March 2015
Dear Friends
and Family,
Well the ministry adventures of Dan and
Alaina have definitely taken an interesting turn in the last couple weeks. Let me give you an update! We are excited to announce that I have been
chosen to be the Senior Associate Pastor for a church plant that Pastor Joe
Basile(the Pastor at Fresno First Baptist) will be heading up here in
Fresno. The name of which is “Encounter
Church”. This new endeavor is already
picking up a head of steam. We’ve had
our first service and 167 people showed up!
That’s amazing! This promotion is
exciting on many levels for me. I will
be getting the opportunity to preach every 5 weeks or so and will continue to
develop my preaching gifts at the mid-week service. I get the opportunity to be on the ground
floor of growing a church with amazing people filled with the Holy Spirit. Beyond that, Alaina is looking into being
involved in the prayer ministry as well as helping out with worship and in the
finance department.
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| Pastor Joe bringing the Word at our first Encounter Service! |
Our last day being College Pastors at Fresno
First Baptist was March 12th.
It has been such a wonderful year and a half doing ministry with these
college students. To see them develop
and mature in their relationship with Christ has been such a blessing. We’ve probably had around 20 core students
and I am happy to report that practically all of them were involved in other
ministries as leaders or helpers.
Whether it was helping in High School and Middle School ministry or the
Worship Team on Sundays or leading bible studies and helping out in Children’s
Ministry… these students have invested in the Kingdom of God. And that wouldn’t have happened without you
investing in us and in these students.
Thank you so so much for your generosity and your love, without which
this last year of ministry wouldn’t have been possible.
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| Thank you so much, CRUX SUPPORTERS!! |
Which leads me back to where we are
today. In this new season we are still
in need of your support to do ministry… now more than ever. I have heard that 70% of church plants
fail. I’ve also heard it takes a year or
so for people to trust a church plant with their tithes which leads to the
financial margins of ministry being very thin.
The plan is once the church is viable, they will be able to give me a
small salary but we do not know when that will happen yet. Obviously sooner than later would be best. As our last paycheck comes the first week of April,
we are yet again putting ourselves into the hands of the Lord to meet our
needs. He hasn’t failed us yet, so we
feel very secure. J So between this transition and
our baby boy expected to arrive the first week of June, we have a lot on our
plate. Also, beyond that, we have taken
on an additional $1500 in rent since Alaina’s mother had to be put in a board
and care home(she was paying for our place when she stayed with us). But again like I said, we know God is
faithful.
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| My beautiful wife at 6 months! |
We would ask that you would continue to support
us in this transition… in this new church.
We will still be able to provide a tax deduction for those of you who so
desire. This is really a wonderful
opportunity to continue to advance His Kingdom.
We have canceled the automatic payments from Fresno First Baptist for
those of you who use automatic payments.
If you could, please go today and send your gifts to the addresses below
or sign-up online. We love all of you so
much and are humbled by how well you love us!
God bless each and every one of you!
Gratefully,
Dan &
Alaina
To
send support to us directly, please make your checks out to Alaina or Daniel
Lowman:
Alaina and
Daniel Lowman
1994 Rialto
Ct.
Clovis, Ca.
93611
If
you would like a tax deduction for your donations, please make your checks out
to
Encounter
Church with “Lowman Ministry Support” in the memo line and mail it to
Encounter Church
5582 W. Los Altos Avenue
Fresno, Ca. 93722
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P.S. We only have a Facebook Page up right now, but here is
the link to Encounter Church. Like us on
Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/encounterchurchusa
