IFGF GISI Central U.S.A.’s Annual Thanksgiving Retreat is coming up! The theme of this year’s retreat is: Strengthening the Foundation. This year, it will be on November 27 - 30, 2008, at the Tanglewood Resort, Pottsboro, TX. Our speakers are Dr. Jimmy B. Oentoro (Founder and Chairman of IFGF GISI) and Dr. Berin Gilfillan (Founder of the International School of Ministry). We believe this year’s retreat will be completely packed with fresh and annointed Words from the Lord relating to strengthening the godly foundation in all aspects of our lives. Register now and get refreshed! For more information, please visit the website, or contact Mr. Nader Ghali. Don’t miss it!

40 Days Prayer and Fasting is an annual event where the people of IFGF GISI worldwide pray and fast together. This year, we will be fasting from the period of August 18 to September 26.

It’s time for God’s children to rise up and share the gospel throughout the world. iCare is not only a program centered but people centered. We must make this sacrifice for God’s people. Through prayer we can reach for people!

There are 5 sacrifices so that the Gospel of Jesus Christ can be spread throughout the world. Those sacrifices are:

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The IFGF GISI family worldwide has committed to making April as the Mission Month. This entails encouraging mission works by each local church through their giving, prayers, and activities throughout the month of April.

All of us are provided with a prayer booklet to guide us when praying for the nations. You may download the PDF version of the booklet here.

Here is how you can participate in the Mission Month:

1. Choose 7 nations or areas that you commit to pray for during every week of one month.
2. Pray for 7 - 8 areas/topics corporately in your iCare group every week.
3. Use the theme related to “Strengthening the Foundation” for weekly sermons, Sunday Service, GOL, GOL Kids, WOV, and iCare during the month of April.
4. Intercede together (5 - 7 minutes) during every Sunday Service.

The story began when Pastor Jimmy Oentoro was holding a crusade in Sudan last December. During this time he met Mr. Walter Hidalgo, a man who lives in his hometown of Quito, Ecuador. Pastor Jimmy then started to share the burden that God has placed for IFGF GISI to expand the Kingdom of God into the South American countries and the Spanish-speaking people. In such a short amount of time, God orchestrated this journey for IFGF GISI to enter the country of Ecuador. God assembled a team of IFGF GISI pastors and He works mightily through Mr. Walter to organize a four days (March 12-15) of Harvest Festival and Crusade in the evening plus Youth Outreach (on March 15) in the city of Quito, Ecuador with the theme: Nada Es Imposible, Impossible Is Nothing.

Click here to read their Day 1 - Day 4 amazing journey in Equador.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

1 Corinthians 13 (The Message Bible)

Wednesday, February 13, at Mudjialim Residence. Please call Lulu Gunawan at (405) 762-1332 for more information.

iCare Bartlesville 

Friday, February 15, at Santoso Residence. Please call Julianto Gunawan at (405) 762-1336 for more information.

We must travel on the inside before we can travel on the outside, because the journey of growth and success is first an internal one. The first person you lead is you—and you can’t lead effectively without self-discipline.

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Don’t forget about our new Sunday Service Time starting this Sunday, February 3! We are no longer meeting at 7am on Sunday. Instead, we are meeting at 5:30pm, still at the same place (Harvest Church - Chapel in the Woods, 101st and Yale). Looking forward to see you there!