September Newsletter 2025

 


We are continuing to assist with the food distribution. The lady, who is in charge of the local project is a very sweet and precious  Kurdish lady from Syria. She does a tremendous job and is a hard worker planning numerous activities, excursions etc. for the immigrants in our area.. Please keep her in your prayers as she is facing some opposition. As mentioned earlier it’s Is mainly foreigners that come for food although we have noticed an increase in Danish people collecting as well. We usually average about 30 families on Tuesdays and have been told that more people come on Fridays. We are meeting many different nationalities and and although between the three of us we speak 4-5 languages we at times resort to “sign language”. :)

BIBLE STUDIES:


This month we hosted two Bible studies a week twice in the  month. The Monday night group is run in Danish. We have  had an amazing time studying the Bible together. We also has a foot washing session with one of our students washing Philip’s feet.


PS: We have included a copy of one of our classes at the end of this newsletter which we would like to invite you to benefit from.


The Wednesday night group is run in English and we usually take the opportunity to share some of our Bible college classes at this time.

OUTREACH:


This month we distributed a lot of tracts on “Why Bad Things Happen”. (We shared the text in last month’s newsletter). We have found this to be an effective way to get the message into the hands of many.

We are very concerned for the direction our so-called Christian  country is taking. For example there was little if any mention of Charlie Kirk’s assassination which caused an outcry from many countries around the world and brought hundreds of people to the streets. Meanwhile in Denmark we had to search the news to know if anything had  been mentioned. However, weekly political demonstrations for Palestine are allowed to take place in the walking street in the center of the city  and  this stand (seen in the photo above) that has the aim of informing people of Islam has been set up out outside the train station on a regular basis. Please pray for the spiritual rival to reach Denmark. And soon! Thank you!

DANISH LANGUAGE STUDY:


Philip’s Danish study is getting more intense and time consuming with a lot of homework. They are learning grammar, etc. I am trying to help with some of the homework and am finding myself “back in school” as well,  But I am thankful for Philip’s determination to complete the course, which is one of the requirements for him being here. Thank you for your prayers!

THE VINEYARD CHURCH:


This month our local pastor and his wife resigned. The church will be undergoing changes and restructuring as a result. Please pray with us that these changes can benefit the church, and that there will be more emphasis placed on evangelization and discipleship, and that the Lord will raise up new leaders filled with passion, warmth and vision for the mission. We are taking this time to seek the Lord further for where we fit in in all of this.

FAMILY VISIT:



This month we had a wonderful visit from our daughter and son-in-law from the States. We spent three exciting days together before they left for Italy to visit our son-in-law’s family there.

CHARLIE KIRK:


For those of you who may not be familiar with who Charlie Kirk was here is a brief description: Charles James Kirk (October 14, 1993 – September 10, 2025) was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co-founded the conservative organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and was its executive director. He published a range of books and hosted The Charlie Kirk Show, a talk radio program. Kirk was one of the most prominent voices of the MAGA movement within the Republican Party, and he is considered to have become an icon of modern American conservatism.  But above all he preached the gospel and visited numerous college campuses in an effort to reach the youth. He was a debater and esp. encouraged those that did not agree with him to step forward and have a debate with hi


Can the voice of truth be silenced?


John 12:24 (KJV)  “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. “….As the single grain of wheat finds new life through this “death” and multiplies itself many times over, so Jesus would rise again and bring many others with Him from death unto life. As the voice of Charlie Kirk proclaiming the gospel was silenced let’s determine to be the fruit that was born thought this death, and let’s take up the baton that has been passed on to us. Let’s join the many voices that were raised in love and support of the message he preached.

THE WORD:


We would like to invite you to join one of our Bible studies this month, which was “Introduction to the book of Ephesians”. We trust that it will be a blessing to you during your time of devotions and that you will take the time to look up the  Scriptures included in order to get the most possible benefit from the Word! Enjoy and be strengthened in the inner man!


Ephesians


Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus is filled with some of the most wonderful revelations about the believer's union with Christ found anywhere in Scripture. Paul said that the truths he presented in this letter were mysteries hitherto unknown (Ephesians 3:3-6). For this reason, Paul included two prayers (Ephesians 1:15-23 and 3:14-21) in this letter, asking the Lord to bestow wisdom on readers.


Romans


Unlike Paul's letter to the Romans, which masterfully expounds the method of salvation, this letter reveals the benefits of salvation by grace through faith. The letter to the Galatians was harsh


Galatians


Paul's defence of the true gospel in this letter provides some of the clearest statements about grace found anywhere in the Bible. The letter to the Galatians was his strongest. Paul did not mince words when he condemned the reliance on self-righteousness. He skipped most of the usual courtesy of an introduction and got straight to the point with a stinging curse on anyone who dared to preach a gospel other than the one the Galatians had already received (Galatians 1:8-9).


Paul was greatly disturbed that the Galatians had been deceived (Galatians 3:1) from their faith in Christ through a distortion of the gospel (Galatians 1:7). They had been told that faith in Christ alone was not enough for salvation; They had to keep the precepts of the Old Testament law, especially the rite of circumcision. He wrote to return them to a pure faith in Christ for salvation alone.


Paul revealed that trusting in anything other than Christ for salvation alone cancels Christ's death (Galatians 2:21). He also said in Galatians 5:4 that the work of Christ can have no effect on those who rely on their own observance of the law to bring about justification. They have fallen from grace.


Aside from the obvious purpose of this letter—to bring the Galatians back to a pure faith in Christ—Paul provided some personal information about himself and his beginnings in ministry that is not recorded elsewhere in Scripture (Galatians 1:13-2:21).


Corinthians


The two letters to the Corinthian Church were personal and dealt with specific problems and questions; This letter is impersonal and promotes doctrine in the same way that a book would.


The impersonal nature of this letter could be explained if Paul intended for this letter to circulate among other churches. He clearly stated that this was to be done with the letter to the Colossians (Colossians 4:16) and the letter to the Thessalonians (1 Corinthians 4:16). (Thessalonians 5:27). Therefore, there is some reason why this letter is non-specific, mentioning Ephesus because it was the main city from which Paul spent three years evangelizing. This could possibly make this letter the unknown letter to the Laodiceans mentioned at Colossians 4:16.


The letter to the Colossians and this letter is remarkably similar. Just a few of the many similarities are Ephesians 1:1-2 and Colossians 1:1-2; Ephesians 1:7 and Colossians 1:14; Ephesians 1:9 and Colossians 1:26; Ephesians 1:10 and Colossians 1:20 and 25; Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:22–6:4 and Colossians 3:18–21; and Ephesians 6:5-9 and Colossians 3:22-4:1.


The overall messages of Ephesians and Colossians are basically the same with some differences. This gives Paul a good reason to get the Colossians and Ephesians to share their letters with each other. The same message with different weights would help them understand the points even better. This would further strengthen the argument that this letter to the Ephesians is the same letter that Paul referred to in Coans 4:16 as the letter to Laodicea.


The first three chapters of Ephesians deal with our position and calling in Christ. The last three chapters (Ephesians 4-6) are practical and speak to our lives in this world that require a behavior inspired by this new call of grace. It has been said that

the Epistle to the Ephesians is in practice "the gospel walked out in shoe leather", for it speaks of the relationship between husband and wife, masters and servants, parents and children, etc.


On the doctrinal side (Ephesians 1-3) we find that all has come to pass and is complete in Him. A true understanding of Christianity does not begin with doing but begins with what has been done. We are invited to sit down and enjoy all that God has done for us in Christ. We are to rest in Him. It is only from this revelation that true works of faith spring; otherwise, practical Christianity can turn to the works of the law – a danger that Paul himself warned us about (Ephesians 2:15 and Galatians 3:3).

PRAYER REQUESTS:


REVIVAL AND AWAKENING:


We would like to ask you to join us in praying for the Lord to bring revival to Denmark, but not only, but also to all of Europe and the world. And for us to continue to do our part towards this end! (Mark 16:15)


LEADERSHIP:


For the Lord to raise up godly leadership and influencers in the European parliament and all the European countries. For our nations not to forget God and to turn to Him in this our hour of need. And for wisdom and guidance for the powers that be.


PEACE:


We pray that our country, and Europe, will not find ourselves at war, and that all the invasive drone activities will stop. And for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine. And against persecution of Christians around the world.


THE VINEYARD CHURCH:


Please pray for the changes and restructuring of the Vineyard church. And that the Lord raises up new leadership with the vision for evangelization and discipleship.


A VEHICLE:


For us to be more effective in our ministry we need a vehicle. Please join us in prayer for the vehicle the Lord has for us to manifest soon. Thank you so much!


LANGUAGE STUDY:


Philip is working hard to meet the requirements for his stay here, one being that he gets a good grasp of the Danish language. Please pray for a supernatural understanding and comprehension of all the Danish grammar, and for an increased vocabulary.


Meanwhile I am trying to learn Arabic through various free online courses. The area we live in predominantly consists of Arabs that speak little or no Danish.



In closing we want to once again THANK YOU for your love care and participation through your partnership in our ministry here.  Much love,  Philip and Rita



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August 2025 News Letter!

 

NEWSLETTER CONTENT:

1.          STOP THE FOOD WASTE


2.          OUTREACH


3.      OUTREACH TOOLS


4.       BIBLE STUDIES


5.        DANISH LANGUAGE STUDY


6.       THE VINEYARD CHURCH


7.       THE WORD

Dear family, friends supports, and loved ones,  We want to thank you for your love and support. Your encouragement helps fuel our determination to keep up the good work, and we are happy to say that our labors are not in vain.


This month we had several breakthroughs concerning the outreach and our Bible study groups, which we will share below. Getting back into the routine of things again after the summer break also included Philip starting to attend school downtown Odense. They have started out with tests, lots of homework, and lots of challenges! Thankfully Philip has a nag for languages, and is facing it head on. And we have decided to make an effort to speak more Danish with each other.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION - “STOP THE FOOD WASTE”:

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We are happy to assist in the big job of servicing the many poor and struggling families here. There are a huge variety of people that seek help coming from countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Somalia, India, Japan, Syria, Kurdistan, Greenland, etc. Often when we think we are done distributing more people show up, but we have never had to turn anyone away completely empty. On the day we help we average approximately 30 families, sometimes more, sometimes less. Our help includes sorting (checking the dates) and preparing the food to make sure everyone receives a variety of items, and that there is nothing that has gone off in the fresh fruits and veggies, cleaning the floors and refrigerators, taking out the garbage, etc.

OUTREACH:

This month we distributed approximately 300 tracts on the streets. We are very thankful that we have the freedom to preach the gospel openly and want to redeem this time and opportunity.

OUTREACH TOOLS:

His month we produced two new tracts. One on the world situation: Why Do Bad Things Happen? We have included it at the end of the newsletter for you to have a look at, if you’d like. The other tract was on Jesus providing proof that He is the Son of God (we will try to include that next month). The Lord raised up a sweet dedicated friend to help us with the Danish translations. Having been away from Denmark for long, this is greatly needed and appreciation. We have been getting together once a week for the past few weeks and plan to continue as we will also go back over all the previous translated tracts.


Our friend also asked for 100 English and 100 Danish tracts as he loves doing outreach. So not only do I have help with the translation (and especially the punctuation, but we also have help with the distribution! Praise the Lord! This is one of our big breakthroughs mentioned above! This month we printed over 500 tracts and we foresee our efforts easily increasing as our other students mature and possibly help us in the distribution! Praise the Lord!

BIBLE STUDIES:

Another one of our breakthroughs is concerning our Bible study groups. From next moth we will start have a weekly Monday night group and a bi-weekly Wednesday night group. To accommodate all that would like to attend we needed to spread it over two nights. And as you can see our living room is also not too big so we will be more comfortable this way as well. We will also be translating the syllabus to Danish to facilitate the non-English speakers,

DANISH LANGUAGE STUDY:

This month Philip started school again. He goes twice a week for approx. 2 hours, a total of 4 hours weekly. He is attending a school downtown Odense. One of our Bible students attends the same school, but is taking all the regular subjects (not just Danish). We visited the school together and found out that there might be a possibility that I, Rita, might be able to study Arabic there. We need to look into the possibilities more as there are a lot of rules as to who may or may not attend, but they do teach individual subjects. If it is to be I would still only be able to start in January as the present team is already to far ahead. Meanwhile I am carrying on learning from Duolingo. We live in a predominantly Arabic area—due to a vast amount of refugees. So learning Arabic is something I feel is needed.

VINEYARD CHURCH:

The last few Sundays in a row Philip has been the one preparing for the services: arranging the hall, the lighting, preparing the communion, standing behind to bar the receive payment and sell soft drinks, cleaning up after the service and making sure things are left back in order.

The last couple of Sundays I have been translating...I have started using the AI pilot for this which has been a great help. I have also attended online meetings for the translators where we share tips, lessons learned, share ideas, etc.

THE WORD:

This is one of our new tracts. It pretty much addresses why the world is in the sad conditions it is in and how we cannot blame God  as we are responsible for not doing things according to His Instructions.


We also produces a tract where Jesus proves that He is the Son of God. Sadly for many people in this culture God is not in all their thoughts, but we are happy to see that happen. We are also happy to know that many other Christian groups are reaching out to people on the streets. We are thankfully not the only ones as the job is too big for just a few.

WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN?


God is love (1 John 4:8) Therefore many may wonder why He allows some many terrible things to happen? Why does He not put a stop to it? Let’s take a good look at this and seek to understand where the problem lies. (Please read this message in its entirety!)


There are several things we need to look at to understand this issue that many have with God. First, yes, God is sovereign. That means that no one tells God what to do. He is the one who makes the rules. In other words, no one can put restrictions on God. But He has put restrictions on Himself. He has bound Himself by His own Word. And He is not a man that He should lie. In other words, He will not break His word or His promises.


Psalm 89:34, TLB No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.


Numbers 13:19 ESV God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?


What are some of the things that God has said that He will not take back?


Genesis 1: 26, KJV And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.


Psalm 115:16, KJV The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.


From the above Scriptures we see that God gave man dominion, the responsibility to care for the earth.


Genesis 1:28 ESV And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.


And subdue it! What does that mean? One of the dictionary definitions is to bring under control, often by force or through persuasion, to reduce the intensity or strength of something, to cultivate land.


In other words, with this amazing and beautiful gift man was also given the task of keeping it that way. To not allow things to get out of hand or out of control. And he had been given the authority of God to do so. Sadly, man failed miserably in this assignment.


Isaiah 24:5,6 NIV, The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore, earth’s  inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.


And this is brought out again in Isaiah 5:20 KJV which says,


Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!


Romans 1:25 KJV says, who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.


This may sound very strong. But this is the truth, and this is what God says about the matter. When we shall appear before Him one day we will not be able to blame Him for the world situation and all the misery in the world. We were given the responsibility to keep the earth, to tend it and to subdue whatever tried to get out of order. And we were given the authority to do so. But we failed through the fall.


And yet God loves us with a love that passes all understanding (Eph. 3:9) And He will eventually restore all things to its original state. His first concern is to restore man to fellowship with Himself. Sin separated man from God and death entered the world. Death does not mean that we cease to exist, but rather it means separation from God. Jesus spoke a lot about both heaven and hell. They are both real places, but 2 Timothy 2:4 KJV says, Who (God) will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.


John 3:16 KJV says, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.


Eph 2:8-9 KJV says, for by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.


Why did Jesus have to come? Why couldn’t God just forgive us? Because God is not only love, but also just. There are always consequences to sin! Man, now needed a Savior because God, being just, could not just ignore sin. Judgment had to be executed. All judgement was placed on Jesus. He bore our sins for us so that we could be forgiven.


In Romans 10:9-10 ESV it says, because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10) For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.  To receive this marvelous gift simply pray the following prayer:


Dear Jesus, I thank you for dying for me for my sins. Please forgive me for my sins. I believe that you are the Son of God and that you rose from the dead. I now receive you as my Lord and Savior. And please fill me with the Holy Spirit in Jesus Name Amen!

PRAYER REQUESTS:

The Ministry:

We would like to ask you to continue to stand with us in faith for e vehicle. It would enhance our ministry and  make it a lot easier for us to get around. Thank you! :)

In closing we want to share some personal happy news. Our oldest daughter and her husband will be visiting us in  the beginning of September for a few days. After visiting with us they will be heading to Italy to visit our sons-in-law’s mother.


Another great news is that our two daughters have gone together and have sent us tickets to be able to spend Christmas and New Years with them in the States. We are very excited as our attempt to plan a family reunion in Europe has failed time and again.


But we thank the Lord for His goodness and never ending love and care. Please know that you are all in our prayers and that we pray that you will abound with blessings.  Much love, Philip and Rita

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