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Pilgrims
Covenant Church
Public Ministry Update
December 29, 2011
"So shall they fear the name of the Lord
from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When
the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord
shall lift up a standard against him."
Isaiah 59:19
Dear Friends,
Although this reaches you at
the dawning of a new year, I suppose we could title it our "Fall
Ministry Roundup." The last months of 2011 were the capstone of a very
fruitful, encouraging year of ministry in the midst of what are, in many
ways, increasingly dark and discouraging times. But we of Pilgrims
Covenant Church have faith that the Lord will yet again, in His own time,
for His glory, gloriously make "bare his holy arm" (Isaiah 52:10)
through the preaching of the gospel and the witness of His faithful
people. Until then, we rest in the assurances He has given that a faithful
proclamation of His gospel truth and a zealous contending for the faith
once delivered unto the saints is never in vain and will most assuredly
bear much fruit.
In 2011, we preached, passed
out many thousands of tracts, and displayed our gospel signs to what can
only be called multitudes. In previous newsletters, I shared in detail our
open-air gospel witnessing to:
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The fans at the WIAA state
boys wrestling championships at the field house in Madison.
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The teeming crowds
(estimated at 80,000) of union people, Marxists, "Christian"
socialists, and Obamanista thugs as well as neo-hippies, old and young,
occupying the capitol square in Madison. Of course, a good number of
police also benefited from our gospel witness.
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The very large number of
predominately young fans attending the WIAA state boys basketball
championships at the Kohl Center in Madison.
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The thousands of vendors
and shoppers and strollers at the farmers' market on the Capitol Square
in Madison.
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The crowds, including a
great many families with children, arriving at the huge Fourth of July
celebration at Warner Park in Madison, which is said to be the largest
one-day yearly event in Wisconsin.
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The Romanist Marian
worshippers, including priests, at the Lady of Good Help Shrine near Green
Bay on "The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary."
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Young and old attending
outdoor activities connected to the Monticello Homecoming.
In
2011, we also did one mass mailing. It was to the residents in the
Champion, Wisconsin area where the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help is
located. In 2010, the Vatican made that shrine the first officially
recognized apparition site in America. Each address received one of our Heaven
or Hell? gospel tracts and
An
Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics.
As
I said, past newsletters have already covered those events and also
included lists of the cities and towns in which we lit dropped various
tracts. But picking up where those newsletters left off, September found
us back at the farmers' market on
the Capitol Square in Madison. We set up our Scripture signs in three
different locations around the square and gave out almost 1,000 tracts. In
October, we witnessed on the city square of Monroe on a sunny Saturday to
the crowd attending the Chili
Cook-Off. We were very happy with the number of tracts accepted and
the many who saw the large Scripture sign we set up. Then in November, we
were at the WIAA boys football
championships at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison where we shared the
gospel with a flood of football fans from around the state. This year,
only four of us were able to make it. One of our number held a large
Scripture sign; and in the gusty wind, she had her hands full with that.
The rest of us handed out tracts, at times as fast as our hands could
move. In the end, we were able to pass out about 1,100 tracts, and I am
not exaggerating when I tell you that only a handful ended up on the
ground. We not only saw those tracts going into purses and pockets but, in
some cases, also being read immediately.
In
December, we set up our open-air witness on the square in Monroe. The
event was the holiday parade,
and as always, it was a very cold night. But our hearts were warmed to be
able to give out gospel tracts and display our Scripture signs to not only
the crowd of young and old but also to the individuals on passing floats,
including large junior high and high school choirs which packed two
different flatbed trailers.
This
past fall, we also twice set up a gospel witness on busy intersections,
displaying our large Scripture signs to motorists in Edgerton in October,
then in Monroe on "Black Friday."
We
enjoyed a good autumn of
gospel lit
dropping
in the following towns: Evansville, Edgerton, Belleville,
Dodgeville, Mineral Point, Darlington, Monroe, Wisconsin; and Stockton,
Illinois. In the artsy tourist town of Mineral Point, I was not at all
surprised to be accosted not once but twice by enraged free thinkers who
were infuriated on account of my "shoving" propaganda down the
public's throat. One even offered--in fact, several times at the top of
his lungs--to knock out my teeth. He didn't say so, but I believe the
offer was one of those free-of-charge, public-service-type things.
One
of our PCC men also lit dropped our tract
What
the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality
in several areas
out-of-state where he was working.
By
the way, among those our PCC Public Ministry provided with free tracts
this quarter was a Christian brother in Australia to whom we sent 1,200
gospel tracts for distribution in that country. Below you will find a list
of others who have received our tracts for distribution.
For those of you with the
Internet, you will also find some links to a recent "Heart of the
Matter" program I believe is especially important and also to a recent
article I wrote. We would also be happy to send a free CD of that program,
and a couple of very closely related ones, along with the article to those
of you without the Internet.
The
Ripening Corruption of New Calvinism: The Next Generation
http://tinyurl.com/ripeningcorruption
The
Doctrine of Sanctification: The Old Guy Definition?
http://www.pccmonroe.org/2011/10.htm
We are looking forward, Lord willing, to much ministry, in many places,
this coming year which includes the biennial multi-day Cheese Days
celebration in Monroe. That event in September pulls in huge crowds. At
the last Cheese Days, we handed out over 10,000 gospel tracts. We hope,
with the Lord's help, to hand out even more this coming year, and our
church has also rented three full-sized billboards on which we will have
gospel messages posted from September 10--October 7. Speaking of
billboards, with this newsletter we have included a picture of a pro-life
billboard our church has put up in Monroe for the month of January. I
should mention, for those of you getting the black and white copy of this
newsletter, the billboard is full-color and really beautiful.
And speaking of tracts, our heartfelt thanks to those of you who have so
generously helped cover that cost, which, given the number of tracts we
distribute, is a large one indeed. A hearty thanks also to those who
remember this ministry in prayer. "Only
let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether
I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye
stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of
the gospel" (Philippians 1:27).
Sincerely,
Ralph Ovadal
In
addition to our own lit dropping, PCC provided quantities of these tracts
free of charge to trusted brethren for distribution in the following
places: Heaven or Hell?: Milwaukee and Viroqua, Wisconsin;
Omaha, Nebraska; Porter, Texas; and Glenroy, Victoria, Australia. The Value of Our Souls: Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Glenroy, Victoria,
Australia. An Urgent Plea to Roman
Catholics (English): Viroqua, Wisconsin. An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics (Spanish): Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What
the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "Warning" tract: Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
PCC provided quantities of these tracts
at cost for distribution in the following places: Heaven or Hell?: Racine, Wisconsin and Omaha, Nebraska. An
Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics (English): Racine, Wisconsin and
Daggett, Michigan. An Urgent Plea to
Roman Catholics (Spanish): Racine, Wisconsin. What
the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality: Milwaukee and Racine,
Wisconsin. "Warning" tract: Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin.
Click
here
for an order form for the items listed below.
Books/Booklets
Romanizing
America through Illegal Immigration by Pastor Ralph Ovadal
(booklet)--gift of $.75
More
Than These: A Call for Reformation by Pastor Ralph Ovadal (270
pages)--free
online
Tracts
Heaven
or Hell? gospel tract--gift of $.06 each
The
Value of Our Souls gospel tract--gift of $.06 each
An
Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics--gift of $.07 each
SPANISH
An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics--gift of $.07 each
What
the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality--gift of $.06 each
Subscriptions
Sermons--8
weeks on CD for gift of $13
Heart
of the Matter--8 weeks on CD for gift of $13
Heart of the Matter/Sermon Combo--8 weeks on CD for gift of $19
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