Missionary Renewal 2012

The Latin America and Caribbean Regional Studies during Missionary Renewal will NOT be at Maranatha Chapel this year but will be at Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri.   The dates for Regional Studies are Monday, June 25 - Wednesday, June 27, 2012.

Please note the change.  This is for Caribbean and U.S. Based Missionaries that are scheduled to attend Missionary Renewal in 2012.   

o   CBC – Chapel – Monday, June 25, 2012   1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

o   CBC – Evans Hall – Tuesday, June 26,  2012  1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for Area meetings with your Area Directors Dale and Patti Coad 

o   CBC – Chapel – Wednesday, June 27, 2012    1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Area Director Dale Coad

Has anyone robbed your dreams?    The stark realities of life can squelch your dreams.   Regardless of your age, there still are kingdoms to conquer.    Caleb was sent out with others to explore Canaan, which God declared He was giving to Israel.   When Caleb came back he boldly proclaimed, “We should go up and take possession of the land!”   The others were frightened and insisted, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”  [Num 13]  Dream killers.  Budgets, time pressure, colleagues, doubting friends who boldly declare, ‘It can’t be done!’   Sometimes, “It can’t be done” is a matter of historical perspective.   The inventor of the telephone, Alexander G. Bell, offered to sell his invention to Western Union.   The committee responded, “...he claims to have discovered an instrument of great practical value in communication.  The central exchange alone would represent a huge outlay to say nothing of the electrical equipment.    Any development of this kind which Bell so fondly imagines is utterly out of the question.”   History vindicated Bell’s dream and exposed Western Union’s folly.   In Acts 2:17 God declares that we will dream dreams as He pours out His spirit.  Let’s keep dreaming bigger dreams.  Don’t let the naysayers rob you of the dreams that God has put in your heart.  

Area Director Dale Coad

The Midnight ride of William Dawes.   On April 18, 1775 two men were sent on a dangerous mission to warn of the impending British invasion of the American Colonies.  Longfellow immortalizes only Paul Revere while William Dawes fades into obscurity.  Incensed by the injustice, Helen Moore wrote a poem on behalf of Dawes: “I am a wandering, bitter shade, never of me was a hero made…this all very well for the children to hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere; but why should my name be quite forgot….why should I ask?   The reason is clear—My name was Dawes and his Revere.”  Perhaps you identify with Dawes.  Some of you labor in obscure fields where your names won’t make the history books.   I want to encourage you.    God knows your heart and sees your labor.  “Therefore, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”  I Cor. 15:58 NIV

Area Director's March Devotional

Keep the main thing, the main thing 

Festus didn’t know what to do with Paul, purported by the Jews be a pestilent fellow.   What really stirred them was Paul’s belief in the resurrection.   Festus, trying to explain the situation to King Agrippa declares “their accusation turned out to be nothing more than arguments about ….a dead man named Jesus, who the prison claimed was alive (Acts 25:19 MSG).   When everything else is said and done, are WE still that clear about our message?   No matter the specific ministry that we have, our priority MUST remain crystal clear.   We bring the hope of the resurrection to a world that has none.   Dear colleague, I encourage to stay energized in your ministry while rooting that ministry in Jesus’ resurrection.    “Christ has been raised from the dead.  He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. “   1 Corinthians 15:20 NLT