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We identify Frank with the keyboard on Sunday mornings, but the fact that he is an “audio artist” may not be evident to many here at LCC.   Frank’s audio drama series “Nick Guy, Private Eye” is currently airing on over 200 stations throughout the world plus multiple streaming services.  He currently has enough 30 minute episodes to air one a week for over seven years, before having to repeat one! These are exciting dramas that focus on Christian Apologetics in a variety of settings.  Kids and adults enjoy and appreciate these dramas.  He is now a part of Audio Drama Alliance (ADA) which has allowed him to…

Dylan and Hannah Entz are Bible translators in North Africa.  Dylan and his team finished their draft of the book of Luke into the Nosu language. They worked verse by verse to exegetically check Luke 1-4. Recently, the team has shared their draft of Luke 1 with the Nosu people to get their feedback. This is called a Community Check. This process is to make sure that the draft communicates clearly in the Nosu language. Hannah and Dylan are also partnering with another organization to create videos for a set of Scripture stories in the Nosu language. They are adding images…

Leroy Community Chapel supports an array of both foreign and local missions.  Project Hope is a local mission, and the only emergency homeless shelter in Lake County.  It has expanded its services to the homeless greatly since 1993.  It now operates 4 major programs:  Project Hope relies on help from the community for needed supplies.  For a current needs list, look at their website:  projecthopeforthehomeless.org. Donating tangible items that children can help pick out and buy is an excellent way for parents to teach their children to care for others by providing for others’ needs versus focusing on their own wants. Other ways…

Dylan and Hannah Entz are missionaries in Uganda. They spent 4 months in the United States this year and then headed back to Africa. The Nosu tribe translation team was able to create a draft of the gospel of Luke while Hannah and Dylan were gone. Hannah and Dylan were also able to purchase and transfer 500 Scripture audio players and SD cards with Nosu Bible stories.  This past year they were able to adapt an older New Testament that was done in a specific dialect of Nosu to make it more readable. Hannah and Dylan did a first printing…

IJM’ S proven Community Protection Model Worldwide: January was Human Trafficking Awareness Month. For more than 25 years IJM has been unified in hope for action worldwide. Their teams have relieved and protected millions of people from violence – 93,000 survivors!  50 million people are victims of human trafficking around the world.  1 victim of  modern slavery is abducted every hour.  People in power prey on the vulnerabilities that poverty creates. IJM’s focus is to partner with local communities to build a more just world where everyone can expect to be safe and protected. As millions watched the Super Bowl, keep…

The month of February was extremely busy for Dave & Jen as the son Josh, a professional filmmaker, flew in from the U.S. to film a documentary entitled “The Father’s Heat”. There is a preview posted on YouTube with this description:  Journey with us as we make a powerful movie in Africa about the theme of God as Father. “The Father’s Heart” weaves five powerful true stories into an immersive, cinematic movie that invites you to experience the life-changing truth that you are loved by God; a love that not only transforms your destiny but the broken world around you….