Countdown Friday...Sunday Begins Tonight!

Well, actually Sunday begins tonight, so I guess there is no countdown this weekend (at least for most of you). I hope you will join us tonight for the Haddix Family Concert at 7 pm and the Burning Bush Concert around 8:30 pm. Even though both styles of music are at different ends of the spectrum, they both lift up the name of Jesus...that's the bottom line. A lot of people have really worked hard and contributed a lot to make tonight happen. Especially, Chris and Carmen McBeath, our mission ministries coordinators; and special thanks to Doug and Heather Taulbee, Corina, Debbie, Brian, and others. The purpose of tonight's concerts are to glorify God by raising funds to plant a Church of God in Santiago, Chile. Below, I have posted a letter from Church Planter, Humberto Valenzuela. After reading it, please begin to pray in how you might financially and prayerfully support them this year as they plant this church. Whatever you can give...it might a few dollars a month will make a great difference.

I was born and grew up in Santiago, Chile. in 1983 I became an engineering student at the University of Santiago. In 1985 I started a singing career, with the title role of Jesus in the popular Lloyd Webber`s musical, Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1986, I appeared in the popular international show "Sabado Gigante". The same year I became a Christian. In 1989, answering to a personal call into the ministry, I came to the United States to prepare myself for the ministry at Christ for the Nations Institute, Dallas, TX. .
In 1993 I graduated from CFNI. In 1986 I graduated from Dallas Baptist University holding a bachelor of Applied Arts and science. 1999 I graduated from Amberton University , in garland TX, holding a Master degree in Human Relations and Business.
From 1992 until 2003 I have served as a music minister, single minister and interim pastor in the Dallas Fortwoth area, and toured extensively through North America and Europe with "Celebrant Singers"
In the year 2000, in one of my trips to Chile, I met my wife Alicia, then a preschool teacher (now she is the director of a preschool facility). By 2004 I had moved back to Santiago, Chile to serve as an associate pastor at Metropolitan Church of God, (my current position). In 2006 I got married to Alicia and on February of 2009 my only begotten son Natán was born.

Blessings and thank you very much!
In His service,



Humberto Valenzuela

Associate Pastor, Iglesia de Dios Metropolitana