SPREAD THE NEWS
– The Eric
Holmes Ministries Newsletter
WHAT
WE’RE CURRENTLY WORKING
ON
ERIC
HOLMES—I’ve
been doing Christian ministry work for the last
six years now. Over and over again, God has
blessed the efforts of me and my team—from sharing
God’s good news at a Mexican orphanage, to
coordinating Operation Christmas Child
shoebox parties, to hosting various studies and
discussion groups. Most of the studies I’ve led
have been based on my book 8 Great
Wonders, in which I clearly define what ‘a
personal relationship with God’ is and how we can
begin to experience this relationship in tangible
ways. Presenting this message is my life’s
passion.
Two
years ago, we worked together with many friends of
our ministry to place 105 copies of 8 Great
Wonders in the Johnson County, Kansas jail
facilities in Olathe and Gardner. In recent
months, we’ve been hearing more and more stories
of people who found the book in the jail libraries
and were impacted positively. These stories have
ignited a passion to get the book into the other
county jails that surround and include Kansas
City—Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in
Missouri, as well as Wyandotte and Leavenworth
Counties in Kansas. And in addition to this, we
want to contact the church leaders and volunteers
who have a heart for prison ministry in these
locations. We want to let them know that 8
Great Wonders is in the jail library, and
that we’d be more than happy to support them if
they want to organize book study groups with the
inmates.
As
we begin this outreach, I want to offer everyone
the same opportunity to partner with us that a
number of you took advantage of two years ago.
There are three areas in which you can partner
with us to make this work as effective as
possible.
·
Pray!
– Someone once said that we plan as though success
depends on us, while we pray as though success
depends on God … because it does. Our desire is
that there would be several followers of Christ
who are willing to add the names of jails and
prison ministers to their prayer lists with a
commitment to pray for them consistently. Again,
because effectiveness with these inmates depends
on God’s involvement and
blessing.
·
Refer!
– Do you know someone involved in prison ministry?
Even if they volunteer in another setting, like a
penitentiary, or in another city or state, we want
to make materials available to them which they
could use to share the message of a personal
relationship with God. You can e-mail your
referrals to: Eric@EricHolmesMinistries.org.
·
Provide!
– Although the 8 Great Wonders book
retails for $18.99 (through the publisher), we can
provide copies for the inmates for only $10. This
means that you could Adopt-a-Book (or several) for
$10 each, or for a donation of $100 or more you
could Adopt-a-Library. In any case, we would be
more than happy to send your books to the location
of your choosing.
My
hope is that a number of you will see the
potential to influence lives through this effort.
Please prayerfully consider what part, or parts,
God may want you to support. Jesus said that He
came to set the captives free. Together, we have
the opportunity to join Him in His
work.
Eric
Holmes Ministries is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization. Donations are tax
deductabable. To
make a debit card donation, click "Enter the
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(online donations)," and then click the
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Thank you for you
prayers.
