Cheryl Bear and Randy Barnetson
Evangelism
Summer Newsletter 2010
Over 200 concerts, meetings and outreaches a year in schools, community centres, churches, shopping centres and parks only tells half the story. The other half of the story is the many miles we travel in between events. Over the past few years we have traveled from above the Arctic Circle to the south of South America, and everywhere in between- many times hundreds of miles between First Nations communities. Our goal is to visit every place the Creator placed Indigenous Peoples. We share the Good News about Jesus Christ in a culturally sensitive way.
We have taken teams of Indigenous Christians using Native songs and dances to tell the story to non-native peoples in 31 countries around the world. Europeans and Muslims are among the most receptive to hearing about Christ when He is presented through Indigenous cultural arts. Pray for our upcoming team outreaches to Africa in October and to New Zealand in January 2011. If you a First Nations christian who would like to join with us on an overseas outreach please write to us at info@RandyBarnetson.com
Thank you for your prayers and support.
If you would like to help us in our work of visiting every First Nation in Canada & the USA re-telling the Good Story about Creator's Son, Jesus, and taking teams of First Nations people to other countries (31 nations so far) in culture evangelism - support can be sent directly to:
Cheryl Bear and Randy Barnetson,
PO Box 78029, Vancouver, BC V5N 5W1 Canada
But if you need a receipt for tax purposes please send your check to:
USA.........
Free at Last Foursquare Church, 13850 SE 142nd St., Renton. WA 98059
CANADA....
Kingsway Foursquare Church, 4061 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 1Z1
Please write on your check "For Randy & Cheryl Barnetson" and they will pass your gift along to us.
If you are a Pastor - would you please print out this newsletter and post it on your Missions bulletin board? and/or consider having your church help support our work on a regular basis.
Musi Cho "Thank you" in the Yinka Dene language
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Spring Newsletter 2010
Winter Olympics Outreach
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The 4 First Nations Chiefs of the Vancouver area and the nation of Canada hosted the world for what many are saying was the best Winter Olympics ever.
We were kept quite busy with all of the outreach concert events organized by the inter-church program called "More Than Gold". In addition we also had the privilege of singing at the main First Nations Pavilion in the heart of all the Olympic activity! The Olympic Committee did not anticipate how much interest the First Nations would generate in the minds of the visitors from around the world as they built the seating area way to small- people were lined up for a couple of blocks trying to get in. This confirms what we have been saying for years- First Nations people who use their cultural songs and dances, regalia and drums have an unique ability to share Jesus through this medium to the people of the world! We have shared Christ, so far, with people in 34 countries around the world. Native American Indian missions teams are a great place to invest missions dollars.
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January 2010 Newsletter
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In December we traveled in the southern states of the U.S. visiting many First Nations communities where we had been invited in Virginia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and California.
It was wonderful to work along side of dedicated workers like the Baisley's (Cherokee), Chiasson's (Houma) Deer's (Seminole), Church's (Potawatami/Navajo), Running Hawk's, and Derek Myers and Dee Toney.
In January, Randy spent 2 weeks taking courses with his grad studies in Missiology, and visited tribal groups in Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar before returning to Canada.
Meanwhile, Cheryl ministered at a Missions conference in Portland, OR and spent 5 days ministering on the Crow Reservation in Montana.
This next month we will be ministering in the Pacific Northwest and at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
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December 2009
We returned from Russia to Montreal, and continued our ministry in Canada by visiting many First Nations communities in each of the Atlantic Provinces. It has been our joy over the past many months to re-tell the Good Story of Jesus to thousands of Native people all across the country. We have visited more than half of Canada’s 700 Reserves.
Recently, in Burnt Church Reserve in New Brunswick, we were able to share songs and words of hope and comfort with the parents and family members of Hillary Bonnell, the 16 year old girl who was missing for several weeks and then found murdered.
This winter we plan on going south for a few weeks during the harshest part of Canada’s winter and will be ministering on several Reservations in the USA. (Last winter in Canada we almost froze a couple of times up north in December/January) Living full time in our RV is challenging at times! But we plan on being back in Canada toward the end of January in time for participating in the Winter Olympics outreach in Vancouver.
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