Team Timothy

By the grace of God, a great work was done this past summer by PMU’s Team Timothy Cambodia. The eight team members represented five churches: Eli Pine, Andy Wann, Rhaquel and Jacob Hughey, Sharon and Danielle Blizzard, and Talitha and AndraLea Mack, all led by Dr. Pine. Filling out the team in Cambodia were PMU missionaries Pastor Mark Baldwin and his wife, Wiwin.

The work consisted of four parts: first, assisting with the regular weekend worship that the Baldwins do in the villages south of Phnom Penh. There were a lot of children, and a lot of activities and teaching, and all went very well as the team began to figure out how to get things done.

Second, the team worshipped on Sundays with the faculty and student body of a Reformed Bible college and seminary in Phnom Penh. Dr. Pine preached and sang there. On the second Sunday the team participated in the church planting ministries being conducted by the students. Third, the major part of the work was the three-day VBS program conducted in each of the villages of Prey Pdao and Kpbaom. As many as 290 kids came in Pdao and around 250 in Kpbaom. The Prodigal Son story focused on the consequences of sin and the necessity and nature of repentance. Crafts, music, and games rounded out the ministry to the younger children. Dr. Pine also taught English and preached to the older young people and adults.

Finally, an important part of the work was to minister to the Baldwins, though it was clear that they did as much for the team as the team did for them. The mutual encouragement was evident.

The team came home with hearts filled with the memories of Cambodia. We pray that the gospel message left behind will resonate in the same way unto salvation in the lives of those who heard it. Thanks to all who contributed to this good work! — Dr. Len Pine, Team Leader

Dates: July 21-Aug. 6, 2012

Deadline to apply: 10/31/11

Registration forms will be available soon on our website, or write office@presbyterianmissions.org.

Dates: Aug. 15-23, 2012

Deadline to apply: 11/30/11

Registration forms will be available soon on our website, or write office@presbyterianmissions.org.

PMU will be preparing two teams for ministries next summer in Bolivia and Bonners Ferry, Idaho.  More information and registration forms will be available soon.  Watch the Banner and our website for more details  and to download forms.

Edmonton BPC had a very memorable week while the eight members of Team Timothy were here July 4-6 to help us with our first Vacation Bible School. Our theme, Consider the Heavens, was taken from Psalm 8. Team members worked very well with each other and adjusted graciously to changes in our optimistic plans. Church members had distributed about 500 invitations to our Vacation Bible School and the team distributed an additional 500 on the Saturday before we began. On Monday morning we had thirteen registrations, with ten of those coming from outside our congregation. The children loved the team members and said they hope to see them all again next year! — Rev. John Dyck

Team Timothy

Team Timothy Edmonton VBS from June 30—July 7.

Team Timothy Cambodia VBS (6 days/2 a day) and 4 Saturday sessions of Bible and English lessons from July 18—August 4th.

BP Youth Camps

Florida Presbytery— June 27—July 2.

NW Presbytery— July 7—14th.

Great Lakes Presbytery — July 10—16th.

For more information, please visit http://www.bpc.org and contact a church within the presbytery of your choice.

Annual PMU Council Meeting

Wednesday, August 9th, Tacoma, WA

75th General Synod of the BPC

Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church August 11-16, 2011, Tacoma, WA. For more information, please visit our website: bpc.org.

Praise the Lord most of the funds have been raised by team members! Now, preparations are in full swing for both teams. Please pray for the team members as they prepare and for souls to receive the gospel. Remember Rev. Mark Baldwin, Dr. Len Pine, and Rev. John Dyck as they prepare for these teams.

Please remember in prayer these ministries as they raise funds and prepare.

• Team Timothy Edmonton will be ministering at the Edmonton BPC, helping with their first VBS from June 30—July 7.
• Team Timothy Cambodia is raising funds and preparing to lead 6 days of VBS and 2 Saturday sessions of Bible and English lessons from July 18—August 3rd.

It is a mistake to assume that missions is all about foreign fields. The needy are all around us.  Every believer is a missionary wherever God has put him.  And the needs are not only spiritual, but also temporal. All too often evangelicals ignore temporal needs out of fear of preaching a social gospel, but in so doing, miss wonderful opportunities to minister to the whole person. In an effort to help our BP young people see the mission field in their own backyard, Team Timothy USA traveled to New York City, August 14-21.  There PMU partnered with the inter-city ministry of Dr. Bill Jones of the New York Gospel Mission (NYGM). NYGM has existed for over 100 years with the primary goal of reaching Jewish people with the gospel of Jesus Christ. In recent years, the ministry has expanded to include all the residents of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Dr. Len Pine led the team of eleven young people and adults. Mornings were spent in training in the Old Testament, focusing on how it reveals the Lord Jesus Christ as the Messiah. The team then left the sanctuary of the church and entered the mission field of New York City. They handed out tracts and talked to people at the Coney Island board walk. They did the same in the subway underneath Grand Central Station. They spent two afternoons in the heart of the Garment District, evangelizing on the street. At each location, Dr. Pine and a few of the team members also sang gospel music in the open air. The church associated with NYGM, Tompkins Square Gospel Fellowship, has been blessed in recent months by donations of food by a local Trader Joe’s supermarket. Daily van loads of bread, fruits and vegetables, canned goods, and high quality foods of all kinds are picked up and then distributed by Dr. Jones and the church. The team was able to participate throughout the week in this food pantry ministry both in the Projects and in the church itself. Hundreds of people came to receive food, and in the process, also heard the gospel, received tracts, and were ministered to in their need. They not only received physical bread, but they also received spiritual bread! Team members were amazed at how ready people were to listen to the preaching of the gospel and were blessed as they served people many times poorer than themselves. The week ended with a 9 PM to midnight open house at the church. Invitations were distributed in the afternoon and evening in the park across the street and in the surrounding neighborhood to come for free dessert and life-changing conversation. Using cheesecake provided by Trader Joe’s, team and church family members welcomed people of widely varied philosophical, theological, and sociological viewpoints, seeking to engage them with the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was a fitting end to an excellent week of training and ministry. Thanks to all who contributed to make it possible.

The thirteen team members of Team Timothy Bolivia left Miami on July 6^th for two plus weeks of ministry in La Paz, Bolivia, with Rev. David Quisbert, PMU missionary, and the Bible Presbyterian Church of La Paz. Once again, Dr. Len Pine led the team, and Miss Susan Blizzard was the co-leader.  After two days of Boot Camp, the work began in earnest. Running a five day VBS, feeding the homeless, personal evangelism in the parks, handing out almost 10,000 tracts in the market streets near the church, teaching music and English, radio ministry, sacred concerts, and much Bible study and preaching kept the team very busy. Team members also participated in the AWANA program with over 40 children attending. The team experienced challenges of illness, fatigue, altitude, and cultural and language barriers.  God was gracious and showed Himself strong through their weakness. A major way that God ministered to the team was through the hospitality of the La Paz church family. Both before and during the ministry they labored exceedingly hard to make the team comfortable, well fed, and enabled to do their work. Team members formed strong bonds with one another during the course of the ministry, and more importantly, with the Bolivians. Perhaps the greatest work that God did was in the hearts’ of the team members themselves. When asked, What was the highlight of your team experience?, Julie Brown replied,  “Learning to trust God with my ESL lessons instead of relying on myself. The fruit of this was becoming great friends with four girls from the American Institute. I was able to focus on them and getting to know them and being a Christ-like testimony, instead of making sure I did everything perfectly, for my own pride’s sake. Besides this every minute of my trip was a highlight!!!” The team returned home safely, rejoicing in God’s goodness.  We thank all who supported this labor with their financial gifts and prayers.  Please keep the ministry in Bolivia in prayer as they continue this type of work year round.  If you would like to support this work, please send donations to PMU, designated to Rev. David Quisbert.