New Prayer Letter

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

I have just finished posting a new Prayer and News Letter on our personal homepage. You can find it easily, and read it. You can also print and distribute the "printer friendly version"

Church Business Meeting...

Sun, 30 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In a specially called business meeting of the Belo Horizonte Free Will Baptist Church on may 29, 2010, missionary pastor, Jim Sturgill and his wife Vicki tendered their resignation from all church related offices, and requested removal of their names from ...

A Family Baptized In Belo Horizonte, MG

Mon, 24 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In our service of Sunday, May 23, a whole family was baptized, having accepted Christ as their Savior. They had begun attending our services about this time last year, and after a few months of hearing the Word, all four came to the altar together and gave...

April News Letter

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:00:00 GMT

"Beautiful Horizons" Vicki and I have just posted our news letter for April at the following address: http://jsturgill.sophiafwb.com Besides the page for reading online, there is a "printer friendly version". We invite you to print a...

Annual "Good Friday" Gathering

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Somewhere around the year 1976, two congregations in the Minas Gerais mid-state region, decided to get together in Conselheiro Lafaiete, on Good Friday for a fellowship time. We had 2 churches with somewhere around 40 people present. We had to borrow a sma...

JANUARYS - second edition

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

I was just looking back, and almost exactly a year ago, I posted a news item called "JANUARYS!". It's really amazing how up-to-date it still is! Why don't you jump back in time and read that one again? However, there is one point that ...

From Our House To Yours

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..." Not really, because in a sub-tropical region, cold weather and snow would be a death sentence for a large portion of the population. However, the REAL SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS has to be CHRIST, so Vicki and ...

JUST POSTED - A NEW E-NEWSLETTER

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

I just have posted a new e-newsletter http://jsturgill.sophiafwb.com that is easy to access and includes a "printer friendly version" just a click away. ...

Couples Retreat

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The FWB Church of Belo Horizonte conducted its first ever Couples Retreat on the 14th and 15th of November with 8 couples participating. Pastor Flavio Grossi of the First FWB Church of Barbacena gave classes and preached. I gave one class as well. It was ...

Looking Forward To 2010

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The year 2010 is to be a big year for Free Will Baptists, and the Belo Horizonte Church has already begun taking steps to "be right there" in the celebration. This weekend (October 18) our Church hosted Pastor Lucas Lima, of the First FWB Church ...

Moving...

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

No, it's not the Jim Sturgill family that's moving. For quite a while now we've been experimenting with an e-newsletter, and have been having a gratifying response to it. Up to now, it had been placed on a "webpage" added to the...

...Too Tired To Think...

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Yesterday (Sept. 27) was quite an exciting day for the FWB Church of Belo Horizonte. We had invited Pr. Daniel Gouv�a from our church in Caranda� to speak for us. We also planned to include the ordination of our first deacon, Adalberto, as well as a recept...

Women Active For Christ in BH

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

One of the very fruitful ministries of the Free Will Baptist Church of Belo Horizonte is it's ministry with the ladies. In spite of busy schedules of continuing education, employment and family responsibilities, they find time to meet together, pray, ...

Camp ended Friday (July 24)

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT

In a recent article Vicki wrote, "We had a great day yesterday (Sunday, July 26). The newest couple in our church brought a friend who is very interested in attending our church. The teens gave a report on camp. Wow! What testimonies they were! Most o...

"...LEAVE HOME TO COME HOME, LEAVE HOME TO GO HOME..."

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT

There�s a phrase I�ve used for many years now related to these trips between the US and Brazil � �We leave home to come home, and we leave home to go home.� I�ll admit that, in either direction, it gets harder and harder to give that final hug and climb ...

Special Events

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Many pastors find it difficult to prepare messages for special days. Jim struggles to prepare for Motheŕs Day, Independence Day, Wedding Anniversaries, birthday parties, Independence Day, graduation celebrations, and in Brazil we have Children&...

Sowing and reaping

Tue, 05 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

People often ask what do our services sound like here in Brazil. The �old sacred hymns� as well as the more contemporary �praise songs� of today, sung in the Portuguese language, stir the heart to worship together with those who lift their voices. The prea...

"EXACTLY WHERE IS IT THAT YOU LIVE?"

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT

I was asked recently �Exactly where is it that you live?� The attached 6 minute video will give a brief idea of where Vicki and I live and work in the metropolitan city of Belo Horizonte (Beautiful Horizon). Your prayers and continued support are deeply ap...

I got "chill bumps" all over...

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Some times we wonder what will be the results of things we do, or try to do. One of the things we have tried here in Belo Horizonte is to use a website in the name of the local church as a way to reach out. In fact, now we have two different sites running....

Trying on something new...

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

On those occasions when ladies go shopping, their favorite place in the store is the �fitting room�. It is there that she will discover if the item that caught her eye will actually DO what it appeared that it would. Churches don�t have that privilege � a...

"BE MY VALENTINE...!"

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Finally January has past. We've managed to pay most of the taxes, and gotten exempted from at least one that is very expensive. Now we are in February. Yes, there are jokes related to this month, but I won't go there! What does come to mind is th...

JANUARIES !

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

After the excitement of the Christmas and New Year�s activities comes one of the complicated months for missionaries in South America. For one thing, it is the month for school vacation, as well as many factories and businesses that give vacation time to t...

Free Will Baptist International Missions News: Jim and Vicki Sturgill