The Year Of Release

My wife Carole and I have been blessed and active members of Cary Church of God located at Cary, North Carolina for the past eleven years. Our church, who for over twenty years, has sent approximately 200 missionaries per year to Ecuador every summer. They have constructed numerous churches, dispensed free medicine, ministered in prisons and schools, shared the Gospel in neighborhoods and conducted large crusade meetings. These anointed outreach trips were initiated and led by Pastor Richard Dial who is now with the Billy Graham Association.

Under the leadership of our current Pastor, Patrick Jensen, Cary Church of God has declared the year 2016 "The Year Of Release." This declaration, approved by church members, is patterned after Deuteronomy 15:1-11. Part of the Cary Church of God Resolutions for 2016 state: "That As A Year Of Release, We Will Dedicate Our Financial Resources To The Nullification Of Our Own Debt" and "That As A Year Of Release, We Will Not Harden Our Hearts To The Cry Of The Poor And Those In Need."      

As a result, Cary Church of God is dedicated in 2016 to reducing and cancelling debts and then allocating these increased resources to helping the poor among us. They are also encouraging their membership to do the same.

Carole and I for many years have helped the poor in Israel through the Bridges for Peace Ministry. We will continue this outreach along with participating in the Cary Church of God's Year of Release Ministries. Already, our Lord God in the last month of 2015 has released us from an ongoing debt. As we approach a new calendar year, let me encourage all of you to pray about and consider participating in similar ministries as we serve The Lord with a grateful heart.

May The Lord Bless You And Keep You This Day And Each Day,

Frank