CONSTRUCTION OF:
YOUR MOBILE CHAPEL
It all started when through a trucking ministry Merwin was introduced to Jesus Christ and His simple plan for my salvation, that is when he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Two years later he answered God’s call and started volunteering as a chaplain with the ministry he was saved through. That was in 1987 and then in 1988 Merwin accepted their invitation to become a full time staff chaplain. Jumping forward to 1995 when God gave Merwin and Debbie the vision for Steering Wheel Ministries. This vision was not just in truck stops but to the driver’s family as well because Merwin and Debbie have been where these families are right now. The vision God gave them was also for 18-wheel mobile chapels going from truck stop to truck stop because there are a lot of drivers who are being missed by having services only on Sunday and no one can be there during the week. Also there are a lot of truck stops that do not have chapels at all. The mobile chapel is moving from truck stop to truck stop every 4 to 7 days and is staffed 24/7 by a man who is a truck driver. The drivers also see Steering Wheel Ministries moving and know we really are a trucking ministry and we really are truck drivers so they are more willing to come and talk with us.
From the time God gave Merwin and Debbie the vision and Steering Wheel Ministries started working on it up to the completion of the mobile chapel has been 14 1/2 years. The dedication is on Saturday, July 17 at the Pilot truck stop at the Rice Hill Exit 148 off I-5 in Oregon. The dedication service starts at noon followed by free food and live music until 4:00. Please come and join us.
The chapel trailer is being converted into a mobile chapel.
The floor is going down.
Nearing completion
The youth of United Family Fellowship, the church in Klamath Falls, Oregon that is building the Mobile Chapel wrote Scripture verses on the walls before the wood walls were put up.
Looking into the chaplain's living quarters.
The trailer was donated in 2000 and the truck was donated on November 2009 by the same dealer in Pendleton, Oregon.
All total it has taken 14 1/2 years and we are now ready for the dedication on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The dedication will be held at the Pilot truck stop at the Rice Hill Exit 148 off I-5 in Oregon. Everyone is invited to attend. The dedication service starts at noon and the music and free food will go until 4:00.
CONSTRUCTION OF:
Stage Of Praise
This trailer was given to us by the man, Frank, who bought it from the ministry who had it before so it was already built to be a mobile chapel. He had been using it as a storage trailer at his home back in Illinois until God convicted him of using it for storage when He had it built to be out on the road spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Frank told a driver this and said, "If I could find a ministry who will put it back on the road I would give it to them". The driver, Mark, told him about Steering Wheel Ministries and got us together on the phone and he gave it to us. Then was the issue of getting it out here and God used an owner-operator, Russ, who said he would bring it out here to Oregon for free which he did. We now have to completely rebuild this trailer and the plan is to turn it into an 18-wheel mobile stage, which we will call, "Stage Of Praise". It will also be built so it can be closed up in bad weather and be used as a "regular" 18-wheel mobile chapel.
Work is getting done as volunteers are able to come out and help Merwin, president of Steering Wheel Ministries pictured on the roof fixing leaks.
Now that the leaks are fixed and the water damage is torn out we are ready to start building back into the chapel. This view is from the chapel area into the living quarters.
The propane is installed and ready for the furnace.
We discovered floor-joists that have to be replaced so we are working on that.
These Mobile Chapels are being built for the glory of God by gifts from those who want to see souls saved from Hell through Jesus Christ and His shed blood.
The work on these trailers is a work of faith as the funds come in. Those who want to see souls saved from the gates of Hell fund the entire project. Up until now the work has been on hold due to the lack of funds and the lack of men with the know-how to build the chapels. Please pray that these needs are met so the chapel will soon be out on the road reaching souls for Jesus Christ, thus rescuing them from Hell.
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