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Hold Fast has been growing weekly since our first service in September. We have nearly 20 or so regulars coming out to our weekly meeting at the Paxton Ministries community room. So many awesome people have come into our lives in such a short time that it is a bit overwhelming, in a good way. We had the pleasure in October of having Jay Bakker from Revolution Church share with us and spend a few days here. It was a great time of laughter, fun, and of course spiritual growth.

There have been some great times of fellowship happening out side of our weekly service. We had a Thanksgiving dinner last week and have been spending several nights with our new friends out and about. Things are great and some great things are on the horizon!

Jeremy, our pastor, has been busy speaking lately. He has had the opportunity to teach students at Messiah College in Grantham PA as well as at Wesley Seminary in Washington D.C. The relationships he has with these schools have really opened many doors for Jeremy and Hold Fast.

Keep checking back for updates and announcements.

Jeremy will be leading a seminar at the annual Unified  Underground Conference in Maryland. If you are coming down please say hello.

Remember we meet every Monday at 7 pm in the Paxton Ministries community room. Check the directions section for more info.

If any shops around here want to help a shop in Pittsburgh that was robbed and vandalized please get in touch. I am bring ingout a box of supplies
donated buy local artists on Monday so if you have anything you want to add let me know.

Contact me 717.439.9605 or jeremyritch@gmail.com

Thanks
Jeremy

—————– Bulletin Message —————–
From: melisa
Date: Jul 11, 2008 4:44 PM

Sorry if you are sick of hearing about this.

For those who do not know:
Our tattoo shop “In The Blood” (Southside) was broken into, robbed, and trashed on Sunday night/Monday morning.

There is over $6000 worth of damage to recover before we can re-open for business.

Check us out on the news:
http://www. wpxi. com/news/16823280/detail. html
http://kdka. com/local/South. Side. crime. 2. 767504. html

Check out more pics here:
www. myspace. com/inthebloodtattoo

THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE GIVEN OF YOUR TIME, MONEY, AND PRAYERS TO SUPPORT US! WE HAVE ALREADY RAISED ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE NEED TO RE-OPEN!

We still have lots to do to re-open by July 22nd (our goal).

How you can help:

-PRAY.PRAY.PRAY. It’s been a rough month for us (Justun & Danielle’s truck vandelized twice, robbery at gunpoint, and now the shop), please pray for peace, encouragement, and for God to provide for our needs.

-Donate: We still need around $3000 to replace trashed items (supplies, ink, copier, flooring).
Every little bit helps us reach our goal!

-Get tattooed. Once we re-open we will need to make up for lost business.
If you’ve been thinking about getting tattooed, this is a good time! Contact www. myspace. com/inthebloodtattoo and make an appointment!

If you are interested in donating, you can do so through paypal with this e-mail address: melisa_melisa_melisa@yahoo.com
OR send to:
In The Blood Tattoo
2005 E. Carson St.

Pittsburgh, PA.
15203

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me (melisa_melisa_melisa@yahoo.com).

Again, we really appreciate all of your support!

Go visit the In The Blood Myspace and send some love!

-melisa
In The Blood
The End Ministries
The Last Hope

*Repost*

 This is the message Jeremy sent to his mailing list:

Hey all
Do to my difficulty and setbacks in getting my book released I have decided to publsih it online. it is available on www.jeremyritch.com as a PDF file. Feel free to download and read it. I am still hoping to self publish a hard copy, but as of now I do not have the funds to do so. there is a link for anyone who feels led to donate something to paypal. The proceeds will go to Hold Fast ministries. It is the ministry I run here in Harrisburg. I want to thank you ahead of time for reading my book. it means a lot as I poured my heart into this and it has seen it trails over the past two years.

Jeremy