Hey Gang!
Street Ministry’s “Lost N Found” Gospel band is playing at the Opry! The show starts this coming Saturday night, March 3, with doors opening at 5:00pm. You can look up the website to see who all is playing but it’s a pretty good line up this month … and a lot of music for $6. There is an intermission with snacks available to purchase, and then a drawing before the second half starts. All proceeds go to the Bethel School District music programs. It’s a lot of entertainment, and an evening you’ll remember for a long time.

We are pleased to say that we are now open for business, making and selling delicious homemade comfort food at 6th and Lincoln, Eugene, Oregon.  We have so appreciated your prayers and support for all of us and please don’t quit … all the staff working at Streets need your support and friendship … maybe they’ll tell you their stories when you come.

 We would love to have you join us to pray over, in, around, and through this new endeavor!

As you likely know, we are experiencing a time of change, and a turning point for our Ministry. Many things need to happen, but none are beyond the scope of our Father’s hand.  We will temporarily suspend our Friday operations, not serving dinners or meeting on August 19 and 26, September 2 and 9.

Please join prayerfully with us in seeking the Lord’s will for continuing financial support, but equally as important, for people to help with the physical support needed to prepare and serve the meals, and the details surrounding that.

For additional information, please read these posts:

We Urgently Need Your Help!

2011 Summer Newsletter

We are confident in God’s care for “the least of these,” so we look forward expectantly to see His loving hand at work. We’ll see you in September!

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“Bible teacher LaHaye and master storyteller Jenkins have created a believable story of what could happen after the Rapture. They present the gospel clearly without being preachy, the characters have depth, and the plot keeps the reader turning pages.”
—Moody Magazine

“Christian thriller. Prophecy-based fiction. Juiced-up morality tale. Call it what you like, the Left Behind series … now has a label its creators could never have predicted: blockbuster success.”
—Entertainment Weekly

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In addition to serving food and refreshments to our guests, it is our desire to lavish on them the love of our Father.

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Today was not a typical Bible Study day.  Why? Because, after the years of teaching Bible Study, I have found there is no typical day.

It does not matter, I can prepare 5 hours or 10, or a quick reading the morning of Bible Study. It is the Holy Spirit who gathers the students, and then I pray His Will be done.  People show up. “I’m not a Christian.” I do not ask why they are here, they will tell me in their own time.

The first day I taught, the LORD told me, “take it slow, ask them questions.”  If new people are there, I tell them to ask their question, when it is First in their mind, that I do not want to read past their question.  To me, it is the question that matters, the reading will happen, at God’s direction, not mine.

Start, read, reply. Back up, reread it, with that answer now given, and read a bit farther;  reply, back up, the answer is The Word. The question takes you to The Word.

Until then, it is just reading.
~philip jaster, Bible teacher

Leading a bible study at Street Ministry is a little like eating a box of chocolates.  You never know what you’re going to get until you bite into it!  Each meeting is unique:  from the women who attend, their stories, the lessons taught, and the lessons learned. In a wonderful way we share and teach one another.

I find that I must come fully prepared not only with a specific lesson in mind, but also to enter into the lives of each precious woman whose hopes, dreams, and challenges often take us on an inward journey of the heart.  It’s on these spiritual treks that  friendships  deepen, and we become one with each other and the Lord, drawing upon His presence and His Word.

Laughing, I ask people to pray I develop elephant ears so that I might not miss what the Lord wants to say to us. I take what I do seriously, and it’s in my heart help people develop a strong spiritual foundation.