{"content":[{"text":"Northfield Presbyterian Church | February 2012 \n The Good News \n From the Pastor’s Pen… you’re not sure where to begin. And if you need \n some help knowing where to begin reading we could \n talk about that too. In general I’d suggest starting \n Dear Friends and Church Family, with a Gospel—any one will do—and focus on who \n Last year the Mission Committee added Jesus is. \n Galen Johnson to our list of missionaries and agen- But I would be remiss if I didn’t recommend \n cies we support. He introduced us to the Seed Com- one of the best ways to learn about the Bible. Our \n pany, a subsidiary affiliate of Wycliffe Bible Trans- Adult Class is doing a study of the Bible itself, going \n lators. Looking for a project that we, as a congrega- through the Bible in one year. \n tion, could embrace, Jan and I contacted Galen and Remember Paul’s great reminder about the \n learned about an informational meeting to be held in practicality of the Bible, All Scripture is God- \n Columbus about the work the Seed Company is pres- breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, cor- \n ently planning and doing. recting and training in righteousness, so that the \n What we learned along the way was that out man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every \n of nearly 7000 languages in the world, there are only good work. (2 Tim 3:16,17) \n 2000 left that don’t have a written language, which I have one other Mission thought for you to \n means in most cases they haven’t heard about our be praying about. We will have nine high school \n Lord, and they don’t have any portion of the Bible. kids and two adult leaders going on a mission trip \n The Seed Co. has set a goal of reaching these groups this summer. We can give you more details in an- \n by the year 2025! In order to accomplish this they other month. But for now they will be traveling with \n must have many churches to partner with them finan- the Hudson Presbyterian Church’s high school group \n cially and in prayer. to New Orleans. The groups will be working with an \n I really can’t imagine not having a Bible to organization called Youth Works. This organization \n pick up and read any time I want to. Nor can I imag- ties in to existing ministries in the area where our \n ine life without having any knowledge of a God who teens and leaders will work side by side with folks \n loved me enough to become part of my world in hu- who are well established in the community. Small \n man form. Yet there are people who have never group Bible Study, personal reflection time, and \n heard the good news and live life filled with fear and large group meetings on either side of their work \n frustration and unresolved guilt. What a great privi- schedule will fill out their days. \n lege it would be for us to be able to participate in Pray for the teens as the plans and details \n providing God’s Word to people in their own lan- come together. \n guage. \n I hope that you have a good Bible that is In His Grip, \n very readable and very worn around the edges. If Art Helin \n you would like to buy a Bible and would like a rec- \n ommendation on one, I’d be glad to help you if","bbox":{"left":0.107686,"top":0.209881,"width":0.7924390000000001,"height":0.73068}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}