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Holly’s Christmas Newsletter
Take a look at Holly’s new Christmas letter. She has included some thoughts and a couple Christmas essays. Send her a note and let her know what you think. You can e-mail her at ken@kenpierpont.com Put HOLLY in the subject line. Thanks!
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The Pierpont Girls
Hope objected to being left out of the earlier picture so I included this one which included her.
First Week at the Character Inn
Our first week living in the Character Inn is complete. When we arrived a group of young people on the Inn staff were singing to welcome us. Our family sang back to thank them. They have been working hard to familiarize me with the operating systems and procedures.
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A Word in Passing
Telling other people about what Jesus has done in your life should not be difficult or complex. Someone said witnessing is just one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread.
While hiking North Manitou Island last July I was talking with a friend about witnessing. He told an interesting story as we walked. When he was ten he was walking down the street one day in East Grand Rapids Michigan, delivering newspapers when he saw a young lady approaching. She was carrying a backpack. When she got to little Mike she looked strait into his eyes and with a radiant smile said, “Jesus loves you.” Without breaking stride she walked out of his life.
A few years later Mike came to faith in Jesus Christ, but he always remembered the word the girl with the backpack spoke in passing
It helps me to know that I am not responsible to “make converts.” I just need to nudge everyone I meet one step closer to Jesus. Kind deeds help. Careful listening is always powerful. But sometimes just a word in passing will lodge deep in someone’s heart and ring in their ears for years. Maybe even for eternity.
Farewell to Fremont, My Mayberry
This Sunday at eleven o’clock I will step into the First Baptist pulpit as Senior Pastor for the last time. Our family has promised to sing once more and I will preach my farewell message. I have preached about six hundred messages from the First Baptist pulpit. I hope I did some good. I like to think some homes are happier, some marriages are stronger, and some hearts are lighter. I know there are some who understood the Gospel and embraced the faith during our time here. I am sure there has been some eternal fruit, too. Only God knows how much. He has promised to keep a careful record of that. We are not qualified to evaluate that this side of eternity.
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