Happy Thanksgiving~

From the UBC Missions Team. We are so very thankful for the encouragement you give our missionaries. When you connect with and build relationships with our missionaries, you increase your Biblical worldview, but you also grow your family, because caring for and praying for and encouraging our missionaries, they become like part of your family.  Each UBC Missions Team supported missionary, (though they serve in many different ways), serve for one purpose and one purpose only. So that the people in the villages and communities where they serve might one day know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.  Each one has stories and burdens for the physical needs of the people in their part of the world, some are extreme and devastating, but it is the eternal suffering that breaks the heart of our God and our missionaries.

It takes our Church family to keep Local Missions happening at UBC. Your  prayers, donations and your time in serving is vital for reaching our local communities with the gospel of Christ Jesus.  Thank you.

We are thankful that you take the time to read through the blog posts and check out these pages to keep updated on our missionary news, and our Local Missions opportunities. 

I could not end this note without thanking each and every one of my Missions Team members. I am privileged to serve alongside each of these brothers and sisters in the many areas of missions, local and foreign.  They each serve tirelessly and give sacrificially all year-long. There is no slow season for meeting the needs of others and each one knows that it will only be in heaven alone where we will no longer be able to give Christ to others. To them I am truly grateful. 

Love in Christ, Pastor Jay

We are privileged to announce the Missions Team Short Term Missions Trips for 2011: UBC Missions Team Announces 2011 Short Term Trips

 The Missions Team focus for Short Term Missions at UBC is to plan trips and prepare teams to go support and encourage our missionaries wherever they are serving.

Location: Kenya, Africa-Missionary

People: unreached peoples of N E Kenya

Team: Pastor Tim Webster and Pastor Jay Bubel

Dates: April 3-14, 2011

Purpose-Pastor Training-3-day seminar

 Location: Sells, AZ-Missionary Sherrie Dodson

People: Native American Reservation of the Tohono O ‘odham Nation

Team: Denise Velte, Sheila Ramsey and Dana Weaver

Dates: April 4-11, 2011

Purpose: Lead ladies retreat for women of 5 local churches and 2 after school programs for children.

Location: Jolo, WV/Grundy VA-Missionary Pastors Rose, May and Cooper

People: local communities

*Team: 1) Youth/Youth Leader

Dates: TBD

*Team: 2) Open to individuals and families

Dates: TBD

Purpose: Support and encourage the pastors, helping in the community through building projects, nursing home and neighborhood home visits.

 Location: New Zealand-Missionary Scott Brown

People: Jewish people

Team: Doug Groft, Dennis Unglesbee

*Room for 1-2 more people ages 21 and older willing to spend much time preparing and training in Jewish evangelism.

Dates: Oct 2011 for 2+weeks

Purpose: campground upkeep and relationship building with the Brown family.

 *All Trips-1)there will be team number limits, 2) mandatory meetings and 3) local missions participation are required prior to trip departure-Deadline for sign-up with commitment deposits for both Appalachia and NZ trips-no later than- April 3, 2011.

 

• For more information on these trips, contact Pastor Jay Bubel-bubels@comcast.net
• Support these trips with your finances: Make your check out to UBC-write Missions 2011 on the memo line.

World’s 3rd Largest Mission Field – America.

“America used to send out missionaries, now it’s the third-largest mission field itself. People from Africa are coming to help us. What does that say?”

“America is a nation in great spiritual decline evidenced by current statistics which show that only 17 percent of Americans attend church on any given Sunday and that America is the third largest mission field in the world.”

“In 2001 extremist enemies assaulted America with the terrorists attacks of 9/11. These acts of aggression signaled a physical wake up call for our nation as we entered the new millennium. Our lives were changed forever—millions of Americans fell to their knees in prayer.”

“For the last 40 plus years our nation has increasingly drifted lazily toward the falls of godless postmodern values, rejecting God’s standards in favor of a reinterpreted anything goes morality. Soon we will reach the precipice of no return unless we act quickly,” said John Franklin, member of the Cry Out America. On one level the events of 9/11 awakened us to the threat of radical Islamic fundamentalism, but the greater threat confronting us is our departure from God.”

“….and cry out to the Lord.” Joel 1:14

Uniontown Bible Church SERVES!

Acts 1:8 ”But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

By the Spirit’s power the church will fulfill its mandate of preaching the gospel to the ends of the earth.

Opportunities to serve include Union Bridge, Westminster, Baltimore and  Appalachia.  Serve Local and Go Global-build a relationship with a UBC Missionary and then go be a part of how God is using them in other parts of the world! Click on the Local page for Local Mission Opportunities at UBC!

              Local Missions at Uniontown Bible Church are for everyone. The Missions Team is committed to providing opportunities for the body of Christ to become active in sharing their faith-according to Philemon 6 and to take the instructions Christ gave the disciples in Acts 1- that with the power of the Holy Spirit we are to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

  

Reaching out to our neighbors, the elderly, those behind the walls, and around the world…it’s time for a UBC Missions Update…

A Little Love served a record number of people last month at the Union Bridge Food Pantry.  Whatever you can spare, every single can of food helps.  Bring your blessings to church on Sunday or drop by the Bubel’s Outreach Barn.

The UB Drop-In Girls Bible study prepared and delivered tray favors to local nursing home for Easter… ”Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.”  Leviticus 19:32

James and Sharon Silvey-As violence increases in Mexico their neighborhood schools shut down for days at a time.  The greatest violence is near the U.S. Border.  Texas Dept. of Helath notified their employees they were no longer allowed to cross the Border in their work of TB protection or any other work-related reason.  Nineteen businesses considering moving to McAllen (TX) and bordering Reynosa (MEX) have backed out over security reasons.  For missionaries life goes on. 

Jim and Sarah Ellsmore Praise the Lord for faithful prayer warriors and supporters, for restored health, Sarah suffered a heart attack on Easter Sunday, she is recouperating well, for opportunities to preach and do Chalk Evangelism.   

Chaplain Newman-Shortly after I became Chaplain, I had an inmate say to me, “Being arrested was the best thing that had ever happened to me.”  I must have given him a puzzled look so he immediately explained that it was through being arrested that he began to think about God, which in turn, led him to faith in Jesus Christ as his Savior.  Later another inmate made a similar statement and then another…

Easter thoughts from Cullen Rast: The best news, that the world ever had, came from a graveyard near Jerusalem.”After Jesus has defeated death,  nothing can be seen as predictable. There is no normal.There is no ordinary.  Not when a Savior is loose!!”   1Cor 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those  who have fallen asleep.”Death has been swallowed up in victory.But three days passed, and he arose, triumph  over the grave, With Hell’s keys in His mighty hands, and wondrous power to save.

David Schultz: from a Youth Pastor-”A person can go 10 lifetimes w/o experiencing what our students experienced on the prayer walk.  Our students were on their hands and knees crying out to God, praise and worshiping with all their hearts.  This missions trip was a life changing, direction altering, God glorifying experience that challenged students to leap beyond their comfort zones to passionately love the children, homeless and suffering of the people of Baltimore.  We will never be the same again.”  Project Serve Baltimore 2008. 

Miguel and Myriam Garroni:The other day we saw a sign that said: “Stay active, Stay productive, Stay special”, we could not recall to what was referring to, but it is so interesting to apply this to our life: The Lord in His grace keep as active, in His infinite power keep us productive, and in His amazing love keep us special for HIM. Praise the Lord!!!

Doug and Kelly Blacksten:  Several weeks ago I shared with you that I was asked to consider a new role here in SIL Ethiopia. Thanks to those who responded, saying that you were praying. It is such an encouragement, knowing there is a faithful team of pray-ers standing with us through this process!