TICKETS ARE PURCHASED!

EXCITING UPDATE FROM THE CARPENTERS MISSION!  The Carpenter’s Mission, is a non-profit missionary organization with the purpose to be on mission for Jesus Christ in Zambia, Africa.  Your prayers and support are vital! View this email in your browser Share Forward +1 Tweet WE HAVE REALLY GONE AND DONE IT! WHEELS UP! Tickets have been purchased for departure on August 20th, 2014 The tickets are purchased and we are headed to Zambia! We felt that God was saying that it is time. So ready or not here we come! In all seriousness, this is a great step of faith for us because there are so many things that are not done and ready to go. The monthly support is currently standing at about sixty percent, but we feel lead to step out on faith. God will provide. We ask that you pray and ask God what part you could play in this mission. Our monthly pledges were at 42% with our last update and now they are at 58%!! We are so thankful and thrilled to see God providing but as you can see, we still have a way to go! Please let us know if you plan to partner with us! A special THANK YOU to all of our dear family in Christ that choose to join us in this mission to be the hands and feet of Jesus reaching out to the world! We are so thankful for you and your support! Many blessings to you! When we see your names come up when you donate or encourage us, it literally causes us to be in awe of the awesome power and love of God exhibited through each of you!  This ministry is starting in the seedling stage and as the Lord continues to rain down blessings and opportunities we can see the future of this ministry grow into a great fruit producing tree! One thing foresters are trained to do is to see the potential of a future harvest! “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore PRAY the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”  Foresters prepare the soil, plant and fertilize then watch God's amazing work as a stand of trees grow and mature into beautiful thriving forests! God is faithful!   Facebook Website Email Monday, March 31, 2014 TCM - WINTER 2014 - NEWSLETTER 2014 WINTER UPDATE - THE CARPENTERS MISSION View this email in your browser Update: We will be sharing at Putnam Baptist Church, Sunday, March 30th! DESSERT GATHERINGS Many folks have asked us about ways they could help TCM, well one way you can help is by hosting a dessert gathering. The idea is to invite a small group together for dessert one evening and allow us to share with them more details about Zambia and why we are going there. It gives others a chance to connect and ask questions in a comfortable, relaxing way. We will just visit and then spend about 15 to 20 minutes sharing about the mission. If you would be willing to host a small gathering and invite some friends over please contact Daniel or Jennifer so we can set it up! THE CARPENTERS MISSION (TCM) Having an organiza-tion like The Carpen-ters Mission is our way to answer the call God has placed on our life to join Him on mission in Zambia, Africa. TCM is a non-profit tax-deductible organization with the focus on partnering with local believers in Zambia to plant churches, train and disciple leaders and believers and to build the body of Christ. ****************************** WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? We are currently in the deputation phase of the process. This means that we are going to churches, Sunday school classes, connection groups, family and friends to share about the mission and ask them to join us through prayer and financial support as the Lord leads. Things are getting really exciting as this journey looks to take a new turn, as our leadership board is praying about a summer 2014 departure and deployment of our family for two years in Africa!! This is what we have been working toward and we are so excited to take this next step! Please pray for us, as we get ready, and share with folks to raise prayer warriors and financial partners to keep us there.  dep·u·ta·tion depyəˈtāSHən/ noun   1. a group of people appointed to undertake a mission or take part in a formal process on behalf of a larger group. Taylor on beach trip with our Sunday School Class! Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Share Tweet Forward to Friend DONATE Facebook Website Copyright © *2014* *THE CARPENTERS MISSION*, All rights reserved. Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Weekend away. Sweet quiet time with my heavenly Father! I was lucky enough to take some time last weekend to go away to the mountains with some wonderful Christian ladies. We had so much fun! Lots of great food, shopping and laughing but best of all...quiet time with my Lord! It was so good for me. I had a prayer partner for the weekend and I asked her to pray for me about my frustration with my own mental struggles as we prepare to go to Zambia. Although, I often feel SO excited and sure of what God called us to there are other times when I feel completely defeated and overwhelmed. I feel afraid and unsure. It is very hard when I feel that way. I know, intellectually, that God is my strength and it is not about what I am but what He is. I want to rest in Him. The Lord really spoke to me and gave me such encouragement. The first thing I noticed is that I was singing a song in my mind without thinking about it. As I started to pay attention to the words, I realized God was speaking to me through it. The funny thing is that I do not own this song, really didn’t even know I knew of it! Here is the song and the words.  "How He Loves" DAVID CROWDER BAND (originally by John Mark McMillan) He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, And I realize just how beautiful You are, And how great Your affections are for me. And oh, how He loves us, oh, Oh, how He loves us, How He loves us all He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, And I realize just how beautiful You are, And how great Your affections are for me. And oh, how He loves us, oh, Oh, how He loves us, How He loves us all Yeah, He loves us, Oh, how He loves us, Oh, how He loves us, Oh, how He loves. And we are His portion and He is our prize, Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes, If his grace is an ocean, we're all sinking. And Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss, And my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don't have time to maintain these regrets, When I think about the way... He loves us, Oh, how He loves us, Oh, how He loves us, Oh, how He loves. Yeah, He loves us, Oh, how He loves us, Oh, how He loves us, Oh, how He loves. Yeah, He loves us, Oh, how He loves us... Oh, how He loves us... Oh, how He loves us. As the love of my Jesus poured into my heart and I cried tears of joy, I felt so loved and accepted. It is the amazing thing about faith and the thing that I SO wish for others to understand. How much Jesus loves us, and how He really does respond to our prayers.  After that, He showed me a scripture verse that spoke against my fears and comforted me.  You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away: Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Isaiah 41:9-10. Again, exactly what I needed! So sweet and personal. So God!!! Lastly, He brought to mind a quote from ‘The Help’. It says: “You is kind, You is smart, You is important.” I want to say that to all of you that may take the time to read this. It is true! We are each loved by Jesus and we need to hear it….YOU is kind, YOU is smart, YOU is important!!!!!  Blessings to you sweet ones! JEN =) Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Exciting times! We have started receiving support in response to our letters and God is opening doors for us to share! I am so excited, it is hard to even express the joy of seeing this thing the Lord has led us in, moving forward. Praise be to Him! Please be praying for our opportunities to share!  We will be sharing on: Sunday morning, November 3rd at Putnam Baptist Church  Sunday evening, November 3rd at First Baptist Cherryville  Wednesday evening, November 6th at New Prospect Baptist Church  Sunday morning, November 10th at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church We are looking for many more opportunities so please let us know if you would be willing to invite us to your church, Sunday school, connection/life group or home! Friday, September 13, 2013 Lots of New! New stuff is usually good! We like to get new stuff but with it comes change, adjustment and some bit of discomfort in the loss of the old. I have switched over to MacBook with the hope of getting a computer that will last and be reliable during our travels across the world. I am tired of buying computers! Anyway, with this exciting change, also comes frustration. Feelings of inadequacy and inefficiency come along with learning something new and stretching out of our comfort zone. This also, is the way I feel as I imagine packing a few bags, gathering our passports, giving hugs goodbye and loading up on a plane for Zambia. It is so exciting and thrilling but at the same time, scary, uncomfortable and hard. It will be awesome! I really do believe that...but it will be a big change! Those who chose to accept Jesus as their Lord, go through this as well. It is exciting and thrilling to start trusting in Him but it is also scary and uncomfortable to let go of the old ways, old self, old patterns. It takes some getting used to. And that is OK! It will be awesome! It also makes a big difference when we get some help. When someone more experienced than us is willing to invest their time, talents, energy into our journey. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE! It makes it easier to move forward and we learn much faster by seeing someone else do it. It makes it seem possible. It gives us hope! That is what I want to do. To walk alongside new believers, live alongside them, and help them walk out their faith. I also need those older and more experienced than me, to walk alongside me. Lead me, guide me. And, if, btw....you know anything about running a MacBook....LET ME KNOW! ;~P Tuesday, September 10, 2013 I Had A Dream.... I wanted to share a neat story. When we arrived at church on Sunday we were headed into the 9:30 service but there was quite a mess with the bathrooms and we ended up mopping/cleaning during service. :/ BUT, because of that, I met a first time visitor and offered to sit with her in the second service. It was really amazing to see God work in that situation because the lady wanted to go up and pray at the end. I went up with her and she shared a heart wrenching situation that she was struggling with. Amazingly, I had a dream (nightmare) THE NIGHT BEFORE that the same thing happened to me!! (Btw: I am not normally one to remember my dreams). With that, God gave me a compassion and empathy I could never have had without 'feeling' the emotional pain the same way just a few hours earlier!! Unbelievable, Amazing, Awesome God! :)) Just wanted to share. Gods timing, Gods plan, Gods ways...always better than we can imagine! Jen =) Saturday, June 29, 2013 The Carpenter’s Mission (TCM) Narrative Description The Carpenter’s Mission, is a non-profit missionary organization with the purpose to be on mission for Jesus Christ in Zambia, Africa. It is our desire to increase the worship of our Lord and Savior and to make disciples around the world as He commands us as His followers to do. To this end we will partner with other believers in the USA and Zambia to lift up followers of Jesus and to introduce others to the good news of His Gospel in order to make new disciples. There are four main areas that will be integral to our ministry. 1.      Partnership We firmly believe that the most effective way to accomplish this mission and carry out this ministry is to find synergies with others and partner with other believers to have an effective ministry of reaching the world. In the United States, our base of operation, we would like to provide people with opportunities to connect and serve in oversee missions through support, prayer and going. In Zambia, our plan is to partner with church leaders and believers to advance the Kingdom of God. 2.      Church Planting A primary and productive way to advance the Kingdom of God is through church planting, and that will be one of our top tools in evangelizing. We will partner with Zambian Christians to plant local Bible-believing churches. The goal is to create and help local churches start new local communities of faith that are healthy and growing in Christ. We want to see them moving toward being: self-supporting, self-directing, self-reproducing. 3.      Develop Church Leadership Healthy churches are only possible through the wisdom of God, being manifested in godly and knowledgeable leadership. It is the desire of TCM to teach the local leadership in Bible and knowledge of Jesus and how to lead His people. This teaching and training is with the purpose of coming along-side our brothers and sisters in Christ, to help meet their ministry knowledge needs as we learn from each other. 4.      Facilitate Discipleship As the leadership grows, and as the church matures and expands, the members also need to grow in their knowledge of Jesus and the Bible and to learn more about their faith. To this end, discipleship training is needed for all Christians, and TCM wants to not only facilitate discipleship, train others to disciple, but imprint on the DNA of the local Christian, that they not only need to disciple, but be discipled so that they and all will grow in the faith and knowledge of Jesus. In summary: The mission is to plant churches, grow leaders, and empower believers for the Glory of God. While this is the primary mission in Zambia; we expect there will be many ways to be salt and light through other evangelistic endeavors, mercy ministries and community development. In all things, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit will be at the center of what TCM is about and we believe in the ultimate authority of His Word. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Blog Archive ▼  2015 (3) ▼  November (2) TREAD LIGHTLY!!! 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