moody Bible Institute. With such an amazing first message, so timely for our day as it was in 1941 we bring you a second recording from Houghton, MBI's fourth president. As skilled in Bible teaching and keen to evangelism, he followed well in the steps of D. L. Moody. Be sure to check out the picture of host Jon Gauger with the vintage, working RCA 44 microphone used to record his voice for this very program.
The Hall of Presidents - William H. Houghton
Feb 25, 2018
Moody Presents continues our Hall of Presidents series which is a legacy look at the leaders that shaped the teaching of God’s Word at the Moody Bible Institute through the years. William H. Houghton was the 4th president of MBI and in this amazing recording from the very early 1940’s you’ll hear the evangelistic heart of a man devoted to following Jesus and sharing that message with the students at Moody.
The Hall of Presidents - James M. Gray
Feb 18, 2018
Welcome to the Moody Presents Hall of Presidents series of bible teaching which features the past presidents of the Moody Bible Institute. We now feature dramatized teaching by James Gray in which we find an eerie similarity to the need for this particular message tailored for today as it was one hundred years ago. Let's listen and learn together!
The Hall of Presidents - Dr. James M. Gray
Feb 11, 2018
The Hall of Presidents, a unique teaching series featuring the past presidents of the Moody Bible Institute. In our continued series we move ahead to the 3rd leader of MBI, Dr. James M. Gray. A wonderful look back in history, an amazing message. Join us for the Hall of Presidents.
The Hall of Presidents - R.A Torrey
Feb 4, 2018
Recorded over 100 years ago a message that is as relevant today as it was then. Welcome to Moody Presents and our special series called, "The Hall of Presidents." R.A Torrey, the 2nd president of the Moody Bible Institute, hand picked by Moody himself, came to faith in Jesus Christ after his fruitless search to prove that there was no God. As we continue our bible teaching series featuring the past presidents of MBI you must listen extra carefully to this recording that was made of R.A Torrey, in his own voice, proving that Jesus Christ is God. All this and more on today's Hall of Presidents.
The Hall of Presidents - D.L. Moody
Jan 28, 2018
What is work of the believer in Jesus Christ? Find out next, with our continued series called the Hall of Presidents. Teaching from the Moody Bible Insitute past leaders brings us back again for another compelling message as taken from D.L Moody's own handwritten notes. Have we gotten lost in the mire of "doing good" as a Christian but not sharing Jesus Christ? Let's listen!
The Hall of Presidents - D.L. Moody Fire Sermon
Jan 21, 2018
Welcome to the Hall of Presidents. An amazing teaching series highlighting the legacy of the Moody Bible Institute. Today, you'll hear D.L. Moody's own voice and then his famous "Fire"sermon re-re-created for you, born from deep loss with fresh energy to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ right now. Join us for a message that will stir you to action!
Do the Right Thing Part 2
Jan 14, 2018
Today is our culmination of our entire teaching series on the life of John the Baptist. A teaching moment that you won't want to miss as it concerns how you and I need to do the right thing no matter what the cost.


Joseph M. "J.M." Wofford, 74, of Calhoun. Died Tuesday Evening August 31, 2010 after an extended illness.
J.M. was born September 12, 1935 in Everett Springs, son of the late J.H. and Gertrude Wofford. He had lived most of his life in Gordon County. As a sergeant in the United States Marines he served tours of duty in Japan, Greece, Italy, the Mediterranean, and was one of the first contingent of United States Marines who were deployed to Lebanon. He was also a former Boy Scoutmaster of Troop 43, and was the founder of the Special Olympics in the 1980's. J.M. was a member of the V.F.W. and was a past commander of American Legion Post 47 and held both State and District posts, and he also helped raise money for Gordon County's first drug dog. He was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church and was a retired auto mechanic. In addition to his parents, J.M. was preceded in death by his brother Travis Wofford and many aunts and uncles.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years Louise, Daughter Karen and her husband Charles Glaze of Nickelsville Community, two sons; Marcus and Terry Wofford both of Calhoun, a Granddaughter Elsbeth Wofford Tyler and her husband James of Farmville, Virginia, three Great Grandsons; Devin Ingle, Jacob Ingle, and Quintin Tyler, a great granddaughter Melody Tyler all of Farmville, Virginia, one brother and sister-in-law Jerry and Jeanette Wofford of Calhoun, four sisters; Shirley Hogan, Joan Gilbert, Glenda Timms, and her husband David of the Plainview Community, Joyce Broyles and her husband Marvin of Resaca, and special brother-in-law Bobby Shaw. He is also survived by a Marine Corp Buddy Kenneth Kestermont of Connecticut and many nieces, nephews, and beloved cousins.
Funeral services were conducted 11 a.m. Friday, September 3, at the Union Grove Baptist Church. With Rev. Lamar Payne and Chaplain Mark Atwood officiating. Music was arranged by Willie Hicks and Nathan Baker. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Rev. Donald Collum in charge of graveside rites.
I think the true measure of our existance is the legacy we leave behind. My father was active in so many things, Scouts, Special Olympics, American Legion, and almost everyone who knew him loved him. He loved children and children loved him, every child was his grandchild and his grandchildren the light of his life. He was never prouder than the day my niece was born, he adored her and loved her so much. When she had her first child my Dad was even prouder, and he wanted to be with Devin every moment he could, this was normal with every great grandchild, Jacob, Quinn, and Melody. He won't be here to see the new baby and she will never know just how much he would have loved her. He will stand guard over her and protect her as best he can, as his parents have done over their grandchildren, and hopefully she will feel his presence every day of her life as the other children will. When the great grandchildren have children of their on I hope that they are given stories about Paw paw J.M. and how much he loved them, because he will always be a part of them, and he will always love them and watch over them.


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Join us on Easter Sunday for a special celebratory worship service! Our God has overcome the grave! There is victory in Jesus! He is alive!
The day will include a delicious breakfast spread, fun family photo booth, joyful worship, powerful preaching of God’s word, and special games, crafts, and goodies for kids!
9:30am & 11:30am


Every Sunday, breeds from every religious denomination gather together for services within their respective Houses of Worship. Close examination of congregations conclude that the most common breed is the infamous Pew-Setter. It can be difficult to recognize a Pew-Setter, as it highly resembles its’ purer counterpart, the Soul-Winning Retriever. However, there are several ways to identify and distinguish between the two.
The Pew-Setter’s actions, though not usually malicious or intentional, might best be described as learned behavior. The typical Pew-Setter attends all Worship services and activities, stands when directed, sits when instructed to do so, Amen's on command, and occasionally speaks or testifies when prompted to do so.
The Pew-Setter lineage usually stems back several generations and, unfortunately, has a misplaced sense of ownership. This progeny usually sits in the same spot and can become secretively, and in some instances, boldly indignant when an uncommon breed happens to take up residence on their perceived, reserved dominion.
The Pew-Setter tends to be very vocal and simply has no qualms about offering criticism about anything or anyone. This particular mutt seems to have an overwhelming urge to howl loudly when changes occur and will never admit that he/she participates in, and in some cases, orchestrates gossip. This tracker uses its’ nose to sniff out private information regarding others and unwittingly disguises the information as a prayer request or other vainly concealed concern and disregards any damage that may result.
In sharp contrast to the above description, one can easily detect the Pew-Setter's rare, purebred counterpart; the Soul-Winning Retriever. The Soul-Winning Retriever also attends morning, evening and weekday Worship Services; however, should an uncommon breed take up residence on the Soul-Winning Retriever’s territory, he/she welcomes the newcomer, retrieves personal details like name, address, whether or not the visitors attend another House of Worship regularly and is forthcoming with an invitation to return often.
The pack that the Soul-Winning Retriever hangs with welcomes all new breeds. This beloved jewel genuinely tries to form a lasting friendship bond that is not isolated and reserved specifically for visitors. The Soul-Winning Retriever strives for joy and peace. This exceptional pedigree endeavors to share the Gospel outside of the church walls, is highly educated in God’s Word, follows God’s directives and takes his/her Spiritual walk very seriously.
This Soul hunting hound is always on a mission to sniff out witnessing opportunities and provide assistance to those in need. This thoroughbred has a keen awareness and uses discernment when another seems to be in distress or going through a difficult time. This hound will relentlessly pursue every avenue, until all venues have been exhausted, in order to provide assistance.
Trust is a particular plus with this bloodline. Listed as an exquisite gem, this thoroughbred studies the Word of God regularly and retains Scripture for use at an appropriate time. In addition, the Soul-Winning Retriever gives to others as directed by the Holy Spirit, and earnestly attempts to win lives to Jesus Christ. A feat of this magnitude can only be accomplished through a genuine expression of love and concern toward others, both inside and outside of the Tabernacle. Inside the Sanctuary, the Soul-Winning Retriever receives the weekly message and inspiration from God’s Holy Word and immediately releases this message into the world upon completion of the service.
Through the words and prophecies contained in the Bible, a remarkable promise has emerged. Hope is not lost for the misdirected Pew-Setter or any breed for that matter. This poor, mutant breed can be transformed instantaneously into a Soul-Winning Retriever. As a matter of fact, all breeds MUST be transformed. This change does not require DNA manipulation, but simply a true acceptance of Jesus Christ as personal Savior, surrendering everything to Him, repenting of past discrepancies and last but not least, a few lessons in……………….obedience training.


Joyce Brinkman, age 85 of Fosston, MN, passed away on Monday (September 24th) at First Care Living Center in Fosston. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday (September 28th) at Kingo Lutheran Church in Fosston with the Rev. John Dalen officiating. Interment will be in Kingo Lutheran Cemetery, Fosston. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service on Thursday (September 27th) at the Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home in Fosston. There will also be reviewal for one hour prior to the service on Friday at the church. Arrangements are with the Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home of Fosston and messages of condolence may be sent at carlinhoialmen.com.Joyce Evangeline Brinkman was born on May 31, 1927 in Hill River Township, Minnesota to parents Olaf and Emma (Oistad) Brinkman. She moved with her family to Fosston in 1947 and has lived there since that time.Joyce worked as bookkeeper at the Fosston Creamery for several years, Kingo Lutheran Church in Fosston for many years and Our Savior's Lutheran Church in McIntosh for several years. Joyce was a dedicated volunteer and faithful servant to her Lord throughout her life. As a dedicated community volunteer, Joyce spent countless hours volunteering at area nursing homes, especially First Care Nursing Home. Joyce received numerous awards in recognition of her dedication to volunteering. She received the Fosston Service Award in 1998, the State Volunteer of the Year Award from the Health and Housing Alliance in 2003 and the Polk County Outstanding Senior Citizen Award in 2005. She also served on the board at Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine.As a faithful servant, Joyce taught vacation bible school at many rural schools, was Sunday School Superintendent and Associate in Ministry at Kingo Lutheran Church for many years; she was the Chaplain at First Care Medical Services in Fosston, and provided ministerial assistance for many churches in the area for many years.Joyce loved her many nieces and nephews and enjoyed showering them with gifts. She will also be remembered for her love of all children, taking the time to make each one feel special. She will be dearly missed.Joyce passed away on Monday, September 24, 2012 at First Care Living Center in Fosston at the age of 85 years, three months and 24 days.Survivors include one sister, Marie Thompson; two brothers, Dewain (Arlene) Brinkman and Nordin (Barbara) Brinkman, all of Fosston; and several nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Glen; sister-in-law, Clarice; brother-in-law, Alvin Thompson; and nephew, Steven Brinkman.


By Kristin Ebanks
The Christian Witness Initiative (CWI) is strengthening staff capacity to effectively and appropriately integrate Christian witness into VisionFund International, Children in Ministry (CIM) and Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs (HEA). This three-year initiative (until December 2011) is helping World Vision to reinforce its Christian foundations, identity and witness (Strategic Mandate 1).
Six countries that represent World Vision’s diverse contexts are piloting the CWI initiative: Albania, Cambodia, Mali, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Uganda. Each country has conducted baseline assessments of staff capacity to engage in appropriate Christian witness, and implemented contextually appropriate programmes in the three programme areas.
In the key programme area of VisionFund, the CWI aims to enhance microfinance institution (MFI) staff capacity for appropriate Christian witness, help clients implement biblical approaches to business, and improve effective partnership with local churches.
To achieve those goals, VisionFund has developed guiding principles as foundational to its identity, created definitions of Christian MFIs and appropriate Christian witness, and built an online library of Christian witness resources that is available to approximately 5,000 MFI staff. Staff orientation modules and devotionals will be rolled out to all 41 MFIs beginning next year.
Nate Brown, Integration Officer for CWI and VisionFund, said, “I am excited that VisionFund affiliated MFIs now have specific guidance on how they can witness appropriately in their context. For example, one MFI director said he used to wonder whether or not it was appropriate to pray with clients, and now he knows that he can talk about what he believes about Jesus while on the job, when appropriate.”


Two Mules evolved from the Outreach Commission of the Church of the Holy Family Episcopal in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Holy Family has a 30-year relationship of mutual support with the village of Molas in the northwestern mountains of Haiti, and particularly with Molas’ primary school, Notre Dame. The current Episcopal Church at Molas was rebuilt in partnership with Holy Family and St. Luke’s, Salisbury in 2004, and the primary school was dedicated in 2013. In 2017 there were 300 children enrolled at Notre Dame, and the school is currently undergoing expansion with a new classroom wing being built in partnership with Holy Family and St. Luke’s. Grade-school students at Notre Dame receive literacy training in Kreyol and French as well as other subjects, and the lunch program is a critical asset for many families in Molas.
In 2018 several members of Two Mules board embarked on a fact-finding trip across the country visiting several organizations that are making significant contributions to economic and community development in rural Haiti. The Foundation for International Development Assistance, productive cooperatives Haiti (https://www.fida-pch.org/), Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (https://www.oursoil.org/), Haiti Reforestation Partnership (https://haitireforest.org/), and Singing Rooster (https://singingrooster.org/), are helping to develop Haitian owned and managed organizations that promote well-informed initiatives in the areas of farming, adult literacy, waste sanitation, reforestation and commercial crop production and marketing. Two Mules looks forward to partnering with these and other organizations to promote sustainable development in L’Acul.
Two Mules is currently a member of the Coalition of Partners in L’Acul, in the northwest of the Department Artibonite, Haiti. The Coalition includes the Vassar Haiti Project, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, the Melina Foundation in L’Acul, St. John’s Episcopal Church of Stamford, Connecticut, and St. James Episcopal Church, Potomac Maryland. The Vassar Haiti Project (https://thehaitiproject.org/) has a very strong partnership with the village of Chermaitre in the L’Acul Parish, where they support St. Paul’s primary school, a health clinic in Fiervil, a womens’ cooperative and a farming and reforestation program. Two Mules is pleased to partner with VHP and the Coalition of Partners in L’Acul.
Dr. Joseph Herbert is a co-founder of Two Mules, a member of the Church of the Holy Family Episcopal and the Chapel Hill Zen Center. He holds graduate degrees in anthropology and archaeology and an undergraduate degree in philosophy. Joe’s professional career focused on comprehending prehistoric lifeways; he now works in pursuit of healthy, free and dignified lifeways for all. In small things we can see the broad pattern of history and in small acts create far-reaching impacts.
Henry Oehmann is President and co-founder of Two Mules for Haiti. After an extensive 2018 trip to Haiti, Henry was moved to establish an NGO to support Haiti. Henry is a member of the Church of Holy Family, serving on the vestry and finance commissions. Henry retired in 2016 after a 20 year corporate career and a 20 plus business consulting career with 12 years in public accounting. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in economics and has a master’s degree in business with a concentration in accounting. He is married to Susan Kilzer and he has two daughters and six grandchildren.
Andre Wildaine is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Haiti. He has a diploma in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in law. He is now the priest in charge at St. Aidan Episcopal Church on the Island of La Tortue, in the north part of Haiti. Pere Wildaine is in charge of the Coalition of Partners in L’Acul serving Fiervil, Chermaitre, Molas and several neighboring villages. Two Mules and the Coalition work with Wildaine, who manages and executes projects in the L’Acul region. Pere Wildaine was Deacon under Pere Soner for a number of years and worked as L’Acul Parish Priest for six years. His role in Two Mules is to work with community organizations in L’Acul, and elsewhere in Haiti and the US, to facilitate positive impacts in the areas of education, healthcare, farming and reforestation. Our mutual goal is to foster sustainable development in rural Haiti.
Jean Baptiste Charles (Charlie) Provins works as an Assistant Principal at an Episcopal school in Gonaives, Haiti. He is a passionate Educator. Recently, he created “Genie 9”, an application that triggers the success of the Haitian ninth graders, especially the most vulnerable, in the national examination. He holds a B.A. degree in Communication and Public Relations, and is studying Law. He speaks four languages, Creole, French, English and Spanish, and has been serving as an interpreter for over 12 years serving many organizations, medical teams, and individuals.
Dr. Whitman Reardon received her BA in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984, began medical school at Georgetown University in 1986 and transferred to UNC Chapel Hill with her husband, John Reardon. She received her MD from UNC in 1990 and completed her residency in 1993. Whitman has worked at Chapel Hill Internal Medicine for over 25 years. She and her husband raised two children in Chapel Hill, and she has been a member of the Church of Holy Family since 1996, visiting Haiti three times with church mission trips. Her love for Haiti began with her mother, Beverly Sullivan, who volunteered with Eye Care Haiti for many years.
Dr. Leslie Sharpe is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Nursing. Dr. Sharpe received her Master of Science in Nursing from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Primary Care/Family Nurse Practitioner program in 1999 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Duke University in 2016. With a strong desire to improve access to care for medically underserved communities, Dr. Sharpe has worked for the past 20 years in rural or underserved communities. One of her greatest passions is to participate in medical mission trips to Molas, an isolated, rural village in the mountains of Haiti.
Dr. Ghislaine (Peggy) Duhamel is a retired veterinarian and a 28-year member of Rotary International in NY, VA and now NC. With Rotary, she participated in a polio vaccination mission in India and a dental mission in Nicaragua. As a naturalized citizen, she has a committed interest in walking with refugees and immigrants as they adapt to this country. Peggy speaks French fluently, German almost so, and Spanish functionally. She serves on the Outreach Commission of the Church of the Holy Family and on the board of other organizations in Chapel Hill. She received a BA from Wellesley College and her DVM from Cornell.
Daniel Chew is a supply chain professional with over twenty years of experience working in the pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer packaged goods industries for multinational companies based in Japan, France and US. A native of Malaysia, he received his degree in Microbiology at the University of Georgia and his MBA at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Daniel participated in his first medical mission trip with his son to Molas, an isolated, rural village in the mountains of Haiti in 2017. He and his family live in Chapel Hill, NC.


What I learned about the Holy Spirit in bible study last night. Before last night I really hadn’t given the Holy Spirit much thought. I think about God and all he has done for me. I think about Jesus and what he taught us, but when it comes to the Holy Spirit what do we really know?
Last night we went over Ephesians 3:14-19. The main point we were studying is Gid is present with his people with the Holy Spirit. I think we think that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are three different people but really they are all God and also individuals.
In Ephesians Paul was writing to the church in Ephesus, explaining how God’s plan has been t bring glory to Himself by
1.) saving people by grace through faith
2.) by incorporating all kinds of people, Jew and Gentile alike, into one body
From what I understood the Holy Spirit guides us in the world, letting us know right from wrong, but also shows us how much God loves us. The Holy Spirit is the one that comforts us when we need to be comforted but also fills us with so much of God’s love that it overflows where we show others love.


The primary goal of the Fundació de recerca Sant Joan de Déu is to contribute to the improvement of people's health and well-being by promoting, supporting and coordinating research and innovation at the centres of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God ‒ Aragon-San Rafael Province, in accordance with its values: Hospitality, Respect, Quality, Responsibility and Spirituality).
Mission, vision and objectives
Accordingly, the Fundació's objective is to work together with the hospitals and other centres of Sant Joan de Déu to expand scientific knowledge and to improve healthcare for people suffering health problems. Moreover, we seek to achieve these ends in an integrated way within the healthcare sphere, always bearing closely in mind the sick people and their families. We approach our research as a participatory and interdisciplinary process, where the interaction between professionals and society generates enriching initiatives that provide an appropriate response to people’s need.
The Fundació's work is set within the framework of the activity of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God, which, based on the concept of hospitality and with a universal character, strives to shelter, attend to and help people, especially those who are most vulnerable or who suffer social integration or health problems. The research activities of the Fundació covers different areas of knowledge, mainly in the fields of maternal and child health and mental health, although there are also research groups working in other areas, including research on socially vulnerable populations.
Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God ‒ Spain Province
The Fundació de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu is part of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God · Province of Spain, an international non-profit organization that takes care of the reception, promotion of health and support of the most vulnerable.
The Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God dates back to the 16th century and it is currently present in more than 50 countries around the world. It is formed by 1,230 brothers, more than 40,000 collaborators (professionals and volunteers), and more than 300,000 benefactors. The Province of Aragon - San Rafael, one of the three in which the Spanish state is divided, is formed by more than 5,000 professionals, 1,052 volunteers and 81 brothers, as well as a network of donors.
Under the concept of Hospitality, the Order takes care of the reception, the promotion of health, support and commitment to the most vulnerable realities of our society from a broad concept of universality and promoting professionalism. The work that the Order carries out in the Province is visible through care centers, hospitals, health centers, social services and religious communities. These are plural centers with a shared social commitment in many cases with other public, ecclesial or private institutions with which there is an affinity in motivation and a shared vision.


I went to church today with Mom, my sister and her kiddos. I should probably tell you that though I have deep spiritual beliefs- they don't follow any specific path so I am not a regular church-goer. I should also mention that after retiring from the military- my father studied and became a UCC pastor. But I digress....
Dad's sermon today was about Abundance and how with God- we would always have plenty He specifically referenced John 6:1-15 and discussed the miracle of the loaves and the fishes and he talked about the abundance of food for the body as opposed to food for the soul. That got me thinking about my own adult life.
There have most certainly been some very lean times for us. We have had to, at times, pay one bill over another and stretch our budgets to the limits. We have had to prioritize and put things on the back burner many, many times. Looking at the numbers on a spreadsheet- many would consider us the "poor" part of the family. I confess that I have felt that way a time or twelve. In retrospect- we have always had plenty. We have always made do or made it work. We have had food on the table, and warm clothes. We have kept a roof over our head even if barely. Somehow- it always worked out. We have always had people in our corner- family, friends and one another that enveloped us in love. Never once have they made us feel like less- if we did it was our own doing.
What this means that- in a way- my father's sermon rang very true today. We have always had plenty. Maybe not a LOT- but definately enough. I am thankful for that- and that today's sermon served as a reminder that you don't have to be rich to have an abundance.


'The Farm' at StandingFord is a think tank and test plot for sustainable agriculture and the development of systems for the reduction of food waste. Through its projects and initiatives, as it grows and we grow, its goals are to also cultivate hope by "saving the discarded and healing life" by "helping farms, help the world". (Visit Growers for Grace.)
StandingFord sits in a small carve-out of my family’s greater farm. I am a wife, mother, artist, daughter of a farmer, sister and entrepreneur. The Farm StandingFord is the place I retreat, where my heart can be quiet. It is a place I can reflect and seek God’s will, even as I work to meet its needs physically. This reclusive parcel helps cultivate a better understanding of how I may actively honor my family's life-long commitment to agriculture with the well-rooted reverence for the land that will always stir my soul.
The name, StandingFord, I conceived as a reminder to have courage, to wade through and cross over, to commit to one's original design of a God-breathed purpose. I have learned at this end of life, connecting in faith with one’s true self is the pivotal version God needs to get His work in Truth, accomplished for His Kingdom. StandingFord began by simply putting the two words together by direct definition. I formed them into a personal mission statement committing to take a stand (Standing) with courage, to be true to the blessings of our spiritual gifts, to stay committed to this, and with strength cross over the waters (Ford).
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.” Isaiah 43:2-3b
By being exactly who God beautifully created us, with gifts as unique as our thumbprints, let us faithfully see His vision. Our gifts are His sparkling signature, illuminating that He knows each of us very personally and loves us very, very dearly.


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Much Wenlock Priory
Shortly after AD 680, King Merewalh of Mercia, son of the Pagan King Penda acquired land in Shropshire and founded an abbey. The place was know as Wimnicas or Wininicas but later became known as Much Wenlock.
In AD 687 Merewalh’s daughter Milburge became abbess, after receiving an education at Chelles, near Paris. At this time the monastery at Much Wenlock was a double house of monks and nuns, with two church buildings that enabled them to worship separately. It is thought that the monks’ church was at the crossing of the priory church and the nun’s church was on the site where the present parish church now stands.
Milburge was abbess at Much Wenlock for over 30 years and during this time there are many tales of miracles attached to her. She is said to have brought a dead boy back to life, banished geese that were destroying her crops and made her veil float on a sunbeam. Today we would be inclined to give these events rational explanations, but it did the monastery no harm to have such stories connected to them as it encouraged pilgrims to visit, bringing income for the monastery with them.
Before her death in 722-30 Milburge was very successful in acquiring land for the monastery. After her death she was made a saint.
In the 9th century much of the Mercia area was affected by Danish raids and it is thought that Much Wenlock came under attack in AD 874. The monastery appears to have carried on to some extent after this.
In the 10th century double monasteries began to go out of fashion and it would appear that the nunnery at Wenlock was closed. It is likely that at this time the abbey became a college of canons who would have served the local community. Shortly before the Norman Conquest Earl Leofric of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva (the same lady who rode a horse naked through Coventry!) founded a minster at Much Wenlock. This would have housed resident canons and was the first minster church in the area.
After the Norman Conquest Roger de Montgomery (a Norman favourite of William the Conqueror) made a request to the abbot of Cluny in France for monks to be sent to Wenlock. The former abbey at Much Wenlock now became a Cluniac priory dedicated to St. Milburge and St. Michael, which paid an annual rent to the abbey at Cluny. The French monks utilised the recently built church and began to erect new domestic buildings. The chapter house, lavabo (place for washing) and infirmary are all that remain of this early work.
Milburge was said to have been buried by the church altar, but although the monks looked they could not find her remains. One day two boys were playing in the church when a hole in the ground opened up to reveal the bones of St. Milburge. These were placed in a shrine and stories of miraculous cures quickly became associated with them. A woman with a mysterious wasting disease is reported to have drunk some water that had been used to wash the bones of Milburge and she is said to have coughed up a worm and been cured. There are other stories of blind women regaining their sight and a drowned boy coming back to life.
Pilgrims soon flocked to see the bones of St. Milburge in the hope of having a miracle done to them or witnessing one on someone else. These pilgrimages would have brought money to the church and soon a town began to grow up outside the walls.
Wenlock was soon wealthy enough to establish a daughter-house on the Isle of Wight as well as other foundations at Dudley (West Midlands), Paisley (Scotland) and Church Preen (Shropshire).
King Henry III stayed at the priory on a number of occasions and even had some of his wines stored there for royal use when he was visiting.
In 1272 John de Tycford was appointed as prior. He brought Wenlock into debt and before being deposed he sold the wool crop of the monastery for the next seven years and kept the money. Tycford was so unpopular that one of the monks, William Broseley, gathered together a group of armed men that hid in the forest and threatened to kill him.
In 1395 Much Wenlock priory gained a charter, which changed its status from French to English. It was obtained from Richard II at a price of £400.
In 1417, the outlaw Sir John Oldcastle met a criminal called William Careswell who specialised in counterfeiting coins and he brought him to Wenlock to teach the monks the craft. Sir John was later involved in a plot to kill King Henry V by black magic, using a 3ft wax image of the king and roasting it over a fire, In 1417 he was hanged and burnt at the gallows in London.
1521 saw a difference of opinion over the election of the prior and caused a visit from Dr John Allen who spoke to every monk at Wenlock. By this time it would appear that the rules of the order were not being so strictly adhered to and so he published a list of ‘Injunctions and Exhortations’ aimed at putting the monks back on the right track.
These rules included the following:
• The rule of continuous silence must be kept more strictly.
• There must be no dealings with women.
• Gambling on games of cards, marbles and chess is forbidden.
• The prior should not indulge in luxurious and extravagant living with a large household.
• Monks must not indulge in late drinking.
These demonstrate the state of affairs at the priory and the obvious lack of discipline that had so far been employed.
The last prior at Wenlock was John Bayley. His spell in charge was at a time when Henry VIII was breaking away from the church in Rome and naming himself as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. This change in religion brought about the Act of Suppression in 1536 where every monastery with an annual income of less than £200 was forcibly closed. There was a rebellion against this by the monks, known as the ‘Pilgrimage of Grace’ but this resulted in over 30 monks being executed. Much Wenlock managed to stay open and operational until 1540 when the monks and the prior were forced to sign the deed of surrender, allowing the Crown to take their possessions and close them down.
All the valuables of the priory were taken and the silver and jewellery were taken to the Jewel House in the Tower of London. The lands of the priory were given to the King’s physician, Augustin de Augustini who began to split them up and sell them off. The site of the monastery was sold to Thomas and Richard Lawley, who converted the infirmary and prior’s lodging into a dwelling house.
The rest of the monastic buildings were slowly taken apart and the stone reused in buildings in the surrounding area. Wenlock priory later became part of a farmyard and the south transept of the church was even used as a milking parlour.
The ruins of Much Wenlock priory later came into the hands of the Ministry of Works before being passed to English Heritage, who now own, maintain and control visitor access to the site.
‘Wenlock in the Middle Ages’ – W.F. Mumford, 1977
‘Wenlock Priory’ – Julie Pinnell, English Heritage, 1999


In all Church of England Schools an OFSTED inspection is complemented by a visit from the SIAMS inspector (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools).
The purpose of the SIAMS inspection is to judge the school’s effectiveness as a Church of England school. The inspector visits a range of lessons (not just RE), plus events such as Collective Worship (assemblies) and generally forms a judgement on life at the school, particularly regarding the extent to which our Christian ethos translates into actual practice on an everyday basis.
To view the reports for Pinvin C of E First School please click here
If you require a paper copy, please contact the school office.
As a Church School we would like to share with you an example of our Values based Collective Worships. We have an example for each of the Christian Values we explore.
We also conduct Collective Worship with different foci that are pertinent to particular points in time. Below are some examples of these.
The Federation is the process of Federating all our policies so that we can be as one as a Church School. The following policies are our new policies for RE and Collective Worship that have been developed by our Christian Distinctiveness Team:


The protests of nearly 70 scientists, including former CERN director general Luciano Maiani, have forced Pope Benedict XVI to cancel tomorrow’s visit to La Sapienza University in Rome. The scientists, who expressed their objections in a joint letter to the university’s rector earlier this week, deemed the visit would be “incongruous” with the Pope’s previous support of the persecution of Galileo in the 17th century.
The Pope had intended to visit La Sapienza, which was founded in the 14th century by Pope Boniface VIII, to address the university at the start of the new academic year. However, the Vatican have had to abandon the event amid mounting protests from staff. Students had also been separately organizing an “anti-clerical week”. “Following the well known incidents of recent days…it was felt necessary to cancel the occurrence,” the Vatican said in a formal announcement yesterday.
Marcello Cini, a particle physicist at La Sapienza, was the first member of staff to write a letter of dissent to the rector Renato Guarini, who had organized the visit. Many of Cini’s colleagues quickly chose to back his protest by signing another letter highlighting the Pope’s contentious views on the trial of Galileo. They recalled a speech made in 1990 by the Pope, then known by his baptismal name Joseph Ratzinger, in which he quoted the Austrian science philosopher Paul Feyerabend: “In the age of Galileo the Church showed to be more faithful to reason than Galileo himself. The trial against Galileo was reasonable and just.”
The joint letter reads: “These are words that offend and humiliate us as scientists who are loyal to reason and as teachers who have dedicated our lives to the advance and dissemination of knowledge.” The letter was signed by 67 of the university’s scientists including Luciano Maiani, theorist Giorgio Parisi and Andrea Frova, author of a study into the Church’s persecution of Galileo. According to Frova, however, ten times more staff agreed with its contents but didn’t sign because they had executive duties.
The views have not been supported by Italian politicians. “No voice should be stifled in our country, least of all the Pope’s,” Romano Prodi, Italy’s prime minister, has said. Meanwhile, the mayor of Rome has described the withdrawal of the invitation as “paradoxical”.
The outburst is unusual for a country known for its religious devoutness. But Italian scientists see the Pope’s views on science as a backward turn on his predecessor John Paul II, who conceded that the Church was wrong to attack Galileo for saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun.


What do Assembly of God churches believe in?
What are the ideas of Assembly of God Church?The Assemblies of God holds to a conservative, evangelical and Arminian theology as shared in the Statement of Fundamental Truths and position documents, which emphasize such core Pentecostal doctrines as the baptism in the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, magnificent recovery as well as the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
What religion is Assembly of God Church?Assemblies of God, Pentecostal religion of the Protestant church, normally thought about the biggest such religion in the United States. It was developed by a union of a number of tiny Pentecostal groups at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1914.
What is the difference in between Catholic and also Assembly of God?Unlike the Catholic Church and various other comparable churches that baptize you right into their church, the Assemblies of God rely on water baptism. Via global missionary efforts and constructing connections with other Pentecostal churches, the Assemblies of God turned into a global movement.
What do Assembly of God churches believe in?– Related Questions
Is Church of God as well as Pentecostal the very same?
The Church of God, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States, is a Holiness Pentecostal Christian denomination. The Church of God’s posting home is Pathway Press.
Do Baptists talk tongues?
For Southern Baptists, the technique, likewise called glossolalia, ended after the death of Jesus’ apostles. The restriction on speaking in tongues came to be a way to differentiate the religion from others. As well as the IMB will certainly acknowledge baptisms performed by various other Christian denominations so long as they entailed full-body immersion.
Exactly what is speaking in tongues?
Speaking in tongues, also called glossolalia, is a practice in which individuals utter words or speech-like audios, typically thought by believers to be languages unidentified to the audio speaker.
Just How is Assembly God baptized?
Our company believe every person can be recovered to fellowship with God with accepting Christ’s offer of forgiveness and also salvation. We believe in Water Baptism by immersion after salvation as well as Holy Communion as a symbolic remembrance of Christ’s suffering and fatality for our salvation.
Is Hillsong Assemblies of God?
Hillsong was previously connected with Australian Christian Churches (the Assemblies of God in Australia), component of Pentecostal Christianity. The church’s beliefs are Evangelical and Pentecostal.
Why do Pentecostals believe you need to speak in tongues?
“All of them were loaded with the Holy Spirit as well as started to talk in other languages, as the Spirit gave them capacity.” Speaking in tongues is the “preliminary physical proof” that a person has actually been baptized in the Holy Spirit, according to Pentecostal tradition.
Do Pentecostals celebrate Christmas?
A lot of Pentecostals commemorate Christmas while finding peace within the period to use as fuel for motivational worship. They additionally celebrate the Holy Spirit’s location within the Christmas tale as well as the Virgin birth. Pentecostal churches across the country placed on Christmas programs to proclaim God.
Are Baptists Protestant?
Baptist, participant of a group of Protestant Christians that share the fundamental ideas of most Protestants yet that urge that just believers must be baptized and that it ought to be done by immersion instead of by the dropping or putting of water.
Is Assemblies of God fundamentalist?
The Assemblies of God are avowedly fundamentalist in their doctrinal views, stressing the unity as well as Trinity of God, the Incarnation and also atoning fatality of Christ, mankind’s fallen nature, the need for attrition and also sanctification by faith, and the motivation as well as sufficiency of the Scriptures.
Do Pentecostals believe that Jesus is God?
Whereas most Pentecostals and Evangelical Protestants believe that just belief in Jesus Christ is the essential component for redemption, Oneness Pentecostals think that redemption is by poise with confidence, which “real” faith results in repentance, full-submersion water baptism for Jesus Christ, and also baptism
What does the Pentecostal Church of God think?
The Pentecostal Church of God combines Pentecostal as well as evangelical doctrines in its Statement of Faith. Both the Old and also New Testament of the Bible is the inspired word of God. Thinks there is one God that exists as a Trinity. Salvation can be shed if one averts from God by a human’s free will.
What day does Church of God prayer?
Like the Seventh Day Baptists and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Churches of God (Seventh Day) observe Sabbath, the seventh day of the week (Saturday).
Why do Southern Baptist not rely on speaking in tongues?
First, Southern Baptists can not permit its promoters to pray in tongues due to the fact that what the latter insurance claim is the scriptural present is not. The biblical gift of tongues was always “a legit language of some people group,” so the plan states.
What do Baptists think regarding drinking?
Baptists have actually long believed that alcohol consumption alcohol is not only harmful and also morally lax, yet remains in direct opposition to what God desires. Strict analysis of the Bible is a foundation of Baptist idea, and also they think Scripture specifically informs them that drinking alcohol is wrong.
Why do Baptists praise on Sunday?
Copeland kept in mind that the majority of Christians, consisting of Southern Baptists, prayer on Sundays as opposed to Saturdays, which is generally considered to be the 7th day reserved for rest in the rules. Christians observe Sunday as a celebration of Christ’s resurrection.
Why do we speak in tongues?
Speaking in tongues stimulates faith and helps us find out exactly how to trust God more completely. For instance, confidence needs to be worked out to consult with tongues since the Holy Spirit especially guides words we speak. Talking in tongues is the initial proof of the infilling of the Holy Spirit.
What are Pentecostals not enabled to do?
The United Pentecostal Church formally prohibits its participants from taking part in “activities which are not conducive to great Christianity and Godly living,” a category that includes combined showering, unwholesome radio programs, checking out movie theaters of any kind of kind, possessing a tv and all life sporting activities and also entertainments.
What is the difference in between being loaded with the Holy Spirit and also being baptized?
“When you get baptized in the Holy Spirit, you obtain cleansed by God, and he will certainly come into our hearts. Obtaining baptized means you’re telling the entire globe that God has actually come into your heart.”
How old is Pentecostal?
Although Pentecostals map their origin to the Apostles, the contemporary Pentecostal motion has its roots in the late 19th century, a time of installing indifference to standard religious beliefs.
Is Hillsong Church scriptural?
Hillsong’s declaration of ideas is recognized as mostly Biblical.
Why are Pentecostals so indicate?
Pentecostals usually put their focus on feelings as well as emotions and encourage, what can be viewed as out of balance reasoning. They position their emphasis mostly upon “spiritual presents” instead of on Christ, who He was, what He said and did. Pentecostals believe they have something worth circulating.


In my seventeen years of ordained ministry, I’ve found the Christmas Eve sermon to be a tricky sort of venture. On one hand it is, in many respects, the easiest sermon of the year; it kind of preaches itself, this wonderful story about God’s son being born into the world. It’s not like you have to manufacture something to capture people’s imagination.
But on the other hand, it’s a difficult sermon too, precisely because this story is so familiar, is so beloved. It’s like trying to preach on the beauty of a sunrise over the ocean, or that sacred moment when you watch your own child being born. Where do you find words to describe something like that?
And then there are times, like tonight, when the sermon kind of writes itself for you.
So have no fear, my friends, I am going to tell you tonight about the birth of Jesus. I’m going to tell you about how he was born in a manger, about the shepherds and the animals and the angels. I’m going to tell you about how he was born a king in the most humble of circumstances; and, as I said a few Sundays ago, not looking down at us from on high, but looking up at us as a tiny baby gazes up at all who’ve come to see him.
I’m going to tell you all that – but before I do, I want to tell you about someone else. I want to tell you about John. And not any biblical John, like the cousin of Jesus who announced his arrival or the John who wrote one of the four gospels: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…..
No, I’m talking about the John I had the pleasure of breaking break with less than a week ago in our church’s Fellowship Hall. John was there with seven or eight other women and men as part of our church’s “Room In The Inn” ministry. I knew this ministry has a great impact on the lives of the people it helps. What I wasn’t expecting that night was how much of an impact those people – and one in particular – would have on me.
John was in his 50’s, I’d venture to say. He had short-cropped dark hair and sported a well-worn navy blue sweatshirt. As the folks came through the food line that night, John’s face stood out from the rest. He wore the look of someone who was completely spent, as if every last ounce of hope had been drained from him. It wasn’t just his body that was tired – it was his very soul.
John had trouble talking, he told me from across the table, because he was sick and his throat was swollen, inflamed. Every word felt like speaking through sandpaper. When he did get the words out, he shared his story. John had lost his job at the manufacturing plant earlier this year, and had been on the street ever since. All those nights, and nowhere for him to go.
Gives a whole new meaning to the expression "no room at the inn,” doesn't it?
John said he was planning on going to the ER the next day, because that’s the only kind of health care he can get. He hopes they’ll admit him, because John wants very much to get better, so that he can get a job again. Contrary to the persona some may place on those like John, he has no interest in “gaming the system.” He wants desperately to get his life back on track. But, as he acknowledged through cough fits and motioning at a body that had not showered in nearly a week, “who would ever want to hire someone like this?”
He told me that his only salvation since this whole nightmare-ish ordeal began was this very night: a place to go, and a hot meal, and the company of caring strangers, and the soft mattress laying on the floor of a warm church Fellowship Hall. And as I left John that evening, he said to me with worn but grateful eyes, I’m so glad you people are here, So glad.
So let me thank you, Trinity Presbyterian, for doing what you did for John that night. And for Doris, and Marvin, and Charles, and LaTisha, and all the others. Thank you – because it’s through your gracious support that the homeless in our community, for one night, at least, can receive a night of quiet and rest in the midst of an otherwise chaotic storm. And you know what that means, don’t you? It means that you’re not just meditating on a 2000-year old story of an innkeeper this evening. You, in fact, are that innkeeper – the one who said, “I know you’re in dire straights; I know you’re sick and don’t have a place to go, I know you’re about to give birth to your child. I don’t really have a place for you, but maybe, just maybe, we can make a little room for you. A little room in the inn….
That is the heart of this very night, is it not? In the midst of all this glorious celebration, this beautiful worship experience: There is room for you, John. As we find ourselves consumed by consumption, wrapping gifts just so they can be unwrapped (does that really make sense?) Family and friends and lights and carols and cookies and pies and red and green and “ho-ho-ho;” all the things we love about this season, all the things that mean so much to us: There is room for you, John.
Because if we are honest with ourselves – really honest – the truth is that John’s Christmas looks and feels a whole lot more like the original than the one we celebrate. Think about it. There was nothing planned or anticipated about that first Christmas. There were no traditions, no rituals, no routines. Mary and Joseph were not scheduled to arrive in Bethlehem promptly at 5pm and 9pm on Christmas Eve!
That first Christmas? It was ordinary and unplanned and haphazard. It wasn’t like Mary and Joseph asked for their long journey to Bethlehem – they were forced to go against their will. I know some of you think that making the obligatory trip to see the in-laws is a form of seasonal torture, but trust me, this was worse! You’re 39 weeks pregnant and you’re riding day and night on the back of a donkey. No telling where they slept along the way, if they slept at all. No telling where they got food from, if they ate at all. Relying totally and completely on the kindness of strangers, when and if that kindness ever came.
And this is the scene we revere every Christmas, this glorious, haphazard, simple, ordinary scene.
A minister friend of mine posted a wonderful story on her blog yesterday about an exchange she overheard in the grocery store checkout line a few years ago, right before Christmas. The lady in front of her asks the clerk if they had any Christmas stamps. The clerked looked and then shook her head and said, "I’m sorry, we don’t. We’ve got liberty stamps and then some lady holding a baby.” That’s what the clerk said: some lady holding a baby. The customer said, "Can I see those?" The clerk handed them to her, and sure enough, the stamps were a picture of Mary holding baby Jesus – specifically, Raphael’s “Madonna of the Candleabra.”
Some lady holding a baby. I actually like that! I mean, we can be offended that someone wouldn’t instantly recognize this iconic Christmas scene, lamenting the ever-increasing secularization of this holiest of nights. Or we can cherish the authenticity of this grocery store clerk’s words, and the ordinary-ness of this extraordinary scene. Mary, after all, surely wasn’t the only expectant mother making her way to Bethlehem. I doubt Joseph was alone in his frantic search for a place to stay that night.
And then, in their hour of greatest need, when Mary was about to give birth to her firstborn and there was nowhere to go, they found him. An innkeeper; and there was nothing special about him either, other than the fact that he saw a possibility when no one else did. And because of him, a newborn baby was brought into the world in an animal stable. That Christmas Eve long ago, those who were seeking help in their hour of greatest need found it. They found it in the innkeeper. They found it in you.
Don’t you see it? The story of Christmas is not some sweet little tale we observe from the audience. No – we are all actors and actresses playing the lead role in the greatest drama the world has ever staged! You and I, the innkeeper; receiving Christ into our hearts and into our homes, with all we have and all we don’t have. You and I, the innkeeper; receiving Christ because we’ve prepared for this for a month and because, truth be told, we are still woefully unprepared. You and I, the innkeeper; receiving Christ because we’ve been following the script, our rituals and routines; and because, if we’re honest, we lost the script a long time ago and every day of our lives we’re just winging it.
Sometimes I even wonder if people like John get the Incarnation better than most of us – the whole notion of God filling up our ordinary space. Incarnation – a sense of sacredness in the simple: a hot meal and a warm bed. Was that not what some lady holding a baby experienced? A drafty stable, smelly animals, a feeding trough full of hay. Could there be a more perfect place for the son of God to be born!
Noted Presbyterian minister and author Frederick Buechner – someone whom I know means much to this church – I’ve always loved his understanding of Christmas: it’s grace, he says. Grace. He goes on:
Perhaps it is the very wildness and strangeness of this grace that has led us to try to tame it. We have tried to make it habitable. We have roofed it in and furnished it. We have reduced it to an occasion we feel at home with. But if the Christmas event in itself is indeed all it’s cracked up to be, then even at best our efforts are misleading.
And why is that? Simple. The Word became flesh. Ultimate Mystery born with a skull. It is not tame. It is unthinkable darkness riven with unbearable light. You can only cover your eyes and shudder before it, as the Nicene Creed puts it: “God of God, Light of Light… who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven.”
Came down. Yes, came down. Only then do we dare uncover our eyes and see what we see. It is the Resurrection and the Life she holds in her arms, and it is glorious. (From Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABCs of Faith by Frederick Buechner. HarperCollins, 2004, pg. 61)
A little less than a week ago, my friends, there was room for John. And on this night, and every night, there is room for all of us. Every one of us. May there always be room for the strangers in our midst. May there always be room for God to come along and surprise us with some lady holding a baby. Immanuel, God-With-Us. God, almost here. Come, Immanuel, Come! In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, thanks be to God. AMEN!


"Nyari, what are you saying?" Those were the words my cousins would always ask me as we played and chased each other around the yard at my grandparents' compound. I was pretending to speak English, but in actuality, I was speaking gibberish. From the time I could play pretend with my cousins, this was my favorite game. I was probably just 2 and a half years old. As we grew up, I would mutter from time to time with great conviction, "I'm going to get married to a white man," and then continue playing with my dolls or mud as if nothing had happened.
My story, like every person's story on this Earth, carries a unique message and is woven on the foundations of great heroes and heroines who have come and gone. It is an honor that the King of the Universe has entrusted me to testify of His goodness and mercy over my life from the time I was born until now.
Chapter 1: The Seed of Blessings
My story may appear to begin with sorrow. My daddy, Jordan Manetsa Chanakira, passed away on August 25, 1990, while my mother was still pregnant with me. I would later come into the world on January 24, 1991. The world could have labeled me an orphan and pitied me for my early loss. However, the Lord works in mysterious ways. My greatest loss became the seedbed for God to grow an oasis of blessings around me.
Chapter 2: A Snapshot of Genesis
A single photograph captures a moment in time. In the picture of me sitting in a maize field with my paternal grandmother, Mrs. Joyce Mandifusa Chanakira, and my cousin brother, Amon, you can see the genesis of my upbringing. This image represents the beginning of my upbringing. From the age of 3, I was raised by my grandparents, Joyce and Phineas Chanakira, because my mother had remarried.
Chapter 3: From Orphan to "Boot Camp"
At the age of 6, I was taken in by my aunt and uncle, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas and Shelpha Masviba, who raised me as their daughter. My aunt, whom I affectionately call "moms," referred to my upbringing as "boot camp." Despite the challenges, it was the best mentorship school God allowed me to go through. This experience laid the foundation for becoming the "Nyari" that many of my friends and family know today. It was a transformative journey that showed me the importance of women supporting and mentoring one another.
My sister Tsitsi was always my biggest role model, she not only showed me the ropes and led by example but she loved me as her little sister. There’s so much that happens to you when others see value in you and cheer you on, I adore Tsits, still do, everything she did l tried my best to follow in her footsteps, I’ll never forget when she would write me emails after moving here to America for Tennis and she’d say “Nyari, l want you to make your own path and follow your dreams.” Sis, thank you for believing in me, for mentoring me. Likewise my other big sister Tabitha also blazed the path for me
Chapter 4: Mentors and Dreams
I believe in the vision and mission of Dream Mentorship because I was once a young girl with big dreams and very few resources. The reason l believe in the vision and mission of Dream Mentorship and seeing women living their God given dreams is because l was among that statistics of young girls with big dreams and very little resources and my aunt saw something in me by the grace of God and afforded me a livelihood my own mom couldn’t afford. My sister, Tsitsi and other incredible women played a crucial role in my life. They saw something in me, believed in me, and invested in my dreams. Their mentorship and support paved the way for my journey.
It’s amazing to see how 6 weeks can truly change the trajectory of your life. I don’t say this lightly but this DreamUp Experience was like God was realigning my dreams and purpose. We all need direction when it come to executing our goals, DreamUp was the navigating tool that God used to help propel me into a life of success, joy and fulfillment in my God given abilities. Not only did this experience allow me to focus on the work l need to do to achieve my dreams but it also validated my worth and that today l am enough. Being a wife and a mommy is my highest calling and l was elated to be paired with my amazing mentor, Mrs Diane Jamison. A phenomenal lady of faith and an amazing leader in the educational arena. Her love and expertise in science and overall education career was and continues to be a great asset to me as l embark on my journey to homeschooling my children. Ms. Diane is truly sent from heaven and I’m very grateful for her life experiences that are enriching my own dreams and roles in being the wife, mom and entrepreneur that God’s called me to be. It’s honestly hard to summarize the impact that this experience has had on my life from here on forward, however l pray that God would use the tools, knowledge and encouragement l received to show a better Nyari and to reflect His glory.
Chapter 5: Dreams Come True
Because someone chose to mentor the Dream God gave me…today l can speak English well enough l hope. I managed to complete my high school education here in the US, l earned my Bachelor’s in Business Management, worked for my favorite alma mater post graduation and l am married to my Korean-American Prince Charming Jason Park and Jesus has given us the sweetest children to raise together in His way and for His glory. Beyond my wildest dreams I am the new program manager for a Jesus loving, God honoring, women empowering nonprofit— is there anything too hard for God?
Beyond my wildest dreams, I am living a life that reflects the power of mentorship, the strength of women supporting each other, and the boundless grace of God.
From speaking gibberish to achieving dreams, my journey is a testament to the transformative power of mentorship, the profound impact of strong women, and the unwavering grace of God. As we sing, "Jesus loves me, this I know," may our lives echo His love, investing in the dreams of others and helping them reach their full potential.
Would you join me in paying it forward by helping another girl or woman's dream too, today?


Today is a day which changed our lives forever.
One year ago today I was waking up early with a tired little 2 year old
and then we were here:
Looking back at what has happened this year, I'm not sure how we did it, but we did. This day (and every day) is a day to take the time to thank God for everything he has blessed us with. He has held us together and gave us the strength to overcome our obstacles. Today, October, 29th, will be a day that has turned into a celebration because it was a day that can't be forgotten. A day we will celebrate where we are and what we have overcome.
|I added this picture to remember how little Lincoln was when we started! He was such a baby!|
Today is a celebration of MACK. My big plan was to have a party-this changed when life got in the way. Now we plan to spend the time being a family and praying our next year will be a success in Mack's treatment.


Texto en español en Químicamente impuro: "Génesis (Gen 1, 26)"
Traducido al inglés por el autor
And God said, “Let’s make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth".
And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him.
Since then, man wanders around the earth thinking he is God.
Antonio Jesús Cruz