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| Ray ministers at the Providence
Rescue Mission. He leads a prayer meeting on Mondays, a Bible Study
on Tuesdays and teaches Discipleship classes twice a week. He is scheduled to preach a minimum of once a month at
the Mission and has also spoken the Good News at nursing homes, churches,
dinners, as well as community outreach events and in work places. He
has served and been an active member of the same Baptist Church for the last
10
years. Ray's favorite activity in church has been
teaching 4th & 5th grade Sunday School and seeing children turn from
being initially bored by the Bible to having an excitement and God given
desire to learn more. In January 1995 we partnered with Child Evangelism
Fellowship of Rhode Island. Joan has principally been involved with Children's Ministry in churches. Joan chaired a Vacation Bible School in 2002 as "Bobbi the Tomato" while Ray, in the role of "Larry the Cucumber" (Veggie Tales) created general mayhem. In 2003 and 2004 we continued serving in that capacity. We have seen children's faith come alive. |
| God has used many churches ministering at the Providence Rescue Mission (as well as at similar Gospel Missions around the world) to turn men, women and children back to Himself. It's a great privilege and honor to serve these fine men, women and children who often initially come in the door tired, beaten down, hungry, and hurting; and then to see some of them walk out changed by the power of the Living God. |
| The Prophet Isaiah had this to say a few years ago: "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. <58:6-9> |
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