Thank you for holding the rope!

“And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.” Philippians 4:15-17

“no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.”

The Philippians had a heart that invest in missions, they had a partnership in the gospel,the Philippians seem to have been generous in their financial support to apostle Paul’s work.

But also donations, gifts o offering is Not the only way to invest in missions, these are part of missions and missions need them!

But let me go deeply, let me giving to you an example,

ver. 14 “was kind of you to share my trouble.”

Here we are, see what is the nature of true Christian pity; not only to be concerned for our brothers in their troubles, but to do what we can to help them.

Let me give to you a close example of that,

Philippians 2:30 for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

This scripture is talking about Epaphroditus, a man who was willing to put in risk His life for the sake of the Gospel, for the sake of the Kingdom of God.

Epaphroditus, showed to us a heart that invest in mission, a heart that is committed for the sake of the gospel. His testimony is an encouragement to invest your time, invest your skills, invest your talent, we don’t need to change our state, But we need to do something for missions…

William Carey, who upon his trip to the unknown world of India, looked at the small band of brothers around him and said, as it were, “Well, I will go down, if you will hold the rope.”

We are grateful of each one of you for holding the rope!

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Good News For a New Memphis | 2018 Missions Conference, Independent Presbyterian Church

I had the honor to be part beside Mike Winebrenner and Michael Williamson in a Panel Discussion, on February 7. Our theme was “Do we need Multi-ethnic Churches?

It was a great opportunity to share what God is doing in Christ Fellowship for His Glory!

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Therefore GO… | Mission Emphasis week 2018, Christ Covenant Church

February 18, I was invited to preach at Christ Covenant “A Missional Heart” Philippians 4:10-20. I was so blessed to be encouraged with our sister church in how continue being part of God’s Missions.

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CPC World Missions Conference 2018 | A Renewed Concern for Missions

We were in charged at Four Corners Café (4 yrs – 6th grade), sharing about Peru, we were focused on 4 aspects  the culture, food, people and the missionary's specific work /ministry in the country.

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"Christ Fellowship “Officer Nominees”

Please pray for a congregational meeting  has been called on Sunday, April 8^th for the purpose of voting on church officers. Pray as we  walk on the last process of God’s call in the coming months.

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English Classes

The training definitely is helping us to upgrade and improved the way to teach English to our students: Jose, Lucy, Angelica, (Mexico), Geronimo, Pedro, Joselyn (El Salvador), Magaly, Edith, Miguel, Camila y Valeria (Venezuela).

Please prayer for them and our team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers, Mary Edwards and Tom Harrison.

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Spanish Bible Study

We still studying Ephesians chapter 4. “God’s gifts to his people to build His Church”. This chapter was used by God to convince a family to take the adoption class. Please pray especially for the Hernandez family to join us as a members of Christ Fellowship. Please pray for all the families who are attending!

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Please Pray for The Loayza Ministry

Staff Member at Christ Fellowship

Director of Discipleship and Missions

Translation English - Spanish at Christ Fellowship

Spanish Bible Study

English Classes for Immigrants (ESL) at Christ Covenant

Please pray for a future prison ministry at Hernando jail.

Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support, we rest on God, that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit

Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

Building up yourselves on your most holy faith; some copies, and the Complutensian edition, read, "our most holy faith"; meaning the doctrine of faith in all its branches, which is holy, a most holy doctrine; which displays the holiness of God, and is a means of beginning and increasing internal holiness in the saints, and of encouraging and exciting them to external holiness of life and conversation: this phrase, "holy faith", is in use with the Jews: and it becomes the saints to build up one another upon this; the doctrine of faith, is a foundation to build upon, particularly what regards the person, offices, and grace of Christ, and is itself of an edifying nature; and they should not content themselves with their present knowledge of it, but seek for an improvement in it…

John Gill

This is our deepest desire to grow and improve in the Grace of Christ to edify others!

Christ Fellowship “Officer Nominees”

Please pray for the men who have accepted their nominations as elders and deacons. Pray as we  walk on the last process of God’s call in the coming months.

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English Classes

January 19^th & 20 ^th our team of English Classes had a training given by MNA ESL (Mission North America English as a Second Language) Mr. and Mrs. Chaplin were our trainers, was a great blessing to had Mrs. Becky as a teacher trainer. We can say that was amazing! The training help us to upgrade and improved the way to teach English. We are so grateful to God for allow us to serve beside a great team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers, Mary Edwards and Tom Harrison. Please pray for our students: Jose, Lucy, Angelica, (Mexico), Geronimo, Pedro, Joselyn (El Salvador), Magaly, Edith, Miguel, Camila y Valeria (Venezuela) and Maribel (new student from Mexico)

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Spanish Bible Study

We still studying Ephesians chapter 4. January 25^th a Peruvian friend, who is Missionary in Peru visit us. It was a great opportunity to have him at the Bible Study and share about missions. God in his providence used this visit to give an introduction about “God’s gifts to his people to build His Church”. Please pray for all the families who are attending!

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Please pray for a future prison ministry at Hernando jail.

David Criger and I finished all the paperwork to apply to do a “ Prison Ministry at Hernando Jail ”, we are waiting for the process of it. Please pray for God open a door which will be a great opportunity to serve into the prison among the Latinos.

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Esteban is 13^th!!

Today, is Esteban’s Birthday. It is overwhelming and exciting to be parents of a teenager. Please, pray for him and to us for wisdom in this new journey.

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Please Pray for The Loayza Ministry

Staff Member at Christ Fellowship

Director of Discipleship and Missions

Translation English - Spanish at Christ Fellowship

Spanish Bible Study

English Classes for Immigrants (ESL) at Christ Covenant

English reading Discipleship Bible Study (ESL students)

Prison Ministry at Hernando Jail (2018)

Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support, we rest on God, that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21

We are so thankful for your partnership!

We trust in God that all of you had a blessed Christmas and also our best wishes for the New Year 2018!

We are so grateful to God to allow us to have each of you being part of what God is doing among us and we are convinced that if you are not being partner with your prayers and your financial support will be very difficult to do God’s call to our lives. Every life, every opportunity that God brought us this year to share the Gospel, serve or to discipleship someone, let me tell you that you were part of it.

2018 is here and all of us have many desires for the next year, plans, Goals and all this remains us what says Psalms 20:4-5

“May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfil all your petitions!”

This Psalm is so connected with Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

The connection between these two Psalms is that God will fulfill or will give our petitions or our desires. But, the idea here is not our selfishness desires. Instead the idea is if “We Delight ourselves in the Lord” we will have His desires in ours heart and then God will fulfill or will give our petitions, because they will be the same as God’s desires.

This is our prayer for us and for you all for 2018. May God bless your heart, your life and your family, and God continue using you to accomplish His desires to His work among us.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

The Loayzas

Please Pray for The Loayza Ministry

Staff Member at Christ Fellowship

Director of Discipleship and Missions

Translation English - Spanish at Christ Fellowship

Spanish Bible Study

English Classes for Immigrants (ESL) at Christ Covenant

English reading Discipleship Bible Study (ESL students)

Prison Ministry at Hernando Jail (2018)

Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support, we rest on God, that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21

Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

     The apostle closes the chapter with a doxology. It is proper to conclude our prayers with praises. Our blessed Saviour has taught us to do so. Take notice how he describes God, and how he ascribes glory to him. He describes him as a God that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. There is an inexhaustible fulness of grace and mercy in God, which the prayers of all the saints can never draw dry. Whatever we may ask, or think to ask, still God is still able to do more, abundantly more, exceedingly abundantly more. Open thy mouth ever so wide, still he hath wherewithal to fill it. Note, In our applications to God we should encourage our faith by a consideration of his all-sufficiency and almighty power. According to the power which worketh in us. As if he had said, We have already had a proof of this power of God, in what he hath wrought in us and done for us, having quickened us by his grace, and converted us to himself. The power that still worketh for the saints is according to that power that hath wrought in them. Wherever God gives of his fulness he gives to experience his power.

     Matthew Henry

Christ Fellowship had the Sermon Series “Biblical Church Leadership”

     In the month of November, we will take a break from studying Mark to consider the qualifications for church elders and deacons. This is a season of great significance for us as a young church. We need to consider carefully the kind of men God wants to lead His church. The congregation will have an opportunity in December to nominate men for those offices. 

The November series followed this schedule:

November 5 – “Elect Christians”

November 12 – “Elect Men”

November 19 – “Elect Servants”

November 26 – “Elect Shepherds”

     We need to pray. God knows the hearts of all men (Acts 1:24). Our task is to look for men who are already doing the work. We only want to recognize and affirm the call of God that has already been placed on these men. We are excited because one of the candidates is a Latino Brother!

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English Classes

     On November 19th, we had a dinner to celebrate our First Anniversary and Thansgiving. We had a great time together tasting different kind of food from different countries. We had a blast playing a game together. We had the opportunity to share God’s Word. Chad Emerson shared Psalms 100 A Psalm for giving thanks and I translated him.  We are so grateful to God for allow us to serve beside a great team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers and Tom Harrison. Also pray for our students: Jose, Pablo, Lucy, Angelica, Martha, (Mexico), Geronimo, Manuel (El Salvador), Naaima (Morocco), Magaly and Elba (Venezuela)

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English Reading Bible Study

     We have started our Reading Bible Study. Geronimo, Manuel and Pablo are coming. Please pray for them!

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Spanish Bible Study 

     We have started Ephesians chapter 4. We are going deeper in every study. We still having the Spanish Bible Study at different houses. God still bringing people to hear the Gospel, we have a new couple Giovanni and Doris. We still having an Anglo member from Christ Fellowship who attends the Bible Study, Please pray for all the families who are attending!

I would like to share a Facebook post from Mike

Thanksgiving!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with all the families. We really had a great time together.

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Please pray for a future prison ministry at Hernando jail. 

     Before Thanksgiving, Ps Clint Wilcke and I had a lunch with Bill Rasco, Sheriff of Hernando. And also David Criger and I had a meeting with the Chaplain. God opened this door which will be a great opportunity to serve into the prison among the latinos.  

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Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support, we rest on God, that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21

Hebrews 12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.

“By "feet" are meant the walk and conversation of the saints, both in the church, and in the world, [Son of Solomon 7:1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.]

and there are paths made ready for these feet to walk in; as the good old paths of truth, of the word and worship of God, of faith and holiness: and to make these paths "straight", is to make the word of God the rule of walking; to avoid carefully joining anything with it as a rule; to attend constantly on the ordinances of Christ; to go on evenly in a way of believing on him; to walk in some measure worthy of the calling wherewith we are called, and by way of example to others.”   

John Gill

Highlands Presbyterian Church

October 7^th   - 8^th, We were invited to share about what God is doing at Christ Fellowship. What amazing time for the Winebrenners and the Loayzas to visit our brothers and sisters at Highlands Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS!. We can said:  God was Glorified!

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Grace Presbyterian Church PCA

October 13^th – 14^th, I was invited to be one of the speakers at Missions Conference “ Building Bridges to our community” at Grace Presbyterian Church PCA, Grenada, MS. It was more than a blessing to be part of this conference, I had the privilege to share God’s word beside Dave Veldhorst, Director of Mobilization at MTW www.mtw.org/ and Dewayne Williams, Director of Restoration Now. 

Another Blessed time was when a group from Grace Presbiteryan Church PCA, went to pray for the community and God allowed us to be there.

Dewayne Williams' Facebook Post

It was a great weekend in Grenada, MS! I saw my brothers and sisters in Christ, met local pastors, prayed for the City of Grenada and prayed with police officers in Grenada. I told our group it is not just one area that needs prayer because of a recent murder but all of Grenada needs prayer because we commit murder when we hate our brothers and sisters. 1 John 3:15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

There was a great time unity and affirming our identity in Christ and not in race, class or location. What are you adding to the narrative? Is it affirmation and unity with your brothers and sisters or affirmation of your hatred towards your brothers and sisters?

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Christ Fellowship is having  the Sermon Series “Follow Me”

“Please continue praying for Christ Fellowship” We are convince that God is leading us to build the congregation of Christ Fellowship. One of our focus is everyone grow in the knowledge of Christ through the Bible. For that reason, we started to give the option to listen the sermon in English or Spanish, to accomplish that, Mike is preaching in English, and I in Spanish at another room. We are doing this only for the sermon time, the rest of the worship service we will be still doing it together. But we still having in list our Communion Sunday or Lord Super all the worship service together.  Our vision is to be “One in Christ ” No matter what languages we speak and No matter what our backgrounds may be. 

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English Classes

We are so grateful to God for allow us to serve beside a great team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers and Tom Harrison. Please pray for continue showing the love of Jesus Christ through this classes. Also, For reading we are having “Reading a Scripture”, we are using scriptures from the Bible that appoint to Jesus. We believe that we are sowers putting the seed of God in the hearts of each student and will bring the fruit! 

Also pray for our students: Jose, Pablo, Lucy, Angelica, Martha, (Mexico), Geronimo, Manuel (San Salvador), Naaima (Morocco), Magaly and Elba (Venezuela)

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English classes and Reading Bible Study

God willing we will start again our Reading Bible Study. David and I are ready to start this Wednesday, November 1^st . Please pray for us! 

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Spanish Bible Study

In October, we started Ephesians chapter 3. We are going deeper in every study. We still having the Spanish Bible Study at different houses. The last Tuesday we had three new persons, they arrived two months ago from Venezuela looking for Political Asylum. God still bringing people to hear the Gospel, we are so excited for that. Please pray for them: Christian, Alejandra and Jorge. We still having an Anglo member from Christ Fellowship who attends the Bible Study, Please pray for all the families who are attending!

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Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support, we rest on God, that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21