Monthly Newsletter

Letter from Pastor Nick Plummer

Dear Mishpacha (Family)

I just want all of you that read the monthly newsletter, to know that it’s not only about events at Beit Tehila, but my personal reflection of what God is showing me. I have had the privilege of leading this community since November 17, 2002 (over 16 years), and what an adventure. I often reflect on the month of March in 1992 when I became born again; so this is a special month. The season of Spring that we are heading for is also the time that I found my identity as Israel and celebrated my first feast day of Passover (Spring of 1995). The Spring season officially begins on March 20th and it’s time to see nature begin to bloom. I love the quote, “You bloom where you are planted.” If you take a plant and try to replant it multiple times, it will eventually die. Many people have a hard time staying with just one community and it is not healthy spiritually to church hop. I heard it said that if you have people in your community for at least eight years, they are staying put. We have to ask ourselves in regard to our community, “Is our back door bigger than our front door?” One of Pastor Randy’s favorite scriptures that he quoted often in regards to Beit Tehila can be found in Psalm 127:1, “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except The Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” It’s going to take all of us together to build a strong community and raise up the next generation. One of the phenomenal things that are taking place at Beit Tehila involves the communication between us and orthodox Jews. Word is getting out that there is a community of Christians that are practicing their Hebrew Roots and believe that the Torah is relevant for today. That community is Beit Tehila and we keep getting calls from the orthodox Jews that want to come and visit. I see nothing wrong with having mutual respect between Christianity and Judaism. Anti-Semitism is on the rise and it’s time to stand up and defend the Jewish people. We will also continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and bless the Jewish people. There is a reunion taking place between the house of Joseph and the house of Judah today. I have personally awaited this for over twenty years and it is really happening right before our very eyes. I want to encourage everyone that not only are we going into a new season of Spring, but a new feast cycle as well. We will be celebrating the Feast of Passover in April, but before we do that, we will be celebrating Purim this month. The story of Purim is about a Jewish girl named Hadassah who not only saves her people, but gives them a great victory over their enemies. You can read about this story in the book of Esther and it is truly an inspiring story that is relevant for today. Be sure to check out this month’s calendar because it is full of exciting events!

Shalom, Pastor Nick

Inside Story

The Ladies’ meeting that meets every second Wednesday of the month, is studying women’s roles today from a biblical perspective. No better way than to study the godly women of the bible to give us insight into what that looks like. As men and women of God, we are called to a different walk than that of this world and to have influence.

But that influence should be for the purpose of enhancing the kingdom of God! We are focusing on the godly the character of these women and how that character can and will have a great impact on our lives today, starting with our relationship with God, our families, our community and the world around us. This month we are studying Hadassah, known today as Queen Esther, from the book of Esther. This is the month that the feast of Purim is remembered and celebrated amongst the Jewish people. Esther is one of my favorite women of the Bible because to me she showed such great courage especially when all odds were against her. Although it is one of those books where God’s name is never mentioned, yet you can see God’s hand all throughout this book. Esther went from an orphaned, Jewish girl in a pagan nation into an influential Persian Queen. The courage that Esther walked in saved the Jewish people from destruction, protecting the line of the future Savior, Yeshua the Messiah! She stood up to the evil that was facing her personally to save the life of the generations of the Jewish people that were to come! She gave up her will and dreams in her life, like maybe one day returning to the home of her forefathers, to do the will of her God! Her one of many godly traits, “courage,” affected so many people even up to this very moment in time, for the restoration of all Israel! So, take “courage”, my friends, as Yahweh is raising up Esther’s (people of courage) in the earth at such a time as this to fulfill His plan!