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age in the right directionthrough a Bible and Basket-ball Program.Since I have ministered in thesame region for so many years,this happens to me all thetime, and it brings great joy tomy soul. I wish you could alsoexperience it, since you havemade it possible. Although you might not meetthem here on earth, I believejust like Ray Boltz’s song, you will be thanked in heaven.

A Partnership in Missions!

Men’s Monthly Bible Study

We praise God for you, ourpartners, for your prayer, con-cern, involvement, and sup-port.I preached a sermon at FirstChurch in Lansing entitled,“Partnership in Missions”.The CD of that sermonshould be enclosed with yournewsletter

I do hope you will take time to listen toit.

I shared from my hearthow each part of God’s planfor missions is of vital impor-tance. You, make our ministry endeavors possible. Yesterday, when I went to Walgreens, I had two differentpeople walk up to me and giveme a hug, grateful for theimpact I’ve had on their lives.One is a mother of 4 kids.During a difficult time periodin her life she became en-snared with drugs. I came by with Christmas presents, andher children didn’t have to go without gifts. More impor-tantly I was able to help recon-nect her to God and people tohelp her with the process of turning from a lifestyle of crack cocaine addiction.The other was an athletic young man from FordHeights, that I helped encour-connect , and to grow in loveand understanding of eachother. WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 5 (Lord willing, con-tinuing on the 1st Saturday of each month).8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.Location: my houseLight breakfast included!To go along with my endeav-ors to disciple men on anindividual basis, we have de-cided to start a monthly BibleStudy & Prayer time. Although it is primarily de-signed for the Urban Men Iam working with, I am hopingthat a few of the men fromour supporting churches willalso come out.Besides the obvious blessingsthat come with Bible Study and prayer, it would also af-ford an opportunity for believ-ers from different economicand cultural backgrounds to

Spring, 2008 Update

Pictures:

Valentine Outreach 1Easter Outreach 2Shelter Outreach 3-5

Upcoming Events andMinistry Projects: April 27

—Internet Ministry Day—free materials that explain volunteer opportunities on how to use the computer for minis-try.

May

— Host an RRM evening— You invite friends over, & Scott will bring a 20 minute DVD onReconciliation Resource Minis-tries.

June

—Empower Urban V.B.S.and evangelistic outreaches.Snacks, juice boxes, materials,and crafts are all needed.

July-

(*NEW) Food, Spanishtracts & Bibles—RRM’s evangel-istic outreach to the area’simmigrant farm laborers.

August 3

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Taste of Reconcilia-tion”

August 13

– Back to SchoolSupplies due.

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What a difference a year makes!RCM Homeless Shelter

gotten. I especially want tothank the Liccar family forproviding an awesome Valen-tine feast for our home-less outreach.The homemade EasterCards and hand creamsallowed us to touchmany hearts at anurban senior citizen’shome.Thanks to all who have par-ticipated with our Ministry Projects.The Christmas Toystouched hundreds of children. Children were joyful, grinningear to ear. Stressedparents who didn’tknow how they weregoing to provide, were grateful. Prayer-fully all were re-minded of God’sawesome love - in Word and Deed,God was Glorified!The Homemade Valentinesreminded the homeless & theelderly that they weren’t for-blessed to connect with a men-tor, Carl Boender, who is agood match as he has been theDirector of a Christian nonprofit (CMBC) for many years. I am blessed to have aBoard Member, Sam Wil-liams, that I am now connect-ing with on a weekly basis torefine our ministry missionand how to most effectively invest my time. I also meet with Rich quite often, justbasically to keep each otherout of trouble. : - )One year ago we shared with you the health problems I hadand the difficulties our family was facing. The response wasoverwhelming—we will foreverbe grateful! We have put somepictures up on our website toshow some of the tangiblehelp we received(www.christcares.org).I am doing much better, al-though I am still facing somedifficulties.This past year I have also beenconnecting more with theBody of Christ. Before, Ipretty much just had friend-ships with the people I wasministering to. Lisa and I havespent some time with the Dek-kers and VanDerHydens forsome evenings of fun. I joineda small group Bilble Study onleadership called Living Fire.There is a weekly prayer groupat EHC Bible Church that Itry to attend. I have been

Easter Outreach & Ministry Projects

We have been reaching out to the women andchildren of Roseland Christian Ministries’Homeless shelter. A supporter empowers us toprovide a monthly meal for the homeless thatmany of the moms and children attend. We have also partnered with Rich Van Til(CPO) and Joe Greenwald (Grace Reformed) toprovide a monthly activity for the moms andchildren. Pictured is the Easter Party we co-sponsored. Please pray as we are in the processof making arrangements for me to provide a weekly Bible Study and fun time for the kids.

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We apologize for the delay. Ourbookkeeper ran into computerproblems and had some family emergencies. We were told that thereceipts went out the first week of February but I know many did notget theirs

.Please contact us if you still need a receipt. I am working on having more of ateam approach with RRM. I amtraining a group of volunteers that Ibelieve will greatly increase our min-istry’s outreach—more about that inour next newsletter. Thanks againfor your prayer and support, Scott

Reconciliation ResourceMinistriesScott Reese, Director

223 Memorial DriveChicago Heights, IL. 60411(708) 709-0469Scott@ChristCares.org