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Family matters... June events... Our oldest granddaughter, Christian Kate Wiggins, received a full scholarship for the Tennessee Young Writers' Worskshop ($650) to be held in July. We're very proud of her, as we are all of our grandchildren! She will be entering the 10th grade this fall. She's in all "Honors" classes, with a grade of 100 in all classes, except for a 99 in Geometry. Our granddaughter, Kaley Werner, is doing great in baseball this summer. Her team won the District Championship June 5-6, and played in the State Tournament June 18-20. See our Photo Gallery of pictures of Kaley at the District Championship games. |
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Celebration! David Owusu - our first ministry-supported college student graduated on May 21st. See the full story by clicking on David's name on the left. ******************************************************************** To our supporters, We want to take a minute and thank you for your faithful support – both in prayer and financially - this year. We feel so blessed to have such loyalty from our subscribers – especially as we’ve watched others in ministry see their funds come close to totally drying up. We know how difficult the economy is right now, so it’s been very humbling to have you come through – not only every month, but in response to the personal crises we had… especially after J.R.’s heart attack and the subsequent loss of his income in August, 2009. Although we haven’t always received enough to cover our entire ministry budget every month, we’ve been able to shuffle things around and make it every month. We know your prayer support has made that possible. Again, thank you and God bless you all! Bonnie & J.R. Welcome to Dogwood Ministries' web page! We're glad you dropped by to visit, and hope you are blessed by what you find here! Be sure to click on the "Daily Devotionals" link on the left and sign up for our FREE daily devotionals - either using the instructions there, or by just sending us a note at j-r-and-bonnie@dogwoodministries.org . We are a faith ministry, operating in faith that the Lord will provide what we need to keep the ministry operating... and He has done just that for 23 years (last September was our 23rd anniversary!)... If you feel led to help with our expenses, just go to PayPal (www.paypal.com) and send your donation to j-r-and-bonnie@dogwoodministries.org. Or, if you prefer to contribute by check, just send us a note at that same address requesting our mailing address! Thank you in advance for keeping us in your prayers! Even though it's more than two years old, we're still excited about our new "look"! And we're especially grateful to Jonathan Blindell, owner of ThatsWhy.net, an internet hosting company, who designed our web page and keeps us up and running. Jonathan came to our rescue in our greatest hour of need, and what you see here is the result of all his help! We give all the glory to God for putting Jonathan and our ministry together! And we praise God for the wonders of the internet, making it possible for a ministry in Tennessee to work closely with a web designer and hosting company in South Africa! If you're looking for a place to host your web page, send Jonathan an e-mail at Jonathan@thatswhy.net for information on his rates, services, etc. We know you'll be both pleased and blessed by working with him! We have added a new page to our site - "We get mail!" We tried having a guestbook, but spammers made that impossible. However, we get so many nice letters, we wanted to share some of them with you. If you'd like to write us a note, you can send it to us at J-R-and-Bonnie@dogwoodministries.org. From time to time, we are asked about our doctrinal stance. We've written a Statement of Faith which answers that question. Just click on the link in the menu to the left to access our Statement of Faith. Are you looking for a great way to start your day with Jesus? "Take a Minute" - a daily devotonal written by Bonnie Ricks of Dogwood Ministries - may be just what you're looking for. We think you'll be blessed by Bonnie's down-to-earth practical application of God's Word to everyday life. If that's what you're looking for, just send a note to j-r-and-bonnie@dogwoodministries.org with "Subscribe Take a Minute" in the Subject line. In the body, type anything you want, but be sure to give us the e-mail address you want to use for your subscriptions to our Take a Minute daily devotionals!