Lewis Ecker
Associate Pastor for
Reaching and Teaching
Ministries
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FUND RAISERS for WALT POYNTER
Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction
Saturday, June 28, 5:30 PM
Christian Life Center
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Welcome Center of Church Office
ALSO: donations will be accepted @ Church Office
Chic-Fil-A Fund Raiser
Thursday, July 24, 5-8 PM
10% of all proceeds to Walt
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Become a Volunteer or Register Your Children for VBS Online
Click on the VBS logo above to register.
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Men's Prayer Breakfast
Saturday, July 12, 8 AM
Grace Hall
sign up @ Welcome Center for free breakfast
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The Montana Mission Team has need of donations for a Yard Sale on July 19 (CLC parking lot). They will also accept monetary donations toward VBS supplies and building materials. Contact Buddy Estes for details, (352)536-2778.
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Keep in Mind...
Later in the summer we will have a 4 BR house for rent in Clermont but first we have to sell our furniture and two mini-vans and find a home for Angel, the Bichon Frise.
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NEXT WEEK:
London Fun Facts
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I'm Still Here
It's
looks like I'll be here a few more weeks... I know it seems strange
when you say good-bye to someone and they don't leave, but I can't
leave where I am until I get permission to "arrive" where I need to go.
But please don't call me a man without a country!! :-) Anyway, the
reason I'm writing is to let you know I'm still on the job at FBC
Clermont, though I may seem distracted at times with "London thoughts."
Please keep me in your prayers as I try to sort out the maze of requirements for my work visa for the United Kingdom. I may have made a few fumbles with the timing that will hopefully be corrected in a few days.
In the meantime, please accept my enormous gratitude for the send-off last Sunday night. Your gracious, kind words and generous gifts are greatly appreciated. You're all a wonderful part of our extended family, so let's keep in touch.
Why London?
Since our first visit to London in 2000, Angie and I have increasingly sensed God's
call to "come over" on a full-time basis. That calling has taken me
across the Atlantic ten times for various
lengths of stay for additional mission trips. I was fortunate that Angie was
able to accompany me on over half of those trips.
Over
time we developed a deep connection to London
pastor, Brian Wightwick. He pastors two London Baptist Association
churches in the borough of Islington -- Camden Road Baptist and Upper Holloway
Baptist -- in a shared pastorate.
There are great needs in this area of London for
work with children, youth, the homeless, and the elderly; and a great
opportunity for outreach evangelism with university students, especially international students. Fortunately Upper
Holloway church has a strategic location and a tremendous multi-purpose
facility for sports, Bible study, fellowship meals, etc.
How Will We be Funded?
God
has wonderfully provided me an appointment, pending a face to face interview, with the London City Mission,
founded in 1835, as a church-based missionary ministering with the two churches
mentioned above and the surrounding community. LCM will provide a salary (and trainig) and the church will provide a house.
As I said last time, we hope you'll partner with us in this faith venture and consider us your missionaries to London by: (1) remembering us in your prayers as Bro. Lew's News keeps you up-to-date with photos and reports; (2) visiting us in London, whether as a tourist or on a mission trip; and (3) prayerfully considering a monthly investment in our ministry in London (one of the most expensive cities in the world).
Donations may be given directly to Clermont FBC and designated for the Ecker family. We promise to be accountable for every dollar (pound) you cheerfully give and to use it for the glory of God.
We would also love to host you for a few days or a few weeks in our home. I'm a great
tour guide and London continues to be the world's most popular city
destination with over 27m visitors annually. We would love to share it with you.
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Our Home in London
I've been told the renovations on our "townhouse" in London (owned by Upper Holloway Baptist Church) are nearing completion with new bathrooms, paint, carpet, and laminate floors. The doors and drafty windows have also been replaced along with a new water heater and central heating unit. No air conditioning required!!
The photo above shows the view from our front living room window on the second floor. In England they call it the first floor. What we call the first floor, they call the ground floor.
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