3/2/10
Stacy Siedlecki is a graduate of the Ohio Center for Broadcasting and graduate of Fellowlaborers, Christian Family Fellowship. She is currently a coordinator of S.O.W.E.R.S.
S.O.W.E.R.S. Young Adult Advance Review
The lights are up. The nametags are set. The music is on. The coffee is perking and I’m loading up 6lbs of meatballs into my car. Let’s just say that this weekend has been long awaited for us S.O.W.E.R.S. When all the planning is done, all the food is prepped and the decorations are hung, you get out there and present the Word of God with all the love and gusto you’ve got! From February 12th-14th of 2010, the Word reigned supreme in Meridian, MS. 32 young adults representing 8 states came together to fellowship over God’s wonderful, matchless Word.
Luke Tompary opened Friday night with a great exhortation from II Kings 7, “Why sit we here till we die?” I couldn’t think of a better way to get us pumped to get moving and get excited for the Word. We also enjoyed a formal welcome reception out on the back patio. (This is where the meatballs come in.) The sweetness of reuniting is indescribable. You just…have to be there.
Saturday was full of life. The Word was HOTTT!
“Hold onto the truth”… “You have been made acceptable by God”… “Have real compassion to love the unlovable”… "Love God, love your neighbor, and even love your enemies"... “Keep your mind stayed, unmovable on God’s Word”… “Prayer is vital. Speak in tongues MUCH”… “We are the family of God to be endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace”… “Believe God, believe His Word”… “God is our Savior and oh, how we needed one”… “Each one reach one”… “These are great meatballs.”
What an amazing day it was. We were energized, exhorted and greatly encouraged. Our hot Bible Saturday concluded with a hot campfire. It was a time of prayer, sharing and ministering. Not to mention a lot of love, laughs, smiles, fun and a surprise guest appearance by “Mancow” McGee.
We closed the weekend with a Sunday morning fellowship. Victor shared the truth that the spirit of God within you is a witness. This brought home our theme verse for the weekend which was I Timothy 2:4, "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
When I walked to my car on Sunday afternoon, I smiled because I truly believed that God’s primary will was accomplished. I do not lie nor do I exaggerate when I say that this weekend will be held near and dear to my heart always. The quality of the believers was astounding. The magnification of the Word was tremendous. We had unity of purpose. The hearts of the young adults were united on the things of God. The strength of the bond was unmovable and unbreakable. But as we all know, life is not lived in the weekend events. Life happens in the in betweens. As magnificent as our time together was in the Word, we must make it our own to live in our everyday lives.
To my young friends, this is just the beginning. God has got some big plans. Plans that we are beginning to see unfold. As we stay anchored by the Hope, let’s allow God to give us wisdom, understanding and show us the big picture!
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord.
I Corinthians 15:58
Standing stedfast with you,
Stacy Siedlecki
Stacy Siedlecki can be reached at Goodground1323@gmail.com
2/25/10
Luke Tompary is from Sheridan, IN and runs a weekly fellowship in his home. He recently taught at the S.O.W.E.R.S. Young Adult Advance in Meridian, MS. The below poem is from his teaching at the Advance.
Why Sit We Here Until We Die?
Why sit we here until we die?
One leper man said to his friends.
If we wait, outside this gate
We will accept a certain fate.
But if we rise up and go,
Our fate uncertain that we know
So I will not sit here and die tonight
Brothers, lets meet the Syrians at twilight!
Why slave we here until we die?
One worker said on the factory line.
My days, they pass away too fast
And all my checks, they never last
What difference has my life made?
If in this factory line I’ve stayed
Now’s the moment to break the norm
To fulfill my purpose for being reborn!
Why wait we here until we die?
Said a senior from his window side,
I’m eighty-four, I know the score
And I’ve held my peace many times before,
But now I see it’s God Word at stake
With the words I speak and the stand I take,
God’s always got a job for me
No matter if I’m eighty-four or twenty-three!
We were not called to sit and die,
We were called in the Lord Jesus Christ
To stand and witness to the truth,
We can speak in tongues, we have the proof!!!
What tomorrow brings, we will overcome,
The curtain’s been torn, the works been done,
God and His Word will live on forever
So let’s rise and walk out on it together!
-Luke Tompary 2/3/10
Luke Tompary can be reached at ltompary@adw1.com
2/3/10
Victor Wierwille is a graduate of the University of West Florida, BS magna cum laude and graduate of Fellowlaborers, Christian Family Fellowship. He is currently president of S.O.W.E.R.S.
Washington Report
It was back in 1953 when my grandfather, Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille, began teaching Bible classes called Power for Abundant Living. It is now 2010, and people are still being delivered by the effects and teachings of that class. Many things have changed in this world since then, but the Word of God is still the Will of God. “The grass withereth and the flower fadeth, but the Word of our God shall stand forever!” (Isaiah 40:8).
Just a week ago I met (for the first time) about 60 people in the state of Washington who still live and teach the principles from Power for Abundant Living. Yes, they manifested more than an abundance of life, and they showed me great love and care. Here I found people who were around my age doing what I had been doing all my life. They were doing their best to move with the rightly divided Word of God. The thought that comes to a person’s mind in this situation is unavoidable: “Why have I not known about you until now?” The answer in my mind quickly becomes pointless. In all reality, it doesn’t matter; let’s put it behind us and find a way to get together and pull together. Think of the beauty of a younger generation learning the Word of God from the elder generation and then fearlessly stepping out of their confined villages and camps across the world to begin working in unison to live the Mystery. It may seem impossible, but our God is able.
Roman 16:25-26
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.
I am pleased to find that there is a common speech among “young believers” wherever I go. It is along the lines of: “...So, why are we divided again???” Let’s step away from the politics and move the Word according to the revelation of the Mystery. If we do not stand as one body, then are we really “preaching Jesus Christ according to the mystery?” It is only a matter of time before wrong practice becomes wrong doctrine. There is a reason God’s Word is not only profitable for doctrine. There are practical things that we can do. Just last night, the S.O.W.E.R.S. covered many verses on some things that we can do. Here are a couple of those scriptures we came across:
Philippians 1:27
Only let your conversation [behavior] be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.
Philippians 2:1-3
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Are those things something that I can do? Are those things something that you can do? I give God more credit than to think He would ask us to do something that we are not able to do. However, you cannot fellowship and be likeminded if you stay in a cave all by yourself.
We need to get together and keep showing up for each other. The last S.O.W.E.R.S. advance in 2009 had Psalm 133:1 as a theme verse. For many years it has been stuck in my mind. This was written many years before Christ came, but how much more truth is in this verse now that we are all children by seed and have the truth of the Mystery?!
Psalm133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Anyone who has been to an advance where the brethren dwell together in unity knows just how good and how pleasant it really is. Well, that is how it was with the believers in Spokane, WA.
Stand Fast,
Victor Wierwille
Victor Wierwille can be reached at VictorPaul38@aol.com