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Special Newsletter February 2011

 
Attention/ Special Notice

We are discontinuing our VHS Inventories

Effective immediately Until supplies [hopefully] run out

All VHS products  Only $6.00 plus s/h

Supplies are limited, so it is first come/first served..

These can be ordered through our online Bookstore

Or our  free Product order line at 1-800-861-9888
 

Baptism of Boldness *   Dr. Walter Martin          VBB

Dialogue at the Doorstep*     Martin/ Decker    VDD

Dr. Martin Debates LDS Apologist*                     VMDM 

• These are The Very Super best of Dr. Martin!

DNA and the Book Of Mormon                            VDNA

From Darkness to Light Freemasonry                 VFDL

The God Makers Mormonism                               VGM

The Mormon Dilemma Mormonism                     VMD

Temple of the GodMakers Mormonism               VTGM

[Is Mormonism Compatible
With Christianity?] Spencer/Decker                   VMC

Secret World of Mormonism                                VSWM

 

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In Memorial

I don’t know.. Maybe it is just because I am getting older, but I am going to too many Memorial services lately.  I just don’t like it.

Dr. Wendell Smith, our wonderful pastor for the last 16 years passed away recently after battling cancer for 6 years. Thousands of people from around the world showed up about a week ago to pay their respects and it was a mighty tribute to his life and legacy. I would have really preferred that they were all there to listen to one of his marvelous sermons.   He was too young and will be   greatly missed.

A few days ago, I went to the Memorial service of a dear friend of mine, John Parrott. John was a long time missionary in Mexico where he lived   a poor peasant life, ministering to those around him. His skill as a mechanic kept many an old appliance, car, bus or truck running. He lived a servant’s life there  as he shared the Lord along with his gifts of love, humor and grace.

John never tried to be the center of anything. He was always on the outside of the center, being a servant. When his mother became ill, John returned to  this area and became not only a servant to her for the rest of her life, but also served Pastor Wendell as  personal assistant, there to take on any assigned task with a joy in the doing.

John always had a hug and a kind word for anyone who crossed his path and his relationship with me was one of grace and gentleness, qualities I learned to blend into my own life through his example.

John was a serious diabetic and the disease ate away at him over the recent years, yet he never complained.  He told another pastor that he could easily lay down on the sofa, close his eyes and  slip into  heaven if it were not that his mother needed him to care for her needs.

In late December, both John and his mother were in the hospital he was there because of her heart and John was there because the diabetes was starting to shut down his organs, as it had happened with my own sister, Judy.

On December 27^th, during the mid-morning, John’s mother, Jean Peterson closed her eyes and went to heaven.  Two hours later, in another part of the same hospital, John sighed deeply and slipped into heaven right behind his beloved mom.

A tenor sang the song, On Eagle’s Wings as we said goodbye to both Jean and John. The words here do not capture the joy in Christ we felt as we thought of them at home with Jesus.   

And he will raise you up on eagle's wings,
 bear you on the breath of dawn,
make you to shine like the sun,
and hold you in the palm of his hand.

Goodbye my dear brother. You made a difference in my life and the lives of all who knew you. Let it be said that you filled your life as a faithful servant of the Lord

December 20, 2010

It is with the deepest sadness that I report

Pastor Wendell Smith , Founder and Pastor of the City Church, Seattle, WA.  a mighty man of God who fought the good fight of faith closed his eyes on earth last night and woke up in heaven.

He was my friend, my mentor, my Pastor, my headship and the example of a Godly leader to many tens of thousands. He stands in glory with Jesus today as the angels rejoice.

Please pray for his family, staff, flock and the hundreds of Pastors and leaders he mentored with love and gentleness.

A beloved giant of the faith has stepped into eternity. Our hearts ache.

About Pastor Wendell

Dr. Wendell Smith was the Founding Pastor of The City Church in Seattle, Washington. He and his wife Gini pioneered the church in 1992 and were the Senior Pastors for eighteen years. Under their leadership, The City Church grew from a launch team of twenty-one people into a multi-ethnic church of thousands.

In 2009, Wendell’s son and daughter-in-law, Judah and Chelsea, became the Lead Pastors of The City Church. Wendell and Gini continued to be actively involved in the leadership of church; they also provided apostolic oversight to an international network of churches. Pastor Wendell was a prolific author and well-known speaker who was passionate about equipping the body of Christ.

Dr. Wendell was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. His example of faith and his extensive writings and teachings on the subject of healing have inspired believers around the world to contend in faith for healing and health. Pastor Wendell passed peacefully into Heaven on December 19, 2010, surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his wife, Gini; his daughter and son-in-law, Benny & Wendy Perez; his son and daughter-in-law, Judah & Chelsea Smith; and six grandchildren.

Listen to Pastor Wendell's last time at the City Church Pulpit

  http://thecity.org/media/listen/5941

Dear Friends

It is Christmas time again and we want to wish
you and your families the greatest Christmas ever!

There is no doubt that the Christmas season has been renamed the Holiday  Season and Christ, for whom the season was named has been all but removed  from the equation, replaced by secularism and its God-less worldview.  Christmas  tree lots are now selling holiday trees and cities now celebrate with holiday lights and festivities. The word, Christmas, is disappearing from public view.

I was asked this morning in an email if we Christians should even participate in Christmas, since it has become so non-Christian and I shout an absolutely loud YES!

It is such a great time to witness. In stores and shops where they are forbidden to wish us a Merry Christmas and mutter a watered down, Happy Holiday, we can smile and respond with “God Bless you ! Have a wonderful Christmas and remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.”  Or, at least respond with, “Merry Christmas.”

 O Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing all that hear in heaven God's holy word.
Give to our Father glory in the Highest;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord.

Carol and I, along with our family, thank you for your continued, faithful commitment to the ministry of Saints Alive.  This is often a tough ministry, reaching out to lost people, most of whom want to stay lost and in fact, think we are the lost ones.  Because of your support and prayers, we have been able to stay in the battle for souls for 33 years this coming January.   So many tens of thousands of people have found the real Jesus in those years.

At the end of each year, the last few weeks of December, I try to set time aside to pray and reflect on the ministry, its goals and direction.  During this time, I pull out my box of prayer requests and go through them again, making your prayer needs my priority.  Please, if you want answered prayers, send me an email or a quick note and be assured that your prayers will be lifted up to the One who answers prayers.

Ed and Carol Decker