Saturday Day-trip

Dear friends,

John, Patrick S. and I plan to be on the streets of Asheville tomorrow morning (Saturday). We hope to set up a literature table in the main city center of Asheville to hand out tracts and talk to people. Please pray for us and for this opportunity to minister and tell the Good News to folks on the streets of Asheville. Please pray that there will be many "conversations" that point to Jesus.

In Him and For Him,

Chris and John.

CANCELLED - Our Second Meeting - Friday July 21, 2006 6:30 PM

4:50 PM Final Update:
Dear Friends,
It is with a real sense of regret that we would like to announce that due to inclement weather the study has been cancelled for this evening.

We will of course be back in two weeks on August 4th, so please mark your calendars. Please continue to pray for the outreach effort. John and I will be up in Asheville next week doing some canvassing and a book table in the city center. We hope to meet more of you then!
3:40 PM Update:
We've cancelled the initial book table in downtown Asheville (hopefully rescheduling it soon) as it is raining in Asheville right now. Currently, the Bible study is still on for 6:30 PM - we will, however, make a final assessment at 4:30 PM.

Chris.

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Hi Folks,

I'll be using this thread to track the weather today. The weather is not looking as well as it was on Tuesday. There is a 50% chance of thundershowers today versus 30% when I checked it on Tuesday. At the moment the biblestudy is still on, but check back here frequently. Should there be a need to cancel the study, John and I will attempt to reach all the people we know were planning to come. If you would like to add your name to the list of folks being kept updated via email/phone feel free to email us. There is a "spam proof" email address on the right side of the page labelled "email us". We will make a final update before John and I go up at 3:30 PM.

Speaking of which, we intend to go up and set up a booktable in downtown Asheville before going down to the park, Lord willing. Please pray for us and the people we hope to talk to. And please pray for better weather!


Looking forward to seeing you!

Tracts and Our next meeting

Our home church has posted an electronic copy of the tract that we handed out (fashioned by our very own Steve W.) on their website. You can see it here.

Also, don't forget we have our Second Meeting planned for Friday at 6:30 PM. We're watching the weather very closely. It indicates that there is a mild possibility of rain. Please pray for clear weather :-) We hope to see you there! If you'd like to help us setup we're meeting at 5:45 PM at the back of the park on the right hand side.

first meeting re-cap

The first meeting of the Asheville Bible Study was truly encouraging. We arrived around 6:00 PM and started the setup process. The picnic area where we were meeting was in the back of the park and we quickly laid out the tents to set them up. After some initial confusion with tent assembly (ok, I'll be honest we weren't even close to eagle scout material) the tents were set up. We soon realized, however, that our location in the back of the park made it more difficult to find us so we sent out some of our intrepid helpers with some hastily made signs. You see three of them in the picture. Next meeting we hope to have some nice large printed signs to put out to direct people to our location.

At around 6:30 after we had got everything setup we walked around the park passing out literature and inviting people to the study. While most of the folks were engaged in other activities, we did manage to speak to a few people who indicated that they might join us at a future study. We're looking forward to meeting them again and getting to know them. Pray that God would work through this study and our efforts on His behalf.

By 7 PM we started the study. After singing some great songs and hymns, old and new, we had the study before ending in an encouraging time of corporate prayer. John led the study and gave an excellent overview of the book of Mark. As John taught, the book of Mark is designed to answer the question "Who is Jesus?" That is the focus of our studies, introducing people to Jesus through His Holy Word. He is truly "The beginning of the Gospel" (Mark 1:1), the beginning of the good news. As we will learn at our next study, He teaches truth "with authority" (verse 21) unlike the other teachers of his age or, for that matter, any age. This comes from His nature as God incarnated. If you would like to know more about what that message of authority is, come join us July 21 at 6:30 PM. We'd love to meet you there.

Here is a picture of (most) of the folks who were there (I am taking the picture). You can see one of our "professionally erected" tents in the background.

Keep praying that God would use us as "instruments of righteousness" in the Asheville area. See you Friday, July 21st at 6:30 PM!

Our first meeting, July 7th 6:30 PM Fletcher Park

Dear Friends,

Praise God! We are truly excited and prayerfully waiting on God for what He has in store for the Asheville area. After an encouraging session of evangelism and flyer distribution last Saturday where we had the privilege of meeting some of you in the area, we are getting ready for our first Bible study tomorrow Friday at 6:30 PM in Fletcher Park . We will be meeting in the picnic area of the park, roughly on the "right side" or east side of the park. Just look for the open tents! I hope to have finished my trek from Canada in time to arrive and join y'all as John Miller will be leading our first study in the Gospel of Mark. This study is open to seasoned Christians, newbies, the curious or those who aren't sure what they believe.


Weather Update
At the moment, the forecast for Fletcher is looking favorable with sun and a high of 78 degrees forecast with a low of 58. Since it may be a bit chilly in the evening you might want to take a sweater with you, just in case. We will have seats and some open tents to give us some shade and visibility in the park but feel free to bring your own seating should you so desire.

We look forward to seeing you there! 6:30 PM at this location.

Hi and welcome!

Hi there,

This is just a quick greeting to all our visitors who are visiting this blog from the Fletcher area after receiving our first flyer "A New Beginning for Fletcher". We're just getting started in the area but we'd love to hear from you or even see you next Friday at our first meeting! If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to leave a comment using the link below this article. If you would prefer to contact us by email, you can reach me (Chris) at this address: covenantal [a t] gmail.com or John [a t]gbctaylors.org

We will be posting an update soon. Stay tuned!