March 13, 2025
Greetings Pastors and Spouses, Prayer Partners and Friends,
Last night I picked up Beth at the St. Petersburg, FL airport just before 11 PM and we got home around midnight. Beth had been in central Wisconsin for the past 17 days with her brother and sister helping their 97-year-old mother who ended up in the hospital and is now in a nursing home recovering. It's nice to have Beth back and to be together again. We had never been apart for so long.
Tonight's emailing is being sent out in the normal way; without going to "the cloud" and being sent out from central Wisconsin as it was the past couple of weeks.
Things have quieted back down here in Plant City, FL. The annual Strawberry Festival which brings in a huge influx of people each year is now over. Plant City is a city of about 39,000 people but this year the Strawberry Festival broke all records with an attendance of 651,647 over the 10-day festival. Each day they had concerts by well-known singers; among the Christian singers were Lauren Daigle and Chris Tomlin.
Last Sunday we (I) didn't have any services scheduled so I was able to attend the service at our Florida "home church" (Pleasant Grove Assembly of God, pastored by Joe and Christiana Zaino) and help with the altar ministry at the end of the service.
SEBRING, FL - This coming Sunday, Beth and I will be ministering at Christ Fellowship Church (Assemblies of God) in Sebring, FL (located in central Florida - 85 miles southeast of Tampa, FL); pastored by Rick Fisk. This will be our sixth time to minister at Christ Fellowship. Each time God has touched lives in the past and we're looking forward to what God is going to do this time! Please join us in praying that God will pour out His Holy Spirit!
2025 SCHEDULING - Since last week's emailing, we have scheduled services in Tuscola, MI and Two Harbors, MN. Pastors: if you want to schedule something for 2025, feel free to contact us by sending us an email at: billjuoni@gmail.com or call/text us at: 920.723.1024.
2025 SCHEDULE - Our 2025 schedule through the end of March is now posted on our website. You can view it by clicking here. Please continue to pray that the doors will continue to open wherever God would want us to minister.
INFO AFTER CLOSING THOUGHTS - At the very end of the emailing please read the paragraphs about - MINISTRY CAR FUNDRAISER, BILL'S BOOKS, and FACEBOOK.
CLOSING THOUGHTS - Earlier this week I heard a pastor share a story that reminded me of a similar thing that happened to us. Several years ago, we were ministering at a church in Miami, FL. It was a good-sized church with two Sunday morning services. The sanctuary was located in the center of the building with a hallway and classrooms around the perimeter of the sanctuary; there were no windows in the sanctuary. At the end of the first service Beth came up to the keyboard as I started the altar call. The moment her fingers hit the keys of the keyboard there was a loud bang. I turned around wondering what she had done. She signaled she had done nothing. At the same time all the lights went out and it was pitch black in the sanctuary. No one knew what had happened. All we knew was, it was dark! But then someone took out their cell phone and turned on the flashlight. Then others turned on their cell phones and soon we had enough light to finish the altar call, albeit without the music of the electric keyboard. What had happened was the transformer down the street had "blown". In between services the electric company replaced the transformer, and the second service went on normally. The illustration from the story is that in the midst of the darkness, each person with a cell phone had a light with them. Jesus said in John 8:12, "...I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life" (NIV). II Corinthians 4:6 says, "For God who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness', made his light shine in our hearts..." The application we can make from this is that when things in life go dark, as they did in the sanctuary that morning, we need to remember we have the light (Jesus) with us, like those with the cell phones had light with them. Remember, you're not alone. No matter how dark your circumstances may seem. You're not alone and light is greater than darkness. Light dispels darkness! We have the light - Jesus said so! He's with you. You're not alone!
Please join us in praying that God will pour out His Holy Spirit this Sunday in Sebring, FL.
Thank you so much for being our partners in ministry!
Together in His Service with You,
Bill & Beth
MINISTRY CAR FUNDRAISER - If you would like to donate to our "car fund" using your credit card you can click here. It's simple, safe and secure. If you would prefer to donate using a check - please write the check to "Fresh Fire Ministries", mark it "car fund", and send it to: Fresh Fire Ministries, PO Box 372, Whitewater, WI 53190.
BILL'S BOOKS – Both books I have written, “More Power – Supersizing the Working of the Holy Spirit for Life and Ministry” (a guide to the baptism in the Holy Spirit) and "God's Power Tools for Life and Ministry" (a guide to the gifts of the Holy Spirit) are available through Amazon. People have been ordering them and buying them in our services! The paperback versions are available for $12.99 at Amazon and the eBook versions on Kindle are available for $3.99. You can order either book by clicking here. [The third book, 'Helping Others Receive the Gift' is a compilation with several other authors published in 2008.] If you enjoy the books, go to Amazon and write reviews. The reviews will inspire others to read the books.
FACEBOOK – Each week Beth continues to make new friends on Facebook. If you are new to our emailing and would like to connect with her on Facebook, create an account, and make a friend request to “Beth Ann Murray Juoni”. It's been incredible to see the people she has connected with from across the country and even overseas. We have found former parishioners, pastor friends, evangelist friends and many new friends.