To our HBC Church Family, April 1, 2012
Greetings from Maine. Joan and I are certainly praying for God's best for HBC, and one more time we thank you for showing the world how to love a Pastor and his wife. We pray that God's man will come soon, and you will love him as dearly as you have loved us.
In terms of our ministry, things are coming together in several ways.
-We have launched a project that will form a consortium of Churches who will purchase heating oil/gas at a discount price. There are teams of churches being formed in Maine and New Hampshire, and I'm meeting with pastors in Vermont in a week or so.
When the participating churches are identified, I will negotiate a cut price for oil and gas for those churches in the consortium, as well as for Pastors' homes. (Church camps; Christian schools, and Christian camps will also be included)
-A bigger, tougher project will be a consortium approach in purchasing more affordable health care for Pastors in New England. I've resurrected some older corporate relationships who will help pull this together. The Business Development Director of New England Bible College will also be helping me in this project.
Both of these projects will significantly reduce costs, which is a critical issue for small struggling churches.
On the spiritual side, Joan and I will be working with New England pastors and their wives to strengthen, teach and encourage them, and to strengthen churches that, in some cases, are in danger of closing. Our ministry with these churches will include teaching and incorporating some of the spiritual principles we saw the Lord bless at HBC., as well as supporting them in pulpit supply, conferences, etc. as needed.
Check out our new Ezra website- ezraministriesne.com
Our personal e-mail address is changing to pastorerichartlen@gmail.com.
Together in Him,
Joan and Eric
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