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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Supporting Joe Gibbs 2014 GAME PLAN FOR LIFE Fundraiser
Honored to support Joe Gibbs Game Plan For Life Organization and blessed to be on the winning team for the day...
Joe Gibbs is a devout Christian and an amazing man with a tremendous heart for the Lord. His story is incredible and well worth sharing a bit of here...
Given his unique rise to the top of two different sports NFL Football and NASCAR racing, Coach Gibbs is often asked to speak and share his personal testimony with crowds. Men especially want to know what it takes to be “successful” and “relevant.” The Game Plan helps men to find true success and relevance in their own lives. However, it is less about Joe, than it is about who men are, why they were created and what they can really do with their lives.
As Head Coach of the Washington Redskins NFL football team, Joe Gibbs led the team to three Super Bowl Championships in four tries. As a NASCAR team owner, Joe Gibbs Racing has won three NASCAR Cup Series Championships.
Joe Gibbs was born November 25, 1940 in Mocksville, North Carolina. He is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame due to his success as coach of the Redskins. During Joe Gibbs’ first tenure with the Redskins, from 1981-1992, he led them to eight playoff appearances, four NFC championships, and three Super Bowl titles. During Coach Gibbs’ second tenure with the Redskins (between 2004-2008) he led the Redskins to the NFC playoffs in his second year back.
Coach Gibbs starting coaching as an offensive line coach under Don Coryell at San Diego State from 1964-1966, held the same position at Florida State from 1967-1968. He then served under John McKay at USC from 1969-1970 and Frank Boyles at Arkansas, from 1971-1972. In the pro ranks he served as an offensive backfield coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1973-1977, again for Don Coryell; was offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in 1978, under McKay, and rejoined Coryell with the San Diego Chargers for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. With Gibbs as the offensive coordinator for the Chargers, the “Air Coryell” offense set numerous records, including becoming the first ever to average more than 400 yards per game of total offense. In 1981 Redskins’ owner Jack Kent Cooke gave Joe Gibbs a chance to become a head coach after 17 years as an assistant coach.
As Joe finished up coaching, his good friend Don Meredith began exploring NASCAR for opportunities to race and Joe Gibbs Racing was launched in 1991. With major sponsors like Home Depot, FedEx, Mars Candy, Coca Cola and Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing is a powerhouse which has won three Cup championships. His Nextel Cup team includes Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. The main race shop is in Huntersville, NC, employing over 450 and occupying a 250,000 square foot facility.
Serving others through Christian ministry has always been close to Joe Gibbs’ heart and in 1986 he helped found Youth for Tomorrow, a residential youth home, private school, and counseling center for at-risk teenage girls and boys in the Washington metropolitan area. More than 800 young people have been touched by the center.
Joe is also the author of Fourth and Oneand Racing to Win.
Coach Gibbs lives in North Carolina. He is married to Pat and has two sons, JD (Melissa) and Coy (Heather), and eight grandchildren.
Joe Gibbs is a devout Christian and an amazing man with a tremendous heart for the Lord. His story is incredible and well worth sharing a bit of here...
Given his unique rise to the top of two different sports NFL Football and NASCAR racing, Coach Gibbs is often asked to speak and share his personal testimony with crowds. Men especially want to know what it takes to be “successful” and “relevant.” The Game Plan helps men to find true success and relevance in their own lives. However, it is less about Joe, than it is about who men are, why they were created and what they can really do with their lives.
As Head Coach of the Washington Redskins NFL football team, Joe Gibbs led the team to three Super Bowl Championships in four tries. As a NASCAR team owner, Joe Gibbs Racing has won three NASCAR Cup Series Championships.
Joe Gibbs was born November 25, 1940 in Mocksville, North Carolina. He is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame due to his success as coach of the Redskins. During Joe Gibbs’ first tenure with the Redskins, from 1981-1992, he led them to eight playoff appearances, four NFC championships, and three Super Bowl titles. During Coach Gibbs’ second tenure with the Redskins (between 2004-2008) he led the Redskins to the NFC playoffs in his second year back.
Coach Gibbs starting coaching as an offensive line coach under Don Coryell at San Diego State from 1964-1966, held the same position at Florida State from 1967-1968. He then served under John McKay at USC from 1969-1970 and Frank Boyles at Arkansas, from 1971-1972. In the pro ranks he served as an offensive backfield coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1973-1977, again for Don Coryell; was offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in 1978, under McKay, and rejoined Coryell with the San Diego Chargers for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. With Gibbs as the offensive coordinator for the Chargers, the “Air Coryell” offense set numerous records, including becoming the first ever to average more than 400 yards per game of total offense. In 1981 Redskins’ owner Jack Kent Cooke gave Joe Gibbs a chance to become a head coach after 17 years as an assistant coach.
As Joe finished up coaching, his good friend Don Meredith began exploring NASCAR for opportunities to race and Joe Gibbs Racing was launched in 1991. With major sponsors like Home Depot, FedEx, Mars Candy, Coca Cola and Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing is a powerhouse which has won three Cup championships. His Nextel Cup team includes Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. The main race shop is in Huntersville, NC, employing over 450 and occupying a 250,000 square foot facility.
Serving others through Christian ministry has always been close to Joe Gibbs’ heart and in 1986 he helped found Youth for Tomorrow, a residential youth home, private school, and counseling center for at-risk teenage girls and boys in the Washington metropolitan area. More than 800 young people have been touched by the center.
Joe is also the author of Fourth and Oneand Racing to Win.
Coach Gibbs lives in North Carolina. He is married to Pat and has two sons, JD (Melissa) and Coy (Heather), and eight grandchildren.
Bob Jones Memorial Center Fundraiser Dinner at KBA Conference 2014 - Visit http://www.morningstarministries.org/bob-jones-memorial-center
BOB JONES MEMORIAL CENTER DINNER
Thoroughly enjoyed the Bob Jones Memorial Center Dinner at our recent Harvest Summit. I am elated that we are honoring my friend and mentor in such an appropriate manner as a memorial prayer center! I know the Lord is pleased and Bob is smiling in heaven. I hope you will consider joining me to help raise the funds needed to complete this very special project that will honor Bob and carry on the work of the Lord.
Our spiritual father and dear friend to the ministry, Bob Jones, went home to be with the Lord on February 14, 2014. MorningStar is honoring his life by restoring the historical “Tram Stop” located right across from the main entrance of Heritage and calling it the Bob Jones Memorial Center. Bob Jones walked past this building almost daily during his times of prayer and talking to his Papa. This multi-purpose facility will serve to carry forward Bob’s vision of seeing the 1 billion soul harvest released on the earth today.
In 1975, the Lord told Bob Jones, “Prepare the people, for I am going to bring a billion souls in one great harvest, and most of them are going to be youth.” In 1983, thirty-one years before his death, he had another encounter where he saw his tombstone. From his death a beautiful rose of Sharon would spring forth, symbolizing the body of Christ united in the first commandment. In 2014, the Lord spoke to Bob and Bonnie Jones that prayer, praise, and prophecy would be instrumental in the fulfillment of Bob’s lasting vision.
The Bob Jones Memorial Center will carry his vision forward with daily prayer, worship, and other relevant events. This building was a central meeting place during PTL days and will be a strategic hub for the ingathering at MorningStar. Although structurally sound, it is in need of much repair. The restored building will serve as a memorial stone, or an “Ebenezer,” to commemorate Bob’s life and work. This will also be a reminder of what MorningStar has been called to do here on this property.
Thank you for what you have already done for the restoration of this prophetic property. We need your help to move forward with this memorial. Consider taking on a specific part of this project with your church, home group, or family. Click the orange “Donate Now” button on the webpage in the link below to contribute to the Bob Jones Memorial Center. We greatly appreciate your contribution.
http://www.morningstarministries.org/bob-jones-memorial-center
All who gave to restoration projects in Scripture were recognized in the biblical text. Therefore, all contributors to this project will be recognized in a prominent place on our Nehemiah Hall of Honor at the MorningStar Heritage campus, unless otherwise requested by donors.
Bill Glass BEHIND THE WALLS prison ministry event at Columbia, SC - visit the website at www.billglass.org to get informed and get engaged!
At a recent prison ministry event as a platform speaker for Bill Glass BEHIND the Walls in Columbia, SC with fellow guest Bill Corum, an awesome man of God! I get to share with and meet some of the most amazing people through this ministry. I am always blessed far more than I can believe! I encourage you to consider getting involved with Bill Glass as a volunteer. It is a life-giving opportunity like few others! Just visit the website at www.billglass.org to get informed and engaged!
Bill Glass Ministries -Behind the Walls Prison Ministry Video - Any men interested in volunteering with Bill Glass Ministries can contact me for more information on how to get connected. I am a platform guest at some of the events year round, so there is opportunity to travel with me at times. Email me at mstarmen@morningstarministries.org for info.
Celebrating Kevin Casner, my good friend and brother in the Lord, on his birthday this year! Blessed beyond measure to be in the family of God together!
Celebrating the life of my good friend and brother in the Lord, Kevin Casner on his birthday this year. No words to even express what an amazing man of God, husband, father, friend and co-laborer in ministry he is! God richly blessed my life with his friendship...
I am declaring this next year be his best one ever in the Lord! He has a heart for the Kingdom as big as the kingdom! He is destined to do many more mighty and marvelous works as he allows the Lord to take him higher and higher!
Check out Kevin 's ministry The Barn. Our men's ministry is constantly blessed by the many events and ministry opportunities going on there. Check it out
by visiting: http://barnbrothers.weebly.com/
I am declaring this next year be his best one ever in the Lord! He has a heart for the Kingdom as big as the kingdom! He is destined to do many more mighty and marvelous works as he allows the Lord to take him higher and higher!
Check out Kevin 's ministry The Barn. Our men's ministry is constantly blessed by the many events and ministry opportunities going on there. Check it out
by visiting: http://barnbrothers.weebly.com/
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