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[December 22, 2002, Archived February 8, 2003]

Last summer, our family went to Minnesota for vacation. We spent about a week with the Mark Watson family, who live in Lakeville, near Minneapolis-St. Paul. I mentioned our time with them in the August 26 update of this newsletter. You can read that in the Old News Pages. Just scroll down to August 26.
    We are very blessed to know another family who share so much of the same values and convictions. I want to introduce you to Kelly, their second oldest daughter, who has a testimony to share of experiences she had working this past August in a Christian children's home in Guatemala.
    Kelly was home schooled, graduating from high school this past spring. She has had a special interest in Spanish, and her family is acquainted with a family (who also are familiar with the faith message and ministry that came out of Faith Assembly), serving in the Casa Para Niños Aleluya! (Hallelujah! Children's Home) in Guatemala. Putting her interest in Spanish together with this point of contact, Kelly had the opportunity to spend the month of August working at the children's home, and I have helped her put together several pages sharing her experiences. Click on the picture below to go to her report.

Kelly at Casa Para Niños Aleluya in Guatemala

Here is the updated schedule of teaching tapes being played on PalTalk.

PalTalk room name: Deeper Life and Discipleship

Hobart E. Freeman, Th.D., founding pastor of Faith Assembly, taped messages
    Monday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern (Indiana) time, "Sermon on the Mount."
    Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern (Indiana) time, "Exploring Biblical Theology,"
        (currently playing tapes from the series "Old Testament Survey").
    Thursday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern (Indiana) time, miscellaneous teachings by Brother Freeman.
    Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Eastern (Indiana) time, "Christian Ethics."

[November 15, 2002, Archived December 22, 2002]

Well, summer has turned into fall, and I have been occupied with many things. The series on the gospel of Luke is complete, and after a couple months of no special series on Sunday mornings, the Lord has led to begin teaching on the book of Proverbs. Sunday evenings remain open, in the sense that there is no series going on. Wednesday nights are still the series on I Timothy. 

We can now announce an expanded schedule of teaching tapes being played on PalTalk.

PalTalk room name: Deeper Life and Discipleship

Hobart E. Freeman, Th.D., founding pastor of Faith Assembly, taped messages
    Monday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern (Indiana) time, "Studies in the Deeper Life," currently playing tapes from the series, "The Absolutes of Discipleship."
    Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern (Indiana) time, "Exploring Biblical Theology," currently playing tapes from the series "Old Testament Survey."
    Thursday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern (Indiana) time, "Studies in the Deeper Life," playing single messages from the main category "Deeper Life in the Spirit," the "D" series.

[August 26, 2002, Archived November 15, 2002]

Since my last installment, a lot has happened. The highlight was a trip to Minnesota, to spend a week with friends there. They have a family with about as many boys as we have girls and vice versa. Neither of our families believes in pairing off the boys and girls, so we had a good time together as a big happy family of brothers and sisters. We went to the north shore of Lake Superior one day, and another day we all went canoeing down the St. Croix River (a river that forms a large part of the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota). We had the joy of witnessing the baptism of one of our daughters, together with most of the children in the family we were visiting.

But that is a report of the pastor, not the assembly, and I want this page to be more news from the body. In that light, I will have to seek reports and testimonies from members, and I hope I can begin to include them in the next update. 

Hobart E. Freeman, Th.D., taped messages now being played on PalTalk
    Brother David Rodriguez from Texas continues to play teaching tapes by Dr. Hobart E. Freeman, the founding pastor of Faith Assembly, in his own room on PalTalk. Here is his schedule:

[July 15, 2002, Archived August 26, 2002]

At long last I have completed my report on the journey to Great Britain. I just had to work on it as time permitted. With so many pictures (plus, I am still just learning "the ropes" as far as publishing my own web page is concerned), it took longer than I expected. Click on the link above to go to the first page of the twenty installments of that report.
    I will let this be all for now, so I can take time to update the Faith Assembly Sermons page.

Hobart E. Freeman, Th.D., taped messages now being played on PalTalk
    One of the regulars in our PalTalk room has begun playing teaching tapes by Dr. Hobart E. Freeman, founding pastor of Faith Assembly, in his own room on PalTalk. Here is a schedule as far as I have information. If this is not correct information, if you have more information, or if you have opened a room for this purpose, please let me know the schedule of when you will be playing tapes, and I will add your schedule to this list of days and times. The time I have so far is as follows:

[June 19, 2002 (with revisions from original April 25), Archived July 15, 2002]

It is incredible to think I have been back from England for over two weeks now! I have decided to make a separate page of my report of the journey, so that I can add installments without having to redo this main news page every time. Click on the link above to go to that page.
    I will come back to updating this page when I have finished the report on the trip to England, unless there is something else that is extremely important to report. I trust you are enjoying our mini-travelogue!

Hobart E. Freeman, Th.D., taped messages now being played on PalTalk

One of the regulars in our PalTalk room has begun playing teaching tapes by Dr. Hobart E. Freeman, founding pastor of Faith Assembly, in his own room on PalTalk. Here is a schedule as far as I have information. If this is not correct information, if you have more information, or if you have opened a room for this purpose, please let me know the schedule when you will be playing tapes, and I will add your schedule to this list of days and times. The time I have so far are is follows:

[April 10, 2002, Archived April 25, 2002]

Not a lot of time to write, what with needing to get back in the stream of my regular responsibilities here at Faith Ministries and Faith Assembly. But suffice it to say for now, my trip was blessed from start to finish. Every contact and every connection planned was made, and I was blessed to make the direct acquaintance of many beloved brothers and sisters I had known only by contact over the internet. The girls, Sarah and Vreneli, are still over in England through the end of April. We rest in God's care and protection over them in all their travels.

The time was both refreshing and challenging. The burden on my heart is relieved on one hand, increased on the other. I am refreshed to find brothers and sisters who accepted me and received me as a brother; I am burdened that "we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ." This is a work that no man can do, but the Holy Spirit alone can accomplish as He brings each one of us to the cross, and we yield to Him to crucify our flesh, laying all selfish interests and purposes aside for His higher purposes.

As I planned, I took a lot of pictures with my digital camera — 514 to be exact. I had also suggested that I might replace the picture of a die-cast replica of a London double-decker bus with a photo of the real thing. Well, rather than replace, I will place the photo of the real one alongside the replica for comparison. In future newsletters there will be a link to a page with more photos from my trip.

Hobart E. Freeman, Th.D., taped messages now being played on PalTalk

Some of the regulars in our PalTalk room have begun playing teaching tapes by Dr. Hobart E. Freeman, founding pastor of Faith Assembly, in rooms of their own on PalTalk. I now have at least a partial schedule. If this is not correct information, if you have more information, or if you have opened a room for this purpose, please let me know the schedule when you will be playing tapes, and I will add your schedule to this list of days and times. The times I have so far are as follows:

If you are in the area and want to visit Faith Assembly, drop us an email and we can email you a map in .jpg format.

If you do not have a church home, seek God to provide one for you. However, we know that churches with a sound, full gospel, end-time message are few and far between. This is why we put our sermons on PalTalk live. Click here for information.

[March 19, 2002, Archived April 10, 2002]

Nine days left until take-off for merry old England on March 28. I will be traveling over with two of my daughters, and spending 12 days meeting the saints there, as well as the family of my future son-in-law, while enjoying a complete change of scenery. The girls will be staying through the end of April.

This will be the first time I have traveled overseas. My prayer is that God will grant me a time of real refreshing, and that perhaps I also may be able to bring along some blessing for the saints over there.

I plan to take pictures with my digital camera, and to post them on these pages soon after I return. Here is a shot of some souvenirs from England, symbolizing the coming trip. Now, if I could just replace this bus replica with a shot of the real thing, wouldn't that be nice?

Hobart E. Freeman, Th.D., taped messages now being played on PalTalk
Some of the regulars in our PalTalk room have begun playing teaching tapes by Dr. Hobart E. Freeman, founding pastor of Faith Assembly, in rooms of their own on PalTalk. I now have at least a partial schedule. If this is not correct information, if you have more information, or if you have opened a room for this purpose, please let me know the schedule when you will be playing tapes, and I will add your schedule to this list of days and times. The times I have so far are as follows:

    Tuesday, 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Hobart Freeman, Biblical Theology
    Thursday, 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Hobart Freeman, Biblical Theology
    Friday, 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (7:30 Eastern), Hobart Freeman, Faith series

One brother is also playing tapes of some of my own past messages. I believe the series he is playing at the present time is "Fulfilling the Law by Love." The day and time is:

    Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (7:30 Eastern), Joe Brenneman

Change in Telephone Area Code 
(I will keep on repeating this notice through June or July, since it affects anyone who wants to communicate with us.)
    The telephone numbers of northern Indiana are now split into three area codes. The area codes officially changed on December 11, 2001. The area code for Faith Assembly and Faith Ministries & Publications is 574, but my home telephone is across the line into the other new region, where the area code is 260.
    From now through June 14, 2002, you can reach us using either the new area codes or the old area code 219. After June 14, 2002, the new codes will be mandatory. In either case, our seven-digit phone numbers remain unchanged. 

Phone Number Change Chart

Messages on tape:
    Check our updated list of titles of sermons preached at Faith Assembly. I also have a full catalog of all messages I have preached since the end of 1993. If you are interested in receiving any of these materials, send an email to one of the links in this web site, and I will make the arrangements. Follow this link to Faith Assembly Sermons.

Remember, you are welcome to our meetings on PalTalk, including the praise and worship as well as the message. The Schedule of Meetings, below, gives the approximate starting times. The PalTalk Schedule page also includes the conduct guidelines for the room.

Don't forget to visit the Faith Ministries site for a complete listing of books, tracts and tapes of Hobart E. Freeman, former pastor of Faith Assembly. The full text of his books, Faith, Biblical Thinking and Confession, Why Speak in Tongues, and Did Jesus Die Spiritually? is available just by clicking on the titles here, as well as the full text of the tracts Occult Oppression and Bondage...How to be set FREE, and The Purpose of Pentecost.

Schedule of Meetings:

       Sunday morning 10:00 a.m., The Gospel of Luke

       Sunday evening 6:30 p.m., no series; topics as led by the Holy Spirit

       Wednesday evening 6:30 p.m., First Timothy

If you are in the area and want to visit Faith Assembly, drop us an email and we can email you a map in .jpg format.

If you do not have a church home, seek God to provide one for you. However, we know that churches with a sound, full gospel, end-time message are few and far between. This is why we put our sermons on PalTalk live. Click here for information.

[March 6, 2002, Archived March 19, 2002]

God is doing a good work! I am looking forward to traveling with two of my daughters on March 28 to England. I will be spending 12 days meeting the saints there, while enjoying a complete change of scenery. The girls will be staying through the end of April. This will be the first time I have traveled overseas (not counting Canada, which being contingent with the United States can hardly be considered "overseas"). My prayer is that God will grant me a time of real refreshing, and that perhaps I also may be able to bring along some blessing for the saints over there.

I have been blessed to acquire a very nice little digital camera, capable of producing very good pictures. I plan to post pictures of my trip to England soon after I return. Here is a sample shot of some souvenirs from England, symbolic of looking forward to the trip.

Brother Freeman messages on PalTalk
A number of the regulars in our PalTalk room have begun playing teaching tapes by Brother Freeman in rooms of their own on PalTalk. If you have opened a room for this purpose, please let us know the schedule when you will be playing tapes, and I will add a page here to list those days and times.

Change in Telephone Area Code 
(I will keep on repeating this notice through June or July, since it affects anyone who wants to communicate with us.)
    The telephone numbers of northern Indiana are being split into three area codes. As of December 11, 2001, the area codes officially changed. The new area code for Faith Assembly and Faith Ministries & Publications is 574, but my home telephone is across the line into the other new region, where the area code is 260.
    From now through June 14, 2002, you can reach us using either the new area codes or the old area code 219. After June 14, 2002, the new codes will be mandatory. In either case, our seven-digit phone numbers remain unchanged. 

Phone Number Change Chart

Messages on tape:
    Check our updated list of titles of sermons preached at Faith Assembly. I also have a full catalog of all messages I have preached since the end of 1993. If you are interested in receiving any of these materials, send an email to one of the links in this web site, and I will make the arrangements. Follow this link to Faith Assembly Sermons.

Remember, you are welcome to our meetings on PalTalk, including the praise and worship as well as the message. The Schedule of Meetings, below, gives the approximate starting times. The PalTalk Schedule page also includes the conduct guidelines for the room.

Don't forget to visit the Faith Ministries site for a complete listing of books, tracts and tapes of Hobart E. Freeman, former pastor of Faith Assembly. The full text of his books, Faith, Biblical Thinking and Confession, Why Speak in Tongues, and Did Jesus Die Spiritually? is available just by clicking on the titles here, as well as the full text of the tracts Occult Oppression and Bondage...How to be set FREE, and The Purpose of Pentecost.

Schedule of Meetings:

       Sunday morning 10:00 a.m., The Gospel of Luke

       Sunday evening 6:30 p.m., no series; topics as led by the Holy Spirit

       Wednesday evening 6:30 p.m., First Timothy

If you are in the area and want to visit Faith Assembly, drop us an email and we can email you a map in .jpg format.

If you do not have a church home, seek God to provide one for you. However, we know that churches with a sound, full gospel, end-time message are few and far between. This is why we put our sermons on PalTalk live. Click here for information.

[January 26, 2002, Archived March 6, 2002]

I apologize again for not keeping up to date on these news pages. Time is at a premium and there has been a lot going on, as usual.

One thing that stands out in my mind is how many people are discovering the PalTalk meetings who were a part of this work in the past. Every meeting seems to be a mini-reunion of old friends, while including many new people as well. I can only pray and trust that God is touching lives and challenging His people to walk in His paths, and to continue preparing for the the catching away of the firstfruits of His bride.

One of the recent contacts has been a brother from Michigan who senses the Lord's call to gather together the remnants of a body of saints that once met in the Lansing area. I had the privilege of personally meeting this brother recently, and I pray God's wisdom and blessing on the work he is doing.

Change in Telephone Area Code
I want to repeat this notice from the previous edition of this newsletter. The telephone numbers of northern Indiana are being split into three area codes. As of December 11, 2001, the area codes officially changed. The new area code for Faith Assembly and Faith Ministries & Publications is 574, but my home telephone is across the line into the other new region, where the area code is 260.
    From now through June 14, 2002, you can reach us using either the new area codes or the old area code 219. After June 14, 2002, the new codes will be mandatory. In either case, our seven-digit phone numbers remain unchanged. 

Messages on tape:
    I am now publishing a list of titles of sermons preached at Faith Assembly. If you are interested in receiving any of these messages, send an email to one of the links in this web site, and we will make the arrangements. Follow this link to Faith Assembly Sermons.

Remember, you are welcome to our meetings on PalTalk, including the praise and worship as well as the message. The Schedule of Meetings, below, gives the approximate starting times. The PalTalk Schedule page also includes the conduct guidelines for the room.

Don't forget to visit the Faith Ministries site for a complete listing of books, tracts and tapes of Hobart E. Freeman, former pastor of Faith Assembly. The full text of his books, Faith, Biblical Thinking and Confession, Why Speak in Tongues, and Did Jesus Die Spiritually? is available just by clicking on the titles here, as well as the full text of the tracts Occult Oppression and Bondage...How to be set FREE, and The Purpose of Pentecost.

Schedule of Meetings:

       Sunday morning 10:00 a.m., The Gospel of Luke

       Sunday evening 6:30 p.m., First Timothy

       Wednesday evening 6:30 p.m., no series; topics as led by the Holy Spirit

If you are in the area and want to visit Faith Assembly, drop us an email and we can email you a map in .jpg format.

If you do not have a church home, seek God to provide one for you. However, we know that churches with a sound, full gospel, end-time message are few and far between. This is why we put our sermons on PalTalk live. Click here for information.

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