PowerTeam Partners with Samaritan Saver

During this recession, we like many ministries have lost many of our supporters. People desire on their hearts to sponsor us, but financially they are hurting. We believe that with The Samaritan Saver Card, we can actually help you do both.

We all live on tight budgets and when given the chance to save money, we jump at it. When you buy the Samaritan Saver Card for only $20. you have the unique opportunity to save more that $20. with 100,000 merchants nationwide AND YOU are supporting the work of POWERTEAM . WHAT A BLESSING!

You can purchase your SS card below by PayPal, in person with Cash (we still take it) or in person using your Debit/Credit card. For those out of our area, we will mail your card to you, it is good NATIONWIDE!

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

PowerTeam Christmas Toy Store


 
On Saturday December 8th, at HIM in the West Grand Ballroom, we will be hosting a Toy Store for parents requiring support to make this Christmas special for their families. This is our 13th year of the PowerTeam Angel Program. We have blessed thousands of families over the years and seek to do so again this year, in a very different way. This is our first ever PowerTeam Toy Store!

We have a number of ways you could assist us in this blessing, if you are interested. We are in need of volunteers to help the day before and the day of our Toy Store.

Friday, December 7th beginning at 9:00 AM, we will be setting up the toys and decorating the West Ballroom.

Saturday we need hosts, wrappers, servers and extra hands to pitch in. Arrival time is 8:00 AM for volunteers. We will be taking PARENTS around as they shop, wrapping their chosen gifts and serving goodies supplied by Goshen Groceries.

We need unwrapped toys, games, puzzles, winter items, dolls, trucks, etc. You could sponsor a child, getting what they have written on their wish list. Your donations can be dropped off at our table during services or at the HIM Front Desk. Be sure they are marked for PowerTeam.

Most of all we appreciate your prayers! 

If you would like to volunteer with us, or have any questions about the Toy Store, please do not hesitate to drop me a email to Angels or call our office 803-746-4648

Thank you and blessings, Darlene Pitts

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Transportation Donations for Linda Bowden

Justen Perry of Healing Teams is sending friends to our site for those who wish to donate towards transportation expenses for Casey's mom, Linda. If you are donating to the Transportation Fund, please indicate that information. We are keeping Casey's funds seperate from her mom's transportation funds.
Thank you so much for your support towards Casey and her family.
Blessings,
Darlene

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Casey Lynn Bowden

Our good friend Casey needs our help. Casey is in hospital. She has a large mass in her left lung. The doctors have drained a lot of fluid from her lung which provided great relief in Casey's breathing. they are testing the fluid and will speak with her on Monday or Tuesday.
Right now Casey has some needs that we want to share and assist her with.
First and most importantly, she needs our prayers. Casey is asking for complete healing!

She needs a lap top. I have an old one to send to her, but am praying someone has a newer faster lap top for her to use while she is in hospital.

Casey needs financial help. She lives in a shared home and needs funds for August rent and utilities, totaling $350.
She does not have insurance, so when it is time to come home, she will have prescriptions to fill and the  cost of her days in hospital to cover.

If you would like to donate towards Casey's needs, you can do so through PayPal or your credit card. if you would like to submit a check for her, you can mail your donation to PowerTeam Inc. PO Box 38155, Rock Hill, Sc 29732.

If you want to donate cash, you can deliver your donation in an envelope to HIM front desk with your name, address and phone # inside with Casey L Bowden on the envelop.

Tax receipts will be issued for all donations.

Thank you in advance for all your loving support and prayers.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Ministry Update

It is with a great sense of humility that I apologize to all of you for not communicating with you over the past year.

Because of my silence, there has been some assumptions that have taken place. So today is the day for me to tell it all and bring my friends up to date about Darlene and PowerTeam.
Some who have not seen me, think I packed up and moved back to Canada!

I did pack up, sell our home and moved 3 times in six months, however, I am now happily residing at Heritage International Ministries, in Fort Mill, SC.

Fred & I were preparing to move into a handicapped apartment here, however, Fred choose to go to his eternal home with the Lord. He looked at me in the early hours of April 6, 2011 and said, "honey, it's time for me to go home!"



RESTORATION
“How ya doing?” The TRUTH

“Whenever there is loss, there will be grief. But some do not grieve or mourn. Some make a choice not to express all the feelings inside so their grief is accumulated. Saving it won’t lessen its pain. It will only intensify it. Silence covers wounds before the cleansing has occurred. The results will be an emotional infection.”
Experiencing Grief    H. Norman Wright


How I wish this was not true. I found out the hard way. I stuffed my feelings, packed, worked and carried on; I got sicker and sicker. I changed my diet, lost weight and looked great. But inside, my body was trying to tell me to let it out – cry, throw a fit…do something!


At times, I was in the worst physical pain of my life (fibromyalgia), then vertigo started, and then shingles. I thought, “Wow, Lord! Are You trying to tell me something?” I got so sick; I just could not go on any further.
I stopped.  

Everything!

It was time to take care of myself and walk through the emotional pain of the grief I was carrying. (I weep as I write this.) My Canadian doctor told me that I was completely overwhelmed and in denial about it. It hurt to hear, but he was so right.




 
RENEWAL

On February 1st of this year, I resigned from a job that I really enjoyed. I put it this way: “I have no financial strategy for this.” However, I heard the Lord say these words, “TRUST ME!” That is what I did.

……..THEN THE LOVE POURED IN!

One day, an intercessor stopped me and prayed for my provision. I watched as God supplied my needs. I had forgotten a very important point.

The Lord, through His people, lovingly took care of me. People prayed, brought groceries, meals, prayed, gave $, medications, supplements, gift cards, prayed, etc. God’s people did whatever they could to help me during this season of my life. It has been amazing.

Each time I cried, the vertigo decreased until it finally was completely gone. Praise The Lord! In dealing with the emotions of grief, the Lord has brought healing to my body, soul and spirit. The sum total is restoration to my life; I am doing well. From years of Full Time Urban Ministry and full time care giving for Fred (often throughout the nights), I still have to listen to my body and pace myself, but I look and feel so much better.

Thank you to ALL of you who prayed me through!


TRANSITION

“We must be open to visitations and transitions.”
Larry Randolph, December 2011

PowerTeam Part Deux  

To our supporters, prayer partners and friends, I want you to know that we truly appreciate all of your support and giving towards our ministry and the thousands of people we have served.


Some have thought that I quit PT or it has closed down. Neither is true. Ministries just like people make transitions. The loss of your co-pilot makes for a major transition.

PowerTeam Inc. was established in 1999. For 10 years Fred and I have served this ministry together. It would be so much easier to continue doing the same as we had in the past, but I could sense the Lord leading me to change. He has new assignments for me.

 

"Seasons come and seasons go, but that does not change
 my destiny." Larry Randolph


Ministry-wise, I felt the Lord leading me to take a sabbatical, spend time with Him and study His word. (This was before my health crashed.) I had to learn it is OK to rest and refresh! It is Scriptural. Accepting these changes was not easy at first, but I realized I have to be willing to let go in order to see that something better is on the horizon.

I am doing my best to remain mindful “to hear the voice of the Lord.” I have received many encouraging words from the Body regarding ministry and my destiny. I am seeking the Lord about His call for me at this time and for the future. A portion of the NEW direction I am aware of so far is from "DOING" to teaching and training others about Urban Ministry.

Because of this transition, our mission statement will be changing. We do not have a new improved one to give you right now, but we will.

I am providing training, resources to and supporting others who are currently running camps, after-school programs, daycare, Christmas programs or have this vision.

Celebration Jam is continuing under the leadership of Dorene Boular with the City of Rock Hill, (Weed & Seed program), and an awesome group of local pastors and committed volunteers. They have done a fantastic job of preparing for this year’s event being held May 12th at Emmett Scott Community Center.

The Blessing Boutique continues on a reduced scale. We are no longer accepting donations of used items, however we are receiving finances to provide for a specific group of children in need.

During the summer, I will be speaking at Mercy Hill Christian Fellowship in Canada.

Beginning in September, I will be facilitating Financial Peace University with families applying for housing through Habitat for Humanity in Rock Hill.



DESTINY

The main thing I have heard from the Lord is to study His Word. To that end, I have signed up with the College of Theology and will be working on my PhD. I am not sure why, but I know that His Word bring healing, knowledge and understanding and that it will be used for my destiny. So I want to be obedient. I thought I would be finished by now; however, I have learned that like healing, this too is a process.

“What we do is live in past provisions, past dreams, past realities and 
do not make the quantum leap that God is taking us to.”
Larry Randolph, December 2011
 

 
FINANCES VS PROVISION

One of the main reasons I applied for a job in September, 2011 was due to the loss of several of our faithful supporters. Some were experiencing financial hardships and I am sure some left due to my lack of communication. Some, I was told, thought I had a “pot of gold” in the form of insurance or pension $! Really? Wow……not true.

I took on a J.O.B. to help towards paying the expenses of the ministry as well as paying off outstanding medical expenses from Fred’s 2009 surgery and my living expenses.

PowerTeam has severely cut out and cut back on everything! I am however, currently making up the short fall from Fred’s Social Security, which I have just begun to receive when I turned 60!


As I close, I have one thing to ask of you:
Please kindly
 pray for God’s provision for PowerTeam and for Darlene.
Please pray for the releasing of the
 “Angels of Provision” over myself and this ministry.


Greatly appreciating your continued support for PowerTeam.
We pray EXTREME BLESSINGS upon you and your    household!

Thank you so much for taking your time to read our very long newsletter. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or write.

803-746-4648 PO Box 38155, Rock Hill, SC 29732



^The references to Larry Randolph came from his teaching on Visitations & Transitions at the 2011 New Year’s Conference held at MorningStar Ministries.
* Grief Ball from H. Norman Wright, Experiencing Grief












Thursday, November 17, 2011

Christmas Angels 2011

This is our 12th Annual
Christmas Angel Program!


 We are sponsoring three new groups this year:
Keeping Hope Alive ~ Freddie Powers' Ministry
Team Focus, SC ~ Rey Dempsey &
Stephen Hennessey
The Emmett Scott Soul Steppers ~
Tammy Gaither

With your help, we estimate approximately 500 children will be blessed!

Here is what we need:
African American Dolls
Basket balls
Foot Balls
Soccer Balls
Game Stop Gift Cards

those sponsoring one of Freddie's kids will receive a picture so you can pray for your child throughout the year.

We need all UNWRAPPED GIFTS returned by Sunday, December 4th. They can be dropped off each Sunday at the former Home Group Both at MorningStar Fellowship. Be sure to clearly mark on your bags, "PowerTeam Angel Gift"

For delivery of gift cards, please contact me directly at 803-746-4648. You may bring your gift card to the Front Desk where I will be on duty.

Friday, November 11, 2011

PowerTeam Update

I am praying that those of you who have been checking our page understand the difficulty I have had to come and update. But I am finally here!
We have a NEW look for a new time.

I am keeping all the info about Fred on line as almost daily, someone comes to me to ask how he is or to say they did not know he had gone home. This page will include the slide show of Fred's life, our favorite memories and pictures.
Fred always encouraged me to keep doing the PowerTeam Christmas Angel program for the kids, no matter how badly he felt, he wanted them to be BLESSED! So keeping this in mind, we move forward to our Christmas Angel Program 2011.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

In Celebration of the Life of Fred Pitts

Memorial Service

In Celebration of the life of Fred Pitts
01/30/1944 - 04/06/2011


MorningStar Fellowship Church

 Saturday April 9th, 6pm
Main Atrium




 
Dear Church Family,

Fred and Darlene Pitts are an amazing couple who have spent their married life working with inner city children and families in Rock Hill and Charlotte. PowerTeam Inc. (the name of their ministry) has been tremendously used of the Lord to shower children and families with love through practical needs met, counseling, prayer, Christmas events, fun, wonderful hang-out time, and more—truly a ministry known by the Lord. Darlene and Fred both are known for their love, laughter, selflessness, hunger for the Lord, and love for His church.

We are sad to announce that yesterday, Wednesday April 6th, 2011, due to an extended illness, Fred went home to be with the Lord. Yes, we know that he is with Jesus now but will be missed by Darlene and all those who knew him. Please pray for Darlene as she walks through this grief and transition in her life. 


The Fred Pitts Memorial Service will be held in the Main Atrium, here at Heritage International Ministries, this Saturday, April 9 at 6pm. In memory of Fred, Darlene has requested that in lieu of flowers all donations be sent to A Purpose For Life Foundation 375 Star Light Dr, Suite 559 Fort Mill SC 29715 or donate online at http://apurposeforlife.org/ .