Brian Felushko from the Vancouver Church of Christ is our guest speaker on July 4, 2010.  He has been married for more than 32 years. He and Sara have two adult sons and four grandchildren. He speaks professionally and teaches publicly. Brian currently serves as evangelist and elder for the Vancouver Church of Christ. He is also continuing his studies in the Classics (Greek & Latin) at UBC.

Brian was adopted at birth, grew up in Ontario, graduated high school from L.C.V.I. (Lindsay) and attended university at Waterloo and Queen's before becoming a Christian on May 2, 1977 in Vancouver. He then attended Bible School in Louisiana where he met his wife Sara. They married in Arkansas and have lived in Louisiana, California, Washington, Illinois, Missouri, Ontario (Kingston & Toronto) and British Columbia (Vancouver). He was in the Nursing program at Queen's University (2 years) and the U of T (2 years). He has been in the full time ministry, in one role or another, 28 out of the last 33 years, and continuously since 1990.

David and Crystal Jessel                           Tim and Jolynn Dewolf

After dating for a while and going through some hard times. Crystal decided to move to Spokane WA. She found the Spokane Christian Church on the world-wide web. She would contact the web-team and find out how to get to Midweek Service. She shared that she was seeking God and needed spiritual help. Before you know it, Crystal began studying the bible and attending a marrieds Small Group as well as worship services. Next thing you know, her boyfriend David started attending worship service and was impacted by the biblical preaching.

As they began to study the bible, God would move their hearts to no longer live together.  David moved out and they both continued to eagerly study the scriptures. They were deeply impacted by Jesus and the sacrifice he made for them.  Pretty soon after that they would get baptized into the Lord.  As they built their relationship on the truth of God's word they would get lots of spiritual advisors in their lives and come to the decision to get married and build it the right way.

Shortly after their wedding they would be very influential in housing and taking care of a friend of theirs named Devonne.  Devonne would study the bible and come to her own conviction that she needed to also become a disciple of Jesus. A few months later Devonne would be baptized into the Lord.  To God be the Glory!

God has truly blessed the Tarlip family! Jen has been a disciple in the Spokane Church for quite some time. A little over a year ago she witnessed her Dad, Doug become a disciple of Jesus...well recently Jen witnessed the power of God yet again as her mother, Dawn was baptized in the Lord. Now Doug and Dawn are not only happily married but truly united in Christ. The family is now 4 disciples strong, Mom, Dad, Jen and her husband Tim. To God be the Glory!