NOTE: as you get this email I am attending the mid-year board meeting of the National Fellowship of Raceway Ministries. This post first appeared in an NFRM newsletter earlier this month.
One of
my favorite places in all the world is the speedway. I’m talking about the place where you smell
burnt rubber and racing fuel and all you can hear are high revving engines speeding
around a track in a counter clockwise direction. It is electric.
The
only thing better than the racing on the track are the fans all around enjoying
the event. That is why for the last
decade I have chosen and had the honor to serve with a great group of people
here in my community known as Raceway Ministries Martinsville. I’d fight with these people, serve with them
and enjoy life with them anytime. And we
are.
So,
for the last decade I’ve come to really enjoy working with race fans. Our group not only provides services and help
to race fans at our local NASCAR track, but we are able to hold worship
services, pass out refreshments and share the Gospel all we want. It is amazing.
Not
long after I began working with my local group I learned that all across the
country, and even around the world, are people doing the same thing. Some are at huge NASCAR events. Some are at small tracks where racing happens
almost every week of the year. Some of
the people I have met so believe in and are sold out to this work that they go
to and share at events several times a week.
It really is incredible.
It was
an honor to become part of the leadership of the National Fellowship of Raceway
Ministries (NFRM) a few years ago, and I am currently in my last year as a
member of their board. I have enjoyed
this place and these co-workers.
For
the last 2 years my wife and I have stepped it up and began giving more than we
have to any organization other than the local church. That didn’t happen only because of the need I
saw. It happened because of the bigger
picture of ministry and work with race fans around the world. We are able to invest in people who are
sharing Jesus literally to the ends of the earth and with people who may never
enter one of our churches.
That
is why we’ve been blessed to give 12 times in 2012. That means each month we have chosen to send
a gift, small as it might be, to NFRM so this ministry continues and grows in
new ways and in new places. I want to
challenge you to do the same.
Yes, you
have missed almost half of 2012, but this is great time to begin. Maybe you can send $25 a month or a $100 or
maybe less. Would you consider stepping
up to serve others and give each month?
Maybe you need to take a different step and ask where you can
serve. There is a speedway or racetrack
near you, and there are fans who need Jesus.
I’m
committed to sharing Jesus with others, and I believe that you are as
well. Consider this new area of
ministry. Consider giving some of your
time and your resources to go places others can’t go so that more people can
and will meet our gracious God. That is
why we are committed to giving 12 times in 2012 and going as often as we can to
the speedway to share with race fans.
Join me!
To the weak I became weak, that I might
win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by
all means save some.
The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be
refreshed.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of
life, And he who is wise wins souls.
To give send your donation
to NFRM, P.O. Box 500
Fort Worth, Texas 76101-2500. For more information go to http://www.racewayministries.com or
call 817.255.6095. You can also give
online by clicking here.
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