Melvin on August 31st, 2010

If consistency is key, then these guys are opening a treasure chest. Tim and Dee hold fast to preaching as they led the largest Tuesday service yet. These two are finding that faithfully dividing the Word isn’t easy, but they are persevering. Feedback from the congregation has been thrilling. They say that though Tim and [...]

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Melvin on August 30th, 2010

It’s great harvesting fruit with you ministry partners! We are committed to being instruments of life with you. These next two weeks, we will be giving time to grow this team you and I are a part of. Please contact us if there is any way that you feel we can partner better. We will [...]

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Melvin on August 29th, 2010

This video has to be one of the best ways to describe what Stillwaters is. Not only is it short, sweet and intriguing, but the way it was made is special. Hazel Guevarra is a very talented young professional. She’s been with Stillwaters ever since she was a UP Fine Arts student. Now with the [...]

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Melvin on August 27th, 2010

Today was my monthly day with the Lord. It proved to me once again, that God does indeed speak personally to us. Discouragement has been lurking recently, in the form of some peoples’ responses. I somehow knew that spending a day with Jesus would make it better. He didn’t disappoint. There was a common thread [...]

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Melvin on August 26th, 2010

I met these students weeks before and when it was time to meet again, they didn’t respond to my text messages. (That’s a common occurrence with students. It can get discouraging.) But today I bumped into them. I could have assumed that they didn’t reply because they weren’t interested. I’m glad I didn’t do that. [...]

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Melvin on August 25th, 2010

Four Thursday male students showed promising initiative in separate instances today. Two former leaders are steadily growing in strength. In our Bible study today, they struggled well with the reality of their situation and what the Word has to say about it. Now, another student is just beginning the discipleship process. We talked about how [...]

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Melvin on August 24th, 2010

A few new comers plus the new regulars made for bulging seating arrangements. If this keeps up, we would probably need to start another house church. We can’t start another one until there are enough leaders though. So please pray that God would raise up leaders from the new regulars. Thanks!

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