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Hello Friends,
I write to introduce you to 3 Special Topic Study Days I will
be holding this year.
I have attached flyers for the 3 one day training days showing
the 3 opportunities to attend each day at one of three locations,
Hastings, London or Sheffield.
Training Day one will be a Contextual Thematic Study on Romans
and will be available on either, 6th March (Hastings), 20th
March (London) or 1st May (Shefield).
Training Day two will be a Contextual Thematic Study on Isaiah
and will be available on either, 3rd July (London), 17th July (Hastings), or 31st July (Sheffield).
Training Day three will be a Contextual Thematic Study on
John's Gospel and will be available on either, 25th September
(Hastings), 30th October (London), or 27th November (Sheffield).
Can I as you to advertise this in the Church and please feel
free to invite other leaders, Church members and friends who
would like to spend time in theological studies.
To book your place, simply return the booking form with your
cheque made pyable to 'The Timothy Course' . Feel free to
photocopy as many forms as you require.
I look forward to hopefully seeing many of you at some of
the training days.
Every Bessing
Pastor Kenn
Please click here to print out the appropriate application
form for either Romans,
Isaiah
or John's
Gospel course days.
Church Extension Tithes
A growing number of Churches have been contacting
the National Office and requesting the opportunity to forward
their Church extension tithes by means of bank transfer. The
National Office is pleased to offer this facility to anyone
wishing to do so. Details of how to set this up can be obtained
by writing to the National Leader.
Monthly Return Forms
Monthly Returns Form
Click
here to print out a single sheet return form (This is
also available on the Leaders Resource page under the heading
'New Forms')
Destiny Foursquare Church Meal

Pastors Paul and Fran Handrick with some members of Destiny
Foursquare Church at a recent meal together.
Foursquare Europe Conference
15th-18th April 2010
Gandia, Spain
Dear friends,
Greetings and hola! On behalf of the board and leaders of
Foursquare Europe I am happy to invite you to come to Spain!
We would like to welcome you and celebrate with you!
We invite you to come to Spain, meet old
and make new friends; discover and enjoy the wealth which
our diversity has to offer and in that celebrate God‘s
creativity.
We will be joined by Mark & Cathy Shaw
(USA), Vania Dimitrov from Bulgaria and Jan von Wille from
Germany.
Fernando Ecija, FEFC Chairman
Click here for more information
and booking
form
Church Resignation
It is with a great sadness that the National
Office reports the departure of the Aberdeen Church plant
('King of Kings Foursquare Church). Dr Duncan Macaskill has
taken the decision to resign and withdraw from the Foursquare
family to pursue personal ministry opportunities in another
direction.
Duncan's resignation & departure is reluctantly
accepted with great sadness but on behalf of the National
Leader, National Board and Foursquare family in the United
Kingdom we wish him and the two other members of the Church
group, every blessing and success as they serve Jesus in the
fields of ministry that unfold before them.
Regional Mentoring For Pastors
The National Leader will again be meeting
with Church leaders in the various regions of the Country
throughout the year. This is a wonderful opportunity for a
time of fellowship, friendship and an opportunity for leaders
to grow together in a safe environment where we can ask those
difficult questions and seek wisdom for ministry.
Here are pictures from the last Mentoring
session held in Sheffield. It was a great day!
Foursquare Great Britain
Leaders Conference 2010
November 17th-19th 2010
Kings Park Conference Centre, Northampton
Hello everyone,
It's time to start planning for our 2010 conference!
You will find attached the following,
1. Poster
& Booking
Form.
2. Covering
Letter with details.
Please take careful note of the deadline dates & non-refundable
deposit situation etc...
Many thanks
Paster Kenn Baird
FMI Haiti Relief Update!!
Dear Brethren,
As the Haitian situation continues to unfold before the entire
world, our Foursquare family is working hard to reach out
to that nation with love and a heart for its future. But in
the midst of so much tragedy, we have some good news to share
with you all: all five Foursquare churches in Haiti are now
accounted for and all pastors are OK… praise the Lord!!!
Attached you’ll find the latest communiqué that
the FMI Relief Team has prepared for U.S. churches including
both what we’ve done so far and what we’ve learned
from several news sources.
Please, as you review the contents of the communiqué,
do so prayerfully asking our Lord how can you and your country
get involved in reaching out to the poorest country in the
Western Hemisphere…as this tragedy may, in God’s
hands, be an open door of opportunity to reach this nation
for Christ!
We also would like to read a very wise article a friend of
ours sent our way… as you consider ways in which to
help Haiti: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34958965/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake
Finally, if you are engaged in helping Haiti in the midst
of the catastrophe, we would like you to also share with us
what the Lord is leading you to do so the whole Foursquare
family gets to know.
Thanks and blessings,
Jonathan Hall
Director
Foursquare Is Responding
Setting up of infrastructure both on the
ground and in Foursquare USA
Jeff Roper, Lead Person for Foursquare Relief
and Compassion Team
Our hearts are moved with compassion for
the millions of lives that have been forever changed because
of the recent earthquake in Haiti. Each one of us are so moved
by this tragedy we want to go now. Our hearts break to serve
these people who have suffered so much.
The Foursquare Church has been in Haiti a long time. We will
be in Haiti long after this crisis. And we are in Haiti now.
The Foursquare response to disaster is long-term and three-fold:
The first phase is the immediate RESPONSE: The first three
to four weeks after the crisis we serve qualified first responders
and help mobilize the Foursquare family to pray, give, and
go. During this first phase our relief and compassion team
will actively assess the needs on the ground in order to develop
a tailor-made response to the crisis. In the case of Haiti,
the destruction is so catastrophic that only the “best
of the best” first responders can and should be there.
We are glad to say we are working with these incredible people.
Our second phase will be to help in the RECOVERY efforts:
During the next 18-24 months, FMI will be sending in medical,
construction, and ministry teams. If you are interested in
serving on a GO Team, sign up by going to http://fmi.foursquare.org/goteams/.
Here, you can download the Emergency Relief and Database Questionnaire,
which will help us build a database to form and deploy strategic
teams.
Our third phase will be to focus on RESTORATION: By strategically
working together we will see spiritually vibrant and socially
relevant churches planted throughout Haiti resulting in long-term
transformation.
Your district missions representative is
the point person and extension of the Disaster Relief Response
Team in your district. Please contact your district missions
representative and Dave Wheeler, GO Team Coordinator –
dwheeler@foursquare.org
with any interest you have in forming or joining a team.
We, your Foursquare Relief and Compassion
Team, need your prayers and participation. Our dear neighbors
in Haiti, and our Haitian families here in the US, need our
love, prayers, and support.
News from Haiti - What We Are Doing
Foursquare missionaries in the region are
playing a critical role in our response team. Charlie Finocchiaro,
serving in the Dominican Republic, has just returned from
checking on our family.
Pastor Guy (pronounced G-e-e) Thomas’s family is okay.
Some inside belongings were broken, but the home suffered
little damage.
Twelve members of his congregation are confirmed
dead and at least 20 homes destroyed, including the home of
Pastor Guy’s assistant pastor Rosinel. Some church members
are still unaccounted for.
One church member’s wife had to have
both of her legs amputated and their two children did not
survive the earthquake.
Pastor Guy has not been able to visit all
the church families yet, and phone calls have not been possible.
Surrounding neighbors of the church have lost their homes
and are displaced. Pastor Guy and other members have been
ministering to them, and plans are being made to provide food,
shelter, and medical services to the people of Haiti through
the Foursquare Church. Sunday service, January 17, 2010, was
held outside the church with about 50 in attendance. Pastor
Guy’s message was one of hope and encouragement to the
Haitians to which he ministered.
Of the seven Foursquare churches, Pastor
Guy has only been able to contact one of the pastors. Pastor
Bellande’s family is okay, but his home was severely
damaged. We do not have any information on his church members.
The other churches and the orphanage are outside of the Port-au-Prince
area and should not have suffered much damage.
Tabare, the main church in Port-au-Prince, is just 2 minutes
from the US embassy, on the same road to the airport. The
church building suffered some damage, but is still structurally
sound.
The block walls will need to be rebuilt, including the electrical
outlets, but the
church columns and foundation are fine.
We are working alongside first responders
who are running 5 of the 35 response units that are currently
on the ground in Haiti.
Charlie Finocchiaro, our missionary from
the Dominican Republic, was sent to Haiti to help in assessing
the situation and to make contact with our national leader
of Foursquare, Guy Thomas. Charlie was able to deliver water,
food, supplies, clothes, a small gas powered generator, fuel,
and cash to Pastor Guy. While there, he was escorted by an
armed police detail wherever he went. Currently there are
isolated breakouts of looting, and some violence. Those who
are part of the search, rescue and recovery efforts must be
escorted at all times by an armed security detail. Because
of a relationship with the Dominican Consulate, Charlie was
housed at the police station across from the national palace
where it was very safe. Food and water supplies are being
handed out to Haitians from the site. Across the street from
the police station is a green area with hundreds of people.
Prayer and praise meetings could be heard throughout each
night.
Video clip link:
http://sharing.theflip.com/session/7d723c8302e74295ac63e0c80043c86d/video/9502883
Because the seaport at Port-au-Prince sustained
damage from the earthquake, supplies have been slow to get
into the country. Most supplies are coming in by cargo airplanes
or by land from the DR. Once the port becomes functional ships
will be able to bring in more than ten times the amount of
supplies needed for Haiti.
Many are in remote areas, and the damaged
roads and need for security have made it difficult for most
help to get into those areas.
Churches are responding and coordination
has begun. A medical team from one of our local Foursquare
churches is already on the ground caring for the injured and
suffering, and supplying them with food and water.
Although clean up, construction, evangelism,
and other teams will be needed in the months to come, our
interdenominational team concurred that medical teams are
most vital these first two months. Many of the injured will
need long-term treatment and repeated visits.
CARGO CONTAINER
Through our partnership we were able to purchase $35,000 worth
of food and medical supplies for $8,000. And the container
is already on the ground to serve our Foursquare family and
the surrounding communities.
Video clip link:
http://sharing.theflip.com/session/7d723c8302e74295ac63e0c80043c86d/video/9503685
What You Can Do
What to Pray For:
Pray for Haiti and our Haitian Foursquare family around the
world
Pray for our Foursquare Relief and Compassion Team
Keep praying for the first responders on the ground
How to GO
GO TEAMS
The overall response of the Foursquare family has been very
overwhelming. I'm very grateful to the Lord that I get to
be a part of such a great family. We still have a ton of work
to do, and need all hands on deck.
Sign up for GO Teams by sending your Database
Questionnaire to me at dwheeler@foursquare.org.
Please do so quickly. We need to compile this information
ASAP. Link: http://fmi.foursquare.org/goteams/
GB4Y Youth Camp
Hello everyone,
I write on behalf of the National Youth Ministry Team to let
you know that we will be hosting a Youth camp for GB4Y this
year.
Here are the details;
Venue: Kings Park Conference Centre (yes its an indoor event!).
Time: August 9th-13th.
Cost: £175 per camper (That includes accommodation &
full board for 4 days).
Deposits are due by 5th March (latest).
Here is how we are planning to do it this year:
- Each person to send a £20 non-refundable deposit
to the National Office to arrive by March 5th.
- We are offering the option of, simply paying the balance
of £155 by 1st July or paying by installments to spread
the cost as follows, 3 monthly payments (March, April, May)
of £40 then a final payment of £35 in June.
Please insure that you pass this onto your Youth Leaders
and please announce it regularly in your Sunday & mid-week
services.
Brouchers, posters and booking forms will sent soon. Please
can you direct any queries that you may have in the first
instance to the National Youth Leader on femi12@hotmail.com
you can also contact the National Youth Minisry team as follows,
Perrine, on perrine_fernando@hotmail.com
and Seridan on bluevegas@ntlworld.com.
I rely on your help to get this initial information out to
the Youth.
Kings Park Conference Centre is where we held or last Leaders
Conference & where we will be meeting again this year.
It has a great sports facility including a trampoline room
where the floor itself is the trampoline! The kids will love
it.
Help them to think into how to raise the money, car washes,
chores etc...
Every Blessing
Kenn
Please click here to download GB4Y
Youth Camp Registration form...
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