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9 ickershaw Lane

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Wigan, England

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Dr. ill

Baker

15668

94th Ave.

Florissant,

MO

3034

WIGAN

November Diary

Two More

B aptisms

During

November

we t r a v e l e d around 4500 m i l e s t o

p r e s e n t t h i s m i n i s t r y t o : S t . P e t e r s

C h r i s t i a n

Church,

t .

Peters,MO;

irst

Christian

Church,

Big

Stone

Gap,VA;

Gap

Creek C h r i s t i a n Church, i m b e r l i n H e i g h t s TN; ost

Oak S p r i n g s

C h r i s t i a n

Church,Rockwood,TN; New L i f e

C h r i s t i a n Church,

Columbia,

TN; aldron Street Ch ris

t i a n

Church,

orinth,

MS;

ark

V i l l a g e

C h r i s t i a n

Church,

Memphis,TN; a r v e s t e r s M i s s i o n Group a t

Johnson

Bi

b l e College.

Also

during

the

month

we e t t l e d

with

the insurance

company on our house t h a t

b u r n e d

taught

a

B i b l e study

at Gap

C h r i s t i a n Church and

v i s i t e d with f amily

and

f r i e n d s .

We

l s o babysat our granddaughter, Alex .

We ejoiced

on December

10th when

Ernie

a n d Pearl

Massey

were baptized into Christ

for

the remissio n

of h e i r

sins

a n d the g i f t of the Holy Spirit. Ernie and

Pearl

are

a b e a u t i f u l

couple

ready to

do

whatever God

leads them

to do. The Lord has t r u l y b l e s s e d the work here

with

s i x

baptisms

and three t r a n s f e r s s i n c e

we

r r i v e d

l a s t

May.

Please

continue

t o

pray

f o r

t h i s

work.

I

Grandma Denny with Alex*

Meeting

with

missions ministry team of New Life

hristian

Church, Columbia,

TN.

Ernie and Pearl Massey as they

were welcomed

into

the congregation the Sunday

after t h e i r baptism.

New

Home

—

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Bickershaw Lane

Since our house i n

the

states burned to

the

ground,

we e e l

the

freedom

a n d a b i l i t y

to use those funds to ge t

a house

here

n

the U.K . t w i l l

be

a

good investment

a nd

a good t o o l f o r h o s p i t a l i t y . The

house

we r e i n

the

pro

cess of purchasing h a s three bedrooms

instead

of two,

which is needed s i n c e the extra bedroom will be used as

a n

o f f i c e .

Already

we

ave booked

a

number f weeks for

family, riends and helpers to

v i s i t .

Owning

house

n

t he

community

also lends

a

sense of commitment t o our

ministry.

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Waldron

Street Christian

Church—TheExtra-

Extra

Mile

The Mile of

Pennies

helped us

get

across the Atlan

t i c

a n d

pro vided the

basic

need

o f our

ministry.

The

Waldron treet

Christi a n

Church

icked

o f f the

d e a and

had a

p e c i a l c e l e b r a t i o n to

present

us

with

the

i r s t mile

o f ennies.Then hey t ook the scripture If someone com

pels

you

to

g o

ne i l e ,

g o

with

him

t w o

miles M att.

:41)

to

h e a r t .

They

began the extra i l e " . Then n

November

they presented

us with a check

or $2,000 quite

a i t over

a ^ e )

Yet

h e i r g e n e r o s i t y

d i d n ' t

s t o p t h e r e . They e c i d

ed to g o

n

x t r a - e x t r a m i l e . They r e now orking n h e i r

t h i r d

m i l e of

pennies.

We hank

God o r t h e i r continued

support. t has been the mile of ennies r o m so many lus

the regular monthly supporters that have kept us o n the

f i e l d . Souls are being saved a n d the

church

strengthened

because o f y o u .

Christmas c t ivit ies

Our

outh

g r o u p ages 12-14)

resented the

Christma

play — The i t t l e s t Angel to Sherwood House Nurs

ing Home, l a t t Bridge Church

o f

C h r i s t a n d M i t c h e l

Street Church

o f Christ.We

a d a

o t a l of nine angels

i n the p r o g r a m . Ernie

Massey

s e e a r t i c l e — Two o r

baptisms )

h e l p e d

with the

p r o p s .

Working

with

t h e s

young people made

hristmas very

p e c i a l . We l s o wen

c a r o l i n g i n the

com munity two

i g h t s , had a n i t e d

c a r o

service with area churches, i s i t e d Christmas Eve ervice

a t

Mitc hell Street and h a d o u r own

h ri s t m a s

Day er

v i c e .

With

a l l

these a c t i v i t i e s I don' t think I l l

ever

sa

—

As

low as Christma s againl

Our

" L i t t l e

Angels'M?)

a s

they

p r e p a r e f o r

t

Christmas play.

Betty

Barnes

with

a penny cake

c e l e b r a t i n g

W a l d r o n

Street Christian Church's second mile of pennies.

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1992

DR VRRNON

EATON

9 ickershaw Lane

Abram

Wigan, England

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God Continues

to

Bless theWork

We e j o i c e d Jan uary 21,1992

when

Kevin and I r e n e

were b a p t i z e d

i n t o

C h r i s t .

They

a r e a b l e s s i n g

o the

church n

so many

ays.

They

are

hosting our

next

n q u i r e r s Group ( s e e a r t i c l e , Another I n q u i r e r s

Group ) nd t h e y have

o i n e d t h e c h o i r . Kevin goes a l l

w i t h me a t t h e n u r s i n g homes. He i s a l s o working

n

sermon

to preach some day.

Then

on February 11,

1992 we

r e j o i c e d

at the

bap

tism

of

Judith

Massey.

She

s

the

d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w o f Er

n i e

and

P e a r l Massey whose baptism

we

r e p o r t e d

i n

the

ast

newsletter.

We

hank

God or Judith's

witness to

His race a n d power.

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Dr.

ill

Baker

15668

94th

Ave.

Florissant,MO 3034

Judith Massey

Kevin

rene Percival

A n o t h e r Inquirer's

Group

Last

year

we

e l t

the

Inquirer's Group was success

the Lord's work

ere

so we a v e begun another one.

e

r e meeting

at the

home f Kevin and I r e n e P e r c i v a l .

t

ur f i r s t meeting we

ad s i x

besides

myself.

There

three people there I had

never met e f o r e . These

have beg^n to

come

ogether as a group.

I have

always

been

i n t e r e s t e d

i n

"Group

Work"

n

b u t this

experience

has confirmed

the

dozens

f

b o o k s I've read

a b o u t

the

effectiveness

of working

in

LetterFrom

a

New

Christian

To

ellow

Christians:

I

would just

l i k e

to say

a

few words.

My

i f e

a nd

I

have recently been

baptized.

In the a s t

few

years

we have

gone

through some bad

times. In 1990 I

l o s t

my

ob through

a small mistak e.

I

f e l t that

my

hole l i f e

had

come

o

a

breaking point

so

at

this

time

I went o St.

Mar k's Church

of

England)

to s e e k g u i d a n c e . A f t e r a t t e n d i n g f o r

over

a y e a r

I

s t i l l

felt the

same.

The turning

point

came n

J u n e

1991 when our

minister Vernon did a

service

in remembrgmce f my

s i s t e r who ad passed away.

So through t h i s

I

t o l d my

wife(who

t

t h i s

time did

not

go to a n y church) that I

would

see i f the Church

of

Christ

could help.

But

ven

though I went f o r

a few months

I t i l l f e l t nothing.We

even renewed our marr iage vows

t

the

church.

Then

i n November asked

my

ife

i s she

would go

to

the

church just to show our a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r the ma r

r i a g e s e r v i c e . When

e came

out of the church

my i f e

turned

o

me

nd aid out f the

blue

that

she would ik e

us

o

be b a p t i z e d . She

e l t t h a t s i n c e

we

had

been thro ugh

a

s t r e s s f u l time we eeded to have God resent i n our

l i v e s and by being bap tized

we

could bury the o l d and

start the

new i f e .

So asked

ou r minister,

Vernon

to come o ou r

home

t o e l l us l l about baptism

and

what

t

means.

f t e r the

lessons

we made u r decision

and

we ere

baptized

i n

January

1992. I

can not t e l l you how

I f e e l . Actually,

t

was

on

Christmas

Day

hen

I went t o l a y a wreath on

my

i s t e r s grave and

then atten ded

the

morning

service

at the Church of Christ when the S p i r i t began to wo rk

with tne.

Since that day have never looked back. I just ca n

not e a r n enough. The ord i s truly guiding me nd 1 am

learning new things

every

day.

am tudying the Bible

more. a l s o have a Bible

c l a s s

i n my home nd i n April

our

minister Vernon i s going to hold a

l a s s

o n p r e a c l i i n g

which

I w i l l be attending.

So ellow Christians i f

y o u f e e l

down t

this

moment

in time

just p ray that

b i t

harder

a n d

the

Lord our Savior

w i l l surely guide

y o u

through your bad times as He as

guided

us.

May

he Spirit of the Lord be with yo u.

Yours n

Christ,

Kevin

and

Irene Percival

41 Fisher Close

Worsley Mesnes

Wigan WN 5

UT

I f

anyone would l i k e to contact us

we ould

look f o r

ward

t o hearing

from

you and we would

love

t o w r i t e

back

t o y o u .

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Part

o f

transforming Angels

n t o

clowns

s

put

o n

a

new

face and trying

o n costumes.

A n g e l s to Clowns

The young people who

w e r e i n

the

Christmas pro

have

n o w formed themselves

into

a Performing

t o

present the C h r i s t i a n

message

i n various

a r t forms.

The

i r s t

of these s a clown group.

e i l l be putting o n the

clown programs

o r

churches,

h o m e s and other s p e c i a l gatherings.

New

Phone Number

The

n e w phone number at

our

n e w house w i l l be

Youth Respond to

Used

Stamp

Appeal

Thanks o the Junior Choir of Hickory

Valley

Chris

tian

Church for

collecting used

s t a ? T i p s

for our Wigan

Hospice.

These y o u n g people c o l l e c t e d 5,536 stamp s

which

were

a s s e d

o n

to

i l l

Robinson

Sr.

who

eads

up

t h i s

project

f o r the

church.

Thanks al so

to Sunbelt

Chri.stian Youth Ranch

at

Lake, Mississippi

f o r

sending over 80 stamps.

Sale of

the

stamps provides funds o r

continued

ex

i s t e n c e of

Wigan Hospice.

M r. Robinson has taken o n

t h i s

p r o j e c t f o r many ears and because of him many f

us

find

i t hard

to throw

away

a

stamp.

Receiving a

bo x

of used stamp s for Wigan

Hospice

brings a big

smile

to B i l l Robinson, Sr.

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Wigan, ngland

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  ool

for

Ministry

of

Hospitality

We hank God or the new house which we an use

as

a

o o l i n

His

kingdom. We ave

already

put

t

to us e

even though

we

ave

yet

to i x

i t

up f t e r

i t

was

a r t i a l l y

demolished

with the damp

ourse .

All our

downstairs

walls had three

f e e t

of the p l a s t e r

taken off

so a s p e c i a l

mixture could be put n

the

brick

work

to keep

moisture

from r i s i n g

i n

the w a l l s .

Anyway, ack to our ministry of

hospitality.

We

ave

had

i s i t s

from

abroad and

a t i o n a l l y

and

from

r i e n d s a nd

family.Wendy impson

from

Mid-South

Christian Co llege

came o i s i t

us

from March

27

to

April

.

She

s one of

our

f i r s t

smd most

f a i t h f u l

supporters.

She

i s

Financial

Director to the

College.

Then,

pril3 o April

13

my ather and mother,Pa t

and i l l i e

Eaton,

ere with us.We ere h r i l l e d to be able

to celebrate h e i r

49th

Anniversary

with

them. lso, hey

and

Wendy

took an

excursion

to Ireland o n t h e i r own.

You'll have to ask

them

about

wh at

happened on that r i p .

Then, pril 25

we

ad

Pete

C l a p ham with us so that

on

Sunday he

could

go to Hindley and Mitchell Street

Churches

to preach.

We

ave enjoyed the

s h £ u * i n g

of the

l i v e s and

ministry

of

others and

thank God f o r

t h i s

opportimity.

FORWARDINGAGENT:

Dr. ill Baker

15668

94th

Ave.

Florissant,MO

3034

Sharing

the

Ministry of the

Word

On he weekend of

April

11, he

Platt

Bridge Church

of

Christ was involved

i n

the anniversary

s e r v i c e s of

the

Beech Hill

Church

of Christ

and the Mitchell

Stree

Church

of C hrist 100th Anniversary).

On aturday the choir

sang at

Beech

i l l , B i l l Robin

son

ed the ervice at

itchell Street and

hristine Robin

son

and Carol Holden from Hindley

Church)

ang

a

duet.

Sunday

morning B i l l Robinson

preached at

Mitchell

S t r e e t and C h r i s t i n e sang a

s o l o . That evening preach

ed a t M i t c h e l l St r e e t w h i l e

Keith

Robinson

preached

a t

Beech H i l l and he, i s w i f e

Dorothy,

and a r i e n d , Edna

Haynes, sang

a s

a r i o .

Our i n i s t r y goes

e l l beyond

our o c a l

c o n g r e g a t i o n

 

C e l e b r a t i n g Dad and Mom's 49th wedding a n n i v e r

sary.Wendy impson s i n

the

middle of

the

i c t u r e . She

never

misses

a

good

party.

Choir

singing

at a ervice.We ay be small but we

sing

with

a l l

our hearts.

Clowns t Nursing

Home

Our

l o wn

group presented their

program at a urs

ing home

here

the o l d e s t

member

of our congregation

Miriam Miller,

recently

took up residence.

After the

program,

the

d i r e c t o r

of

the home old us

of o ne

resident,

Annie, whose

8th birthday was he next

day.

So the clowns a l l gathered around her and sang

 Happy

irthday

o e r . I t

was

an n s p i r i n g time o r a l

of

us involved.

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umber

13

• ugust 1992

DR.

VERNON EATON

9

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Wigan,

England

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FORWARDING

AGENT:

Dr.

ill Baker

15668 94th Ave.

Florissant,

MO

3034

Holiday Bible

School

1 9 9 2

This

year we

ad four

classes in

our

Bible

School.

The

school was onducted with workers from within the church

and

a oung man, Tim

l l i s ,

from the Burselm Church

n

S t o k e - O n - T r e n t . We veraged around

55

youth each

day

and w i t h

the

workers we were around 7 0 . Our f f e r i n g was

over 100 pounds.

We ent

t

to

Brian

Jennings who

s

sent

by

he

British

Churches

of

Christ

to teach at

Ghana

hris

t i a n C o l l e g e .

It

was

a fun

i l l e d ,

productive week f o r the

Kingdom

of

God.

Holiday l a s s l e a r n s

a new

song. on't ask

what

t i s .

Tim

Ellis and Barbara

Wilson

with

their class

in

Denny's Sunday School

class

with

much

needed

h e l p e r s I r e n e P e r c i v a l

and L i l l i a n

Campbell.

»

 

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/

/

/

Holiday

Bible

School Director Keith

Robinson

hav

ing

a

shaving cream

h a i r - d o

on l a s t

day.

On

ast

day we sed the

land

the church purchased

next

door to have

the sponge

hrowing

event.

Thetwo

captains of the

teams

B i l l Robinson and

yours

truly)were

the

targets.

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ew Church Wo^

at

Birkenhead

On July

1

we

helped

with a worship service at

Birkenhead n e a r L i v e r p o o l The b u i l d i n g

p i c t u r e d wiU

be

available for the Church s use.

We

ad around

25

eople

^ p r e s e n t

and

t h e r e a r e

a t

l e a s t

two

a m i l i e s

i n

t h e a r e a

com-

t o the

work.

lease remember

his

work in

i y e r s I t

i s

e x c i t i n g

t o

s e e

the New Testament

g o s j

i d t hroughout the land.

Senior Ci t ize n s Meal

R e c e n t l y

our

youth

group a l o n g

w i t h

some

d u l t

spon

sors hosted the se nior citizens t o a meal.We ad abou

13 enior citizens attend.The out h prepared, erve d an

c l e a n e d

up

the meal. Th e n

a f t e r

the meal h e r e

were game

and

the

youth presented t h e i r clown

program.

t was r u

l y

a good

experience

f o r

both

young

and

o l d

Church

building

used b y the n e w church

at

Birkenhead.

Senior Citizens enjoying m eal prepared

by

out h

an

sponsors.

Financial Crunch

The inancial situation worldwide do es n ot

look

good

We ave

been

n

a

e c ess io n

h e r e

si n c e

the

ate

1980 s. Th

biggest

problem

we ace here

i s

the

e x c h a ng e

rate

w h i c

has gone

u p 12 i n c e

we ame. f you

could

help u s mak

u p

t h i s

d i f f e r e n c e

i n

some way t woul d be g r a t e f u l l

appreciated.

 

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15668

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MO

3034

Three

B ap t i sm s

28September,

1992,

Pauline G i l l ,

Donna

urne r a n d

J e f f Percival were baptized into C h r i s t . E a c h one s already

involved

i n a m i n i s t r y . Pauline

host ed the

c r a f t group,

Donna as taken the mother's part in the Christmas Play

a nd

Jeff i s

helpin g at

the Hindley Church of Christ.

Lessons

Out f

the i l e s

Recently I thumbed through some old f i l e s . As I

reviewed the r d e r

and

the

m a t e r i a l s

o f the

i l e s from

y e a r s

past,

a

esson or two unfolded before me.

One hing that

struck

me was that heaven

and

e l l

were just o n e folder apart.

It

s

s o

true

that

these

two x

treme estinies are held i n such delicate

b a l a n c e

in this i f e

The i t t l e choices, the

s l i g h t

compromises,

the small

steps in

either

direction c a n determine s o much.

Another

sh o c k i ng

discovery

came n the H ection

o f the

f i l e s .

I s a w

a

i l e labeled Help.

I

was urious as

to what

I

had put i n that

i l

so I opened i t . Inside the

f i l e was

nothing.

After

a chuckle, I

realized

how

true

that was. So

many

e o p l e , s o

many

d v e r t i s e r s , so

many

o l i t i c i a n s ,

so

many adgets,

so

many

books

o f f e r h e l p .

But, when

we

ook i n t o them they

a r e

empty,

powerless.

Our 'Helper'

t r u l y

i s a

help

i n the time of

need.

Left t o

r i

ght:

Donna

Turner, Pauline G i l l , Jeff Percival.

Support

f o r a

Springdale Student

We

a v e a

young hristian who

o uld

l i k e

t o

attend

Bible

classes

at Springdale. Ho we ver he

has

been un

employed for some ime a nd i s limited in his financial b i l i

t y . He oul d be able to

pay

the tuition

for a

ourse

and

some f t he r a v e l

expenses.

We igured he would need 0

a week f o r e l e v e n

weeks

which, with t he

exchange r a t e ,

comes

o around

200.

I said I

wo uld a sk

f a

hurch

or

a

Sunday

ch o o l

lass

might

take

h i s o n a s

a r o j e c t . I f

y o u

are a b l e

to help co uld

you

please

let

us

know a s s o o n

a s possible.

Harvest

Service

4

c t o b er,1992

we eld

aHarvest

ervice. There were

a l l types of f r u i t s , vegetables and other r e s o u r c e s , given

to us by God's

gracious

hand,displayed in thanks to God.

After the service, ixty bags of t he harvest i f t s were

t aken

to the elderly

and

housebound.

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Preaching Planning

Committee

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CHURCHES

P l a t t

B r i d g e ,

H i n d l e y ,

M i t c h e l l

S t r e e t

a n d B e e c h H i l l b e g a n a

Q u a r t e r

l y

M e e t i n g

f o r t h e

p u r p o s e o f

p l a n n i n g t h e i r

p r e a c h i n g s c h e d u l e s

f o r t h r e e

m o n t h s

a t a

t i m e .

P l a t t

B r i d g e was

a b l e t o

supply

i v e p r e a c h e r s f o r t h e c h u r c h e s . Some f t h e s e p r e a c h e r s came

from

t h e e x t e n s i o n c o u r s e s and

p e r s o nal instruction.

P l a n n e r s p i c t u r e d a b o v e , e f t

t o

r i g h t : W i l l i a m C o m b e r

H i n d l e y ) , K e v i n P e r c i v a l P l a t t

r i d g e ) ; D a v i d Camp

b e l l

P l a t t B r i d g e ) ;

E r i c

a n d

P h y l l i s

C l a y t o n

M i t c h e l l S t r e e t ) , K e i t h R o b i n s o n P l a t t B r i d g e ) ; Ch r i s t i n e a n d B i l l

Robinson P l a t t B r i d g e ) .

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