Tent Ministry News

2007-10-28T16:52:00.000-07:00

It's a blogosphere epidemic, this statement "Sorry for not posting folks, things have just been so busy lately!". It is, however, all too true in relation to this blog! Just a very brief and by no means all inclusive update on recent months with us:

We've mostly stayed int he Pacific Northwest this year. What with rising fuel prices (if our semi truck fuel tanks are empty it costs nearly $2,000 to fill them up) and the great opportunities for our particular flavor of ministry to be put to use here, we have refrained from our costly trips East, at least for now.

We greatly miss all of our friends in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas, Nevada and Idaho and look forward to seeing you sometime in the next year, Lord willing!

The recent tent meetings have been great as usual and many are being saved, delivered, healed (both emotionally and physically) and set free from addictions! We rejoice with those who have seen the miraculous in their lives and labor with those who need a breakthrough. Our hearts are to be of service wherever the Lord leads us and to be an asset to the Kingdom of God. Through your prayers and financial support we are able to continue this mission and pour into those in need.

We love and cherish each and every one who steps into our "living room" and try to make them feel like the royalty they truly are in God's eyes. What a blessing to be tools the Lord uses to build His Kingdom!

We hope to see you soon, sometime, somewhere, someplace!

2007-10-18T11:36:00.000-07:00

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2007-08-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

Tell your friends!

2007-04-14T11:05:00.000-07:00

Next Tent setup: Eureka, CA!

Were looking at sometime in the next week to set up on Hwy. 101 in Eureka.

Check back soon for more details!

2007-02-25T10:22:00.001-08:00

So tonight was the last night of official meetings in Crescent City. Here’s a play by play rundown on a really awesome night.

Started at 4 PM with prayer like usual. Friends Neil and Donna and John from Gold Beach joined in for some really deep prayer. It was one of those abiding times when whatever came out of our mouths seemed to be straight from the Heart of God. Good stuff.

Our Daily Bread ministries continued to feed between 50 and 125 homeless and low income people every night before the meetings. What a blessing this ministry is to the community! They are in the midst of a real battle having to do with the City not wanting any homeless in their town, thereby they continually and unconstitutionally threaten them with jail if they continue to feed. Hats off to Our Daily Bread, they are sticking with it and doing the right thing.

I asked Pastor Scott if he wanted to play keyboard with us tonight. He’s an ex rock n’ roller from the good ol’ eighties who has pretty much been playing hymns ever since getting saved in 1997. I saw that glint in his eye when I asked… He was like a little kid on that keyboard! We really let loose tonight (I mean really) and he stuck right in there. What a cool guy.

A guy came in off the street and said he played a Baroque recorder. I had him play during practice and he was so good we put him live. Fun! I think that’s the first time he ever experienced God like this before, his eyes were wide open the whole time.

We played “Did you Feel the Mountains Tremble” for 15 minutes, “Revolution” by Mark McCoy for 20, “Beautiful One” for 10 and “Open the Eyes of My Heart” for 30. We do Open the eyes a little differently, we have some loops and beats that we play in with it, so there’s some cool synths and rhythms involved. They’re all triggered from the keyboard (my mom) so it requires that she change some knobs and stuff.

Well, halfway through she just leaves the keyboard! The rhythm’s still playing, but she’s gone! I then see her grabbing a mic and proclaiming at the top of her lungs, “If anybody’s sick, get up to the front right now! God’s going to heal you!” Eeks, I was wondering when she’d strike. My mom is a pretty quiet lady until she gets into the things of God, then look out. And here we are on Baptist property! No worries though, she was about to bust the whole aura of togetherness wide open!

About 30 people came forward for healing, so off she goes praying loudly for each one. There’s some falling and others tipping dangerously, my mom’s running from person to person so fast no one can keep up! All the while Scott and I are following the keyboard loop that’s now on autopilot. You can only sing so much in the key of E before you have to change something, so I went over the keys and started tweaking the knobs and playing some riffs. Well, at least 4 people got healed that I know of, it was such a spontaneous thing that we didn’t really check that closely for more testimonies. Finally Mama finished with the last person and came back.

“Ahhh, back to some normalcy, finally” I thought. Not hardly! We somehow managed to wade through the heavy anointing during the rest of worship, but let me tell you it was strong stuff. We played “Warriors” again, much to everyone’s delight.

Later on we had a power outage and we’re plunged into darkness for about 5 minutes… interesting.

We have this friend that stopped by unexpectedly; his name’s Ken and he has the entire New Testament memorized. Yeah, every word! So he recited the book of 2 Peter for us tonight. It was so good!

Remember the children I mentioned earlier? Well, tonight was their night! They were all sitting in one section of the tent, being rowdy only like children of drug addicts and abusive parents can. Well, after the service we told them we wanted to pray for them and to meet us on one side of the tent. Three in particular are the worst off, being extremely crude and putting up a front; two sisters and a guy. There were about 20 of them there for prayer, all of them between 10 and 14. My Dad has a really strong prophetic gifting and proceeded to read each one’s mail to a ‘t. Jaws dropped and the tears started to flow. The two girls my mom and sister took aside while my Dad and I talked to the rest.

About halfway through I look back over at my Mom and sister and there’s Shiloh (Miss Mercy herself) with one of the girls sobbing on her neck. No, wait; they’re both sobbing and Shiloh’s crying the most. My sister has so much mercy it’s amazing. She cares so deeply. Both sisters had an encounter with God and gave their lives to Him right then. Who can resist Shiloh’s tears? Not me!

I saw our friend John talking to two green haired addicts in the back. They were ready to make Jesus Lord of their lives and it happened right then and there. Sweet. And they don’t have to change their hair color to become my brother and sister! I love the Kingdom of God, so free yet so well thought-out. You can’t find a better place to be.

I think this is a turning point for this community. The place is absolutely swimming in need for redemption. Massive revival is here. Reports of people hearing our music 5 blocks away insures the fact that not just the people who came into the tent heard the message!

It’s been good. We plan on being here for about another week drying out the tent in their gym and doing followup work. See you later around.

2007-02-25T10:21:00.000-08:00

12 AM, Feb. 24

A recap on the last two nights of tent meetings in Crescent City, CA.

Last night:
We did a pretty standard worship set, not too much crazy stuff but edgy nonetheless. I really felt like we were trying too hard. A guy and his two daughters showed up for worship last night and they were really into movement and dance, which helped things a whole lot from my perspective. Turns out that the people were rocked out of their skin by the worship anyway! People were getting saved while the worship was going on too, fancy that...

Papa & Mama tag team preached on the Father’s Love and the cycles of pain and healing. It was good stuff.

I was standing around up front like I usually do when this guy comes hoofing it up to me. He’s homeless and looked really freaked out. “Man, how do I get saved?” Says he. “I’ve never heard all this stuff before, but I sure as heck need it!” So being Mr. Precise like I usually am I proceed to give him the Roman road and the entire idea of salvation. “Whoa, whoa dude! Man, I just want Jesus in my life, I’ll come back tomorrow and talk about that stuff.” Oops. After we prayed I laid my hands on him and began to pray in the Spirit. We had a little inner healing deliverance session right then and there. When he opened his eyes he even looked different!

This neighborhood we’re in is crazy. Everyone that I’ve talked to that’s done or is still doing drugs here says this is a main supply for the area. Almost every other house is affected in some form or other by narcotics. It’s bad. But not for long! People are already talking about what they’re going to do with the abandoned drug houses.

The church where the tent is (Baptist, of all things!) has a history of racism. If a first Nations or other racially diverse person tried to come in the church they were immediately told that they weren’t welcome. The new pastors have thrown wide the doors and cleaned house now, and good progress is being made. They are very open to whatever God wants to do in their community.

This afternoon we had a Practicing the Presence time where we just played whatever we wanted and concentrated on the Father. We slipped into some Middle Eastern grooves with the Mandolin and then into some Jazz / Bebop intercession after that. Talk about fun. Some of it accidentally got recorded!

Tonight I felt led to play the song “Warriors” by Russ Rosen. This song has a heavy native drum beat and is filled with phrases of hope and courage. The First Nations people in the audience were ecstatic! This one lady started singing spontaneously in her native scale and tongue during the song, so cool! We as a family also stood in the gap and repented on behalf of the Europeans who massacred a lot of Indians in times past around this area. It was a small start to something much larger and more powerful.

Tonight our friend Pastor Scott preached on Love and Repentance. It was excellent.

So much more to tell, I could be here all night! Until next time…

2007-02-25T10:20:00.000-08:00

So, the story starts a couple of weeks ago when we were in Gold Beach, OR. We get a call from a pastor in a town in N. CA called Crescent City. He says his community is ready for a move of God, ready for a massive Kingdom invasion. Would we come? Sure! So two weeks later we find ourselves driving into town, parking at this pastor’s church and setting up the tent in the back yard. Now, setting up on church property is something we usually don’t do as it tends to alienate other churches for some reason… But not this time. We’re right in the middle of a poverty stricken, drug filled neighborhood- just the place for something good to happen!

We've been here for three nights so far. We're billing most of our outreaches now as concerts, mostly because when you call it tent meetings or "revival" no one shows up anymore; but for a concert we get all kinds of people who would never go to a religious deal! Our friend John from Gold Beach came down tonight to play congas. Man, did we have some fun! My little sister Shiloh (plays drums) created this groove that was incredibly complex and totally anointed. We played it for 15 minutes. She ended up singing prophetically over the people, I'm pretty sure there wasn't a dry eye in the place. Some friends who have a feeding ministry are feeding struggling families and individuals in the church gym next door before the meetings, so many of them are attending and getting a ginormous dose of Jesus.

HIGHLIGHTS:

A lady who lives across the street said that as soon as she saw our rigs pull onsite the atmosphere in the neighborhood changed.

A guy came up to the front tonight after the meeting with tears streaming down his face and said he was stuck to his seat and couldn't get outside to smoke his pot. He said he'd had it with this lifestyle and what did he need to do to get to know that Guy we sing about in our songs? He was both saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit in about 2 minutes!

I look out while doing worship to see many weeping.

About 10 - 20 children of the neighborhood show up every night. Many of their parents are addicts and have horrible family lives. We are just loving them and trying to make them feel special. My heart hurts so much for them...

Anyway, more on what's happening later... gotta go to bed.

2007-02-20T13:49:00.000-08:00

Tent Meetings in Crescent City, CA
Feb. 19 - 26, 2007
Go to our website for directions and details!

2007-02-20T13:46:00.000-08:00

Originally posted Jan. 2007

It seems like it has been quite a while since we connected with you. Life flows so quickly and easily slips away, whether we are busy or at rest. In order to spread the kingdom of God over all the earth we need both times of work and times of rest. We so delight in having the tent erected, meeting new people and renewing friendships, each one sharing about what the Lord is doing in our lives, how we have grown and how we haven't, (oops!) and worshipping our Father together. Praying with our old and new friends is a central point of our evenings in the tent.

When the tent goes up ,our meetings usually begin for us around 3pm by loading it with all our instruments. In some cities we have a morning prayer meeting. Often, when we are set up in the "not so beautiful" areas of a town, we must remove the entire sound system each night and reload it the next day. Then we practice music; this is our only chance to practice as we do not have space large enough to accommodate all our equipment together. Next, we spend some valuable time in prayer, we try to involve as many people as are interested to pray for the meetings and for the particular area where we are located. The 7pm meeting begins with worship, followed by teaching, and finally individual prayer. Quite often, folks will stay and visit for a while. The usual duration of a set up is from one week to 30 days. These longer setups allow for deeper trust, the feeling of unity among the people, and more intimate occasions with the Lord. It is difficult to take down and leave an area, as our hearts have been intertwined with the kinsmen (good word!) of the territory; we have spent each night pressing into the heart of God together.

Matthew 22:37-40 is our mandate.
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

We establish a temporary tabernacle for people to come and meet with their Creator: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Providing an extended time of worship is one avenue of encountering the Lord. Much of our ministry is "one on one" relationships. Our lives are so busy and complicated that there is little time for esteem.ing one another. We try to fill that void in the lives we touch. The Lord has blessed us with the ability to reach out to those who will accept our love. Actually, it is HIS love as expressed through our family. The world is lacking a safe place where one can feel valued and cherished. As we go in our day to day business, we naturally touch the lives of others. For example, we are staying at the fairgrounds in Mount Vernon, Washington, where the gracious management allows the local jail to send prisoners to work on the property. This group is the perfect example of workplace ministry, but have no need to label their mission as such. One of the prisoners was drawn to our family. After some prayer and counsel, he and his sister now know their savior and are involved in a local church. That is another avenue of encountering God. These people knew absolutely nothing about the Lord! It is difficult to imagine that in our country. But America is changing face, so we need to be ready to open the truth to the lost. No, we aren't perfect, and yes, we do make plenty of mistakes. After ten years ministering on the road, we have learned much, but we continue receiving from those more "seasoned" than we. The moment we think we know it all is the beginning of failure.

Something we have learned from those seasoned ones is that there is a very necessary piece of life called rest.
Hebrews 4:9-10 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For He who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

If we are really serious about the kingdom of heaven on earth, we must be just as serious about being in that place with God where the Holy Spirit is the Light that shines through us and..... "We're ok with that!" That is resting in Him. Performance, striving to make things happen, trying to convince the Lord to follow us, worrying about why this person didn't show up at the meeting, and countless other struggles are situations where we are no longer at rest . Just as Abraham made the decision that maybe God needed his assistance to produce an heir for him, because he and Sarah were getting on in age, we jump out in our own strength and create worthless Ishmaels. We have nursed plenty of them.

There are spiritual places of rest and physical seasons of rest. Both are required. After we take down the tent we can't just go back home, so we must find a place to regroup, rest, and seek our Father for more. Recently, Theron, Calvin and Shiloh remarked "We never have any fun." So we decided to change that. We were on Vancouver Island for the Youth Fest in July and August. We took the opportunity to scout around the island and actually experience its beauty. After 10 years of two week trips, we spent the time to make some deeper relationships and found new ones, too. What a blessing! We had so much fun being with our Canadian friends. We had the opportunity to lead worship with our friends at the Foursquare church in Campbell River. They love to worship our King! The church was, and still is, going through transition as our pastor friends were leaving after 25 years. They will be missionaries in Costa Rica and are so excited. We were even blessed to attend one of our friend's wedding. Later, we set up the tent downtown, right on the Strait of Georgia. Many people were impacted by the presence of God. So this year was our favorite one in Campbell River, BC. Even though an incident occurred on the last night of tent meetings, we felt it was actually a confirmation that we were supposed to be there. Someone cut 2 long slits in the side curtains of the tent. It was shocking to us, as this is the first time for such an attack.

Our next meetings were scheduled for Orcas Island, WA. We took advantage of the half price ferry from Victoria to the Islands. We set up the tent on Orcas, and had some good worship times with some dear friends that will be in our hearts always. A very special woman who had been searching all of her life, met her Savior during the meetings. So how do we explain the Heartbeat of Jesus Ministries? It does not fit into any category; we simply take what the Lord has given us and use it to His glory. Being faithful to Him is our mission. Jesus came to set the captives free, to reestablish our relationship with our Father, to teach us how to care for one another, along with countless other reasons. His mission is our mission. Just a word of encouragement: Are you completing what He has called you to do? Time is short and growing briefer each day. We should be looking forward to those words, "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord."

Currently, we are in Mount Vernon, WA. doing repairs. We have been to a few churches, as we do in each city, but found one that is very special. The group is mostly young people that totally love the Lord. We have done worship with them whenever needed. The Lord connects us with local believers wherever we go. If we can just leave a fresh breath from our Father, we have done what He wanted.

Did you ask, "What kind of repairs are we doing?"... The silver bullet trailer has served us well for 4 years. It is 7000 lbs overweight and was showing by bulging sides, tires, and axles. An executive decision was made that our old faithful companion needed to have a place to retire. It will be a sad parting. Theron was bunking in it along with the molded and mildewed carpets that were causing him lung problems. Allen diligently searched for a suitable replacement trailer, but they were too expensive for our budget. He finally decided to put a 22 ft box on the back of one of the trucks. Good idea, but lots of work! The axles have to be extended, which means drive lines lengthened, muffler moved from upright position to horizontal and various other restructuring.

A good friend who was in the tent ministry sold his tent and just happened to have a truck with the box we needed on it. Thanks to him, that same box will soon be sitting on top of the back of our extended bed truck and filled with our equipment. Thanks to another good friend, that same truck will be pulling our conference room where all executive decisions will be made... in other words, Theron's new living quarters, separate from the mildew and mold in the equipment trailer. Our Lord has come through once again for us. It is simply amazing; He never leaves us stranded or lets us down. He is forever faithful to His sons and daughters.

We were part of the floods in the Northwest last week. Your prayers are very much coveted. We feel many changes coming and desire to be ready and flexible when He directs.

Thank you so very much for sowing your love, support and prayers for our family. You, too, will reap. We will continue to say, "Somehow, somewhere, someday we'll see you on the road again!"
May God bless you according to His love for you. (Get ready, that is mountain moving stuff!")

The Walz Family
Cheryl

2007-02-20T13:45:00.000-08:00

Originally posted Summer 2006

Dear Friends,

We just finished tent meetings in Campbell River, B.C. this week and are on our way to Orcas Is. for our next setup. Campbell River was great! Not only was it a great site, but so much happened that we couldn’t possibly mention it all here. We were set up right down town, on Hwy 19 just across the ferry dock to Quadra Is. There was a constant stream of people walking and driving by the tent and did we ever get plenty of chances to minister! Much of the outreach to unbelievers occurred outside the tent as they passed by. We were especially privileged to meet many local Natives and were honored to be able to speak into their lives. A man from Palestine showed up at a meeting one night, but because we had an Israeli flag hung inside the tent, wouldn’t come in. It took some convincing by a friend to get him to come in. Once he came in and met Allen, his whole demeanor changed and he opened up and received some healing of some sort from the Lord. The funny thing was, a man on holiday from Israel had just been in the tent the night before and was experiencing the exact same feelings against this other man’s culture! We are thrilled to have been used by the Lord to speak the Love of Jesus into two sons of Abraham!

There were more emotional and physical healings as the meetings progressed. The meetings were great as we experimented with some different approaches to what we do. We have been pondering the current state of “church” and the importance the North American church puts on the focus being on the front stage area in all our gatherings. Being disconcerted about this for some time, Theron finally decided we would set up the inside of the tent differently. We set up the stage area in the middle and had the seats and tables surrounding it. Wow! You wouldn’t think that just a purely physical change would make things feel so different, but it does! It’s now no longer about “Us and Them”, but “all of us”. We are free to experience God in a more relaxed, real atmosphere and are shoved out of our comfort zones into a more authentic gathering style.

Look for more exciting things in our next tent meetings!

The meetings in Campbell River certainly stirred up a lot of things and our enemy was pretty upset. The last day of the meetings someone came by in the early morning with a knife and slashed the side curtain. When we looked closer, it appears that whoever it was had cut themselves because in one spot there was a slip mark and some blood. Whatever the reason, it was the first time the tent has ever been harmed in retaliation. Yes! We are doing the right stuff!

2007-02-20T13:41:00.000-08:00

Originally Published early 2006

Dear Friends,

So here’s a detailed update on the last while with the Walz Family.

We set up in Gold Beach about three weeks ago, but it seems like a couple months. When we pulled the tent out of the bags we were horrified to find mold had been at it’s nasty work on the tent while in the darkness. Out came the Greased Lightning and “30 second” mildew killer, towels and brushes and we went to work. Due to the timing of the setup coinciding with the last week of school, our friends weren’t able to help set up, so with part time help from Rory (pastor of Gold Beach Foursquare, one of our home churches) we spent the next 8 hrs scrubbing the tent. Thank God for the clear weather! After the tent was thoroughly cleaned, our family erected the tent on “Walz Power” and retired for a night of rest. The next morning we got an early start and finished the interior decorating by 2 PM and started the first meeting by 7PM. The next day we started practice at 4PM. The presence of the Lord was so heavy that we ended up worshipping in practice and played straight through to 9PM! We did that for the next 5 nights. Awesome, awesome, awesome… and exhilarating too.

In general the meetings were great. A lady who had been running from the Savior for a long time was gloriously saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit. She was there almost every night after that glowing with awesome presence of the King.

A girl got saved in the tent one night during worship, but was too shy to come out and say it. Thank you Lord!

Another lady came to the Lord for the first time along with her boyfriend who rededicated his whole life. The Holy Spirit was so heavy on him that he was shaking under His power. Awesome.

A family who is in full time mobile ministry (hey, there’s more of us out there!) came on the second night and attended every night after that. The father and son played on the band with us and were greatly affected by the ambiance of the whole thing and were refreshed.

We knew we were supposed to zero in on healing and we prayed for the sick every night. As we were praying for healing some of the people started to sweat profusely and “overheat” when hands were laid upon them. We saw four people receive their healing, only to see them lose it within a few days. We are still pressing in and a couple have been healed again. It’s a long lesson we’re learning, but we’re improving! We are going full bore ahead as far as divine healing in this season, so hypochondriacs look out!

It was really cold and the wind was blowing crazily in Gold Beach, so it would have been pointless to put the heater out. Consequently it was chilly inside in the natural, but hot in the spiritual!

Without sounding too “evengelastic” here, we feel that it is important for you to know how your seed is being used. The Heartbeat of Jesus Ministries is not your generic pre-packaged ministry. This organization is in its adolescence at the moment, but our vision is both vast and realistic. Our aims range from the tent ministry to workplace ministry; from organic mobile evangelistic incursions to a ministry base that is equipped to train all ages of people for real life. We have a special place in our hearts for families and individuals who have been in full time ministry and are burnt out by incessant working for religion. Bluntly put, this organization (organism, really) is unimpeded by religious jargon and customs and is free to meet the enemy head on in his stolen territory, on God’s terms.

The Tent Ministry is our main focus in this season, and will always be our main form of outreach. Hundreds, if not thousands are affected by this branch each year. Our strength is in one on one ministry, worship and/or “concerts”. Many times just the fact that our family is publicly a family (and a cool band to boot!) is enough to make even the hardest prodigal do a double take. Really, the bottom line is that our nucleus mission is to re-present the Love of the Father to all. So many people just need someone to show them that God is truly Love; and this forward amity does wonders for many.

At the same time, we as a family are ravenous for more of the Kingdom of Heaven to be revealed in our world. Consequently, we are always looking for better ways to use the resources in which we have been entrusted. If you have any God-inspired ideas or thoughts, contact us! We are working on posting our core vision on the website soon, so check back in a while to get the full lowdown.

2006-08-10T10:40:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends,

An update from the last few summer weeks:

As we reached the crest of the hill outside Yakima, WA we new it was going to be a pivotal time for us. For one thing we were used to the temperatures being in the 60’s and all of a sudden the heat was turned up and it was in the 100’s! It took us about a week to adjust to the heat. We set up in Naches, WA on June 28 at the Tree of Life Christian Center’s parking lot. After erecting the tent on “Walz Power” again, we started 10 days of meetings. As mentioned earlier, it was so hot that by the time we finished worship we were totally soaked with sweat and so drained we could barely preach! Things improved however, and the meetings went well. If you’ve been reading our updates you know that we have taken a step out as far as healing and miracles and have changed our mindset from small time “getting by” Christianity to overcoming and sometimes reckless trust in the Creator. This has had it’s rewards and hardships. We saw a person genuinely healed of a lung condition and many emotional healings as people allowed Father God to become their true Father and let down their walls and facades. It was a truly pivotal time!

The conference hosted by Tree of Life was a great success and we enjoyed it immensely. There were many good things that came out of it and we are blessed to have been a part. The church family there was so gracious to our family; it was a real treat to work with them.

We are on our way to Campbell River, B.C. CAN right now and would appreciate your prayers for safety as we cross the border and ride the ferry to Vancouver Is. The Youthfest is going to be fun! Look for Theron at the Worship Workshop along with Luke Nielsen, it promises to be illustrious.

2006-01-28T18:44:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends, Finally- Here's a summary of the Tent Meetings in Eureka, CA. We've been recuperating and getting things repaired the last weeks, so here goes!

Week One: Intercession. We prayed and broke the ground in the Spirit first, then worshipped for seven days. There was sparse attendance, much spiritual opposition and lots of middle-of-the-night security issues, but decent freedom as far as our worship was concerned.

Week Two: More worship, beginning teaching on the Father's Embrace. Lots of Homeless people begin attending meetings. Still sparse overall attendance. Christmas was during this time. We had a Christmas Eve service and meal. Over the two day period we provided about 95 full meals, served over 50 espresso's and gave away lots of free tunes. Cheryl did most of the cooking with some help from the homeless people staying in the old truck stop.

Week Three: Increasing attendance, people beginning to open up to Holy Spirit. Lots of strongholds still being revealed, some people are getting set free and are increasing in exuberance for the Lord. On New Years Eve we had a local band called "One Accord" headlining for the all night party. We served espresso, the famous cheese dip, veggies and Carpeling Spider (Sparkling Cider, for the uninitiated). That night we also had communion with chips and sparkling cider to welcome in the new year.

Week Four: Wild worship, decent attendance. Many receive healing and deliverance. On the last night we were privileged to have the band from Calvary Christian Center in Fortuna lead in worship. Their sensitivity to the Spirit was a pleasure and put a fitting exclamation point on the whole month.

About the Area:::

Humboldt County is probably the craziest place we have ever been in our ten years of ministry! Rumor has it that there are 5,000 homeless in this county; and at least half of them passed through the tent at some time in our four weeks here. We tried to not get too bogged down in the "homeless question", but it inadvertently came up throughout the meetings and proved to be both the main adversity and biggest fruit.

When we arrived at the site, we found that four homeless folks had been living in the old truck stop behind the tent area. The owner was okay with it, so we just laid down the law of no alcohol or drugs. By the time we were done there were seven or eight living there. The first night at 1AM of the tent being set up a group of teens tried to untie the ropes on the tent. Theron caught them and was able to rectify it before they did any real damage. One of our Heartbeat of Jesus identifying signs was stolen.... then the wind came....... Did it ever blow! Confirmed reports of 95MPH gusts were received and the tent stood! (with a lot of middle-of-the-night rope tightening)

After about two weeks we had another sound system item stolen and then our other "Tent Meeting" sign was stolen. Not that these thefts were huge, but there is a real atmosphere of danger and lawlessness over the area where we had the tent, so we were always looking around our shoulder for safety! There was an incident of gang violence down the street from the tent and numerous other crazy happenings, too.

It was however, a good setup, great fun and a real eye opener!

Testimonies:::

"Fran" (not her real name) stumbled into the tent on the first night drunk and homeless. She said she was drawn into the tent by the music, received prayer and healing from the Lord, exchanged street living for the building with the other "guests", and has been clean and sober since that first day! She is following the Only Way now, and is living in a ministry house.

David rode up on his "Harley Bicycle" the second week and ended up also staying in the building (known as Al's hotel instead of the former Al's truck stop, by now) He was trying to get his driver's license and needed somewhere to be in God's presence for a while. You gotta see his bike!

There have been several other people who are in the same boat and are serious about making changes in their lives. We have really put a lot of effort into them and are trusting that the seed we have sown will take root and bear fruit in the future.

One evening when Allen and Cheryl were praying for a lady, Cheryl placed her hand on the woman's bad knee and felt movement all around her kneecap. After a while she was able to dance in worship to the Lord. Being unable to dance before Him before, she was elated!

News!!!

There will be a wedding in the tent is Coos Bay! Grandma Betty, whom our family has adopted as honorary Grandmother, has found her true love in Ross and will be getting married in the tent on Feb. 25. They have asked us to do worship, perform the wedding, and also for Shiloh to dance. We are all very excited for both of them!

We will also be holding meetings from Feb. 19 - March 5, 2006.

Tent Meetings in Coos Bay, OR

February 19 - March 5, 2006

At the K-mart parking lot, Ocean Blvd.

Get
Directions Here!

Other News:::

It's been a long and tough recovery from the heart attack for Allen. He's had both setbacks and wonderful miracles in the last seven months and is mostly recovered now. Still tiring easily, he can't do quite the physical work he could do before, but is very happy to be alive and mobile.

The Heartbeat of Jesus Ministries is in a new season. It would be nice to be able to put a name and actual description to it, but apparently we are to just do what the Lord says and no more. We are not planning to travel long distances this year (i.e. To Texas and back), though we have invitations to go to the Gulf coast at the moment. With fuel as high as it is right now and the strain it puts on Allen, it just doesn't seem logistical. But, God is not always logistical of course!

What we are sensing is that it's time to look for a ministry base to travel out from, instead of constantly being on the move. We feel that we can be much more effective by doing 6-8 months of tent ministry and 4-6 months of home time; though at the moment we are going forward one tent setup at a time until the Lord prompts. The ministry base has many facets, which we will share at another time. Please be in prayer with us on this issue.

Communication Glitches:::

Our outgoing servers have been down for a few weeks, hence the reason you haven't received a reply to your emails. Our tech guru (who sometimes procrastinates) is hot on the gremlin's trail, it should be done in the next few days. Our apologies!

Website Updates:::

We will be posting a testimony page on our website soon and would like you to take a few moments to jot down how the Lord has changed your life through this ministry. Check the homepage for the link soon.

Love from the Fam:::

We do so love you! Truthfully, you help to make this ministry possible and are fellow harvesters and planters alongside of us. We value your friendship and prayers more than anything and are privileged to know you. If there is any way we can serve you, please let us know....... Please stay in touch!

Thank you and our Lord and King! He is the Only Way!

Allen, Cheryl, Theron, Calvin and Shiloh Walz

The Heartbeat of Jesus Ministries

P.O. Box 1568

Gold Beach, OR 97444

Web: www.heartbeatofjesus.org

2006-01-04T13:02:00.000-08:00

"Calling all Tent Warriors!" Revival on Broadway is here! Update from the Walz Family

Here's the News:

We met a friend in Eureka the other day whom we hadn't seen since we've been here. In the course of the conversation between him, Allen & Theron, it came up that he knows a man who owns property in Eureka on Hwy 101. He offered to call him to see if he would be interested in letting us set up the tent there for the Holidays and have meetings. Of course we said yes and almost immediately we got the site!

The area is a perfect location for the tent and we all feel that it's God that we are there. As soon as Theron walked on the property he said he felt the presence of the Lord and that it was right. Almost everyone in the city drives by there at some point in the day so there will be great visibility as well.

We feel there are four purposes for us being here.

God is wooing Humboldt & Mendocino Counties to Him and a fire of revival will originate there someday to encompass all of N. California and S. Oregon.
The calling in of wayward and lost souls to the Kingdom.
To support local believers in building the gates of praise in the area. There will be local worship bands as well as the Pneumati Band leading in worship throughout the meetings.
Christmas. There are many in Eureka who have nowhere to go for Christmas and want a safe place to celebrate. We will be having both a Christmas Eve Dinner and a New Year's Party. Time's TBA and all are welcome!

If you come for the Christmas Eve Dinner, please bring your favorite dish and a gift for our guests of honor.

Dates & Location are as Follows...

December 16, 2005 thru January 12, 2006

7 PM Nightly (No Meetings on Mondays)

West side of Hwy. 101 (Broadway St.) S. Eureka, CA

Click below for directions...

Map of 2616 Broadway St
Eureka, CA 95501-3801

As always, we love you and welcome you to come and join us in celebrating the real meaning of Christmas, Jesus Style!

Love,

The Walz Family