2011 Ministry Wrap-Up
It has been quite a busy year filled with many changes. We traveled a total of twelve different times in the year. We felt the Lord leading us to serve together full time so Mary Jo did not return to teaching this fall and has taken on a larger role in the ministry. I continue to be blessed by the Lord in my custom home audio/video business and when we are home, the Lord always provides work that gets our bills paid! Our schedule and the new roles take a lot out of us but we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us!
Our son, Nick, just got engaged to Brittany! No date set yet, but we have met her and she seems like a nice girl who loves the Lord. Nick continues to attend Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, CA. He is set to graduate this spring and hopes to get a ministry job shortly thereafter. Nick joined us in NYC this Thanksgiving and was given an opportunity to teach one of the chapel services and did a great job!
Our daughter Melissa graduated with high honors from high school in May of this year. She entered UCF in Orlando just a couple credits shy of being a junior as she dual enrolled the last two years of high school. She has become part of “Cru” or Campus Crusade for Christ and will be attending one of their seminars after the first of the year.
We continue to focus on discipleship as we’ve all been called to do. It isn’t easy getting up early after all the hard work the day before and knowing the work load ahead, but we feel the team devotion time with the Lord is the most important time we spend all day long (next to personal time!). It is always exciting to see how lives are affected by the verse-by-verse teaching of the Scriptures. Often, people who have been Christians for a long time are encouraged when they are taught passages of Scripture that they’ve never seen before and then are given practical application of that Scripture. What is even better is to see them live it out during the day as we serve together. Not everyone “gets it” but we know that we are simply called to be faithful to teach the Word. God takes care of the results. One guy from the Bowery worked with us in North Carolina and gave me quite a hassle. He was a good worker, but his attitude was poor and he made sure it rubbed off on everyone around him. Then we went to NYC for Thanksgiving, and after the week was over, he came up to me and said how blessed he was to see all that we did for the Bowery for Thanksgiving. He then said he now understands why we do what we do as he got a chance to see some of it from the outside. He even asked me if there was anything I could do to get some of the other Bowery guys to serve better!
We are so thankful for all of your prayers and financial support! We are so blessed to have you as part of our team! We’ve seen many be drawn to Christ through our feeble service in their time of need. It is awesome to see God working in ways that only He could orchestrate! Many people have told us that they didn’t know what they were going to do or where to turn and then we showed up. We were able to share Jesus and encourage many of them in their faith, and you have been part of that.
We don’t make a habit of asking for money or support, usually just a reminder in our emails that if you want to give you can find the info at the bottom of all our newsletters. God has provided for us in amazing ways that always surprise us and cause us to marvel at His goodness. We do have a need that we felt led to share with you. When we started the ministry several years ago a truck and trailer were donated to us. We were wowed by God! As we continue to follow the Lord, the ministry continues to grow and take us in directions we never imagined. We are quickly realizing that the truck and trailer we currently have are not large enough to enable us to continue in the work He has called us to do. We would like to trade our current truck and trailer in and get a larger version of both. If you feel led by the Lord to help out with this project or any of our other finances, you can find info at the bottom of this newsletter to guide you, or you can simply contact us. Please don’t give to us unless you are led by the Lord and don’t give to us in lieu of your tithes and offerings to your own church. Our heavenly Father owns the cattle on a thousand hills, knows our needs and has promised to supply us with all we need to do all He has called us to do!
We are available to speak at your church, ministry, small group, etc. We love to share what the Lord is doing with the ministry and our lives and I am always looking for places/people where I can teach God’s Word and encourage others. We also would love to help other believers start similar ministries in their churches, so please let us know how we can help in this area. This past year we were able to speak in churches in NY, VA and TN, and Mary Jo shared at a Christmas brunch at our own CCS. We will have a resource table at the Southeast Pastor’s Conference at Merritt Island CC in January, so if you are in the area, please stop by and say hi! We are looking into the possibility of attending a couple more conferences this year and setting up tables if we can obtain permission, so stay tuned!
We pray that you would seek first His kingdom and righteousness so that ALL things will be added unto you. Remember that Jesus is the whole reason that the world takes a pause this time of year; He truly is the “Reason for the Season!” Remember to always make Him a priority in your life. It is so easy to get caught up in the things of this world, but God has promised us far better than anything that this world could even think of offering us!
We wish you and your family a Blessed CHRISTmas and a New Year that is filled with opportunities to serve our King that help to make you more like His Son, Jesus!
Thanks for all your prayers and support.
Proclaiming the Lord in all we do,
In season and out of season.
Lord Bless,
Curt & Mary Jo Hencye
Relief Ministries Calvary Chapel Sarasota
Website: www.CalvaryRelief.com
Contact info:
Curt:
941-915-9560
Email: DisasterPastor@CalvaryRelief.com
Skype-Hencye Mary Jo:
941-374-1607
Skype-MJHencye
Email: MaryJo@ReliefMinistriesCCSarasota.com If you are interested in helping with the ministry's expenses we have set up an online giving section on our church's web page, https://ccsrq.cc/online-giving, or you can contact us directly, or mail a check to:
Calvary Chapel Sarasota
Relief Ministries
3800 27th Parkway
Sarasota, FL 34235
Please note Relief Ministries in the memo.
All dontations are tax deductible.
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