David Smethurst, Author at Smethurst Ministries

3 08, 2018

Refreshing Ministry in the USA

August 3rd, 2018|

I had a really fruitful and enjoyable time of ministry in the USA in May. The first port of call was Memphis, Tennessee where I caught up with good friends, one of whom, Ned LaWarre, arranged for me to minister to the executive team of the company where he worked. It was tremendous ministering to this team of Christian men and encouraging them in their ministry to the community through their business. A good friend, Frank Webb, drove all the way from Columbus, Mississippi to Memphis to see me. The first Sunday ministry in a wonderful House Church in LeRoy, Illinois [...]

2 08, 2018

Urgent needs in Odessa

August 2nd, 2018|

We have many teenage orphans doing work related courses at present, to enable them to prepare to enter the workforce when they turn 18 this year. These work related courses have marvellously been provided for. This enables them to get better jobs and apprenticeships to start earning an income. If they don't have these opportunities available to them, there is a strong possibility that they might live on the streets. The consequences of this will most likely push them into activities where their futures are bleak', like prostitution, theft or selling illegal items. The results of those are horrendous for [...]

1 08, 2018

Summer Camps in Latvia and Ukraine

August 1st, 2018|

The first of the Summer Camps in Latvia began with a wonderful burst of joy and enthusiasm at the campsite near Riga in Latvia. There are 2 camps running back to back that have about 150 young people from the city youth groups coupled young teenage orphans who will strike up wonderful friendships. When the orphans leave their orphanages at 18 they are normally invited by their city friends to stay with them while they search for jobs in the city. This has been most successful in the past, and for some a stepping stone for work somewhere else in [...]

2 05, 2018

Please stand with us at this time

May 2nd, 2018|

Our Dear Friends, We trust you are well and enjoying God’s rich blessings at this time. May we ask you to stand with us in prayer for urgent needs that the orphans of Eastern Europe have right now – many are sick after a horrendous winter, and we have many 17 year old orphans needing to do work related courses to enable them to prepare to enter the work force when they turn 18 this year. This gives them a better chance to get a job and start earning an income. If they don’t they will live on the streets and most likely turn [...]

2 05, 2018

Sweet Ministry in the UK

May 2nd, 2018|

It was a pleasure to minister once again to the Salvation for Chinese Church, in London. They have 2 services on a Sunday - a Mandarin service at 11 AM and a Cantonese service at 1:30 PM. Both are equally exciting with lively worship and wonderful attention to God's word. The emphasis that Sunday was to in- struct and commission people for the discipling and training of children for present and future ministry. The response was wonderful, and newcomers committed their lives to Jesus. I met the leaders of this community 25 years ago when they were starting off in ministry. [...]

2 05, 2018

Fruitful Ministry in Australia

May 2nd, 2018|

On the Sunday after arriving back in Australia I had the joy of ministering to a very alive congregation at the LiveCity Church in Redbank Plains QLD. They see people come to the Lord almost every Sunday, and it was no different this Sunday, where I taught them how to lead their friends and colleagues to Christ. In that service 3 people came to Lord. It was again a great privilege to minister to the wonderful Salvation Church in Pymble, Sydney, where the worship was out- standing. This noble congregation responded so well to the theme of "Recover & Rise Up [...]

2 05, 2018

Exciting USA Ministry ~ January 2018

May 2nd, 2018|

Overland Missions Conference and Staff Retreat in Florida want to thank you so much for your faithful prayers for my recent mission and travels in the United States. This winter in the United States was not the best they've experienced, with heavy snow falls and blizzards, but your prayers moved God's hand to facilitate breaks in the bad weather for me to travel safely. I really did appreciate that. On 2nd January I was due to fly from Brisbane to Los Angeles, and then on to Orlando to speak at a missionary convention for my nephew,Philip Smethurst's organisation - Overland [...]

2 05, 2018

Orphans Christmas parties & gifts

May 2nd, 2018|

We want to thank you so much for your very kind support which has gone a long way to giving many orphans a wonderful Christmas season. Through your generosity we were able to provide warm meals and quality educational gifts for these needy children. They so appreciated our local teams visiting them over the last few weeks, presenting gospel concerts and giving them their Christmas treats. Our faithful local teams travelled long distances to help these children to have a happy and beneficial time this Christmas. The children have learnt the blessing of receiving gifts - especially God's gift of eternal [...]

2 05, 2018

Norway – March 2018

May 2nd, 2018|

Our ministry in Norway was immensely fruitful as a result of your faithful prayers., in both Trondheim and Molde (4 hour's drive south of Trondheim). The Russian and Norwegian speaking people were greatly encouraged by the word of God, and the challenge to be brighter and more effective witnesses for Christ. Niamh, our granddaughter, was a wonderful encour- agement to the young people, not only in the meetings but in personal interaction and fellowship. She was a great help to me as well. The weather was beautiful, with clear blue skies in spite of the icy temperatures (around -10C) [...]

16 10, 2017

Keeping in touch from Ukraine

October 16th, 2017|

Greetings from Odessa, Ukraine at present. I trust that you are all well and enjoying God's rich blessings at this time. Bless you for your wonderful support that has helped has helped us immensely to meet the needs of the orphans and disadvantaged babies of Ukraine at this time. My managers have just been calling out this past week for supplies for the huge needs that have arisen - for example, I was urgently asked to provide adult size nappies for an 18-year-old handicapped orphan boy, Petr, who was born without genitals and needs to wear nappies permanently. When I [...]

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