The Truthfabric Blog

LASTEST NEWS JUNE 2009

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TRUTHFABRIC SHOWCASE!!!

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Please come along and enjoy the evening with us!!!

Hear two excellent singers and see our Truthfabric Kids Dance team!!

Come along!!!

Truthfabric Testimony heard at the Scunthorpe Friends' of Gideons Branch, Scunthorpe, 14th May 2009

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Well, there is a fire burning in 'sunny Scunny!'Dr. Barton and Truthfabric founder Paul Vivian, both members of the Gideons Grimsby Branch, were invited over to Scunthorpe by the friends of Gideons in the town, to share their Testimonies. Dr. Barton shared about his incredible rescue from the North Sea when his yacht turned over and he was thrown into 6m high waves and force 9 winds, 30 miles East of Spurn Point in the English Channel! Everyone was aghast as they heard how Dr. Barton, with one man already dead in the water having suffered a heart attack as soon as he had hit the icey sea, held out calling on the Lord, as the waves crashed over his head in the colourless and overwhelming conditions of the open sea amidst a great storm. After several hours a Air-Sea Rescue Helicopter managed to locate and lift Dr Barton and his son out of the stormy sea!Dr. Barton shared from Psalm 89 and spoke briefly on God's faithfulness to His children.

Paul, on the other hand shared how Truthfabric began the day his son Gabriel walked into the bathroom wearing the infamous red Spiderman undies and Paul asking himself, "Why can't Christian parents buy hero characters - who can actually impart something of the character and nature of God to kids - from the world's most popular, best read book of all time: The Bible?"

At that time there was nothing available as a Christian alternative in terms of bedcovers, underwear etc, to the world's hero bedding for kids.

After the evening a very splendid buffet was put on by sister Marion, whilst a beautiful young lady named Sophie was handed an Esther bedset + CD, kindly donated by Dr. Barton (pictured below).

Thank you to all the Scunthorpe Gideons and Friends of Gideons who made the evening such an excellent and memorable occaision!

Bless you all! Blaze on!!

Dr Barton and Sophie, delighted with her Esther bedset!

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New t-shirts!!!

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The New Range of Kids t-shirts now in the UK!!!

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Here are just three of our new Hero range t-shirts for kidz! Featuring David (those are Goliath's feet in the foreground), Daniel and Joshua!

T-Shirt Spec:

These t-shirts are made from a 150 g.s.m pure and ethically sourced and produced cotton. So the t-shirt is not only very hard wearing but also super-soft to the skin. Plus, we have moved away from the 'irratable tag syndrome'! All our wash instructions etc, which would normally have been printed on a floppy tag, are now also printed into the actual t-shirt itself! And a Double Plus Feature: all our kidz t-shirts are printed using the latest German Printing technology, which bonds the design into the actual t-shirt - rather than onto - so it won't ever crack or break up, no matter how many times you wash it, but will remain intact and last throughout the life of the t-shirt!!!

Bonus Feature 2.

All our t-shirts also come with an insert card of the design on the t-shirt for kidz to colour in, and on the reverse the story of the Hero character and a memory verse! These make great activities & Prizes for Sunday School, and will be available as a free download on our new website, going online as from the 21st of May!!!

So, God bless you, and please let us know your comments!

Your Church Needs You! All of God's Soldiers, Enlist Now!!!!

2009-04-19T01:45:00.004+01:00

Here we have the first Soldier of God, ready for combat!

David Sosa, Paul's Argentinian nephew, seen here wearing the Truthfabric 'God's Soldier' t-shirt.

Paul and the family were on holiday enjoying visiting their friends and family in Mallorca, Spain, as well as attending the Church were they were married in December 1999.

The t-shirt is made from a super soft, Premium thick, hard wearing 180 gsm cotton, complete with lycra ribbing around the neck and sleeve to ensure that the t-shirt lasts and lasts, and always keeps it's shape and elasticity after washing!

Gift and Talents that God blesses us with! Giving children real Bible Heroes of Faith as Role Models

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An article featured in a South African magazine, Christianity Today

(click on the article for enlargement).

Bruno's Baptism at Pastor Dave Latham's City Harvest Church Liverpool

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Jose Palacio (left), Bruno (centre), and Pastor Dave Latham about to baptise Bruno at Liverpool's City Church.

Bruno' and his wife Rosa after the Baptism at Pastor Dave Lathams City Church Liverpool (8th of March 2009)

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Vessel of Honour, Bruno decides to wear the t-shirt during his Church Baptism

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Left.

Bruno, am man of Honour for God, desires with his whole heart to reflect the charcter of Christ in his life. It was Ed Cole who so wisely said,

"Being male is amatter of birth, but being a mna is a matter of choice. Manhood and Christlikeness are synonymous."

This is the first time the Vessel of Honour t-shirt is being worn for a Baptism (8th March 2009). The designer, Paul Vivian, was so thrilled to be aprt of Bruno's 'death' and 'resurrection' Baptism.

"This was one of the reasons we made this t-shirt. Men need reminding of who they are called to be....the road is narrow. It is our intention at Truthfabric to provide resources, of such excellence in terms of quality and symbolism, to strengthen Faith and help Christians engage with the unsaved world, in the market place, business world, youth club, college etc.

The Vessel of Honour t-shirt, promoted for us by Nigel Benn is a very special resource. We have just made 30 for a boy's Summer Youth Camp this year. Our prices for bulk orders are very attractive and all our t-shirts are made from the very best Premium 220 gsm cotton.

December Newsletter...Truthfabric Goes to Asia!

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Truthfabric's 'Replacement' Theology! Out with worldly heroes, in with godly ones for kids!

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To blast off into the New Year, Paul attended the Kinsway Children's Ministry Conference, in January. Many new contacts and enquiries were taken, especially from Church Leaders, when Paul explained just Truthfabric can help them get their message accross to a wider public through their ability to manufacture customised t-shirts.

Many Youth Leaders and Children's Ministers were extremely interested in the God's Soldier, and Vessel of Honour t-shirt designs for their Youth! Praise God! Also, major interest was shown in the Bible Hero underwear, with many positive comments being given from Christian parents talking about what heroes parents allow their children to buy into; the general consensus was that parents need something to replace worldly heroes with godly ones and it has to start in the early years! What better than with their first underwear?

"Knife crime is on the up and up, look what recently happened in Belgium, but is it any wonder when kids of 12 are allowed to go and see the new Batman movie and listen to the Joker explaining why he likes to use a knife on his victims? We must put gates up around our kids' imaginations, whilst allowing them the healthy creativity to fantasise, since it is every boys desire to be a knight and every girls desire to be a princess. must 'replace' the worlds power-centred-in-self heroes with power-centred-in-God heroes?" states Paul

Ceramic Hero sculptures, bringing God's heroes into the everyday Living Spaces of our homes!

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Donna Peterson, a local sculptress from Grimsby contacted Paul Vivian and asked if she could make a few ceramic items using the designs Truthfabric has for their cotton resources? "Of course", said Paul and off he went to see Donna's studio in Grimsby. The result, as you can see is that Truthfabric are slowly expanding their range of products, with hand made lampstands, mugs, money boxes etc, along with cast iron Lion Shield gate plaques! This is a wonderful new idea, to get the Word of God and real Bible Heroes into homes. Imagine beautiful bedside lampstands for children, or Lion Shield mugs for men etc. We want the Word of God to be so physically present we are everywhere reminded of Father God's omnipresence!

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The new sculpture taken from the story of Daniel and the Lions Den, is here only 3 hours old!

'Truthfabric Asia' !

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Watch the new promo video:

'Truthfabric Asia' promo: Episode 2: December 08 from Truthfabric Video Diary on Vimeo.

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Nigel Benn, Great Britain's ex-World Champion boxer is fighting in our corner!!

Simply double click on the article below to magnify it!

If, after reading the article about the Vessel of Honour t-shirt, you would like some for your church and the young men you are discipling, please contact Paul Vivian at paulvivian@truthfabric.com, or ring (UK) 0796 186 5578

Thank you!

2008-10-21T22:54:00.003+01:00

Pastor Bill Wilson of Metro Ministries meeting up with Truthfabric's Paul Vivian in Great Grimsby recently. What an opportunity to present Pastor Bill with a selection of bed-sets, CD's, D.V.D.'s and underwear for the children of inner City New York. Pastor Bill runs the largest Sunday School in the world, 23 000 kids every Sunday going to Metro Churches in New York. Now 60 years old, Pastor Bill still drives one of the pick-up and drop-off buses. Metro Ministries are now attacking poverty and crime and child abuse throughout the world, from the Sewer Children in Brazil, to the Sex Trade in Thailand. Please check out their web site at http://www.metroministries.com/ Get involved in their life-changing work. You can sponsor a child for as little as £15 per month, and you are invited to New York to visit the children you sponsor! Paul asked if the gifts given by Truthfabric could go as Christmas presents this year. "Of course", said Pastor Bill, "God bless you!"

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Pastor Bill Wilson of Metro Ministries New York U.S. preaching in Great Grimsby mid October 2008. Behind him one can see Truthfabric'c Lion Shield Church banner. The banner really does have a great presence on the platform, and is a continual reminder of the Lord's Power and Authority!

2008-10-03T22:07:00.002+01:00

Truthfabric meets the Campbells!

During part of their UK tour, Colin and Nancy Campbell of Above Rubies Publications met Blanca and Paul Vivian, in Lincoln.

For the past 30 years Nancy and Colin have dedicated their lives to the world-wide Ministry of building families and children in the Lord, following the Biblical mandate for families. They produce excellent materials for growing families in God, including the free subscription magazine 'Above Rubies'. There is a web link from the Truthfabric site to Above Rubies, please check it out!

Nancy and Colin are giving their full support to Truthfabric, and see with the eyes of understanding the Biblical Vision behind covering children in the Word of God, and giving them God's heros of faith from the very beginning! Prevention is much better than cure!!!

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Twice World Champion British boxer, now a born-again Christian, Nigel Benn seen here shaking hands recently with Paul Vivian, in Mallorca, Spain.

Nigel invited Paul over to his house to help promote the bedsets, as well as Truthfabric's new Vessel of Honour t-shirt for men - of all ages - who want to stand up, stand out for Jesus Christ and go for God! Watch this space!

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Nigel with the Lion Shield bedset, "These are a great idea! I want my kids sleeping under the Word!"Nigel Benn.

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Nigel Benn, sitting by his son's bed, now covered with one of our bed-sets!

Song from our friends in India!

2008-09-21T16:40:00.009+01:00

'Superhero' song from TruthFabric on Vimeo.

This video shows the 'Harvest Mission School' in Trivandrum, India, run by our friend Pastor Mophet and his family. 'Truthfabric' sends a small percentage from the sale of each duvet as a contribution to this wonderful ministry. The song is performed by... Emy Grace, Emmanuel, Miraclene and Pearlene... the children of our other friends in India who produce the duvets, briefs and t-shirts for us.
We send our love and thanks to you all!

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Hi there, it's great that you've checked us out! we're Jemimah and Emily, and we've been on the road all summer camping and helping mum and dad tell everyone about Truthfabric. We think it's a great idea! We love our bedcovers, they're so soft. We hope you like them too! Godbless, sleep and rise with the Lord by your side! May we introduce you to our brother, Gabriel...he's dying to get a word in.....

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Thank you for visiting our Blog spot! My name is Gabriel, I'm 3 and it was because I walked into the bathroom one day, 2 years ago, wearing a pair of Spiderman undies that my dad set about getting real superhero bedcovers and undies made for children! Well done, dad!

Anyway, we've really been travelling around the U.K. Down south to Reading, then to home-schooling conferences, then to hollybush and then to Grapevine up in Lincolnshire and then to Kilmacolm near Glasgow, visiting the Haven. Above are my two gorgeous sisters, Jemimah and Emily. And below are the men from the Haven my dad went to see in August! Godbless, hang about and check the blog out!

Daniel CD now available!

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1. Truthfabric anthem
2. Welcome
3. Thanks
4. Jesus loves me
5. Daniel story
6. Prayer
7. The lions' lunch
8. You are special too
9. Prayer 2
10. You are the one
11. Goodbye
12. My God is so big

For more info and to listen to sample audio clips visit the 'products' page .

Ruth CD now available!

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Track list:

1. Truthfabric anthem

2. Welcome

3. Thanks

4. Jesus loves me

5. Ruth story

6. Faithful friend

7. Harvest of joy

8. You are special too

9. Prayer

10. You are the one

11. Goodbye

12. My God is so big

For more info and to listen to sample audio clips visit the 'products' page .

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Paul vivian was invited to the Open Day at the Haven, on the 31st of August 08. The Haven is a Christ-Centered drug rehabilitation centre, offering a 2 year program. It is doing great things for the young men there! New lives, transformed by the resurection power of Christ!!!!! Truthfabric donate 50p from the sale of each duvet to this great 'good' work! And after the 2 years they continue to 'belong' to the family/church community there in Kilmacolm. This sort of fellowship is very close to the complete commitment evidenced in the Book of Acts! I strongly suggest you contact them and go and see for yourself! Contact details can be gained from our web site, links!

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The 'newmen' in Christ win the football championship! They give all the glory to God! Fantastic!

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Pastor Jim Wilkinson, a man of God, friend of God and senior pastor at Hollybush Christian Fellowwship waiting to hear from you!

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Hollybush 08 was our second Summer Camp, and a great time for everyone. We sold about 25 bedsets, but more importantly the fellowship was wonderful. We were welcomed with such open arms by the Pastor Jim Wilkinson, and everyone who belongs to that fellowship. I would recommend the camp for the spiritual and physical uplift it provides. A down to earth, yet heavenly place! And it's so affordable!!!!! Check it out for next year if you haven't been! God bless, love Paul x

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Pastor Robert Mophet enjoyng home-made pancakes at the Vivian stronghold, whilst on his fund raising mission to the Lincolnshire, July 08. During the week he raised over £1,600 from talks and preachings at local gatherings!

We received this great photo from our friend Joe!

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We pray that he'll be as bold as a lion now he's sleeping under the word of God!
Remember Ephesians chapter 6 verses 11-13:
Put on the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground. Stand firm, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Thanks Joe for the great photo!...
Please keep in contact with us and tell us your news!

Photos from Colin, Sally and Rebecca.

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They also sent this lovely email:

Hello Paul
Big greeting from Colin & Sally. Lovely to meet you both at HollyBush
last week.

As promised, I have enclosed a photo of the two single covers made into
a double. My mum did the honours on Sunday.

I have also enclosed a photo of Rebecca cuddled up in her new quilt set.

Many thanks and God Bless you and your family.

Speak soon

Colin

Thanks for the photos and the letter... It's great to see the shield duvets sewn together to make a beautiful double duvet! This may inspire others to get stitching. Your mum did a great job!
For Rebecca in her Esther duvet... We pray she will know that she is CHOSEN and special... Remember Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10:
We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
God has a destiny plan for your life, just has he had for Esther.... (Psalm 37 verse 4)
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Thanks again for contacting us... please stay in touch!

New CD!

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Track list:

1. Truthfabric anthem
2. Welcome
3. Thanks
4. Jesus loves me
5. Ruth story
6. Faithful friend
7. Harvest of joy
8. You are special too
9. Prayer
10. You are the one
11. Goodbye
12. My God is so big

Running time: 30 mins.

Truthfabric at the Reading Bible week, Top Barn farm, Worcestershire.

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