Ministry Update:
We hope you had a good summer. I can’t believe Fall is upon us. I love this time of year and the color of the leaves changing. We didn’t have this season, nor winter season in Ghana W. Africa. I have been able to Fill the pulpits of a few Pastors and their churches when they needed. I am so thankful to be used in this way. Faith Baptist, Pastor Barta, asked me to fill in for him on a Sunday Evening. We had a good service and enjoyed Pastor’s birthday with cake and ice cream. Pastor Workman is helping a church in Homerville Ohio, and asked me to fill-in while he and his wife went out West for a vacation. I was there for the last 4 Sunday mornings. We finished our last Sunday with a Pot-luck following the morning service. We also went on visitation for this church a couple of times. Encouraging the church in Valley City, Ohio, as they go forward with the Lord as they are currently without a Pastor. Our many visitations found us visiting for Homerville, Calvary in Akron, visiting for their VBS outreach. A couple of teen girls joined us from another church and we stopped for lunch afterwards. Broadview Heights Baptist was at the Cuyahoga County Fair in August, for the Hope for America Crusade happening in September. We took a turn at their booth on a Wednesday inviting folks to the Hope for America Crusade (HFAC). We also went door knocking in Berea Ohio, for the HFAC earlier this month. We also passed out 6 Appreciation Boxes to local Police/Fire Stations in North Royalton and Strongsville inviting them to the HFAC. Each box was filled with individual invitations with a little candy taped to them. It was well received. HFAC will be honoring first responders on Wednesday evening of the Crusade. Many local churches did this as well inviting their local departments. We met several people from Africa and Pakistan as we knocked on doors for Crusade Baptist in Akron. We were able to talk with them and invite them to church just around the corner. We are not done with visiting this complex so we will be back to finish up. We passed out 180 tracts just in this complex alone.
Pastor Prince in Ghana, had his mother Mary’s funeral September 13th. Mary had a good testimony for the Lord. Prince is a result of his mother’s and father’s faithfulness being in church. Prince along with my wife and Mary all had birthdays around the week of the funeral. Jackie always celebrated the three of their birthdays being so close. Old Paths Baptist, held their VBS the end of July. We attended the first day of VBS, it was encouraging to see the VBS happenings. Jackie and Mrs. Caley (Pastor’s wife at Old Paths) went to a lady’s fellowship the beginning of September at Maranatha Bible Baptist, in Shelby Ohio. Mrs. Matthewson had another great lady’s fellowship. Family update: Our kids came over to celebrate Jackie’s 50th birthday. Jackie requested taco’s and all the fixing’ with a time at home and family.
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| Prince’s Mom, Mary |
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| VBS at Old Paths |
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| Ladies Fellowship at Maranatha |
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| Game time (Mrs. Caley) |
PLEASE NOTE ADDRESS CHANGE: As was mentioned in our last newsletter, our new sending church is Broadview Heights Baptist Church. The mailing address for all future support is Broadview Heights Baptist Church, 9850 Broadview Road, Broadview Heights, OH 44147. Checks should be made out to Broadview Heights Baptist Church with “Matthew Siekbert” designated on the memo line. Chippewa Lake Baptist Church will be forwarding the support they receive for us through this period until the transition is complete. We look forward to your continued support for the ministry God has led us to do. The Lord is doing a work! Thank you for your help and patience in this transition. God bless you for your faithful prayers and financial support!
Bits Of Bread: “But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God,
that I may declare all thy works. - Psalm 73:28 Matthew J. Siekbert
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