Home Going Service:
On Thursday April the 20th Pastor Dan Dornbirer went HOME, to Glory. His Visitation and Home Going Service were May 5th and 6th. The Services held for Bro Dan were a testimony of the impact one can have on others. Friday’s visiting hours from 4pm to 8pm there was a constant line of people from the back doors of the church outlining the auditorium to the front. For Pastor Dan’s Home-Going Service Old Paths was packed and people were standing. For Dan’s Eulogy his family had his friend from his college years, Rick Young give it. Rick Young, Bro Dan had won to the Lord, Discipled, and for several years now has been a deacon in a like-minded Baptist Church; Dan’s pastor, Pastor Wert Officiated the Service and brought the message. Between these two men there were times of laughter and not many dry eyes in the building. The Gospel was given and God was Glorified. Churches from all over North Central Ohio brought food and catered the Dinner afterward at a nearby event center. Many a thanks to those churches.
Moving Over & Moving Forward:
With Pastor Dan’s Home Going there are a few things now in play. We are now moving over to Rent a house in the Bucyrus, Ohio area instead of traveling back and forth from Medina, Ohio. There are some Definites that are having to be faced. Pray for our Church Planting Work at Old Paths. Some of the few that are members there, are falling away.
Strategy, Plan Of Attack in 4 Areas:
Discipleship: My wife is discipling a lady named Cathy and is halfway through, Praise the Lord. The man that I was discipling fizzled out; Non-Members to Join: There are about 11 Non-member that have been coming pretty regularly, Some, every Sunday Morning and 3 every service in the week. Some are not saved, some claim to be saved, and some are saved and need to be baptized; Dominic: Dominic is a young man of about 12 years old that Pastor Dan led to the Lord and lives in the town of Bloomville. He is of great interest to me; Wynford School District: Wynford School district is about 3 to 5 minutes at most away from the church. I am going to try getting involved with the school in as many ways that open for me. My thoughts go back to Ghana W. Africa as we were church planting missionaries there. The Lord led to us two young teenagers named Prince and Koasi. These young teenagers were yielded and God allowed me to Disciple Them, Teach Them, and Train Them up into the ministry. They are now in their 30’s and have been working along-side me since their ordination in May 2012 and are the pastors of our church plant and Bible Study there in Ghana W Africa. I believe if the Lord let it happen then, He can do it again. Please help Support us in doing it again in Bucyrus, Ohio at Old Paths Baptist Church.
Travels & Prayer Requests:
We were at Blessed Hope Baptist Church and at Calvary Chapel Baptist Church to update them about our ministry in Bucyrus, Ohio at Old Paths. There are other Pastors, Churches, and Individuals who are being voices for us and support us in this work at Old Paths. Please prayerfully, consider what you will do in support of us at Old Paths. Please be in prayer for Pastor Dan Dornbirer’s family in their adjustments and Old Paths Baptist Church as we all adjust to Pastor Dan’s passing; Our Work of Church Planting at Old Paths Baptist Church; Our Travels; and for New Supporting Churches.
Bits Of Bread: “Nothing Doubting”
“Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.”; “And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:” - Acts 10:20; 11:12
Matthew J Siekbert
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