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Poiema Visual Arts’ Annual Benefit Auction

February 7th, 2024 No comments

You won’t want to miss this exciting opportunity to support the work of Poiema Visual Arts on Saturday, March 23, 2024! This year’s event will include a SILENT AUCTION containing a wide array of gift baskets and unique treasures, a CATERED MEAL, & a LIVE AUCTION featuring art, handmade goods and specialty items. The stories of Poiema Visual Arts will be shared throughout the evening’s festivities. While tickets are FREE, this fundraising event is limited to adults only and does require a ticket. All proceeds generated throughout the evening will support the daily operating budget of Poiema Visual Arts and underwrite our 2025 Biennial Art Conference, “Pieces: Beauty in Brokenness.”

In exchange for your ticket, we invite you to show your support by bidding on items or making a cash donation. Also, just for fun, bring some spare change to help fill paint buckets to fund Poiema Visual Arts’ “Art Cart” for community engagement. Thank you for believing in the ministry of Poiema Visual Arts and supporting our efforts to help Christian visual artists grow to be more like Jesus!

Doors will open at 5:30 PM for the silent auction, the meal to follow at 6:30 PM, and the live auction will begin at 7:30 PM. Please reserve your ticket today!

11th Annual CE Golf Tournament

March 1st, 2023 No comments

You’re invited to the 11th Annual CE Golf Tournament on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Your investment in this event supports the mission of Christian Endeavor to Empower Youth IN Ministry.
Enjoy 18 holes of golf, contests & prizes, door prizes, hot lunch, and other goodies throughout the day.
We are offering a double shotgun, 8 AM and 2 PM, for you to choose from.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available.
Find all information and registration at www.bit.ly/golf4CE
Hope to see you there!

Word of Encouragement-Ministry

February 9th, 2021 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Word of Encouragement is Ministry.

To have a ministry is to have some form of service that meets people’s needs for the glory of God.

Many times, we might think of pastors and evangelists as having ministries. But there are others in the body of Christ with a vibrant ministry too, such as greeters, worship leaders, small group leaders, and the set-up crew.

In the early church, Tabitha helped the poor by making clothing.  Barnabas had a ministry of encouragement. Epaphras was faithful in prayer. Aquila and Priscilla had the ministry of hospitality as they opened their home to believers for times of worship.

Effective ministry reflects the attitude of Christ. The Apostle Paul wrote in Second Corinthians 5:18 that God “reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.”

Find encouragement in the ministry that God entrusts to you in the Year of Endurance.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

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Relationship-Building Principle-Teamwork

April 28th, 2015 No comments

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Relationship-Building Principle comes from Luke 10:1.

“The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.”

In sending these seventy-two followers to various places, they would prepare the way for Jesus’ appearance to their communities. Jesus sent them out in pairs. Very rarely in the New Testament do we see followers of Jesus working solo. There is value to teamwork.

With teamwork, there is accountability. If one person starts to stray from sound doctrine or in their behavior, a teammate can help them get back on track. One person can help another person gain perspective.

With teamwork, there is also support. Sometimes, discouragement causes us to feel like giving up on what we started, but a teammate can serve as a supportive friend to help us press on in those discouraging moments.

There is also greater joy in sharing ministry with a teammate. When the seventy-two returned from their assignments, they came to Jesus with joy over what God had done through their outreach.

Teamwork is a vital relationship-building principle to take to heart in the Year of Connection.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com