Becoming A Family of Purpose Enduring the Unendurable

Enduring the Unendurable

The Lanham Family Lead Missionaries DATE CLIENT JUNE, 2007 THE POOR OF WEST VIRGINIA

Lead Missionaries

Malcolm & Emily Lanham Saved & Baptized eight Years ago DATE CLIENT JANUARY 2, 2000 FAIRFIELD CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Saved & Baptized eight Years ago

Missionaries We have Sent Out PROJECT DATE CLIENT SINCE 2002 FAIRFIELD CHRISTIAN CHURCH

We have Sent Out

Matt & Sara McGue Missionaries/ Church Planters

Missionaries/ Church Planters

52% OF ALL MARRIAGES END IN DIVORCE 50% OF MARRIAGES IN THE CHURCH END IN DIVORCE

“ We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.” Colossians 1:11- 12 [msg]

Colossians 1:11- 12 [msg]

“ We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created.” Colossians 1:15 [msg]

Colossians 1:15 [msg]

“ For everything absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels- everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment.” Colossians 1:16- 17 [msg]

Colossians 1:16- 17 [msg]

“ He was supreme in the beginning and- leading the resurrection parade- he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone.” Colossians 1:18 [msg]

Colossians 1:18 [msg]

“ Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the Cross” Colossians 1:20 [msg]

Colossians 1:20 [msg]

Malcolm & Emily Lanham Endured And Have Found Purpose DATE CLIENT JUNE, 2007 THE POOR

Endured And Have Found Purpose

We have to Endure the UnendUrable Only Christ Can Give us the Strength

Only Christ Can Give us the Strength

Because of Christ We Can Endure the Unendurable PROJECT DATE CLIENT

We Can Endure the Unendurable

Families Must Become a Priority PROJECT DATE CLIENT NOW CHURCH

Must Become a Priority

Because of Christ We Can Endure the Unendurable PROJECT DATE CLIENT

We Can Endure the Unendurable