Our Food Bank breaks records; serves hundreds

Our last Food Bank day looked like a bee hive; the need for food continues to increase as economic problems have caught up with many in our area

On that day, we broke a record. Look at these statistics:

< > 278 bags of food distributed.
< > 11,000 pounds of food given.
< > 83 households served.
< > 207 people received food.

We had an amazing crew of volunteers working, both Friday afternoon putting the bags together, and Saturday morning distributing the food to those who came.

We had a large crew, but we needed them all. They are impressive in the way they work together and care lovingly for people in need.

And, it seemed to rub off. One man who was supposed to receive 6 bags for his family cut his request to 2 bags when he realized we were running out of food.

God is truly working in powerful ways through our Food Bank.

SEE MORE about our Food Bank at this LINK...

 

New Youth Ministers begin work at Calhoun Church

We're excited to report that Tracy Barnes and Stephen Knight and have accepted the work here in Calhoun as our Youth Ministry Team. This is a first for us - a team approach including both male and female youth ministers.

Tracy Barnes grew up in our congregation and knows our people well. She has also raised a daughter in this church and now has a teenage son. We know that Tracy will bring great wisdom and insight to this minstry; our youth are already excited and busily working on several projects.

And Stephen Knight, an engineering student at Louisiana Tech, also brings other ministry insights from his years of service to his home congregation in Luling, Louisiana. Stephen and Tracy work well together and, with the Spirit's leading, will help us advance the cause of Christ among the young people of our area.

Come by our assembly sometime and meet these two wonderful servants of Christ.

 

Calhoun Church's Preaching Minister, Keith Roberts, publishes book

Keith Roberts recently published a book titled Why God Waits For You To Pray, which is now available online and may be ordered at many bookstores.

This 152-page book uses Jesus' prayer life as a template to help motivate readers to take prayer as seriously as the Lord took it. You can read an excerpt and see more information at the book's website by clicking on the book cover above.

 

 

Calhoun Church supports African evangelist to Muslims

Our Tuesday night prayer group enjoyed a fantastic, uplifting time recently when Isaac & Fatou Daye of West Africa joined us in our regular prayer time.

Isaac, a World Radio speaker in Liberia, preaches in an area of Africa that's 90% Muslim. His program, called "Search", airs two times a week - once in English and once in the Mandika language.

Along with his radio work, he travels throughout several countries in the area and preaches while his courageous wife and family pray for his safety while he's gone.

In our group he made a comment that echoed Scripture-"For your sake we face death all day long." (Romans 8:36.) He remarked that death could come to him at any time.

One very effective way Isaac reaches souls is through World Bible School, a program we're familiar with here at Calhoun as one of our families, the Lovelands, use it to try and win souls throughout area prisons.

In a recent report Isaac stated:

"Our visit to Liberia was climaxed with a two-day seminar and graduation for WBS students with an average attendance of 175 students, many wearing their WBS t-shirts, and coming from all walks of life and denominations. What brought them together was their desire to learn the truth and our willingness to teach them.

"Nine WBS students give their life to Christ and were baptized in the Atlantic Ocean. The heavy ocean waves could not stop these nine souls from being baptized as they counted their salvation more important than possibly being drowned by the ocean waves.

"Our WBS office in Liberia recorded 5,000 enrolments and 89 baptisms before our arrival, and before we left this number rose to 98."

Not only are we keeping Isaac and his family in our prayers, but we're also financially supporting his radio program in the Gambia. May the Lord continue to bless the work of this wonderful family.

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Calhoun's 16th Annual Prayer Workshop featured powerful testimonies

Our 16th Annual Prayer Enrichment Workshop this year featured several speakers whose lives have been transformed by prayer, including Joe Almanza, Mac & Mary Owen, John Dobbs, Albert Lemmons, & Keith Roberts.

This years theme, "Prayer's Power For Transformation", revealed some powerful concepts about prayer, using the testimonies of our speakers, and their years of Bible study..

This year's Workshop went from Friday afternoon, September 11th at 3:00 PM with a special prayer seminar featuring Albert Lemmons and then continued on Saturday and Sunday with some of the best-known speakers on prayer in the church world.

All of this, plus wonderful corporate singing, always conbines to produce a Prayer Workshop with an atmosphere of closeness to the Lord Jesus. The Spirit of Prayer abounds.

Make plans now to be part of the Workshop in 2010...

You can keep up with updates at our Prayer Workshop page, and you can get the flavor of it all by downloading last year's brochure in PDF format. Just click on the brochure cover below: (You can also write to us at Prayer Workshop P.O. Box 159 Calhoun, LA 71225.)

See you next year - September 10-12, 2010!

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