Elkhart County Jail Testimony Update

A first timer came to the meeting last night named Donnie… He said he almost wasn’t going to come because he was experiencing a bad sinus head-ache. But since he signed up to go and his name was called to get in line to go the meeting, he rose up and decided to go. (Sometimes you just got to rise up above your pain and discomfort…Sometimes you have “press through the crowd, like the woman with the issue of blood…amen..I wish the saints in the church houses would pick up that…come on now..) Anyway, he rose up from his bunk and got n line with the others to come to the meeting…

At the meeting, as we were waiting for the other inmates to arrive, I was able to greet Donnie and briefly talk to him, he shared some of his despair in life and how much time his sentence was. I encouraged him and told him that I was glad he pressed in and came to the meeting.

During our praise and worship time (which was incredible!. the Spirit of God was moving and ministering) I noticed that Donnie had his head bowed and hands raised up. Then as he lifted his head, I seen he was weeping crying out to the Lord.. I thought to myself “Yes Lord!, do a work on him.”

Elkhart County Jail

At the end of the meeting during the altar Donnie raised his hand and cried out to the Lord for forgiveness and mercy. Amen! It was a marvelous thing to experience. As I embraced him after the meeting he looked me in the eye and said, “Even if sentencing doesn’t work, even if I experience some tough times – I will remember this night and keep it right with Jesus!” … Hallelujah!!

Please keep Donnie in your prayers along with all the other inmates. God is doing a great work in the county Jail.. Praise His Holy name!

Thanks for reading this and your prayers…God bless!

Steve Ignowski

Life Line Outreach Ministries

574-612-0555

Outreach Youth Video: "Set Me Free!"

Here is the video the youth ministered at the Broadmore block-party. Totally awesome!
To God be the glory!

Steve

BROADMORE BLOCK-PARTY RECAP

A shout of thanks to all who served, gave, prayed and sacrificed to make this outreach possible.  We had a great turnout! The staff of Broadmore estimated that we had at least 50% of the park show up for the event, which is very good. We served up and blessed the folk with over one hundred  grilled chesses sandwiches  and we served over two hundred hotdogs! The food crew did an outstanding job!!

By the way, a big shout of thanks to Angel, Shelly and the team of Braodmore for all their help assisting us to make this block-party possible. You guys are a blessing!!

The purpose of these outreaches is to show the love of Christ. To witnessing Jesus, not only in word, but also blessing individuals with tangible substance- showing servant hood, showing love- from the  live music, to serving them a meal, offering a Bible, loving on their children We are the hands, the feet, the mouth piece for Jesus.  The Bible says “love never fails.”  We loved on folk in this outreach, we blessed families, we preached Christ, we prayed for people’s needs and we invited them to reach out and get a hold of Jesus for He is the one they need. Amen.

I want to give a salute and a loud shout “Good Job!” to the youth group of Christ Kingdom Fellowship for their awesome live human video they performed at the outreach! You guys did an incredible job! The people of Broadmore were totally touched by this skit. It is so awesome having these youth serving and ministering at these outreaches.  They bring excitement, passion and zeal- it is so cool having them out sharing Christ!

Please check out the pic’s below. (to view a picture larger, just left click on it).
Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support. God bless!

Steve Ignowski

Lifeline Outreach Ministries

574-612-0555

Great turnout as aprox. half the park showed up!

Free Hot dogs, grilled cheeses and more!

Bree ministering in song!

Katherin ministing

The Food crew!... Servants!

Face painting ministry

Sister Dee ministering

Pastor Scott and Brian ministering

Pastor Scott and Dee ministering to a couple

Pastor Jeff and myself sharing the Word with Dean.

Dean prayed and called out to Jesus!

Sharing the Gospel with a young lady

Free Clothing

Blessing the needy!

Wendell & Peggy and Brian helping with the Free Book Table

Awesome youth video

The crowd watch intently

Jesus set us free!!

Pastor Jeff preaching

Amen!

praying over a couple

NEW GENERATOR FOR THE MINISTRY

A huge shout of thanks!! to all the Lifeline supporters!! We finally we were able  to get our own generator for all all of our ministry events.

Since many of our outreaches are outdoors and we set up in obscure places like empty lots, vacant fields, parking lots, etc. the accessibility to electric is almost nonexistent. A generator allows us to run all the sound equipment, also, if we have a bounce house this provides power for that as well!

We praise the Lord for His provision!

*Also, a big shout of thanks to Al and Jennifer Sabin, of Visions of Praise Ministry for making their generator available the last year or two! God bless you guys!!

Please keep these ministry events in your prayers:
*Tomorrow is our outreach at Broadmore Mobile Home Park in Goshen.
*Tuesday is our first Discipleship meeting at Bashor Home.
*Thursday is Elkhart County Jail.

Thanks so much for reading this and your prayers!!

Steve Ignowski
Lifeline Outreach Ministries

AUGUST OUTREACH AT BROADMORE MOBILE HOME PARK (SATURDAY AUGUST 18TH)

The August outreach will be at Broadmore Mobile Home Park in Goshen, IN.

Broadmore is located off of State Rd 15 as you head south going into downtown Goshen.

There are over two hundred trailers/mobile homes in this park. The management of the park is excited to be having us come in. I am fired up for the opportunity to connect with the people and the families of Broadmore. This is an awesome opportunity that the Lord has opened for us to minister and show the love of Christ to this community of people! Please be in prayer for an explosion of God’s Spirit to so flood this area that it will be forever changed. Amen!

**We could really use your help on these outreaches- there are many areas to serve and to shine the love of Jesus, from serving food/cooking, face painting, setting up, greeting, etc. Please pray!...contact me with any questions.

A Short Word on Passing out Flyers:

One of the things we have discovered that bring success to these outreaches is the passing out of the flyer invites. We take the time and make the sacrifice to go door to door and personally meet the families, the youth and the children. God has led us to do this and it has had a tremendous impact.

By going door to door, we meet people face to face this allows the love of Christ to flow through us- so we can get to know those we are talking to. We discover their names, we get to know them a little through dialog as the Holy Spirit leads us. This also allows us to personally invite them to the block party as we explain what it is and why we are coming.

These door to door times have also developed into people asking us spiritual questions and sharing prayer needs. Right there on their front porches we have had some of the most powerful times sharing Jesus. I encourage you to please pray about being part of these flyer invites. Are they are sacrifice? Yes. Do they take time and effort? Yes!... But it’s most worth it. These door to door encounters also give people the courage to now step out and come to the block-party- because they now know someone there and they have been personally invited. So please pray about stepping out to assist with the door to door flyer invites. We always go out as a team.

BLOCK PARTY OUTREACH DATES & TIMES:

(Broad More Estates Mobile home Park, State Rd 15, Goshen, IN)

Pass Out Flyers:

August 10^th  (Friday)   6pm - 8pm

August 13^th  (Monday) 6pm - 8pm

August  17^th (Friday)    6pm - 8pm

Block Party Outreach:

August  18^th (Saturday)    1pm – 4pm

*Set up starts at 10:30 am

Thanks for reading this and your prayers…*Please let me know if you are planning on coming to any of these events or if you have any questions.

Steve Ignowski

Lifeline Outreach Ministries

574-612-0555

Elkhart County Jail Update and Prayer Request

The Elkhart County Jail ministry is going absolutely incredible!  I go in and have services twice a month (the second and fourth Thursdays of every month) and the group is continuing to build. The small class room is packing out, this last Thursday over twenty guys came. What I love about these men is that there is a hunger to change. These men are realizing that true lasting freedom can only come from Jesus!  Praise God! One of the keys in any ministry is constancy and these men are seeing that, and they learning to draw to God for His strength and help in their time of need.

One of the things I particularly love about this ministry is that many of the same guys are coming to the meetings. I have several who are still attending who came to the very first meeting (December 2011) - These guys are growing in their discipleship. But what I also like is that new guys are continuing to cycle into the meetings as well.

Just this last Thursday four new guys, who recently arrived at the Jail, signed up and are now coming to the meetings.

A cool testimony from the last Thursday’s meeting: After the preaching I felt led of God to give an altar call for any who needed to ask the Lord for forgiveness and to make Jesus Lord. As I was just starting to give the invitation I noticed a man in back with his hands raised up in the air, I just thought he was praising the Lord and I continued to exhort the men to get right with the Lord. When I looked back at him a second time he pointed to his right hand while he was nodding to let me know that he needed to get right with the Lord…Ha! It was a powerful time as the Holy Spirit was moving on the men.

Three men got right with the Lord this night.  Praise the Lord! It is a glorious thing to see men broken and humbled before God! All three men embraced me after the meeting and I was able to pray over them individually and encourage them.  Please keep Kendrick, Dorian, and Mark in your prayers. These were the brothers who received Jesus. Thanks so much!

** If anyone is interested in assisting with the Elkhart County Jail Ministry there is a mandatory orientation meeting scheduled for Thursday August 2^nd.  This is the first step in being able to go into the Elkhart County Jail to minister.  Please pray about this, if this is something you feel the Lord would have you be part of please contact me and we will get it going. 

Please pray for Life Line Outreach as we continue to step out and minister. This Monday I will be meeting with the managers of Broadmore Estates Mobile Home Park (Goshen) to inquire of Life Line Outreach conducting a Block Party Outreach in August.  Please pray for the Lords favor and His will. Amen.  Thanks.  Also, please pray for the Lord of the harvest to send forth labors into the harvest field (which is ripe for harvest)!!!

God bless! Please reply back to me with any questions.

Steve Ignowski

Life Line Outreach Ministries

574-612-0555

Ministry At Bashor Home

With our original plans being changed from ministering at a Juvenile Center in South Bend, due to its closing, the Lord opened the door for us to be able to come into Bashor Home, in Goshen. So the outreach/concert was still on! And with our friends from Texas, the band PS150 coming up, we were excited! We knew God had something in store for Bashor Home and all who attended….Amen. (please see pics below)

We planned to have this event outdoors as a concert/cook-out, but the brutal one-hundred degree weather was a problem. So it was a wise decision to move it into the air conditioned cafeteria where we set up. We still grilled the hotdogs outside, a big shout of “thanks” to Frankie! who manned the grill.

Around fifty young people ranging from ten to eighteen came into the facility with staff to take part in the event along with a few families from outside the facility. So there were about seventy total who came.

The Band PS150 opened the outreach with some great jamming music. It is always so awesome to minister with this band, we have done several outreaches with them, and I totally love their spirits and their heart for ministry and reaching hurting people. We hope to be doing another concert with them next year when they come back to Indiana. Amen.

In the middle of the set of music from PS150 we had three of the Teen Challenge guys share their testimonies and minister and it was powerful! It is an honor to be connected with the Teen Challenge ministry here in Elkhart and I love the fruit that I am seeing in these guys lives.

After the last round of music, Pastor Jeff Cooper came up and delivered a powerful message sharing the love of Christ. “True love expressed itself as Jesus laid down His life and was crucified for the sins of the world.” Pastor Jeff preached how true freedom and deliverance can only come by the power of God! And how we have to choose to make Jesus Lord!

It was a powerful message. Many times during the preaching it got real quiet in the facility as the Holy Spirit was moving and working on the hearts of the young people.

Then came the altar call-the call for anyone to step out and come forward to receive forgiveness and to make Jesus Lord. It was one of the most powerful altar calls I have experienced in quite a while, as three-quarter of the kids came forward to make Jesus their Lord. What a joy to be part of this as God was doing a great work!

As the young people were stepping forward to the front, I couldn’t help but notice one young man who came forward, he was around ten years old. I later found out his name was Joe. He and his mom came up, both of them were totally broken before God, (believe me, I am not exaggerating this…) tears were streaming down both their faces as they were crying out to Jesus! It was awesome! Both were vibrating and quaking under the convicting power of God. In many ways words cannot describe what I was witnessing.

We ministered at the altar for quite a while. The Holy Spirit directed us to call up those who need deliverance from suicidal thoughts. Four young people came forward to receive prayer, one young man and three girls.

God did a work on them. The girls had been cutting themselves and were dealing with suicide, thoughts of worthlessness and defeat. Pastor Jeff prayed deliverance over them and the love of God filled their lives. It was powerful! And it was God! All I could say was thank you Jesus!

After the altar ministry we all enjoyed fellowship and more one on one ministry as we served grilled hotdogs. We passed out many Bibles and tracts as we connected with many of the staff and the parents who were in attendance.

Please keep the Bashor kids in your prayers.

A continued shout of praise to our Lord for His drawing and convicting power- who gives life changing grace on humble hearts who cry out to him! As we seek Him we find Him…Amen!

Please keep Life Line Ministry in prayer. I minister in Elkhart County Jail this Thursday and it is going  absolutely incredible! Twenty one guys came to the last meeting and the Lord is doing a great work in these guys.

Thanks for reading this blog and for your prayers and support. God bless!

*Next Block-party Outreach August 18th

Steve Ignowski

Life Line Outreach Ministries

http://www.lifelineoutreach.blogspot.com/

574-612-0555

The Band "PS150"

A Good Turnout

TC Testimony

Pastor Jeff Preaching

Evangelism Concert at Bashor Children's Home July 7th

Hi Friends of Lifeline,

 Hey, We are super excited! In two weeks, July 7^th to be exact, we will be ministering at Bashor Children’s home in Goshen, Indiana. This will be an outdoor concert with Christian Rock Band PS150 from San Antonio, TX.

PS 150 is a band lead by husband and wife team-Brandon and Samantha Deletto. We have done several outreaches with this couple and their band and it has always been awesome! I love these guys! What I love the most about them, besides their awesome music, is their love for Jesus and their passion to share God’s love and minister the Gospel. Amen. So we are excited for what God is going to do this day.

Bashor Children’s Home provides help for troubled children and their families through residential care, day treatment/ alternative education, foster care, and many other services. With many of their students and staff living on campus this will be an awesome event to share the love of Christ to them but also, Bashor Home is also opening this event up to the other students and their families that do not live on-site. So we are expecting a great time!

Besides the concert, Pastor Jeff Cooper from Christ’s Kingdom Fellowship will be ministering an evangelistic message to close the concert. So we anticipating a powerful time. We will also be giving out free Bibles, Christian Books and tracts. We as a ministry team will be fellow-shipping with the people we meet, ministering one on one, offering prayers, sharing our testimonies, letting all those we talk to know that Jesus is the only hope for our lives!

And yes! We will be bringing the grill in to be a blessing to everyone who attends. We will be providing free hotdogs, chips, cookies, and lemonade. We are trusting God for a great day!

Free Concert with PS150

Day: Saturday July 7^th

Time: Noon – 3pm

Where: Bashor Children’s Home

Location: 62226 County Road 15, Goshen, IN  46527

 It is going to be good! Please pray for this event. If you desire to serve at this event, please let me know. We need servants in these areas: Grillers, Food servers, Drink servers. Set-up, clean-up, tear-down, Book tables. Those who can help set-up, please be at Bashor home by 10:30. Thanks!

Please remember, we always minister as a team and the goal of all our outreaches is to glorify Jesus in all we do and to share the hope we have within us and that is Christ Jesus!

Thanks for reading this and please keep this event in your prayers. Thanks so much!

Steve Ignowski

Lifeline Outreach Ministries

574-612-0555

Teen Challenge Cook-Out/Fellowship

Elkhart Teen Challenge group

Quick update on the Elkhart Teen Challenge Cook-out:

In November of last year I found out Elkhart has a Teen Challenge in our city. I was excited and immediately began to pray for the Lord to connect us together. I have always held Teen Challenge in high regard. One of my hero's of the faith, David Wilkerson, founded the ministry back the late 1950's and I have heard so many great deliverance testimonies from people through the years about Teen Challenge. There are hundreds of  TC centers in the USA.

TC is a faith based rehabilitation program for men- eighteen years old and older. It is Christian discipleship based program, with the goal of “freedom in Christ!” The guys going through the program are in the program for 12 to 18 month and it has an incredible success rate for staying free from satan's bondage's! Amen!

So after about after two weeks of seeking the Lord about connecting with this ministry, I just happen to cross paths with Mark Howel the Evangelistic Coordinator of the  Elkhart Teen Challenge. (How cool is that!) Ha!...We both were coming out from ministering to the men in different jail cells. I call that a God appointment!
 
So that was the start of how the Lord connected us together. These brothers at TC have been part of the outreaches- serving and evangelizing. I have seen the fruit of what the Lord is doing here and it is amazing!

It was on Jodi my heart along with my Mom and Dad, to have a fellowship with the group. So, this last Saturday was our get together and we had a great time! We had some awesome fellowship!! Over twenty of the guys came to our house as we prepared a time of swimming, fun, cook-out. But not only that, we had some great praise and worship, a time in the Word of God and one of the brothers got water baptized. It was a great day!

It was a pleasure to encourage these brothers to keep going after God and NOT to quit!! ...Amen.
Please keep the Elkhart Teen Challenge in your prayers along with the staff leaders. Thanks everyone! (...check out the pics below)

God bless!

Steve Ignowski

Lifeline Outreach Ministries
574-612-0555

Pool Time Fun

 

  

Some Good Eats! 

 

 Praising and Worshiping Our LORD!

 

  

Prayer Ministry

Pastor Jeff bringing the Word!

 

 Drew getting Water Baptized!

It was an awesome day!... thanks for your prayers!