Letters of Recommendation

Letters of Recommendation

Listed below are letters of recommendation from:

Tom Messer, Senior Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL

Homer I. McMillan, II, President, IBCPA, Jacksonville, FL

Charles T. Shoemaker, Executive Vice President, Trinity Baptist College, Jacksonville, FL

Paul E. Scott, Children's and Bus Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL

Tim Tutton, Associate Director, NBT

Anthony Cason, Pastor, Hope For Life Baptist Church, Tallahassee, FL

Bro. Rick McGowan, Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Hinesville, GA

Charles Keen, Minister of Munitions, First Baptist Church, Milford, OH

Bro. Larry McVeay, Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church, Gautier, MS

To Whom It May Concern:

Occasionally you find a couple that God has raised up for a specific purpose and you are excited to see what God is going to do in their lives and ministry. This is the case with Ed and Jade Girard. They have surrendered their lives to work as missionaries with churches in establishing children ministries.

Ed is a graduate of Trinity Baptist College who excelled as a student, demonstrated great character, and expressed a heart for God. He and his wife have been actively involved in all aspects of our childrens ministry here at Trinity. They are called and gifted to work with children.

I recommend them to you without reservation. These people are soul winners and love children. I have great confidence in them and trust that you will consider supporting them.

In His Service,

Tom Messer

Senior Pastor

Trinity Baptist Church

To Who It May Concern,

Ed and Jade Girard have been led of God to involve themselves in a unique church planting ministry. They are burdened to be part of a team of families that are doing itinerate church planting; specifically, they intend to provide leadership in the area of children's ministry. They do not intend to stay in one church, but rather will help establish a church, train a family to replace themselves and move to the next city to start another church.

Please give your attention to their plea for ongoing missionary support! Ed has graduated from Trinity Baptist College; he and his wife Jade, are veterans in the work of children's ministry and are spiritual leaders whose ministry is vitally needed right now on the mission field of the United States!

As a veteran church planter, I have personally experienced the successes that the Lord uses team efforts to bring about. Please accept this note as my heartiest endorsement of this couple and my personal exhortation for your ministry to involve herself in team church planting.

Sincerely,

Homer I. McMillan, II

President, IBCPA

To Whom It May Concern:

I am honored and pleased to be able to recommend the ministry of Bro. and Mrs. Ed Girard.

God has placed a unique burden on the Girards to assist church planters to evangelize children and train workers to reach and teach children. So often children are a forgotten mission field!

Ed and Jade are godly servants with a deep desire to evangelize the next generation. Their ministry is through local Baptist churches, most of which are new and in need of assistance.

Please consider supporting the Girards in this important ministry!

In Him,

Charles T. Shoemaker

Executive Vice President

Trinity Baptist College

Dear Pastor,

It has been my privilege to know Ed and Jade Girard for many years now. Ed came to our church and college to be trained in the ministry. He immediately got involved in our bus ministry and became one of the most successful bus captains we have ever had. Ed also worked in Sunday School classes, 5-day clubs, Vacation Bible School, Awana Clubs, and more! Ed and Jade have overseen our Early Children's Church program. Their leadership, organization and love for children has made it one of the most exciting facets of our children's ministry.

Supporting Ed and Jade Girard would be among the most productive investments that your ministry could make. Ed and Jade will reach children and their parents with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ! Their followup ministry is second to none and the excitement that comes along with it will keep children sitting on the edge of their seats.

Please support Ed and Jade with your prayers and financial support as they serve planting churches with Independent Baptist Church Planters of America.

For His glory,

Paul E. Scott
Children's and Bus Pastor
Trinity Baptist Church

To Whom It May Concern:

I have known Ed Girard for many years. Our acquaintance started when he was a student at Trinity Baptist College. During his years as a student Ed developed a growing interest in ministry to children. As a result he became involved in a variety of opportunities.

He served in many facets of the children's ministry at Trinity Baptist Church and received a tremendous experience.

Ed served with me as summer missionary with Child Evangelism Fellowship. Later he served two summers with Neighborhood Bible Time.

I have observed real growth in Ed over these years. His ability to understand and work effectively with people has developed. He has allowed the Lord to increase his wisdom and has learned to work effectively in a multitude of situations. Ed is dependable and will follow through on what he has promised.

One of the wisest decisions that Ed made was in acquiring a good wife. Jade is a wonderful complement to Ed. She is a godly young lady with a great burden, vision and experience in the area of children's ministry.

I would highly recommend Ed Girard to help any church in the area of children's ministry. He will be able to assist and train workers in the evangelism and discipleship of boys and girls in a very competent way.

Sincerely in Christ and for His Glory,

Tim Tutton

Associate Director, NBT

Bro Girard:

Thank you and you wife for being with us. Because of your visit here our children have a new desire for the things of the Lord, and our childrens pastor is also excited about developing the childrens ministry into the same format that you use.

May God Continue To Bless

Anthony Cason

Hope For Life Baptist Church

Tallahassee, FL

Dear Fellow-Laborers,

It is with great joy and much enthusiasm that I recommend to you the ministry of Ed and Jade Girard. We recently had the privilege of having this dear couple conduct our Vacation Bible School. In a church that normally runs just over 200 in total attendance, we had our greatest VBS to date. There were 190 enrolled with 67 saved! What a blessing! I really believe that we would not have seen such results were it not for the Girard's ability to minister to children and their willingness to work for the Lord.

I wholeheartedly endorse them! We have already booked them for next year's VBS and I plan on having them come to do some teacher training as well.

In Christ,

Bro. Rick McGowan

Pastor, Grace Baptist Church

Hinesville, GA

Dear Brethren,

This letter is unsolicited but I feel led of the Lord to write. Ed and Jade did not ask me to write it. I have run across them from time to time in meetings across America. I appreciate so much, what they are doing for the next generation. There are so few solid Bible based childrens ministry in fundamentalism that I think those that are need to be recognized.

They do a great job with young people and training young people workers that you would not embarrass yourself nor hurt your church by considering having them in to be part of your church calendar.

Charles Keen

Minister of Munitions, First Baptist Church, Milford, OH

Dear Bro. Ed and Sis. Jade,

We wish to express our appreciation to you for leading in our teacher work shop and childrens church. We have all gained a new zeal for working with our children, and our teachers are putting to use some of the things you and Sis. Jade shared with us. It is always a pleasure to have someone, possessing a great desire to serve the Lord, come and share with us as you and Sis. Jade did. It was truly a great experience!

Please feel free to use me as a reference in the future, for I would highly recommend you both to any church or pastor for the purpose of carrying out this great work which our precious Lord has called you into.

New and fresh ideas brought to those who teach our children can re-energize these instructors, giving them a greater desire to make their classes more interesting to the children. This being a part of the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus, we have no doubt that the more dedicated our teachers are, the better chance we have of leading these young souls to Christ. We know that this is the truth, for again I say that we have seen this at Bethel since your visit.

So, we hope and pray that we can have you here again for a follow-up work shop. May God continue to bless you both in this very important ministry, and may you always keep God first in your life.

Bro. Larry McVeay

Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church, Gautier, MS