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FORWARDING

AGENT:

Dr. i l l Baker

15668 94th

Ave.

Florissant,MO 3034

FIELD

ADDRESS:

DR VERNON EATON

1975

Pine

Ridge

Road

Seymour,

TN

7865

PHONE:

15-579-6351

Where hieves

Break Through

Matthew

6:19

When

Jesus warned his

d i s c i p l e s ,

lay not up o r

yourselves treasures upon earth, where moths a nd rust

corrupt a nd

where

thieves

break thro ugh a nd t e a l , t

ha d

some mplications for missionary preparation.

On

recent

t r i p to r a i s e support

f o r

our mission to

England

thieves

broke

into

my a n and

s t o l e

my

u i t c a s e ,

briefcase

a nd

s u i t s .

These

were

just things,by o mean s

treasures . I imagine there are some disappointed thieves

in Indianapolis.

However

such

a n

event cann ot

help

but a f f e c t

a per

son. After the i n i t i a l

dismay, then anger,

came he sense

of l o s s . I would look for something and t wouldn't be

there. When

I

arrived

home I realized I

didn't

have

anything to c arry into

the house a s

I had

done a undred

times before.)

I

kept t e l l i n g myself tha t these were

just

things.

I

should

not

be too upset a t such a petty o s s . Then

I e a l i z

ed

wh a t I

was e e l i n g

w a s a c t u a l l y

missionary training.

I

missed the

familiar.

My amilia r suits

weren't

there so

I

was

earing

strange

clothes

that's

what

my

amily

c a l l e d them).

My

r i e f case, though

a recent

Christmas

g i f t ,

was lready becoming

a amiliar

and handy ool but

now t was one.

It was

ot

the things I

missed

but the familiarity of

them.The

comfort f

the known.Then realized

we

ive

in

a

orld

where thieves

do break

through

a nd s t e a l .

It can

be the t h i e f of

disease,

or broken r e l a t i o n s h i p s , or

simply

r e a l

t h i e v e s . This s a world where nothing s

s t a b l e ,

secure

or

e t e r n a l .

A

missionary

gives up

the

f a m i l i a r i n

order to sha re

the

treasure of the

gospel .

T h a t i s

a

treasure

that

cannot be

tolen.

A

reasure

from heaven.

Departure Date

Set

By he grace

of

God we

ave

now et the date to

move

to Eng land. Our l i g h t from A tl a nt a w i l l

leave

May 3,

1991 at 7:40

p.m.We i l l arrive in Manchester,England

on

May

4,

1991.

Four days a t e r Platt

Bridge

Church

of

Christ will host the Conference of Churches

of

Christ n

England somewhat

i k e

our

North American Christian

Convention).

We

i l l have the opportunity to

meet

most f our o -

workers th roughout England.

The

Platt Bridge Church of

Christ s arranging our

housing

a t

t h i s

very moment. All

systems

are go .

I3l

MISSION

TRIP

S.S.

Walk

Day

ith the Platt

Bridge

Church of

Chris

banner.


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Mile

of

Pennies Continues

Inside the Platt

Bridge Church of

Christ

b u i l d i n g .

News

From

P l a t t

B r i d g e

Church

of Christ

On

oth

i d e s

o f t h e A t l a n t i c our

excitement o r t h i s

ministry i s growing. Platt

B r i d g e

Church of Christ recent

ly

s t a r t e d

a m onthly

n e w s l e t t e r

a n d

a

few

excerpts

f ro m

i t

w i l l demo nstrate t h e i r a n t i c i p a t i o n f o r church growth .

During the past 12 m o n t h s ,we ave seen 5 d d i t i o n s

i n church

m e m b e r s h i p .

Th e co m i n g 12 m o n t h s pr omi s e to

be very e x c i t i n g

i n d e e d

with the a r r i v a l

o f V e r n o n

a n d

Den i s e

in

May. hi s w i l l be the start

of

church g r o w t h

a t

P l att Bri dg e.

We re anticipating starting

a

eader's training

c l a s s .

V e r n o n h a s

g o t a ot

o f i d e a s t o

w i n

more ouls for Christ

but he

wiU

not

be

a b l e t o d o

i t

by

h i m s e l f .

He i l l

need

t h e help o f e v e r y o n e .

Th e s e w o r d s excited me ecaus e

of

t h e i r h o p e

a n d

determination f o r the

future ministry of t h e Churc h

o f

Christ i n Eng l a n d . Please p ray with us f o r t h i s ministry.

On an uar y 20,1991 W a l d r o n Street Christian Churc

c o m p l e t e d a

p r o g r a m

e n t i t l e d A

i l e

o f P e n n i e s . Th

congregati on pr e s e n te d

me

i th 84,480 p ennies. They a

b e e n

collecting

t h e s e

for five

m o n t h s . They a d t o

r o l l th

p e n n i e s

down

h e a i s l e in a h e e lb arr o w.

I t

wasa u n t i m

th a t s p o k e o f t h e s e r i o u s n e s s o f

s e n d i n g

t h e g o s p e l

i n t

a l l

t h e world. Th e s e f i n e people of W a l d r o n Street Chri

t i a n Church have

t a k e n

J e s u s a t His word i f someon

a sks

y o u

to

g o

a

mile

with

h i m

g o e v e n

t h e extra

mile

They h a v e d e c i d e d

t o

go

h e

e x tr a m i l e a n d do

t

ag ai n

With

h e

succes s o f this p r o g r a m we e c i d e d t o a s

o t h e r c o n g r e ga t i o n s t o

a d o p t

this

idea.

It i s s i m p l e

an

e a s y e v e n f o r children

to

bring pennies

a n d doesn't

s e e

to t ake away r o m

other

offerings.

I f y o u r co n g r e g a t i o n

w o u l d

be

interested

in p a

t i c i p a t i n g

i n

t h i s p r o g r a m , please contact m e . We a v e

p a ck e t o f i n f o r m a t i o n

a b o u t

t h e p r o g r a m . I f we

c a n g e

25 W a l d r o n

Stre et h a s a lr e a d y

t ak e n 2

i l e s

s o t

is no

23)

i l e s

o f

p ennies, we

i l l

be able to

relocate in

E n g l a n

wi t h t h e

c o m p l e t e o u tg o i n g

budget. Every ile o f p e n n i e

g e t s

us

150

i l e s

t o w a r d our goa l.

S e n d

Your

F i n a n c i a l Support To :

Dr.

ill

Baker

15668 94th Avenue

Florissant, MO 3034

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FORWARDINGAGENT:

Dr.

ill Baker

15668 94th

Ave.

Florissant, MO

3034

FIELD

ADDRESS:

DR.

VERNONEATON

1975

Pine

Ridge Road

Seymour,TN 7865

PHONE: 15-579-6351

YouCanMakeOneCent

One

e n t missionary)

W i l l you and your

Sunday

School l a s s , church mis

group

o r t h e c h u r c h

a s a w h o l e

s i g n

up today

t o

c o l

a

ile of pennies?

NINECHURCHESWHOHAVEJOINEDTHE

TO

DATEARE:

1. Waldron Street Christian

C h u r c h ,

Corinth,MS

Ted Avant,

minister;

Betty Barnes,

promoter

2 .

Post

Oak p r i n g s

C h r i s t i a n

Church,

Rockwood,

TN

Spencer Garner, m i n i s t e r

3. New

ife Christian C h u r c h ,

Columbia,

TN

Larry

C l i n k e n b e a r d ,

m i n i s t e r ;

Aubry

P r i n c e ,

Missions Chairman.

4. Waldron Street Ch ristian C h u r c h , Corinth,

MS

The Second Mile

5.

First

Christian

C h u r c h ,

Madisonville,

TN

Tom aughtery,

m i n i s t e r

6. Falls Br a n c h

Christian

C h u r c h , Falls

Branch,TN

Ed

Haye s ,

minister

7. East

Win

hristian

C h u r c h ,

M e m p h i s ,TN

Jeff Whitlock, minister

8.

Mt. u l i e t

Christian

C h u r c h , Mt. u l i e t , TN

Rut hi e McGuire, r o m o t e r

9.

Mt.

Byrd C h r i s t i a n Church Missionary

C i r c l e ,

Milton, KY;

eith Tennant,

m i n i s t e r , Elizabeth

Edwards,

promoter

AMile of Pennies

H ) o t

^ • h | C 3

t K C

Qre.

UOv)t

KU

T h e s e

p i c t u r e s w e r e

drawn by t h e

c h i l d r e n i n

t h e

C h i l d r e n s

Church

at

Waldron

S t r e e t C h r i s t i a n

Church.

1350

i l es Into t h e Atlantic

E a c h mile

of

pennies

equal

approximately 150 iles

toward our

goal.

Sending

Vernon

a n d Denny

Eaton

to

Wigan,

n gla n d

We ow

have

9

i l e s o f p e n n i e s

p l e d g e d

w h i c h w i l

take us

1350

m i l e s i n t o

t h e

A t l a n t i c Ocean.This s a

i t t l

more

than V z

o f t h e

way but

t

i s s t i l l a o n g

way t o

swim

o n t o E n g l a n d , a b o u t 2 4 0 0 m o r e m i l e s t o

g o )

The i^e

m i l e s o f p e n n i e s t h u s f a r w i l l

t a k e

c a r e o f

o m *

s h i p p i n g

e m e r g e n c y

f u n d s

t o

r e t u r n

t o t h e U . S . f

n e c e s s a r y a n d

some unds toward

a c a r .

The next i v e miles of

pennie

w i l l h e l p

u s

g e t a

a r .

W h i l e p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

i s g o o d

i n

England t s t i l l

h a s

some

drawbacks o r

l l s

i n

emergen

c y

s i t u a t i o n s or over great d i s t a n c e s .


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Greetings

From

Here to

There

Thanks o

Our

i n a n c i a l Supporter

Since

I began my undraising f f o r t s

l a s t

May have

presented the work

i n

24 churhes

i n

7

i f f e r e n t

s t a t e s ) ,

3

amps,

3 . B . S . ,3 e v i v a l s ,3 i b l e C o l l e g e c h a p e l s ,

s e t

up the

d i s p l a y i n 3 t a t e conventions,

sent

out 5

ewslet

t e r s . Denny

nd I

have traveled to

Platt

Bridge to get ac

quainted

with

the

work. have i n i s h e d the paperwork o r

I n c o r p o r a t i o n , Employee I d e n t i f i c a t i o n Number,

. R . S .

Group Exemption L e t t e r ,

passports

and v i s a s . We ave

put

t o g e t h e r

a

Swordbearers pro gram and a Mile

o f

Pennies

program

and assembled

two d i s p l a y s .

In

addi

t i o n , I have been

s u b s t i t u t e

t e a c h i n g i n

the Middle

School

h e r e , i l l i n g

t h e p u l p i t at

Gap Creek C h r i s t i a n Church when

I

am

home and worked at Mission Services in general

upkeep.

I wanted to

share our

e f f o r t s to

get on

the f i e l d with

you so

that

you can

appreciate

as

much

as

Denny and I

the great

v i c t o r y

of i n a l l y packing up and heading toward

England. Some issionaries have told us

that the work

of getting to the i e l d i s harder than

the work

on

the i e l d

— could

almost

believe i t .

The earby town f Chester.TheRomanWall round

t h i s

town i s s t i l l

complete. We

ope to

break down the

walls that keep out the gospel from the people of England.

The ollowing s

a

i s t of

the

n d i v i d u a l s

and

churches or other organiz

t i o n s

who have supported our work

s i n c e

we

> e g a n

our

u n d r a i s i n g .

Thi

l i s t i n c l u d e s both the one-time i f t s

and

the

e g u l a r monthly u p p o r t e r

Denny

and would l i k e

to express

our

deepest g r a t i t u d e f o r your

h e l

M/M Greg Widener

M/M

Don

Thigpen

M/M hris

Rob

nson

M/M Ed Bein

M/M Larry Kostik

M/M

Ray Trantham

M/M Witer teennan

M/M

Thomas

Trantham

M/M

Bennett

Foster

M/M

i ll Griffin

M/M John

Johnson

M/M David McMillan

M/M

Barry Thomas

M/M Larry

Woods

M/M obert McClung

M/M

Spencer

Garner

M/M

Steve C lo t fe lter

Elizabeth Barringer

Y

Roger

Holley

Curtis Eaton

Debbie

Perkins

Mary

Umfress

Mary Morris

Kim

Jobe

Windy Hamilton

Wendy impson

Jessie Tiller

Lillian Griffin

M/M

Ted

Avant

M/M

Ben Ling

M/M Earl

Spears

M/M il Webb

M/M Mike Cianci

M/M

Gutheric

Voech

M/M

i l l

Engan

Laurie arah

Hewit

oung Adult Class,

First Christian

Church, Linden,TN

Berean Sunday

School

Class, Hickory Valley Christian Church.

ha

tanooga,TN

Alabama hristian Service

Camp

Itawamba

Christian Church

Camp

hristian,

Burns,

TN

Gap reek C l u - i s L i a n

Church

New

ife Christian

Church Columbia

TN

Smoky

Mtn.

hristian Service

Camp

Community Christian Church,

firandon,

MS

Priest

Lake Christian Fellowship

Mt. uliet Christian Church

Decatur

hristian

Church

New ovenant

C h r i s t i a n

Church,

Ringgold,

GA

F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h , Big S t o n e Gap,

VA

Waldron Street Christian Church orinth,

MS

The

congregation at

Platt Bridge

Church of

Chris

anxiously

awaiting our

ministry

together.

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Senices

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FORWARDINGAGENT:

Dr. ill

Baker

15668 94th

Ave.

Florissant,MO 3034

FIELDADDRESS:

DR.

VERNONEATON

49 Bickershaw

Lane

Abram

Wigan, ngland

WN

PL

PHONE: 11-44-942-862193

WIGAN

Harpath Hall— he i r s t (and only) onference of the

Churchof hrist thatweattended n

1986

was

eld

here.

First Duty

By h e time

you

get h i s n e w s l e t t e r , Denny and I w i l l

be n Englan d. Although

we

a r e not

sure about

a

number

of h i n g s t o

come,

we do

know

what our

i r s t duty w i l l b e .

Just four d a y s a f t e r we rrive the Annual onference of

the

Churches of Christ

(somewhat

i k e

our

North

A mer ican

C h r i s t i a n

Convention) w i l l

meet a t

Wigan.

The p r e s i d e n t t h i s y e a r

i s

an e l d e r a t P l a t t Bridge

Church o f C h r i s t , B i l l Robinson. S i n c e our

c o n g r e g a t i o n

w i l l be

t h e h o s t s , I am

u r e Denny

and I w i l l

be

i n v o l v e d

in the conference.

History Revisited

I

have been

reading, A istory

of the British

Chur

ches of Christ by

A.

. Wat ers,

published

in 1948. I

reading the history of the

Churches

of Christ

i n

En gl an

beginning

around the

time

of

Thomas

ampbell's a l l

fo

reformation

but

independent of

t ,

I

r e a l i z e

the

heritag

to

which I

am

oing.

As arly as 1669

there

was a grou

of churches similar to the Restoration Plea.

I

am ntrigue

by he constant mention of the work n Wigan.

Also in the mid-1800's, applications

were

repeated

ly

made

o America

f o r

preachers,

but i n

vain.

However, before the war World War )W. .

amp

b e l l of

Detroit

accepted an

i n v i t a t i o n

f o r one

year of

i n

tensive mission work. He isited the c i t i e s of Glasgow

Wigan,

Leicester,

Bir m in gha m

and

London; whic

reported additions respectively

of 30, 84,

80,53

nd

20

The v a n g e l i s t i c

message

was

not

very d i f f e r e n t from tha

of the British evangelists, b ut the technique

was ifferen

and opened B r i t i s h minds to

the

p o s s i b i l i t y of bette

methods.

Now

lmost a

hundred

years l a t e r i t looks l i k e histor

r e v i s i t e d . We ope a l s o

t o

h e l p the

B r i t i s h

churches

an

Platt

Bridge Chur ch of

Christ

in particular to be open t

better methods. In this

history

the chapters for each er

ha v e

a

ection of

Evangelisation (British spelling) u

to the post war (World

War period

and then i t

i s no

mentioned.

Other concerns pushed

t h i s

concern to a lower p r i o r

ty. The

esult

has been a windling

church

m e m b e r shi p

and dying churches.

It

s

our

hope to

help

the

r i t i s h

Chur

ches

of Christ recapture t h e i r zeal

f o r

evangelisation.


6/12

Gone But Not Forgotten —

Hopefully

As ime for

our departure drew near

I

r e a l i z e d

the

l i m i t a t i o n s of being

across

the ocean and needing to c on

tinue

to

promote

this work. Simply

put

— t i s almostim

p o s s i b l e . A

ewsletter,a ersond

e t t e r

and

that s

about

a l l . So, would

i k e to

ask

you to d o

something for Denny

a nd me. Would you

take

t h i s newsletter

to someone

( e s p e c i a l l y

in

a

i s t e r

church)

who has

not seen

i t .

Help us continue to get

the

word

out.

We re

t i l l 500

a month short

of i u :

monthly needs o r s a l a r y .

We

now

God w i l l

provide,

so

we

have ventured out

in f a i t h . If

enough

e o p l e

know of

our

need

then

at the i g h t

time God

w i l l lead s omeone to

take up the slack.

Also, l e a s e

continue or begin

support

that you

have

i n d i c a t e d so that we can know

what

to expect each month.

If

3^u

have any^questions^or-change of p l a n s , ~ p l e a s e

contact:

Bill

Baker

15668 94th Avenue

Florissant,MO

3034

Contact

In

England

Although

we

now have an

address

from England, I

w i l l give

you

an l d e r s n a m e , ddress and phone numb er

i f

you

need to

contact

us there:

Mr

ill

Robinson

90 Warrington

Road

Abram

Wiga n ,

England

WN2 QF

Phone:0942 861617

Our ddress will be:

Vernon

a nd Denny Eaton

4S~Bickershaw

Lane

Abram

Wigan , England

WN2PL

Phone:011 44 942 862193

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FORWARDINGAGENT:

Dr.

ill Baker

15668

94th

Ave.

Florissa n t ,MO 3034

FIELDADDRESS:

DR VERNON EATON

49 Bickershaw Lane

Abram

Wiga n ,

E n g l a n d

WN

PL

PHONE: 11-44-942-862193

WIGAN

His Banner Over

Me

is Love

When

we rrived

a t th e

Manchester,

E n g l a n d

airport

were

shocked to see a crowd of people w a v i n g to us.

heir

h e a d s

was

he Church f Christ b a n n e r welcom

u s . Two f

t h e

s w e e t e s t i t t l e g i r l s ( p i c t u r e d ) r e s e n t e d

with flowers

from the

church.

Seven t een people

from

church rented a mini-bus to come a n d greet u s . The

would have

been

envious

o f t h e r e c e p t i o n we

e c e i v

We were hugged

a l s o . )

TKey d r o v e

u s

t o t h e f r o n t d o o r o f t h e h o u s e t h e y h a d

f o r

u s .

I t

was t o c k e d w i t h f o o d

a n d

t h e r e

w e r e

a n d flowers

everywhere.

To a y

we

e l t w e l c o m e d s a n

u n d e r s t a t e m e n t .

That

a l l e d

t o

my

ind

t h e c h o r u s

—

His

Banner Over

s

Love. It

i s

true t h a t

the

banne r of

Plat t

Bridge

o f

C h r i s t d o e s s i g n i f y t h e l o v e

o f God

shed

a b r o a d

the

family of God.

Youth Club

On Monday nights we h a v e

a

youth

club

f o r the

children

i n the nei ghborhood. The i r s t Monday we ha d

17

y o u n g

people a n d the n ex t Monday w a s a

Bank

Holi

d a y so the meet i ng was

a n c e l l e d .

Then the p a s t Monday we

met ag a i n .

I

was

n ot

prepared f o r wh a t happened.We a d 32

young

people with

5

dults t o

h e l p .

The

Lord has continued

to give u s

opportunity

a f t e r

opportunity. Please pr ay

th a t we

i l l

have

His wisdom t o

use

t h e m

wisely.

Some f these you ng people

are

i n n eed of guidance

a n d

s p i r i t u a l

h e l p . Who

nows

wh a t the future

holds f o r

these you ng people.

By he grace

of

God

I

pr ay

th a t

i t i s a place

i n Hi s

service.

I

h a v e

volunteered

f o r

the

Summer Camp

—

uly

29-Aug.

3. I

understand

th a t

i t

w i l l

be a

d i f f e r e n t

ex

p e r i e n c e from wh a t I

had

l a s t

summer.

f

I

survive,

l l

w r i t e

a n

account

of a week

of camp it h 14-17

year olds

in B r i t i a n .

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8/12

The irst

Two

Weeks TheLord

of

he

Harvest

The i r s t

two

weeks have

lown

by.

One reason think

has been a l l

the a c t i v i t y .

Four days

f t e r

we r r i v e d we

were in

the

Conference

of

the

fellowship of Churches of

C h r i s t . I t i s

a a t i o n a l

g a t h e r i n g

so

we were n t r o d u c e d

o a

number

f

people.

Then

the

next week

there was

a s p e c i a l

program at

S p r i n g d a l e C o l l e g e that

we

t t e n d e d .

I t

was

a

seminar

e d

by Joe and Sue

Sutherland

on Burn out n t h e m i n i s t r y .

I wasn't quite to that point but the presentation was x

tremely helpful.

This

week

we

ave

been

preparing o r our

108th An

n i v e r s a r y .

Also we r e f i x i n g up one of the rooms o r my

office.

The men ave

been

taking me

round

o

v i s i t

the peo

p l e . Thus f a r

i n

f i f t e e n days we have v i s i t e d e i g h t e e n

p e o p l e .

Also v / e r e a l i z e

how

mall the world really

i s .

While

I

was

t

Mid-South

Christian Col lege

one

of my

tudents

was Roger

HoUey.

oger moved o

Atlanta

h r i s t i a n

Col

e g e and

we

came to England. This

summer oger s

i n

The Lord

has

already blessed us.

Our

i r s t Sunday

Denny

n d

placed our membership at Platt

Bridge.

Then

the next Sunday a young ady, h i r l e y Barnes, laced her

f e l l o w s h i p with u s . I t i s a lesson on p a t i e n c e and

the

f a i t h f u l

teaching

of the

Word

of God. The e l d e r

who

welcomed Shirley into the congregation was er

Sunday

School

teacher

many

ears

ago.

She

only

recently return

ed

to the

hurch

There s

an ir

of excitement

n the

con

gregation.

Please

pray

that God

i l l contin ue to give us

the

harvest

the Student Ab road

Program t Springdale

o l l e g e , so

he w i l l

be coming

up to

l a t t

Bridge

on weekends o

h e l p

us.

We

hink

we ave

a ead on

a a r . It s what they

a l

a BANGER hich

means

an lder car. We re

s t i l l in

the process f e i r r a n g i n g

the

road tax, M.O.T. i n s p e c t i o n

c o s t ) , insurance,

t c .

The

gas

s

around

$4.00 per g a l l o n

so

we w i l l

have

t o p l a n our use o f the c a r c a r e f u l l y .

Our new

home;

49Bickershaw Lane

Abram

Wigan, England

WN25PL

Our

Phone number s:

011-44.9-42-862193.

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w

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427

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1991

FORW RDING GENT:

Dr.

Bill Baker

15668 94th

Ave.

Florissant,MO 3034

FIELD

ADDRESS:

DR VERNONE TON

49

Bickershaw

Lane

Abram

Wigan, England

WN2 PL

PHONE: 11 44 942 862193

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A hurch with

Proper

Priorities

I

am mazed

at

what s

already

n p l a c e here

at Platt

Church

f

C h r i s t . God

has

brought

h i s

church

t h i s

I e l i e v e , because they have

e t

proper

p r i o r i t i e s

and

a i t h f u l

t o them.

his congregation

s

small and

many

poor

by

American t a n d a r d s , y e t

they

support e f f

and

n

t h e i r m i s s i o n a r y

work

n

B r a z i l .

They have

this for six years.

A l s o , they

a r e h e l p i n g a

i s t e r

c o n g r e g a t i o n ,

H i n c k l e y ,

a f u l l - t i m e

m i n i s t e r . On op o f

l l t h i s ,

they

a r e

Denny

and

me

most

of our housing

allowance.

So, t was an

act

of i t t l e over a year ago when they

t o c o l l e c t

funds f o r

the land

next

t o

the

church

The cost was

£6000 about $ 1 0 , 5 0 0 ) . To

date

have o l l e c t e d £3,500.

The y

a r e

t r y i n g t o f i n i s h the

order to conclude the deal and buy the land.

need £2500 $ 4 , 3 7 5 ) . I would l i k e t o take back a

g i f t

from America

when

I r e t u r n from a

i s i t

the

U.S. See a r t i c l e

—

i s i t to U.S. n

November).

I f you would i k e

t o

h e l p i n t h i s s p e c i a l a p p e a l , p l e a s e

o f f e r i n g

marked Land

Fund

o B i l l Baker.

P l e a s e

make

h i s above any

e g u l a r

g i f t s .

Our

e g u l a r

i s

j u s t

enough

t o

keep us going on

the

f i e l d .

I f

have some x t r a o r would i k e to

make

h i s

a r o j e c t ,

w i l l be very e l p f u l .

The y

have not

once mentioned

cut

out money going

o

o t h e r s

t o take

a r e o f t h e i r i n t e r

needs.

Maureen Percival and Lee Barnes redecorating th e

chool classrooms. They worked

f o r

two weeks

upgrade our Sunday chool rooms

and paint the

sanc

Keith Percival and

S h i r l e y

Barnes

a l s o

helped.

The

courtyard

at

the

church b u i l d i n g .

The

Harvest

Continues

Jesus' words

n John 4:38

—

I

sent

you to reap what

you

a v e

n o t

worked

o r .

O t h e r s

h a v e

d o n f e

t h e h a r d

work

emd

you hav e

reaped the b e n e f i t s of h e i t

l a b o r .

— r e

true in this

case.

We

e j o i c e d

a t

t h e

baptism

o f L e s l i e

and Maureen Per

c i v a l and

h e i r

son, eith

and

h e i r s o n - i n - l a w , Les Barnes.

(Remember

a s t n e w s l e t t e r we

mentioned

S h i r l e y Barnes

— he

s

Les' i f e ) . This e i m i l y has

been

t t e n d i n g church

m e e t i n g s f o r

sometime

and t h e c h u r c h has m i n i s t e r e d t o

them

through

t h e

time o f g r i e f

a t t h e

d e a t h o f t h e i r

daughter, Roseanne.

We

re

excited

about h e i r decision to

submit

to Christ

i n baptism

t o

b e g i n

a newness f i f e

i n Him. l e a s e pray

f o r t h e i r

continued

growth

i n

the

Lord.

Various

Ministries

S i n c e a r r i v i n g h e r e ,

Denny

and I have become n v o l v

ed i n v a r i o u s

m i n i s t r i e s . Monday,

we work

with

a youth

c l u b . At p r e s e n t we h a v e t h r e e a d u l t s h e l p i n g and an

a v e r a g e o f 15 h i l d r e n .

Tuesday,

Denny e a d s a

h o i r .

We

have a l r e a d y sung i n

a

number o f

s e r v i c e s .

Wednesday,

e v e r y o t h e r

week ( f o r t n i g h t l y )

we h a v e an E n q u i r e r ' s

Group h i c h m e e t s t o d i s c u s s t h e b a s i c s o f f a i t h

i n

God.

Once

a month s

an

l d e r s and deacons

meeting.

hurs

day

i s

a

B i b l e Study. We

i l l

a l s o u s e t h i s

n i g h t

f o r

a

S p r i n g d a l e

C o l l e g e

Extension

Course.

The

a r i e t y o f m i n i s t r i e s shows

h e g r e a t

n e e d

a s

w e l l

as t h e

e x c i t i n g

p o s s i b i l i t i e s

h e r e

a t P l a t t B r i d g e .


10/12

Visit To U.S.

In

November

We

i l l be back n the U.S. uring November to take

c a r e

of a number of

h i n g s . From

November

3 - 6 we w i l l

be n a a i t h - P r o m i s e R a l l y

at

t . P et e r ' s C h r i s t i a n C h x i r c h

in the St. Louis

are a.

On

November

4

we

i l l

be

involved

in

the

ordination

service

of

Wendel askins at EastWin

hristian

Church

i n Memphis ennessee.

A l s o ,

we

p l a n t o v i s i t our

p a r e n t s .

Last,

but

by no

means l e a s t ,

we

w i l l spend some

time

with our grand

daughter, Alexandra Ann-Marie

Kaufman.

Angel and

baby

a r e doing

i n e . We i l l

s p o i l her and

then

e a v e

the

country.

Driving my Banger Two

rave g i r l s

i n

the

youth

group rode around

the block

on the

right side of the

road.

A amp i c t u r e taken

just

a f t e r

the

water b a t t l e . Counselors won

campers

soaked.

It

was

a

great week of camp.

Left

Over

V.B.S.

Material

Needed

We ave begun to

plan

our

V.B.S.

o r

next y e a r . We re

thinking

about using

l a s t

y e e i r ' s

m a t e r i a l .

I f you have

any

material rom

your 1991 V.B.S. Standa rd

material) e f t over,

lease

send t to

our

ad

dress m eymour,

Tennessee.

We ould

like to take

t back

with us

at

theend of

November.

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Abram

Wigan, En gland

WN

PL

PHONE: 11-44-942-862193

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Dr. ill Baker

15668

94th Ave.

Florissant,

MO

3034

PHONE: 11-44-942-862193

WIGAN

Springdale College

Extension

Department

As

he extension center

f o r

Springdale

College,

latt

Bridge

Church

of

Christ

hosted two ourses

f o r

the

1991

Autumn term. John McGuire, minister of the Burnley

Church of

C h r i s t ,

taught

New

Testa ment Survey

and

I

taught

an evangelism c l a s s . We

ave 15

students (8 f o r

credit)

f r om 6 ifferent churches.

Through The ire

The

ews that

our house i n Seymour, ennessee had

burned

to the ground

shocked Denny

and me

u i t e

a i t .

Yet, within twenty-fo ur

hours we

ere at peace.We

now

many f

you

were praying

f o r u s .

Your

prayers

were

i k e

a piritual

transfusion.

When

we r r iv ed back

n

the

U.S.

wentover to take

p i c t u r e s of the

r u i n s .

As was taking

one

shot

I

n o t i c e d

something unusual in

the

l e n s . I

looked

over the

camera

to see in the midst of black ash,

a l l e n

leaves, total

destruc

tion

—

n e of our Bibles

—

he only discernable item e f t .

The essage was

l e a r . When

verything s gone and

the world around

us

turns

to ashes,

the Word

f

God,

n

destructible and eternal, i l l remain.On hat

we

an

stand.

A

young

man I hope

one

day we c an send to

Springdale College.

His

name s P h i l i p , but we a l l him

Fudgy .

Happenings:

—

We

oncluded

our

i r s t

Enquirer's

Group

n

Octo

ber but we lan to begin a new one in January.

—At

ur

annual ongregational meeting we

ad

a new

deacon

elected. Hi s

name s

Norman

heers. His amily

name e l l s i t a l l . He

s

an encourager.

— lso at the congregational meeting the congrega

tion

voted

to

give us

a£

0

a

eek

a i s e .

This

was

a

tep

o f f a i t h

s i n c e

they had been

about

£ 2 a week behind o r

the a s t 40 eeks. Their average giving has increased by

£10 er

week

or the last three

years.

— he

week

before

we

e f t we ad two weddings on

the

same

aturday. t was he i r s t

time h i s

had

happen

ed

i n

t h e i r 108 year

h i s t o r y . Across

s

a

icture of t h e i r

f i r s t

American

b r i d a l shower given

o r

Denise Farrimond

l e f t ) .


12/12

More Support Needed

After

reviewing

our i n a n c i a l s i t u a t i o n

with

our For

warding

A ge nt i l l

Baker,

we e a l i z e d that we eed $150

more

ncome a

month.

The Mile of Pennies

program has

carried

us thus

ar.

We an handle

this

deficit i n one of

three

ways.

We o u l d get more e g u l a r

support

rom t h e r churches

or

n d i v i d u a l s .

We ould get some new Mile

of

Pennies

s i g n e e s .

Or,

w e

o u l d

ask

h o s e

supporting

us

o c o n s i d e r

raising

t h e i r support.

The i r s t o p t i o n

i s

the most i k e l y . I f you kno w

f

any

one

who

ould

o i n

i n

t h i s e f f o r t ,

p l e a s e

contact me. lso,

i f

you

have

any ideas

about t h i s

need, e t

me

know.

Project List:

Some

hurches have asked us or

various

projects to

help

n

bur ministry. Below

s

a i s t with

items that vary

in cost so as to

give d i f f e r e n t s i z e

groups the

p o s s i b i l i t y

of

a

r o j e c t .

• lannel Graph

Backgrounds

•

lannel

Graph Board

•

CR daptable to both

r i t i s h

and

American Tapes

•ules Miller Series

on

Video

•

rt

Paper, Crayola Crayons

and Markers

•ast Adult Pia no

Books

Bastien Books)

•

ubscription to Shining Star Magazine sent to

England

• ibrary Supplies (Book cards,

pockets, t c . )

• ouble Deck Tape Player

•ortable Easel

•

outh

Music

•ulletin

Board

Cover

Material

Stamps For Wigan

Hospice

The

Hospice in Wigan

s able to

convert

used

postal

stamps nto support

or h e i r work.

t s best

to

leave

half

an inch of the envelope

around

the stamp. You

an send

these d i r e c t l y to us along

with

your

l e t t e r s (Hint)

Thank

You s

—

To i r s t

C h r i s t i a n Church,

ig

Stone

Gap,

VA

nd

Richard Weatherly o r s e c u r i n g a word p r o c e s s o r f o r our

work.

— or a l l

the i f t s toward helping

r e p l a c e

the o s s e s

of the house ire.

—

o

e r r y

and Margaret

o t t e r

f o r

h e l p i n g me hen

I o s e

t h i n g s .

(At e a s t i t wasn't my e a d )

—

o

i l l ,

J o n i ,

Gavin,

and

Kyle Baker

o r t h e i r

work

as

our Forwardin g

A ge nts.

We anted to ntroduce them

to

you

with the picture below:

Merry Christmas and Happy

992

from

Vernon and

Denny

Eaton

and

All

your

Brothers

and

Sisters

at

Platt Bridge

C hu r c h

of Christ

s

t t I

Mtssion

Services

P.O ox 2427

KnoxviUe,TN

7901-2427

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CORRECnON

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