thank you JESUS!

for the raven team you assembled last night: savannah, ceceily, g, amos family, donaghy family, pastor brian, zulla, david, cece, maddie, erika... it was a tough night for many of us... but JESUS reigns. may you all be comforted by the presence of JESUS today in your life. draw close to HIM!

please, join our prayers

for the people of this nation to turn their eyes from darkness to light
to focus on JESUS and not politics
to preach the word, not the rhetoric
please pray for teenagers struggling with the decision to birth or abort their babies
right here in santa rosa... this week... this morning
and a nation that would allow them to do so and pay for it without their parents knowledge....
please pray for the teenagers contemplating suicide....
for the homeless going4GOD today...
for the homeless going towards satan today...
for the grieving
for the lost
for the lonely
for the shivering
for the hungry
for the pregnant
for parents to be parents instead of friends to their children
for mercy
for salvations....
all of these we lift up to YOU oh GOD on this day,
we petition YOU, the maker, creator of all things
that YOU would be glorified
we know YOU can move mountains....
we praise YOU for your majesty, your goodness and are expectant
of your miracles~
all of these petitions coming out of yesterday...
LORD reign down your mercy oh GOD
In JESUS name,
AMEN.

PRAISE JESUS!

Just got back from networking with Sonoma Avenue Church of Christ w/ David, Naomi, Tiffany, Randy and their team from their church. Every Wednesday they meet and put together 50 sandwiches and take them to Kids Street where they distribute free the lunches, right around the corner from where Gloria and her daughter minister to dozens of homeless men and women. I mentioned the homeless outreach to them and Randy just filled my jeep full with boxes of chocolate milk, fresh bread, pretzels, cherry pies, fruit, bread, lunch meats to give away to the homeless today! Better yet, he said that he will go there next week with the same to meet with Gloria! I can't get a hold of her on the phone, but Randy LOVES to preach and was blessed to have an opportunity to go with her next week and David is going with me today to help~
PRAISE GOD... how wonderful it is when people just 'get it' and GO!
Will you praise God with me?
Lord, I praise YOU on this day for your mercy and provision!
All glory and honor to YOU oh God, I ask that YOU would continue to move and work in the hearts of those I met this morning at the church on Sonoma Avenue~ I praise YOU oh God for this day and the encouragement to see your body moving right here, in Santa Rosa, oh God, be magnified! JESUS!!!
I pray all of this in Jesus name,
AMEN!

opportunity to Go4GOD

wed mornings:
9am sonoma avenue church of CHRIST
making sandwiches for school children w/ david and naomi
see you there!
11am bring comfort to the homeless w/ gloria and carmelina
downtown near the mission
call gloria for more info: 319.1135

this saturday:
email me if you're in for the san francisco tenderloin outreach
leaving our home at 7am (not 6am) w/ pastor rudy
another team leaving at 2:30pm from our home w/ zulla
gonzofamily5@aol.com
need your names for sure if you're in to email keith (coordinator)

Pastor Tom Mc Carthy

Received via email just now:

Dear Hope Chapel Family & Friends,

 

Heaven has gained a great man today. Our friend and pastor, Doctor Tom entered heaven’s gates at Four o’clock this morning.

 

On the other hand we have lost a great man among us. We will miss him terribly. I will miss him terribly. May we be filled with gratitude at the privilege of knowing him as our friend and pastor.

 

Though the heavens are rejoicing over their great gain we will naturally mourn and weep over our huge loss. Weep with those who weep, mourn with those who mourn. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4)

 

I will get back to you soon regarding the details of Tom’s memorial service. I send my warmest hugs to all of you in our time of sadness.

 

With deepest love for you all,

Your pastor, Dan

 

P.S. The family has requested “Please no flowers.” In lieu of flowers please make donations to: Hope Chapel (Time To Build-Tom McCarthy), Hope Chapel Santa Rosa, 4983 Sonoma Hwy., Suite D, Santa Rosa, CA  95409.  The family will be notified of your kind thoughtfulness.

ugo4God schedule this week!

mon:  repent. go and preach the gospel

tues:  repent. go and preach the gospel

wed: repent. go and preach the gospel

thurs: repent. go and preach the gospel

fri: repent.  go and preach the gospel

sat: repent. go and preach the gospel. 

sun:  repent. go and preach the gospel.

opportunities:

mon: praying for salvations, home open if you need prayer.

tues:  raven international fellowhship/broadcast online 5:30pm pacific time

           raven westcoast bible study 7pm-8pm

wed: our family night together, please pray for our family and yours

thurs: 9am-10pm raven westcoast reaching out to families across santa rosa

          9am meeting at the food bank contact pastor brian chock for food outreach help/questions: 291.1033

          9am meeting at gonzalez home reaching out to mothers with children across this city who need to witness the love of Christ, do you know a mommy who needs encouragement, dinner, rest or prayer?  we will go, contact lori at gonzofamily5@aol.com

         10am-4pm reaching out to neighbors w/ food and prayer from front yard  contact rich donaghy at:  proudparentsof6@gmail.com

         5pm:  raven team gathering for prayer, fellowship, dinner (please bring something to share, a friend, sidedish, testimony) 815 pacific avenue

        5pm-8pm:  raven team reaching out across the city to apple valley and west ninth, wear black (no red or blue) and go preach the gospel.  plastic grocery bags, gently used clothing and gently used or new bibles always needed.

fri:  gonzalez home open from 5pm 'til ? making dinner, please bring something to share.

sat:  san francisco outreach leaving 6am from gonzalez home.

sun: keeping the sabbath.

             

JESUS

i felt like it was time to blog.
so here goes.
my apologies to many of why there hasn't been any updates on here!
this morning i woke up and with a million things running through my head
and faces and pictures of all that i have seen lately, i just keep thinking
JESUS.
church! there are so many who haven't seen nor heard nor been touched by the
unfailing love of Christ.
where are you?
i can't help but ask.

week after week i see hundreds of girls in  the streets across our city whose parents are hungry for not only the nearly fresh potatoes, but for the word to be spoken.

some don't have any knowledge of CHRIST and HIM crucified and what that means on a personal level.

They are hungry and they are trapped and entangled in so much sin and forgotten.

There is really no other way to say it.

They speak spanish yes, but they speak english too, so that no longer can be an excuse.

They live in the most dangerous parts of our city, but should that disqualify them from having us go to them?

And if you are busy on a Thursday night, why not go on a Friday or a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday afternoon?

the other night maddie saw dozens of mormons knocking on doors across the neighborhoods.

at least they are willing to go.

where is the church?

i know where the 'church' was on saturday... at arco arena.

yesterday we went to the revolve tour
and had an opportunity to preach to our girls who came with us.
we had an opportunity to pray with the girls and eat with them,
love them, listen to them for 24 hours straight.
we opened our homes and our hearts.

we gained a glimpse into the trauma teenagers from our city carry with them.
and we drove home with tears and woke up with broken hearts.
we don 't need a million dollar revolve tour to reach these girls.
we need JESUS.
we don't need to slap on a $20 revolve tshirt or hammie down raven shirt and think that will do it.
nope.
we need women to step up and step out and step into the mess that all these thousands of young girls are facing and have gotten themselves into and preach the gospel and say NO MORE to satan, you can't have them.
not one.
many girls who i saw yesterday at the revolve tour are in church this morning, no doubt.
and they're still a mess inside and no one is taking a look into it.
after hearing the watered down message and lack of biblical teaching yesterday i have to wonder how many of them felt the presence of Christ or if it was just another fun day to flirt with Christianity to appease their youth leaders and their mothers?
it's not easy preaching the gospel to these girls so many of us don't.

i am including myself in this blog.
we think if we take them to a revolve tour or to battlecry or to youth group or to a raven outreach they will be saved, but that's not the case. satan is that subtle.

people will say to me, 'it's getting late, we need to go' or i say it to pastor rudy on  thursday nights.... because i think we forget about what the message is and about God's perfect timing...

listen, the destination of 'outreach' isn't what it's about...

we have people coming to outreach who aren't saved and for some it's the only place they hear the gospel.... week after week.... in our home or front yard.

it doesn't just start once we hit papago or west ninth...

it starts in our home... and church, we need to remember that...

my kids and yours need we adults that are saved to be a witness to them of the love of Christ...

we adults need to be witnessed to by them that are saved the love of Christ and child like faith...

it's precious... we need to not be so bothered by the schedule or the strains of homework and school but take time to be still and acknowledge Christ together... side by side... hand in hand...

it's an opportunity for families to GO and preach the gospel together...

it's not just an 'outreach' it's a 'reach out' to each other with love and a time where we can stand beside each other and press into the LORD together and share HIM...

have you shared the message of repentance to your kids this week?

or are you leaving it up to the revolve celebrities to share it with them? or your pastor who they may or may not even respect?

your kids want to hear it from you.

they want to see Christ in you.

see, sometimes it's easier for me, to share it with someone else's daughter...

but the LORD has entrusted me to train these children in the way they should go.

 have we as parents become totally souled out for the kingdom?

or are we too tired to scheduled to train them up in the way they should go?

we are sharing something with our kids...

is it JESUS?

or is it fun times at revolve and starbucks and coldstone?

church, and i include myself when i say 'church', we need to be pouring out our hearts like water to God for the souls of our children...

when they're looking more like this world than Christ and living for the world instead of Christ and mothers, we need to stop ignoring and hindering their walk with Christ.
are we ourselves so busy as to lay our lives down for these girls or are we just playing Christian when it's convenient... after work, after soccer, during youth group at sunday service and ata raven  outreach? are we really surrendering everything for JESUS and being available for these girls?
after what i saw yesterday, this past week and years, i would say, NO.
We are definitely not laying our life down, fully surrendered.
The word from James says, "be not merely hearers of the word only, do what it says."
taking the girls to revolve is not being a doer of the word.
taking the girls to youth group is not being a doer of the word.
taking the girls to outreach is not being a doer of the word...
not if we aren't preaching repentance to them.

those are all good things but we could be taking them to all these things and they could still end up in hell...

we have got to use our mouths to preach the gospel...

it's the word that cuts to their heart, not the kind words and smiles....

it's not enough for them to just believe...

it's not kind to hope someone else leads them to Christ...

someone is leading them somewhere....

where are you leading them?

yesterday at the revolve tour not one person said, REPENT from the stage.

i counted 2, TWO bible verses said.... 2.

we were there for 7 hours.

our girls and i had a blast, who wouldn't?

sound stage, screaming, popcorn and cds.

there were some really good skits and testimony from a 13 year old who has been used

by the LORD to bring help to orphans in Africa.

but the shortcomings of the repentance message...

"all you have to do is believe..."

and "you don't have to preach to anyone"

that was shared by celebrities....

even the demons believe and shudder, amen?

now did they say kind words?  yes.  they absolutely did.

they encouraged the girls but mothers, youth leaders, friends, CHURCH,

we can't leave it all up to the celebrities or the pastors to preach the word to them.

who is crying with them, beside them and getting them out of the path that leads them to destruction?

so many were there.... so many misled.
and those are just the lucky few who had the opportunity to spend $49 on a ticket and get to the tour.

would i go again to the revolve tour, yes, just like i would go to mardi gras or west ninth or church or wherever else i go...

but LORD, i ask that YOU would help me not deny YOU in any of these places....and please forgive me that i have sinned against YOU by not proclaiming your name... and standing up and shouting REPENT....

i thank YOU that during the break and in the car and in our homes we were able to share the gospel and message of repentance at arco and that it was received... but i ask oh GOD that i don't become so prideful as to think that they will 'get it' if i just get them there from someone else... like from a pastor or someone, anyone but me... i don't want to deny YOU oh God...

i think about all the thousands of other girls who no one even offered to drive to the revolve tour or to church this morning?
see, if we are to be the church, then we need to assemble with the people, not away from them.
it can't be about going to church.
it's got to be about being the church.
laying down our lives.
preaching the gospel.
leading them to Christ.
you cannot and should not leave it up to your pastor in your building to do it all.
stop inviting girls to church first.
invite them to Christ and then to church.
please.
they are on the pathway which leads to destruction for eternity.
they don't have the money, the parental support to get them to a building on sundays or thursdays.
please, go.
God made your mouths... preach the word.
JESUS.

i've been thinking a lot about the miracles i've seen these past years out on the streets.

the miracles i've seen in our home.

and yet, when i saw what i saw saturday, the thousands upon thousands of girls looking like they are conformed to this world with their mothers standing there with bellies showing...

it was slightly different than mardi gras... but too much the same.

the revolve tour, the raven outreaches, the youth groups can not and should not be a destination for these girls....

we have got to use them as a means to get them to Christ...

and not just saving our money to take them...

but saving their souls....

Lord, have mercy upon us all.

For so many years I too wanted to take my girls to such  things, I wanted to have the means to 'provide' for them a 'fun time' but Lord, it is not okay to have my girls or anyone else's have a 'fun day' and then end up in hell for eternity.  The only way to YOU is through a repentant heart.  Lord I ask that YOU would transform this nation, us mothers and aunties to not deny YOU when we are talking to them about YOU.  To not fall short.  I thank YOU that by the power of your HOLY SPIRIT we aren't to fear their reaction but only YOU.  As watchman, we do not want their blood on our hands.  Forgive me my LORD for not shouting REPENT in front of the thousands of girls yesterday.  Forgive us all oh GOD.  JESUS, I pray in your name.  AMEN.

ugo4god schedule this week!

tuesday: RAVEN international broadcast from the west coast tonight 5:30 pm pacific lasagna dinner and bible study after w/ pastor rudy & rich at gonzalez home, 7:00 pm join us online on this blog or at www.ravenoutreach.blogspot.com

wednesday: gonzalez family early dinner night and cece's soccer game! please pray for our family and yours!

thursday: RAVEN outreach across santa rosa!
9 am meet rich, pastor brian and gloria at food bank contact pastor brian 291.1033
teams reaching out to neighborhoods in trailer parks and streets and in our front yard

contact bobbi at foundation christian fellowship if you can help paint their building today, tomorrow and/or saturday! workn4god@sbcglobal.net

5 pm meet at gonzalez home (getting dark early!) and head out to 3 neighborhoods wear RAVEN black (no red or blue please) and go preach the gospel and distribute thousands of pounds of food to families with children. roseland, quail run and kenton court tonight.

8pm meet back at gonzalez home for prayer and testimonies.

friday: RAVEN outreach to san francisco tenderloin!
6pm meeting at gonzalez home. bring money to buy dinner and buy someone in need dinner and new socks for homeless outreach, men wanted to go w/ pastor rudy and zulla.

6pm RAVEN outreach to teenagers (girls only)! dinner and prayer w/ karen and gonzalez girls.
contact bobbi at foundation christian fellowship if you can help paint their building today, or saturday! workn4god@sbcglobal.net

saturday: 9 of us heading to revolve tour in sacramento! please consider sponsoring either gas, lunch or dinner for 7 teenage girls from across the city who are going to the revolve tour w/ karen and lori!
contact bobbi at foundation christian fellowship if you can help paint their building today workn4god@sbcglobal.net

sunday: keep the sabbath!
fellowship at foundation christian 10:30 off santa rosa avenue at the end of castro court w/ pastor brian and bobbi chock
fellowship at church of christ 10:30 off of sonoma avenue w/ zulla, david, naomi
fellowship at a hundred or so other churches in our community!
go lift up a pastor and bring a testimony to share!!!

ugo4God schedule this week! thurs and sunday changes

tues: 7pm bible study (no gathering before at our home, go online to fellowship with RAVEN International on this blog or www.ravenoutreach.blogspot.com at 5:30 pm pacific time)
come on over to our home and get into the word!

wed: family night, please pray for our family an yours!

thurs: reach out!!!
9am meet rich, gloria and pastor brian at food bank. we need trucks and trailers, PLEASE!
contact pastor brian chock at 291.1033 for more info

11am need someone to please help me and my mom pick up donated food at weight watchers center in santa rosa near starbucks off of farmers lane to distribute tonight... preferably someone who's going to outreach tonight so we don't have to load the car twice (i need room in my van to pick up the kids after school and take team to outreach)... should be someone w/ enough room in an empty trunk or suv
please call me, 707.478.7061 or email gonzofamily5@aol.com

5:00 meet at pastor rudy's house before outreach not to be ministered to but to minister unto! we never know who will show up who needs JESUS!
then, hit the streets w/ team, dress warm, wear black (no red or blue)
we need gently used bibles and plastic bags

fri: our 16th wedding anniversary! please pray for our marriage and yours!
please pray for all the college youth who we are mailing out treats to today: anthony, ava nicole, david, lisa, monica, courtney, travis, martin, travis, benny, ethan, michael, samantha, arianna, daniel, pedro.

sat: keep the sabbath!!! gonzalez family watching cece's soccer and going to cousin ian's wedding in calistoga

sun morning:
fellowship online w/ raven international 7:30am on this blog, pastor troy bohn preaching
fellowship in santa rosa at church of christ off sonoma ave w/ david, zulla, naomi, patty, pastor barney and company 10:30 am (it's their friends weekend so if you're their friend, go join them!)
fellowship in santa rosa at foundation christian fellowship off of santa rosa avenue w/ bobbi and pastor brian chock 10:30 am

sunday afternoon:
gather for tacos at gonzalez home, join us! 1:00-3:30ish pm please bring your family, friends, testimonies from this week and let's break bread (tortillas) together! side dish and desserts would be great! rsvp to lori gonzofamily5@aol.com or pastor rudy at 707.206.7208

5:00 abc's of marriage simulcast  at foundation christian fellowship w/ pastor brian chock

280 castro court

santa rosa, ca 95407

573.5700

Philippians 4:4-9

shared at soccer
who can u share this with today?
GO preach the gospel!

4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Happy Birthday Lori

Happy birthday lori I love you soooooo much!

Dear God thank you for my wife. Bless her today in the name of Jesus.

RAVEN GUADALAJARA says COME AND LISTEN!!!

good morning nations!

How good it is to be in the presence of our LORD JESUS CHRIST!
Grace and Peace to all of you!!!
I hope that you and your beloved are well~
if you are out in California, come, come see what the LORD is doing!
Here are some opportunities to join with us this week!
Please note we gather earlier since the skies are getting darker on Thursday nights now!

Tuesday, tonight!
5:30 pm RAVEN gathering online, on this blog, or in Lori's house!
Please join us as we lift up JESUS and assemble together to exhort each other on to GO!
7:oo pm RAVEN west coast bible study, with Pastor Rudy & Rich, at the Gonzalez home!
Come with your families and be encouraged. Maddie and Cece join us, so if you have little ones be prepared to watch over them. The word is for EVERYONE, so bring your little ones, so they can hear the word of our LORD!
Please email me if you are coming for pasta dinner at 5:30~ Cece has basketball, so Rudy will be here to welcome you.

Wednesday:
Gonzalez family dinner together~
Please pray for our family and yours.
We are to meet DAILY and break bread together DAILY.
I know how busy everyone is... we are too, with work, basketball, soccer, band, school, all those things that the kids are involved with~ please take time to ask each other what you need prayer for, who they are with and what the prayer needs are for their friends and their families~ learn from your children... get into the word together, PRAY and PRAISE GOD with thanksgiving for your family, your marriage, your children!
Please bake some cookies, I'm mailing them Friday morning~ for college kids and Anthony and Ava Nicoles friends!

Thursday:
REACH OUT with RAVEN west coast to the generations across our city!
Come be a part of what the LORD is doing in the streets and neighborhoods!
BE READY to preach the gospel!
Feed the hungry!
Lay hands on the sick!
GO fulfill the great the commission!
You can join our team in so many ways:
PRAY without ceasing for provision and safety, laborers, salvations... all day!
9am meet Rich at the food bank with an empty trunk, truck, trailer. email him for more info:
proudparentsof6@gmail.com
3pm-5pm be available for the families with children who come for prayer and food in the Gonzalez front yard
5:00pm Gather with Pastor Rudy for a message and exhortation to continue to lead others to CHRIST and GO! Wear RAVEN black (no red or blue), bring plastic grocery bags (PLEASE), bibles to share (gently used are fine), friends, your pastors, testimonies.
8:00pm Coffee and cupcakes tonight!

Friday!
9am Mailing cookies to college kids with a message from our LORD!
If you're a wife and mother, remember that HIS mercies are new every morning, be refreshed! Keep your home and yourself close to the LORD! This is the day I love to bless my kids with a clean room, a happy mom and notes of encouragement. We all need to keep the sabbath... so this helps prepare our family to do so tomorrow and I've found they love to be home when their momma is happy!
6pm REACH OUT and Restore A Vision and Evangelize the Nations tonight in
San Francisco's Tenderloin. Men wanted to GO with Pastor Rudy to preach the gospel. Dress warm, bring socks, money to buy food for yourselves and the hungry. Be ye prepared to
be used by our LORD in a mighty way!
6pm Gonzo girls are home (Cece has plans, but the rest of us are here!) Come on over for some food and fellowship and some stamping and scrap booking :) with Lori, Maddie, Erika and ?

Saturday!
KEEP THE SABBATH!
Gonzalez family watching Cece in City Cup soccer tournament! Woot woot!

Sunday!
WORSHIP the LORD!
There are so many churches who gather on this day!
Pray for them and go there not to be ministered unto but to minister to~
If the pastor asks you to share a testimony, do you have one? are you ready? testify to what you have seen and heard this past week!
If the pastor needs you to pray for someone, PRAY!
If the pastor needs you to encourage him and his family, do so!
Take time to be equipped for the work of the ministry~ Be a minister of the gospel of our LORD! Ready in and out of season!

All of these opportunities listed above are just a few ways I'm inviting you to join!
There are sooooo many ways to GO4GOD!
Be encouraged!
If you have extra warm blankets, clothes, cookies, socks, toiletries, bibles, baby things... drop them off at the foot of the cross in our front yard 24/7~ bag them up to keep them from getting rained on (just in case) and remember whatever comes in goes out this week! WHATEVER!
Here are some people who are available this week for you!

ALL URGENT pastoral care needs 24/7 in the Sonoma County area and beyond:
Pastor Rudy 707.206.7208
Rich Donaghy proudparentsof6@gmail.com
RAVEN West coast Ministries
www.ugo4god.com

Pastor Troy Bohn, RAVEN International, Daytona Beach, Florida
386.682.4141 or 504.202.0939
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
www.biggrace.com

Food needs & Santa Rosa Thursday night outreach:
Pastor Brian Chock 707.291.1033
Foundation Christian Fellowship
www.reformedhawaiian.blogspot.com

San Francisco Tenderloin Friday night outreach:
Pastor Rudy recon1991@aol.com
RAVEN Westcoast Ministries

Prayer needs:
Maddie Gonzalez ideleteforwards@aol.com
Cece Gonzalez ceceroses@aol.com
Erika Hernandez 707.843.4584 (spanish/english)
RAVEN Westcoast Ministries

Babies/ Pregnant mothers/ Birth & Postpartum Doula Support:
Karen Donaghy proudparentsof6@gmail.com
Lori Gonzalez 707.478.7061

Down Syndrome Support:
Gloria Huerta 707.319.1135

Sunday morning Worship Service:
Pastor Troy Bohn
RAVEN International
www.ravenoutreach.blogspot.com
7:00 am- 9:00 am LIVE online into the nations

Pastor Brian Chock
Foundation Christian Fellowship
10:30 am service
At the end of Castro Ct off of Santa Rosa Avenue
Santa Rosa, California, USA