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Announcements

Upcoming “Speak Truth in Your Heart” Conferences!

We’re excited to announce three upcoming “Speak Truth in Your Heart” conferences!

Cedar Rapids, Iowa (July 13-14)
(A “Strong in the Lord” Conference for ages 8-14 will also be held in Cedar Rapids on July 10-11)

Bellefontaine, Ohio (July 20-21)

Hudson, Wisconson (November 9-10)

We’d appreciate help in spreading the word if you know friends in these areas! Let us know if you’d like us to mail you flyers or send you a promotional email to forward to friends. See our website for more information and to register.

Announcements

“Speak Truth in Your Heart” Book, Finished!

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We want to say a big thank you to all who shared insightful comments regarding the font color of Sarah’s new book! You all shared so many insightful comments and helpful thoughts! After much deliberation and discussion, we finally decided on … navy! 🙂 We praise God that we finally have the book finished and now available to order!

We were aiming to have it available for the Answers for Women Conference 2018 and we ended up cutting it super close.

Praise God our printer’s location was directly on the way to where the conference was, so we picked up the books from our printer right after they were finished — one day before the conference!

It’s always a great experience to smell the new book for the first time, haha.

Thanks for all who have prayed for us as we’ve been completing this book. We’re so grateful for how the Lord helped us finish, and now pray that He uses it in lives.

Announcements

Vote on Font Color For Book Cover

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Please leave a comment if you would like to help us with a last-minute decision for Sarah’s new book cover. Which color do you prefer for the title: navy or cranberry? Feel free to share why, if you’d like. It will be sent to the printer this week, Lord willing! We are excited to be so close to the finish line. 🙂

Announcements/Christmas Ministry Ideas

Christmas Witnessing Tool

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“Have you read the Christmas story from the Bible yet? Here’s a copy for you!”
This is my dad’s favorite line to say in the month of December as he passes out the Christmas account from the Bible.

This year, we decided to order 5,000 “Christmas scrolls.” The scroll is almost entirely Scripture. Our objective is to get people reading the Word of God!

Scripture written on the scroll:
Micah 5:2, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-20, Matthew 2:1-12, John 1:1,14, John 3:16-19 (Scripture quoted from the NASB.)
Old Testament verses contain various prophecies of Christ’s coming.

We like to roll them up and give them out like little scrolls. People receive them as a festive Christmas gesture. Thanks to my Grandpa, who works for us at our office daily (even though he is 91 years old), we have 200 rolled for our next outreach this Friday night: the Peppermint Walk downtown Marion. For those in our area, if you’d like to come and help pass out the scrolls, you’re more than welcome.

The scrolls are perfect for attaching to a plate of Christmas cookies for neighbors, teachers, coworkers, and friends. You can purchase them in packs of 25, 50, 100, and 250 from our online store. (Note: they come flat and you have to roll them yourself.)

“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do” (Hebrews 4:12-13).

Note: I have not yet mastered the art of carrying these as I’m Christmas shopping (to give to cashiers) and not wrinkling them. If you come up with any solutions to this problem, I’d be interested.

Announcements

Testify Camp Schedule

In less than a week, we’ll be running our witnessing training camp for the second time at the Iowa State Fair. We’re excited that this year Tim Chaffey, speaker and writer from Answers in Genesis will be teaching some of the training. Tim is the content manager for the Ark Encounter.
Last year we were greatly encouraged by how we saw the Lord work and by the fellowship that emerged. Registrations is closed this year for campers, but it is still open for those who are local and would like to come as a “Day Camper.” Please email me and let me know if you’d like more information, or if you are planning to come.

Announcements/Witnessing Conferences

Testify Training Camp Registration Deadline: August 1

(To see this flyer englarged, click here.)

The deadline to register for the Testify Training Camp at the Iowa State Fair is August 1st, just a few days away. We’re excited about the group God is bringing together, and we are looking forward to an exciting time of ministry and fellowship. We saw the Lord work in so many ways last year.

Click here to register. If you have not yet seen the 3 minute promo video we made last year, view that here.

Local Option: For those who live in the Des Moines area and would like to be a part of the camp as a “day camper,” you are welcome to do so for no fee. However, if you’d like to join us for any meals at the camp, that will be $6 per meal and we’ll need to know which meals you will be joining us for by August 1st. (If you won’t know until the last minute, you can bring a sack lunch.) To register as a Day Camper, please email me and let me know if you are planning to come for the whole time or just part, and if you want to eat any meals with us. I will be posting a schedule for the conference early next week.

Announcements

Summer “Speak Truth” Conferences Next Week!

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Here’s a peek at the schedule for our upcoming “Speak Truth” Conference in Cincinnati, and in the Detroit, Michigan area. (Note: In Michigan, the conference will run over a Thursday and Friday instead of a Friday and Saturday.)

Click here for more information or to register! Registrations are full for Cincinnati, but there is still plenty of room for Michigan. If you have friends in Michigan who may be interested, we’d appreciate the help in spreading the word. We are also doing a “Strong in the Lord” conference in Michigan the same week.

Announcements

Living the Love Song

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We sent out our May newsletter a few days ago! These newsletters were supposed to be every month, but the last one we sent was in December! :-O
You can view our May newsletter, “Living the Love Song,” here. If you’d like to be added to this list, contact me and let me know. I can guarantee emails will not be flooding your inbox. 🙂

Announcements

2017 Iowa State Fair Outreach

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God did awesome things at the Iowa State Fair last year. Our team of volunteers were able to pass out 75,000 gospel tracts and have hundreds of Christ-centered conversations. We experienced much joy as we saw Him working. This 3-minute video was put together with the hope that many more will join us this August!

Answers in Genesis Outreach at the Iowa State Fair from Tomorrow's Forefathers, Inc. on Vimeo.

TESTIFY TRAINING CAMP – AUGUST 10-14, 2017
The fair runs from August 10-20. On the first four days of the fair (August 10-14) we will be running a camp, together with Tony Ramsek from Answers in Genesis. The camp (Testify Training Camp) is designed both to equip believers in sharing their faith, and to provide opportunity to learn together as we witness at the Iowa State Fair in the afternoon and evening. See flyer for more information. You can also see this blog post for pictures and reports from last year’s camp. Click here to register. Locals are also invited to attend training sessions even if they don’t come to the rest of the camp, provided they RSVP (space is limited).

Feedback from Camp Attendees Last Year:
“I feel less fear and less pressure to ‘convert.’”
“…very encouraging and helpful training in sharing the gospel.”
“I realize that I am given the responsibility to share the gospel and the Holy Spirit does the work.”
“It’s encouraging to be around so many Christians who want to share to gospel.”

If you’d like to come and volunteer at the booth any time from the August 10-20 (apart from the camp) you can see this page.

The above video was shared on Ken Ham’s blog on Saturday along with more reports from Tony Ramsek. You can see that post here.