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FIELDADDRESS:

DR VERNON

EATON

9 ickershaw Lane

Abram

Wigan, ngland

WN25PL

PHONE: 11-44-942-863-828

Number

1

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ebru ary 1994

Publis hed Quarterly

FORWARDINGAGENT:

Dr.

ill

Baker

1566894th

Ave.

Florissant,MO 3034

WIGAN

Two More To egin 1994 New

Minister

in

Area

It

was a

good beginning to 1994 to havetwo

o r e

new

members oin us

in the

harvest

i e l d s

here at Platt Bridge.

Evaand er

son, Alan Ashurst,

placed

their

membership

here from

an Old

Path non-instrumental)

Church

of

Christ

across

town on 2 January, 1994. They were

members ere mainy years ago bu t moved ut of the area.

They

both

are

very

d e l i g h t f u l people

and say

they

have

been blessed

bycoming ack

to serve

here. Pray hat the

Lord

of

the

harvest ill sendforth more abo rers in1994.

Tina

I n Singing

Group

¥

At eginning

of

1994

Rich and Lynn

anned

moved

into

their

new

hou se in the

Newtown rea

o f

Wigan

and

began

a inistry with Mitchell Street Church of

Christ

Already we ave

enjoyed times

offellowship

together and

look

forward

to

ways

f

working

together

for

the cause

of

Christ.

An

nteresting side

note

i s

that Rich

attended

St. Louis Christian College and

was

student of Dr. i l

Baker, our forwarding

agent.

Also Lynn was oommate

of Carrie Beth Lowewhen hey both worked i n London

C a r r i e Beth and her family worship

at

Gap Creek

Chris

t i a n Church, ne

of

our

strongest supporters. It

s amaz

ing how

l l

the strands

of

our i v e s

i n t e r t w i n e by

the pro

vidence

of God.

LastGame ecides

Bible

Bowl

Winner

The

oung people

of the

Church of Christ at

Burslem

and our young people

here

at Platt

Bridge

held a ible

Bowl

ontest

this past Autumn. t was he best three o ut

of i v e

games.

We egan qui te well with

a core

of

269

to

175 and 215 t o 205 and then the tables turned with

Burslem winning 320 to

230

and

330

to

190.

So, the l a s t

contest would determine the

winner.

I t

ended w it h Platt

Bridge

220

and Burslem 280. It took the l a s t match for

the Burslem team o

win

the trophy.We re proud of

o ur

young

people

o r studying

and r y i n g

so hard.We

r e

plan

ning anothe r

Contest i n

March. Our young people are

already

studying

hard

f o r

the next

match.

Aggeloi

(L

o R)

erry, Wayne,

ina,

Ashely, ane.

Tina s

enjoyi ng her

education at Springdale.

One

dd

ed

ministry

she and some ther students i n i t i a t e d was

a

singing

group.

They a l l themselves, Aggeloi

(most

f

them ere in Greek

together

s o when

hey h e e i r d

the

word

meant

messenger

hey made reek

into

something

prac

t i c a l ) They ave i s i t e d a ew places already to sing.They

came o Platt Bridge to sing

at

our Valentine's Banquet

and

then for the morning s e r v i c e . That evening the y

visited Mitchell Street

Church

of Chri s t.

Bible Bowl Team consisted

o f

Kathryn Patterson,

Melissa Knowles, Emma oughton (Captain), Joanne

Miller.


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Children's

Christmas

Musical

by

Denny

Eaton

Put a

camel

keeper,

h r e e

wise kings,

an angel

and a

messenger and

two

o v e l y camels

together

and

what do

you have?

Our

i r s t

children's

Christmas musical Just

b r i l l i a n t .

S i n c e

each f the h i l d r e n

had

a r a c t i c e tape and

used

t

d a i l y ,

both

c h i l d r e n

and

p a r e n t s

were

g l a d

when

Sunday

i g h t , December 19 came and e q u a l l y everyone

was proud of

the

f i n i s h e d

product

It

r e a l l y

made Christmas something

s p e c i a l .

Another

Milestone Reached

With

Car

Fund

I w ould a p o l o g i z e

f o r the

pun but c t u a l l y I worked

on

t n o t h a r d ) .

We ave r e a c h e d

t h e

g o a l o f

p a y i n g o f f

t h e c a r , thanks t o so

many f

you who gave above your

r e g u l a r s u p p o r t .

We o a p p r e c i a t e y o u r

g e n e r o s i t y and

r e a l i z e

t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f our

t e w a r d s h i p

o f

l l t h a t God

makes available for his work.

Financial

Report

Eatons

n

England

January-December,

1993

Income

,963.48

Balance Forward from 1992

26,516.33 Contributions for 1993

28,479.81

Total

Expenses

$18,000.00 Salary

1 , 2 7 6 . 0 9

M i n i s t r y Expenses

3,000. 00 Auto

Purchase

459.23 Newsletter

1,250.00 Trip to States

23,985.32 Total

4,494.49 Baleince

Forward

to

1994.

Respectfully submitted,

William R.

aker,

Treasurer

January

3,

1994

As wesaw h i s

report and the i s t of contributors

to

the

work of God e r e , w e were encouraged and

took

h e a r t .

Your

i f t s

not n l y keep us

l i v e

p h y s i c a l l y but boost

our

s p i r i t s

f o r

s e r v i c e .

We hank God o r you and

seek

to share

the encouragement you give us with those

around

u s .

Mission Services

P.O.

Box

2427

Knoxville,

TN 7901-2427

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FIELD

ADDRESS:

DR VERNON EATON

9 ickershaw Lane

Abram

Wigan, England

WN25PL

PHONE: 11 44 942 863 828

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Dr. ill Baker

15668

94th Ave.

Florissant,MO

3034

WIGAN

s

Two

Who nspire

Although they

a r e

d i f f e r e n t

i n

a g e

e x p e r i e n c e

and

many ther areas of

h e i r

l i v e s they

share

one thing

n

com

mon.

oth rnie and Dean ave a ove for God.They

oth

get e x c i t e d

about coming

to church and singing

p r a i s e s

to God.

They both o f f e r

a c e r t a i n

kind

o f i n s p i r a t i o n

because one has found Christ through years of har d ex

p e r i e n c e s and the other

seems

almost through innocence

(though n ot

always) o

k n o w

God.They r e both the

hope

o f

this

church

— hat

God

can work

n whatever

ituation

p e o p l e

f i n d t h e m s e l v e s . Young, i d d l e age

r

e l d e r l y

God

can make a ifference in people s l i v e s .


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Special Prayer

Requests

Lena, s she returns

to the Ukraine

and her pl ans to enter J.B.C.

Our Holiday

B i b l e

School

—

July

25-29

S e n i o r Week

o f

Youth Camp — July 30-August

6

Junior Week of Youth

Camp

— ugust 21-27

The

growth of the church

Our

time back

i n the

U.S.

from

November

2 1

to

January

9

Praise

Service

at

Mitchell

St.

Church ofChrist

The four area Churches of

Christ

Platt Bridge,

Hindley, Mitchell

Street,

a n d Be e c h

Hall)come

ogether

each quarter

f o r a prmse

s e r v i c e M i t c h e l l Street hosted

the irst one of

1994.We

ad someone

from

each church

p r e s e n t

It

i s a good time of

f e l l o w s h i p

among

the

churches.

Bible

Bowl

eam members

for March 1994

eft

t

right: Kathryn Patterson, Louise Whittle.

Emma

Houghton, and M e l is s a Knowles.

The i r s t Praise

Service t h i s year was eld

at

the M i t

chell Street Church of Christ.

Rich

Pannell, set

up

a s

Quizmaster while

Yeme

Eaton explains the procedure of the g a m e s .

Bible BowlTeam

De fe ate d

Again

Although

we

re

0-2 aga inst Burslem Church

of Chris

the young

eople

have enjoyed the time of study and th

contests.

This pa st March

we had

our second

Bible Bow

competition.

Burslem Church

of Christ defeate d us

n

thre

straight

g a m e s .We

a d Rich

Pannell from MitcheU Stree

Church of Christ be the Quiz M aster.

£3

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S ervices

P.O. Box 2427

Knoxville,TN 7 901 -24 27

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Wigan, ngland

WN25PL

PHONE: 11-44-942-863-828

December1994

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Dr. i l l Baker

15668 94th Ave.

F l o r i s s a n t

MO

3034

Merry Christmas

From Vernon,

Denny, and Tina we

send

you a

wish

f o r

a

Merry Christmas a nd a

Happy

New e a r .

This

is a

special

time o f the year a n d for the f i r s t time

we

are

spendi ng

i t

with our granddaughter, Alex.

Holiday B i b l e

School

MIDDLER

CLASS

t

H.B.S.

raft table.

KEITH ROBINSON, irector o f

H.B.S., plays a

d oub l e r o l e a s

T a x Collector

during the opening cere

mony

We

had an Adventure back to Bible ti mes during o ur

1994 Holiday Bible School.

The tudents

dressed

in

Bible

c o s t umes a l o n g with the teachers. We ven had a v i s i t

from t h e

High

P r i e s t each day. The attendance w a s

good

with around

80

i f f e r e n t c h i l d r e n a nd twen ty wo rkers.

Over hundred p o u n d s in offering was received fo r

Springdale College.

STUDYING TEXT for a

sermon

L

to

R : Jerry

Sweitzer,

Rich

Pa n n e l l , Chri s S e w e l l and Mike

Hollows.

P.R.E.P.

TimeAway

Seven

preachers

took about t w o days

t o plan

s i x

months o f sermons from

t h e

l e c t i o n a r y

r e a d i n g s .

T he

schedule allowed o n e hour per t e x t for

us

to

brainstorm

a l l we s a w i n

t h e

t e x t . Everyone p a r t i c i p a t e d and took

a w a y

whatever they could use.

I t w a s a

great time

o f e l

lowship and s h a r i n g a s w e l l a s h a r d work i n

p r e p a r i n g

f o r

f u t u r e

sermons. We

n t i c i p a t e doing

t

a g a i n t h i s

s p r i n g .

VERNON, s

High

Priest, gi ves the missionary

message

at

H.B.S.


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Denny

t St.

Nathaniel's

Playschool

P a i n l s , p l a y d o u g h , b l o c k s , b o o k s , e t c . , e v e r y morning

from

9 o

12

s p e n d w i t h 1 5 o r

so

c h i l d r e n a g e s 2 / 1 - 4

y e a r s .

I

drink

many cups

of

imaginary t e a and

e a t

beans

on t o a s t . These

few

hours each day

have

helped

me

e a r n

new t e a c h i n g

s k i l l s

f o r preschool age c h i l d r e n

and t o

meet

l o t s

of

new

people.

What

un

i t

i s

t o

learn

f rom

c h i l

dren By h e way, h e t h i r d c h i l d from t h e l e f t i s William,

t h e

son

of Rich and

Lynn

Pannell, t h e m i n i s t e r a t

M i t c h e l l

S t r e e t i n

Wigan.

The c h i l d r e n a r e w o r k i n g on

the construction table.

ON

THE ONSTRU TION

TABLE at St.

N a t h a n i e l ' s Playschool

-

Nathan, Sam illiam an d

Stefan.

F

Camp orksey

The

camp f o r

t h e

1 0 - 1 3

y e a r s o l d was a good e x p e r i

e n c e f o r

a l l

i n v o l v e d .

We

k n i g h t e d

t h e

campers f o r s a y

i n g t h e i r a s s i g n e d

memory

work

f o r t h e

week.

We ad 37

campers

and 1 7

counselors. The s s i s t a n t

d i r e c t o r s ,

Rob

and Sharon

Deeming, i l l

be t a k i n g

over

a s d i r e c t o r s

t h i s

n e x t

y e a r .

They

w i l l

be

t h e f i r s t B r i t i s h

camp

d i r e c t o r s .

We

e e l

our work i n camp h a s been

p r o d u c t i v e

f o r b o t h

the past

and the future.

Mission

Services

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