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A Bit of News and Info

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There is so much going on right now, and I really don’t know where to begin. Of course, there’s the Lakers, who I believe are going to beat the Magic and bring another Championship to Los Angeles. I am going to miss watching the rest of the games because I’m about to leave for a trip overseas. But before I leave, I wanted to write and let you know a little bit about what’s going on in my small world.

First, all three of my children are out of school for the summer and are thankful to be away from studying for a while. Kayla is thinking about going on to medical school. Dallas continues to work and find a place to attend school next year. Kerri is excited about being in the 8th grade next year. I pray all of my children find their place in ministry and will use their gifts and talents to honor God.

Shepherd continues to grow, and we are constantly trying to help those who are struggling. The economy is affecting so many folks and it’s almost impossible to deal with the sheer number of people who are truly hurting. Please pray that God will continue to provide in every way.

I know this will seem vague, but I was in a meeting today that will greatly effect the future of our church, and it was so exciting to see how God was opening doors that many thought were impossible to open. I hope in a few weeks that I will be able to share this good news with you.

One of my burdens is for all of our satellite campuses. We are so strong in the number of people who attend our Porter Ranch campus and I want to see the Lancaster, Agua Dulce, Fremont, Woodland Hills, and, of course, the West L.A. campuses thrive. We need to be a little more intentional about outreach in these areas.

We continue to be on CITY-WIDE TELEVISION. We have close to 15 million possible viewers and are in need of sponsors of our KDOC channel. We have the potential to share the Gospel through T.V. if we are able to find these sponsors. Please pray about YOUR involvement.

Some of you may or may not care that I have started to TWITTER. I am wrestling with all the technology and how much time to put into it, but I want to do EVERYTHING possible to help spead the GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ.

So, I am going to use Twitter, Facebook, Blogspot and the web via www.callonjesus.com and www.pastordudley.com to reach the world. Don’t you think that Paul would be using ALL MEANS to spread the Gospel if He were alive today? I think so!!!

Speaking of which, Tom Ellsworth, a dear friend of mine, is helping me with a HUGE project in which we are going to have an IPHONE application for www.callonjesus.com. You will be able to download this application and watch our services ONLINE via your cell phone. I am AMAZED at God opening this door for our church.

Don’t forget we are still attempting to build a 3500-seat auditorium. We need the Lord to provide the resources, and we are going to do something where GOD WILL GET ALL THE CREDIT FOR IT. More to come…

Lastly, I am headed to Austria after church this weekend. I am excited about going to Europe and being involved in the training of pastors and ministers in that part of the world. Please pray for me, for safe travels, that God would be with me and give me favor with these leaders and that I would be able to encourage them in THEIR work in THEIR ministries.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, one really last thing… I am planning a Footsteps of Paul Tour in March of 2010. Contact Carla Keefrider in my office if you are interested… This tour includes a three-day cruise through the Greek Islands. We will visit Ephesus, Athens, Corinth, Philippi and Thessalonika. I would love to have you travel with us.

Please know that I will be praying for EACH OF YOU. That God would bless you, provide for you and lead you into all righteousness.

A Great Crew and the Blue Crew

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We have perhaps the best maintenance crew of any church in America. These guys are HARD WORKERS and they have the BEST attitudes. They are a personal blessing to me and our church is INDEBTED to this crew. They do more than just clean, they keep our campus looking BRAND NEW, as though it was built just last week.

A few days ago, a man in our church, named Tom Ellsworth, DONATED to our church a sky box at Dodger Stadium and pastor Tim decided to take the maintenance crew down to the ball game and quite a game it turned out to be. I think the Dodgers won in the 11th or 12th inning over the New York Mets.

I ran down there for just a little while just to show my appreciation to the entire crew. I want to thank Tom for donating the sky box and I think it was one of the coolest things EVER for this CREW to to be able to go down and watch the BLUE CREW.

Thank you Kate, Gary and the WHOLE team. You are a blessing to us all.

Missionary to Japan

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This is Mike Ackerman who spent several months working at our church and is currently working and serving in Japan. Japan is less than 1% Christian and he has already learned the language and is back trying to raise some support. I want you to know, that if you are looking for a way to help make a difference in the world, you could do it by simply supporting his ministry.

His website is www.msgf.com and stands for Mustard Seed Global Fellowship. I have been to the city that he working in (it’s the size of Chicago) and there are in need of YOUR HELP. Please do some research and pray about what you could do to help him and his team. You can be on the front lines by giving and praying for his work.

I am always IMPRESSED when I meet people like Mike and his wife Erin who are willing to leave the comforts of America and travel to a part of the world that is NIGHT and DAY different all for the sake of the Gospel. I wish I had such faith.

Info from my good friend Pastor Caleb

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I’ve loved how our “7” sermon series is going so far. This Sunday is going to be a powerful Sunday as you all pray about who you will bring to church for our “Whobody Day.”

This Sunday, the Woodland Hills campus is doing something special as well.

They are having an 8 week Theology series every Sunday night from 6-7:30pm.

Each night will feature a different Bible college or seminary professor, some teaching, and Q & A time where the audience can ask questions. The series will be held at the Woodland Hills Academy (20800 Burbank Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91367—2 blocks north of the 101 on DeSoto, across the street from Kaiser).

I encourage you to attend one of these sessions, as it will enrich our study of His Word as we dig deeper into the issues…and bring some tough questions for these guys. They’ve spent time wrestling with these issues.

Below are the dates, speakers, and topics.
-May 17, “Intelligent Design/Creationism” by Dr. John Bloom, Biola University

-May 24, “Can we Trust the Gospels?” by Dr. Mickey Klink, Talbot School of Theology

-May 31, “The Person of the Holy Spirit” by Dr. David Timms, Hope International University

-June 7, “Digging Deep into Sovereignty of God” by Dr. Ashish Naidu, Talbot School of Theology

-June 14, “Views on the End Times” by Dr. Mark Saucy, Talbot School of Theology

-June 21, “Understanding the Cults” by Dr. Kevin Lewis, Biola University

-June 28, “Christian Ethics in the 21st Century” by Dr. Tim Pickavance, Talbot School of Theology

-July 5, “Current Issues in New Testament Studies” by Dr. Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary

National Day of Prayer

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Salvador Fuentes our Spanish Pastor and Jim Tolle from Church on the Way
This morning Shepherd hosted a National Day of Prayer from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM. We prayed for our country, our President, our church and for our government officials.
We spent time praying for our firefighters and police officers. We prayed for our young people and then we spent some time praying for Hollywood.

On the platform we had Terry Fahy from KKLA, Annett Davis, Jim Beebe, Jeff Fischer, Brittany Lee, Philip Wagner, Bob Levy, Chuck Smith, Sue Tatui, Salvador Fuentes, Steve Cook, Paul Brown, Jae Youn Kim, Michael Chitgian, David Kendrick, Chip Hurd, David Brown, David Cox, Ken Crawford, Caleb Kaltenbach, Jim Tolle and Seana Scott.

High School Students from Hillcrest Christian School and L.A.B served us breakfast and we had Michael North leading worship and a special drama number and a special song by Leyla Guerrero.

Today I was blessed though just by the spirit and desire of all the people who came to pray. I know that people are busy and need to be at work, but so many folks took the time to join us and to call out to the Lord our God.

A small thought went through my mind about how much BETTER our country would be if we were more faithful as a nation to pray for God’s blessing and protection. If we honored him with the way we lived our lives. If we served him and served others with his level of sacrifice. I pray that today was more than just a morning of prayer, but that we would truly become PEOPLE of PRAYER.