New South Conference
February 7, 2006
Harriman TN - Scarborough Memorial FMC
REJOICE! God is moving among the people. They are so encouraged with their new church and the new spirit among the people that has emerged. They had 98 in MW Sunday. It's been a very long time since they witnessed that many there.
Vincent Spencer (Louisville KY - Breckenridge Chapel Pastor)
PRAY! Pastor Spencer has had deteriorating health over the last several months. He has lost some 70 pounds, without dieting. A physical check-up this morning was inconclusive but did raise concerns. He is being admitted to Jewish Hospital in Louisville today for more thorough battery of testing. Doctors predict the testing will take a few days.
Ruth Morgan (Bowling Green KY - Fountain Square)
PRAY! You will recall Ruth went to be with her sister and brother-in-law, Jack, a couple of weeks ago. Jack was very ill, and not expected to live through the weekend. Amazingly, he took a turn for the better and Ruth returned to Bowling Green. The medical team, however, told the family that the normal course of his illness would be that his new strength would not last long, and passing would be soon. He passed February 4. Ruth writes, "Thank you all for your prayers for my brother-in-law. ... My sister Joan was with him and he went comfortably. "
New South Conference
February 8, 2006 - 2nd edition
Adam Rzeszowski (Bowling Green)
PRAISE! Adam is being discharged from Rehab today and will fly home to BG with
Jerry & Phyllis tomorrow. He will continue his rehab here.
The Rzeszowski's address is 2116 Sycamore Drive BG 42104.
Le'Anne Kratts (Bowling Green)
PRAISE! Le'Anne Kratts was discharged from the hospital Monday with the gestational diabetes controlled with insulin injections. Baby Noah may be delivered via c-section as early as the end of March due to these complications.
Thank you for bringing these loved ones before our Lord. - Julie Kratts
New South Conference
John & Marjorie Whittemore (NS Conf ministers serving in California)
PRAY! Our 17-year-old grandson T.J., who is a sweetheart, is going through a rebellious stage and is drinking and doing pot. We just found out he is also suicidal, and we ask you to keep him in your prayers. Please pray for his relationship with his dad--they are not getting along. We know from experience that your prayers really make a difference, so we thank you so very much.
All our love, Marge and John
A special movement of the Spirit has come to Asbury College this week, beginning with the chapel service Monday. You can check more about it at HYPERLINK "www.asbury.edu/press/chapel
Chapel continues today
WILMORE, KY—Praise, worship and release continue as students are still gathered around the altar in Hughes Auditorium where they have been since Monday. After today’s powerful chapel celebrating the work of the Holy Spirit on the Asbury College campus, God’s work carries on.
“”“” President Paul A. Rader led the chapel service this morning as students, for the last three days, have converged on Hughes Auditorium for prayer and intercession for the campus and worldwide community.
“God continues to move across the campus,” said Dr. Paul A. Rader. “We have had students in Hughes Auditorium continuously since Monday at 10 a.m. when God came in such power and blessing during our Student Chapel. Last night at midnight there were several hundred in Hughes. Some stayed until 4 a.m. We met for a Prayer and Praise Chapel this morning with an awesome sense of expectation. God did not disappoint us. From the first praise chorus students began coming to the long altar at the front of the auditorium. Soon the altar was crowded with students again. There was incredible freedom in the Spirit as we sang and prayed and shared testimonies of God’s gracious work in the hearts of students.
“It has been wholly the work of the Spirit, who moved numbers of our students to passionate and persistent prayer in small groups over the past several months.
“There has been a wonderful sense of the Spirit’s ordering. We have been spared excesses and unhelpful sharing. Students have spoken with such wisdom and spiritual maturity. Scriptures so well chosen and so powerfully used of the Lord.
“We do have this wonderful sense of the constant presence of God on this campus—and He is palpably and preciously present to us today.”
Junior Jonathan Grant of Mishawaka, Ind., stayed in the auditorium until 3 a.m. Wednesday and returned again at 7 a.m. A late night or an all-nighter schedule typically witnessed during finals week, is being used to praise and worship God.
“People kept saying, ‘It doesn’t matter if this ends in five minutes, what matters is what we do when we leave here—how this changes us.’ God has become real to me and I have a responsibility and a gift to take and share with the world.”
Stacy Stevens Hall, a senior from Knoxville, Tenn., talked about the response from the local and nationwide community.
“We are excited. It’s amazing that God is using this time to call others to pray for Asbury College around the world. The news is spreading quickly and people want to join in the celebration.”
Junior Emily Roberts from Sunapee, New Hampshire described her experience in Chapel Wednesday as a romance—having loved God all her life and finally realizing that God loves her in return.
She illustrates her experience as being like when Lucy meets Aslan in “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” by C.S. Lewis.
“Then her face lit up till, for a moment (but of course she didn’t know it), she looked almost as beautiful as that other Lucy in the picture and she ran forward with a little cry of delight and with her arms stretched out. For what stood in the doorway was Aslan himself, The Lion, the highest of all High Kings. And he was solid and real and warm and he let her kiss him and bury herself in his shining mane. And from the low, earthquake-like sound that came from inside him, Lucy even dared to think that he was purring (169).”
Thank you for your interest and your prayers. To God be the glory and great is His faithfulness.
New South Conference
February 15 2006 - 2nd edition
Jean Pepper (Bowling Green KY - Fountain Square)
The husband of Jean Marie Pepper, who has been attending our church for several months now died today of a heart attack. We did not have the opportunity of meeting her husband but she tells me that they were together for 25 years. He will be buried in Hopkinsville at the the KY Veteran's Cemetery. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.
Ruth Morgan, Assistant Pastor
Pat Kelly (Bowling Green KY - Grace)
Pat has been in the hospital over the weekend for tests, which included a heart cath this morning. The test showed the heart ok, with only one arterie with a 30% blockage. This is treatable by medication. Gastro intestinal tests will follow. Pray that the source of her difficulties will be found and resolved.
New South Conference
February 15 2006
Daucia Brooks (Westmoreland TN - Forrest Chapel)
A NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW DAUCIA BROOKS HUSBAND (JAMES) PASSED THIS MORNING. THE FUNERAL WILL BE AT 10AM SATURDAY MORNING AT ANDERSON & WOODARD FUNERAL HOME, INC.
5591 HIGHWAY 31 E
WESTMORELAND, TN 37186
615-644-5200
Pastor Ray & Sue
New South Conference
February 17, 2006
David Croslin (Bowling Green KY - Cassidy Pastor)
PRAYER. David is in the hospital today for tests on his heart.
Daucia Brooks (Westmoreland TN - Forrest Chapel)
PRAYER! There has been a change in the funeral arrangements for her husband, James. The funeral was originally set for Saturday; it has been changed to Sunday, Feb 19, at the Forrest Chapel Free Methodist Church
Robert Wheeler (McMinnville TN - Bratchers Crossroads pastor)
PRAISE! Almost three years ago Bobby had a growth on the brain surgically removed. HE has had regular check-ups since. This week at his scheduled check-up, the doctor told him things are such that he does not need to come back for another exam until a year from now.
Pat Kelly (Bowling Green KY - Grace FMC. Pat is wife of conf treasurer, Keith)
PRAISE ... amd PRAYER. Pat has been having chest pains and was hospitalized over the weekend for tests. A heart cath test yesterday showed the heart ok with only minor blockage in but one artery. More tests are being run to determine the problem.
Vincent Spencer (Louisville KY - Brekcenridge Chapel pastor)
PRAISE and PRAY. The battery of test Vincent underwent at Jewish Hospital last week, show some indication of possible problems in the blood stream but no identifable growth was located in the body. More tests are being run on an out patient basis.
Jon & Jennifer Earle (Wilmore KY - missionaries on home leave)
PRAISE! Jon & Jennifer are the grateful parents of a new baby boy, Jacob William, born Feb 14, at 7:39 am. Jacob weigned in at 8 pounds 15 ounces.
Andreas & Laurie Kjernald (Jackson MS)
(Andreas is a Conference Ministerial Candidate with us and attending Wesley Biblical Seminary)
PRAISE! Andreas and Laurie have returned safely from Nepal with their (first) son, Olof Robert Samuel Kjernald. The adoption took just about a year, and the Lord's timing was perfect, both allowing Andreas to stay in school and for them to avoid the civil disturbances in Nepal. They thank God for His hand in their lives and for the blessing of their son.
New South Conference
February 22, 2006
Joanna Faye Hester (Harriman TN - Scarborough Memorial)
PRAY! Age 92. Pneumonia, heart and kidney problems. In ICC at Harriman Hospital
Stella Scarborough (Harriman TN - Scarborough Memorial)
PRAY! Age 94. (Aunt of Tom Scarborough) Kidney problems
Sandra Steele (Harriman TN - Scarborough Memorial)
PRAY! Sandra is the wife of Tim Steele (teacher and Wednesday night preacher at the church). She is scheduled for surgery, March 1.
Information from Pastor Glen Potts
Tim Brant (Bowling Green KY - Ftn Square)
PRAY! (Son of Mark Brant, an ordained elder in the conference) I don't know if all know, but I have been called up by the National Guard to serve our country in Operation Enduring Freedom. This is an obligation that is going to take me from home for at least 15 months if not longer. As it gets nearer to the time for my family to say goodbye to one another for a time, I ask that all who can will remember us all in prayer but especially for Andrea (my wife) and the girls (Jessi and Morgan). It is already beginning to become a stress just to imagine not being together for a year, and will get worse with each day that passes. I ask for prayer for peace and understanding. These are times when the question "Why?" comes up a lot. Let us hope that one day we will be able to understand and know that God has a will for all of us and that he will not forsake us in our worse times of fear. Thank you for your faithfulness. Tim Brant * oh yeah, probably good idea to pray for my safety too, not that I am too worried about that or anything! :)
From Tim Brant
Peter Munoz (Wilmore)
PRAY! Please continue to pray for Peter, who is on a Military assignment in Iraq.
From his wife, Diane Munoz