Proclaim’s Annual “Gala” Fundraiser

We are excited about our annual Gala fundraiser this year! We know most of our friends and family live outside of Florida but we are asking for your support even though you can’t attend. 
 
PRAY!  If you are not able to be there, please pray for the planning and the impact of the event. It is our prayer that God will use it to provide for increased ministry for Proclaim! and to encourage our guests in their own involvement in reaching the lost. 

GIVE!  You may donate at any time at the link HERE for your gift to go toward the fundraising goal for our General Fund at the Gala event.   

Thank you for your prayer and financial support!

Save The Date!

In what will be a rare event, our entire family, Dawn, Steve, Sofia, Bianca and her husband Dylan will be in California in June! We know you have busy schedules so we are hopeful to be able to spend time with you! We would LOVE to see you! 

So, we are hosting a BBQ in Folsom on Saturday June 1st 3-8pm, so we can hang out and catch up! Everyone is invited! 

Here are some details:
Who: All y’all!
What: BBQ Hang time – We provide burgers and dogs-You please bring a dish to share.
Where: Christine Jackson’s House
108 Paine Court Folsom Ca. 95630 (Bring your swimsuits and towels)
When: Saturday June 1,  3-8pm
Why: Because we love you and want to spend time with you!

So we can plan for food and drinks, please RSVP HERE! We will also be celebrating Sofia’s graduation from Taylor University! She graduates on May 18th. Way to go girl! If you would like to give a practical gift to celebrate Sofia, here is a 

myregistry.com link. Lastly, you can meet Dylan, Bianca’s husband. He’s a swell guy, a great man of God and he’s never been to California! We are all excited for you to meet him!

It is a very busy travel year in ministry but we feel it’s important to make time to connect with our friends and faithful supporters. Look out, here we come!Thank you for your generous prayers, encouragement and support! We could not continue this work without your partnership!

With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…
April 27: Proclaim’s Annual “Gala” Fundraiser
May 25-June 9: Liberti Family California Connection Trip
June 18-July 2: Evangelistic Campaign to Peru/Internship Tour
July 8-16: Evangelistic Outreach in Sweden
August: Balkans Advance Trip 
September 8-21: Ministry in Albania
November 4-10: Proclaim’s Annual “Gathering” Conference


BTW, Check out our re-tooled web site at: www.sliberti.wordpress.com

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

SAVE THE DATE!

In what will be a rare event, our entire family, Dawn, Steve, Sofia, Bianca and her husband Dylan will be in California in June! We know you have busy schedules so we are hopeful to be able to spend time with you! We would LOVE to see you! 

So, we are hosting a BBQ in Folsom on Saturday June 1st 3-8pm, so we can hang out and catch up! There will be more details to come but we are hoping you can reserve this date for some hang time with The Liberti’s! We will provide a way for you to RSVP in the coming weeks. Everyone is invited!

In addition, we will be celebrating Sofia’s graduation from Taylor University! She graduates on May 18th. Way to go girl!

Lastly, you can meet Dylan, Bianca’s husband. He’s a swell guy, a great man of God and he’s never been to California! We are all excited for you to meet him!

It is a very busy travel year in ministry but we feel it’s important to make time to connect with our friends and faithful supporters. Look out, here we come!

Thank you for your generous prayers, encouragement and support! We could not continue this work without your partnership!

With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…
April 27: Proclaim’s Annual “Gala” Fundraiser
June 18-July 2: Evangelistic Campaign to Peru/Internship Tour
July 8-16: Evangelistic Outreach in Sweden
August: Balkans Advance Trip 
September 8-21: Ministry in Albania
November 4-10: Proclaim’s Annual “Gathering” Conference

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

Dawn at Proclaim’s U.S. Headquarters

For almost three years now, Dawn has been working in the area of finance for our mission, Proclaim International. Previous to us coming back to America to work out of Jacksonville Florida, she also handled the books for Proclaim Germany. Also while we were assigned to Germany, Dawn worked part time for seven years in finance at The Black Forest Academy where we lived in Kandern. To say she has a head for numbers is an understatement. She can still remember phone numbers and addresses for times and places in years past. 

Every missions agency has a person or team of people who handle the resources for God’s work around the world. For us at Proclaim, it’s Dawn. She handles payroll for our staff, reimbursements, processing donor gifts, processes quarterly payroll taxes etc. If you have ever sent a financial gift for our family or the Proclaim General Fund, she has had something to do with making sure it got to the right place. 

If she has experienced a particularly challenging day at the office, she has often taken a detour on the way home and headed to the beach to have some “Dawn time”. It’s only 20 minutes away from the office. She is an “ocean” person and it’s one of the advantages of living in Florida. Dawn works closely with our colleague Kathie who also allows Dawn to verbally process with her. 

Dawn works hard, is gifted administratively and has a great gift for numbers with a keen attention for detail. Exactly the kind of person needed for such a role! By the way, Dawn wants to mention that we are in the midst of a software change that will require some of our donors to change the way gifts are given. This will take several months to accomplish but this is just a heads up for now. More information from Dawn to come.

You can reach out and say hello to Dawn at dliberti@proclaiminternational.com

Thank you for your generous prayers, encouragement and support! We could not continue this work without your partnership!With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…
March: All Out Recruitment Tour to Multiple Universities
April: Proclaim’s Annual “Gala” Fundraiser
June 18-July 2: Evangelistic Campaign to Peru/Internship Tour
July 8-16: Evangelistic Outreach in Sweden
SummerPlannedMinistry: Croatia&Serbia
September/October: Ministry in Albania

BTW, Check out our re-tooled web site at: www.sliberti.wordpress.com

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

For almost the entire month of December, I, Steve, was in Germany serving on an international team working with church partners for evangelistic outreach. The partnership was with Teach Beyond and our old friend Danny Plett for Christmas focused ministry.

Dawn and I have know Danny for many years including during our time of living in Germany. He is a great friend, wonderful musician and a gifted communicator. Danny shares The Gospel through music, personal stories and his huge love for people and the lost. There were about a dozen concert events that were all full to the brim. It was quite an honor and privelege to be a part of this team and ministry effort.

Dawn joined me for the last week of this trip where she helped with set up and tear down. Dawn and I even were blessed with a couple of days in the village of Kandern where we used to live and were able to catch up with some dear friends who are still there. All in all, a worthy and frutiful time of encouraging church members, reaching people for Christ and reconnecting with old friends.

In other news, our recruitment efforts continue with another trip in late January to Visible Music School in Memphis Tennessee. We had several students from Visible come with us last summer for internships to Poland, Croatia and Peru. We are going back to share more opportunities for this coming summer, doing our part in trying to recruit the next generation of Kingdom workers. Our time in  Germany btw, was also a time to explore adding that region of the world to our internship program.Thank you for your generous prayers, encouragement and support! We could not continue this work without your partnership!With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…January 31-February 2: Recruitment trip to Visible Music School in Memphis
March: All Out Recruitment Tour to Multiple Universities
April: Proclaim’s Annual “Gala” Fundraiser
June 18-July 2: Evangelistic Campaign to Peru/Internship Tour
SummerPlannedMinistry: Croatia&Serbia
September/October: Ministry in Albania

BTW, Check out our re-tooled web site at: www.sliberti.wordpress.com

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

Ministering inAlbanian Prisons

As part of our recent evangelistic tour in Albania, we had the privilege of ministering in three different prisons. The photo above shows our team along with some of the men in a prison near a city called Fier. The other facilities we visited were in Tepelena and the coastal city of Vlore. Our main partner for these prison facilities is our dear brother Pastor Koli. He is a dedicated and committed man of God who visits these facilities on a weekly basis and has great relationships with the men there as well as the guards and other staff. 

The prison in Tepelena is an old facility at the end of a dirt road that feels like a place forgotten about with very few visitors. Our visit there was the first time the authorities had allowed a group of foreigners to come in and share about Jesus through music and message. The warden was fairly new in his position and was quite enthusiastic about us being there, bringing a message of hope living a life following Jesus Christ. When the day was over and we had left, Pastor Koli received a phone call from the warden. He asked when we could return as there seemed to be a spirit of peace and joy among the men after our visit. The men were humming songs we had played and were clearly impacted by the message and of course by work of The Holy spirit. What a blessing and a miracle from God! 

In addition to the prison ministry, we had evangelistic outreach events in other cities and smaller villages such as Grabijan, Bitaj, Corovoda and of course Lushnje, all in support of and partnering with small churches. It is extremely gratifying to link arms with other believers and to do our part in seeing The Gospel move forward in they region of the world.  

As the years go by, our passion and love for the people and churches in The Balkan does not diminish. We continue to thank God for the gift of ministry not only in Albania but in Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and other places in the Balkan peninsula. The opportunities are increasing and your partnership is becoming even more important as we continue this great Kingdom building work.Thank you for your generous prayers, encouragement and support! We could not continue this work without your partnership!With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…November 13-19: Proclaim’s Annual Conference
November/December: Ministry Campaign in Germany with Danny Plett
Early 2024: Continued recruitment efforts to students at universities and churches

BTW, Check out our re-tooled web site at: www.sliberti.wordpress.com

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

Meet Albania Team Member Koal Rollins

Dawn and I first met Koal when we started attending University Christian Church here in Jacksonville two years ago. Koal is on staff at the church as the Technical Director. He is a very passionate and gifted young man who will be joining us for our ministry campaign to Albania September 5-19. We are very pleased and happy to have Koal join us on this short term mission to Albania. 

Koal is a very talented musician but more importantly, he loves The Lord and wants to use his gifts to reach people and see them come to saving faith in Christ. 

There will be a few “firsts” for Koal on this trip. This will be his first time on an airplane, the first time outside of the U.S. and his first international ministry experience. He has faithfully stayed on track to prepare for this mission while facing many hurdles and roadblocks. In fact, as I write this, he is in Miami at an embassy for an emergency appointment getting his first U.S. Passport. He flies on Monday. Wow.

Our prayer for Koal goes beyond a fruitful experience coming alongside small under resourced churches and helping them with visibility in their communities. We pray that this experience expands his worldview beyond the borders of America and opens his eyes, heart and mind to a world outside of the U.S. and people who need Jesus.  We are grateful to have him and pray he will be joining us many more times on mission.

Please pray for Koal, our team and for the churches we are serving as well as the prisons we will be ministering in on this campaign. May God touch many hearts, may our partners be encouraged and may many come to decision for Christ that will change their eternal destinies. Thank you for your generous prayers, encouragement and support! We could not continue this work without your partnership!With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…September 2023: Evangelistic Campaign to Albania
November 13-19: Proclaim’s Annual Conference
November/December: Ministry Campaign in Germany with Danny Plett
Early 2024: Continued recruitment efforts to students at universities and churches

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

Click on the video below to see a short update from recent ministry in Peru!

This is a sort of a “day in the life” video that hopefully tells a story and will bring you some encouragement about how we helped local churches on our recent Peru ministry campaign. Enjoy!

Also, I will leave this coming Friday for some advance work in Albania. This is to prepare for an evangelistic ministry campaign where I’m leading a team September 5-19. I’ll be organising housing for the team, in country transportation and working with all of our local church partners to help them to prepare for ministry outside the walls of the church. I’ll be in Albania July 21-28.

Another blessing that will happen on this trip is the 30 year anniversary of The Way of Peace Church in Lushnje, which happens to be one of our major partners for September. It will be a wonderful time of celebrating what God has done and is doing through this church and Pastor Berti Dosti.Thank you for your generous prayers, encouragement and support! We could not continue this work without your partnership!With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…July 21-28 2023: Albania/Balkans Advance Trip 
September 2023: Evangelistic Campaign to Albania
November 13-19: Proclaim’s Annual Conference
November/December: Ministry Campaign in Germany with Danny Plett

BTW, Check out our re-tooled web site at: www.sliberti.wordpress.com

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

Our Ministry Team in Peru!

It was a really fruitful, encouraging and wonderful time of ministry in Peru! Even with all of my personal questions and apprehensions about committing time, energy and resources away from my Balkan calling, this time of ministry turned out to be very special for so many reasons. We had several young people with us and one intern from Visible Music College in Memphis. Our team was unified, energetic, committed and always ready to go the extra mile to assist our church partners in Lima led by our Peruvian colleague Rino Barretta. Here are some results from the campaign in a “By The Numbers” format: 

9-Evangelistic Concert Events 

12-Team Devotions 

2-Church Services 

Thousands heard The Gospel Straight & Clear

Hundreds of Personal Conversations About Jesus

Seven (7) People Indicated a Decision to Commit Their Lives to our Lord Jesus! Praise God!All in all, I am glad I was asked to go to Peru. God used this team again and again in really interesting ways throughout our time of ministry there. The only negative was that on my flight home, I caught a very nasty stomach bugthat literally kept me on my back for almost two weeks. I have never been so sick in my life, ever. But thanks to God’s grace and nurse Dawn, I’ve bounced back and am ready for the next great adventure! Thank you for your generous prayers, encouragement and support! We could not continue this work without your partnership!With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…Summer 2023: Albania/Balkans Advance Trip 
September 2023: Evangelistic Campaign to Albania
November 13-19: Proclaim’s Annual Conference
November/December: Ministry Campaign in Germany with Danny Plett

BTW, Check out our re-tooled web site at: www.sliberti.wordpress.com

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

Bianca and Dylan Are Married!
&
Ministry in Peru!

It was a beautiful wedding! Just two days ago on Saturday June 3rd, we gained some additions to our family… Dylan, Bianca’s husband as well as his wonderful parents Gavin and Bev and Dylan’s brother Liam. We are blessed!

Yes, that’s right our little girl is hitched! Sofia was the maid of honour doing a great job with her duties. So many people worked so hard to pull off a great day, the weather cooperated and in the end, about 100 people witnessed a wonderful and precious event. Dawn and I couldn’t be more pleased and proud of the happy couple! They are currently in Kauai on their honeymoon.

Praise God for His hand on this marriage. Both Dylan and Bianca have Christ firmly at the centre of their marriage! What more could Dawn an I ask for?

PERU!I’ll be in Peru for 2-weeks as part of a team serving small churches mostly in the area of Lima and partnering with Proclaim Peru’s National Director, Rino Baretta. As I wrote in previous e-mails, this trip is 

also part of our summer internship program in an effort to encourage young people to get out on mission and use their gifts for The Lord. We will have two young college age students with us on the team as we help our partners with visibility in the Lima area and proclaim The Gospel boldly and clearly in the public forum. 

I’ll be sending out updates along the way as we move forward with moving The Gospel forward in this part of the world. Thank you for your prayers for our team, our partners and for hearts to open for Jesus sake!

With love, hope and gratitude in Christ,

Steve, Dawn, Sofia, Bianca and Dylan

Some of What’s Coming Up…

June 2023: Evangelistic/Internship Campaign to Peru
Summer 2023: Albania/Balkans Advance Trip 
September 2023: Evangelistic Campaign to Albania
November/December: Ministry Campaign in Germany with Danny Plett

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

Visible Music College

Out latest stop on Proclaim’s “All Out” Recruitment tour is Visible Music College in Memphis Tennessee.

We’ve been on the road since March 11th and have had five different events in 2 states. This particular stop in Memphis however has been particularly rewarding and encouraging. 

Visible Music College is a place where young Christian artists are raised up with a quality education and are equipped to bring their gifts to bear in the church and in the world to bring a message of hope to the hopeless.

At yesterday mornings Chapel event, we had lots of interest from young students when we shared and challenged them regarding using their gifts in unique and creative ways for evangelistic outreach. We offered three separate internship opportunities scheduled for this summer… Poland, Peru and Croatia. Many took and filled out applications for short term service after great conversations filled with enthusiasm and encouragement. 

Our interaction with students continues today (Friday) as Visible is hosting a Worship Conference where we have a table to share information with those attending the conference. As a team, we are very encouraged with this opportunity to engage with this group of young people at Visible in an effort to raise up the next generation of Kingdom workers.

From here our travels continue. We have four more stops in Ohio and Indiana culminating in a return to Jacksonville Florida for our annual “Gala” event on Saturday March 25th. Track along was we travel using the schedule below.

Thank you for your prayers for energy, good health and for continued great interaction with young people on the road trip!

Thank you for all you do for The Kingdom of God and for our family! Your prayers, care and support are precious to us!

With love, hope and peace in Christ,

steve, dawn, bianca and sofia

MARCH 2023Itinerary Sunday March 12  Columbia SCServices 9:30 and 11:00 am Crossroads Church 2723 Ashland Rd Columbia SC 29210Monday March 13  Cleveland TN11:15 am Lee University School of Music Pangle Hall 340 Church St NE Cleveland TN 37311Monday March 13 Knoxville TN7:00 pm Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church 9132 Kingston Pike Knoxville TNTuesday March 14  Franklin TN7:00 pm Gateway Community Church 584 Franklin Rd Franklin TN 37069Thursday, March 16  Memphis TN11:00 am Visible Music College Vining Hall 200 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38103Sunday March 19  Cincinnati OHService 10:45 am North Cincinnati Community Church 6170 Irwin Simpson Rd Mason OH 45040Monday March 20  Cedarville OH12:00 pm Cedarville University Recital Hall of the Dixon Ministry Center 251 N Main St Cedarville OH 45314Tuesday March 21  Winona Lake INChapel 10:30 am Grace College 1 Lancer Way Winona Lake IN 46590Tuesday March 21  Englewood OH7:00 pm Fairview Church 750 Union Blvd Englewood OH 45322 Jacksonville FLSaturday March 25 7:00 pm Proclaim International Gala Concert University Church 5520 University Blvd. WestSunday March 26 10:25 am Worship service – University Church

Some of What’s Coming Up…March 6-23: Proclaim’s “All Out” U.S East Coast  Evangelism and Recruitment Campaign 
March 25: Proclaim’s Annual “Gala”
June 2023: Evangelistic/Internship Campaign to Peru
Summer 2023: Albania/Balkans Advance Trip June/July 2023: Ministry to Roma Villages in Serbia 
September 2023: Evangelistic Campaign to Albania

BTW, Check out our re-tooled web site at: www.sliberti.wordpress.com

For more information about additional ministry around the world, please visit our web site at: http://www.proclaiminternational.com

US Based Ministry Activites:

Dawn working very hard at the Proclaim US office in the area of Finance and Missionary Services.

Partnering with local and regional churches for ministry in and around Jacksonville.

Recruitment of short term workers with a focus on the next generation of Kingdom workers.

Ongoing planning for a Global Ministry Center in Jacksonville.

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