April 18, 2012
by Sus
in Our Ministry
Tags: international, ministry, pictures, recommended
If you know the Schmitts very well, you know we love photography.
For some time now I’ve wanted to have photography tips on my eQuipping for eMinistry blog (e4e). God answered that prayer by re-connecting me with Pat Mingarelli. Pat was on staff as a photographer for Campus Crusade for Christ’s Worldwide Challenge magazine; he’s now a professional photographer. When I asked if he’d like to help staff with taking better photos for their prayer letters, brochures, and blogs, he jumped on the opportunity. He’ll be writing a monthly tip for e4e.
Today was Pat’s first official guest post about photography: 5 Things to Remember When Taking an Outdoor Portrait. You can see on the graph that within only 17 hours of posting, 766 visitors came to eQuipping for eMinistry (The count rose to 879 by the end of the day. I usually have about 100 daily)! I knew people would be interested in this topic, so this was very encouraging today.
I also thought you might want to know about Pat’s photography tips on e4e. If you have a news aggregator for RSS feeds, http://equipping4eministry.wordpress.com/author/pasqualerose/feed is all you need to follow Pat’s tips.
More about Pat:
April 9, 2012
by Sus
in The Sower: Helping You Share Your Faith
Tags: Gators, Jesus, ministry, quotes, University of Florida, world news
Tim Tebow called the pastor of Celebration Church in Georgetown, Texas, asking if he could speak at their Easter Service. The church rented 120 school buses and rounded up 1200 volunteers. The New York Times has a good article about their Easter service.
Tim let “the audience know that it’s important to be outspoken about their faith [and implored] athletes to be better role models.” (from LA Times).
Some Easter Service attendees arrived Saturday night, tailgating at an outlet mall down the street. “That’s a good service, when you have tailgaters,” the pastor said.
We’ve been Tim Tebow fans ever since we watched him play for the University of Florida Gators when our two sons attended there. We have more articles about Tim on our site.
April 4, 2012
by familynews
in The Sower: Helping You Share Your Faith
Tags: Bible quotes, Holy Spirit, international, Jesus, ministry, Muslim, recommended, true stories
“How ya doin’, God?” laughed the man.
He continued with his loud, scoffing remarks as I quickly walked away. I had given “Would You Like To Know God Personally?” to this clerk in the electronics section of Wal-Mart.
Don’t be afraid to encounter the scoffers. The blessings of encountering receptive people FAR outweighs any negative experiences.
In handing out tracts more consistently to hundreds of people for about a decade, only four people refused my offer of a booklet and they did so politely. The vast majority accept it and many of those people are even enthusiastic. The man at Wal-Mart was making a scene and is the only negative experience I have had in over thirty years of witnessing.
I realize the people in your part of the world may be less open. . . even hostile.
I hope this excerpt from page 150 in The Move of the Holy Spirit in the 10/40 Window by Luis Bush and Beverly Peques is an encouragement to you:
“… believers in a church in a North African nation used to meet discreetly, fearing that non-believers would discover they had converted to Christianity. They carefully closed the doors and windows where they met, pulled the curtains, and worshiped quietly so their neighbors would not hear them. One day the church leader said that, as they were praying, the fear of what man could do to them left her. Instead she received the fear of the Lord. They then flung open the doors and curtains and began worshiping Jesus loudly. This leader said that the church decided not to hide any longer, because they have the light of God that their country needs and it must be proclaimed.”
“The LORD is for me; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” ~ Psalm 118:6 (NASB)
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