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Pointed In The Right Direction

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Cheif’s Corner

       As I was cleaning out my truck, I came across some photos from 1998 of several retreats we had taken with the kids in Christian Adventurers. Now, almost all of them have families of their own. Time seems to stand still when I look at all those faces and remember what a great time that was. God has allowed me the honor to minister to and invest time in the lives of children, teens, and now adults over the last 41 years. The Lord always knows best and has been pointing me in a direction that some really don’t understand. Tow people over the last month have asked me if I still work with Christian Adventurers! I have taken a position of cutting back my hours some. But, the reports of my full retirement have been greatly exaggerated! I am still “All In” with the mission and work of Christian Adventurers. I’m just trying to spend more time with my family. I heard a person say, “No amount of money could ever buy a second of time”. How true that is! Ministry is a difficult job. Ministers spend a great deal of their time trying to meet the needs of those under their care while their family gets what is left over. Mark and I both have been burning the candle at both ends and are in need of someone with fresh legs to work with us. Beginning September 1st, we will have an intern working with us! We are stepping out on faith that God will provide all the funds we need and more as we take this step in what we feel is the right direction! We still keep our vision alive of one day having our own gym facility. The drawings show depict what our building will look like. I am always praying for The Lord to bless us with this building. In the meantime, we are resuming our search for a building to least that offers offices and activity space for some of our programs. 

       I need to raise some funds to help with the intern we’ll be adding in September. He will be raising support as well. As a result, we are sponsoring a Mini Golf tournament at the Putt-Putt Fun Center on September 27 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. We’re calling it the “Battle in Burlington”. I am asking people and businesses to sponsor in the following ways:

Diamond Tournament Sponsor- $500

Gold Hole Sponsor- $200

Silver Hole Sponsor- $100

Bronze Hole Sponsor- $50

       It’s going to be a great night of fun. I’m expecting a big turnout. This tournament is for all ages and skillsets- Novice, Amateur, and Professional. Details will be on the Christian Adventurers Facebook page and on our website caministries.com this week. If you want to know more about how to enter the tournament or details on being a sponsor, email me at creecht21@aol.com or call 336-212-0194.

~ Terry Creech~ 

“Every good and perfect gift is from 

above, coming down from the Father

of the Heavenly lights, who does not

change like shifting shadows.”

James 1:17

 

 

41 Years and Still Better Than Ever!

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 It’s hard to believe 41 years ago God gave Steve Austin and myself the vision to begin a journey that has reached more people and shared God’s Word in more places than I could ever have imagined. Who am I that God would bless so much? There have been some difficult times, but I choose to only remember what great things the Lord has done for us. Someone once said, “ When hard times come, remember that “Life Happens”. I am so glad to know that when “Life Happens”, God is right there with me! I am not alone! Many times I don’t know what tomorrow will bring.

But, my answer to that is, “How Exciting!”

Always looking for the Miracle!

Terry

Small Blessing, Huge Impact

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Chief’s Corner

It’s amazing how the Lord uses people in ways that they are never aware of. God can use what I call “Words of Life” that changes a person from the inside out! An adult came up to me that I hadn’t seen in a long time and thanked me for what I had done for them. I had no idea what they were talking about. They went on to say,” Do you remember the time you were teaching the children a Bible lesson at Sports Camp? Your words touched my heart and changed my life forever!” God likes to use the small things that we never think about that can make the biggest difference!

I just want to say THANKS to everyone that prayed for us and came to our Drive-Through banquet and auction several weeks
ago! Your belief in us and your prayer and financial support makes a huge difference in the lives of all that we reach out to! We
weren’t sure how this type of banquet would work. The coronavirus situation was causing all kinds of problems. We had faith
that God would come to our rescue! (Psalms 91) and He Did!!!!! I prayed for 20 virtual table sponsors. In all the years of
having our banquet, we never had more than 12 sponsors. Asking for 20 seemed like a God sized request.
We had 27 sponsors this year! God went above and beyond what I prayed for! God is so good!!!

I want to finish by saying a big Thank You to all that partner with us in prayer and financial support and close with the lyrics to a song I heard many years ago.

One by one they came, As far as the eye could see, Each life somehow touched, By your generosity, Little things that you had done, sacrifices made, Unnoticed on the earth, heaven now proclaims. Jesus took the gift you gave And that’s why I’m here today Thank you for giving to the Lord. I am a life that was changed. Thank you for giving to the Lord. I am so glad you gave.

Always Looking For The Miracle!

~Terry Creech~

Standing On The Promises

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During these unstable times, we all have decisions to make. The enemy is spreading fear and doubt and he wants us to feel hopeless. Never in my lifetime have I experienced this much of a challenge. I am in a spiritual battle as are many of you! During this time, let’s band together and believe God’s promises and make a choice not to be afraid and be consumed with worry. The enemy likes to attack me with questions like, “What happens if I get sick?” No money is coming in. “How am I going to pay my bills?” The Bible says, “Submit yourselves to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7) I have a choice. I choose to resist! Here is a great Bible verse to hang on to;

2Timothy 1:7

7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Let’s claim that power! We must use our minds to make good choices in this battle with this pandemic.

Isaiah 41:10 New King James Version(NKJV)

10Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Isaiah 40:28-31 New King James Version(NKJV)

28Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. 29He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might, He increases strength. 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, 31But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Times ahead seem very difficult for small churches, people out of work, and non-profits like Christian Adventurers. I have always believed God is our source. He promised to meet all our needs! I have faith that He will provide during this time of crisis. I want to thank those that have been partners with us in our ministry with your prayers and financial support. Please continue to lift us up to the Lord each day and help us find funding sources to keep things going here at Christian Adventurers.

Always Looking for the Miracle!

-Terry Creech-

Hurricane Florence Relief

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On September 22nd, we had the opportunity to be involved in relief efforts for Hurricane Florence victims. We headed down to New Bern, NC to help the family of a friend of ours, and it was such an eye-opening experience for us. We were blessed with the opportunity to go and be the hands and feet of Jesus.

As we pulled into New Bern we noticed trees down every where. The water levels (which were no longer covering the roadways) were still extremely high, even right up to the road. The neighborhood we went to was a very nice neighborhood. It was on a marina, hence all of the flood devastation. We drove around the neighborhood in search of our destination and saw boats from the marina sideways, on the grass (one of which had almost hit a building), and piles and piles of debris along the road of people’s belongings which are now ruined. All of the houses were fine structurally as God, by His grace, decreased the storm’s wind speeds significantly before it made landfall. These residents’ belongings, however, are a different story.

We pulled up to the house that we were there to help with, and already there were piles upon piles of ruined belongings by the road. Our crew of about 15 people started to head in and see how we can jump in there and help. We equipped ourselves with work gloves and face masks, as the flood water had contained sewage. For hours we pulled out appliances, keepsakes, tools, pictures, etc. that were no longer any good. It truly was a heartbreaking experience. We headed over to help a neighbor who was working by himself, and we did the same thing at his house. We pulled out everything he owned and put it by the side of the road. We ripped up carpet, and prepared for the drywall to be taken out. This man that we helped had lost his car and his truck to the flood water. This was a great experience for us to help us learn to count our blessings!

Overall, we were blessed to be a part of this experience. I encourage you, if you are able, to head down to the coast and go help someone who is in dire need. Not only is it satisfying to help others, but it will help you put your own life into perspective, and help you remember how blessed you are. It sure helped us! Please continue to keep everyone who was affected by this storm in your prayers, and again, if you are able, go down there and volunteer to help.

 

 

 

The Lord of the Harvest

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Jesus said in Matthew 9:37 “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few; therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” I continually see the truth to this verse more and more (I know I referenced this verse before in my article). This summer I have definitely seen the truth of this verse. First, I am thankful for the plentiful harvest that God gave us on our trip to War, WV. We saw so many pray to receive Christ as Savior (28 to be exact)! It was so incredible how the Lord was speaking to people. All praise to God, because after all, like the verse says, I have been praying for quite a while that we would have more help in reaching this great harvest. I am thankful for how God has sent us Josh Stewart this summer to work with us. He has been a huge blessing to us and the guys we work with. I am asking God to give us someone like this in a full-time role. Please pray along with me for this. We have also seen so many come to be a part of our mission teams this year. If you have given up on the “younger generation”, then you need to spend some time with over 50 young people who signed up for our mission trips this summer. They have been the hands and feet of Jesus. It was great to see them at work in War, and I can’t wait to see how God uses them in Southport.

In closing, I want to give God praise for answering prayer in providing for us a newer shuttle bus. It was great to have this for our summer mission trips, and the local activities we have going. I was thinking as I was riding back from War, how good the folks at First ARP in Burlington had a part in those kids accepting Christ. They were so gracious in selling us their shuttle bus. The bus was full going up there and back with the mission team, and it was full every day of the camp picking up kids. I am thankful for their vision in wanting to see a harvest of young people come to Christ.

~Mark~