Fred Curry, Director of Rice and Beans Ministries will be speaking this Wednesday night at our evening service. Rice and Beans Ministries is dedicated to serving families in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras with ministries in medical areas, ministries for children, ministries in food and prayer, ministries for school uniforms and ministries for feeding families. Chris Cornett and his family has been instrumental in starting up this program so come join us Wednesday night to hear all about Rice and Beans Ministries.

Reminder: Hunters Lunch is this Saturday, November 19th from 11 am to 1 pm. Come early to help and bring a large dish to share. Money raised will be donated by the Lois Redmond Circle to various charities during the holiday season.

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Ben Mathes, founder of Rivers Of The World (www.row.org), spoke at our Wednesday night service and in his humorous and enthusiastic way described how God is working miracles in people’s lives along the remote rivers around the world. The youth joined the adults to hear Ben’s message of hope, light and outreach.

The night began with the unveiling of a new fundraising project for ROW that Pastor Gary Howse and James Randall have been working on. The plans were to create a full sized Christmas tree and then sell the lights on the tree for $20 each with the money going to ROW to purchase solar light bulbs to be delivered to people in the darkest jungles. James did an awesome job of cutting out a huge wooden tree and drilling one hundred holes to insert Christmas lights. Pastor Gary then painted the tree and made it look fantastic. As individual lights are sold, they will be lit on the tree to show our progress. By the end of Wednesday nights’ service, we were a quarter of the way to our goal and we were able to light the first 25 lights!

Ben then took the stage and gave us the details about all the ROW projects taking place around the world. The tour included the Congo, Vietnam, Belize, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iraq and the Dominican Republic. He told us about the dangers he has encountered and the miracles he has seen. He reminded us that we should not underestimate the power of God to work miracles through items as simple as bubble gum.

Then he opened up the floor to questions and answered any and all questions from the youth and adults. Including the questions that made some people a little queasy!

The night was a great blessing and on the way out, Ben said that Lauderdale UMC was a very friendly and welcoming church that he had enjoyed his visit. Based on everyone’s reaction to Ben’s presentation, we found him just as friendly and just as enjoyable!

Be sure to help us light our Christmas tree and help ROW take God’s light into a dark world!

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This Wednesday, November 9th, Rev. Dr. Ben Mathes of Rivers of the World (ROW) will be joining us for dinner and fellowship. You may have heard some of his messages on KLOVE. He is a wonderful preacher, a warm and entertaining speaker.

Please join us to welcome Rev. Mathes as he tells us about his adventures with ROW and we unvail our Solar Light Christmas Tree fund raiser to help ROW purchase solar lights and take them to families in the darkest part of the jungles around the world.

Get to know Rev. Dr. Ben Mathes from Paul Tarver, webmaster of ROW:

Rev. Dr. Ben Mathes is a man on the go. Constantly moving between countries, states and cities, Ben’s mission takes him all over the world either ministering to the needs of people who live in desperate conditions or raising funds to keep the Rivers Of The World ministry moving forward.

Rivers Of The World (ROW) is the name of the organization Ben founded and currently leads. ROW is based on the idea that rivers are the highways of the jungles and the logical way to get to those who need help the most is by using the rivers to get there. Ben founded ROW with the principle that ROW will never do for others what they can do for themselves, but will work with people in a partnership based upon mutual love, grace and respect.

Ben’s approach to ministry is unique in that it focuses on meeting basic needs such as clean water, food, and medical or dental services and then when he is asked why he does what he does, Ben then replies, “Let me tell you about Jesus who makes all of this possible.”

ROW is actively working in over 13 countries, has built multiple medical ships running on the Congo, the Amazon and other rivers, maintains multiple orphanages in countries like Honduras and Vietnam, invests in installing clean water wells in Africa, and sewing schools in Belize, Honduras, and Africa.

ROW is delivering solar powered bibles in whatever language the people need them giving even people who cannot read an opportunity to learn from the Word of God. Using solar powered DVD players, ROW distributes the “Jesus Film” that provide a visual testimony of the power of Christ. And now ROW is taking light to the darkest areas with solar light bulbs that give families alternative ways to light their homes, burn fewer trees and even improve their health.

And yet, with all this activity surrounding him, Ben Mathes still finds time to be a blessing to everyone he meets. His stories of his adventures in jungles all over the world are exciting and in the past he has shared many of those stories via KLOVE and his one minute devotions. While he is currently not appearing on KLOVE, you can still read his ROWVotions anytime you want at www.row.org/rowvotions and you can hear his audio devotions at www.rowradio.net. You can learn more about Rivers of The World at www.row.org.

You won’t want to miss Ben Mathes when he comes to Lauderdale United Methodist Church to tell us about ROW’s mission work, youth programs and opportunities to serve and support Rivers Of The World.

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