Finishers
Project
3303 S Lindsay Rd
Suite 108 Gilbert, AZ
85297
Ph. 480.854.4444
Contact Our
Staff:
Don Parrott, President/CEO
Nelson Malwitz,
Chief Innovation
Officer
Paul Erdmann,
Chief Operating
Officer
Tom Adelsman,
Director of Church Partnership
Network
Paulette Fitch,
Executive Assistant
Agency/Profile
Relations
Larry Rus,Agency Relations
Director
Renee Ladd,
Assistant to the
President
Colleen
Erdmann, Bookkeeper
Director of Coaching
Network
Bill
Poff,
Web site
development
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Meet the
Staff
Here is the Finishers
Staff based in Gilbert, AZ.
L to R : Tom Adelsman,
Colleen Erdmann, Paul Erdmann, Renee Ladd, and Don
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Coming Events
Click
on these links to find more information about each
event.
Missions
Fest
Seattle
Seattle , WA
October 3-4, 2008
Pasadena, CA
October 17-19, 2008
Dallas, TX
November 7-8, 2008
Atlanta, GA
November 14-16, 2008
Portland, OR
January 16-17, 2009
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The Bridge serves to keep you
connected with the amazing ministry and impact of
Finishers Project. We welcome your feedback, so
please call or write.
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HAPPY
4TH OF JULY!
2008 Survey - This
week!
It
probably doesn't sound too exciting, but it is extremely
valuable - a survey! Just what you wanted to do -
take your time to complete yet another survey for
someone. I'm asking you to do just that. Take
about 6 minutes of your time to complete an on-line
survey for Finishers Project to help us stay on course
and provide the best possible help for mid-life people
looking for what God has for them in the
future.
If
you have already done so, thank you greatly for
completing the survey. If you have not, please
take the few minutes necessary this
week
to give us your perspective. Thank you for being a
part of this movement which God has raised up to provide
more workers for his Harvest. If you have any
additional input you would like to communicate to us,
please email me, using the link in this
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What's This About a Book on
Finishers?
The
rumors are true - yes, Lord willing, there will be a
book published regarding this unique movement called
Finishers. The first manuscript is completed, now
the editing period begins. The current plan is to
publish in the spring of 2009, so it's a while before
we'll see the "finished" product. (But you can
order your advance copies for a limited time at a
reduced price! Well, maybe not - since the
publisher knows nothing about this
offer!)
The
book uses the stories of many "finishers" who have moved
into a global impact ministry, sharing the ups and downs
of their journey and how God met them and answered their
questions and concerns. Here is one short
example:
"I retired from an engineering career in 1995 and
in 1999, we joined a ministry with which we have served
in the most exciting ways! We have lived in a half-dozen
African countries, visited many European cities and we
have made a difference! This summer, we will head for
The Gambia to work with a land-based medical mission
team, also associated with this ministry. We are both in
our 60's and highly recommend such an opportunity to
others. Oh yes, we are also with Rotary International
and through our local club, have been able to send over
500 wheelchairs to Sierra Leone. We were able to help
distribute them there as well! Last year, our local
Rotary club raised funds to construct 6 water wells in
Liberia. We were able to help the folks of Gordee
village celebrate their new pure water source!!
What an exciting and fulfilling retirement!"
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Helping Churchs Connect with
Boomers
Tom
Adelsman and Don Parrott will be conducting one-day
seminars to help local churches in their understanding
of Baby Boomers and how to help them connect with
significant ministry roles. Check out these dates
and locations and contact Tom for additional
information:
toma@finishers.org
Seattle,
WA - August 2
Phoenix,
AZ - August 16
Southern
CA - October 11/November
22
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A
Quick Glimpse of the
Harvest Where
the church has been planted it is growing like wildfire,
spreading across geographic and ethnic lines around the
globe. God has raised up Surinam missionaries to
go to the Muslims of North Africa, Han Chinese believers
to settle among unreached Tibetans, and thousands of
Indian evangelist to bring the blessing of the Gospel to
the 2,000 unreached ethnic groups within India.
The Good News is breaking loose
worldwide!
Every
day another 74,000 people across the globe come to faith
in Christ. That's 3,083 new fellow believers every
hour of every day.
An
average of 28,000 become believers every day in the
People's Republic of China!
Every
day across the continent of Africa another 20,000 are
added to the body of Christ.
During
the 1990s the number of born-again believers in the
world doubled.
More
than 250 million Christians travel as tourists outside
their own countries each year.
At the
time of Christ the average life-span was twenty-eight
years. Today's life-span in many countries in the world
is nearly three times that figure.
What do
you think? Has God given His people the blessings
and the resources to actively be a blessing to all the
remaining unreached people groups of the
earth?
We
think he has not only given the blessings and resources,
he has also uniquely gifted the Baby Boomer generation
to be a key force in expanding his kingdom worldwide at
this time in history! Have you found your unique
role?
(Statistics from 2020 Vision by William
& Amy Stearns)
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A Couple of Reminders -
Dallas Finishers
Forum: Have you attended one
yet? If no, we highly recommend it! Make
plans now to be part of this dynamic weekend, Nov.
7-8. If you have attended, who do you know in
Texas that should be there? Here's the
registration link: http://www.finishers.org/texas/reg_tx.php
The
Survey: Done yet?
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Don
Parrott
CEO,The Finishers Project
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