Greetings in His matchless Name!
This Flyer is a little late, but I have been busy travelling and creating new messages and lessons, and sometimes things just slip away, including time. I am still “above ground” but will turn 90 in May. Thankfully, I am still keeping busy preaching and teaching wherever the Lord opens the door.
Recently I have preached a timely message titled: ISRAEL AT WAR…AGAIN! which I have preached in 3 churches. First in Florida at the Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola, where most of my family live (it was COLD there!). My daughter and 3 grand-children live in that area, along with their spouses and children (my great grandchildren). It was a blessed time of fellowship with the family, great food (my daughter Crystal is a great cook, like Shirley), and a getaway from the boredom of silence of my home without her. (I have tropical fish, but they never talk, and my ventriloquist buddy “ZERO” only talks when I do!) It will be 5 years on March 29th, since Shirley left me for another man, the Man Christ Jesus. I miss her every day and no doubt will join her soon (?). The other 2 preaching opportunities were in my home church in Lawrence, NJ, (Straightway Baptist) and then at the Grace Independent Baptist Church in Penndel, PA, where Dennis Higgins, Jr. is the relatively new pastor. (Things are going great since he has become their pastor!) This message has been well received and gives a biblical explanation as to why Israel is constantly at war. Ultimately, they will be in the land God promised to (them after the Tribulation) instead of that tiny little piece of geography they live on now. They will occupy nearly the entire Mid-East, as believers in their promised Messiah! Jesus will become their (and the world’s) King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Jews are the only true “Palestinians”! God only promised the land of Palestine to Jews.
I am back doing some Gospel Magic (illusions) for children in Junior Church every couple of weeks. It is such a delight to see their expressions and hear their explanations of how they think each trick is done. I love boys and girls and miss the days when I was their pastor, and we ran up to 14 buses every Sunday morning to pick up adults as well as children. It is a blessing these days when I meet an adult while shopping, etc. and they come up to me and ask “You are Pastor Fedena, aren’t you?” I respond positively and they will usually say “I used to ride the Sunday School bus at Faith Baptist.” It is wonderful when I then hear they are still serving the Lord. This has happened to me 3 times in the last several months.
I continue to add new material to my website via my former youth pastor, Rob Madden, who along with his wonderful and sweet wife Brenda, stay busy so that when I go home to Heaven it will be as “he (me) being dead, yet speaketh”! There are hundreds+ messages, lessons, articles, music, commentaries, biblical books, news articles, etc. there, and they are all free. Please check it out! pastorpaulfedena.weebly.com
I experience some of the normal aches and pains of an 89-year-old man, but my mind still works pretty well and I believe I am still clear in my speaking opportunities. I am presently preparing a series of messages for an upcoming Prophecy Conference in Rio Grande (Cape May), N.J. where my nephew, Jeff McLeod, is the great and longtime pastor.
I have an urgent prayer request for my son, Daniel. He was injured on the job back in the spring and his leg is not healing. He must wear a triple wrapping on his lower leg and goes regularly to re-hab. They are not giving him much hope that it will improve and tell him it is something he will just have to learn to live with. He is on a slightly reduced work schedule. He is still young and ambitious, but the swelling and pain in that leg hinders him from what he wants to do. He is very active in his local church and still does a lot of physical work installing security cameras, TV screens, sound systems (his specialty), etc. He donates much of his time and his money towards these projects.
Keep looking UP! I will see you again, HERE, THERE OR IN THE AIR!
Sincerely in the Savior,
Pastor (emeritus) Paul C. Fedena