Pilgrims Covenant Church
Public Ministry Update
July 26, 2010

"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you." 2 Thessalonians 3:1

Dear Friends,

I send this to you with a full knowledge that there could not be a worse time, readership wise, to send out a newsletter! But I know that some of you do want to be regularly updated.

At the end of the letter you will find a rundown on our PCC Public Ministry literature distribution efforts. Between our "Heart of the Matter" program, open-air gospel ministry, and the various tracts we distribute and provide for others to distribute, we do receive quite a bit of feedback. I thought you might be encouraged by this message left on our phone, a message which resulted from a lit drop:

In the last newsletter, I told you of our plans to hand out a special flyer, along with a gospel tract, at the Tea Party rally on the Capitol Square in Madison. That rally was attended by about 12,000 people. Of those, over 2,200 people and, as you can see by the accompanying picture, one "pig" accepted our literature. Actually, the man dressed as a pig and protesting unjust and heavy taxation sought out one of our ladies and asked for a gospel tract. He then seemed to be oblivious to all else until he had slowly read the entire tract through. 

On May 29, PCC was at the farmers' market on the Capitol Square in Madison to share the gospel to approximately 14,000 people. This is a very good setting to preach, as the people looking at the booths are moving very, very slowly round and round the square right in front of us and many more people are sitting on the grass around us. We set our gospel signs up, two at a spot, in three different places. Others of our number gave out gospel tracts, also some Gospels of John to individuals who seemed genuinely interested. The crowd also heard a pretty good amount of preaching from three of us. Unfortunately, the only picture I have to encourage you with is one of me. Of course, as usual, we had a number of one-on-one opportunities as well. During the about three hours we ministered, we handed out 1,450 gospel tracts and all of the Gospels of John we had left, which was 38. All in all, the gospel was certainly thoroughly published to thousands who heard our preaching, read our signs, and received our tracts, not to mention the Gospels of John.

On Saturday, July 3, we divided into three teams and set up a gospel witness--that is, with signs and tracts--and for 6-1/2 hours witnessed for the Lord at Warner Park in Madison . The event was a Fourth of July celebration. Event organizers and police estimated the total attendance of the one-day event to be 260,000 to 300,000! Those wishing to park on the site could only enter by one gate, and we had a double-sided gospel sign at it, situated so those driving in could read it, but so could the heavy traffic crawling along in both directions on the adjacent street. We had another Scripture sign at another corner of the park, which was also a very busy four-way intersection with multiple lanes of slow moving traffic. At both sites and one more, we gave out gospel tracts to the many, many people who parked on nearby streets and parking lots and walked to the park. There were also shuttle buses arriving from remote parking lots every fifteen minutes. We were able to pass out tracts to the passengers as the buses unloaded. In the interest of brevity, I will simply sum this event up as a blessed and glorious gospel witness.

On the following Friday, July 9, three of us traveled to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to be a witness for Christ in front of Lifest, a "Christian" rock and roll festival complete with a mosh pit, Roman Catholic masses, comedians, illusionists, "evangelical" and Roman Catholic speakers, etc., ad nauseam. There were only three of us at Lifest because we went during the day on a weekday. Approximately 17,000 people attended this event every day for five days. We took our stand at the main gate, with signs and handing out our An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics, each tract also containing one of our gospel tracts. Rather than share more, I will encourage you to please take the time to read several articles on Lifest, including our ministry there, at www.pccmonroe.org, if you have not read them, and also included in the printed form of this newsletter. I promise you, it will be well worth your time. Suffice it to say, a good many neo-evangelicals and Roman Catholics heard a good deal of biblical truth, including the gospel preached. One of the most wonderful things which happened was a lengthy debate I had with a Roman Catholic priest, fresh from celebrating the mass. A group of about a dozen Roman Catholic teenagers with the priest stood intently listening to the whole exchange, and all willingly received the tracts I mentioned.

By the way, on our web site, you can also find a number of other articles I have written in the past several months--articles which the Lord has been gracious to use, as it seems, for His glory and the good of His church. These are busy times!

A related footnote to this story that I might mention is that we have sent several articles I had written in the past on Franklin Graham's Rock the River (the Mississippi) to an exploratory committee of ministers and church leaders in Milwaukee who are contemplating having Graham stage a "Rock the Lake" in that city. Perhaps the Lord will use those articles to open up the eyes and convict the hearts of some of those on that committee.

Saturday, July 17 found two of our members at a hometown celebration type event in Monticello , Wisconsin . The two of them gave out a good number of gospel tracts.

We thank the Lord that the gospel still has free course in this nation and feel blessed to share it. Our thanks also to all of you who helped make it possible for PCC to have the tracts, literature, and Gospels which we distribute. We are just a "little Bethel ," but we have a great desire to be that "light of the world" our Lord has commanded His church to be. 

Sincerely,

Pastor Ralph Ovadal

PCC Lit Distribution Summary--April 14-July 26

The following literature was distributed by PCC in the following places: • Heaven or Hell?: Burlington , Kansasville, Madison , Monticello , and Union Grove , Wisconsin . • The Value of Our Souls: Burlington , Cambridge , Kansasville, Madison , Monroe , Monticello , Oshkosh , Sun Prairie, and Union Grove , Wisconsin . • What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality: Burlington , Greenwood , Kansasville, Union Grove, and Wisconsin Rapids , Wisconsin ; Maquoketa , Iowa . • "Warning" tract: Ashwaubenon, Burlington, Delavan, Grafton, Kansasville, Kieler, Monroe, Milwaukee, New Berlin, Sussex, Union Grove, West Allis, West Bend, and Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin; Elgin and Galena, Illinois; Fort Dodge, Iowa; Menominee, Michigan. • The Indispensable Foundations of Liberty : Madison , Wisconsin . • An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics (English): Oshkosh , Wisconsin . An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics was distributed to homes around the Roman Catholic convent at Sinsinawa , Wisconsin .

PCC provided quantities of literature free of charge to trusted brethren for distribution in the following places: • An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics (Spanish): Milwaukee , Wisconsin . • What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality: Milwaukee and Oshkosh , Wisconsin ; Edmonds , Washington . • Homosexuality: The Truth: Oshkosh , Wisconsin . • "Warning" tract: Milwaukee , Wisconsin .

PCC provided our literature at cost for distribution in the following places: • Heaven or Hell?: Racine , Wisconsin ; Omaha , Nebraska ; Jackson , Wyoming . • The Value of Our Souls: Madison , Wisconsin ; Jackson , Wyoming . • An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics (English): Madison , Wisconsin ; Jackson , Wyoming . • An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics (Spanish): Jackson , Wyoming . • What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality: Madison , Wisconsin ; Jackson , Wyoming . • "Warning" tract: Madison , Milwaukee , and Oshkosh , Wisconsin ; Sheldon , Missouri ; Omaha , Nebraska ; Jackson , Wyoming . • No Excuses!: Madison , Wisconsin ; Sheldon , Missouri ; Jackson , Wyoming .

Recent articles by Pastor Ovadal:

A Wonderful and Horrible Thing: May Day 2010 
A May Day Covenant with Death and Hell 
Barack, Benedict, and . . . Mathew? 
Another Jewel in the Pope's Tiara, Compliments of Ecumenical Evangelism 
They Ought to Call It "Deathfest" 
And they just said nothing. 
 

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Books/Booklets
Romanizing America through Illegal Immigration by Pastor Ralph Ovadal (booklet)--gift of $.75
More Than These: A Call for Reformation by Pastor Ralph Ovadal (270 pages)--gift of $8.00--free online!
The Antichrist: A Biblical and Confessional View by Rev. David Silversides (booklet)--gift of $2.50

Tracts
Heaven or Hell? gospel tract--gift of $.06 each
The Value of Our Souls gospel tract--gift of $.06 each
An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics--gift of $.07 each
SPANISH An Urgent Plea to Roman Catholics--gift of $.07 each
No Excuses! PCC's pro-life/gospel tract--gift of $.06 each
"Warning" tract--gift of $.03 each
What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality--gift of $.06 each
Homosexuality: The Truth--gift of $.08 each--currently unavailable

Subscriptions
Sermons--8 weeks on CD for gift of $13
Heart of the Matter--8 weeks on CD for gift of $13
Heart of the Matter/Sermon Combo--8 weeks on CD for gift of $19

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