Greetings in our Savior's Name!
On February 15, my wife
Marie and I will have entered into our 57th year
of Evangelism.
I cannot begin to tell you the joy that God has given to
us for allowing us to
serve him these many years. When a Preacher Boy at
Bob Jones University
we were required to list the miles we traveled each
weekend, and the number
of people to whom we witnessed about Christ, the
number of folks saved
and the miles we traveled. I am not going to try
that. I am just
going to say that the trip has been most pleasant, and
the meetings most rewarding.
Let me just round up 2003.
We started the year by moving our home from
Rocky Mount, N.C. to
Denver, Colorado, where we could be nearer our
family. Our youngest
daughter (all my boys are girls!) is married to
Ross Davis, who pastors
the Littleton Baptist Church in Denver, and my
oldest daughter married
Dan Mauldin, who pastors in the Grace Baptist
Church of Farmington,
N.M. So, we drive across town to see Julie and
Ross, and only 6 hours
over the Rockies to see Debbie and Dan......AND
THE GRANDKIDS!
We live now at Eden Manor, a
high rise apartment complex,
where we reside on the fifth floor in a
three room apartment.
We love it! Denver is where we raised the children
from 1958 to 1973, and
has always been home to us. January of 2003 was
spent, with the first
week of February, in moving in! We vowed, when the
last box was brought
in, that the only move that we would make would be
straight up! But we now
reside, when we're home, at Eden Manor, #505,
3405 N. 32nd Ave, Denver,
CO. 80211. Our e-mail is philshuler@juno.com.
Our first meeting of the
year was at Oasis Baprtist Church in Las Vegas,
NV, for Dan Dion. We
went from there to the Hamilton Baptist Church,
where Dr. Dave Innis
presides. We always have an unusually good meeting
with this old friend.
After the Board Meeting at BJU, we went to Canada
for two meetings: in
Winnipeg for Sam Sousa, and in Edmonton with Jim
Tillitson. These
two men are building strong fundamental churches.
Then, back to the states
and in Indianapolis with Dr. Charlie Kittrell.
This is about our sixth
meeting with Charlie, one of the greatest prayer
warriors I have ever
met! While there, I preached a Sunday for my good
friend Dr. Tony Slutz
at Thompson Road Baptist Church. From
Indianapolis we went
to Oak wood, GA. and Dr. Charles Britt, an old
friend and true!
He pastors in Clayton, GA..
This was followed by
Myron McIntyre at Faith Baptist Church. It was
nostalgic, held
in town my mother was born in; Old Jonesbobo, TN. I
preached one night in
the Judge's quarters, overlooking my mother's
plantation, named Wheatland.
What a thrill that was! From there we went
to Norfolk, NB where
a classmate of mine, Dr. George Heusinger, pastors.
George has been there
since BJU. What a jewel! The next meeting needs
an introduction.
There is a lawyer whose office is in Minneapolis, who
is one of the finest
Christians I have met. He is a dedicated man when
it comes to the leading
of our Lord. God laid on his heart the need of
an inter-church in the
worst area of that city, so he went out and bought
an old brown-stone church
that would hold about a thousand. I have held
Roger Magnuson four meetings
now, starting with a congregation of some 85
people, to holding a
meeting to a full house! We rested a week prior to
the meeting in a camp
in Wisconsin, and then were in his church,
Straitgate, the next
week. The next week we were with one of my "best
buddies," Charlie Jacobs,
in Moweaque, IL. This is the church where
Charlie was saved.
He now pastors there with a fine congregation of
wonderful people.
Charlie restored my old 1930 Model A Ford coupe, and
does his "country" calling
in it. It looks brand new!
>From Charlie's place
we went to Godfrey, IL. for Tom Olney, a friend of
some 40 years or so.
While in the state of Illinois, we preached for
Bill Pierce in Bartonville,
Had a good meeting there. After Brother
Pierce, we headed back
to Colorado, to Loveland and Bruce Miller. This
was a newer work, and
doing well. From Loveland, we went to Greeley CO.,
where Dan Unruh pastors
the Westside Baptist Church. We held this
meeting in a school auditorium.
In November we were with
our Son-in-law, Dr. Ross Davis, in Littleton
Baptist Church. We had
only been a member there one year, and had hardly
been home because of
our schedule, so it was a sweet meeting to us. From
Colorado we went to Granit
City Baptist Church and it's pastor, Dennis
Campbell. Another
old friend. We closed the year with Mark Pittman at
the Wayside Baptist Church.
Then, home for Christmas and rest.
To all our friends, who
probably we won't see until we reach heaven,
God's very best to you
and yours. We have some openings for revivals in
2004. Drop me an
e-mail at
philshuler@cometocalvary.org
or call us at
303-477-3282
or our cell phone
303-246-0138.
Yours for Souls,
Phil Shuler, Evangelist