Creation2Christ

Monday, February 2, 2015

January 2015 News

This last month we have done a lot of looking.

Looking back at the past year, we see how God worked in amazing ways on our behalf.

He opened the doors that allowed us to be a part of the fellowship and ministry of many church families. To present the truth of Creation and proclaim our great Creator Saviour and His Gospel with both previously and newly composed Creation Presentations. We were privileged to get know many individuals and share what the Lord is doing in their lives and ours.

He allowed us to create last year’s VBS curriculum, “Talking Rocks Ranch.” It was a joy to teach it in 10 churches as well as present part of it at a couple of churches before the summer began. The children and adults who attended really seemed to enter into the “Old West” fun and the Lord gave us great freedom to share the message, “Be Ready Next Time!” that the rocks laid down by the Flood cry out. We have a great God who judges sin but also remembers mercy and extends forgiveness and grace to those who turn to Him in faith and obedience. We are so grateful for the 25 professions of faith.

Looking up in trust that God is faithful.

When Stan was diagnosed with multiple heart conditions in the middle of our second to last VBS, we were suddenly minus a key person for our VBS ministry. God was not surprised and provided us with people who were willing to step in and fill the gap for those two weeks. In the weeks and, in fact, months that followed, we focused on the health issues that were keeping Stan from being able to preach, sing, or even talk for some time due to coughing spells, weakness, and doctor’s orders. The Lord used many of you to provide for our financial needs during that time.

Our laptop finally had to be retired and the Lord graciously provided us with a much newer one in time for the Chinese Retreat that we taught over Christmas. It was a wonderful 5 days with 230 young hearts to minister to, many who came back each day with questions, and 8 professions of faith. Sadly, during the transfer to the new computer, we somehow lost all the pictures we had downloaded onto it since April 2014, including all our 2014 VBS pictures. The new PowerPoint program is also much more advanced than the old one, and our presentations have been greatly darkened and altered due to the change. We praise God our Rock for allowing us to make the changes needed in time for each of the teaching sessions at the Chinese Retreat to make them work. Please pray for Jessica as she needs to re-create all of our presentations using the new program.

Looking forward to what God has for us next.

With our health improved, we are getting excited about what the Lord has in mind for 2015. Brainstorming is taking place for this year’s VBS Curriculum and we are happy to say that our theme is going to be uplifting with our working title of “A Message from Above!” We are praying for wisdom and direction for this, as well as speaking engagements and other ministry opportunities. Thank you for your much needed prayers for us and the many other ways you have supported our family and ministry.

For the Creator, the Stan Myers Family

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Stan

Thirty-five years ago, after graduating from Prairie Bible Institute where he met his wife Susan, Stan would go on to complete a pastoral degree at Calvary Bible College.

For many years, Stan was a very active church member: visitation pastor, song leader, Sunday school superintendent, teacher, VBS director, etc. God was working on Stan's shy personality to prepare him for further ministry.

Years later, he would pastor a small rural church, begin a house church, lead many Bible studies, teach a year of high school at a Christian school, and manage a creation theme park, before God led him into the ministry he has today.

Stan enjoys reading, studying, and sharing the Bible's creation and gospel truths. He is currently excited to be working on a new message about Redeeming the Time our Creator has given us. Like his father before him, he loves to use his powerful, rich voice to sing praises to God!

SUSAN JO

Besides being Stan's wife for 36 years, Susan Jo homeschooled and raised three children. Years later she put her talent for teaching to good use by teaching 6th grade in a Christian school.

She currently enjoys being a volunteer prison ministry head for a fellow creation ministry. She is always full of great ideas for the ministry, especially when it comes to VBS curriculum! Writing her own alto part for many of the family's original songs makes her invaluable to the singing part of the ministry!

Proofreading a pain? Not for Susan. She has enjoyed editing books and curricula for other ministries as well for Creation2Christ--as long as there is enough time to look at it before the family airs a new presentation!

Jessica

After graduating from Pensacola Christian College in December of 2008 where she studied teaching and sacred voice, Jessica felt led to join her family as they prepared to embark on a new area of ministry.

Jessica had already taught in two Christian schools where one of her favorite parts of the job was preparing and directing school programs. Having been taught a love for writing and drama at an early age by her mother, she had written many musical programs for church groups and her own family to share through the years.

As a part of Creation2Christ, she enjoys writing skits for various presentations as well as a large part of the VBS curriculum development. She enjoys making the PowerPoint for the ministry's presentations and writing original songs that teach truth for both children and adults.

Teaching children during VBS's all summer is a joy she looks forward to each year. She inherited her family's love for singing and her grandmother's soprano voice and desires use these for God's glory.

Bryan

After being diagnosed with Crohn's at the age of nineteen, Bryan began to truly learn what it meant to trust God with his life. In the years to follow, he would face a gradual decline that would at times plummet him to months of bed rest where he could not move or be touched without extreme pain. Many times he came close to death, but God's grace and strength preserved him. At times he would feel better and be able to return to his work. One such occasion allowed him to be the bookstore manager at another creation ministry for a time.

As the family began the traveling creation ministry, he faced the obstacles of pain, restricted diet on the road, and exhaustion to venture out with them unless doctor's or parent's orders kept him at home. Now, almost 10 years later, still struggling with fatigue and susceptibility to viruses, but greatly improved in health and strength, Bryan continues to share the life God has given him with others. Within the past year, God enabled him to leave his wheelchair and cane behind to take a more active (literally) part in the ministry. Praise God!

As a teen, along with his siblings and parents before him, Bryan was trained in teaching Bible clubs and leading a child to Christ. He has always enjoyed teaching and spending time with children. He helped his family teach numerous backyard Bible clubs as he was growing up. Counseling children one-on-one for salvation is something he loves. Putting Gospel truths into Bible lessons seems almost second nature to him.

It has only been in the past two years that Bryan has begun speaking to adults. His love for God's Word and his willingness to share what God is teaching him is very evident.

Singing is one of Bryan's greatest joys! No matter how ill, Bryan is always ready to sing to the Lord. God has gifted him with a wide range and while he usually sings bass, he sometimes sings tenor.

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