Bible Ministry- Thank You

Second Presbyterian Church- 7700 N Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN
AT THE SUGGESTION OF DR. JOAN MALICK IN 1997, BIBLE MINISTRY WAS ESTABLISHED THRU THE EFFORTS OF MARY WOOLING. OUR GOAL: TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN FAITH THRU THE READING OF HIS WORD. LAST SUMMER, AN ANONYMOUS DONOR GENEROUSLY GIFTED BIBLE MINISTRY ENABLING THIS TEAM GRATEFUL TO THIS ANONYMOUS DONOR, WE MUST TODAY AND ALWAYS REACH OUT TO YOU--- TO PURCHASE NEW BIBLES FOR ALL READING LEVELS.
THOUGH WE ARE MOST OUR CONGREGATION---FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO SUSTAIN OUR GOAL OF PUTTING BIBLES INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE DESPERATELY SEEKING GOD'S WORD. INDEED, OUR DEMAND HAS EXCEEDED OUR SUPPLY.
THANK YOU, AS ANY GIFT TO BIBLE MINISTRY IS A GIFT TO GOD.

HOLLY LAMBERT WAS OUR CONDUIT FOR BIBLE MINISTRY AS SHE PERSONALLY DELIVERED BIBLES TO THE PHILIPPINES AND UGANDA. PLEASE HEAR HER FORTHRIGHT TESTIMONY.
Spoken by Judy Muirhead

I was very pleased to take Bibles from Bible Ministry on two mission trips. The mission trips purpose were to tell others about Jesus Christ, to encourage ministers and to start new churches.

On my first mission trip I was able to see first hand of the need for Bibles. The people in the Philippines were in need of just about everything. When I went to the Philippines I tried to carry as many Bibles as I could with me.

At that time I believed that the Bibles would go to Filipino people who had never known Jesus Christ as their Savior, or church members too poor to buy a Bible.

Our mission team was partnered with the Filipino mission team and to my surprise; some of the Filipino team did not even have a Bible as they were too poor to purchase one. A grateful Filipino teenager came up to me to thank me for the Bible which came from the Second Presbyterian Bible Ministry. He had never even seen a Bible of such high quality.

Where can we get more of these he said? This young person was in desperate need of a Bible. He has set his sights on becoming a Minister, yet he had no Bible or no money to buy one.

On my second mission trip, a trip to Uganda, I tried to squeeze in my suitcase even more Bibles: the people of Uganda are in extreme need; many orphans roam the streets of Kampala having no food to eat. Again, I met a young person: he was a youth minister, I handed him a Bible which I was using for study, it was like I handed him gold.

Another time I drop off a Bible at a school: as I handed the Bible to the school secretary, I realized that this highly prized book by the Uganda people would be one of the few books the school owned. The Uganda children learn most things by oral repetition and by use of what we would call a notebook. The many schools we visited had no libraries and few books. A Bible in school was an absolute treasure.

Personally, I have found the Bible to be a wonderful book and I like to read through it each year. Yearly I say: It's the best gift I give to myself.

Remember:

Wise people seek after the Bible and seek to see one who is revealed in it, Jesus Christ. Fools toss Bible away.

You have a chance to Give Bibles through Bible Ministry.

The Bible Ministry treasures Bibles and wants to give a wonderful gift to others.
It's your choice what you do with the Bible.

Read it, Ignore it, Share it, Hide it, Believe it, Distrust it. It's your choice.

YOU can even choose live the Bible when you try to live the Bible it will change your life.
Spoken by Holly Lambert

Minute for Discipleship spoken at Second Presbyterian Indianapolis January 18, 2009