March 2017
Greetings in the name of Jesus,
January was a busy month, and I am glad to report that we have made progress. For those without email capability, the IFGEA is now on the internet. (www.ifgea.com) Our General Board has been talking and praying about this for at least a year, ever since I came on board as Sec./Treas. Along with the website, we now have email addresses for the three officers of our association. Please take the time to look it over.
We are asking for God led Ministers to write items to be included in our newsletter and on our website. All submissions will be considered for posting under the direction of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Please keep Westside Full Gospel Church in White Settlement in your prayers. Since Rev. Gibbs was elected as pastor, the church has gone through some rough times. As we all know when God is starting to do great things in our lives, the devil will fight us anyway he can. We are asking for prayers that God’s protecting hands surround the building and all that attend that church. In addition, that God will give Bro. & Sis. Gibbs the wisdom and strength to follow his leading and see the church grow and prosper.
I have been in contact with Bro. Gibbs and he reports that since becoming pastor they have seen souls saved and several rededications to the Lord. He also commented on how they are located by Carswell AFB and Lockheed therefore Westside is in a prime location to be a witness and a lighthouse to the area and the people who work at Carswell AFB and Lockheed. Keep them in your prayers as they serve the area’s spiritual needs.
We had scheduled the insulation to be installed on February 13th, and God in his wisdom decided to postpone it. Please keep the Sanctuary project in your prayers. Unbeknown to us the roof had a bad leak and if the insulation had been installed, we would have had to redo it. But because God sent some rain to Temple, Oklahoma. Praise God, we now know and will be fixing that leak. Keep an eye on the Event part of our website for future workdays. We will need all your help on workdays, if you are physically unable to help due to distance or health reasons please pray. The more people that shows up to help the fewer funds it will take to complete the sanctuary. If God leads you to help financially with the sanctuary you may donate online or send a check to our office with a note stating it is for the building fund or the word ‘sanctuary’.
Fund Raiser for our Building Fund. Rev. Gary Wingrove felt that it should be presented to our Association Members. Bright Herd, the company that built our website has started a “Referral Reward” program. If we, IFGEA, refers someone to Bright Herd and they purchase a product or service and tells them that they heard about them from the IFGEA we will earn 10% of all sales from that referral. Any and All funds raised from this will go to our IFGEA Building Fund.
These new referrals are valid on all sales including but not limited to website design (hosting, management, etc.), graphic design (logos, artwork, letterhead, etc.), video design (editing, designing, producing, etc.), book publishing (editing, design, publishing, etc.) and consulting.
The owner, Mr. Steven Dunn, has sent some of his business cards of which you will find one enclosed with this newsletter. If you have seen our website you have seem an example of his work. You are not obligated to use his company however it is a way of giving to our Building Fund by purchasing a product or service that you were looking into. Do not feel obligated to purchase from Bright Herd, this is only an opportunity to use the services of a Christian Company, I have known the owner for a number of years and he has a strong relationship with the Lord.
May God Bless,
C. I. Wilson