Cedarville University
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This month, Joel was given the opportunity to speak at Cedarville University's chapel service. Cedarville is a sponsor of ours, and there are many dear friends and supporters involved with Cedarville. The response was great and Joel said it was refreshing to speak to so many attentive, college-age students! Here's where you can see Joel's talk in its entirety - http://tinyurl.com/penton-message
Keeping It Simple
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Recently we've added a new tool to reach students. It is an over-sized bookmark that simply explains the Gospel. Here are a few things we like about it:
1. Every student gets one. We include it with every book that we give away at the concert.
2. It's clear, concise and complete. During the concert, We present the Gospel in a way that is clear, concise and complete. We intentionally designed the bookmark to follow the same structure and use the same forcefulness. The goal is for students to consider again what they were just challenged with at the concert.
3. It's from Ryan. The book was written by Joel, and the bookmark is from Ryan. The purpose of this is twofold: 1. Some students connect well with Ryan and it gives these students the Gospel in written form, from him. 2. It increases the likelihood that the students will read thebook.
We recently returned to our old stomping grounds in NW Ohio for a couple days of events at schools near our hometown of Van Wert. We were at Parkway HS and Wayne Trace HS, both just minutes from Van Wert. The events went extremely well. One teacher at Parkway sent us this email after the event:
"I was very blessed by your ministry. Several kids I teach here at Parkway that I have been praying for and witnessing to heard a much-needed Gospel message. All morning long my students have been having conversations about faith. Many kids are carying around the book you gave out. One girl even brought her Bible to class and was reading it!"
It's also worth noting that we were able to reach Parkway and Wayne Trace at no cost to the schools. This was ONLY possible because of you, our supporters - thank you so very much!!
1. Every student gets one. We include it with every book that we give away at the concert.
2. It's clear, concise and complete. During the concert, We present the Gospel in a way that is clear, concise and complete. We intentionally designed the bookmark to follow the same structure and use the same forcefulness. The goal is for students to consider again what they were just challenged with at the concert.
3. It's from Ryan. The book was written by Joel, and the bookmark is from Ryan. The purpose of this is twofold: 1. Some students connect well with Ryan and it gives these students the Gospel in written form, from him. 2. It increases the likelihood that the students will read thebook.
Home Is Where The Ministry Is...
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We recently returned to our old stomping grounds in NW Ohio for a couple days of events at schools near our hometown of Van Wert. We were at Parkway HS and Wayne Trace HS, both just minutes from Van Wert. The events went extremely well. One teacher at Parkway sent us this email after the event:
"I was very blessed by your ministry. Several kids I teach here at Parkway that I have been praying for and witnessing to heard a much-needed Gospel message. All morning long my students have been having conversations about faith. Many kids are carying around the book you gave out. One girl even brought her Bible to class and was reading it!"
It's also worth noting that we were able to reach Parkway and Wayne Trace at no cost to the schools. This was ONLY possible because of you, our supporters - thank you so very much!!
