May I first say, that I do hope this Month's JUNE 2009 Newsletter finds you all well in these continuing and increasingly troubled times.
WHAT DO I DO WITH MY TIME?
THE SPRING
I have been Pastoring at The Spring now for some 11 months now. see http://www.thespring.org.uk/ Being a church re-start it is still very, very busy with that challenging mixture of continued excitement and disappointment all mixed up together! There is still just not enough hours in the day! Bidget is working part time for a local charity whilst continuing to investigate the possibility of getting a crisis pregnancy center up and running in the area. Indeed that possibility draws ever closer. This is going to be a massive job. So do please pray for her. At the moment there continues to be no buy in from any other Christians in the area.
SORTED MAGAZINE
I still am privelaged write for the best Christian men's magazine in the country - SORTED - My job is to write a 4 page centre spread pull out on each book of the Bible. I am working with Andy Ashdown who does the design on this, I provide the content and he makes it look BRILLIANT! Check it out at Here are some associated links you might find interesting
http://www.sorted-magazine.com/single.htm?ipg=8555
http://www.sorted-magazine.com/single.htm?ipg=7492
http://www.andyashdowndesign.co.uk/news/item.htm?pid=2190
http://www.andyashdowndesign.co.uk/news/item.htm?pid=2360
http://www.andyashdowndesign.co.uk/news/item.htm?pid=2449
so far we have done, GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVICITUS (I really enjoyed that one by the way) and NUMBERS - In my spare time I am currently working on DEUTERONOMY! Only ten years and 61 books to go!
NEXT ON THE CALENDAR
My busmans holiday, joining the SORTED stand at the Christian Resource exhibition at Sandowne Park - Was fascinating. Lots of contacts were made, but mostly with other exhibitors and frankly it turned out to be more productive for the Spring than WhisperingWord. I'm not complaining about ha mind you! Even so, a couple of WhisperingWord books are with Hodder Faith and Waverley House. I never hold my breath with these things, especially in the present economic situations.
I managed to get out and exhibit at The Churches Big day out as well, which was shall we say, interesting. Again, most contacts were made for The Spring. An operation on my Abs means I shall miss Detling Bible week, but I hope to got to CVM and also to Mandate in Northern Ireland.
NEW WEBSITE
The new WhisperingWord website http://www.whisperingword.com/
is coming along fine and we have just about got all the bugs out of it! I still have a lot of work to do on it, but do please do check it out and let me know what you think.
http://www.whisperingword.com/ and the email to send your GOOD comments to is - Travis McElroy c/o travis@theoldstate.com
We are trying to increase traffic flow to the site, so if there is anyone out there who can help us then do please contact me.
THE DAILY DEVOTIONSI continue to get these out each morning via three electronic ways. Those being;
1) Direct Emails
2) The WhisperingWord Website - http://www.whisperingword.com/
3) The Blog sites - which are now available at
http://www.wakeup.ws/
&
http://www.nightwhispers.ws/
In addition to that another social / spiritual commentary site has been opened up called
http://www.daretolisten.ws/
TEACHING EVNGELIST - MEDIA PLAYER
Is going great and Chris Heasman who works for The Spring and also continues to do an absolutely sterling job on some WhisperingWord intro's and outro's. Honestly they are well worth watching just for this. Great Job Chris!
GIFTS & THANKS
Again, it is your gifts that have made the ministry of WhisperingWord possible and we thank you for it, so please keep em coming in! If you wish to make a donation to the work of WhisperingWord, even small one, then please contact me at donations@whisperingword and we will provide you with all necessary information.
IN CONCLUSION & TTFNWe hope to communicate with you all on a much More regular basis, so keep an eye on the New WhisperingWord website for updates http://whisperingword.com/Event.aspx
I am now ready to get on the road at least one night a week and visit with churches to share with them the focus of WhisperingWord in getting people back into the exciting realities of the Bible and indulging themselves in the privilege of actually reading the Word, as well as its benefits to church planting ministries, then do please contact me. This is SO important, especially as we see the state of our nation. So, may I say again, if there are is anyone out there that would like me to come and speak at a mid-week meeting on this particular subject or from the Word in general, then do please contact me. speak@whisperingword.com check out my diary at http://whisperingword.com/Event.aspx
My kind regards to you all and do please keep praying for us
Contact me at rober@whisperingword.com
now, may God's richest blessing be upon you all
