Counting Our Blessings
at Open Range Fellowship
Outreach (Open Trail) is very
effective in reaching out to the
lost through fellowship. Then we
have “The Rider of the Way” drill
team that uses their horses and
music to demonstrate the Gospel
of Christ and His Second Coming.
by Pastor
Another blessing is our
Frank Slaughter
partnership with “The Better
Horses Network” which is led
As we approach the
by Godly men and woman like
Christmas and New Year’s
Ernie Rodina & Dawn Dawson
Season, I can’t help but think
who truly love horses and love
about all of the blessings that
the Lord!
God has so freely given me. He
You see, God has called all
has given me my beautiful wife
believers to offer up their “Time,
named Brenda … a helpmate
Talents and Treasure” to achieve
who not only helped raise our
three major things during our
children but also raised me.
She is also a wonderful helpmate time here on earth. That’s to
“To Edify the Body, To Glorify
in the ministry working so hard
… and most of the time behind God and Further the Kingdom.”
God has blessed me so much by
the scenes.
surrounding me with like minded
That brings to mind the
believers who have the same
wonderful blessings that God
goal. To fulfill the Great
has so freely given my church,
Commission. Jesus tells us in
Open Range Fellowship! God
Matthew 28:19-20
has blessed Open Range with
“Therefore go and make
the most AWESOME loving
congregation and fellow Pastors disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father
and Leaders who love the Lord.
and the Son and of the Holy
He has also given us this
Spirit, teaching them to obey
incredible growing youth group
everything I have commanded
called “Ignite.” By the way,
you. And surely I am with you
Open Range has a HUGE
always, to the very end of
vision for reaching the “Next
the age.”
Generation” for the Lord with
Jesus has called all
Grace & Love. What does Love
believers to this mighty work of
have to do with it?
reaching the world for Christ!
“EVERYTHING” and because of
We also just had our 6th
this great love … God has
annual performance of “The
blessed us with record
Outsider Christmas.” This is a
salvations and baptisms all
play, with live animals, that
year long!
Open Range Fellowship has takes us back in time to the late
1800s. It features a live nativity
also been blessed with many
other ministries and outreaches. scene so show the birth of Jesus
but the BIGGER focus of the
OREO (Open Range Equine
play is about fulfilling the Great
Outreach) who puts on our
Commission by “Reaching the
Horse Camps in partnership
world for Jesus!”
with HorsePower (A ministry for
As the year 2013 gives way
at-risk youth). OREO/HorsePower
does amazing things with youth to the new year, I wonder if we
all year long. Our Biker Outreach are preparing for the great work
(Open Road) and our Trail Riding that God is going to do through
His Children. He is up to
something BIG and we get to be
a part of it. That’s exciting!
I also want to thank all of
you who have been a part of this
journey to reach the world for
Christ through financial support
and prayer. You are AWESOME!
Keep in touch with us through
our website or face book page
and remember this …
God Loves You!
1 John 3:1 says:
“See what great love the
Father has lavished on us, that
we should be called children of
God! And that is what we are!
The reason the world does not
know us is that it did not
know him.”
Our prayer for 2014
Lord, give us great strength
in this new year to lead out with
power and prayer and give us the
courage to lift up Jesus to this
dying world that needs Him so
badly. Let the harvest that you
gave us last year ignite this new
year in a “Massive Wildfire” of
changed lives. We ask this in the
name of Jesus!” AMEN
If you want to learn how
you can partner up or join up
with Open Range Fellowship or
watch our weekend services,
just visit our website at:
www.openrangefellowship.com
or visit us on Open Range
Fellowship Face Book or watch
us on our You Tube Channel or
on U Stream! And don’t forget
to sign up for the “Pardner
Program” on line to receive
awesome resource material to
help you grow in your walk with
Christ!
– God bless you all!
Pastor Frank ■