Photos 2023 Messengers Messianic Outreach Baleston

In March 2023 Mottel traveled to Texas teach a 2 day seminar held by 'Disciple Daily'. Friday evening brought a
"Messiah in the Passover' demonstration, and the 4 hour long seminars on Saturday had basic training in how to
knowledgably share Messiah. Photo at lower left shows the unique setting, a metal 'Baker Building' open to the elements.

In early April we conducted a "Messiah in the Passover" Seder, using a church facility in central New Jersey. Unique was that
we had a small group of Brazilian Christians attend, so their bi-lingual Pastor did simultaneous translation into Portuguese.

April 2023: ZOOM BIBLE SEMINAR FOR CHINESE SPEAKERS, 50 HOUSEHOLDS !!
One of the young men who has been a student in my summer Bible classes was born in Taiwan, and came to the USA as a child. His English name is Vincent, and he is a member of a weekly worldwide Bible Study group for Chinese speakers with an interest in the Jewish roots of our Christian faith. In April he arranged for me to teach the group an overview of the Christian significance of the Old Testament Holy Days as seen in Leviticus 23, focusing on Passover, where we see Messiah Jesus as the Greater Passover Lamb who takes away the sin of the world. On the Zoom screen above, you'll see a small portion of those logged in, with no pictures and alternate Bible names, as two thirds of those online are from mainland China and need to be anonymous for their safety.

The photo above was taken at a Hebrew Baby naming and Dedication I officiated for a believing Jewish family. The tradition in the Jewish community is that children are given two names: a secular one for use in the public community, and a Hebrew name to be used within the Jewish community. An example of this is the Apostle Paul, who, contrary to what you may hear, did NOT change his name when he became a believer, but always had both names. This family had two children in rapid succession, and so we did a double ceremony, with nonbelieving members of their extended Jewish family in attendance and participating. It is difficult to put in words the sort of positive impression this has on those relatives. The falsehood that circulates in the mainstream Jewish community is that Jewish believers came to faith in Jesus to escape Jewish identity, which is offensive and false, so our sharing Messiah during this Jewish tradition is a powerful statement of our faith.

Messianic Bible Discipleship Program in New York at
Shoshanah Campus Summer 2023

- Each Summer Mottel teaches for three or more weeks at the Discipleship Program for Jewish & Gentile believers run by Ariel Ministries at their Shoshanah Conference Center in upstate NY. This is a fully collaborative endeavor and benefits the Jewish believers we are discipling in our ministry. When the program began over 30 years ago it was only open to Jewish believers, now it's open to all. It was vital to Mottel & Deborah's early spiritual growth and so it is a privilege for Mottel to teach there and to have believers we work with attending.
- Many of the believers there have come to faith in recent years. The program entails over 5 hours of classes per day at the Bible College level, so the students tend to be serious and MOST teach Bible themselves in their home areas. In 2023 the program averaged about 35 adult students each week, with about 140 different students from across the USA plus 10 nations over the full 8 weeks of the teaching schedule.
- Importantly, over the years many who were initially discipled here went on to full time Jewish outreach ministry. Mottel usually teaches 2 courses per day, and has counseling, leadership and occasional music responsibilities.

Teens seeing that the Middle East is the 'Land Bridge' between Europe, Asia and Africa

Steve is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is active in ministry.	Seen with his daughter, Mark is a Jewish businessman who came to faith in Messiah less than a year ago.
Both these Jewish believers are from California, but had never met until this years Discipleship Program.	Teaching on how bad theology in Europe enabled the Holocaust

In the 'Orientation Session' before classes bagan, each student shared when and where they came to saving faith in Messiah.
Each week varied in number of students, we averaged 35 adults per week, with 8 teens & kids.

Mottel led worship during this Friday evening Shabbat dinner, along with Trish and Joe

The 100 year old pulpit of First Baptist, Bloomfield NJ. I'm privileged to be a guest speaker there every year.

When we conduct the Lord's Table we use the original Hebrew words of the blessing Jesus said over the unleavened bread and the cup.

HANUKKAH OUTREACH - December 2023
In John 10:21-22 Messiah Jesus is involved in the observance of Hanukkah (Feast of Dedication). Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Macabees over pagan forces who wanted to destroy the Bible and the Jewish people. Think about it: No Jewish people = No Jesus / No Jesus = No Christmas. Without Hanukkah there wouldn't be Christmas! - Our Hanukkah celebration has it's focus on Messiah Jesus, the Light of the World !! For this outreach we collaborated with Diann Parkas of CJF Ministries.

What we're NOT showing you . . .
are the faces of some of the Jewish people who have come to faith or a being discipled. Privacy & security are concerns,
though we have written of them in our Prayer Letters and emails.