Events

When we are in town, we are involved in ministry and growing our own faith in many ways including weekly morning prayer meetings, weekend services and small groups at our church. We both also connect with a few ministry leadership groups every week or 2. We are also very involved in leading our ministerial fellowship (www.FMIministry.com) and our own ministry (Salt & Light). We love to do outreach and mission projects, speaking engagements, music and creative arts projects, and help equip people by providing free content on this website. If we can help you or your ministry in any way, please see the “Connect with Us” section at the bottom of the page to contact us. Have a blessed week!

Thanks for your prayers and support of our upcoming events!

DECEMBER: RHODA TEACHING STUDENTS IN NEPAL

In November, Rhoda will be teaching college level courses on Zoom to young students in Nepal with the focus on teaching them on how to lead music practically as well as a focus on prophetic worship and spiritual gifts in worship. This teaching will be a one week study, over 12 hours of classes.

NOVEMBER: TOM TEACHING STUDENTS IN NEPAL

In October Tom will be teaching college level courses on Zoom to young students in Nepal with the focus on teaching them to study the Bible and teach it to others. This teaching will be a one week study, over 12 hours of classes.

NOVEMBER: LAUNCHING A NEW MINISTRY CONSULTING BUSINESS

We are now in the process of building a new Ministry Consulting business we are calling “Parakletos” which means, “one who pleads another’s cause.” We are putting our many years of church ministry leadership to work in helping ministries to love God and people well. We will also help ministries come into alignment with their purpose, mission and values, and offer ministry assessments and leader coaching to keep ministries healthy. For more info on this ministry, or to schedule a call, click here.

OCT. 29-NOV. 19th: HEARING GOD’S VOICE VIRTUAL CLASS

You're invited to join us on a four week faith journey. This Zoom Group on Tuesday evenings (7-9pm ET) is hosted by our good friends Brian and Lucy Ann Costa-Quattrone. Lucy Ann is a Life Coach, Speaker and Award Winning Author. In a world filled with noise, it's imperative that we learn to clearly distinguish God's voice from all other voices. Your everyday life will take on new meaning as you come to understand how to clearly hear the voice of God speaking to you. Step into a deeper relationship with God! 
Cost: $25 fee for the workbook to include shipping & handling. Space is Limited so register asap via email: lucyanncq@gmail.com. Include class name and your contact info. 

OCTOBER: HURRICANE DISASTER RELIEF WORK

We are engaged in helping people who were negatively affected by the past 2 hurricanes to hit Florida. We are working with family, old friends and new friends to help restore what has been lost and bring hope to people again. We will keep you posted on our efforts here. Thanks for praying for all those suffering now as a result of this. 

OCTOBER 3: INTERVIEWS WITH DAVID DUSEK (“ROUGH CUT MEN” LEADER)

I had two great interviews with David who has traveled the world helping men through his ministry. He has a unique style of presenting the Gospel and bringing restoration to men’s lives. For more info, check out https://roughcutmen.org. You can also see the interviews on our websites and YouTube channel.

SEPTEMBER: LAUNCHING “BASECAMP” ONLINE DISCIPLESHIP

If you’ve ever taken a guided trip up a mountain, chances are you spent some time at a base camp with instructors preparing you for your journey. Life is certainly a journey as well. Basecamp is a free online equipping tool I created to help you prepare for the journey of life. In our “Exploring Christianity” module we will link you to great ministries to help answer some fundamental questions like, “why are we here?” and “is there a God?”. In “First Steps” we will walk you through some initial steps of becoming a follower of Christ. In “Build Foundation” you’ll discover many free college-level courses and books that will be easy to follow and allow you to work at your own pace. And finally, in our “Train for Ministry” module we will help you grow in leadership and confidence as you begin to lead others in faith and train in ministry. In the last two modules you’ll also get free access to over 150 teaching videos from Rhoda and I. Basecamp will be rolling out to all three organizations we oversee soon.

SEPTEMBER: VISIT WITH YWAM ORLANDO

We are looking forward to connecting with some great friends at Youth with a Mission Orlando. We’ve known them for many years and they lead many of the efforts there and around the world. It will be great to visit their ministry and hear how their ministry is effective around the world.

AUGUST: OUR GRANDDAUGHTER IS BORN!

We are so excited to welcome baby Marley into the world, our second grandchild! She is doing great! We are taking time this month to connect with our kids and grandkids after traveling so much the last 2 months. We are also doing a lot of prep work for our ministry including prepping for many more online teachings and working on a new series that focuses on the teachings of Jesus that we will be teaching together.

AUGUST: NEW WEBSITE

I just did a complete makeover for our website and we also changed our site name to www.SaltandLight.live. You can still get to it if you use www.TomandRhoda.net but we wanted to focus more on the name of our ministry in our site’s name. You can find our social medial links there, watch all our videos, see the latest pictures from our trips and much more. Check it out, and thanks for subscribing to our content on YouTube and Facebook!

AUGUST 9: FMI ORDINATION

Because we also lead a Ministerial Fellowship called Fellowship of Ministers International (www.FMIminiistry.com), we are able to license people into the ministry after a qualifying process. In August, we had the joy of ordaining Jacob and Bethany Hostetler into the ministry of pastor. They have been leading their youth ministry at their church in Bradenton, Florida for several years. We have seen God’s anointing on them both and we were excited to be part of this important time in their lives.

JULY 31-AUGUST 8: HANDYMAN WORKING TRIP FOR TOM IN MISSISSIPPI

I was invited by a great friend there to help him remodel one of his rental homes. It was also a great opportunity to spend time with their family and to meet several ministry leaders in the area. I was also able to meet Joshua, who has an amazing testimony of God restoring him after being on drugs since he was 12. He now has a beautiful family and will be staying in the home we were working on. Check out our website (www.saltandlight.live/messages), for this outreach interview.

JULY 8-23: US STATE MINISTRY TRIP

We drove from Florida to New York then to Mississippi before heading home on this trip, over 4000 miles! We made many stops along the way. This was a “led by the Spirit” trip as we looked for opportunities to connect with people to encourage them and share the Gospel. We were able to do that at RV Parks, parking lots, restaurants, and stores. We also connected with many family members along the way and encouraged several who are in the ministry. Our daughter Summer also flew up to join us in New York for a few days and we had a great time with family there and climbed some huge waterfall areas.

JUNE 18-22: EXALT YOUTH CAMP

We were so excited to return to lead in the teachings at the youth and young adult camp for Exalt Church in Bradenton! Jacob and Bethany Hostetler lead this ministry and they used to be in our youth group (Fortress) many years ago. Hanging out with the students and leaders all week was so refreshing and fun! It was amazing to see the students grow in their faith and confidence in hearing from God throughout the week. God moved on us all in such beautiful ways! What a joy we had to interact with and shape the next generation!

APRIL 19-MAY 8: MINISTRY TRIP TO MONTANA

We flew to Montana to help cleanup a Youth with a Mission (YWAM) base damaged by fire. It was great to see the Elke’s who led the YWAM group at FOB a few years ago and are now leading the new base in Montana. It was also great to see Don and Beth Moree, former missionaries with FOB, who work at another YWAM base in Montana. We were able to connect these couples and now they are working together. We met so many amazing people, including pastors, leaders and so many children in that region, and we are so grateful. We visited 3 churches and had a great ministry service at YWAM with the amazing families there. We hope to go back soon and hopefully ordain several into the ministry.