The Annual Wisconsin Governor’s Prayer Breakfast will be held on Thursday, May 7, which is also the National Day of Prayer. This event is held annually at the THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PROGRAM Italian Conference Center, 631 E. Chicago Street, in downtown Milwaukee next to PARTICIPANTS CONFIRMED TO DATE: the Summerfest grounds with ample free parking for everyone. It is open to the • Jeremiah Behling, Managing Partner entire public and is a non-political event. Behling, Utmost Capital Connection The special guest speaker is Bob Doll, a Chief Equity Strate- • Thomas Gale, Senior Advisor, SVN, Hintz Commercial Real Estate, Inc. gist and Senior Portfolio Manager at Nuveen Asset Manage- ment based in Chicago. He is a CPA and a CFA. Bob ap- • David J. Grandsard, CMDSR, US Navy (Ret.) pears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Fox • Nancy Hodges, President, National Spring, Inc. Business News discussing the economy and markets. He is a highly respected authority on the equities markets among • Matthew Kleiman, Registered Representative, Israel Bonds investors, advisors, and the media. As the author of widely followed weekly commentaries and annual • Earnell Lucas, Milwaukee County Sheriff market predictions, Bob provides ongoing, • Michael L. Thompson, President timely market perspectives. and CEO, Fair Oak Farms, LLC For ticket information, go to the following website www.wisconsin- • Tony Neal, Payroll Supervisor, V&J governorsprayerbreakfast.com. A ticket order form is available on Holding Companies, Inc., and Gospel Artist with McDonald’s GospelFest the website. You are encouraged to obtain your tickets early as this 2020 coming to the Fiserv Forum event is usually sold out. For further information, email info@wis- Tony Neal consingovernorsprayerbreakfast.com or call 414-344-7300. Gospel Artist • Mayor Tom Barrett, City of Milwaukee NRB 2020: Huckabee Offers a Cure to Poverty By Bob Conklin It was another great Huckabee went on to year attending the Na- address the ills of soci- tional Religious Broad- ety today and how the casters’ 2020 Conven- answer is found in God tion in Nashville. Bob and the family. “Fa- Conklin, Pastor Mike therhood and dads re- and Joann Harden rep- ally do matter. Fact is, resented the Christian kids need a mom and a Courier Newspaper at dad. Our anti-poverty this annual meeting message is simple: Get of people from Amer- married and remain Deliver To: Deliver ica and around the married. Get at least world, who work and a high school educa- minister in Christian tion or better. Get a job communication. and stay employed and you’ll never spend a day in poverty.” The theme of NRB 2020 was “Advocating and Equip- ping.” Speaker after speaker reminded us how blessed Lastly, don’t worry. We heard a resounding reminder we are to have freedom of religion and freedom of that we have read the Book and the last chapter. The speech in America. We all know these rights are un- Bible is clear that Jesus has won the victory. Do not eld Avenue fi der attack from every angle. Mike Huckabee, former get discouraged. In the end we win. John 15:20 was governor of Arkansas and popular TBN talk show host a verse that we discussed throughout the conference: said, “NRB must proclaim its message to the world. “Remember the word that I said unto you. The ser- We can’t live in a time where everyone does what he vant is not greater than his lord. If they have perse- A ministry of Assn ProBuColls 9733 W Green Milwaukee WI 53214 Milwaukee thinks is right in his own eyes much like in the times of cuted me, they will persecute you; if they have kept Change Service Requested the judges in the Bible. It is not how serious my faith my saying, they will keep yours also.” is, but how real the One our faith is in.” Page 2 March & April 2020 A Word From The Heart by John Duckhorn I met John Fisco in the fall of 1959 during Rogers restaurant and asked me to do some my senior year at Pulaski High School. It things on the Book of Romans. After I left was the result of two students, both born for my fi rst term as a missionary in Colom- again Christians, having shared their faith bia, South America, that study grew in the with me. John told me I needed to be saved popular Wednesday night Scanda House by faith and that my sins would be forgiven study with Marc Erickson. It remained an by God’s grace apart from works. It was a ca- important spiritual fi xture for many years. sual meeting but one that made him become The results of that study and the people concerned about my eternal status. It began who came to know Jesus Christ as Savior, my search to better understand God’s mes- as well as those who grew in the faith, can’t sage of the Bible. It was a long and intense be known this side of heaven. John was at a battle, on my part. After a brief trip to Cali- time of a decision of faith. He would focus fornia, with my estranged father, I quickly his time and attention on full time service to returned to Milwaukee to settle the issue. the Milwaukee area. His father retired, and I wanted one fi nal clear explanation of the John then decided to not continue working way of salvation and decided I would seek for Fisco Auto Paint, that now belonged to out John for help. I became a child of God his older brother Ron. That was a huge step on October 7, 1959, lead to Christ by John’s of faith and took John on an adventure of wise council. trusting the Lord for guidance and learning to obey the Lord. A little offi ce was rented John was in his early 20’s and keen on do- ville, Alabama and a fellow student in mis- above a bank on Lincoln Ave and a sign hung ing something for the Lord. He worked for sionary training. out that said “Collegiates For Christ”, which his father at Fisco Auto Paint and started to Meanwhile John had taken me under his would soon be changed to ProBuColls, a be active among college age believers. Many wing. I stayed close to him and learned to be more inclusive scope of John’s vision for the of them were friends from Youth For Christ a bold witness. We handed out tracts at vari- city of Milwaukee. John had organizational days and attended various evangelical local ous events around Milwaukee and I learned skills and was soon serving various christian churches. He felt they were neglected at that to be aggressive and defend the faith. I spent organizations in helping them put togeth- time, and sought to casually meet after Sun- a lot of time with him, soaking up his under- er conferences. He was, at times, involved day evening services. So we began to meet, standing of a life of faith and became more with the Billy Graham organization, as well for coffee, at a Howard Johnson restaurant. confi dent of God’s work in my life. He would as overseeing the annual Governor’s Prayer Soon there was a sizeable group and a more be an encouragement to me the rest of his Breakfast. John’s fi nest work was establish- formal get together was planned. The fi rst life. ing houses for needy men who would live in meeting was held in a savings and Loan just an environment that would help them fi nd across from the church we attended. The Soon John decided it would be a wise thing the encouragement, both spiritually and speaker was a rocket scientist from Hunts- to turn the Sunday night coffee chats into a physically, that would change their lives. Bible study. John found a room at the Jolly Continued top of page 3 a division of ProBuColls Association 9733 W Greenfi eld Ave West Allis WI 53214 The Christian Courier Newspaper is available at the following John M. Fisco, Jr Founding Publisher stores and gift shops... Bob Conklin Publisher Karen Scharnick, Rita Bertolas Content Pastor Michael Harden Journalist Arise! 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