November 2025 – Ministry Newsletter
November 2025 Newsletter
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
From the keyboard of Dr. Ross Jutsum
Dear family and friends::
Greetings from Florida on this pleasant November day. We will celebrate Thanksgiving here in the U.S. in just a week.
In September Tammy and I made a long trip “down under” to visit my family in Queensland. On the left is a picture of a Worship Concert I gave at my sister Claire’s for some of her neighbors. We sang some great traditional hymns like “How Great Thou Art, “Amazing Grace” and “Great is Thy Faithfulness.” We enjoyed two picnics with family – brother, sisters, in-laws, nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews and cousins. With no piano available in the parks where we enjoyed the picnics, I played guitar, although a little rusty and with steel strings!
Upon our return to Florida in October, we drove 6 hours to Destin, FL where I served once again as a Worship Leader at a Church Convention and gave a Worship Concert. Pictured over is when I invited the children to join me on two of my original songs, “No Worries” and “No Other God,” the latter being a musical story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. It was also wonderful to catch up with Bill and Kari Crow who were students when I served at Ambassador University in Big Sandy, TX. They were in our musical group, the Young Ambassadors, in the 1990s, and shared a beautiful duet rendition of the Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli’s “The Prayer” at one of the Destin worship services. Bill also shared one of my songs, “Someone Special.”
In November, we were blessed to make a trip to Connecticut to visit our daughter Heidi and her husband Ryan. One of the highlights of the weekend was seeing our 12-year-old grand-daughter, Grace, in her middle school musical version of “Willy Wonka Jr.” In addition of performing, the students ran the sound and lighting, and coordinated the set building and the publicity. It was truly Broadway quality and we were so proud of Grace’s contribution. Another highlight was watching our 9-year-old grandson Gabriel play in a soccer match. Gabe is quite the sportsman! (see below)
Daughter Lisa, husband Jonathan, and our five other grand-children continue serving with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Guinea in West Africa. Their work is very challenging and we ask once again for your prayers for their safety and protection. The children are thriving and their French is amazing! Like Grace and Gabriel, they love music and 9-year-old twins Evelyne and Isaiah and 7 year-old Solomon are doing wonderfully well in their piano studies. 5-year-old twins Aaron and Noah will begin their piano studies soon.
Ryan, Grace, Heidi and Gabriel post concert!
Tammy and I so appreciate our family and friends and are very grateful for your prayers and support of our ministries. Please know we continue to pray for you and yours.
With gratitude, love and prayers,
Ross and Tammy