April 2024 Newsletter
We are pleased to announce that Rev. Chris and Cathy Gardner will be moving to GA from MN this month to join the leadership team of Legacy Ministries! Chris will be the Director of Ministry and Training while Cathy will help Chris as well as work in our office. You can help us give them a "warm, southern hospitality welcome" by letting us know which post-it note you would like to financially donate toward their moving expenses. Also, please pray for them in their transition. Thank you so much for your prayers and support. |
A Word from the Gardners:
We have been residents of Minnesota since 1987, raising our three children and eight grandchildren here and presuming all along that we would remain in the wintery northlands for the rest of our days. Yet over the past several years, we have come to know and love the warm and wonderful people in the Southeast Region for Harvest Network International (HNI). As the regional HNI leader for that area, Tammy Melton of Legacy Ministries, along with her husband Bill, became dear friends. We steadily grew to know and love more and more of our brothers and sisters in Christ in that region and sensed a God-tug. During the annual national and regional HNI events in 2022 and 2023, God spoke into our hearts about what He had in store for us in the next chapter of our life and ministry journey. In June of 2023, we aligned with Tammy on joining in a ministry collaboration evaluation during the fall season. We stayed in Georgia for six weeks and God affirmed His call on our lives multiple times to move to the area to join with Tammy at Legacy Ministries in growing the impact of that ministry organization locally, regionally, and globally. Although the decision to move away from our kids and grandkids brings heartfelt tears of sorrow, we trust that we will see them often and we celebrate with tears of joy in obeying the Lord and seeking to do His will in the Kingdom work He has in store for us in Georgia and elsewhere as part of Legacy Ministries. We are truly excited about living into the invitation that God has given us to join with Tammy and to see God’s plans unfold. |
The Gardner's will be leading our 5th Tuesday Night Training on the book called The Other Half of Church that talks about Christian Community, Brain Science and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation. Often times the church has operated out of the left brain so much that our discipleship programs have become a series of check boxes on a performance treadmill. Come find out how God's joy is the missing link to fulfilling discipleship. We will also be incorporating this book into our next Growing Discipleship series starting
May 7th.
May 7th.
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Watch this short video about how you can get involved with Legacy Ministries. Click here to fill out our volunteer form. |
Thank you to all our supporters in prayer and finances. If you would like to make a one-time donation to raise funds for counseling and training scholarships or become a Loyal Legacy Partner, click on the link below. Loyal Legacy Partners give on a regular basis, either monthly, quarterly, or yearly to help with day-to-day expenses for our non-profit ministry.
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