Christmas Wishes from the Bradfords

We wish you and yours a joyous Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year!  Your friendship, support, and connection are one of the purest reminders in our lives of God’s abundant provision of grace in Jesus Christ.  May the Savior bless you during this season.

As you may know, we were blessed with the birth of a beautiful son on November 12.  It’s a special Christmas to have a baby in the house again.  He sleeps and eats a lot, of course, and has already begun to turn over and loves to spend a long time gazing into the faces of his parents and brothers, Jack and Xander.
Xander turned 7 in August and is in second grade.  He loves games, sports, and people.  I can’t believe how fast he’s growing up!  Here was on “trash day” at his school in Holland!
Jack turned 9 on December 15 and is in third grade.  Jack loves to read, watch movies, and play with his friends.  Jack, along with his brother finished a season of American football in this year and are beginning basketball.  Here he was with his brother the day after Noah was born!

That’s what’s happening with our family!  To learn more about our lives and work, I encourage you to visit our website at www.robbybradford.com.  You can also see our four an a half minute video, explaining what we do at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHT27t3E5Lk.

We hope to be seeing many of you during the coming year as we prepare to move to Paris, France to plant an international church and ministry center called The Bridge!  To

Yours for Europe,

Robby, Tracy, Jack, and Xander Bradford
Bradford Update

Merry Christmas from the Betzer Family!

Merry Christmas from the Betzer Family in South Africa.  We’ve attached
our Christmas Greeting and most recent newsletter for you.  Thanks for
all your prayers and support. We look forward to what God has in store
for 2008 and are thankful for your support in this new year.

AO Newslette
Family Christmas Letter

In  His Service,

David and Janis Betzer

Keeping Kids Cozy Final Update

I want to thank each of you for your support and prayers for this campaign. Our count today as we loaded up and sent them away was 533 three piece sets, plus various misc, 2pieces with out scarves. In addition, in the offering yesterday we received enough money to cover the 45 sets we went and purchased Friday. WOW~! What an awesome God we serve. To God be the Glory. Thank you for partnering with us to minister to the children of our community. I just spoke with Nana a few minutes ago and she is so blessed by what our final count was. Because of your faithfulness, there will be children who will be warm this winter. Thanks again!

Emmanuel, God with us

Welcome to our series area for Emmanuel, God with us.  Please feel free to comment on this series or ask questions.

Keeping Kids Cozy Update

We’re at 414 sets today!  Help us make 500 by Sunday!

Keeping Kids Cozy Update

I couldn’t stand it…… I wanted to be at 400 sets so bad TODAY so…… Macenzie and I went shopping tonight. We had money that had been donated for this, and now we are at 404 three piece sets. To God be the Glory. I really believe that we are going to reach our goal of 500 sets. There is still a little bit of money that has not been spent and I am sure people will continue to bring items in this week. Thanks for your prayers as we partner together to make a difference in the lives of children in our community.

Blessings

Regenia and Macenzie

Keeping Kids Cozy Update

We are now at 354 sets!!

Update from the Tyson Family in Europe

Greetings from Indianapolis! Beyond having a baby just eight days ago, our family is continuing to see development of our next venture, “The Bridge” in Paris, France, a key ministry center and international church. Below are just a few of the recent exciting developments we’re seeing.

New DVD Released on YouTube

You can look at our new DVD anytime on you tube clicking right here! We’re pleased with the work done by long-time friend and media producer, Rob Price of Southwestern Assemblies of God University of Texas. Feel free to email us feedback!

Todd & Amanda Tyson Approved to Join us in Paris!

Our friends and former Hilversum team members, Todd & Amanda Tyson, recently received the news of their appointment to work in France along with us in planting The Bridge. More can be learned about them by clicking here.

15 Team Members in the Process to Join us In Paris

That’s right! God is speaking to people all over the US about moving to Paris in 2009 to work alongside us for a minimum of two years to plant The Bridge. When new people are approved, we’ll be happy to let you know about it! Please pray with us as we suspect that God is wanting to accomplish something substantial among the international community of Greater Paris. To learn more about being a part of the team, go to The Bradford Update and click on “TEAM” at the top of the page.

We also would like to ask that you pray with us about European involvement in our project. We believe God wants for Europeans to be highly involved in the project. We hope that French, Dutch, Belgian, German, British, etc. people will be a part of the initial team. The bigger and more diverse the team at the start, the bigger and more diverse our initial congregation will be.
A number of you requested pictures of our beautiful baby. You can see some at the The Bradford Update. Mom and Noah are doing well! There is a lot of other information that is new there–take a look around!

As you can see from above, we are seeing an exciting time of development in the evolution of the project for Paris that God has put on our hearts.

We wish you a joyous Thanksgiving holiday this week and hope to hear from you soon!

Yours for Europe,

Robby, Tracy, Jack, Xander, & Noah Bradfor

Being Respectful

A Message by Brandon Emerson & Tina Antonacci

Introduction

Respect vs. Disrespect

God’s Command of Respect (1 Peter 2:17)

3 Areas of Respect

1. Authority/Parents
2. Friends/Peers
3. Self-Respect

Respecting Those In Authority Respecting Those In Authority

Who Are Those In Authority?

1. God is our ultimate authority
2. Parents are the authority figures in the home and family (Colossians 3:20)
3. Ministers/Leaders are the authority over us to lead us into the things of
   God (Hebrews 13:17)

How Are We To Be Respectful To Those In Authority?

1. By having the character of Christ (Romans 13:14)
2. By obeying our parents
3. By doing what is instructed to us from the Word of God

Respecting Friends and Yourself

Friends

1. Golden rule (Matthew 7:12)
2. Listening to what others have to say
3. Not insulting or making fun of others (Ecclesiastes 3:7)
4. Respect someone who says “stop or no”
5. Learn to apologize when you hurt someone

Self-Respect

1. Self-respect vs. self-love
2. Earning respect

Monthly giving update for November

Monthly Target to Given Comparison

Pledged to Given Comparison

Monthly Giving