What's happening at The Connection? Come and see!

Campaigns galore.... We hope you're planning to have fun in the sun this summer! To capture the summer harvest, we have some campaigns coming to help us to see the harvest 1 - After this week and next, we will begin a new series, out of the Acts of the Apostles: People:Unstoppable 2 - With this new series, you will also receive a Scripture engagement bookmark and a webpage to get additional information, so that we can all read the Scriptures together.  Don't forget to get your Scripture bookmark on Sunday 3- This Sunday, we are also starting Operation Friendship.  We can begin thinking about people we connect with every day, and how we can love them into the Kingdom. Using the formula Jesus gave in Luke 10: 1) Speak peace to this house/person.  2) Stay in relationship with the people 3) Heal the sick (meet the needs), and 4) Proclaim the Kingdom of God is near.  Making friends and keeping in relationship gives us the street cred to proclaim. 4 - Please welcome our special guests, Jim and Sue Foley, who will be conducting the Soldier Enrollment tomorrow.  Soldiership in The Salvation Army is distinct from membership, as those being enrolled have decided to make The Salvation Army their base of ministry operations. Know that we love you and appreciate you, and desire God's best for each one of you. Introducing......Prayer Tents Most Summers, The Connection has set up Prayer Tents in neighborhoods, to pray for individuals' felt needs; many have come to Christ, and many Jesus-followers have been encouraged.  We are looking for neighborhoods to share this ministry.  The tent is small, 4 X 6 ft., and just a few people are needed each time we go out.  If you are interested in going out and serving under the Prayer Tent, or know of a place where we can set it up, please let Charles know. A note from Charles We look forward to a great weekend in the Lord with each one of you.  God is up to something, and we are so glad you are a part of it.  We look forward to worshipping with you, THIS Sunday night, 6:00 PM, at 10 Church St., in Patchogue. Thanks, — Charles Roberts Upcoming Events 5/26 Worship Gathering PUMC, 10 Church Street, Patchogue Last installment in #TheJesusDiaries 6:00 PM 6/1 Tri-Hamlet Community Festival  @Manor of St. George, Mastic Beach 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 6/2 Worship Gathering PUMC, 10 Church Street, Patchogue The Archeology of Israel and the Near East 6:00 PM

Do you think we could do an openingsalvo Hangout on Google+?

Since the Blogger platform is fully integrated with Google+, we can do Hangouts, live video chats that we can post to this blog.

Would you like to do that, on one of our mutually agreed-upon topics?  I'll set one up, and see if we get any traction.

But, please leave a comment whether or not you would like to do a Hangout some time......

pax Christi,

Charles, aka soulpadre....

An Exhortation for Mother's Day, 2013

May 12th is Mother's Day, and we pray that you will enjoy the day with your families, extended, nuclear, etc. 

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Like I have shared earlier, even if you have not had a baby, this does not stop you from having children, in the Spirit. Neither does singleness stop one from being a midwife. In this hour, God is seeking women and men to help others in the with-God life to become fully grown in who are they are in Christ. That is simply, to assist in birthing the personal ministries of others. So often, I hear folks talking about "my" ministry, so if you ever hear me say that, you have permission to correct me! No ministry is "ours"; we are stewards of it in view of God's mercy. However, there is such a thing as personal responsibility. We all have a 2 Timothy 2:2 responsibility to multiply.

Anyhow, in this hour we must stay outward-focused: looking unto the harvest, to see those who are ready to blossom into faith in Christ, and then stay with them until they mature into ministry, and beyond. In this region, some 64 ministries were birthed from one experience in the Spirit, but there weren't enough midwives, fathers and mothers. Let's not let the next generations minister out of an orphan spirit.

Some of you may be saying, "Well, I'm not grown up enough in the faith to do that."
Well, if that rings a bell with some, you just validated the last statement. God, we need You to do a quick work in the Jesus-followers who have been in the faith for years, yet have not multiplied. Let not their hope in you die to be a spiritual father, mother, or midwife. Being confident of this, You Who began a good work in each one of us, promise to carry it to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. You have told us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, to be diligent in the Scriptures for they are useful to teaching, rebuking, correcting and training, so that we are fully furnished, fully functional, and fully forward-focused in every good work.

Help us to be doers of the Word, that we are fully matriculated in the school of Jesus Christ, to have every fulness in Christ, Who is the fulness of God.

And, Abba: Lead us along this path with Your joy, for it is our strength, it is our daily bread, it is our sustenance of being. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Happy Mother's Day!!