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This was the final service of the LifeSpring church’s missionary emphasis week. We had two special speakers on this day. Colleen Severson is a missionary working with Chi Alpha, an outreach to university students. Chi Alpha is on many campuses (campi?) in the U.S., and Colleen’s work is with University of California, Santa Barbara.

After Colleen, our former senior pastor, Mel Bennett brings the week to a close. Now, you should understand that the way many Assembly of God churches work is that periodically (let’s say, once a year) the congregation is asked to make a pledge, or a faith promise, as to how much they will give to missions in the next year. This giving is supposed to be above and beyond the normal gifts and tithes. So, at the end of Pastor Bennett’s sermon, you’ll hear him talking about the faith pledge.

I’m including this part of the sermon only so that you can hear the way that our church raises money to support our missionaries. As it turns out, our small congregation of about 150 pledged over $35,000 for the next year.

 

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On today’s show, we hear the second missionary we heard at LifeSpring Church during our missionary emphasis week. His name is Keith Heermann, and he is quite a dynamic speaker. He has been a friend of our church for years, even before his missionary years. He’s a good man, and we were blessed to have him with us. I think you’re really going to enjoy him.

 

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For those who have been keeping up with the Lifespring! family on some of the other Lifespring! shows, you may know that our church just completed a week of missions emphasis. In eight days, we hosted i believe eight different missionaries and gave them a chance to tell us about their ministries. Some of their presentations were recorded, and over the next week or two, I’ll share those recordings with you.

What was very exciting for me is that my church invited me to tell them about what the Lifespring! Media family is all about. My church has decided to support Lifespring! Media as a missionary outreach, and i am so honored.

On today’s show, you will hear my presentation to the church, and then pastor Steve O’Brien.

I have to apologize for the audio quality during my presentation. While I was speaking, I obviously was not able to monitor the recording, and there is an echo that you’re going to hear. It’s only for the 22 minutes that I spoke, but if it bothers you too much, you can fast forward to Steve O’Brien’s message.

Also, if you want to see the service, you can do so at Lifespring.TV.

 

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In today’s message pastor Steve O’Brien talks about closeups. how well does God see you? Or, put another way, how well does He know you?