Fire On The Mountain

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1 Fire On The Mountain Newsletter #11 December 9, 2011 The Coming King Foundation A501(c)3 Non-Profit Texas Corporation Established May 6, 2004 P.O. Box , Kerrville, TX (830) Trustees: Max Greiner, Jr. (President), Rev. Fern Lancaster (Vice President), Chris Daniel (Treasurer), Nancy Redhead (Secretary), James McKnight, Clint Fiore, Carol Lenard, James Barnett, Sharan Barnett, Bruce Cook, Phd., Sherry Greiner, Randy Choat, Ron Hicks, Rebecca Jons, Janice Baca, David Baca, Dru Williamson, Johnny Sharp, Barbara Sullivan, Rev. James Wilson, Wilma Hickman SPRING GARDEN OPENING! By TCKF Trustee Janice Baca TCKF Websites: & The Coming King Foundation is on the brink of opening the main entrance to its magnificent 23 acre Sculpture Prayer Garden on IH-10! If everything goes as expected, the front entrance on Benson Dr. will be opened to the public in the spring of 2012, Lord willing! Bids from contractors are in process now and construction is expected to begin after the first of the year. The spiritual Garden is being built on faith in God without debt, public tax money or professional fundraisers. Thanks to the generous donations of Christians across America, and the Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation of Kerrville, TX, sufficient funds have now been raised by TCKF to build the main entrance. A temporary paved road will extend up the mountain, where visitors can park on the top, just south of the 77 7 Sculpture, The Empty Cross. The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden entrance will display several monumental Christian bronze sculptures and a beautiful water feature called the Jordan River Crossing Water Wall. This symbolic waterfall will be located on the right side of the Garden entrance. Visitors will literally enter the promised land on dry land (Jos 4:22). When additional donations are received, a concrete bus and RV parking lot will be built, along with a rustic limestone amphitheater, near the main entrance of the Garden. In addition, when God provides more funds the entire Garden will be completed with concrete roads, walking and bike trails, an artisan s exhibit area, family picnic areas, bird and wildlife observation areas. Over $3,000,000 worth of monumental Christ-honoring sculptures will grace this Garden. This artwork has already been donated to TCKF by three internationally collected sculptors, Beverly Paddleford, David Broussard and Max Greiner, Jr. Admission to the inspiring spiritual Garden will be free to the public. The Garden Tabernacle will have world-class landscaping and some of the best beautiful views of the Kerrville valley. The Empty Cross sculpture by Max Greiner, Jr. was constructed by Eagle Bronze Foundry, owned by Monte & Beverly Paddleford. Beverly is donating several Christian bronzes, including Hope, a sculpture of Jesus holding an infant. (pictured below) Many Christian business owners have donated their time, work and equipment to build this spiritual Garden to honor Jesus Christ. The most recent companies to donate their efforts include one of the largest landscape companies in the United States, AAA Landscape ( out of Phoenix, AZ and San Antonio, TX. Company CEO, Robert Underwood is donating the services of his landscape architect to create the many landscape drawings required. 1

2 In addition, Pastor Adam Schindler, owner of Schindler Graphics in San Antonio, TX (www. schindlergraphics.com) has donated beautiful 3D images of the Garden, including images of The Empty Cross TM, which can now be seen from any angle, from any computer in the world, on GOOGLE EARTH! Nicole Huff and Janice Baca are maintaining the TCKF social media sites, such as Facebook ( and Twitter ( for the non-profit Christian arts foundation. These social media avenues provide wonderful opportunities to share Jesus, and what God is doing at the Garden. None of these extraordinary accomplishments could have occurred without your faithful prayers and donations! However, more funds are needed to pave the roads and finish the 23 acre Garden! Will you help us? The Coming King Foundation has just launched a new fundraising program called Pave the Way to the Cross! Through this program, you have the opportunity to donate custom etched concrete Pavers that can display your support for Jesus, a family member, your church, Sunday School class, organization, or business. Your Paver will be on permanent exhibit for thousands to see forever, along one of the many walking trails in the Garden! Garden supporter Col. Bill Lewis (left) introduced AAA Landscape CEO and donor, Robert Underwood to TCKF President, Max Greiner Jr. at The Empty Cross TM on 10/6/11. It was a divine appointment! AAA Landscape is one of the largest landscaping companies in the USA. To make a donation, please go to: To learn more about The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden project, or guided tours of the monumental, contemporary cross sculpture, please us at: office@thecomingking foundation.org, or call (830) To learn more about the many miracles God is working at The Empty Cross TM, please visit: Pastor Adam Schindler, owner of Schindler Graphics is donating 3D graphics for the Kerrville Sculpture Prayer Garden. GOOGLE EARTH now features his graphic of The Empty Cross TM. 2

3 GARDEN #2 IS GROWING! By Rev. Fern Lancaster The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden vision given to artist, Max Greiner, Jr. in 2001 was never intended to be limited to just one location. As a result, other Christians are catching the soul-winning vision and running with it! (Hab 2:2) Owatonna, Minnesota is the site of the second Sculpture Prayer Garden. This ideal location on IH-35 is just 40 miles south of Minneapolis, on the 22-acre campus of Christian Family Church. On August 16, 2009, Dr. Timothy and Cherrie Peterson, the pastors of the non-denominational charismatic church prophetically, planted the same 17 Juniper cross that was planted in faith on September 16, 2005 to claim the Kerrville Garden. This prophetic gesture proclaimed the second Sculpture Prayer Garden would be built on Minnesota soil. Where will the leather lashed wooden cross go next? Only God knows! Greiner s The Coming King life-size bronze sculpture, which was erected in Owatonna on August 28, 2010, has caused a lot of buzz around Christian Family Church from the first day it arrived. People slow down to get a better look at the monumental sculpture. Many people stop, get out of their cars and take pictures of the scripturally symbolic sculpture. Pastor, Cherrie Peterson, not wanting to waste any opportunity that God gives, meets and greets the people. She always prays for those who stop to see the powerful sculpture. Cherrie said, No one has turned down prayer. It seems people are the same the world over. Most need and appreciate prayer! The publicity has been tremendous, about 90% positive and 10% negative. One negative newspaper article asked if the church was advertising like Burger King. On 8/16/09 TCKF President, Max Greiner, Jr. went to Owatonna, MN to plant the second Sculpture Prayer Garden. Pastors Tim and Cherrie Peterson planted the original 17 juniper cross in faith on their campus of Christian Family Church believing for Garden #2. Out of the mouths of Babes, one little girl asked her parents why Jesus was sitting on the horse. This gave her parents the perfect occasion to explain that Jesus is our soon coming King, who will be riding on a white horse. (Rev 19:11) God s supernatural signs and wonders appeared when the first sculpture was placed at the Minnesota church on August 28, When the 18 tall bronze sculpture was erected by Monte Paddleford, the owner of Eagle Bronze, thousands of tiny golden dust particles formed on the hands, faces and clothing of about a hundred church members who were present at the time. This sparkling dust, which looks like fine glitter is believed to be the visible Shekinah Glory (Isa 60:1) which first appeared on Moses thousands of years ago (Ex 34:29). Strange orbs of light believed to be angels (Ez 1:15) were photographed inside the church and around the sculpture by numerous people using flash cameras.the miracle manifestations continued during church services in the following months. The Minneapolis campus is about sixty miles north of the Owatonna campus, which also experienced the miracles! After the bronze sculpture of Christ was placed on its pedestal, the base was covered with beautiful stone. Once this prophetic sculpture was raised, the Christian Family Church refurbished their building, which had been empty for eight years, before their purchase. The architectural improvements during the last year have cost the church about $500, One of the last things Dr. Oral Roberts did prior to his passing was to pray with Dr. Tim and Cherrie Peterson, on 8/25/09, that the Sculpture Prayer Gardens would spring up all around the world.

4 The Coming King life-size bronze sculpture was placed at a historically significant location in the community. Previously, three fighter jets were displayed at this location, until the aviation sculpture was moved about onehalf mile south of the church. To the north, the Cabela s hunting and fishing store displays a monumental bronze sculpture of two White-Tail deer, also cast by Eagle Bronze. Like the original Kerrville location, the second Sculpture Prayer Garden is being built in stages, on faith in God, without debt. Therefore, Garden #2 will be completed as funds come in. Throughout history, all evangelistic outreaches have required donations from Christians to function. However in 2006, God revealed a unique, innovative funding method to TCKF. Prophetic friend, Jim Beard called Max Greiner, Jr. and told him that the multimillion dollar Sculpture Prayer Gardens could eventually be self-funded, without charging admission, selling items or soliciting donations! This would be possible because each soul-winning Garden would become a major tourist attraction in its area. As a result, restaurant chains would want to locate near the Gardens. Research indicates that over one thousand tourists a day will visit these Christian Gardens when completed. Consequently, land near the Gardens will be perfect locations for restaurants, motels and other businesses that depend on a steady stream of people. One acre commercial pad-sites near the Gardens can be sold to the restaurant chains for over a million dollars each! The income from padsites can generate more than enough funds to build and maintain the entire Sculpture Prayer Garden, while providing additional funds for other worthy ministry needs! Currently, Christian Family Church is planning to resume construction of its Sculpture Prayer Garden and hopes to place the second monumental bronze sculpture soon. To support Owatonna Garden, please visit their website: On 8/29/10, during the services at both Christian Family Church campuses, the sparkling Shekinah Glory dust (Ex 34:29 & Is 60:1) formed. Angels were photographed in the form of round orbs of light (Ez 1:15) when the Petersons and Greiner shared the vision of the Sculpture Prayer Gardens. On 8/28/10, Monte Paddleford owner of Eagle Bronze erected the 18 tall The Coming King life-size bronze sculpture. Signs and wonders occured that weekend when bystanders were all sprinkled with the Shekinah Glory dust particles! 4

5 GREATER WORKS AT THE KERRVILLE CROSS! By TCKF Trustee Janice Baca Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. John 14:12 When Jesus walked the earth, He healed, delivered, performed signs and wonders, and raised the dead. Yet, He instructed that if we believe in Him, we will do a greater number of works than He did, because He went to be with the Father. Prophetic evangelist, Mims Johnston has been conducting informal Prayers Inside The Cross every Wednesday at 5:30 PM since The Empty Cross TM was raised on 7/27/10. This time of prayer, worship and teaching draws Christians from across the region since the power of God is manifested each week. The promise of John 14:12 is powerfully being revealed at The Coming King Foundation s Sculpture Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas. Eye witnesses report seeing physical and inner healings, the visible Shekinah Glory golden dust particles (Isa 60:1 & Ex 34:29), and spheres of light (Ez 1:15) called Angel Orbs at the 77 7 cross. Because so many miracles are happening to hundreds of visitors, a special website ( has been created to document the supernatural manifestations occuring on this holy ground. TCKF has invited churches and groups to use the Garden. After the massive red/brown cross was erected on 7/27/10, Miriam Mims Johnston asked TCKF if she could conduct informal Prayers Inside The Cross every Wednesday at 5:30 PM. Her request was approved. The prophetic evangelist is an eye witness to many miracles, signs and wonders at The Empty Cross TM. The visible glory of God believed to be the Shekinah Glory (Ex 34:29 & Is 60:1) frequently forms on visitors to the massive 77 7 symbolic cross. The supernatural sparkling dust particles which look like fine glitter and form on the skin and clothing. Now, every Wednesday evening people gather from across the region at the Sculpture Prayer Garden to seek God. Visitors to the open cross have come from as far away as Canada, Mexico, France and Africa. During these non-denominational prayer meetings, the Holy Spirit reveals Himself powerfully by performing miracles of love, in the name of Jesus Christ. Although the unfinished spiritual Garden hasn t officially opened yet, God proves that no obstacles are too big for Him to reveal His grace. Mims recently exspressed her thrill when she experienced the power of God during one of their prayer meetings: Praise the most High God! There is none like Him in all the earth! What a Savior! What a mighty King we serve! What a Healer and Deliverer! Praise and glory to the One who came and rescued us from sin and death. Brothers and sisters, our LORD is with us walking among us, touching us, laughing and crying with us. I see His love pouring out over us, and witness His signs and miracles among us. If your church or group is interested in scheduling an event at the cross, please contact The Coming King Foundation (830) (office@thecomingkingfoundation.org) Note: In cases of inclement weather, the Wednesday prayer meeting may be moved to an indoor location. Please contact TCKF Office for instructions. 5 Round balls of light continue to be photographed at night with flash cameras around The Empty Cross TM. The Angel Orbs are believed to be the angelic creatures described by the Jewish Prophet Ezekiel. (Ez 1:15)

6 PLEASE CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT! We need your help to finish the first Sculpture Prayer Garden on IH-10 here in Texas! The magnificent cross is up thanks to your prayers and gifts. Now we need to build the roads, parking lots and landscaped areas, so the free, Christ-honoring park can be finished! The Garden will be a great blessing to the region and a major free tourist attraction for the community of Kerrville. We estimate that approximately three million dollars are still needed to complete the entire Garden with first-class, no maintenance, concrete roads and parking lots. More than a dozen Christ-honoring monumental sculptures have already been donated by three internationally collected artists, Beverly Paddleford, David Broussard & Max Greiner, Jr. This art is valued at over $3,000,000. Thank you for helping build this last days Garden so others might know the love of Jesus Christ. This soul-winning Garden is being built by the Body of Christ without debt, public tax money or professional fundraisers. This Tabernacle Garden will be here when Christ returns! Gifts are tax deductible in the USA and will be acknowledged on a Servants Wall of Honor. In the last days the mountain of the Lord s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths. Isaiah 2:2 (NIV) The Coming King Foundation, P.O. Box , Kerrville, TX (830) office@thecomingkingfoundation.org 6