THANK YOU!

The generosity of our God is overwhelming at times. This page is to offer public thanks to God for His many good gifts and an acknowledgement of those who allowed God to use them to provide for our ministry needs.  There are those who wish to remain anonymous and others who remain so by our oversight (for which we are sorry.)  

8/15/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2008-09 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the July gifts amounted to $ 56.50  which we received today.

8/9/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to Cathy Collins and husband who came from Falling Waters Baptist Church, Chattanooga to bring school supplies and shoes and helped with our "Back to School" giveaway.

8/9/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to the Petersons of 'The Gardens' community in Crossville for generous contributions of school supplies and labor as they spent a good part of Saturday Aug. 9th organizing and working the 'Back to School' giveaway.

8/7/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to the Cornerstone Sunday School Class of 1st Baptist, Chattanooga and members Vic & Joyce Whaley,  David & Carol  Martin, Marc & Angie Thomas for their generous financial contributions towards the "Back to School" give away ministry and other community mission work we are engaged with.

8/6/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to Ircel Harrison and Mike Young who transported school supplies, etc. that were given by 1st Baptist, Murfreesboro, King's Cross, Tullahoma, and other churches for the "Back to School" give away ministry.

7/24/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to First Baptist Church of Sparta TN and Bro. Ken for being used by God to connect us with another pressure canner, cases of canning jars and lids, many canning accessories, garden & yard tools, etc.  What a wonderful gift from God!  We give thanks for the generosity of the anonymous giver.

7/23/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to First Baptist Church of Sparta TN and Bro. Ken for being used by God to connect us with 3 brand new 23 QT Presto canner/cookers!

4/12/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to the mission team from 1st Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, TN  (and others) who came (again) to conduct a free medical clinic, a clothes give-away and some construction projects on our campus.  See more details through links from our front page.

4/7/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to Bonnie Peterson and Lois Bailey of Crossville for continuing time spent sorting clothes in the trailer.

3/28/2008    THANK YOU: Thanks to Carson Lewis, a neighbor, who has once again used his tractor and large tiller to prepare the Community Garden for the coming season.

12/20/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to  Pastor Van Modling  and all those of Covenant Baptist Church of Nashville, TN who provided 15 frozen turkeys and baskets of food to make Christmas dinners for families in our community.

11/2/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2007-08 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the October gifts amounted to $ 1,088.25  which we received today.

10/16/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2007-08 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the September  gifts amounted to $ 51.00  which we received recently.

10/9/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to Brandon Moore of Knoxville for the gift of a CD changer for our sound system.

7/17/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to Dewey & Georgia, Fairfield Glade, TN for one time gift of $ 200 to the new 'Community Missionary Continuing Support Fund'

7/11/2007   THANK YOU: Thanks to Roger & Catherine, Alcoa, TN for one time gift of $ 250 to the new 'Community Missionary Continuing Support Fund'

7/2/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to Roger & Catherine, Alcoa, TN for one time gift of $ 225 to the new 'Community Missionary Continuing Support Fund'

6/10/2007  THANK YOU: Thanks to Betty of Gum Springs Baptist, Sparta, TN for one time gift of $ 100 to the new 'Community Missionary Continuing Support Fund' to assist in providing continuing health care insurance, retirement contributions and salary supplements to the two part time staff 'Community Missionaries.'

6/7/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to neighbor Garry Selby who used his Bobcat to install the 2nd volleyball court pole for the net!

6/6/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2006-07 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the May  gifts amounted to $ 2,315.60  which we received today.

3/31/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to a wonderful crew from 1st Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, TN who conducted a medical clinic, a clothing giveaway and accomplished many tasks on our ministry campus today including sorting & organizing clothing in the storage trailer, assembling new pic-nic tables, sowing and mulching grass on a slope with erosion problems, planting early crops in the Community Garden, painting signs, burning brush and cleaning in the yard.

3/17/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to Tony Brown and Pokepatch Excavation for completing the brush clearing for the septic system site for the Community Center building.

3/5/2007    THANK YOU: Thanks to Carson Lewis who has roto-tilled our Community Garden plot.

12/20/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Pastor Van Modling and Reuben Hernandez and all those of Covenant Baptist Church of Nashville, TN who provided 16 frozen turkeys and baskets of food to make Christmas dinners for families in our community. (click here to see pictures.)

12/13/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2006-07 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the November  gifts amounted to $ 1,109.33  which we received today.

12/1/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro for the gift of a used Lester spinet piano and an altar from their chapel which is being remodeled. (Thanks also to Jeff Fryer, head of the pastoral care department for making the connection for us.)

11/10/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2006-07 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the October  gifts amounted to $ 1,093.78  which we received today.

11/8/2006    THANK YOU: Jim McFall (Pine Eden Church, Crossville) for sharing his visiting Jamaican friend, Pastor Burnett, with us for a special Wednesday worship time. Pastor Burnett is the Senior pastor of Duheney Pen and Johnstown churches in St. Thomas parish, Jamaica, as well as being the supervising pastor over 9 other congregations and a Christian school. He is also a local magistrate.  Pastor Burnett is visiting in Sparta for a short time of retreat and refreshing.

10/28/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to mission team from 1st Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, TN who came and conducted a medical clinic for our community, treating 26 patients. The team also worked with children, sorted and distributed clothes, and cleaned up in the yard.  (click here to see pictures.)  Page may open slow . . . lots of pictures.

9/14/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2006-07 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the July & August  gifts amounted to $ 360.93  which we received today.

8/18/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to Jeff and Judy Fryer (1st Baptist Murfreesboro) who drove to us today with a load of schools supplies, blankets and other things for distribution to our needy neighbors that were given by our generous partners in TN. CBF churches.

               Judy Fryer, pastor Emily, Jeff Fryer             pastor Emily & Judy Fryer unloading van full of donations

8/19/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to Green Brothers Construction, Crossville TN for the use of their Kamatsu D3C bulldozer today (as well as round trip cartage!) Also thanks to volunteers 'Watson' and Malcom Frazier for operating the dozer.

8/18/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to June Garrett of 1st Baptist Church, Crossville who gathered many bags of clothes and other items from generous friends for distribution in our community.

8/18/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to Eliot and Beverly Roberts, Sr. of Red. Rd. Sparta who gave $ 1,000 to Our Healthy Community Center building fund.

8/17/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to Danny Lewis' construction company that donated the use of the Dresser TD-7C bulldozer today.

8/17/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to volunteer Malcolm Frazier who operated the dozer leveling fill today.

8/17/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to the volunteer who gave us a full day of hauling the fill with his dump truck. (We'll post name soon.)

8/17/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks Dennis Hinch and Claysville Quarries for the donated 22 truckloads of fill rock and dirt for Our Community Center construction site.

8/17/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to David Parks and helper Denny Ray Lewis who spent the day supervising the hauling of fill dirt to Our Healthy Community Center's construction site. David also spent time operating the bulldozer to level the fill that had been dumped.

8/15/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks  to an anonymous donor who gave $ 1,000 to Our Healthy Community Center building fund through Cumberland Worship Center, Crossville, TN.

7/24/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks  to Cumberland Worship Center of Crossville, TN who have given a portion of their "First Fruits" offering to the building fund for Our Healthy Community Center. Their check to us was for $ 8,200.00!

7/21/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to 2nd Baptist Church, Memphis, TN who provided school supplies.

7/21/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to the VBS and Sunday School Classes of 1st Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, TN who provided school supplies.

7/21/2006  THANK YOU: Thanks to Ircel & Rita Harrison and grand-daughter Kayla for bringing a van full of shoes, school supplies, clothes, books, etc. that have been given to our ministries by churches across the state.

7/1/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2005-06 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the June gifts amounted to $ 458.45  which we received today.

6/28/2006 THANK YOU:  Roger and  Ruth Post (Monte Vista Baptist Church, Maryville and The Body of Christ in Alcoa) for a very generous donation to the building fund for the "Healthy Neighbors Community Center."

6/24/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks again to TCBF individuals and churches that provided shoes and socks. 32 pair were given to very happy children at VBS as "Christmas Presents."  (click here to see thank you picture)

6/17/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Cornerstone Sunday School class of 1st Baptist Church of Chattanooga and teacher David Martin for the provision of bountiful snacks for our 2006 Vacation Bible School. (click here to see thank you picture)

6/13/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Believers' Fellowship Church and pastor Mike Ritzman for the loan of 2 large canopy tents and numerous chairs for our Vacation Bible School.

6/12/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Stella and Randy Roma and Plymouth Caulking for a generous financial contribution to help us produce our 2006 Vacation Bible School.

4/15/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Tennessee CBF 2006 General Assembly for allowing us space to present the 'Neverfail Story' of what God is doing in our community and special thanks to all those who brought new shoes and socks as an offering for our community!

4/15/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks again to Carson Lewis for tractor tilling the new garden site again!  It's now about ready to begin planting!

4/7/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Snoopy Trucking (Charlie & Stanley Brown) for discounted haul bill for fresh sand for vollyball court.

3/20/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks once again to Smith & Winston Mobile Dental Services of Nashville for once again providing dental services at our campus to TNCare children in our community.   We also give thanks to the Baird Fund of the Uplands Retirement Community for financial assistance for dental costs for families in need who have been dropped from TNCare.

3/18/2006 THANK YOU:  Carson & Carty Lewis for plowing and rotor-tilling the new  1/4acre Community Garden plot.  (A separate page is being developed for this ministry. Watch for it under 'Projects')

3/17/2006 THANK YOU:  Roger Post (Monte Vista Baptist Church, Maryville and The Body of Christ in Alcoa) has done initial drawings and specs for a 'starter home' for those who need help getting out on their own. It is envisioned to be comprised of a large apartment for live in 'house parents' and three efficiency apartments for those who need some level of supervision in getting out on their own. 

2/17/2006 THANK YOU:  Sue Ross of Believers Fellowship Church in Crossville for designing and making 8 ribbon worship banners for us.

2/10/2006   THANK YOU: Ben Roberts who has donated about $ 3,000 of salvaged components for a fire alarm system for our building and will help with wiring, installation and setup of the system.

2/10/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks once again to Smith & Winston Mobile Dental Services of Nashville for once again providing dental services in spite of impending winter storm) at our campus to TNCare children in our community.  They continue to come roughly monthly (about 10 times a year.) We also give thanks to the Baird Fund of the Uplands Retirement Community for financial assistance for dental costs for families in need who have been dropped from TNCare.

2/6/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to the Neverfail Youth Ministry for helping to clean out the storage area of the downstairs bathroom and move the washing machine in for the start of a 'Laundry Ministry.'

2/3/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2005-06 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the December gifts amounted to $ 1,129.60 which we received today.

1/21/2006   THANK YOU: Thanks to Elwood & Jeremy (2 un-churched young men in our community that have recently begun to attend our Monday Night Youth Bible Study) who volunteered a big part of their day today making a repair on the washing machine donated to the church and tearing down the engine to do diagnostic work on the old lawn mower that the church uses.

1/6/2006    THANK YOU: The Neverfail teens give a special Thanks again to those who gave the ping pong table which is becoming a great 'hit.'

1/19/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks once again to Smith & Howell Mobile Dental Services of Nashville for once again providing dental services at our campus to TNCare children in our community.  They continue to come roughly monthly (about 10 times a year.)

1/11/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Madilyn & Denzil Ware or 1st Baptist, Crossville for clothes for our neighbors.

1/6/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to an anonymous couple who today drove to us with a large bag of almost new toddler clothes.

1/5/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2005-06 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the December gifts amounted to $ 1,426.96 which we received today.  This will go a long ways to providing both women's and men's rest room facilities to be available before the next mission medical clinic and for the continuing children's dental ministry!

1/4/2006    THANK YOU: Thanks to Mary Ellen & Paul McNew and friends of 1st Baptist Church, Crossville for again collecting clothing for distribution to the needy of our community.

12/25/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to pastor Mike Ritzman and Believers' Fellowship for making their facilities available to us on Christmas Day 2005 for a celebration of baptism. 

12/10/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2005-06 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the November gifts amounted to $ 384.10 which we received today.  Your wonderful generosity continues to enable us in our community ministries!

12/10/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to Geoffrey Herring & family & TCBF friends supplying washer, dryer, ping pong table, Christmas presents for needy families, food, clothes, and preschool toys.  How wonderful to be a part of such a generous Kingdom alliance!

11/23/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to Providence Baptist Church in Cookeville who brought us canned food, potatoes, clothes and caulking for house weatherizing.

11/9/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2005-06 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the October gifts amounted to $ 649.50 which we received today.  Your wonderful generosity continues to enable us in our community ministries!

10/31/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to Jay (Sr.) and Judy Patterson for supplying trucks, trailers, drivers AND fuel for tonight's hay ride.  Also thanks to all who brought friends and food and those who helped load and unload the bales of straw.

10/18/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2005-06 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering.  Neverfail's portion of the September gifts amounted to $ 348.50 which we received today.  What wonderful generosity and great partners!

10/17/2005  THANK YOU: Thank you Father for the salvation of Cody Justice Selby (age 19) and Jacqueline Latashia Sneed (age 20).

9/29/2005  THANK YOU: Thank you Father for numerous gifts of clothing and other items over the past couple of months from The Gleaners Sunday School Class of 1st Baptist Church of Crossville, Mary Sheperd, teacher and Keiffel Henry and Mary and Paul McNew.

9/27/2005  THANK YOU: Thank you Father for the salvation of Phillip Lemieux and Sherry Selby.

9/24/2005  THANK YOU: Thanks to all the members of the medical/construction team that were with us today.  Kelly Word, Jenny Jones, Judy Lowe, Judy Campbell, Robbie Burns, Bud Young, John Dixon, Misty and Jay Womble, Betty Dixon, Nikki Baxter, Edna Rhea Vaughn, Mary Belle Ginanni, Myra Davenport, Scott and Vicki Willis, Sherly Chestnutt, Allison Lynch, Jason Lamons, Geof Herring, and Carl Davenport. About 30 people from our community were helped by the medical team and our storage trailer has been transformed and made much more useable. Details will be posted (sometime soon) on the Mission Medical Clinic page from the "Projects" page.

9/21/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2005-06 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering. Neverfail's portion of the August gifts amounted to $ 317.00 which we received today. What wonderful generosity and great partners!

9/10/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to the construction team from 1st Baptist Church Murfreesboro who completed construction of a handicap access ramp to our worship assembly space.  This will be a great help to those coming  to the medical mission clinic on Sept, 24th as well as making our weekly worship times more accessible.

8/20/2005    THANK YOU: Thanks to Betty and Jason from 1st Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, TN. who drove from Murfreesboro today to meet with us as an advance team in preparation of the September 24th Mission Medical Clinic and construction project.

8/16/2005     THANK YOU: Thanks to all the churches and individuals contributing to the 2005-06 Tennessee Partners in Missions Offering. Neverfail's portion of the July gifts amounted to $ 1,372.08 which we received today. What wonderful generosity and great partners!

8/7/2005       THANK YOU: Helyn Dawson has re-typed and published and assembled our praise chorus notebooks in new binders.

8/4/2005       THANK YOU: Mission team from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Lubbock, Texas who spent several hours working on our erosion problem at our volleyball court site. Team members:  Rev. Rich Nelson, Mogey Lovelle, Denise Van Buren, Dr. David Van Buren, Charlotte Burt, Larry Burt, Daniel McDonald, Amber Christoffel, Nina Christoffel, Ann Hancock, Jeremy Tow, Chris Brogan, and Brickland Easton.

7/31/2005    THANK YOU:  John Dawson of Dawson Ridge Designs has done some technical drawings for us with ideas on expanding the worship space, a site map and design work for a handicap ramp. John, Helyn and family have been actively engaged in worship and service with us for a couple of months.

6/11/2005     THANK YOU: Several members and attenders spent part of Friday evening and a large part of Saturday cleaning and organizing the church kitchen, the garage and the storage trailer.

6/10/2005     THANK YOU: Neverfail Church member Jay Patterson has supplied 4 good used tires for the church van and member Allen Hensley took care of having them mounted.

6/7/2005     THANK YOU: We were given an opportunity to share portions of the Neverfail Church story with the Tuesday Morning WMU of 1st Baptist Chattanooga.  Each time we share the story, we trust that God is honored  and our continuing passion for the  work God has given us is increased.  (It is also a nice change of pace for pastors Emily and Eliot to get to spend some time alone together while traveling . . . although at times it seems a lot like a staff meeting!)

6/3/2005     THANK YOU: A check for $ 350 was given to us from TCBF partners who had taken up special offerings for the ministries of Neverfail Church.  Included in that amount were gifts from the Cotey Sunday School Class via Polly Tidwell of Rickvale, TN; from David Shelby of Knoxville; and from the Young Married Adult SS Class via Stephanie Stump of Murfreesboro.  We also picked up a television set and many more boxes of treasures which enable us to reach into our community with the Gospel message of love and hope.

5/24/2005     THANK YOU: First Baptist Church of Murfreesboro, TN has partnered with Neverfail Church on numerous occasions and in different ways. Most recently, on May 24th three young men from that congregation drove an SUV pulling a long trailer filled with household items which they donated to our ministry.  We will distribute these items to families in need in our community (especially those who have lost everything in house fires) and use the opportunities to share with our neighbors our hope and trust in our all sufficient savior Jesus Christ.  Many thanks to those at FBC Murfreesboro for your continuing help to our ministries and our community. May God continue to bless your richly for your generosity and compassion towards us.

3/2005     THANK YOU: Through TCBF contacts in Chattanooga, a used Compaq Armada M700 with a Pentium III 450 processor, 320MB RAM and a 6 GB hard drive was given to us.  We have taken it on mission to Jamaica where we were able to share a pictures from our work in Tennessee with the church we served.  We were also able to begin construction of our PowerPoint program on the Jamaica trip while we were in Jamaica.  The lap top is being made available to a social worker in our community to do in-home parent enrichment teaching.  Through the same TCBF contact, we were also given a used Compaq Deskpro EN with a Pentium III 867 processor.  That is being put to work for church administration, etc. on pastor Emily's desk.