Faith, Hope, and Love-and You


December 2013


Celebrate with Us!
2013 in Review 
In This Issue
2013 Enewsletters and Essays
2013 Prayer Requests
Donation Options
Facebook Photo Albums
 Year End Fund Drive

As you celebrate with us all that God has been doing through Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries this year, please prayerfully consider making a special contribution at this time. We need your help to sustain and expand the important work we're doing to revitalize and develop Christian leaders on four continents.

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Thank you! 

Please Pray With Us 
Burmese students praying on the labyrinth

 

1. For continued expansion of Spirit-Led Leader teaching through the Association for Theological Education in Myanmar (ATEM) and to other leadership groups, seminaries, and churches    

 

2. For permits and funding needed to build faculty housing on MIT campus that would include an apartment for Tim and Jill to use

3. For peaceful resolution of the deadly conflicts between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims

4. For protection for Christians, especially in Rahkine State, where some extremists are already threatening to extend their efforts to purify their state beyond Muslims to targeting Christians as well

5. For God's working in Eastern Congo, where much healing and restoration is needed after the defeat of the M23 Rebels

6. For translations of the Spirit-Led Leader book and curriculum into Burmese, Khmer, and French

7. For two dozen at-risk youth in Yangon to want to know God, to have the ability to know God as Father, and to believe in and follow Jesus as their Savior 

 

8. For wisdom to know how to best share the Gospel with Muslims, who need to have a personal experience with Jesus in order to put their faith in him as their Savior

9. For Tim's and Jill's intention to write and publish new books and resources in 2014

 

10. For continued funding needed to sustain and advance our leadership development programs  

Rev. Dr. Yaw Law, Senior Pastor Immanuel Baptist Church, Yangon
Communion Service in Myanmar
Zaw, Supervisor and mentor for very poor youth who work at Helping Hands

Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries

 

Board of Directors

 

Rev. Dr. Cheryl F. Dudley

 

Mr. Thomas Erickson   

 

Rev. Jill K.H. Geoffrion, Ph.D.

 

Rev. Timothy C. Geoffrion, Ph.D.

 

Mr. Peter Strommen 

 

Board of Advisors

 

Mr. Jim Deanovic

 

Mr. Daniel E. Geoffrion 

 

Mr. Timothy Charles Geoffrion   

Mr. Ron Hoffman   

 

Mr. John March  

 

Mr. Warren Staley      

 

Mr. Mark Thompson  

 

Staff

 

Tim

Timothy C. Geoffrion 

President and Teaching Minister

 

Jill teaching    Jill K.H. Geoffrion  

Artist and Minister of Hospitality 

    Josias Formal

Josias Hansen  

Assistant to the President   

   

We deeply appreciate your prayers and financial support. We need your ongoing participation to both sustain and expand this important leadership development work.     

 

Thank you!   

 

 
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As 2013 draws to a close, we are praising God for all the open doors given to us for ministry and service to nearly 4800 individuals over this past year. We're especially thankful for the ways God has been touching lives through our work  in Myanmar, France, Ukraine, and the United States. 

Here are some of the highlights from the year:
*  Several months of equipping 200 future pastors and community servants via academic courses on the New Testament, Spirit-led leadership, Spirit-led living, and Labyrinth Prayer at the Myanmar Institute of Theology in Yangon
Examining a Greek text from the New Testament
 * Preaching to over 3700 individuals in various countries we serve  
Preaching at MIT's Baccalaureate Service
* The Spirit-Led Leader intensive course for 18 Christian leaders from several different Eastern European and Asian countries in Kiev
 
Ukraine Evangelical Theological Seminary SLL participants 
* Our historic ministry opportunity in the Chin Hills as the first Western ministers to teach, speak, and minister to Chin Christians in their homeland in 47 years! 
Spirit-Led Leader workshop participants, Falam, Chin Hills
* The seven day retreat Jill led in collaboration with the Chemin Neuf Community in France for 25 participants
Jill teaching on labyrinth prayer 
 
* Opportunities to build labyrinths and facilitate prayer walks for hundreds of people around the world
Pastors, faculty, and church leaders praying in the Chin Hills
* Countless opportunities to counsel and encourage faculty members, students, and pastors informally; along with many sessions of intensive, spiritual life and leadership coaching of pastors and other Christian leaders
Tim informally advising one of his former MIT students,
a young man who is now an instructor at Chin Christian College in Hakah
* A small but meaningful outreach to 15-20 at-risk Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist youth in Yangon, Myanmar in collaboration with local leaders
Jill captures a light moment while Yangon Youth re-enact the story of Simon and the woman who wept at Jesus' feet (Luke 7:36-50) 
Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries is devoted to teaching, inspiring, and encouraging  theological students and Christian leaders, especially in developing countries. We help them more deeply experience the love and grace of God for themselves, and learn how to better serve as effective, Spirit-led leaders.

In order to sustain and develop these global ministries, we depend upon the prayer and generosity of our supporters. If you have already given this year, thank you! If you are still doing your year-end giving, would you consider making a generous contribution at this time?
 
We are truly grateful for your partnership in our ministries of spiritual revitalization and Christian leadership development throughout the world. 

Serving Christ with you, 

 

Tim Geoffrion

President and Teaching Minister

 

"What you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well."

-2 Timothy 2:2, NRSV

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In addition to the standard ways of contributing, you may also give appreciated assets, particularly stocks, to Faith, Hope and Love Global Ministries.At this time of the year with the stock market up dramatically, there may be tax benefits when you donate appreciated stock. If you are interested in this option, please email Josias Hansen (josias.hansen@fhlglobal.org) to help you facilitate your gift of stock. He will be able to give you all the specific information you will need to give to your broker to get the stock to the right place.     

 

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THANK YOU!
 


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For Your Reflection



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What prayer does it bring to your mind and heart?