FUTURE MINISTRY PLANS:
Yes, the long awaited answer to the …’What are you doing next?’ question.
Finally, I (Tim) felt some clarity on this decision near the end of November.
As you know, I have been praying as to what I feel God is leading us into
for future ministry. For over ten years now, the Lord has placed a calling
and vision on my heart for the youth and youth leaders of Canada. I believe
that in order to have a strong church and country, we need to have purposeful
ministry to teens. We need to reach this generation of youth for Christ!
I have chosen to be obedient to this calling and have accepted the
opportunity to work as Director of the national youth ministry resource
arm of Apostolic Youth Ministries
International (AYMI). AYMI is a Canadian faith based ministry, led by
Director, Larry Moore, that is committed to evangelism and assisting the
Canadian church in their ministry to youth. AYMI is also the overseeing
body of Lifeforce Teams International, who we went to Tobago with. My role
would be to lead, develop and facilitate youth leaders training seminars across
Canada, retreats, a mentoring program for youth leaders, a resource website,
research/development component for teen related issues and help develop youth
ministry networks.
It is very similar to the ministry I did in Tobago and is a very exciting
opportunity! This move will take us to live in Calgary, which is where the
AYMI offices are located. I would be working as a team with Larry and the
AYMI staff to accomplish these goals. We will also be partnering with other
organizations to help see this vision become a reality. We are planning to
facilitate this move in mid February 2007.
Similar to our mission in Tobago, I am responsible to raise my own financial
support. AYMI is a faith/support based ministry. We believe in that this is
where God is calling us to go and minister and we know by faith He will
continue to use people to provide for His vision!
We invite you to partner with us in this new role as we work towards
reaching the teens of our country. Financial gifts will now be processed
by Apostolic Youth Ministries International (AYMI). You can
download a support form and mail it to
the address below or contact them directly:
Apostolic Youth Ministries International
8 - 3530 11A Street NE
Calgary, AB, T2E 6M7
Toll free - 877.356.0707
Voice - 403.717.0707
Fax - 403.717.0709
e-mail - office@aymi.ca
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me anytime (902-695-5613).
Please pray for us as we make this move and transition to the city of
Calgary. Besides the changes in ministry focus, as a family we will be making
decisions in regards to Michelle returning to work part time and the children
transitioning from homeschooling to school. We need to know God’s timing for
all of this. It will be huge changes for us all.
MISSIONSERVE:
Missions is still on the forefront of our hearts. I (Tim) am in the process
of developing a missions organization that would be grass roots. I would like
to continue to lead, organize and host short term missions teams from Canada
to T&T and other parts of the world. My other objectives would be to: provide
resources to pastors in third world countries, provide office equipment, fund
youth pastor positions, provide funding to church run orphanages….. etc as
the Lord would lead. I am in the process of getting this together and will
let you know more as it unfolds! It is exciting to serve God in missions to
bring hope and encouragement to those in great need!
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
Please keep these dates in mind in prayer…
Our 3 month furlough started off with a rest and relaxation time with family and then went into high gear as we began traveling in November/December to our church partners and sharing about our experiences in Trinidad and Tobago and our heart for youth ministry in Canada. It has been tiring to be traveling on weekends and keeping administration, home life and school going during the week yet, the ministry times have been very enriching. As we have traveled to the various churches, it has truly been an encouragement to us as we have seen the hearts of people who have prayed and supported us through our ministry time there.
