Central Baptist Church

Linda Ricks, Editor, would like to share the latest version of the Mainstream, the Great Rivers Region newspaper: August 6 2010bw.  Read the latest news and stories of God’s work through  American Baptist Churches of Illinois and Missouri.  You may also view or download the Mainstream from the Great Rivers Region website at www.abcgrr.org and click on Publications at the top; or, you may click on the RSS button which will lead you to the GRR news feed http://www.abcgrr.org/mx_rss/export.cfm to find the link to the latest Mainstream issue.

Central Baptist Church family expresses its sincere sympathy to Jakay Steckler and family at the death of William David Steckler. David went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at his home in Quincy. He was a godly man, loving husband, father, grandfather, and a follower of Jesus Christ having joined Central Baptist Church by believers baptism on October 27, 1957. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 30, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Central Baptist Church in Quincy, Illinois.  A funeral service will be held Saturday, July 31 at 11:00 am. at Central Baptist Church. Interment will be at Greenmount Cemetery. Memorial gifts will be received at Central Baptist Church in honor of David’s life and legacy. Please pray for the family: Ask God the Father to send the promised Holy Spirit to Comfort, Counselor and Guide during this time of grief in the Name of Jesus Christ, our Risen Savior and Lord.

An update from Wendy Bernhard in the Democratic Republic of Congo!

Greetings from Matadi, the second port city I’m visiting this week with a Responsible Living Skills team.  We’ve shown films in four churches (two Baptist and two Assemblies of God), and are presenting the True Love Waits seminar in all four, including one today and one tomorrow.  Two of us spoke in Boma at meetings of a “60 minutes for Jesus” club, that meets in a bar/restaurant near the port from 12-1 PM, during the lunch hour!  There were about 50 people present each day!  I was on local Matadi TV last night, forty minutes with a pastor and two lay people, encouraging viewers to come watch the films and follow the TLW program.  Two women pastors that I was meeting with this morning told me  that they saw me on TV, and they want to invite us back to Matadi to do the program in their churches (related to the British Baptist mission).
 
Our team this week, besides me, includes an Assemblies of God pastor who arranged the meetings in his churches; Baptist pastor Celestine Kiaku, lay communications specialist Michel Kuzy Mwinda (“Light”) (Celestine and Michel from Kinshasa), and our driver, Kivudi Désiré, who just finished his first year at the Bible Institute in Kimpese.  I’m thankful to have him along, because the roads in Matadi and Boma, once off the main highway, are treacherous!  In Boma, our ancient boom-box sound system let us down, so we bought a new and more complete system.  Part of that is already broken down, but fortunately some churches have their own sound systems that we can use.  Michel Mwinda and I will be preaching in the two Matadi churches on Sunday, and then we’ll drive the two hours back to Kimpese. 
 
Thanks for your love and prayers and support!

Shalom,
Wendy

Missionary Partnership Network with Wendy Bernhard, Missionary to the Democratic Republic of Congo

“And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.”   2 Timothy 2:2

Linda Ricks, Editor, would like to share the latest version of the Mainstream, the Great Rivers Region newspaper: 7July2010bw.  Read the latest news and stories of God’s work through  American Baptist Churches of Illinois and Missouri.  You may also view or download the Mainstream from the Great Rivers Region website at www.abcgrr.org and click on Publications at the top; or, you may click on the RSS button which will lead you to the GRR news feed http://www.abcgrr.org/mx_rss/export.cfm to find the link to the latest Mainstream issue.