Calvary Chapel Fergus Falls 2021 Update with the Molter Family

 

"Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand" - Colossians 3:1 

    

Hello Family and Friends,

For the last six months here in the Midwest, we have been unusually busy with ministry. We found ourselves as one of the few churches in our area that remained open even after the Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. We saw many people attend our services who were hungry for the Word of God and fellowship with other like-minded believers. Since last year, we have tripled in size as a church fellowship, with new people almost every week coming to learn the Word of God in a verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter method. Because of this, our church leadership team looked for a larger place where we could meet, and after much prayer we decided to make an offer on the building.

The offer was accepted and since then we have been moving forward to complete the purchase agreement and obtain the building. Today we are pleased to share with you that we closed on July 1st, and now have a place of our own  for which we can use to reach more people with the gospel of Jesus and disciple with the Word of God. You can see our video on this news at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRSi36VFbyE   Also, we have been posting updates for our church fellowship if you would like more details at: https://ccfergusfalls.com/facilities-update/

We celebrated 8 years as a church fellowship in Fergus Falls, MN and had a great time of food, fun, and fellowship together.

Afterward, we had a baptism and saw six more people make a public declaration of their faith and be all in with following Jesus. To God be all the glory!

Jesse (one of our church leaders) baptizing his son Liam.               Larry (a new Christian) baptizing his daughter Heather.

   

Carey (one of our new church leaders) getting baptized and then baptizing his daughter Grace. 

Carey also got to baptize his son Chance, and then we gave an opportunity for anyone else and got to baptize his daughter Faith (a prodigal returning to Jesus). 

Friends, we never could have imagined all that God had in store for us when we first obeyed His call to move from California to Minnesota, yet we are so blessed by all He has done.

Our desire to please Jesus Christ and use this new building for His glory and reach one person at a time in our community. Thank you again for your prayers and support! 

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, Caleb and Samuel Molter

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"And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns" - Philippians 1:6

  

CCFF Update - Molter Family 2021

 "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
His mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness."
- Lamentations 3:22-23

    

Dear Family and Friends,

Wow, the year 2020 went by fast and for many of us COVID-19 was a big part of influencing this last year. We certainly hope that you and your family are safe and healthy. Quite a lot of us had our lives turned upside down last year, and we hope that 2021 is healthy and fruitful. 

Here in the Midwest we have been unusually busy with ministry. We found ourselves as one of the few churches in our area that remained open even after the restrictions were lifted. We saw many people attend our services who were hungry for the Word of God and fellowship with other like-minded believers. In the last six months we have doubled in size as a church fellowship and have quickly outgrown our capacity limits at the YMCA. We were thinking it might be a short term situation but week after week we see the same familiar faces coming back and new families joining in the mix. It is a good "problem" to have!

Because of this new situation our church leadership team has been looking all over town for a larger place where we could meet, and we believe we have found a place. We have been in prayer over this direction and recently shared the news with our church fellowship to join us in prayer. Here is a video sharing with our church fellowship about a building we are looking at for future church services.

https://youtu.be/LGHuY4Ecy04

At this point we are working with the city and the owner of the building to keep moving forward. Currently, we are waiting for the results from an inspection before we make an offer on the building. At this point we are asking for your prayers for us. We desire to please the Lord and use everything we have for His glory. We thank you again for your desire to get our updates, thank you for your prayers, and thank you for your support! 

PS. We have a Roku channel and now have around 500 people a week watching our church services and Bible studies online. Pray for them to grow in the Lord and in His Word.

    
    

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, Caleb and Samuel Molter

* To give to the work of Calvary Chapel Fergus Falls you can donate at: http://ccfergusfalls.com/giving/ or text CCFF to 555-888, Mailing Address: PO Box 263, Fergus Falls, MN 56537

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“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up;
do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.” - Isaiah 43:19

  

Molter Family - 2020 CCFF Update

  "And let us not neglect our meeting together,
as some people do, but encourage one another,
especially now that the day of his return is drawing near."
- Hebrews 10:25

Dear Family and Friends,

It’s been an interesting and challenging time for most of us, and yet it’s also been an amazing time of seeing what God is doing in our Calvary Chapel Fergus Falls family with a new season of growth and grace. Many churches in the Midwest have remained closed and even those who have reopened have seen that not everyone is ready to return to in-person gatherings. Yet the Lord has been gently leading us through this uncertain time to keep meeting, and keep moving forward. And, in following the Lord we are seeing more people coming to our Sunday morning services and have doubled in our fellowship size. Even our online participants has grown to about 500 people a week from all of the USA and world.

Because of this our church leadership team have seen that we need to start looking for a building of our own while we continue to meet at our local YMCA. In this process of looking at buildings in town and potential sites, we have been approached by another church in town about the possibility of renting from them. Our Sunday service time would change as well as a few other things, so we are still in prayer over this as we want to honor the Lord no matter where in Fergus Falls the Lord would have us equip the saints for the work of the ministry.

Below are a few pictures since we last sent out an update, and we pray it will encourage you and remind you of God's goodness!

We had a great and respectful conversation regarding Covid-19 state mandates in our town between the church leaders, the Mayor, and the Chief of Police (who said he would not interfere with churches however they choose to respond). I (Tim) even had the opportunity to pray before a city council meeting this summer asking God to grant wisdom to the city leaders for the days ahead (who knew just how much wisdom we would all need?)

  

With the nice Minnesota weather we have in the Summer we had a fun family camp out in the backyard, and we plan to explore nearby camping sites. Also, we are still working with Trail Life USA to get a local troop started, and until then we have enjoyed many walks and hikes at our local Wetlands in God's great outdoors.

  

With all the running events being canceled or postponed the nearby news station ran a story about a friend in town who organized some virtual races and included some photos of locals. We have found it's important to keep ourselves not only spiritually healthy but physically and mentally healthy. Running has been a great conversation builder for us too.

  

We had a fun visit from Anna's family over the summer and enjoyed showing them a few State Parks. There is a spot called "Preacher's Grove" in Itasca State Park (where the Mississippi headwaters start) that we just had to take a group photo at. We even got to spend an evening at a baseball game in Fargo, ND where our boys got a game ball.

 

We were also able to get up to Duluth, MN for a day and spend sometime to relax while Anna's parents visited. We went for a hike in a National Park, spent some time on the beach, and then enjoyed a meal and a walk on the pier near the lighthouse and boat lift bridge. It was a nice time to rest and refocus on family and on the Lord together.

    

One of our family slogans is that 'the family that serves the Lord together, stays together' and each week we have a great time of setup/tear down before and after our church services. We have never asked our kids to help, but they have a desire to, and we believe that desire is from the Lord.

    

We hope you have enjoyed looking at these photos and ask for your prayers as we consider what the Lord has for us and our church fellowship in the future. Thank you again for your desire to get our updates, thank you for your prayers, and thank you for your support! 

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, Caleb and Samuel Molter

* To give to the work of Calvary Chapel Fergus Falls you can donate at: http://ccfergusfalls.com/giving/ or text CCFF to 555-888, Mailing Address: PO Box 263, Fergus Falls, MN 56537

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“Now may the Lord of peace Himself give
you peace always in every way.
The Lord be with you all.”
—2 Thessalonians 3:16