Chambersburg Bible Church

Jesus is the fragrance of Springtime and the author of everything beautiful.  Winter could not stop the rebirth of spring…Death could not prevent Jesus from seizing life again……And Nothing could ever separate us from His love! What a wonderful promise to us as we enter into the season of spring

Do continue to pray for our two new camps, Cornerstone Ministry Center in SWPA, and Camp Red Arrow in Virginia as they strive to complete the renovations to allow for camp activities to take place on the grounds this summer and fall. Pray that God will send the any volunteers and the finances needed to complete so major projects at each site.

Pray for wisdom as Jerry Traister and I work on the 75th anniversary book and the 75th anniversary celebration for CBM. The book needs to be ready by the end of June to send on to the printer.  The celebration will be over Labor Day Weekend at Camp Gilead in Polk City, Florida.  You are such a blessing to me. My prayer is that I will be a blessing to others.

Cathy Garber
CBM “Win a Child…Win a Life!”

This month marks a change from Good News Clubs to Good News Camp as we find ourselves finishing up in the schools and turning our focus to preparations for summer.  We praise God for a successful year of school clubs.  Every school in Franklin and Fulton counties now has a Good News Club that meets either during or after school.   We’re so thankful for the volunteers that gave of their time and talents all year to make this possible.

Camp will begin on June 14 and we will have twelve weeks again this year.  There will be eight weeks in Waynesboro and one week each in Path Valley, Orrstown, Needmore, and McConnellsburg.  Throughout April and May we will be recruiting and scheduling teachers, junior counselors, helpers, missionaries, nurses, and lifeguards.  If you or someone you know would like to help at camp, give us a call at 762-2115.  Also, if you know a child in grades K-6 who might like to attend camp, you can download a registration at www.goodnewscamp.com.  At $38.00 per week, camp is still very affordable for most families.

Of course, we are all still grieving the loss of Dr. Teeter.  We will miss him so much during the summer months.  Camp won’t be the same without him there to drive the tractor, interact with the campers, and encourage the staff.  Please continue to pray for his wife and family.

On a personal note, our family is doing well.  We just celebrated the one-year anniversary of being in the house that God provided for us.  Our kids have been busy with school events.  Cora qualified for the regional spelling bee, math olympics, and National History Day.  Caleb made it to the district spelling bee and also participated in math olympics.  He is busy working on science fair now.  Jacob did math Olympics for the first time this year and is playing soccer on a school team.  Olivia is also playing soccer and is excited about an upcoming field trip to Renfrew Park.  Dan and I are keeping busy keeping up with all of them and are enjoying every moment of the ministry of CEF.  Thank you all for your support and prayers.

The Russell family
Child Evangelism Fellowship

Dear Friends in Christ

It is a delight to be able to come your way again via the mail. Please forgive us for the long delay in writing. We bring you a belated new year greetings and thank you so much for your faithfulness in praying for us and supporting us to carry out God’s work in this part of his vineyard—Ghana, West Africa.

A Vehicle for the Family: We praise the Lord for providing a new car for our family use. Of course with the Mission’s vehicle still in the garage, this will be used for the ministry as well. We still owe some money to pay it off. We have up to the end of June to settle the balance. Please pray that the Lord will provide this amount.

MINISTRY NEWS

Our entire family attended two Youth Camps in the month of August in Tema and Cape Coast respectively. Vera and Gideon were counselors in both camps while Miriam and Martha participated representing the Solid Rock Baptist Church of Tema. I preached in the first camp and visited the second to encourage our campers. Continue to pray for the Baptist Youth Camp Committee for the successful organization of this year’s program.

Revivals & Baptisms:

Solid Rock Baptist Church of Tema, at the end of August 09, organized a one week of revival services. At the end of the program, we baptized and received into membership thirteen new members. Eight of those baptized were for the Nungua South outreach of the Church.

At Dominase in the Central Region, we baptized thirteen people on February 28, 2010. Prior to this baptismal service, Pastor Enoch Ofosu had conducted a three day revival services which brought about three hundred people to hear the Gospel and many got saved.

At Dobro in the Eastern Region, we baptized sixteen people on March 14. Some of those baptized were among those saved during the revival of April 09, which had Brother George Stouffer as guest preacher.

A NEW CHURCH IS BORN IN EASTERN REGION:  In November 09, we the SRBBC students to the township of Oda, during the mid-term week. We held open air meetings from Thursday to Saturday which was attended by hundreds of people each night. More than one hundred people responded to the invitation for salvation. The Sunday which followed we held our first Sunday morning service in the town. About two dozen people came to this first service. Since then Pastor Michael Dossa, a graduate of SRBBC has moved with his family to Oda to take care of the young Church. 12 people attended Family Retreat 2010 in January from this new Church. Pastor Dossa reports 45 children enrolled in the Youth club and 35 average in Church attendance.

FAMILY RETREAT 2010: This year’s annual Family Retreat took place at Solid Rock Baptist Bible College. There were about 450 in attendance.  Except for Dr. Seth Mohenu, who preached at the general service, all the workshops were handled by graduates of SRBBC who are now pastors. One workshop was handled by a lay preacher from Tema Solid Rock Baptist Church.  It was a blessing to see the men trained by our college doing the job. The joint Church service which followed on the Sunday was attended by close to six hundred people.

RADIO MINISTRY TO ENHANCE CHURCH PLANTING

In June 2009, we lunched “ The Solid Rock Baptist Hour” as an auxiliary program of the Solid Rock Baptist Church of Tema. It is a weekly program where I preach for about 25 minutes and five minutes are used for announcements and a song. Towards the end of the year we started receiving calls from the Northern Region of Ghana from our listeners. So far we have received two invitations from Walewale, and Bole from listeners who desire to have a church like ours in their townships. Please pray that we will be able to make use of this great opportunity. We are planning to visit Walewale in the third quarter of the year. Please pray that God will bless this follow up. Pray also that the Lord will help us sustain this new ministry. We need $250.00 a month to sustain this Radio Ministry. However, if we receive more, we could extend the program on other radio networks across the country. If the Lord will lead you to help with the Radio ministry send your contribution to IPM and designate it to Dapaah-Radio Ministry. I have been informed the average FM Radio station IN Ghana has about 150,000 listeners!

VISITORS FROM THE USA: On February 23, we received John and Debra Forsee from First Baptist Church of Caro, MI,  in our home for a four-day visit. Brother John had been with CWE mission team that came to build for the Church in Dominase, in 2006. This time they were in Togo and so they came by to visit and to see how the ministries they and their Church support were doing. It was very encouraging to have them visit. Debra had an opportunity to speak to our women’s fellowship while John visited with the men.

Dr. Bill Bowen, IPM Vice President of Church Mobilization, was the next to visit from March 1, to 9. His one week intensive course on World Missions was very much enjoyed by the students of our Bible College. Some of our Pastors seized the opportunity to attend the classes as well. It was a blessing to have Dr. Bowen, to also, minister to some of our Churches, as time allowed him.

A SHORT DEPUTATION: Lord willing, by the time you receive this News Letter, I would be in the USA for a short deputation. My visit will take me to Texas, Washington State, Idaho and probably Michigan. It is my desire to report to our supporters in the North West and possibly introduce our ministry to some new Churches in the area. Please pray for my safety as I travel and also that, the Lord will bless the ministration of his word.

Please Continue to Pray:

1. For the Lord to provide the balance needed to pay off our family car.
2. For the funds needed to sustain Radio Ministry
3. For the financial needs of the Church in Nkoranza and Drobonso to secure documents for their Church property.
4. For good health of our family
5. For the Lord to provide for the Library & Administrative block of SRBBC
6. For all our supporting Churches and Families for God’s blessings and the meeting of their needs.
7. For Tema Solid Rock Baptist Church Building project

Thanks again for your prayers, for your letters, for your greeting cards and for your support. God richly bless you.

In Christ

George & Vera Dapaah