Birthday Celebration for Pastor Beahm

The Family of Charles Earnest Beahm
Would like to Invite You to Help Celebrate his 80th Birthday
Date: Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Time: 12:00 Noon until 4:00pm
Place: Madison Fire Department Hall, Madison, Virginia

This will be a causal event, meant to give you the time to talk to Charles and have light refreshments. Time of note, we will be having a formal cake cutting at 1:00pm, but you can attend whenever you can. We realize that this is a busy season and hope that you are available to make this celebration.

This is open to all that know Charles and that would like to attend, so if we have missed anyone that you are aware of, please make sure that you make them aware of this event.



Thank you,

David Beahm



Birthday Cards can be sent to:

5672 S. Seminole Trail
Rochelle, VA 22738-9715

Symposium on "The Next Generation"

Many young Americans share an impression that Christians are “hypocritical,” “insensitive” and “judgmental.” This does not provide a good basis for Christians to share the good news of Jesus with this generation.

David Kinnaman wrote a thought-provoking book on groundbreaking research into the perceptions of sixteen- to twenty-nine-year-olds toward Christians. See http://www.unchristian.com/book.asp .

Kinnaman is one of the keynote speakers at a one-day symposium at Messiah College entitled “Next Generation: Understanding its faith practices and impact upon faith communities”.

This event is on January 28, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. For only $15 you get to interact with David Kinnaman and other speakers. Register by January 15th in order to get the $15 rate. Check this out on-line at http://www.messiah.edu/church_relations/symposium_for_leaders/keynote.html .

The price is good. It looks like the speakers will be thought-provoking (and sometimes irritating). And lunch is included. Could be a good day.

Good News Church, pastored by Al Sones is close to Messiah College. Contact him if you have questions: alsones@aol.com .

J-Term 2010

You can register now for the 2010 J-Term. The J-Term offers credit courses required for ordination in the Free Methodist Church.

Term One goes from 01/04/10 to 01/09/10 and the courses taught are:
--FM History and Polity (Rev. Gerald Coates)
--Romans (Rev. Brian Buterbaugh)
--Leadership (Dr. Matt whitehead, Rev. Eric Spangler)
--Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Dr. David Nicholson)

Term 2 starts 01/11/10 an ends on 01/16/10 and the courses taught are:
--Wesleyan Theology (Dr. C. Wesley King)
--Homiletics (Dr. Donald Demaray)
--Gospel of John (Rev. Jerome Van Kuiken)
--Spiritual Formation (Rev. Martha Kirkpatrick)

Tuition cost is $50.00 per credit if registered by December 1st, 2009. After that date tuition will be $65.00 per credit hour. Full tuition and housing must be paid in advance.

If you don't have a copy of the registration form please click here.
The form should be mailed to Ministerial Credentialing PO Box 535002 Indianapolis, IN 46253-5002

For more info, you can call 1-800-342-5531 ext. 308

The Amazing Race

Have you heard about The Amazing Race? No. I'm not talking about the TV show, but about the Dickinson's project! Dick and Sheila Dickinson are in Belgium and they have been there for about 5 months now. They are learning Nederlands, language spoken in Belgium, and Serving the Lord by reaching people and helping to plant churches.
They have a website where you can find more information about their ministry, see pictures and videos and even donate to their ministry. So, take take few minutes and check their website and don't forget to pray for them.

Fall Kick-off at Storehouse Church

On Sunday, September 27^th, Storehouse Church, our Free Methodist congregation in Plymouth Meeting, PA launched into the Fall with their Fall Kick-off Sunday. They had 458 people in attendance.

Here are some notes from Pastor JR Rushik’s blog. These are his pastoral reflections for the people of Storehouse Church:

I love the verse in 1 Thes. 5:24, “The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.” Well, God DID IT! I’m writing to declare that God did something special among us today!

Several people raised their hands indicating a decision for Jesus today. YAAHOOO! ALWAYS POWERFUL!

Our church was flooded with first-time guests. One person brought a friend who had NEVER been to church - any church - in his entire life. He loved the service and promised to return to Storehouse next week!

The shuttle bus worked perfectly. Our main parking lot only had 9 cars in it at 10:10am – creating a very welcoming first impression for our guest. Without your willingness to park in the shuttle lot we would not have been able to accommodate the more than 450 people who were among us today!

Our kids ministry was bursting at the seams. Big High-Five to all the kids workers. You folks did an amazing job. The lobby teams were awesome – creating a warm, welcoming environment. And our celebration service teams knocked it out of the park – on all fronts.

God showed up in a powerful way this morning. It was exciting. It gave us a glimpse of our future. BUT let me assure you – no matter how exciting today was – this is just the beginning of the journey God has for us. The BEST is yet to come!

New Pastor at Solid Rock Community Church

We are pleased announce the appointment of Pastor Mike Brown to Solid Rock Community Church, our Free Methodist congregation in Schnecksville, PA.

Mike began his ministry at Solid Rock Church on Sunday, October 1^st. Mike and his wife, Ellen, are a highly experienced pastoral couple. Serving most recently at Emmanuel Free Methodist Church in Janesville, Wisconsin, Mike and Ellen plan to move their household to the Lehigh Valley in November.

Please pray for Mike and Ellen and the Solid Rock Church as they form the bonds of partnership for the sake of the gospel. Pray also for the Browns as they work through all the details of selling their home in Janesville and moving to Pennsylvania.

Article about Al Barnes

I've heard David Harvey say many times, "God has always a good plan." Sometimes, when life hit us bad, it is hard to see the good plan of God.
But God always gives us stories that remind us of his faithfulness in providing a good plan.
Al Barnes, pastor of Kingdom Roadhouse Biker Church, is a great example of that. After going through a serious accident, that the "doctors wouldn't predict his chances of making it to sunrise", Al has recovered well.
The Morning Call, a newspaper from Allentown PA, published an article about Al that brings glory to God and pictures perfectly the good plan of God in Al's life.
Click here to read the article