Below is a copy o f the letter being sent out in our CD ministry. 

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

We are writing to report to you as friends, brethren and faithful members of our radio and internet audience …and also to explain to those of you in our CD and tape ministry why we have not sent CD’s for 2 months.

We also wanted to bring you up to date on our plans and goals for 2010. As most of you know, I suffered a massive heart attack and had four-way bypass surgery this past Labor Day. The Lord spared me … but, there have been complications. Thanks be to God, and early retirement from S.S., and Medicare, I finally have AARP Supplemental insurance. My surgery this past Monday was not successful in fixing the claudication in my leg with balloons and stents. I will have major surgery December 17^th, and will be on my back at home for 7 to 10 days. God Willing, It is my plan to resume preaching as soon as I can in January.

This Church is dedicated to 2 ministries: 1. Preaching the Gospel 2. Feeding the Poor. Because we were broke and did not want to appeal for financial help, we were forced to suspend our tape and CD ministry for a time in order to keep our Radio broadcasts current and to continue feeding the poor and hungry. We believe our listeners and supporters do all they can and we are not going to ask you for more and more help, but rather we are going to live within our budget. Suspending the CD ministry altogether saved us about $2,000 a month. We will begin sending all four CDs once a month, beginning in January 2010. This once a month, rather than once a week mailing, will save us a $1,000 in postage alone... (that is 10,000 bologna sandwiches @ 10 cents each).

Each week 1,800 to 2,000 meals are fed to the poor, meek, downtrodden and homeless. Daily we feed 150 bologna sandwiches a day x 6 days = 900 bologna sandwiches a week. Each morning 40 Senior breakfasts are served x 5 days = 200 per week. Sunday morning 200 breakfast burritos are served. We feed 200 in the building each Sunday after worship. 150 to go meals are sent to sick and shut-ins and 150 bums and buggy people who won’t sober up and come to church are fed out the kitchen window. See Psalm 41:1. Thanks be to God, the brethren at The Bell Trust have partnered with us and they are paying about 30% of our food budget in 2010 with a one-time grant and we know that God will supply the remaining 70%.

We would like to report to you some of our success: we had over a hundred baptisms in 2009. We had almost a million hits on our website. Thousands are attending our internet worship service each month. This past year, monthly internet attendance at worship has gone from a low of 2,875 to a high of 23,456 each downloading a one-hour sermon. Each internet worship service begins with: 3 great A cappella songs taken from year-end singing. Between each song is a verse from the New Testament about A cappella singing and an encouragement: “Why don’t you visit the Church of Christ nearest your home and get some singing in your life?” This is followed by a 45 minute advanced bible study in the form of a sermon and invitation song, another A cappella song, a pre-communion song, Matthew 26:26-29 is read. A short prayer is offered for the bread, fruit of the vine and offering. Then we have a closing song. This is the Church of Christ not the Red Cross, if you want the meal after worship be prepared to bring your Bible and study or eat out the Kitchen Window.

We have an enormous internet audience. If statistics ring true our Radio Audience should be 10 x the internet audience. This year we celebrate our 6^th year of broadcasting to the 7 million souls in North Texas. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now fully qualified to do anything with nothing and that’s what faith is ... Because He first loved me, I remain just: Kelly Lawson, Minister