February 2023 ~ Picking up where we left off.

GLOBAL BOOK SALES IN JANUARY:

Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, India, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Singapore, & the United States. Remember, we market and are licensed to sell our books in sixty different foreign countries. However, not every country will accept our Christian titles.

EXCITING NEWS:

We are creating a brand-new website for Faithful Life Publishers. If you want, you can get a first-hand glimpse of the website by clicking below. It isn't ready, but you will get a nice introduction. Flaws and all. At this writing, we haven't made the site public except to those who receive this newsletter.

We went live with the new website of Church Ministry Solutions in September. There are over 100 Little Messages, original tracts, and features on the new site, several of which you have never seen or used. ALL tracts are sent with FREE SHIPPING!

We have divided the tracts and displays into SEVEN different categories:

1. Evangelistic Little Messages
2. Thank You (TIP cards)
3. Seasonal Little Messages
4. Encouragement Little Messages
5. Folding Tract Cards (3.5 x 4 inches)
6. Quality Tracts (4 and 6 panels folded down to 3.5 x 6 inches)
7. Tract Wall Displays

Did you take the time to look at the new tab that showcases ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS? Here you will find some of our most popular ones:

• Betty Lukens ~ The Bible in Felt
• Bookmarks
• Daily Bible Reading Plans
• EDDM ~ Every Door Direct Mailing
• Offering Envelopes
• Posters

You will be taken to these solutions if you click on the links above or at the top of the website's home page.

It isn't too late to order the 2023 Calendars for your church.

We need to keep the month of March at the forefront of our minds. Special dates besides family and church birthdates and anniversaries are:

• March 1 ~ Share a Smile Day (which tract will you share that day?) This could be a designated church event or a challenge for yourself. Reach people by placing yard signs or banners in highly trafficked areas in your community. How many tracts will you hand out on this day?

• March 12 ~ Daylight Savings Time ~ encourage a Christian today.

• March 20 ~ Spring begins ~ what is God's will for you this Spring?

EARLY APRIL EVENT ~ just so you know, Palm Sunday is just around the corner, April 2. Get your Resurrection Sunday tracts ready early.

We are finalizing the three seasonal and end-of-year award systems. Clubbers found faithful in three seasonal categories will receive red ribbons in the Fall, white in the Winter, and blue in the Spring.

SEASONAL RIBBON AWARDS

• Dependability Award — Perfect Attendance for nine weeks.

• Commitment Award — Recites all of their Memory work.

• Diligence Award — Obtained 80% of the total points possible.

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END-OF-THE-YEAR PROGRAM

All clubbers will receive a Certificate of Valor for participation throughout the year.

Clubbers earning the Spring season's blue award ribbons will receive them.

In each category, clubbers earning three ribbons (red, white, and blue) will receive Medallion awards for their successful nine months of accomplishments.

Dependability Medallion Award

Commitment Medallion Award

Diligence Medallion Award

Camp Scholarships (if it applies): Clubbers earning all three of the annual Dependable, Commitment, and Diligence Medallion Awards will have their way paid to a camp of the churches choosing.

Finally, the clubber who demonstrates Virtue with Valor during the year will receive the Faithful Life Award.

Your donations will help with the following:

We need your financial help to reach these ministry goals. We want to be a blessing! As we are able, Church Ministry Solutions provides FREE:

• MISSIONARY PRAYER CARDS (for those whom we know).
• TRACTS to new Baptist church plants in the United States.
• EDDM MAILING donations for new Baptist church plants.
• CMS DIRECT MAILING donations for new Baptist church plants.
• TRACTS for two missionary endeavors ministering to the islands of the Caribbean and the coastal regions of Latin America (in Spanish and English) and one along the Amazon River Basin (in Portuguese).
• Help smaller churches launch the Faithful Life Club program by donating to the FLC Foundation (any gift will help).

Please designate how you would like your gifts directed. If you don't specify, we will apply the funds to the printing needs we are working on. We will not apply funds to the FLC Foundation unless you tell us to do so.

We freely provide these printing projects as we are financially able. We would have done more in January but were unaware of any needs. Your financial support is always needed and deeply appreciated.

• We continually look for open doors where we can help churches and ministries with our solutions. Can you direct us to a ministry that needs help? We desire your prayer support in this regard.

• Hurricane Ian is taking its toll in many unexpected personal ways. We are trying to get our home repaired but lack the finances to do it. FEMA and the RED CROSS have turned us down since we have insurance. Our insurance company has depreciated our claim by over $22,000. So, we have to pay out of pocket for the remainder of the repairs. On another note, our car had over $7,000 in damages that State Farm covered.

Four months after the hurricane, there is still a lot of mental exhaustion (including us) for Southwest Florida residents. Especially when you consider how many homes, churches, businesses, schools, etc., still need repair throughout the region. There aren't enough skilled licensed contractors to do the work quickly, and building materials are hard to find. Those living here still need your prayer support.

• Please join us in prayer as we continue to support the following ministries with our solutions. Thanks for your financial support to help us meet their needs. We will also provide solutions to other ministries as we become aware of them.

Rest assured, the funds you donate go directly to these ministries and not into our pockets.