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There are thousands of details that have to be calculated and executed for space flight to be successful. The thrust needed to put an space ship in orbit. The amount and quality of fuel. The aerodynamics of the vehicle. The timing of a launch window. Getting the vehicle in the proper orbit. And all of these aligned with the earth’s orbit and / or the position of the moon. Then all of these details have to be repeated on the return trip to earth. The pilots cannot just return when they “feel” good about it. They have to have perfect precision with the details of re-entry or it will result in the death and destruction of the astronauts and the equipment.

The Lord has perfect timing - never late, never early!

Everyday we see the perfect timing of creation.

The sun, moon, planets, the rotation of the earth, the seasons and in the animal kingdom on earth, dry land and sea.

God has a perfect timing in dealing with His creation, both man and beast. The only difference in the two is that God has given man the choice whether he wants God’s perfect timing in his life.

When we see the following phrases in scripture of “fullness of time”, “at just the right time” or “due time”, we could simply say “God’s perfect timing”.

“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.”

Galatians 4:4-5 NKJV “He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.”

1 Timothy 2:6 NLT Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

1 Peter 5:6 NIV “So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.”

1 Peter 5:6 NLT When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.

Romans 5:6 NLT For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.

2 Corinthians 6:2 NLT So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

Galatians 6:9 NLT

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He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.

1 Timothy 2:6 NLT For, At just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords.

1 Timothy 6:15 NLT And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.

Titus 1:3 NLT God is perfect! His timing is perfect! He’s an “on time” God! And the Lord has your life on a perfect schedule IF we will trust in Him! If someone is on time!

1. There is thought, a reason 2. There is preparation- alarm, calendar, equipment, clothes laid out 3. There is action How many prophesies are fulfilled in Christ, His birth?

Around 300 The odds of Jesus being born in Bethlehem at just the right time is 1/300,000 If we take 48 prophesies of Jesus being fulfilled it is 1/10 157th power - 157 zeros 1/100000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000 In this life there are 2 timetables. One that the enemy of our soul wants us on wherein lies confusion, destruction and eternal separation from God and one that the Lord has for us where he leads, guides and places us immediately into blessing and eternal life.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

John 10:10 NIV How do I place my life in God’s perfect timing? By believing and trusting in him.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5 & 6 NIV

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I was born on August 31, 1987 in Austin, Texas and raised in Houston, Texas. I spent the majority of my youth playing sports and traveling with my Dad during the summers, both of which were a major part of my life. I graduated in 2006 from Cy-Fair High School in Cypress, Texas and took a job working construction for my Dad in Rockdale, Texas. I was extremely close to my Dad throughout my life and had placed a great deal of myself in wanting to please him in everything I did, but it didn’t matter what I did, because he always showed me love and told me he was proud of me. My life was suddenly shattered in March 2007 when my Dad passed away in a car accident. I was left hopeless, directionless, angry and broken over his loss and didn’t know what to do. I figured that I needed an environment change so I reached out to my half brother, Steve Cuttino, who was the only person with a voice in my life at the time.

I moved in with him and his wife Jennifer in Montgomery, Texas and he mentioned that if I wanted to hangout with some good guys, that Chi Alpha at Sam Houston State University was just up the road, if I was interested. I reached out to a few guys that I knew of through Steve and got a message from Evan Kahlich who invited me to come and hangout with him and his friends. From lots of good times spent together and late night conversations about Jesus, I recognized that these guys really knew Jesus personally and still had fun. The way they spoke about Him was just so natural and normal, like they spoke with Him in person earlier that day. It completely blew me away and I realized that everything I thought I knew about Jesus was wrong. I wanted to know Him the same way these guys did. After midnight of October 19, 2008 I decided to surrender my life to Jesus in Evan’s apartment living room.

Jesus met me and took every ounce of anger and hurt from my heart and made me completely new. I remember Him telling me very clearly, “What you have lost in your earthly father, you’ve always had in Me as your Heavenly Father. Welcome home, son.” Waking up the next morning on the living room floor, all of my past thoughts were gone.

From that moment on, I didn’t wake up angry or go to bed crying as I did countless times before. I felt total freedom, like massive boulders had been lifted off of me.

After that I became very involved with Chi Alpha and began to grow a burden in my heart for college students, like myself, to know Jesus.

The Lord helped me build and disciple a small group from 2010, until I graduated in 2012 from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor

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of Arts degree in Mass Communications. God then placed a desire in my heart to continue in full-time ministry and my girlfriend at the time, now my wife Lauren, returned from her one year missions term in the Netherlands. We got engaged and both began the Chi Alpha Campus Ministers-in-Training Internship in 2013 and were married later that year. Since then, we’ve continued to remain on full-time staff with Chi Alpha discipling small group leaders and students.

In 2017, I was presented with an opportunity from our leadership to invest in one of the unreached student groups on our campus — athletes. I’ve always had a love for sports so I was excited at the

opportunity for God to use an interest of mine to help further His kingdom. God directed me to pursue the Sam Houston State football team, and I couldn’t help but be burdened thinking about the 95+ guys on the team that had no one fighting for them. At first, I was unsure of how to begin, but I had a burden for them from God, and I knew He would help me. I started showing up to their practices to pray for them as I watched from the stands, and sometimes was asked to leave. But that didn’t deter me, and eventually I gained the contact information for the FCA director at the time, and was able to meet with him. We struck up a friendship over our mutual burden for the team, and he helped me gain favor with the coaching staff which allowed me to have access to the team and be around the players during their weekly routine. Since then, by God’s grace and through Him giving me favor, I’ve had the privilege of serving them as their chaplain. This allows me the opportunity to travel with them for their away games, lead team chapels prior to game days, and support and pray with them on the sidelines. My family is a big part of ministering to the players as well — our home is open to them for small group and dinners every week. My wife and I hope that our home serves as a place of refuge for them, and that they would sense the presence of Jesus as they spend time with us. Most of them are searching for answers to life’s toughest questions, and are seeking truth. This past season, Sam Houston accomplished its greatest achievement as a team, winning the FCS Division 1 Football

National Championship! It was a monumental achievement for them and for the university, and I was very proud of the guys for how hard they worked for it. But I know the eternal battle for most of their hearts still hasn’t been won. Some guys still don’t have the answers to what they’re looking for, and still feel empty and unsatisfied after achieving such a great accomplishment in the world’s eyes. I believe that God will reveal the answer in Jesus to them, as He has before with some former players and has some more amazing things that He wants to do in them and through them to affect eternity!

To high school students and college freshmen, I would say be genuine.

Don’t be half-hearted or lukewarm. Really consider why you’re doing the things you’re doing, and who you are doing them for. As a young person who didn’t grow up in church, I saw some church kids living two different lives. They would attend church on Sundays, then live for the world the rest of the week. Watching them didn’t make me interested in knowing the God they said they served. It wasn’t until I saw guys my age actually pursuing a relationship with God, not for what they could get from Him but because they loved and enjoyed Him, that my ideas about God changed. Leonard Ravenhill asks the question to consider for our lives, “Are the things you’re living for worth Christ dying for?”

Be real with Jesus, and He will be real with you.

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They didn't choose their life. They were born into it. They have a front row seat to all the messy and the blessed. They see more than what their emotional capacity can often handle.

They are expected to smile when they are sad, show up even when they don't want to, and fall asleep in the pew while waiting for mom and dad. They are the silent heroes who give their parents purpose and passion.

Let's remember to pray for all the pastor's kids. � Pray that ministry wounds don't jade them to the purpose and plan of God in their lives. � Pray that they will not take the unrealistic expectations of others upon their shoulders. � Pray that they will release the offense of those that have hurt their parents. � Pray that they develop their own walk and relationship with the Lord. � Pray that they see the gift it is to be born into such a unique perspective of ministry that few will ever know. � Pray that they help others turn to the One who can heal all wounds. � Pray that they would rekindle and resurrect the gifts they once used for God. � Pray that they move from being a nominal Christian to a fully devoted follower of Jesus. � Pray that they take the life lessons learned as children to teach their children a better way. � Pray that whatever the Lord has for their lives, the only response would be "yes".

We love pastor's kids. We see you!

Written by Pastor David Tran Executive Pastor Faith Church Houston

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THE JEALOUS LOVE OF GOD Testimony of Rev. Candice Tumlinson As I sit here and write this story about part of my history, I am thankful for a God who was so jealous of His love for me that He wasn't going to let me ignore Him. I am coming up to a big marked event in my life that was something only God could have orchestrated. December 2021 will mark 10 years, a whole decade, that God did His final part of destroying my old life which was something totally against His way of life.

You see in 2010, God delivered me from years of alcoholism. I was an addict to alcohol and drugs for many years. I didn’t fully get set free from drugs until 2012 but God was faithful to free me from these things.

However, there's more to my story. Drugs and alcohol were just there to numb the pain of rejection that I faced for so many years. The Spring of 2012 will be a year I will never forget. That was the year God delivered me instantly from lesbianism in March 2012 just before becoming a believer.

Let’s backtrack a little. As a child, I had what you would call a normal childhood. My parents loved me the best that they knew how. They were not full-on churchgoers, but they did attend as CEOs (Christmas and Easter Only), most of the time. I had a grandmother who we stayed with sometimes on the weekends, and if we were with her on Sunday mornings, she had us up and going to church at the local Church of Christ of which she was a member.

As I entered into school, I ended up going to four different elementary schools. I don’t know how much of an impact this had on me growing up, but my parents liked to move a lot. I do believe it probably had to do with some of my forming as I grew older as not having solid childhood friends can be difficult. When I landed in Belton, TX during the 2nd half of 3rd grade, we stayed put. We did still move, but we continued to attend the schools there until the last semester of my senior year. It was during this last year that my parents gave me the freedom to choose to drive 40 minutes to school, or attend the small school in the town we moved to.

I chose to transfer. This impacted me later on, as I saw it happening in many other decisions throughout my early adult life.

It was in this longterm span of being in the Belton schools that I did actually attend the youth services and events at the local Church of Christ. I do not believe I had ever been a believer during these years, but I know God showed me bits and pieces at times where He did actually impact my life by His love for me. You see, I was bullied a lot by the guys of my age during most of my childhood/teen years. It was even in my church youth group where the guys made a joke of teasing me and leading me to believe they actually liked me. This had a huge impact on my decisions during my teen years. However, it was during this time that God put these peer’s parents in my life. These parents felt so loving towards me. I remember I connected more with the parents than I did with my peers. For this I am thankful.

When I was thirteen, the internet was still running on dial-up. I was quite familiar with the internet as I grew up with access to it and to the computers in my home. It was here in this new way of connecting to others that I found myself being accepted more by other women in chatrooms and message board groups online. You see, at thirteen I honestly did not know what gay or lesbian meant. No one ever told me anything about it, I just knew I had a relative who was called gay, but I didn’t even know what that meant. All I knew was that the person who said it did not like the relative that was gay because they thought it was disgusting.

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That year as I turned thirteen, two of the biggest things happened in my life to me. For my thirteenth birthday party, I remember I invited well over 40 girls to come, only one showed. I was bombarded with rejection and lost so much in ever seeing myself as worthy or valuable to anyone. In that same year, I had one friend that would open me up to an experience with her that now looking back I saw as the hook of the enemy to catch me and draw me into this whole other world that I never knew existed at that time. I didn’t know that that one encounter with her was evil luring me into sin that lasted for thirteen years. Shortly after this event, I entered into a whole new world online, I was disgusted at myself for the event with my friend, that our friendship really ended and I went numb to real life relationships.

The internet was my escape. I found acceptance by other women, who led me into online dating with other girls of my age, or even older. It was here that I also was vulnerable to the unknown world of the person on the other side of the screen. I attempted to date men during those early years online, but it never worked out. A lot of times they ignored me or rejected me. I found my acceptance with other girls and women who found their acceptance with each other. It was also here in front of my computer screen that at the age of 13 I began drinking alcohol. I would be up for long hours during the night, drinking and chatting away. The drinking helped me numb the pain of rejection and it left me vulnerable which led me into finding acceptance by women in ways God never intended.

Jumping ahead into my early college days. I attended parties, being with anyone I could be with. It was during these years that I still kept my life a secret to my family. However, it was also in these first couple years of college after being raped by two men, that I vowed to never be with men again. I hated men and I hated myself for making stupid choices and that I deserved what happened. I never reported it because a friend told me not to. So I shut down and swore to myself that I would never let another man touch me.

After flunking out of the college, due to my poor choices in partying and not attending classes, I went on academic probation and was sent home for a semester to prove I could get my grades back up in a local college. It was here during this transition back to living at home with my parents that I finally made a choice to come out of the closet and tell them. I was in an ungodly relationship with a lady and her new child. My parents didn’t ever tell me I was going to hell, or that they were never going to talk to me again but instead they loved me the best they knew how. My mother did attempt to leave articles for me to read about girls experimenting with this and I was upset with her for a while about it, but I continued to press on into living as a lesbian. My father loved me and never acknowledged my coming out, but his silence felt to me as rejection.

In just a couple of years after these events, I turned 21. This was a year I remembered that I was tired of looking feminine. I was overweight from the drinking and overeating so my size also impacted my decision to begin dressing more like a guy. I chopped my hair off and wore men clothes. I labeled myself that year as a “boi” which at that time was a girl who knew she was a girl but refused to dress as one and only wore men’s clothing. This season lasted just over a year. I packed up my home at 22 and made my way to Houston from Abilene. I moved in with a guy I knew from college who was gay.

We lived in a one bedroom apartment for several months until I was able to move out and get my own place. Eight months after I moved out I moved in once again to live with another female who I entered into a long term relationship with.

This relationship was where God broke me by taking all the ungodly things I desired away from me. It was in our 3rd year of our relationship that I began attending a church that I felt accepted me and my choice of being a lesbian, but most of the members had no idea I was living this way because I never told them. You see, I also want to mention this about the churches I attended during these years as a young adult. When I was 21 in Abilene, the PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) met in the basement of one of the local churches. This alone made me believe God was okay with gays and lesbians. It was also in these early young adult years I began to attend the Pride events in big cities like Austin, Dallas and Houston. These were long weekends of drinking, partying and participating in the gay parades. In this parade there were several churches that supported the gay lifestyle and once again I came to a place of believing it was okay to God to be who I was choosing to be.

It was at the age of 25 that God set me free from alcoholism, however I was still addicted to prescription pills. I had a steady job that I did not want to lose over using street drugs so my high came from using prescribed medications. At this time I began to read a book called “90 Minutes In Heaven”. This book stirred me to see a God of miracles. However, it also was a year that I said to God and the person I was with that I’d do anything for God as long as He would allow for me to have this one thing, which was the relationship I was in, being married to them one day, children through artificial insemination and a home I could own with her.

Little did I know God was not going to allow that to happen. In the whole year after that declaration, God began to destroy each of those ungodly desires. It was in November of that year that I saw my dreams for the relationship I was in crumbling right before my eyes and the truth came out from them that they were never going to want what I wanted.

What felt like the end of everything and those four years of being with that person was really God’s jealous love for me. It was here that God destroyed everything I was putting in front of Him as my idols. It was here He was getting closer to finding me.

In March 2012 I was attending a service in the church I was attending at the time. I wasn’t a believer, even though I thought I was. It was here at this event that I experienced a full and immediate deliverance from lesbianism. I didn’t even know who Holy Spirit was at this time, but I was slain in the Spirit and I know that someone had prophesied marriage and children over my life. I remember coming out of that experience never feeling the want of being with another female again. A couple of weeks later as I was sitting in my living room listening to Joyce Meyer that I was at my lowest place ever. High on prescription meds and wondering what I am doing with my life that I cried out to God and said, “Okay, if this is real and you say you are who you are, then come into my heart and show me.” He did just that!

A few years later, God showed me the instant deliverance from lesbianism and the full view of the year prior to my deliverance. You see over that year prior to things crumbling all around me, God began to give me dreams of me walking down the aisle to marry a man. I was grossed out at the thought of these dreams and I refused to believe they were real. I denied them to ever be a possibility. God also showed me that at age 21 I had put a vow over my life when I stated to the people in my life at the time, that if I were to ever not be able to be with a woman that I would become a nun. Little did I know this was a vow and curse I spoke over myself.

After I was saved I began a 18 month discipleship journey with my first ever mentor at the church who I have been with for almost ten years. This process set me on a path of learning how to place a full dependence on Christ’s life in me to do the things I could not do on my own. By the end of this time God had put on my heart to complete my Bachelor’s degree at Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU). I continued to complete my Masters of Bible and Theology at SAGU’s Harrison Graduate School program and in 2018 I became a licensed Assemblies of God minister. I cannot tell you enough of the importance and power of having others to walk beside you through what I have this last decade.

I so enjoy the scenes God puts across my mind where He shows His love for me when I never even knew it was there.

Just recently I shared on a post of mine through Facebook about the jealous love of God for me and His people. It was on a day the world highlighted as Coming Out Day. For me this used to really bother me as I hate the spirits that operate through homosexuality. However, this year was different. God took me back to the day I had chosen to come out to my parents. He showed me His jealous love for me from before I came out publicly claiming to be a lesbian and that He alone was in every moment to that point and beyond. I saw the love of the parents of my peers towards me, the love of my coaches in sports I participated in, and the love of my parents. None of them ever said to me I was going to hell for living in sin, but they loved me the only way they knew. Recently God reminded me of His love for me through the church, the Body of Christ, as I publicly lived in sin. During this season I thought the church was judging me, but it wasn’t the church, but instead it was the lies of the enemy tormenting me. During a Celebrate Recovery program at my church God showed me that He was loving me in the midst of it all. No one during the sessions I had attended ever spoke a word to me about how I lived was wrong (they probably didn’t even know), instead they loved me. I sat in the room and was led to believe the lies that everyone that looked at me judged me for my choice in being a lesbian. I share all of this with you because it is here through the jealous love of God for His creation that His love was stirring in me more than what I thought was fear and judgment. I believe even on the day that I came out to my parents publicly, it was not fear holding me back, but it was the knocking of Jesus on my heart to let Him in instead of me keeping the door shut and doing my own thing apart from Him. God is a jealous Father who wants His creation. He will go to any length to get you to come out of that place you are in, the place where you have built walls and refused to let anyone come in. When you finally open the door to let Him in, He is faithful to lead you into a life with Him that only He can give. I thank God for finding me in my pit and calling me out into a life with Him these past ten years. I wouldn't be who I am today if He didn't keep coming for me with a jealous love and planting in places to grow. If you have loved ones who are in this ungodly way of life, trust me when I say that God knows exactly where they are and He is faithfully going after them. He loves them with a love that no one or no thing can provide. Have hope and believe. Keep praying for the jealous love of God to take them captive and lead them out. He will.

Rev. Candice Tumlinson South Texas Assemblies of God

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REGISTRATION FORM

'Day 'Egyyt, Petra, and:J-{o{y Land Tour Texas 'Bi6Cica{ Stuay Tour February 28 - March 12, 2022 Dr. Tim R. Barker / Dr. Calvin M. Durham

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Ministers & Churches Changes and Updates New Certified

Summer Bridges Matthew Garcia Kaylee Holderrieth Joe-Eric Lopez

David Mata Ezra Mowery Mollie Parrott Patricia Rodriguez

Madelyn Schmidt Samantha Vis Valerie Whitney

Preston Ulrich

Emily Van Winkle

Upgraded to License Vita Castillo Dane McReynolds

Upgraded to Ordained Reiner Vorster

Reinstated

Javier Garcia

Kristen Vorster

Rebecca Hammond

Transfers in

Lucas Chesla – Michigan District Sarah Chesla – Michigan District Alex Ramani – Illinois District Virgil Rodriguez – North Texas District

Transfers Out

Patricia Foster – North Carolina District Kathryn Frank – Ohio Ministry Network James Franklin – North Texas District Sultana Jiron – Southern New England District

Elias Rios

Irene Runge – Minnesota Ministry Network Scott Tomatz – Indiana District Patrice Whiting – Northwest Ministry Network

Dennis Owens – North Texas District Joy Owens – North Texas District Jaime Roever – North Texas District Matthew Roever – North Texas District

New Pastors Pastor Mark Baumgartner – Senior Pastor | Church in the Wildwood – Canyon Lake, TX Pastor Darryl Dean Mitchell – Senior Pastor | Plum Grove Assembly of God – Splendora, TX Pastor Scott Tomatz – Senior Pastor | Humble First Assembly of God – Humble, TX

Church Name Change Live Oak Assembly | Formerly: Columbus Christin Center – Columbus, TX New Hope Church | Formerly: First Assembly of God – Nederland, TX

New Church: Brave Church – Missouri City, TX | Senior Pastor: Bart Lindsey

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2022 Schedule Date

Level 1 Courses

Level 2 Courses

Level 3 Courses

Leadership Exchange

January 3

THE114 Introduction to Pentecostal Doctrine

BIB117 Prison Epistles

BIB322 Poetic Books

"Leveling the Praying Field" presented by Reverend Donna Barrett

February 8

BIB212 BIB215 New Testament Survey Romans

BIB318 Pentateuch

"Love Your Marriage, Top Five Needs" Reverend Robert & April Jones – FEB 7

March 14

BIB214 Old Testament Survey

No Class

“A Reason for Hope” Rev. Stephen Samuel

April 4

BIB121 MIN223 Introduction to Introduction Hermeneutics: How to Homiletics Study the Bible

MIN325 Preaching in the Contemporary World

Discussion to be Announced

May 9

THE211 Introduction to Theology

THE245 Eschatology: A Study of Things to Come

MIN327 Discussion Church Administration, to be Announced Finance & Law

June

MIN191 Beginning Internship

MIN291 Intermediate Internship

MIN391 Advanced Internship

Summer Break

July & August

Summer Break

Summer Break

Summer Break

Summer Break

September 12

THE142 BIB115 THE311 AG History, Missions & Acts: The Holy Spirit at Prayer & Worship Governance Work in the Believers

(Certified)

(License)

MIN251 Effective Leadership

(Ordained)

Discussion to be Announced

MIN171 Spirit Empowered Church

MIN261 Introduction to A/G Missions

October 3

MIN181 Relationships & Ethics in Ministry

MIN281 Conflict Management for Church Leaders

MIN381 Pastoral Ministry

Discussion to be Announced

November 7

BIB114 Christ in the Synoptic Gospels

MIN123 The Local Church in Evangelism

BIB313 Corinthian Correspondence

Discussion to be Announced

December

Christmas Break

Christmas Break

Christmas Break

Christmas Break

Hosted at the South Texas Assemblies of God Ministries Center, 12106 East Sam Houston Pkwy N, Houston, TX 77044 All students must RSVP 2 weeks prior to each class. Classes start at 7pm.

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From the South Texas District Evangelist Department May you have a blessed Thanksgiving, a very Merry Christmas and a Safe & Happy New Year.

We are entering our 10th year of having the Signs of the Times Conferences (SOTT)! These Conferences are for our churches to forsake not the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching (Hebrews 10:25). This day is referring to the coming of the Lord!

We will have three SOTT Conferences in 2022. These are the dates scheduled: March 24-25, 2022 First Assembly of God – Victoria, Texas June 20-21, 2022 Cathedral of Praise A/G – Houston, Texas November 14-15, 2022 Faith Harbor A/G – Port Arthur, Texas Ephesians 4:11-12 And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ (KJV).

The seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas are both examples of God giving! Thanksgiving is a season of thankfulness for God’s blessings. Christmas is thanking God for giving the gift of life through His son Jesus Christ.

One way the South Texas District Evangelist Department has ministered to our District is conducting our Signs of the Times Conferences!

May God bless our South Texas District, Pastors, and Churches this Christmas season!

Let’s have Revival God Bless We Keep Marching!

South Texas District Evangelist Department Evangelist Rod and Cathy Vincent South Texas District Evangelist Representative

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Greetings friends!

During this end of year season, we wanted to say thank you for your faithful support both in prayer and finances to our STXAGM Missionaries. Your partnership is making a difference in sharing the Gospel in the US and around the world.

We wanted to remind you that if you are doing other types of mission’s support, that your church can get Missions Giving Credit (like local community outreaches, travel & other costs for your foreign outreaches). Please fill out the attached form & send it to our email address by the dates listed (end of year totals are due by Jan. 10). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

On another note, AGWM has recently informed us that they are changing the way that they will send their Missions Certificates. They will not be sending them to us in print form anymore, rather they have opted to email a digital link to us, in turn which we will send on to your church. You can either print them yourselves, or if you prefer you can use them digitally to project in your church’s videos, etc. Please let us know if there is a specific email that you would prefer us to use in sending these to your church. At this time AGUSM will continue to send them in printed form. Be on the lookout for this upcoming change.

Billy Graham said, “Evangelism is when the Gospel, which is good news, is preached or presented to all people”.

Thanks for being a part of the heart of God…missions!

South Texas To The Nations, Roger & Debbi Audorff STXAGM Missions Directors

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MISSIONS GIVING CREDIT FOR THE MONTHS OF: Church Name:

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Contact:

Address: Phone #:

Email Address:

The following missions giving is above what has been credited to the A/G National office. Please do not include the following, (so they will not be double credited): STL, BGMC, LFTL, Women’s Ministries, AGWM/AGUSM missionaries, Convoy of Hope, Teen Challenge, Pleasant Hills, EMERGE, General Council endorsed schools, colleges & universities, etc. as these are reported to the National Office directly.

AREA OF GIVING:

DESCRIPTON:

AMOUNT $

Missions Conventions Missions Honorariums

Missions Outreaches

Special Missions Projects

Use of Facilities for Ethnic groups (no cost) PAC (6 mo. start up): Other (please list)

GRAND TOTAL MISSIONS GIVING CREDIT: **Please send this form to raudorff.stxag@gmail.com.

Due by: 1st Qtr: April 10th 2nd Qtr: July 10th

$ (Please attach documentation or information for reference).

3rd Qtr: October 10th 4th Qtr: January 10th (year-end)

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What a year 2021 has been for our South Texas “Seniors With Purpose”! We have had some difficulty, for sure, in regard to events. But there were bright spots and the end of year and 2022 is looking good! Here is a brief recap of 2021: • Our Tuesday and Friday online singalongs on our “Seniors With Purpose” Facebook page have continued with very good participation. By years end we will have done 100, 45- minute singalongs in 2021. That’s approximately 1450 songs Judy will have played and us sing! A Big thanks to so many who are faithful to join us and sing! The total views will be around 60,000!

• The Senior Summit, April 26-28 was, in my estimation, a ringing success! The Browder’s were great and Alton Garrison, well, just doesn’t get any better! Food was great! Attendance was double what we were expecting!

• The National Sam Conference, the first week of September, was really well attended by South Texas! Thank You South Texas Seniors!

• The Thanksgiving Banquet at First AG in San Antonio was sold out! Half of those attending were from other churches. Thanks to pastor Sam Matta for opening this event to “Seniors With Purpose” making it a joint effort between the church and the District Seniors!

• Our Special Thanksgiving Singalong was a home run! Lisa Dennett, Director of the Seniors ministry at McAllen First AG did an over-the-top job of organizing the event. 61 seniors were there and the singalong was wonderful with them as our choir! Thanks to Pastor Robert and April Jones for singing with us. The food and fellowship were topnotch too!

We have three events left in 2021. Pastor Doug Roberts, who is incredibly talented, has agreed to piggyback his “Pastor Doug and Friends Christmas Concert” as a Seniors With Purpose event. This is such a wonderful presentation. You would have to pay a lot of money to see it if it were in Branson! It’s that good! They are doing it twice: December 11th, 5PM Angleton First AG, Pastor Mike Hammonds.

329 N. Anderson St, Angleton, TX 77515 | 979.849.6112 December 12th, 6PM CT Church, Pastor Doug Roberts 14335 O’Connor Rd, San Antonio, TX 78247 | 210.657.3578 Might add, get there a bit early! (for good seats) This is a great concert for Seniors. Thank You pastor Doug for letting us crash your party!

The final event of the year will be our Christmas Singalong and party at the District Office in Houston. Our District Superintendent, Pastor Tim Barker and his wife Jill Will be joining us! If you are within an hour drive or so, plan to join the party. In fact, bring your whole Seniors Group.

Going to be a blast! And there will be a very special drawing for a special prize!

December 17th, 1:30-3:30 (Singalong 2:00- 2:45) STXAGM District Office 12106 East Sam Houston Pkwy N Houston, TX 77044 | 713.455.1221 2022 is taking shape and promises to be a good year of ministry for “Seniors With Purpose”! We will be sending a completed 2022 SWP calendar of events before years end!

The Senior Summit, April 4-6, Monday evening through Wednesday noon, is going to be exciting. We will get the flyer and registration information out by Mid-December!

Judy and I would love to come to your church or Seniors Group for ministry. These are challenging, but, full of opportunity times! If we can assist you in any way, let us know! Email- rwcpc47@gmail.com Phone- 210-326-8130.

Blessings, Wayne and Judy Clark Seniors With Purpose “No Coasting to the Finish Line”

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