Kids For Christ
Ministry Leaders and Teams
...and those who are very interested

We are planning on having our KFC Leader Meeting on the 25th of this month. In comparison to previous years we are about a month behind schedule. However, if you have heard what we are planning on doing this year- once we "officially" start you would understand the "hold up."

Last Ministry Year was a big step for all of us. We successfully lead our KFC Ministry through the much-appreciated help of four Ministry Teams who volunteered once a month. This was the first year for us to organize our ministry that way. We were also able to nearly double our total number of families who received sponsored Thanksgiving Turkeys and gift baskets. Our December Crosspoint Mission Team also double in number from 11-12 in 2005 to 24+ (local team members from the year before who came to help) in 2006. We were also able to raise over $3000 to send 35 teens and kids to Camp Joy, OK (the 36th spot and his/her back ups could not go :()! Wow!

So what about this year?! What is this year's KFC Ministry Master Plan? Here it is:
We are making plans (phone calls, meetings, policies, networking, surveying, recruiting) to start two new Kids For Christ ministries this year! How are we going to be able to do that?> God has not only opened doors to certain apartment communities, but He has also brought to us new churches (Ministry Leaders and Teams), adult helpers, interested kids and teens, and also local churches that are willing to work together with us to minister to their communities. God has opened the doors now we need to walk through them...together.

So what do I need to do to help get this Ministry Year Started? We have already started registering families for our Roseland Homes KFC and TFC with our newly approved forms (includes photo release). Last week ended up being Meet the teacher night at the local Elementary School. We changed our plans and attended the packed out assembly. I introduced the volunteers that were with me to JW Ray's principle, staff, ad faculty. Afteward, we were able to sign up 16 new kids just in the back corner of the Blue Route! PTL! You are all invited to come help us with the registration process at Roseland Homes if you are able. We have already surveyed the majority of the Rosemont Apt. Community (our #2 KFC Ministry Site- starting in Oct.) this summer so we know where the teens and kids are. However, we will be needing extra help to register those teens and kids starting either this Thursday evening or next. The #3 KFC and TFC Ministry will start in December with the help of the Crosspoint STAR Mission Team. I will provide you will more information on those plans when we get closer to December.

Mark on your calendars Tuesday Evening, Sept. 25 as the tentative date for our first KFC Leader Meeting. We will be talking through our Ministry Master Plan in more detail, 07-08 Ministry Year Calendar (Thanksgiving Baskets, December (Christmas) Mission Trip, Outings, STAR OKlahoma Mission Trip (We might be doing a dual Teen Camp and Mission trip that week), Camp Joy KFC Camp (renting the camp and having kids from all three of our KFC Ministries come to the camp that we would staff completely), and discussing ways for us to serve more effectively together as a KFC Ministry Team made up of over 12 (pending on actual commitments) churches. Make sure your leadership team is present at the Meeting.

Our Kids For Christ and Teens For Christ Ministries are planned to start at Roseland Homes on October 9th, Rosemont Oct 11th, and Eban Village Dec. 17th(at the latest)!

Current Prayer Requests:

1- Obviously for God's continued hand to be upon our family ministry (family is our #1 ministry).- Jacey is just over 6 months old, and we are loving every moment that we have with her!

2- Since returning from this Summer's adventures I have been able to refocus and rekindle my passion for "our" kids and "our" teens that we serve through our AMF ministries. Please pray that I will, as always, try to put that passion/motivation into words/actions that our new churches and communities would understand.

3- Symbiotic Balance. We are not only starting two new "full-blown (Kids, Teens, families, Senior Adults, working in the schools, community events, discipleship/mentoring, church assimilation processes, etc...)" KFC ministries, but we are also starting an afterschool Bible Club with the local Boys and Girl's Club in East Dallas (hopefully this month), and possibly another ministry at the YMCA in West Dallas. All of our AMF Ministries work together and sharpen each other- as we accomplish the same goal- reach the unchurched for Jesus Christ!

4- AMF Regional Conference- October 1-5- Carson Springs, TN. We will be flying up early with Jacey to visit with our friends, Pastor Mark and Jane Abernathy Sept. 30. Please pray for us as we attend the Conference and meet with our fellow AMF Missionaries who we work with throughout the year and especially the summer. We will be evaluating the Summer Missionary Internships in New Orleans, LA, Tampa and Miami, FL, and our KFC camps at Camp Joy, OK. We are setting out to accomplish much- walking in the footsteps of William Carey..."Expect Great Things of God- Attempt Great Things For God!"