Term: Fall Issue 1 Date: November 1, 2024
MINISTRY REPORT
What an incredible year it has been here at Realife! Overall this year we were able to minister to over 15,000 people and saw over 1,000 come to a saving knowledge of Christ The ministry here saw 7,000 students attend our summer camp program, of which 746 students gave their lives to Christ and 706 students were baptized. Summer Camp is generally our busiest season, however the private faith based retreats brought opportunity to reach another 5,500 people! We are thankful to God to see this fruit in our ministry, and also to the churches, and donors that partner with us every year to ‘Reach the Unreached’ with the gospel and to expand the kingdom of heaven!
We are so excited to announce the launch of our new college event, Thrive!
Thrive is a retreat for college & young adult age students that will be a spiritual springboard to start their year and ultimately the beginning of their lives. We have several key-note speakers who are deeply involved in college ministry that cannot wait to get involved here at this new ministry venture. The date for Thrive will be January 3-5, 2025! This will be a wonderful weekend conference that will really dig in deep with what our young adults are facing in their generation and how to really serve Christ with their lives, and THRIVE doing it.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Christmas Camp (Blue Springs) December 27-29th
THRIVE College and Young Adult Retreat (Vero Beach) January 3-5, 2025
Spring Wind re Ladies Retreat (Vero Beach) April 11-13, 2025
NEW STILLWATERS LEADERSHIP
Meet Peter Villano and his Family! Peter joined our ministry family here at the Realife Blue Springs campus in September as our Administrative Pastor. We are so excited to announce that he and his wife, Esther, will be the house parents at our new Stillwaters Foster home Our paperwork and licensing are in the final stages of approval and we are looking forward to the new young people that will join our family in the winter and spring months.
YEAR END FUNDRAISING
We as a Realife staff would like to ask that you consider Realife Ministries in your year end giving. 100% of your donations go to fund the outreach events for foster students, the Stillwaters Group Home and the many ministry projects and outreach projects that we have each year All donations directly fund the effectiveness of our ministry in reaching students We not only take financial contributions but also real-estate, financial assets and auto/boat/equipment donations. Our financial goal as a ministry is to be debt free and have financial liberty to reach people to the best of our Godgiven ability If you feel led to support us this year, you can make checks payable to Realife, Inc and mail to: 2650 Lakeshore Dr., Marianna, Fl. 32446 or you can donate at our website with a credit card at realife.org. All donations are tax deductable
This year we also have a citrus fundraiser specifically designed to fund the foster kids that will come to camp for FREE. We have partnered with Florida Georgia Citrus to provide your family with the seasons best citrus this fall. $25 from each order will be donated to Realife to support our foster students to come to camp. There are two options available 1. 1/4 Bushel Box $50 2. 1/2 Bushel Box $75 Shipping is included! Orders before Nov. 14th will be shipped on Nov. 18th. Orders before December 12th will be shipped December 14th. You can place your order at: realife.org
Please feel free to visit our website for more info! https://realife.org If you need to get in contact with our Camp Director, William Bloodworth, please email him at wbloodworth@realife org or reach him by cell 770-598-6896
REALIFE WILDERNESS OUTPOST CAMP IN
HORSESHOE BEACH, FL
Our camp ministry began years ago in a little town named Horseshoe Beach. In those early days, our camp was somewhat primitive, however, the local Baptist Church across the street allowed us to use their facilities as our meeting space and dining room At this camp in 2011 we saw over 100 people come to Christ in one week Through this revival, God spoke to us and put in our heart to launch the ministry that we currently have today! It stretches over several locations and reaches over 15,000 people each year The 20 acre property that we once borrowed for ministry has now been donated to our ministry and we are in the process of building a Realife Wilderness Outpost camp. Recently, this little town of Horseshoe Beach (including First Baptist Church) was part of the hurricane Helene (and Idalia) devastation that has affected so many. In this town over half of the homes are destroyed. The Horseshoe Beach First Baptist Church and parsonage is severely damaged leaving the congregation and the Pastor without a home Our Realife staff and several craftsmen from Campers on Mission and Bethel Builders are currently working to repair and rebuild the meeting space and the parsonage The building is not the Church, but, it is important for the body to be able to meet and organize to be the ‘Church’ Spiritual influence from the church is so important, especially to a community that has suffered greatly and is in need of physical, financial, emotional, and spiritual healing. We are still looking for craftsmen who would be willing to help lay hands on this project, and anyone who, through donations for materials, are led to donate them to this rebuild effort. Below are a few pictures of the partially remodeled meeting space and the loving missionaries that have laid hands on this project Please pray for Horseshoe Beach, this church, and the many families that are suffering
REALIFE CHRISTMAS CAMP
Christmas Camp this year will be on December 2729th, 2024 at our Blue Springs Campus. You can purchase a gift for a child or sign up to volunteer at our website at realife.org.
There can be no greater gift that you can give, than the gift of Jesus...on His Birthday!