Church Ministry Solutions - Issue #12
April 2022 -- Keeping Eternity in View
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Highlights for the April newsletter
April Highlights include Keeping Eternity in RE-View with March statistics; new converts along the Amazon River Basin. Ministering at Southwood Baptist Church in Tallahassee was a highlight. We present our PEACE tract, and we continue to broaden our ministry by telling you about CMS Direct Mail Services.
We reveal a new partnership with Pastor Andy that will give you the names and addresses of people who have recently moved into your area. Check out the BONUS OFFER he is offering.
We have appreciated your kind comments as we move forward. I highlighted one testimony (thought) out of several that was humorous. Thanks for reading about God's blessing to Church Ministry Solutions and Faithful Life Publishers!!! Thanks for your continual support in prayer and love gifts.
Keeping Eternity in RE-View (March)
We started 2022 with a challenge; to look at your life as a book that contains 12 chapters and 365 pages. How are you doing with your book? I am taking the challenge myself. Let's review some of the March topics that I have chosen to be in my book:
PRINTING MINISTRY:
• Printing projects for churches/ministries (23) and individual/businesses (06)
- Churches/ministries: 17,963 pieces
- Individuals/businesses: 1,600 pieces
- TOTAL for March = 19,563 pieces
• Printing donated to USA churches and mission works = 518 pieces
• Little Messages / CMS Tracts printed = 14,750 pieces
• EDDM mailings = 8,003 homes, 518 businesses = 8,521 total pieces
• Direct mailing pieces (3) = 7,500 pieces
- $225 was given as a love gift toward a large print project
AMAZON RIVER BASIS and CARIBBEAN MINISTRIES:
ICE BOAT 25 two
PERSONAL OUTREACH:
• Tracts personally handed out = 23
• Encouraged believers = 126
FAITHFUL LIFE PUBLISHERS:
- NEW Books Published: (paperback & hardcover = 7) and (eBooks = 1) Each title is available through Amazon and other online distributors.
- Honey, is There Anything Wrong? by Jimmie Keasling (book)
- Angel in the Forest by Eve Proctor (book)
- Who Am I Now? by Maureen Watson, M.D. (book & eBook)
- Eternal Forgiveness by Dr. Jim Binney (book)
- The Judgment Seat of Christ: The Christian's Rewards by Dr. Jim Binney (book)
- What Have I Gotten Myself Into? by Lamoin Cunningham (book)
- The Submissive Bride by Veronica Johnson (republished book)
- DESIGN WORK: for other publishers (book and convert to eBook) = 3
- Encouragement Isn't Enough, written by Jay Adams (book)
- Winning the War Within, written by Jay Adams (book)
- A Thirst for Wholeness: How to Gain Wisdom from the Book of James, written by Jay Adams (book)
- GLOBAL BOOK SALES: Australia, India, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, & the United States
KEY VERSES AND PROMISES from God's Word that I claimed during March:
Psalm 34:3, O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. –
Psalm 37:3-5Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 81:10
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MINISTERING at Southwood Baptist Church
We were one of three couples that ministered during the Mission's Conference at Southwood Baptist Church in Tallahassee, FL. I spoke on Wednesday night and during the Sunday School hour from the Gospel of John, chapter 4. On Thursday night, I presented our brand-new slide presentation of this ministry. Una and I had a book table that offered many of the selections from Faithful Life Publishers.
It was an incredible conference! The Lord is truly blessing the ministry of Southwood. By the conference's conclusion, we saw four people receive Christ as their Savior, two were baptized, and two more felt the call to go into missions.
Pastor Robert Sutton and the whole church family treated us very graciously. The other speakers were David Shaffer from Sea Hope Ministries and missionary Bill Williams from Spain. It was a pleasure to serve alongside these men and to meet their wives.
THE PEACE OF GOD
One of our most popular six-panel tracts is called PEACE. It comes in three formats that will fit your environment, mental image of peace, or need (hopefully). Have another cover concept that you would like? Let us know, and we will design it for free.
Who doesn't need PEACE, especially considering the days' news? Who do you know that needs peace in their life? You can help them!!!
THE PEACE OF GOD is for everyone who believes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength Isaiah 26:3-4
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33
THE PEACE OF GOD is for anyone who hasn't believed, yet
NO GOD = NO PEACE
KNOW GOD = KNOW PEACE!
This tract tells the reader how they can have peace and eternal life. God can give everyone peace, real peace. If only men would believe.
NEW SERVICE: CMS DIRECT MAIL
Church Ministry Solutions can send a printed promotional piece to your church membership or mailing list. We make it as easy as possible for you. Let us know who to mail it to, anywhere in the whole country, by providing a CSV file, and we will do the rest.
CMS DIRECT MAIL is a form of marketing that involves sending a physical piece (postcard, newsletter, booklet, flyer, etc.) through the U.S. Postal Service (250 minimum pieces). Direct Mailing Services are designed for churches, companies, or individuals who want to pinpoint specific people's names and addresses instead of blanketing whole neighborhoods through our EDDM service.
Submitting a successfully targeted mailing can be a complicated process, and that's why Church Ministry Solutions came up with an innovative validation tool to make the process of uploading your mailing list easy and efficient. Our validation tool will run your uploaded list of entries to validate and point out any invalid or duplicated addresses. This way, you have the chance to eliminate any invalid or duplicated addresses that would have otherwise cost you extra money. We print the piece, address each one, and mail them for you; we do all of the heavy lifting.
NEED A LIST OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES?
If you don't have your own list of names and addresses, we can provide one. For instance, if you want to mail a piece to every family in a specific zip code, we can provide the names and addresses to you. This service offers a more personal approach than a general "residential" mailing.
In March, a church plant in Pennsylvania sent a full-color newsletter to 2,500 homes in their zip code. Our new partnership with Pastor Andy provided the names and addresses for the mailing. We printed their newsletter, folded, addressed, applied tabs, and mailed the 8.5 x 11-inch newsletter to the recipients' mailboxes.
NEW MOVE-INS:
Would you like to know who has moved into your area recently? We can also provide this list for you through our partner, Pastor Andy, at NewMoversforChurches.com. The promotional pieces below show that these services are available to the whole nation, not just Florida.
Humorous thought from our readership
I don't care what your wife says, I think you are pretty awesome!!!
- Note: Una agrees with Jimmie Keasling!!!
Your love gift will go a long way
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Would you pray about regularly supporting our ministry? We need your help to reach these goals. As we are able, CMS provides FREE:
- MISSIONARY PRAYER CARDS (new venture)
- TRACTS to new church plants in the United States
- EDDM MAILINGS for new church plants (new venture)
- CMS DIRECT MAILINGS for new church plants (new venture)
- TRACTS to missionary endeavors in the Caribbean (in Spanish) and along the Amazon River Basin (in Portuguese)
We freely provide these ministry tools as we are financially able. We would have done more in March but didn't have the necessary funds. Your financial support is needed and deeply appreciated.
We are grateful for the gifts and encouragement that came in last month. Thank you in advance for your prayer, financial support, and encouragement.
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Thank You
Thank you for letting us send our newsletter to you. I trust these issues keep you informed of our ever-expanding ministry and that you will have a better appreciation of what we are trying to do for the Lord. Mostly, I hope they have increased your burden for the unsaved while Keeping Eternity in View.
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See you on May 3; Lord bless!!!
Jim & Una Wendorf
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