Grubb Chinese Mission Work - Schertz Church of Christ: February 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Grubb Mission Report - March 2015

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).
A Work of the Chestnut Mountain Church of Christ, Chestnut Mountain, Georgia USA
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PLEASE PASS THIS REPORT TO THOSE YOU THINK MIGHT HAVE INTEREST IN OUR WORK!
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New Zealand Trip – For the First Time
March 11-April 8

As I begin the first of four overseas mission trips this year, I will be making my 55th trip since 1985. This will be my first trip to New Zealand. In 1997 I transited through Auckland on my way to Australia. This time I will transit through Australia to go to New Zealand. It will be the first time I will actually get to meet and work with the brethren there in the country. I solicit your prayers as I begin on this trip. Please pray for safe travels to and fro and while I am in the country.

I am thankful for all the brethren who help to make these trips possible and for enabling me to do what I can to help with the works in various countries across the Pacific. Even though it will be the middle of April before you receive my next newsletter, I will have a full report in the April report. Also, be sure to follow my trip on my Facebook page.

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News and Letters from Around the World

GREETINGS RECEIVED FROM: Steve and Beckie Schiller (Launceston, Tasmania.); Nancy Becker (St. Peters, MO); and from a number of brethren in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and China.

MY MOTHER: Even though my mother has been snowed in for a couple of weeks, she is doing fine.

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Materials Available

There are sixty Chinese lessons currently posted on YouTube. You can access them at: http://m.youtube.com/user/TheCoJC. I update my Facebook page all the time. Be sure to check my Facebook wall for pictures and news about my trips and activities. Be sure to check out my website: www.grubbchinese.org. http://grubbmissionwork.blogspot.com is my blog address. I post my monthly report there too.

I continue to work with World Video Bible School to help produce the Chinese version of the Searching for Truth booklet and DVD. Please continue to pray for all those who are working on this project.

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SPEAKING SCHEDULE

2015

March 11 – April 8 – Trip to New Zealand

13-18 Mar. New Plymouth

20-24 Mar. Outreach to the community (targeting the Chinese population)

Topics for the Chinese gospel meeting:

(1) Evidences of the Existence of God

(2) The Preeminence of God (Over Idols)

(3) The Reality and Personality of Christ

(4) Salvation in Christ

22 March 9:30am: Preach for the Wellington church (in English)

22 March 4:00pm: Preach for the Porirua church (in English)

22 March 5:30pm: Chinese gospel meeting session 1

23 March 6:30pm: Chinese gospel meeting session 2 (and 3?)

23-24 March: Follow-up on any Chinese visitors to the gospel meeting

25-27 Palmerston North

29-31 Mar. Hamilton Gospel Meeting

3-6 April New Plymouth Lectures/Camp

My Topics for the Lectureship

God Has Spoken and it is Relevant

God Has Spoken and it is Absolute

God Has Spoken about my Ambitions

God Has Spoken about my Marriage and the Home

May 19 – June 15 – Malaysia

22-24 Kuala Lumpur

28 – 30 May Kampar Gospel Meeting

31 May AM Ipoh PM Kampar

June 4-6 Chinese Asian Bible Lectures

June 6-7 Section 17

June 12-14 Subang Jaya Bi-Lingual

June 21 – MSOP Graduation

September 9-29 – Taiwan

November 2-28 – China

2018

Apr. 22-25 Gospel Meeting – Collinsville, IL

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A Month of Preparation

The month of February was a month of preparation for the trip to New Zealand and the speaking appointments I have there. I worked hard to get several PowerPoint lessons ready for the lectureship in New Plymouth and the Chinese gospel meeting scheduled in Porirua.

In addition to these lessons, I have been working on my assignments for the upcoming Chinese Asian Bible Lectureship and Gospel Meetings in Malaysia. I also had the privilege to teach the Wednesday night auditorium Bible class at Chestnut Mountain for about six weeks. Ron Cope and I share the duties, and I teach the class whenever I am home. Thanks to Ron for allowing me to help out with this class.

– John M. Grubb

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Grubb Mission Report - February 2015

On January 19th, I headed for Lakeland, Florida to attend the Florida School of Preaching Lectures which was held at the South Florida Avenue Church of Christ. The theme of the lectures was “The Sermon on the Mount.” There were many excellent lessons presented during the week. It was great to see so many preachers I have known through the years and to get to them preach again.

On Friday morning, I drove to Sebring, Florida where I would stay with Frank and Betty Parker during the rest of the time I would be in Florida. On Friday night, we went to the gospel meeting in Auburndale. Tom Holland was the speaker. On Saturday, I had the opportunity to speak at a Sebring Youth devotional at Mike and Lydia Tubbs’ house.

The gospel meeting at Lake Placid began on Sunday morning. We had a good attendance in the morning. On Sunday evening, we still had a pretty good attendance. One unique aspect of this gospel meeting was that we had day services and night services. On Monday through Wednesday mornings, we discussed the topic, “Challenges We Face in Living the Transformed Life.”

The theme of the gospel meeting was: “Sound Doctrine.” All of the lessons were basic Bible truths to remind brethren and instruct non-members how to go to heaven. There were a few visitors from the community who attended these efforts. We also had good support from surrounding congregations. I am thankful I had the opportunity to conduct this gospel meeting and encourage the work in central Florida.

In addition to speaking for the gospel meeting, I also had the opportunity to do a Chinese Cultural Presentation to one of the classes at the Lake Placid Middle School. This is the school where Lydia Tubbs teaches. I am always happy to do that whenever I am visiting in any area in the states. Thanks to all the brethren in Florida (including a number of “snowbirds” [people from the northern part of the United States who live in Florida during the winter]) for their hospitality while I was in the Sunshine State. It was great to see Robert and Susanna Austin again. I met them for the first time in Murray, KY about four years ago. They have recently moved to Florida.

I had a safe trip home from Florida on Jan. 29th. On the 30th and 31st, I had the opportunity to spend some more time with Kam Wah and Janet Leong before their return to Malaysia in early February. They spent the night on Friday night and we spent the day in Dahlonega, Georgia seeing some of the sights in the northern part of Georgia.

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News and Letters from Around the World

SYMPATHY: Our sympathy is expressed to Peter Chin, who’s father passed away in early January. His father was 96 years old.

NEW CONTACTS: Through World Video Bible School and Susanna Austin, I have had two individuals contact me in relation to the materials we have prepared to help Chinese people learn the gospel. One of the contacts is in the very northern part of Malaysia and the other one is in Beijing, China. We are thankful for the opportunities we have to help people around the world learn the truth of the gospel.

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Materials Available

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A Month of Preparation

The month of February will be a month of preparation for the trip to New Zealand and the speaking appointments I have there. I will be conducting both English and Chinese lessons while I am there.

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SPEAKING SCHEDULE

2015

March 11 – April 7 – Trip to New Zealand

14-18 Mar. New Plymouth

22-25 Mar. Porirua Gospel Meeting