End Time Apostolos
Special Events in
our MRC’s families
lives.
• New Church Planting
Team is meeting in
Groton for now.
• New Drama Team
doing “Everything
Play”
• The Lord provided
more sponsors for Haiti
H.O.P.E. Project.
Merciful Redemption Church
A World Wide Training Center
The year of our Lord 2014
“To win the world for
We are praying for
Anastasia Pilato as she
gets ready to travel to the
Philippines with Wycliffe
Bible Translators.
Jesus in the last
days” Matthew
28:18-20
Global Missions Center and Training Facility
We at GMC are working with the church in Cuba to
help train leaders and church planters. We will have
an established Mission’s Training Center in the next
few years. Upcoming Mission’s Trips this year:
Australia in April
Haiti in August
Guatemala in September
Mission’s applications are available at:
www.mercifulredemptionchurch.org
Pastors Al and
Crystal Garcia
“We only have one
life to give to the
work of the Lord, so
we will not waste
our time with
useless things.”
Jan 2014 ● Volume 1, Issue 1 ● MRC/GMC ● (860) 449-1800
Events at MRC/GMC/UOD
EVENTS: Haiti H.O.P.E. Project
We now have 28 children being sponsored. Hallelujah!
“Thank you” to all the sponsors. Great job people of God!!!
University of Disciples – Now have 13 students going strong for Lord.
Sign up for the new
class beginning
February 25, 2014
Church Planting-We now
have a Church Planting
Team in training. We want
to plant 10 churches by the
year 2025.
Missions Trips for 2014:
Australia in April
Haiti in August
Guatemala in September
My new friends from Cuba
Pastors Humberto & Amarilis
Pastors Juan & Damaris.
Cuba Missions Trip in 2015!
Intercede for those who are on the
Front lines giving their all for the
Gospel
Pastor Greg and Susanne Winslow Family &
Ministry, Mexico
Allan and Delphine Ilunga Family, Ministry &
UBUMI Orphanage, Africa
Pastor Bill and Debbi Rupe Family & Ministry,
Apazico, Mexico
Joao and Naomi Luis Family & Ministry, Africa
Mark and Serena Dunbar Family & Ministry
Gospel
,Mexico
Terry & Colleen Hawk Family & Ministry,
Honduras
The Gideons – New London Camp, New London,
CT
Shadow of His Wings Orphanage, Guatemala
Care Net PRC of SECT, New London, CT
Rev. Richard & Carol Cossette – International
Students Inc.
Norman Alcantara Family – Gracia y
Misericordia, Guatemala
Pastor Eddy, Rosemary & Family –Haiti
Pastor Fred and Carol Schaffer – A.C.T.S.Inc.,
Austrialia/Asia
A covenant is a contract or agreement between
two or more parties. Covenant is how God has
chosen to communicate to us, to redeem us, and
to guarantee us eternal life in Jesus. These truths,
revealed in the Bible, are the basis of Christianity.
The Bible is a covenant document. The Old and
New Testaments are really Old and New
Covenants. The word "testament" is Latin for
Covenant.
MRC
36 Laurelwood Road
Groton, CT 06340
Phone:
(860)449-1800
Fax:
(860)449-1800
E-Mail:
[email protected]
Web Site:
www.mercifulredemptionc
hurch.org
Pastor Al in Cuba on an
Expedition Mission’s Trip
A word from Pastor Al
Greetings, to all my friends, brothers and sisters in the Lord. I just wanted to
give you an update on what God is doing at MRC. Our Global Mission’s
Center has been expended to reach more nations with the Good News, so
that we have planned four major Mission’s Trips in the year 2014.
We only have but one life to give for the Lord, as Jesus, also, had only
one life to give for you. Jesus gave his life for us as he said, Greater love has
no man then to lay down his life for his friends.” I like what Nathan Hale said,
“I only regret that I only have one life to give for my country.” Well, I too only
have one life to give for my Lord. I want to live my life for the purposes of
God because my life does not belong to me. My life was bought with a price,
a high price, the blood of Jesus Christ! We see in the Old Testament that
Abraham used his life to become the father of our faith. Moses used his life
to deliver God’s people and birth a nation. Noah used his whole life to build
and Arc and see only 7 people get saved (his own family). On the other hand,
we see King Saul throw his life away because he wanted to do his own plan.
What was Jim Elliot thinking when he said in his journal entry for October 28,
1949, he expresses his belief that work dedicated to Jesus was more
important than his life (see Luke 9:24 in the Bible). "He is no fool who gives
what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." What kind of life are
you living today? I prayed for over a year to be able to go on a Mission’s Trip
to Cuba and after a year, I got to travel to Cuba! I met new friends that had
been praying for someone to come and help them. I preached in four
different churches and ministered to many people while there. When I was
leaving to go back home my friend Pastor Humberto said to me, “We want to
be under your ministry, we want to be part of your ministry to pray for you,
so whatever kind of ministry you want to do in Cuba we are your people.” It
nearly knocked me down and I almost fell out of my chair! Yet, in my heart, I
knew that someday something like this would happen. So we have decided to
adopt the Church of Cuba and train leaders, plant churches and start a new
University of Disciples School in Cuba. You know this only happens when your
life is dedicated to the purposes of God. Paul said it best in Acts 20:24 “But
my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned
me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the
wonderful grace of God.” May the Lord continue to bless you.
A Team will get ready for Cuba in 2015
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Pictures of what has been happening at MRC
Pastor Al in Cuba in January preaching the word and ministering in prayer
Pastor Al pray with this young man who recommitted his life to the Lord on the left.
On the right and below, Pastor ministering to the people in prayer in Cuba
Pastor Al with Pastors Humberto and Amarilies and Pastor Juan and wife