High School Preaching Reports

Hi Sermon Index my name is Ricky Earle, and I currently live in Trenton, Ontario, Canada. My good friend and co-missionary laborer Lee Mills and myself run a small website for Repent Canada Ministries at repentcanada.com. There are approximately 11 high schools within a 30 minute drive of us here. Starting last May/05 we began to preach open-air at these high schools on the students lunch hours. We have had good reports from students, several comments of note from students resonate in my mind:"I have heard this before (the Gospel) but it never made sense until now""We have learnt more since you have been here preaching (after 25 minutes) than we have all year in (Catholic) religion classes"and "When are you coming back?" has been said to us at most schools.We have even had a student say the exact words, "What do I have to do to be saved?". What an encouragement!The hardest thing to have witnessed was a conversation I had with a student who said he was an Agnostic, that he used to go to church but he didn't know what to believe. I reasoned with him briefly, and gave him some Gospel literature. 9 days later we received news that the same young man died overnight in his sleep from illicit drug use. That led me to much prayer and burned a fire inside of myself that now compels me to preach as often as I can to reach Lost people.When we go out we begin in the natural perhaps talking about their own mortality, or money, or the fact that the public school system in Canada has attempted to take God out but has replaced Him with the Religion of Evolution and Lies. Then from there we begin to open up God's Ways and Laws. Using simple illustrations and modern parables we then get into God's Righteousness, Justice, Judgment, Hell, Repentance, the Cross and Eternal Life. We get to minister to them open air then when we are done we get to have small group interactions and one to one. We hand out Gospel CDs like FREEDOM, testimonies, and some music. As well we bring some of Kent Hovind's Creation Science DVDs like "Lies in the Textbooks" which clearly show that Evolution is a complete lie, and that the Bible is of Divine origin and Science proves the Bible as being true and reliable. Gospel tracts are always handed out. Usually at the average school we are giving out 100 hundred CDs, 50 DVDs, and several hundred tracts. We aspire to be True and Faithful Witnesses of Christ, and some of the schools we have been to 2-3 times with plans to continue going back for more ministering.The police have come to every single school, except one, that we have preached at. We preach on the sidewalk on public property. We do understand the school's concern in some cases with hundreds of students coming outside to hear the Gospel. However, the Gospel must be preached. We have had no violence or major problems. The current situation with the schools in Belleville, Ontario is that we have been told if we go back that we action will be taken from the police. I would like to ask for prayers from the Saints here at Sermon Index that we are not prohibited from preaching the Gospel in anyway. As well, that by the Grace of God we can see an outpouring of the Holy Ghost to convict the young people, school administration, police officers, and anyone else who hears in the area of their sins so that they will call upon Jesus Christ for salvation. Lord willing we will continue to preach the Gospel at these local high schools in our area for revival to break through. Following the lead of Brother Eli I would like to post reports of the minstry that is occurring here, as well as prayer requests if I may. We are planning to preach at 2-3 high schools this upcoming week, God willing.Thank you,Ricky

Sounds like a great work - you have my prayers, may God prosper your efforts and give you favor with key administrators and law enforcement.Kendal

Thank you for the promise of prayer Kendal.Yes Jesse after hearing you on the Todd Friel radio program and suggesting going to the Chief of Police about concerns I plan to do that Tuesday morning, then God willing go and preach later that afternoon. Thanks Jesse.

Sermon Index Brethren, Tremendous news! We went to preach at a high school in Cobourg, Ontario today. Thank you for the prayers of the saints. As well we have given ourselves to more prayer, and God is doing wonders. The police authorities were called to the school by the adminstration and they did not stop us from preaching! Praise the LORD! This is the first time the police came to a high school and did not interupt the Word! Approximately 150 young people (and some school teachers, and police officers) heard the Gospel today. We handed out several hundred Gospel tracts, CDs, and DVDs. The reception was tremendous, with many of the youth asking real in-depth questions. God willing we are going to bring the Word to Belleville, Ontario tomorrow.Bless the LORD JesusSaints let's keep praying for revival!

We never got out to preach the Word today. Lord willing we are going out tomorrow to Belleville.I forgot to mention we have posted on our website an article from the local newspaper in Belleville that documents (although quite unfairly) the street preaching, check it out at:http://repentcanada.blogspot.com/2006/03/photo-gallery-2005-winter-2006.html

We headed to Belleville today to preach the Word at a local high school. Thank you all for the prayers. The police did not interupt the preaching! Praise the LORD! They actually waited until we were done then we spoke to them. They were very cordial to us! Probably 150-200 young people heard the Word, took Kent Hovind DVDs (Lies in the Textbooks), CDs (with messages like Ray Comfort's "the Passion", Jesse Morrell' "Guilty as Charged", tracks from the Freedom CD, other testimonies, and songs). This was the first time we had a woman - Praise God - who came with us on this mission. She was such a blessing in her prayers, ministering, and encouragement (as well as talking to the authorities - the rest of us who preach and witness are all under 27 yrs of age). As well, it was raining all morning - sometimes fairly hard - we got to the school and prayed in faith that we mere men like Elias, and that God had imparted righteousness to us by faith in His Son, so he he heard our "effectual, fervent prayer". He did it! The rained stop for the whole hour and forty-five minutes we were at the school! We will pray for salvation for them as well as the Christians there, that they were encouraged. God willing we will go back maybe in a month or so. One young man said he wants to go to Church youth group! All 12 bibles of thewe had were taken when we asked if anyone would like one. May God receive the Glory He is do! LORD willing we are off to Picton, Ontario tomorrow to be a witness for Christ our Savior.

PRAISE GOD!!!

Praise the Lord, what an encouragement!

Report from Oct 14:God blessed us to be able to go to a high school in Picton, Ontario today. Four of us brothers went out on the mission. We had grace to be able to park in the lot of a Christian school, near the public high school we went to minister to. Something was very special this day as we took the 45min drive to Picton. We prayed up before we walked to the school (prayer is what is pushing and growing the ministry of the Word), then on the way one brother began praising the LORD aloud and it was such a blessing.We got to the school set up in front of it with our milkcrate. It was an ideal location to preach at. There was no busy street in front of the school, and lots of grassed area for the students to stand on and hear the Word, as well as interact with us.A crowd of maybe 100-125+ gathered about 20mins into the preaching. The local police were called and asked myself to step down from preaching and show ID, along with Lee Mills and another faithful brother who came with us for the first time. He said at one point that "it seems like the students don't want to hear you preaching this message" I asked him if I could address them and ask if that were so. Having learnt this from brother Jesse Morrell, when I asked 3/4 of the hands went up when I asked "can you give us 15 more minutes of your time to finish!" These Scriptures echoed in my mind "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."So we wrapped up the preaching and it was such a priviledge to see God's hand continually work. We gave out hundreds of tracts, creation science DVDs, and when I asked if anyone wanted a bible we gave out 10-12 and had at least that many more who never got one because we ran out of our supply. (God is so amazing I went to a "Bible for Missions" store later and they gave me maybe 50 - for free - praise the LORD!)The young people were really receptive to us and we thanked them for giving us their time. Some said they were atheists, some said they didn't know if there was a God, and some said "praise God" as we preached - there were Christians at the school. What a blessing to preach open-air and hear people yell out true "Amens"!We have heard reports from professing Christians in our area that what we are doing is wrong. I do not see how they can feel as such. Mark 16:15 says, "preach the Gospel to every creature". Paul says to be instant and preach the Word in season and out of season, so anytime and everytime are the times we want to preach the Gospel or reach out to others. I listened to two messages from Mark Cahill this week that were tremendously encouraging to myself and Lee Mills, iron does sharpen iron!We will continually pray for those that heard the Word today, and received bibles and tracts that they would hear, understand and bear much fruit for God.Until the Nets are full Saints,Ricky

And I forgot saints, I was driving today and stopped at a stop sign when we were slammed from the back by another car. Thank God no one involved was hurt at all! A friend from work was with me the time and we just looked at each other and were like "man we could have died" then. Tomorrow isn't promised to us, what are we doing for eternity TODAY?

We had a team of 5 that went out to Kingston, Ontario yesterday. We took the 45 minute drive and just shared and enjoyed each other in fellowship. We got to the campus of Queen's University (a world renowned school) and found a Lutheran church in which we could park at. We immediately got into prayer for God's blessing and a hunger for the lost, as well to bless other believers. When we first got to Queen's there weren't too many students around, it was a Monday, and I remember how alot of college students have Monday's and Friday's off. We started handing out tracts and having discussions with people. One of the best questions to ask was, "Evolution or Creation?". You know about 4/5 people said evolution. Queen's U. has one of the highest degrees of reputation in Canada for academics, and isn't it true God has chosen the sinple thigns to confound the wise? As well we handed out Living Waters IQ cards and simply asked people "See how smart you really are". We were justified in saying this knowing 'the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge'. Maybe 3-4 people out of some hundred said no to the tracts.After that I got into some open-air outside of a cafeteria. There wasn't much people traffic. Most people acted like they could care less, but it's encouraging when they act likethey aren't hearing you, but you know they are.From there we went to a busy intersection on campus and I started preachign atop a pillar on campus, maybe 3-4 feet off the ground. A crowd of 20 people gathered we were speaking on the Adult Fairytale of Evolution when campus security came and asked me if I was a Queen's student. I said no, then asked him if that was not public property. He said no and then I got down. It was then time to hit an adjacent high school and preach the Gospel of Everlasting Life.We got to the high school before their lunch and I began speaking to a young Jewish student for awhile we had a great talk and I opened up the OT to him from Isaiah and other spots showing the clear prophecies of Jesus Christ 700 years before His birth. The preaching commenced the police were called and they didn't even ask to see our ID - praise God. They saw what we were doing and treated us great. My co-laborer Lee Mills preached the majority of the time, while I and others had some small group witnessing opportunities we took. The reception and love was overwhelming. And realize that we do not give a soft "God loves everybody no matter what they do" message. We open up the Scriptures and show them that God is angry with the wicked everyday (psalm 7-11), that we are enemies of God in our minds through wicked works, that there is none good among us, etc. Then the climax is always that God demonstrated His love towards us that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Praise Him for His Grace and Mercy!Special prayer for a young man they call Chronic, a young lady Ally (who was such a blessing to me personally with her positive thankful heart), and Joshua. God bless y'all to come to Christ. The whole student body gave us their attention aired concerns and heard us out -respect due to them.We then went back to Queens and did some tract handing out and witnessing. We had less than an hour before we had to leave so we went downtown Kingston and began to preach the Word on Princess street. A hot dog vendor cursed us out and called the police saying we were driving away customers but what I saw was people stick around hearing the open air preaching, potentially I think he could in the long run see business increase as people grab a dog to eat, then listen to the Gospel. The police came threatened Lee with arrest then took off. Brothers Matthew Clarke preached open-air for the 2nd time and Joel Paterson did it for the first time. They both are getting bolder and growing in grace knowing the Terror of the Lord they are persuading men. Brother Bill Lake was a huge uplift all day. This brother used to be a practicing witch in the occult and God got Him! Brought him to the foot of the Blood stained Cross and he is not looking back. I gave him one tract to read some time called "Wicca good or bad", or something to that effect. On our way back we stop at a gas station and he offers a lady a tract and she says no, and replies "I don't need that i'm Wiccan". Bill then reaches out and takes the one tract geared towards Wiccans he has and she took it and was shook up.It was a blessed day the Word was ministered in open air meetings, we had many, many one to one witnessing talks, and met numerous Christians.God is good all the time, and He is saving souls. We just want to testify to what the LORD is doing up here in Eastern Ontario, Canada.Agape SI,Ricky God willing we are going back to Belleville, Ontario today being led by the Holy Ghost.Agape SI,Ricky