Raven Fairfield

Mardi Gras Outreach 2010

2010-02-23T07:48:00.001-08:00

2010 Mardi Gras Misson from Nate Pfeil on Vimeo.

What if YOU could help put 400 Warriors for Christ on the Mission Field?

2009-09-24T14:27:00.001-07:00

Dear Friends,

When we trust in Jesus and work together, we can do more than we could ever imagine! That is what we have found in nearly 20 years of taking the love of Christ and the message of the Cross to hurting people across this nation and beyond.

It was 2003 when our ministry changed, and our lives along with it! Having served a local church for nearly 14 years the Lord challenged us to move into a whole new dimension of faith. He began to show us that what had been im-possible through our best and most sincere efforts could now become Him-possible if we would only obey. So, we decided to obey, and we have seen God do some amazing things, and change thousands of lives ever since! The Jeans for Jesus Project is one of those “acts of obedience” that we believe is another means to impact many people for His Kingdom.

Our teams have taken emergency relief into areas decimated by natural disasters. We have impacted housing projects and have had Police officers say to us, “Thank you for coming to this area. You cannot know how big of an impact you have made.” Children, the elderly, and those living on the streets have also been greatly touched by the work of the ministry as the Body of Christ has banded together to help those in need. The Jeans for Jesus Project is another way to do even more!

HOW THE JEANS FOR JESUS PROJECT WORKS – from OUR end
We collect donated jeans from churches, civic groups, Sunday school classes, sports teams, schools, and even individuals, with a love offering in the pocket of each pair collected.

These jeans and offering then become a resource to minister to thousands of people through food, clothes, and the ministering of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our Conviction is that there are many people who are in desperate need—both physically and spiritually.

Our Passion is to touch those lives by whatever means necessary to show them that there is still hope.

Our Commitment is to “Do as much as we can with as much as we have” and as God brings the increase we will go further in reaching out to those who are the most desperate.

Our Vision is to use this as a resource to spread the message of Jesus.

HOW THE JEANS FOR JESUS PROJECT WORKS – from YOUR end

Coordinate and Promote a Jeans for Jesus Campaign within your Church, Youth or Senior Ministry or other organization - you can contact us for ideas on how to have the most success!

Recommend Jeans for Jesus to others you may know - together is how we make the biggest difference!

Become a Monthly Financial Supporter of the Ministry - when you “give” it allows us to keep “going” to the most needy!

Volunteer for one of our outreach teams - You will see for yourself what your investment is doing and you’ll see your life changed too!

Pray for us - that is what strengthens us, and carries us through the difficult times!

THIS TERM’S PROJECT WILL HAVE FOUR PRIMARY TARGET AREAS:
Jeans for the Homeless -- These are literally life-savers for many people living on the streets. We will be distributing jeans as well as other winter clothing in these primary areas:

“The Tenderloin” - San Francisco, CA
“Skid Row” - Los Angeles, CA
Housing Projects - Raleigh/Durham, NC
Housing Projects - New Orleans, LA
“Kennsington” - Philadelphia, PA
Kingston, Jamaica

Revolution Youth Training -- We are seeing a REVIVAL amongst the youth and college-aged across the country. We are now hosting special Youth Leadership Training Events designed to equip a new generation to take the Gospel into their campuses.

Mardi Gras Outreach 2010 -- Our annual outreach to the City of New Orleans has been blessed to see thousands of people come to the Lord Jesus over the years. We are expecting to put over 400 Urban Missionaries on the streets this coming February. This alone comes with a cost of nearly $25,000 - which is a small price to pay to see many come to Christ.

Raven Jamaica -- We are taking a street ministry team into Kingston in the Spring of 2010.

Remember, your help could have an EVERLASTING impact!

Many Blessings –
Pastor Troy D. Bohn
Founder and International Director
P.O. Box 1897
Daytona Beach, Florida 32115

Contact - PastorTroy@BigGrace.com

website(s) www.BigGrace.com (or)
www.ravenOutreach.Blogspot.com

NEW RAVEN GEAR!

2009-09-24T11:57:00.000-07:00

Orders are now being taken for the latest in RAVEN Gear!
The first to "fly" out...

The RAVEN Pendant

7/8" x 1-7/8" glass pendant / silver plated bail / 24" black ball chain

Pendants are made on demand and can be made TEAM SPECIFIC

$20.00 each // Part of the cost is going to help pay for Mardi Gras 2010

Please place your orders via PayPal here:include:
TEAM NAME / # of Pendants / Mailing Address

Pendants will be mailed as they are completed.
But, please be patient ... the process for completing the pendants is time consuming.

2007-11-26T13:28:00.000-08:00

The Raven Fairfield Thanksgiving Day Feast was a hit with the people of Fairfield. We fed around 160 meals. We had a great time cooking Turkey and all the fixins at First Baptist Church Fairfield. They were gracious to allow us to use their facility and we thank them. We also want to thank River of Life Family Fellowship for purchasing the food for Raven Fairfield to serve and deliver. There were people young and old being served and loved on. Many thanks to everyone who gave their time and energy on Thursday to help prepare, serve, deliver, and clean up.

God is so good. We had served and delivered most of the food and it was nearly time to clean up and go home. Meredith and Craig Schuman made a stop by a lady's house to see if they had Thanksgiving dinner to find out that the lady had died the night before. They were able to pray with and minister to the family. We then gathered up all the left over food and took it to their house to feed the family as they were beginning to arrive to grieve the loss of their beloved family member. The family was very grateful and we were blessed to be able to help them.

Our endeavor reminded me of how we will feast in heaven. Two churches of different denominations and Raven Fairfield teamed up with people cooking and serving and cleaning whose goal was to serve God and obey His commandments regardless of doctrine. And we were all blessed. We pray that we were able to bring joy and happiness to the people of Fairfield on Thursday. Thank you Lord for supplying us with a means to serve you. You are awesome!

2007-11-11T13:53:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we took 300 lunches, 14 cases of water, bedding, personal items, and clothing to give to the homeless population of Dallas. These people live on the concrete sidewalks surrounding a few shelters in downtown Dallas. They are cold, hungry, and hurt.

9 people received salvation, several more rededicated their lives to Christ and many were prayed for and just loved on. These people are hurting and lost in a world that leaves them behind. But we are not of the world and we won't leave them behind.

Isaiah 61 tells us that we are anointed to feed them, tell them about Jesus, heal their hurts, give them beauty for ashes, and set the captives free. Guys, these people are exactly who Jesus was talking about. In Luke 4:18-21 Jesus proclaimed His intention publicly to care for, love, and minister to the poor. We have to continue this ministry for Him. It is our duty to Him and to the Cross. He has anointed us, all of us, to continue His ministry until He comes riding through the clouds at the trumpet's call!!!!!

I think we should proclaim Isaiah 61 publicly in our churches, just like Jesus did in the temple, and make it our life's passion to lay down our life and pick up His cross and follow Him. Won't you join with us and make His Gospel the most important thing in your life and the lives of as many as you can tell? You are anointed.....preach it loud and don't stop until you see Him coming for you. God bless you.

Report from New Orleans' VOODOO FEST

2007-11-02T19:29:00.000-07:00

Pastor Meredith was blessed to take a team from RAVEN FAIRFIELD into New Orleans during their annual VooDoo Fest last weekend to preach the Gospel to the lost and dying. Joining Pastor Meredith were Keith Johnson and brothers, Alex & Daniel. The team had the opportunity to share the message of the Cross with many and were blessed to be able to lead severl people to the Lord in the process!

2007-10-15T19:14:00.000-07:00

This is the Raven Fairfield Group that went to Dallas, TX on Saturday. We took a load of goods to refugees that are staying in Dallas. A local Dallas church received them and sorted them for the refugees. Thank you Lord Jesus for the opportunity to share your love with this group of refugees.

After we unloaded the paper goods, diapers, and household items, we went to downtown Dallas and gave out 100 sack lunches to the homeless. We were blessed to be able to pray with many and share the hope and love of the Gospel with them. We give all the glory to our Savior and pray continually for the homeless population of Dallas, TX. God help us to know how we can continue to bless them.

Raven Fairfield plans to go back to Dallas in early November to hand out pillows, blankets, and coats. These people are sleeping on cardboard boxes on the hard cement and sidewalks of the city. Prayerfully consider coming with us to bless the homeless of Dallas with a softer place to lay their head and a warm blanket to help them fight the cold nights they face as the winter comes upon them.

2007-10-04T18:59:00.000-07:00

Come and join the Raven Fairfield team as we minister to families at River of Life Church in Fairfield, TX from 9am to 12pm Saturday October 6, 2007. Our Raven team will join up with River of Life Church to give away diapers and minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all who need him. If you can come out and share Jesus with the community please join us.

But that's just a start. We will leave after the diaper give away and go to Corsicana, TX to do street evangilism at a college tailgate party before the football game.

Come join us Tuesday night in the home of Pastor Meredith and Tonya for Raven Nation Live. After the broadcast we will meet to plan our Dallas Outreach scheduled for October 13, 2007 and the Raven Walk-a-thon scheduled for October 20, 2007.

What has YOUR Church Become?

2007-07-27T00:57:00.001-07:00

"Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith." 1 Timothy 1:17-19

2007-07-22T11:11:00.001-07:00

POURING OUT THE LOVE OF JESUS

Come on Fairfield!! We Need YOU!!

2007-07-14T19:59:00.000-07:00

What wait to hear from God? Can't He speak to you before the last minute? It will be time for Raven New Orleans XII before you know it and we need YOUR help. Many times people will wait until the last minute to "pray" about something and then they will say that THEIR procrastination is "God closing the door!" Come on now the Word says, "I have set before you an OPEN DOOR!" If the door is closed then YOUR lack of preparation is that has closed it!

We will be invading the French Quarter, Bourbon Street and a local Housing Project from February 1-5, 2008 and we need you on the "Team that is Fulfilling the Dream" in New Orleans. For any questions contact Pastor Troy D. Bohn at raven@biggrace.com or call 386.682.4141 for more details.

2007-06-04T12:13:00.001-07:00

RAVEN INSTITUTE OF MINISTRY

& BIBLICAL STUDIES

Join Raven Ministries International Director, Pastor Troy D. Bohn and Assoc. Director, Pastor Alex Hill as they bring the Raven Institute to you LIVE via WEBCAST Monday through Friday from 8:00 - 9:00 AM (CST)

This inter-active class is now featuring the expository teaching of the Book of Romans. Below are the links to the first (10) classes. You can listen to them or download them to your computer. These classes are made available to you FREE OF CHARGE and you may copy and distribute them as you desire.

Click Any Of the Links to Listen and join us here each Monday - Friday for the LIVE Class!

CLASS ONE

CLASS TWO

CLASS THREE

CLASS FOUR

CLASS FIVE

CLASS SIX

CLASS SEVEN

CLASS EIGHT

CLASS NINE

CLASS TEN

Message from Paul Washer

2007-05-22T13:30:00.000-07:00

Join us in NYC May 24-28

2007-04-22T08:54:00.000-07:00

Walking down a busy street one night the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart, “What would you do if a young woman ran from one of these buildings and she was on fire?” I quickly responded, “I would do whatever it took to put her out.” Immediately the voice of the Lord came back at me, “THEY ARE ALL ON FIRE!”
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That experienced happened to me years ago, but it is often brought back to my memory when I think of the task that the Lord Jesus has set before us: “To deliver the lost and dying from the horrors of an eternal hellish torment.” The ONLY thing that can extinguish what may now appear to be the “invisible” flames of this final judgment is the preaching of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to a generation engulfed in the incendiary sins of this life.
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Isaiah the Prophet said in Chapter 5:14, “Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth beyond measure.” Yet a chapter later when the Lord of Hosts Himself sought someone who would enter the blazing inferno of rebellion to offer the flame-quenching “Water of the Word” he said, “Here I am, send me.”
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On almost a daily basis we are called “into the flames” because there is a person “on fire.” They represent someone’s son or daughter, a wayward spouse, or that innocent enough looking neighbor. While the spiritual “accelerant” may differ in each of their cases, they are still being rapidly consumed by hells firestorm. But WE are the Fire Fighters of the Most High God!
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May 24-28 we are once again taking a team of “Smoke Jumpers” into the streets of America’s largest city: New York City – Population 12,000,000. A “Smoke Jumper” is a termed used by the Forestry Department for firefighters who risk life and limb to leap from airplanes into the midst raging wildfires. Satan sees these millions of souls as mere “kindling” for the fires of hell, but we see them as branches needing to be grafted into the ‘Tree of Life.”
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Perhaps you would like to “Jump With Us” next month? This outreach is open to all believers who would dare answer the call to do “whatever it takes to put them out.” The basic cost of the outreach is $125 per person. That will cover a place to sleep for (4) nights and your very own outreach team t-shirts. You will need to arrange for your own transportation to the city, purchase a subway pass, and your meals on the streets. (Email me with any questions or for more details)
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Maybe you cannot “Jump” yourself, but would like to sponsor a “Firefighter” to go as your representative? You can give to this cause by sending your tax-deductible gift to:
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Raven Ministries International
P.O. Box 1897
Daytona Beach, Fl 32115
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Or by donating online with a credit/debit card or electronic check by going to www.BigGrace.com (our main website) and clicking on the "Make A Donation" button and specifying your gift for NYC outreach.
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We have seen the Holy Spirit douse the flames upon hundreds of lives on the streets of New York City and are expectant of seeing many more snatched from the jaws of hell this year too. Can you join us? Can you help?
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Blessings,
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Pastor Troy D. Bohn
International Director