Molter Family - CCFF 2018 Q3 Update

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been some time since we have communicated with you. This is not to say that nothing has been happening.

We have seen lives surrendered to Christ, people overcome depression, people search for God, and find their direction and calling in Christ.  We have been moving forward steadily ever since God called us to the Midwest (of all places) and we have seen the mighty hand of God move greatly. We realize more than ever that it is not about big numbers, but rather lives that are changed from the inside out. Today many churches try to come up with a strategy and formula or try to incorporate what’s working well in other churches. We have seen God use the most unlikely people in the most unconventional ways for the purpose of furthering His kingdom for His name's sake. I'll attempt to share some of the highlights of our lives with you all below.

Our church fellowship has truly become our spiritual family and our small fellowship is growing in the Lord and His Word.

One of the men on our church leadership team recently got married to a Godly woman, and we were blessed to be apart of it all.

We were able to have a mini-family reunion and continue to do foster care (prayers are appreciated). 

Tim and Josh were able to participate in a run to support our local Pregnancy Resource Center that affirms the value of all human life.

We got to participate in our annual city-wide worship service with now twelve churches showing our unity as one in Jesus Christ.

We got to see Tim's Dad and step-Mother and celebrate his 60th birthday.

We've been blessed with hearing Caleb sing worship songs unto the Lord, even in jammies.

 

We also got to spend some time up in the Duluth area, both at a Day out with Thomas the train and at Gooseberry Falls.

Our boys got Jr. Officer badges from a local police officer we have become friends with and keeps our neighborhood safe.

Tim got to visit with Nick Hall (founder of the Pulse Movement) and Jim Black (fellow church planter and Chaplin were Tim works at too) whom has become a close friend.

We got to take Josh and Caleb to a rural event in the country and the boys got to see some tractors up-close.

We also got celebrate Joshua's 7th birthday as well as our foster care child's 5th birthday.

God is doing a mighty work in Josh and he is now co-leading our Children's ministry. For the last four weeks he has read the lesson from his own Bible, given accurate application and coordinated a skit!

And lastly Anna has been doing great with homeschooling our boys and since we are now expecting our 3rd son due in mid-January.

God is at work here in the Midwest and people are turning to Christ. Many are tired of the status quo and ready for something real. Please join us in prayer as we seek to help more people in our community come to Jesus Christ!

PS. Please also pray for Summer Root as she comes out soon to share with our fellowship about the Lord's work in Africa and through her life.

Thank you for our constant prayers and emails of encouragement! We love you all!

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, and Caleb Molter

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Molter Family - CCFF 2018 Q2 Update

"Great is His faithfulness; God's mercies are new each morning." - Lamentations 3:23

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Dear Family and Friends,

In the few short years of being in Fergus Falls, we have seen many hard things in our community. We have found first hand that ministry is messy. From the suicide of a city councilman in 2016, a homicide/suicide after a couple divorced leaving several children behind in 2017, to the most recent which was a six year old child being neglected and abused, which ended in his death. As a community we came together to grieve and to show that we care. Our prayer is for our community to find true comfort and real hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. And we thank Jesus that He is good at taking the mess and making something beautiful out of it.

(Hundreds attended a Candlelight Vigil after the death of an abused child, and Tim got to encourage the couple in the front row next to him also)

To quote the famous philosopher Dr. Seuss, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." As Christ followers we care about every human being as we are all created in the image of God and desire to see people personally come to know Him. This is why our family moved to Fergus Falls to show the community here the love of Jesus Christ and help people come to know Him. And this also why we are personally becoming licensed foster-care providers for children of neglect. We have entered our foster-care journey before we thought we would (but not ahead of God's time table!) and ask you pray for our family as we ministry to the least, the lost and the last with abundant love and grace.

Recently as a community we came together for the National Day of Prayer and were able to show our town that as Christians we are united as one large church in the person of Jesus Christ. Nothing is impossible with our God and we are thankful for His faithfulness and love. We know God is at work and are seeing Him work on hearts one at a time as we pour out our lives serving Him. Many are starting to turn to Christ. Please join us in prayer as we desire to reach more people in this city of ours for Jesus Christ! ​

(Praying together at our City Hall Park on the National Day of Prayer)

With spring now here and summer around the corner we are excited for more conversations without snow on the ground and more time to get away and be refreshed. Recently, Anna was able to attend a Women's Retreat with several other Calvary Chapels in the Midwest and had a great time of encouragement and rest. Tim was able to attend a work related conference and share the Gospel with several co-workers and new colleagues he met while away from home. One of them was writing down his thoughts and Tim, prompted by the Holy Spirit, went over and asked him what he was working on. His response? Trying to figure out the meaning of life and what his purpose was. As one would expect Tim had a great conversation with Derek and gave him the Gospel message.

On the home front, we are thankful for the school season to be over and are enjoying some more time together as a family. Including some time with dinosaurs!

Our home fellowship has been a blessing too as we have had several neighborhood children come and hear about Jesus Christ. We even did some Bible theater with them and they performed the story of David and Goliath, and then Anna was able to give all of the children an opportunity to pray to receive Jesus Christ. God is truly at work in our neighborhood.

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Thank you for our constant prayers and emails of encouragement! We love you all!

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, and Caleb Molter

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Molter Family - CCFF 2018 Q1 Update

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." - Psalm 46:1 

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Dear Family and Friends,

The New Year is a great time of reflection, to look back on all that the Lord has done and look forward with anticipation to all He intends to do in the coming year. For us, we felt the Lord encouraging us that 2018 would be a year of great fruitfulness. You can imagine our joy and excitement to see God fulfilling His promise as we soon found out we were expecting identical twins! 

However, we learned some time later that tragically our babies no longer had heart beats. The enemy truly comes to kill, steal and destroy. But God is still good. And despite our deep hurt, confusion and despair God was continuing to be at work. Because Jesus came to bring us life eternal, we know we will see our children again in the arms of Jesus in Heaven. God has reminded us of His promises and we know that He is forever faithful. 

Over the last few weeks we have had amazing opportunities to share the Gospel and the hope of Heaven we have in Jesus, whether we be in trials or times of joy. And He is bringing the fruit! We are seeing God open the door for conversations with many people both near and far, and we are seeing right before our eyes, men and women strengthened in their relationship with Jesus as they seek out truth found only in God's Word. 

As a fellowship we are growing closer together, more like family than ever as people are finally feeling "at home" for the first time in years. God is so good. And during our time of hurting, we have been so blessed to see the body of Christ (from many different fellowships in town, not just ours!) come together to love and support us in numerous ways. God is always good.

So what does our fruitful year ahead look like? Certainly, only God knows, but there are some areas where we would appreciate your prayers. We had taken a break from our home fellowship during the winter months but we will soon resume in March. We have found that a home fellowship is always a much more personal time of fellowship and we look forward to cultivating these deeper relationships. 

The women's ministry will begin meeting regularly for prayer and we look forward to seeing the spiritual growth of each of the women as well as the impact they will have on our community in seeking the Lord's will together. Our Men's ministry has a conference coming up in March and the ladies will once again have their retreat in May. Please, join us in prayer that the men and women attending these events will have soft hearts, open to hearing the Lord speak directly and personally to them as they grow in Christ.

We know this year will be one of the most fruitful years we have ever had and we have seen God turn our heartache back into joy through the power of His cross and resurrection. We are so very thankful that death is not the final chapter in the story of a Christian. Heaven, in the very presence of Jesus, is the greatest place of all time for the Christian! God remains faithful and good.  

We thank God most of all for His unfailing love, and also we thank you for your prayers for our family and for the church He is establishing here. May the Lord bless you and shine through your life in such a real and powerful way that He alone will get all of the glory. Blessings in Christ Jesus our Lord!

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, and Caleb Molter

PS. If are going through a loss in your life or know of someone who is facing a trial filled with deep sorrow and sadness. You can help by sharing with them the certain promises of God's unfailing love and the hope of Heaven that we have because of Jesus Christ. The following link is to a message that we shared with our fellowship after we cried out to the Lord and received His wonderful comfort. Our prayer is for it to encourage many others!

https://tinyurl.com/hopeforhurtinghearts     

or     

http://ccfergusfalls.com/bible-study-teachings/john-1117-45-hope-for-hurting-hearts/

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" - John 3:16

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