COLLECTIVEEDITOR:
PaulaJ.Schoenwether
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LoniAllen,TeriAnglin,LuciaChappelle,PhilGallnitz,HasaniGough,KurtKreisler,RickO'Dell,EmestoBorgesTorres,FrankZerilli
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BruceHill,RichardJ.Massman,CandaceNaisbitt,
JackieWalker,SteveWarren
JOURNEYisamonthlymagazineofUFMCC.ThefocusofJOURNEYistoprovidenewsandreportissuesofconcernwithinUFMCCandtheLesbianandGaycommunity.Contentsarecopyrightedandmaynotbereproducedorextenslvelyquotedwithoutpermission.EditorialOffice:5300SantaMonicaBlvd.,Suite304,LosAngeles,CA90029.Phone:(213)464-5100.Subscriptionrate$9.00peryearinU.S.,Canada,Mexico.$13.00otherareas.PublishedbyUniversalFellowshipPress.PrintedinU.S.A.AllmaterialssubmittedtoJOURNEYmustbeinclusiveofgender,ageandrace.TheEditorwillmodifyanylanguagenotmeetingthesecriteria.
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I
was
hungryandyou
fedme
byJoeMillerandJoanWakeford
GiveawayanentireSundayoffering?!?Thepreacherhadgonenuts!Whatchurch
initsrightmindwouldconsidersuchathing?Andyet,thatisexactlywhatMCCAustin,TXdecidedtodooneeveninginan
openboardmeetingattendedbyarecord
numberofcongregationalmembers.Itwas
alreadyJuly.Augustwouldhavefive
Sundays,solet'sgiveourentirefifth
Sundayofferingtosomeoneorsomething
thatneededit.Why?Well,theBiblesays
overandoverthatifwe"planttheseed"
thatGodwillrichlyblessus"100fold."
Here'showithappened!ForLiverpool,England,itwasan
answertoaprayer,aresponsetoaheart'scry,"Giveusasmallsignthatwearepart
ofaFellowshipthatisunitedinYour
love."Thisprayertravelledtwoseasand
droppeddowninAustin,ontheheartof
Rev.JoanWakeford,PastorofMCC
Austin.WakefordfeltGodwasputtinga
burdenonherhearttotellhercongregationthatitneededtogivetoothersinorderto
receivetheblessingsthatGodhadpromised.
Wakeford,amissionaryherselfforthepast25years,feltGodwassaying,"Reachout
tomissions,toareasknownasWorld
ChurchExtension."Themailbroughtevenanothersignthatthisideatrulywas
ofGodintheformofthepublication,
ReachOut,
publishedbyUFMCCPressas
theresultofMCCPomonawhonamedthepublicationandthoughtoftheidea.MCCAustinbecameexcitedaboutthe
upcoming"5thSunday"butwhoorwhat
wouldwedowiththe$200-300wewould
receive?Afterall,itwouldsurelybethe
smallestofferingoftheyearconsideringit
wouldnotbeusedforthechurch.Prayer
meetingsandphonecallsbegan,service
planningwasinprogress,andtheanswer
came--againintheformof
ReachOut--
Liverpool,England.Liverpool,withits
unemploymentratesohigh,onlyasmall
group,andnobodyinAustinknewanybody
inLiverpool;whywouldGodchoose
Liverpool?AtelevisionprogramforUFMCCwouldmakemuchmoresense.Whetheritmadesenseornot,Godhadtoldthechurchthatwhatevermoneycameinwouldbesplit-halfgiventoLiverpoolandhalftothetelevisionprogrambeingplannedforUFMCC.WefeltLiverpoolstoodoutin
ReachOut
justasthoughithadbeenprintedforustoread.BygivingtotheT.V.program,
MCCAcouldhaveasmallpartinthecallofJesusto"GoyeintoalltheworldandpreachtheGospel."So,thestagewasset!
August29th:
Thecongregationmetforbreakfastpriortoservicestoprayfor
thefirst"MissionService."Therewasexcitementintheair,yet,wewerenervous
-whatifnobodycomes?Whatifnobodygives?Ohwell,Godknowsbestandwefeelgood!Theservicewasbeautiful,
theGospelwasreadinSpanish,Japanese,EnglishandFinnishandover90peopleshowedup.Itwasexciting.Thencametimefortheoffering.Theoffertorywas"TheBloodWillNeverLoseItsPower."Theoffering-$968!!Thejubilationalmostruinedthealreadyfrailstainedglass
windowsinourlittle,veryoldCongregation-alChurchwhereweworship.Then,a
membercameforthandsaid,"here's
enoughtomakeitanevenonethousanddollars!"PraisetheLord!!!The"uniting"hadbeguninAustin,butwhatofLiverpool?Thepeoplein
Liverpoolhadnoideaofwhatwastakingplaceseveralthousandmilesaway.MostofthemprobablyhadnoideathatAustinevenexistedunlesstheyhappenedtocatchanepisodeof"Dallas"whenJ.R.happened
tovisitthestatecapitol.WhatwasevenmoreexcitingwasthatLiverpoolwouldnotfindoutuntilthey
receivedthecheckfor$500andthepictureoftheAustincongregationtaken
afterserviceson"MissionsSunday."Allowmeatthistimetoshareexerpts
fromlettersfromLiverpooluponreceiving
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1983,
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