Team Timothy

The Lord is growing the mission in North Idaho! We are thankful for our members and adherents, and for the fairly steady flow of visitors through our doors. We are thankful for the opportunities we have to minister privately and corporately in the community. We’re thankful for the marvelous place the Lord has given us from which to launch our efforts and present a public face in the county. God has been very good to us.

We are also rejoicing for those who are seeking membership in our body, now attending membership classes on Sunday afternoons. Also, a group of men are prayerfully considering standing for office in the body, and they are now taking leadership classes with me on Sunday afternoons as well. These are reasons for praise!

Planning for the summer Team Timothy ministry which will follow Synod has now begun in a big way, and team members will soon be getting their assignments which they will carry out alongside the church body. Our principle aim is to evangelize our community in that ministry, and to “introduce” the mission church to our neighbors. Please pray with us, as there will be many obstacles along the way. But, there will also be many chances to grow together as a church body as we put ourselves in the mindset of sacrifice for the cause of Christ. I, for one, am looking forward to the journey. Thanks for your prayers and support for home missions. —Dr. Len Pine

Please remember our summer missions team members as they raise funds and prepare for this summer’s ministry in North Idaho.

Building on lessons from PMU’s New York City ministry two years ago, this summer’s Team Timothy ministry in  North Idaho will take the gospel to Bonners Ferry and Sandpoint from August 15-23rd.  This summer’s team includes thirteen members from three states and four BP churches. Team members are Alexander Bean, Danielle Blizzard, Hannah and Peter Blizzard, Sharon Blizzard, Julie Brown, Benjamin Couch, Patrick Couch,  Richard and Rita McMillan, Rebekah Sudlow, and Kaiya Weston.

Lead by Pastor Pine, the team will take advantage of county fairs in North Idaho and employ Bible stories, music, drama, food, and other means to make opportunities to testify of Christ. The team will also do door to door work in the area of the mission church, Providence BPC, in Bonners Ferry and assist the church in maintenance and landscaping projects as well.  All in all, it will be a packed week!

Please pray for the team members as they begin their preparations and raise the necessary funds to come and participate in this supporting ministry of BPC’s newest church plant.

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.