Being Available to Christ
By Susie Rowan – Outgoing BSF Executive Director
When I was a young believer, a man handed me a small card at a church potluck (when we still had those). All it said was, “Ask simply to be used.”
The man was a mattress salesman. There was nothing special about his appearance or his pedigree. Yet his impact for the glory of God is still rippling years after his death. His funeral was attended by nearly a thousand people, and notable Christian leaders told stories about his love for God and influence on others. I carried that card with me in my wallet for years, and even after it was lost, the Spirit continued to bring that phrase to mind: “Ask simply to be used.”
Today, God is using that little card and its simple words once again. It translates to me as “Be available.” I pray, “Lord, I am available for your service today. How would you like to use me?” As I listen for God’s voice and watch how He orchestrates my day, He reminds me of the availability of Jesus.
Christ is Available to Us
In this year’s Matthew study, we will behold the unexpected availability of Jesus.
God sent His one and only Son to us. Jesus willingly left heaven to come for us. A virgin conceived and gave birth to a Son, whom we call Immanuel, “God with us.” The Almighty God of heaven and earth put on flesh to become available to us, to offer eternal salvation and a reconciled relationship with Him.
And throughout Matthew’s Gospel, we will see Jesus’ availability to the needs of those who humbly sought Him. Jesus was available when the crowds needed food (Matthew 14:13-21). He was available when the people needed healing (Matthew 4:23-25). Most importantly, He sacrificed all to make forgiveness and redemption available to us. And now Jesus’ availability continues forever. For He did not leave us as orphans when He ascended into Heaven but rather increased His availability by sending His Spirit to dwell in His believers and walk with us through life. Just as He promised the disciples and us, “I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
In response, Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, and many others left behind their fishing nets, boats and former lives to follow Jesus (Matthew 4:18-22) and live every day available to be His hands and feet in the world.
Are We Available to Christ?
This is a recurring theme throughout the Bible. Those who know and follow Christ make themselves available to Him. Isaiah recognized the risen Christ on the throne and said, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8 and John 12:41). Ananias, in a vision, was told by Jesus to lay down his plans to restore a man named Saul, also called Paul, for ministry to the Gentiles (Acts 9:10-19). In both instances, Isaiah and Ananias made themselves available to Jesus for an unexpected and risky assignment.
Many of you have very full plates. You are swamped with responsibilities – demanding work hours, caring for aging parents, raising a houseful of children, providing for loved ones, and more. Daily, you sacrificially become available to your family, employer, ministry, and so much more. Yet there are still times when we will be called to adjust our plans to the unexpected needs of friends, co-workers, or unforeseen assignments from the Lord. Often this means putting aside our own convenience to get involved. Sometimes this means taking a risk.
There are other seasons of life when heavy loads of responsibility are lifted. A new city, a lost job, a child getting married, a big hole in your schedule.
Here I Am, Lord
Last month I enjoyed lunch with a friend and former BSF Teaching Leader. We talked about her adjustment to a life with little responsibility after a move. She left behind her former home and teaching role within a BSF class. And the Lord made it clear she was not to jump into anything new. It was a season of quiet and waiting. It was a lonely season. Yet it became a refreshing season that led to a new assignment from the Lord.
Today, I find myself in a new season, transitioning from a place of weighty responsibility to a stage of real availability. As I now retire from BSF, there is a big hole in my daily life. My temptation is to rush to fill it. But the Lord has spoken these words to me, “Be available.” “Ask simply to be used.” And good friends have counseled me, “Don’t take on too much too soon.” Rather than filling the hole in my schedule, I sense the Lord wants me to be available to see what He is about to do with each new week ahead.
Is there a family need?
Does a friend need help?
Is someone sick who needs food?
Is there a new assignment? Will it involve risk, a change of plans, a new direction?
For now, being available to God is enough. Jesus is with me. He has redeemed me. He has filled me with His Spirit. So, I will continue to serve Him with spiritual fervor and zeal to make disciples of all nations. Whatever it looks like, I will be available to my Savior. For a short time, I expect to serve Him in quiet, with a focus on family. I will serve Christ’s Church as a seminary board member and in my local church. And in time, I hope to explore some teaching, writing, and mentoring as the Lord gives opportunity.
But – bottom line – whether our schedules are full, open, or anywhere in between, being available to God is our worshipful response to His constant availability to us.
If we ask “Lord, how do you want to use me today?” we might find our Kingdom impact to be like an ordinary mattress salesman who asked, “simply to be used.”
Susie Rowan
BSF Executive Director
Under Susie’s leadership as executive director, BSF membership has grown to serve more than 385,000 adults and 66,000 children worldwide, and the ministry has introduced BSF Online and WordGo Bible study platforms, and four new studies – Isaiah, Revelation, and People of the Promised Land I and II (Part II coming in 2022). Susie and her husband, Roger, have been married for 45 years and have two children, Jerry and Sally, and four grandchildren.
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Thank you for this reminder, it was much needed.
Please pray for Benton County, Oregon. It is the most unchurched County in the USA. Please send a mission team if possible. Thank you. ❣️ I’ll be praying for you too. Blessings.
I love the hidden non assuming ways in which God can use us when we make ourselves simply available. My professor from Bible College taught us to ask God for His divine appointments. It has been quite an adventure how God orchestrates these encounters and their outcome for his Kingdom!
Susie, thank you for being available to Christ for all these years. Your care for me, as a TL and then AP, encouraged me more than you’ll ever know.
With much love to you and gratitude to our Heavenly Father for you.
Dear Susie, I want to thank you for your service,dedication,commitment and love fpr Jesus and for all of us. You have been a godly example of what it looks like to walk with Christ. I thank you so much for all you have done to further the Kingdom. You will be missed. May God bless you abundantly with His riches gifts in Christ Jesus.
I met you one summer when I stayed at headquarters to volunteer for the weekend. It was a wonderful experience to work in paper distribution and food prep. Just to be on the property felt like God’s land. It was quiet, serene and reflective. You came in the cafeteria and someone told you I was there to volunteer and you thanked me. It was a brief moment but a kind one. That whole weekend had God all over it regarding my reason for being in San Antonio. Thank you for your dedication and love for BSF. One day we will all see and know one another in Glory.
You are an amazing lady giving of yourself to serve the Lord for that length of time. May He mightly bless you.
Thank you for being a resilient leader.
Thank you very much Susie. It was sure a Blessing to have you as our BSF Executive Director for all these years. You left me at a higher level in my understanding of the Bible. May God continue using you as it is stated in Matthew 5:16
Praise God for Susie Rowan for her passion of Christ that sow in each one of us in different nations that God called her. I thanked the Lord for His work miraculously done in her so that she can become a channel of blessings to us, keep on maturing God’s people through His Word. Bring us into deeper relationship and revelation of God. I am so amazed how God loved us through His plan and purpose in each one of our lives. My respond is to love Him, serve Him and know Him better and bring as many as possible to the salvation knowledge of Jesus Christ in times to come. To God be the glory forever
Susie Rowan,
Thank you for being available and used by God during your time as Executive Director of BSF. I have enjoyed watching you be a true leader, confident, encouraging and specific with your direction for all of us. It is easy to see that God has guided your steps along the way in so many wonderful directions. Thank you and may God continue to use you in a mighty way for His Kingdom. May He bless you abundantly throughout your retirement years ahead!
With my sincere appreciation,
Kathryn
BSF Group Leader
Hello Susie, Thank you for your leadership for BSF for the past 12 years. I want to say that BSF has helped me to stay in the Word and has been a source of encouragement for me through the study of the Word and fellowship with my fellow brothers in Christ. Thank you for all you do. I really appreciate it. May God guide you and lead you to your next assignment as you wait on the Lord. Be blessed, Steve Kang
Thank you Susie ..BSF is the best bible study which helps me with a closer walk with GOD and as I started it when I was sixty years old ( round 11 years ago) it somewhat verifies GOD as my EMMANUEL and points out to me GOD has shaped and disciplined me through trials and crisis to remind me that I have to remain humble in prayers,dependence on HIm like a child , to obey His commands by the POWER OF HIS SPIRIT to live a life that s pleasing to HIM , with HOPE in HIS promise .If we have lived a life that fears GOD ..we will live the rest of our life with NO FEAR but with peace and joy as we learn to live with serenity and rest in HIS holy presence ..knowing HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT and all goodness comes from HIM…Wish you the best
Can I have a link to your blog ..may GOD continue to use you as HIS precious vessel and be a blessing to many more to come
I praise God the Father for all His accomplishments made through this willing, humble servant. She constantly kept her knees bowed in prayer, ever listening to that “still small voice” who whispered where to go and what to do, with orders great and small. Jesus was magnified even more in the hearts of those who joined each new study brought into the BSF teaching world.
But introducing “the new” did not mean throwing out the old, for this faithful woman remained ever close to God’s Word by the illumination the Holy Spirit.
There is no better way to study God’s Word than through BSF. I know all the glory goes to God, however do we all agree we would love to witness when the Lord turns to her on Judgment Day and says, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
Serving Him Together,
Linda
Thank you Susie for the beautiful way you have touched the lives of so many.May God nless you in abundance.
Sarah, India.
To God be the glory. Thank you Susie for teaching us praying for us and guiding us through the years. May God continue blessing you and guiding you and protecting you and your family.
“But – bottom line – whether our schedules are full, open, or anywhere in between, being available to God is our worshipful response to His constant availability to us.”
Susie, this line from your blog touches my heart in real ways. This shifts the idea of availability to God as a worshipful response to what He is constantly doing for us – being available – rather than one of obligation! I’ve been meaning to read your blog since I received the email about it in August but I truly believe that I was to read this today and no sooner. God has been developing a sense of responsibility and responding to the very faith that I have and giving back to the Church body in ways that the Church body has been giving to me for years. He has been shifting my perspective outward more and more. I praise God for the service that you’ve put in to BSF over these past years and am grateful for the direction, wisdom and guidance that God gave you during this time to lead. No doubt, God’s work through you has touched so many lives! While I am sad to see you leave, I know that God has great plans for you and that your impact for the Kingdom through Christ will be great. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors… To God be the glory!
Thank you ever so much Susie. God bless you abundantly. Christ’s 💘
Praising God for your time on this BSF and I pray God will continue to use you where ever you are what ever you show through your life. Thank you
Thank you an your family for your service and sacrifice that others may see God’s truth.
Susie enjoy your retirement and thanks for doing a wonderful job
Susie, thank you for making an impact on countless people around the world as you led, just as the mattress salesman did! Be blessed as you rest, wait and ask, “how can I be used today?”
Thank you Susie, for serving with commitment without reservation. Many classes have grown under your leadership.
May the Lord continue to use you in the next season of your life.
Dearest Susie,
What a joy to share in the priceless gift from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I cherish the insights of your leadership for the short time I have been part of BSF. Thank you for your time with us, thank you for your passion to serve. May His grace be sufficient.
Susie you have been in inspiration to all of us in BSF, thank you for your many years of faithful service. Your willingness to be available in whatever the Lord had in mind for you to do is also inspiring. I hope this next season of your life is as fulfilling as BSF has been, enjoy your family and friends, especially those grandchildren, they grow up so fast!
We thank you so much for the Godly Job you had been committed to. May God bless you abundantly.
I never knew you personally. But it has been an honor to know you through your leadership over the years. I look forward to meeting you someday, which may not be until eternity. Thank you for answering the call from God to serve BSF all the way through the pandemic. You’ve been a wonderful example of faithfulness and perseverance. Thank you.
God bless you and all that you do.
Susie, thank your for your years of faithful and strong leadership! I hope that you do write during retirement and I would absolutely LOVE to read anything you write. You have a gift with words and ability to speak truth so clearly! May God truly bless you in this new season of your life!
Thank you Susie! Thanks for your many years of service to BSF, and for helping me grow richer in the word. May God continue to bless you always! Praying for you and family!
May the Lord richly bless you and please continue praying for us the bsfers to avail time for Christ.
Praising God for you Susie! Your humbleness & gentleness was evident to all as well as your passion for Christ and His nearness in your life and leadership. From the first time I met you strolling to a meeting at an Area Retreat in San Diego to the year you took time out from your vacation to visit a class and meet with Hawaii staff, you have modeled Christ-like leadership with compassion for people. Thank you! May He continue to bless you and your husband, your children and grandchildren and may you continue to make Him known. Aloha in Christ,
Thank you for your dedication to BSF. I’m Very proud to belong to BSF and Study the word of God in a serious well organized ministry thanks to you and your team. We pray that God continues to walk with you and watch over you. Blessings.
Thank you sue for the great work. May God bless you and your family as you continue to serve him in retirement.
Thank you for all of your dedication to serve. Enjoy and have a wonderful retirement
Thank you for what you allow God to do through you! God bless you greatly.
Last year was my first year and I was truly blessed by the online study. I am doing it again this year. Thank you for going online also.
Thank you Susie for your sharing which is a timely message from God to me as I’ve just stepped down from BSF after serving for 16 years. There’s a season for everything. As you said, I’m experiencing a precious season of quiet and waiting, listening for God’s voice and watching how He orchestrates my days. Your words assured me that being available to God is enough for this season, I don’t need to fill the hole in my schedule.
May the Lord who knows you intimately and loves you personally walks with you day by day.
Blessings to you and your family.
Susie. Words are insufficient to express my gratitude for you, your service and leadership for God through BSF. I still have the scripture written on a slip of paper you placed in my hands before leaving your office to serve as a Teaching Leader of the class I have led for the past eleven years. Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Thank you for everything you have done to encourage numerous leaders like myself in faith to trust and depend on God to work in and through us for the good of His people and for His glory. You have been an exemplary spiritual leader and teacher, an absolutely true woman of God. I praise and thank God for allowing our paths to meet. You are so loved and treasured. I am eternally grateful to you and for you. May the Lord’s blessings be showered upon you in this new season of your life.
Thank you, Susie for allowing God to use you in such a mighty way!
We have benefited greatly by your ministry.
May God bless you 100 fold♥️
Dear Susie,
Thank you. As you transition out of this role, we all know that God will be SO faithful to you. I started BSF in a satellite group in Fairbanks, Alaska. I had heard about BSF for years and had many friends who attended faithfully. I was not able to attend the day class. During and after that first year, I was “hooked!” When it was time to relocate to the “Lower 48,” I told my husband that we could move where there was a local BSF class! I was sort of kidding and sort of not! God did have a BSF group in Griffin, GA, but I chose to get into an online class. BSF in a “staple food” in my life and I thank Him for it. I thank you for all you have done.
Because of the change in BFS staff will the Wed online class (with Corena)have to end?
I can only do a morning on-line class. I know she is no longer with the program but I was wondering if the class on Wed morning would resume with just another leader.?
If there are any other classes on line on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Friday mornings, please let me know! Thanking you in advance for your assistance in this matter!
Hi Barbette! You can use our BSF Online site to find groups at any times that work for you: https://www.bsfonline.org/mygroup/group. I would also recommend reaching out to your leaders directly to ask questions about a specific group. Thank you!
Susie,
I responded to God’s call to be available and stepped into the role of Group Leader the same year that you began your calling as BSF’s Executive Director. It has been a huge blessing to be a GL for these past 12 years. God has taught me much about magnifying Him and maturing His people. I have benefitted greatly by your leadership, your teaching, and your encouraging words through your blog posts and Summit events. I will continue as a Group Leader until God calls me to another area of service, just as you have done. Thank you for your faithful service to our Lord through BSF.
To God Be the Glory!
Doy gracias a Dios por esta oportunidad de aprender cómo, cuándo y dónde servirle. Heme aquí Señor, atenta estoy a tu llamado.
Though I don’t know you I’ve read many of the other ladies’ messages left and they all agree in their knowledge your service that you will be missed but know you’ll continue in service and honor to God. In doing that you’ll be a very blessed person.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFUL SERVICE TO GOD AS HIS MESSENGER TO BSF PARTICIPANTS. MAY YOU ENJOY CONTINUING YOUR SERVICE TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR IN THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR BLESSED LIFE. YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR MISSION TO HONOR GOD. BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR PRECIOUS FAMILY.
Thank you Susie for your leadership in BSF. I am recently retired, and your message on being available for Christ being enough, speaks to my heart. This gift of time opens the door for that even more than any other time in life. Thank you.
Thank you for your commitment and availability for so long. May God richly bless!
This challenge spoke to my spirit today,
Blessings on your new adventure. I know God will use in great ways!!
Thank you for your past leadership and all you have done to serve us well.
God Bless
Thank you, Susie, for your service, and may God continue to bless you as you begin a new season in your life. I know from experience that “retirement” does not translate to retiring from the arena. There are still plenty of battles to be fought. I began BSF only a year ago with the Genesis study, but can tell you the study and the interaction with my brothers broadened by life and gave me fresh desire to help spread the gospel. The river of life clearly flows through you and will continue. As for me, eight decades in God’s kingdom and still writing and recording songs to the glory of God.
Thank you, Susie. You have been an inspiration and a role model. I love your speeches, lectures, blogs, emails, etc. God has been faithful in using and enabling you to do His work in BSF. Thank you for your obedience to His calling. May you enjoy your new season of life ahead. Virtual hugs and kisses.
Thanks be to God and thank you for your years of faithful service, Susie! You’ve been a blessing to His Kingdom through your leadership of BSF. You’ll be missed!
Thank you Sister Susie for your dedication to making BSF easier for newcomers to get information and do the study themselves through accessing curriculum off the net . although I’m 60 years old and trough the years thought of has the younger generation you have inspired that younger generation to participate in BSF are the fruits of your directives.
Friends had told me about BSF, so when it finally came to our area (in about the year 2000 as I recall) I jumped right in. Now, when our whole world is in such turmoil one can be concerned for the future. But as I look at the changes that have been made in BSF I see them not as just changes, but as really helping us to grow. Even more importantly, I see all these young intelligent women who are bringing their babies with them to learn about Jesus, and I know that here is our “remnant.”
Thank you, and Godspeed, Suzie.
Wilma, I love that. Praying for this sweet remnant of believers. Father, grow this children and prepare them to stand for You.
I am very much grateful to God, for allowing me to be part of the BSF family, and have learnt and am still leaning and sharing the word of God to my family and others. When i joined BSF i was someone who was not confident in inviting others to the study even sharing the word. Thank you Susie for allowing God to use you in such an way that my family is also benefiting from your teachings and more are coming to know and receive Christ.. I wish you all the best. On Christ the Rock i stand, without fear.
Susie, God has used you to grow my walk with Him. I appreciate your sincere, steady, & humble walk as you follow our Lord daily. Thank you for your sacrifice of love & for keeping it “real.”
Thank you Susie for all of your hard work while leading BSF. You have been a servant of God. We appreciate all that you have done. May God continue to bless you in your retirement.
Thank you for your years of service, your leadership, your passion for BSF, God’s Word, and your firm desire to fulfill the great commission of Matthew 28. I will always remember the retreats in Portland and your heartfelt teaching there among the many hundreds of BSF faithful.
Dear Susie, thank you so much for your Godly leadership and the many initiatives. Your leadership has been a blessing to me, BSF and all.
Dear Susie, Well done, God’s good and faithful servant. Well done! May the Lord’s richest blessings continue to follow you where you go. You left BSF in good hands and you also left it in good shape. Yours is the victory in our King Lord Jesus Christ, and your imprint of love and sincere care will be with us always. Thank You and God bless you. In His love,
Susie,
I have been truly blessed by your integrity, commitment and leadership; I have grown spiritually as a results.. Your encouragement has challenged me to be available to the Lord Jesus and serve where He leads me. Thank you!
Wherever you serve as you step down from BSF leadership, you will be a blessing to everyone.
God’s richest blessing to you,
Thank you for your sacrificial service to BSF, where I and many others learn what born again is and come to Messiah Yeshua! Continuing to pray for revival and restoration for America and the world!
Hi Susie,
Thank you for your prayers and leadership. May the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully for what you have done. Ruth 2:12
Thank you for your tremendous love and service to the Lord and to the BSF attendees are awesome. May the Lord continue to bless you and use you in many ways for His glory till He come.
Although I have retired from BSF Leadership I am still available to share my hope, energy and JOY remains in Jesus. Sure going to miss your encouragement, energy and humor! Love me some Susie Rowan!
I always enjoyed your visits, and getting to know you through those and the blogs. Thank you for your love for God, your commitment, and availability.
Well done Susie. It was a pleasure working with you. All the best.
Susie: I am excited for you. In some ways the ‘hard’ part is over in that you took the plunge. My sister in law closed on a house and will move to a new home: from suburbia to the country. It was scary, an a lot of work. But now she’ll more readily see the beauty of nature and the seasons. Even simplifying life is a “new beginning”. God will guide you to adding a new plan to the many purposes you already serve. How coincidental to be at a crossroads during the harvest season. Jeremiah 6:16 assures us that our direction will be a guiding light.
Thank you Susie for your service. Certainly we have been blessed to have your leadership on our continuing journey down the path toward Righteousness. Blessings to you and your family in the future.
Thank you, Susie, for saying yes to God and leading us in BSF these past years through many changes and challenges. I have so appreciated your warmth and Christ-like spirit of love and encouragement as well as your willingness to listen to teaching leaders and respond. May God bless you as you move into a new chapter in your life!
Susie, I first met you at a BSF Leaders’ Retreat I was so impressed and assured that God had made the right choice in you. Thank you for your faithful and tireless service to this vital ministry, especially in these stressful and turbulent days. May God richly bless you far beyond measure or imagination as you move from this area of ministry to the next. Thank you for answering the call “to simply be used”.
Thank you for being available to lead as Executive Director, as I have grown closer to God through all the studies. I pray God’s continued “Disproportionate Grace” over you and your family.
Being Available to Christ!
Thank you so much for your humble and wonderful leadership Susie♡
Praying for your family and wish es in your heart ❤
Thank you Abba Father for your love to us through Susie Rowan. Thank you Miss Susie for your deep commitment to God that encourages us to continue to learn and grow. May our dear Father continue to bless your good heart more and more.
Well done soldier of the Most High God! You have done an excellent job in teaching, training and imitating our Lord Jesus in love, patience, understanding and care of others. I pray you have a rewarding and happy retirement. Thank you for all you have done for us at BSF. You will not be forgotten.
God be with you and bless you and your family. 🥰🙏
Thank you Susie for being a strong BSF leader. Praise God for your service to Him through your leadership. We have all been blessed by your service. May the Lord be with you.
Be blessed,
Floyd
I have always looked forward to your inspiring messages over the years. During Summit as you discussed the class options that have been developed to suit individual classes & communities my excitement increased..
I chose to lead on Zoom so I that can remain mobile. I had not considered that it was actually God laying it on my heart for His plan to meet the needs GMs in our community. Thank you for your commitment to encourage and motivate leaders around the world. May God bless you and your family in many unexpected ways..
Thank you, Suzy, for your dedication & commitment to BSF and God’s work in general. On occasion it has brought tears to my eyes when I have listened to your blogs. I had a late start in joining BSF. It was after retirement at age 60 and though I had been a Christian since 10 years old, I can say it changed my life as Scriptures came alive for me and reached my heart. I prayed that our daughter would want to come & she did and has continued when she could as she has 2 growing daughters, a husband, & shiftwork as a nurse. When I heard the shortage in the Childrens Dept. would jeopardize the Ladies Study group I felt so strongly to volunteer my services so my daughter & other younger women coming, as well as the older ladies, could continue to come. What a blessing it has been! I have found fullfillment in this ministry and pray more women could realize the added benefit of leadership in BSF. God bless you as you continue to serve in whatever He has for you.
Janice, your comment is so inspiring! Thankful for your heart to serve
I will start Matthew with the words Unexpected and now Available. I thank God for these last 12 years as you steered the ship, with lots of help. I will miss your emails coming with always a phrase or a verse that adds another note in my Bible.
How about a Podcast to fill some of your retirement? Sign me up!! Enjoy this next stage. Thanks doesn’t seem strong enough but I am filled with gratitude that you answered the calling He wanted for your life. Both He and a lot of us have been blessed.
Woman of God …. your words challenge me. I often measure success if church events are well attended. I have learned to set that aside and to let God guide me. I feel great when I do that and God is my evaluator. Phew what a relief. Thank you for all you have done and may you continue to follow the path that our Lord has set out for you.
Thank you Susie for your obedience to God’s call to serve him full time as BSF International ED. We thank God for giving all of us at BSF the privilege to be led by you with His wisdom. Indeed, BSF has grown to greater heights, and us who study God’s Word have grown towards maturity. May the good Lord bless you and keep you always.
Mighty Woman of God, Thank You for being available to God and the spill over influence that impacted me and others. I believe the often stated phrase, “anointing flows down from the head.” As I look back, I can see the good influence that manifested from your availability. Even this writing offered as you make your transition is powerful and has clarified some recent things in my life. So again, thank you. May God continue to bless you and keep you … .
Hi Susie, thank you for faithfully serving our Lord and Saviour through BSF, may God continue to bless you and guide you according to His Will & Purpose!
Susie, Mrs Susie Rowan May God go before You and May God GO WITH YOU; May GOD Bless You to Enjoy Family and whatever God Direct You to get involved to Share this Great talent God has given You!.
Hi Susie,
What a blessing to meet you as you take your humble bow. I’m just coming in as a group leader and your inspiration was phenomenal. Thank you for reminding us to simply be available. I wish you all the best in your new endeavours. And I loved your blue dress in today’s summit video!!! God bless you and yours always.
Ifueko
Thank you Susie, for your faithful service to God as Executive Director of BSF and leading by example as you made yourself available to serve Christ and His Body. God bless you and guide you during this season of well deserved rest.
Thanks Sister for your service for Christ in BSF.your work for Christ will not be wasted.you will be rewarded for your each & every work done .God Bless & honour your work in Christ Sister
From. Sarah Alex
Thank you for being willing to “be used.” May God continue to bless you for your service to Him.
Susie,
As a woman called to full time ministry myself, facing a new season where there’s a large hole in my schedule, your blog post hits home. My husband and I actually met while in the Arlington, TX single adults class in 1997 and have been a part of Bsf since. Learning alongside other discussion group members and since 2007, leaders, who also utilize the 4-fold approach has changed the way I’ve learned to receive love from God and to be available in loving every kind of neighbor. And although I fall so short in loving well sometimes, your consistent exhortation to stay focused on magnifying God and maturing His people, has kept me grounded in service to The King through Bsf. Thank you for setting the bar high for leaders yet adapting structure alongside the Board, to help God’s truths become more accessible these last few years and conversational discussion group training the norm. My husband and I both serve in north Houston groups and will continue to do so as long as the Lord leads. And in this current season, I pause to consider my availability. Thank you, Susie. I feel like through Suz. W and Hollie’s direct shepherding, I also know you like a friend.
Praise God for working in your heart Susie and heeding God’s call always…leading us in BSF for the past wonderful, fruitful, and spiritually enriching 12 years.
THANK YOU for the encouragement and inspiration to “be available” all the time to the Lord and His vineyard.
May you continue to be a bringer of God’s Word, hope, and love to others and a blessing to wherever God plants you.
May the Lord “bestows favor and honor;” may He “satisfy you in the morning with [His] unfailing love.”
Well done Susie! Thank you for your dedication and inspiration in following Christ and helping BSF move to a better place. As a result, we leaders are better equipped to lovingly assist others in finding and following our Savior.
May God bless you and keep you.
Larry B.
Thank you, Susie, for your many years of service to the Lord through BSF.
Thank you, Susie for your leadership and faithful service in BSF these 12 years!! May the joy of the Lord be your continual strength. Sincerely
Dear and Faithful Susie,
I first saw you speak at our Jacksonville, FL conference, a few years back, and it was my first year as a leader. I have seen through you and the 2 Teaching Leader’s that I have served under, what it truly means to live a life surrendered. Thank you for all of the ways you have allowed God to innovate through you and for your depth of faith, of character, and of love. You will be a tough act to follow, but I am confident that God has uniquely chosen Hollie for “such a time as this”. Many blessings to you and your family, good health, and many more opportunities to share the love of Jesus. May His Light and Truth forever guide you.
I’m not sure if BSF is right for me. although I participated last session with Genesis. I have more questions than what is presented to us by BSF.
Dear Robert, you are so right, God’s Word is infinite in it’s wisdom! Perhaps BSF is just a starting point for deeper and more focused study. I will pray that God will direct your study and that His Spirit will reveal your next steps
Dear Susie –
I retired at the end of last year and have learned to enjoy easing into the slower pace of retirement. At the same time, I’ve been a little restless and keep asking God, what’s next?
A pastor I follow on social media recently shared that Jesus was always busy but he was never rushed. Wow. And now your simple but powerful message, just be available. Wow.
Thank you for continuing to make an impact — for being available — even as you begin your retirement. And thank you, Lord, for using Susie to speak to me.
Blessings and joy in your retirement.
Thank you for your commitment and dedication! I have grown spiritually under your regime.
Dearest Susie,
What a good and faithful servant you have been to our Awesome God! Thank you for living out the Gospel in such impactful ways, particularly through Bible Study Fellowship! You have influenced so, so many around the world, and especially me. I pray that God continues to lead and bless you in this coming new season of service to Him. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
In the Name of Jesus and in His love,
Melinda Ramirez
Raising a Hallelujah for you Susie!
What a privilege to have served under your leadership these last 12 years. I have watched BSF be shaped by God through your surrendered sacrificial life. Such a role model for us all. May God bless you as you make yourself available.
Thank you for your work in and for God’s kingdom. Enjoy your retirement and share the gospel at least once everyday. May God bless you throughout your life.
Thank you Susie for allowing God to use you in such a mighty way. May God continue to bless you and your family as you move forward to your next season in your life. Wishing you peace, love and joy through Jesus Christ our Lord and savior. stay safe, stay blessed!
Thank you so much to you Susie and our Lord Jesus Christ, I have been in BSF more than 20 years, my love and knowing God increase year after year,About 20 years to be children’s leader, 3 years to be group leader, I want to praise God and thank God, to transferred my spirit and equipped me to be available for sharing gospel and the shepherd sisters and the children, I don’t know how many years will still available for God to use me, in this age 67,But thank you for your article Really encouraged me to Seek and wait for Gods will! thanks again! May God bless you and provide you everything you need, lead you at every steps you go!
Thank you Susie for the step you took to lead in the gospel. BSF has been a blessing to many and I am on of the beneficiaries . I have grown in God’s word through BSF. May God bless you and you proceed for your retirement.
Dear Susie,
I can only echo what others have already said. God has placed each Executive Director since Miss Johnson to accomplish just what was needed for the time and also to position BSF for what was to come. Your service in each BSF role where the Lord placed you prepared you to lead us in reaching so many, and in revitalizing this organization worldwide! Thank you for your availability and vision, and for leading us into the world of online BSF.
My prayers go with you as you enter a new chapter, and may God richly bless you and yours!
I will miss you! Rosemary trained me to be a TL; you taught me during the year my dear Husband changed his address to Heaven, to Press On. That was 2015, when I had no desire to continue. But God and you held me to finish the year. The times I heard your rich teaching at HQ will be treasured memories as I’ve kept my shorthand notes from those sessions. Your aroma of Christ will long remain in this Spirit-led organization. May God bless your life in retirement by giving you many “surprised by joy moments”. In His love and mine,
Thanks for everything you have done to share the good news of Jesus Christ.
I have marveled at God’s grace in leading our Board of Directors to identify Executive Directors with the vision and gifting that was exactly what was needed “for such a time as this!” I was trained first as a TL and then as an Area Advisor by Rosemary Jensen, so I consider her my BSF mentor. I believe Jean Nystrand was used by God to identify the Core principles, distinctives/”non-negotiables” of BSF after which methods/procedures could be analyzed to see what changes could be made to make the studies more attractive and accessible to the next generation. And God led the Board to appoint you to carry out that vision to reach the next generation. As COVID-19 required most classes to meet virtually this past year, what a blessing that God had gone before to prepare BSF and the necessary headquarters personnel to make materials, training and lectures available online, to establish online groups and an amazing network of satellite groups–praise God! And just as God led you to serve in BSF (and Rafiki), I know He will continue to direct you and Roger’s paths to the ministries that He has for you as you wait on Him. God bless you!
My words are inadequate, thank you so very much for your leadership in BSF. You are a true servant of God, and I have so enjoyed my 20+ years in BSF. I too retired this past year, and I am excited to share with you that this year I am starting a new journey as a BSF group leader. It has had such an impact in my life, and the Bible knowledge that I have obtained is extraordinary. I hope that I can in a small way give back to BSF for all the joy it has brought to my life. I have introduced so many friends, my daughter to BSF, and my two grade school aged grandsons attend now with me in the evening class. Have a wonderful retirement, and listen to God calling for your next journey for the Kingdom!
Love and Blessings to you Susie!
So love this blog. I read it twice. The second time, it brought a song to mind, “My Prayer (Use Me)”, by George Rowe. George has a beautiful testimony and a gift for putting scripture to music. I have often listened to this song as I drove to my local BSF class, praying God would use me that day. Praying God uses you in all the places He has planned for you. Susie, thank you for your service.
Dear Susie. I will join the countless other BSFers who give tribute to you for your faithful and inspirational service & leadership as the executive director of this ministry. I particularly appreciate emphasis on satellite sites and online groups enabling people in hard-to-reach places around the world to have personal & private access to quality Bible study and fellowship with other believers. As a GM, GL and OGL, I personally have learned and grown through your inspired messages in blogs, online lectures, and Summits. I can only imagine all the familiar faces we will see when we each are standing in our own reserved spot before God’s throne as we realize how extensively God has used BSF, you and each of us to reach, mature and disciple His people. Thank you for your years of love, devotion and mentoring. May our Lord continue to bless you as you bless others.
You have been such a wonderful ED for BSF. May the lord keep on blessing you in your new endeavors.
Your sister in Christ,
Maryam
Thank you for being a faithful servant in Jesus Christ. I will truly miss your leadership these past 12 years. As you turn a new chapter in your life of retirement, I know you will not stop praying for BSF and its continued success. Abundant blessings to you and your family.
I also want to thank you for your dedication and service’s. For showering and sharing the Love of the Lord to so many, helping lead and guide us to his Love, peace and forgiveness too Susie!
God bless you and yours always!
Thank you for all your service to BSF, Susie! We will. Is you. May the LORD continue to lead you and may you be a blessing to those in your new circle of life.
Thank you Susie for bringing me closer to Christ through so many lessons I have learnt from BSF. “May The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace.” Num:6:24-26.
Susie, we have all been so blessed by your wisdom and your passion for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Thank you for your many years of dedication to all of us and His church! I pray that you will enjoy quiet time with family and know that you will listen to the prompting of His Spirit for your next assignment. God bless you and yours❤️❤️❤️
Dear Susie, thank you for your message, your time and leadership over the years. I pray that as you have given, you will not lack grace and gifts. I wish you well as you move forward. In Jesus name.
Dear sister Susie,
You certainly have the gifts of leadership and teaching and have used both to partner with God Almighty for His glory. Your humble surrender to serve and let Holy Spirit empower you has far reaching impact that will last for generations.
On a personal note, what a tremendous blessing it was to sit under your teaching during my first leaders retreat in March 2016. You walked us through the book of Colossians in true BSF style, verse by verse highlighting context, basic truths and applications. It’s now one of my favorite books of the Bible and I still reflect on your teachings from that retreat that have shaped and matured my faith even years later. Thank you for saying yes to God in so many ways. What a bright season ahead.
Blessings to you and your family. In the love and peace of Christ ❤️
Thank you, Susie, for leading us at BSF so well over so many years. Meeting you at HQ was an honor and a great encouragement. Your personal interest in our local classes and your honesty about the hard days has helped shape my own leadership to be more personal and real. Above all you have pointed us all to the majesty of our Savior and knowing Him through studying and savoring the Word. May the Lord bless you in this new season of serving Him in new roles!
Susie, what a blessing to BSf you have been as I know it has blessed you 10 fold. I always love hearing your lectures & thoughts that are paralleling mine. I’ve grown so much in the lord through the years and treasure your commitment to BSF & to Christ. It’s been a pleasure & privilege to serve along side you as an online leader. Didn’t see that one coming. Rest up dear sister, I know God’s not done with you yet. Thank you for your willing heart & admirable service. Love In Christ ❤️
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your years of faithful service to this ministry and to the body of Christ. It has been an honor and privilege to serve alongside you in BSF. One thing I want to point out is that, from the very first time I heard you speak (which I think was my first leaders’ retreat) and every time since (during the summits and your online messages to us, your guest lectures, and even in your typed words!) I have felt that extra special personal connection. It is a unique gift you have and God has used it in a mighty way through BSF. Every time I hear you speak, I feel like I’m sitting down to coffee with you – it’s that personal and that strong a connection. Thank you for that! It’s truly been a delight. I will continue to pray for you as you transition into your next ministry. Thank you again for your service and dedication, your encouragement and your prayers.
Thank you Susie for your leadership in heading BSF. Your mentoring words have meant so much in a season of intense personal/family crisis that have helped me to keep my faith grounded in our Lord Jesus. God Bless you in the days ahead.
I thank God for calling and empowering you to serve BSF so beautifully and fruitfully! I have been truly blessed to serve under your leadership as a Teaching leader until my 70th year of life in May of 2020. What a way to end in the midst of a pandemic! But graciously enabled us through technology to not skip a beat!!! I want to encourage you that I am continuing as a GL in with an Online Trainer!! What a joy to be able to continue in the ministry in which I was saved in 1977!! I cannot thank you and your staff enough for your perseverance and fierce love of God’s Word and His people during all the transitions and changes that needed to be made. It was exciting to see true excellence in the midst of uncertainty! You will be greatly missed, but you will see in heaven the harvest of fruit He produced through you!!♥️🙏🥰
Thank you, Susie for your service to the Lord all these years!
One of my fondest memories of you, in your first year as Executive Director, when you were beginning to “turn the ship” from guidelines to people, you said, “Look at the heart!” That has been a guiding light to me. Thank you for encouraging each one of us to be available to the Lord!💗
Thanks for all your hard work & dedication to BSF. Hope your next chapter in life is Blessed !!
This was a powerful message from Susie. I have seen this in action when someone asks “How can you use me today Lord.” I will remember to do this daily. Thank you Susie for your hard work and dedication to BSF. You will not be forgotten.
As a somewhat obscure member of BSF I have been so enriched by your life, all your writings, and the closeness to God you display, and make it feel so natural. You have been so beneficial. Thank you.
Thank you Susie!
I am so thankful for you being a leader that is filled with integrity, faithfulness and love!
I feel blessed to have been a GL for a few years and have known you through BSF!
I love this final thought you give us about being available! That will stick with me.
May God bless you and your husband and family as you continue on!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Glenda Peters (Holland, MI)
Dear Susie Rowan
I believe that my involvement in BSF from 2009 until now corresponding to your BSF leadership, is a major event of my life that God has engineered. I was not even aware of BSF’s existence prior to that. Therefore, I attribute all the transformation around and inside me during past 12 years is bought about by God through you and all those involved by you. I am very much awed and humbled that God has chosen to do this to me. I am also convinced that this is God’s command to me to be ‘available’, as you put it. I would like to shout in joy that I was available since 2009. Thank you for all that you did for me. I think ‘to be doing His work always’ is all the rest that you seek from God. I pray that God fulfills all your wishes for yourself and your family.
Sincerely,
Christopher.
We appreciate the leadership in service and the mentorship,and all the dedication you have shown.You will always be remembered for your hard work.
Thank you Susie for working hard to make BSF class available more and more easily and readily.
BSF changed my life….
And is changing my life.
Thanks to God for his provision of BSF.
God bless all.
PS Thank you for Zoom classes. Praise God.
Thank you Susan.
Susie, we have been so blessed by your labor of love ❤️ during these years of serving God through your leadership in BSF! I was privileged to sit under your teaching twice- at Summit events, and still remember your messages there! I am entering my 14th year as a children’s leader, and was so in awe of how even Grandma’s lije me learned to teach Children on Zoom this last year- with our own granddaughter able to jump into my class, Clear from Okinawa!!! Such Exciting opportunities to advance the Gospel, just when people needed it so much this last year! Praying for times of refreshing for you and your family! Stay available – I know He wants to use you! ❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Dear Susan,
Praise and thanks to the LORD for your availing to serve as BSF Executive Director for the past 12 years. You have modeled servant leadership for me as a CL and now as a GL to continue to serve the LORD with the men He as entrusted to my shepherding and care. May you continue to be available and ask simply to be used by the LORD. Wishing you God’s blessings and shalom on you, Roger and your loved ones always!
You and your leadership will be greatly missed. God speed.
Susie, it has been a pleasure serving God under your leadership. One of my most treasured moments was you taking the time to pray for me as I was preparing to take on the role of TL. Your heartfelt prayer assured me that God had called me into that position and will equip me with everything I needed. Over the years that has proven to be true and I’ve learned so much in the process. God works wonders through a life surrendered to HIM, and that is evident by what HE has done through you. I’ll miss you in BSF but I look forward to seeing how HE is working in and through you in the new role HE will call you to in the future. In the meantime, we’re one day closer to eternity. Have a blessed life my sister from another mister.
Your labor of love will not go unrewarded and your words here are apt for the season in which I find myself. Thank you for sharing your heart and your dedication to ensure the Word is made easier, enjoyable and thought provoking for me and those around me. I wish you a restful retirement.
Dearest Susie,
Thank you for your service and for using the Lord’s vision for BSF and being His instrument for the success in moving the platform forward for His glory! PTL!
Your gracious and loving spirit is always present in your words to us. You are on to the next journey He has for you and your life. May you always be blessed! Thank you and you will be missed. Enjoy the next phase.
Dear Susie,
Thanking you for your years of service to God and BSF is not enough, but what is? You have been a role model for a true servant of God, sacrificing your time, and sharing your faith, wisdom and talents with us. Now you are being called to be used in a way only God knows. I will ask God how He wants to use me as we get ready to begin this year’s study of Matthew, and to walk beside me, guiding me to lead my ladies faithfully. Praying for your blessed retirement,
Nonda
Susie,
It has been a joy and a privilege to serve in BSF under your leadership. God has used you in a mighty way to bring needed changes through these past years. I know that He will continue to use you as you go forward into the next chapter of your life.
I continue to pray for God to bless you and keep you; and to grant you and and your family His peace, protection and prosperity.
Thank you again for helping me to grow as a leader in BSF!
love,
Patti (Phil.1:6)
Susie, it was an honor and privilege to serve in BSF under your Godly leadership. I attended retreats in San Diego and Anaheim where you spoke in person. You spoke with the authority, depth and simplicity of the Holy Spirit, and He made me hungry to understand Scripture like you do. God bless you and your family as you begin this new adventure of following Jesus. Thank you for your years of service in BSF. Well done, good and faithful servant.
Dear Susie—
Thank you for your service and for being available to Christ as you’ve helped others to grow and mature in Him. I wanted to share the lyrics to a gospel song entitled: I’m Available to You written by Carlis L. Moody Jr., a pastor in Evanston, Illinois. I attended this church as a child and teenager. I think the lyrics speak directly to what you’re saying in your farewell letter. God bless!
I’m Available to You
Song by Milton Brunson and The Thompson Community Singers
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You gave me my hands to reach out to men
To show Him your love and your perfect plan
You gave me my ears
I can hear your voice so clear
I can hear the cries of sinners
But can I wipe away their tears
You gave me my voice to sing your Word
To sing all your praises to those who’ve never heard
But with my eyes I see your need for more availability
I see hearts that has been broken
So many people to be free
Lord, I’m available to You
My will I give to You
I’ll do what You say do
Use me Lord
To show someone the way
And enable me to say
My storage is empty
And I am available to You
Now I’m giving back to You
All the tools You gave to me
My hands, My ears, My voice, My eyes
So You can use them as You please
I have emptied out my vow
So that You can fill me up
Now I’m free
And I just want to be
More available to You
Ah
Use me Lord
To show someone the way
And enable me to say
My storage is empty
And I am available to You
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Songwriters: Carlis L. Moody Jr.
It has been a pleasure to serve under Susan Peifer and you Susie Rohan. After 10 years, I too have decided to take a season off being a group leader. I feel the same way accept, I ask” did I make a mistake, did I here God correctly or was that my choice alone. God is faithful and I am waiting patiently for his direction. Enjoy your family.
Thank you Susie, for answering God’s call and being available to Him and to all of us at BSF. For over 15 years now fellow class members, my family, and I have been transformed by the in-depth study of the Word in our classes. Day after day, week after week. That may be a sort of indirect influence you had on us, flowing through the HQ staff, the area leaders, the class staff, our GLs and eventually those daily questions. You’ve left direct impressions in our lives too, through the retreat teaching sessions (KL, Singapore and Chennai come to mind) and your letters to us like this one above. Personally, Joan (my wife) and I are big fans, I must confess. 🙂 We still have your handwritten verse cards (Ephesians 5:21, 25-33) that you gave us when we met you at your office in San Antonio. And we treasure every memory of running into you at the orientation, the institute, and other events. Your links to Vizag, India warms our hearts and give us a special kinship that we secretly cherish. Joan considers it a privilege to have hosted you at Anita Methodist School when you visited Chennai. She and I look at you as a beacon that God placed in our lives, to inspire us, to encourage us, to keep pointing us to Jesus all through. I thank God for calling you to this. I thank you for saying “Here I am, Lord.”
Susie thank you so much for your commitment what a blessing you have been to so many. You will be truly missed enjoy your time with your family as the Lord prepares you for your new adventure. What a wonderful message to leave us with. Thank you !❤️
Thank you for your dedicated service in BSF. May the Lord continue to use you and bless you in every effort of you to glorify His name.
Susie, having observed you during the years, you have been an inspiration to me! Hearing you speak has inspired and encouraged me tremendously. Thank you sooo much for your dedication and service. I’m sure retirement will not stop you from inspiring others as your journey continues! In Love With Him!!
Hallo Susie.It has been great knowing you as we studied the word of God through BSF.May God’s grace shine on you&thanks for being a wonderful leader&mentor. Forever remain blessed
Hi Susie. I met you briefly at BSF Headquarters many years ago when I was volunteering from Colorado. I noticed your shoes immediately! They were smart and hip and “up to date”. I knew then that you would be the best Executive Director for BSF, especially in bringing this God honoring organization “up to date”. You have done an amazing job in making BSF viable and tech savvy and more easily available in this ever-changing electronic world.
I also appreciate that some of the guidelines have been updated, especially regarding divorced women and BSF leadership. Unfortunately for me, after 27 years of marriage, I became a divorced woman. But the thing is, I still loved God and still wanted to serve Him in my leadership at BSF. I chose to become a Children’s Leader, but I am grateful that becoming a Group Leader again is possible if the Lord leads.
I look forward to meeting you again-probably in heaven-and thanking you in person for your God honoring service to BSF. I wonder what kind of hip shoes we will be wearing there!
Dear sister Susie, I thank and praise God for the wonderful leadership in BSF, all these years.
May the Amighty God continue to bless and use you for His glory, according to His “Will and Purpose”.
Be assured of my prayers.
God bless you.
Wish you sll the very best.
What a mighty God we serve. Thank you for being the hands and feet of our Lord and serving His people. Now as you retire I know you will never from serving the Lord. Enjoy every day and stay safe. Blessings
Thank you Susie for your service to BFS. I have enjoyed your timely messages, and what you had to say. God bless you.
Thank you, Susie, for your guidance and leadership. I was fortunate enough to have found BSF in 2015, during your administration. I had been searching for a true study of scripture for years, only to find clubs that studied everything but the Bible, and who had ulterior motives/political aspirations.
I thank you, thank you, thank you bc BSF is color-blind, without hidden agendas, and truly meets the person where they are in their spiritual journey. I have never, under your administration, had to worry about playing politics or discerning the spiritual from the forced religious. Never has there been any of this in BSF since I’ve been here.
Thank you for your hours and hours of personal sacrifice. You have helped so many people, not the least of whom includes me! I ADORE BSF! Ms. Hollie has some big shoes to fill.
May God keep you safe and smiling!
Sherri
Thank you for serving . Enjoy your time with family and friends.Best wishes and prayers !
Thank you Susie for your commitment to BSF Through BSF I have grown as a Christian I can never truly express my gratitude to you,MS Johnson & all those that have contributed to the administration of BSF BSF is a God send and you answered your call to help with its growth. Thank you!!! Toni Duncan.
Beloved Suzie, I hear your voice in my ears as I read your writings. What a treat to learn from you and feel connected through Christ to you! I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks for your contribution to BSF and our world. I joined BSF in 2018 and have loved the teaching, fellowship and in-depth learning of God’s word. To God be the glory now and forever. Wishing you the very best in your retirement!
With gratitude,
Robin
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” Romans 15:4
Thank you Susie for walking and supporting as we learn the word of God, which is new everyday. May God guide,protect and shower you with His abundant blessings as you continue serving Him in a different way. 🙏
Thank you for your service to God through Bible Study Fellowship. Your work’
has been very much appreciated. This international bible study group has brought
so many people of different walks of life together, races, religions, and all this will continue to make a an impact on the world. You were part of making the world a better place. Your service is and was very much appreciated.
Enjoy your retirement!
Debra Carter
Dear Susie:
I came into BSF under your leadership. Thank you for allowing God to use you lead this ministry in the direction it need to go during this time of social change. Also, for honoring Him in your obedience in recognizing your time to transition. God”s blessings to you and your family in what ever HE is calling you to next. Thanks for your example of godly leadership.
Hi Susie! Thank God for allowing to serve Him in BSF. We love you. God bless you all.
Thank you, Susie, for your direction & guidance during these past years! I am soo very grateful to have experienced the blessings of BSF for 14 yrs! It has become an amazing incredible source of joy, learning, growing in faith & meeting new friends in Christ! Be blessed in the love & protection of Our Lord Jesus Christ 🙏✝️😘
Thank you so much Susie. I remember your lecture on the book of Revelations during our retreat, that was the first time I understood and enjoyed reading the book of Revelations. The Lord bless and keep you and thank you for answering His call to serve.
Susie, I’ve always appreciated your “unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight”, as I Peter 3:4 states. Your visits to the Naples class with your friend Sharon revealed your gracious and kind character. May you continue in the blessings of God. Kelly
Susie，thank you so much for your faithful service. May God reward you!
May the good Lord bless you ma’am and continue to guide you in your endevour ahead . it been a real joy serving with you ma’am.
Thank you Susie, for your beautiful words of testimonies. They are always so encouraging and uplifting. I’ve learned so much from your experience of your faithfulness in serving our God and saviour Jesus Christ. You’ve encouraged me to do the same, run for the race that is set before me, fixing my eyes on Jesus Christ. I will remember your words” Be available” and “Simply to be used” and put it into action. As you step down from your position, may the Lord bless you in your next step whatever it may be in His will. Thank you again!
Thank you for your service. I pray to be available and willing as I run the race.
Thank you for you service making BSF a quality program for our spiritual needs among all Christian denominations.
Thank you Susie for being so faithful and obedient for the cause of Christ and BSF. May Gods blessings continue to surround you.
It has been a real joy serving with you from all the here in Africa, Uganda to exact ad a CS in a day women’s class. I have learnt alot from your leadership.
May God continue to use you daily.
I am trying to find the piece about Hollie Roberts that I thought was in this email–could you send it to me?
Thank you so much-
Susan
Dear Susan, we are sending a post by Hollie Roberts this week! To stay up-to-date on the latest posts, go to the bsfblog.org homepage.
Thank you for your strong leadership , that can only come as a gift from our Lord .
Thank you for remaining available to God. That’s what i want to do too.
Thank you for your faithful service, leading and teaching, Susie! Your love for Christ and His Word is so evident in everything you do and say. You will be missed! May God bless you richly in this time of quiet as you make yourself available to Him.
Remarkable work Susie(!), in what must have been an exponentially rewarding journey of serving at the feet of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May you and generations forever reap the harvest of the good seeds that you have sown. May our Abba Father renew and replenish you, lead and guide every step of your new season in accordance to His plan in Jesus name I pray, amen. Enjoy🎉
Thank you Susie for showing us how to love God through service. Wishing you all the best and may God continue to use you .
I remember when you stepped into leadership as Executive Director. You spoke in San Diego at a BSF Leaders retreat and I felt God had chosen the right person for the ministry. I know that God has great things for your future. Many blessings to you in your future plans.
Thank you for serving the Lord for so many years and in so many ways. I miss the retreats and hearing you speak from the Word of GAWD! Your North Carolina accent always seemed to slip through and bring a smile to my face. Enjoy your retirement and hopefully we’ll cross paths again.
God Bless you. Thank you so much for giving of yourself for Him and increasing His Kingdom through Him.
Thank you, Suzie, for your beautiful example of trusting God and making yourself available for His outreach to all of our BSF fellowship. Enjoy the next chapter of your life.
Praise God! Sure, The One who called is faithful. By God’s grace I am available for Christ who called me out of darkness into His marvelous light!!
Thank you for being available to serve our Lord through BSF for 12 years. May you be blessed as you continue to serve Him.
Thank you Susie for leading this organization. I am fairly new to BSF. This year I am starting as a leader. I have seen the love and care that comes through to each lady. God is great and it shows!
Nancy Blakesley, Napa
Thank you Susie, for all you have done for BSF. Have a wonderful retirement and keep on growing and letting the Lord use you. Most of my Bible knowledge has come from BSF and the 4 fold approach, it really has helped me to learn about God and all He has done for us and more importantly to retain it.
Dianne
Well done Susie. I wish you a wonderful retirement and thank you for all you have done for all of us in BSF.
God Bless,
Ernie
Thank you so much for being available when Christ called you into service with BSF as Executive Director. God’s calling on your life has brought much growth both in BSF ministries and in our lives as students of His word.
Thank you for your years of service in BSF. I will certainly miss your teachings at Summit each year. God bless you in your retirement.
Thank you for your faithful service Susie! God bless you in this next chapter of life. I know He will!!!
Thank you for all you did for us and for all those you saved!
Dear Susie,
Enjoy your retirement! It already sounds like you have several things to do.
I don’t know you, but feel like I do know you!
How you have blessed me with your leadership! I am thankful for your service, teaching, thoughtful changes, and perseverance through difficult times. You have demonstrated your love for the LORD through your faithful service. May God richly bless you and your family as you enter another season of your life walking with Him.
Ms.Susie, thank you thank you thank you for your 12 years of awesome service and dedication.
BSF has been a blessing to me. Such an awesome way of studying God‘s word. The fellowship it has been just simply awesome, thank you for being professional loving and dedicated. God‘s blessings on your retirement, well are done🙏🏾❤️
Thank you Suzie for your faithful service to God . I pray that God use you for even greater works than these!
May the Lord Bless the work of your hands and enlarge your territory!
God Bless
Angeline
Susie,
It’s been an honor and privilege to have you as our faithful leader these years. You encourage me with your words of trust, faith and hope always.
Your upcoming retirement from BSF will open new avenues and experiences. I will miss you! I will always keep you in prayers in your continued journey
through out your life.
Thank you Susie, We all love and I know the Lord will let you know soon what is next, in His Love Blanca
May our Lord continue to bless you with Him in your more leisure years. Enjoy these quiet times as He continues to use you for His glory. Our lives serving Him don’t always need to be frenetic.
Psalm 46:10
Thank you for your years of commitment to The Word and BSF.
What a beautiful gift you have left. 🥰
Thank you so much for your leadership! Loved all your messages and encouragement especially in these troubling times.
Wishing you many blessings in your retirement and whatever God is pointing you to in the future.
Thank you for your leadership and bold expression of Christ living in you. Your prayers have influenced and directed the lives of many you can’t fully see. Yet! Blessings to you and family as you take this new season in stride to personal growth and learning. Becky
Over the course of the last four years, I have looked forward to Susie Rowans uplifting letters from BSF Headquarters! In them she displays such compassion, wisdom and insight and a deep commitment to God’s work here on earth. I have been so encouraged and uplifted at every reading. I thank God for this blessed opportunity to get to know Him more through BSF. I especially thank Him for the great leaders He has appointed among whom Susan Rowan stands. Praying all the very best as you go forward. “ I know the plans I have for you says the LORD!”
Dear Susie,
Truly God has called you to be an executive director of BSF. Thank God for your humbleness, lead us to depend on God. I have learned to depend on God from BSF to do His work
When my teaching leader called me to be Mandarin Group Lead. Mandarin is not my mother language. I stepped out my comfort zone, depend on God to equip me. In 10 years, it has grown from 8 women to 50.
Praise the Lord.
On 1-4-2020, I had stroke. God was able me to return to lead my group in 2 months, even I have not recovered fully. I love BSF, so do my group women. Thank God for BSF to bring me closer to our Lord. Thank you Susie. It is your leader leadership. To God be glorified.
Gratefully,
Irene
Susie, May God bless you as you move forward in retirement to serve Him. I have thoroughly loved and learned from your shared caring thoughts and wisdom in your lectures and writings. Thank you dear sister in Christ! God bless!❤️🙏Sally
Thank you Susie for your dedication and service to our Lord and Savior!! Thank you being a beautiful example for all !! May God’s wonderful blessings be with you in your time of quietness with the Lord !!!! ❤️
Thank you for being available to all of us at BSF. You were an inspiring leader. And like all good leaders, you leave us with a meaningful charge: Be available to Christ. Have a wonderful retirement, and may God continue to bless you richly.
We are so thankful to God for your leadership to BSF. Be blessed and enjoy your new chapter of life in retirement.
Thank you for your dedication and service to humanity. May God remember you in a special way always.
I can’t thank God enough for Susie and her leadership in BSF. God has drawn me closer to Him and transformed my life through BSF. Thank you Susie Rowan.. May God continue to bless you. Happy retirement.
Thank you SOOOOOOOO much for all that you’ve done and been to /for BSF! I have been so so blessed by you – your leadership in BSF & the sharing in your blog. Will definitely miss reading your blog! Keep well & living vibrantly for Christ!
Love,
Page (Singapore)
Susie, I wish you God’s blessings in your retirement.
You have been a great help to me in your leadership, great lessons about serving God. I thank God for your prayers and very encouraging words to help us humble in life.
Bsf has changed my life
I will miss you
Dear Susie, may the blessing of Lord at work in your life through your years of service at BSF richly manifest in the place(s) the Lord is leading you into. Thank you for allowing the Lord to use you to guide BSF through new seasons. We never imagined BSF online, but see how far the Lord has brought us. May the Lord richly renew your strength in the season of rest.
We thank God for your service and guidance. May the God of love continue to use you in other fields. Stay blessed
Words of Wisdom!!!
Thank for your sharing your knowledge of Gods word with us!! God Bless, mary vakoc
Thank you for sharing your vision our Lord layed on heart. Thank you for serving Him. Wishing you the best as you retire to your next chapter.
Susue ,I thank God for you, It is not easy but God equipped you to Shepherds His flocks, for a quit long enough may the Lord bless you and your family, but your retirement is only physically in the office , but God’s office is always in operation 24/7 continue praying and committee us to Christ,I know you have a big reward from heaven. God bless you and protect you now and forever more I’m Jesus name amen.
Susie,
Thank you so much for your blog spot. [I think that is the right term.] I read this upon returning home from taking my youngest son to college 11 hours away. As I look around I wonder what am I going to do with all of my time after I clean my house and cars. Your comment truly spoke to my heart. Thank you so much. I pray that God will use you in accordance to his will.
Susie, Thank you so much for your faithfulness and commitment to BSF. I will begin my 14th year in September, and I can truly say this has been the greatest experience (spiritually) I have had the privilege of being a part of. I pray God’s richest blessings on you as you begin a new journey. God already has it mapped out for you. Thank you for helping to make BSF all that it is to us.
Thank you for all you have done for us, Susie. May God bless the future of you and yours.
Enjoy retirement. Thank you for your leadership and prayers through the years. BSF has been a turning point in Bible study for me.
Thank you, Susie for leading BSF with excellence! I will miss your encouraging words, but am excited for you as you enter into retirement. My husband retired recently and we have had a ball. Hope all goes well for you as you journey through this next phase of life.
I joined BSF in 2020 and had great fellowship and deep bible understanding of the book of Genesis.
I may not have interacted directly with you but your Executive Leadership was evident in Kenya through the well structured programmes and well equipped leaders especially through covid-19.
May God richly bless and lead you in all your future endeavours
Asante
Benson
Thank you so much for being available to Christ no matter what life handed you. I have always been inspired by your messages, your witness and know that the love of Jesus shines through you in all you do. We will miss you but I know God isn’t finished with you and that you will always answer His call.
Much love,
Debbie Hicks
I have learned so much from BSF. I try to tell people that sometimes BSF can be difficult, but what you learn about God, yourself and what it means to serve him, follow him, and live for him. We grow, we get wisdom, we get knowledge of who God is and how he grows us. I love my Lord.
Susie
I have been so blessed through your leadership and commitment to BSF. You have brought thoughtful changes to BSF which promoted growth in discipleship of members.
Thank you for your availability to be used by God for BSF’s benefit. It will be exciting to see what new plans He has for your availability!!!
Blessings to you and your family!!
I am 79 years old, currently on the Altar prayer team at my Church. I live far from the campus of the Church I attend so it is hard to do more during the week. I tried being a group leader to lead a ladies group in my home but no one signed up too far away. I am waiting on a word from the Lord to lead me to a closer church or stay where I am. I was blessed by your blog I will wait patiently.
Your message was very inspiring. Congratulations on your retirement. After being in BSF for 18 years I’m also looking forward to retirement after the next Session of People of the Promised is offered. I wish you the very best as you await what God would have you do. Continue to Stay Available. With love and blessing, A faithful Leader in the Dallas\DeSoto area Group. Vernell.
Thank you for this nudge. I have been holding back. Even as I write this thank you, I am reluctant to fully accept God’s reply to the question “how can you use me today”. With out a doubt, the holy spirit has been calling me to deeper daily walking.
Thank you, Susie, for your work at BSF. The ministry has changed my life for good, and I appreciate all the work you put into it. I’m especially grateful that we were able to continue meeting (online) during the pandemic. Enjoy your retirement and whatever God has for you next.
May God reward your sacrifice and faithfulness in his service
Ms Susie, I have been in BSF for 18 years and I have learned a lot during my study. I have grown a lot in my faith. I appreciate you so much and believe you have contributed to my growth. You will be truly missed. Thank You and may God continue to use you as an instrument for His kingdom.
Thank you Suzie you will be missed God bless
Dear Sue we thank God for you as we say bye to you.
I am truly indebted to Christ for allowing me to serve under you for the period you are our executive director.
Thank you for teaching me great lessons about serving God and his people as a group leader in Kenya.Your training in the meetings we had in Kenya and on line will remain a torch and thus a light into the path of leadership
Am personally touched by how calm you always were while teaching and guiding us.
God bless you in your retirement
Bilha Muragr
Thank you for the years you had given to BSF. I have not only learnt so much from the various studies but have been encouraged with the personal sharing and counsel from the study group members as well as your letters.
May you find even more fulfilment in the roles He has for you during your “retirement years”. I pray that you and your family will be kept safe wherever you all are. God bless.
Thank you for serving as BSF Executive Director. I think you have done a wonderful job in this leadership position. God has surely been leading and guiding you the whole way. Your recent blog post, “ask to be used,” was just what I needed. I truly enjoy learning more about the Word with a group of women where we can grow individually and together. Many blessings as you refresh and wait on what God has for you next.
Thank you for guiding us through troubled times. In your retirement, I wish you the very best. I am sure you will serve the Lord in some capacity.
Love to you and your Family
Thank you for your service and dedication in this vital ministry!! Kayleen Anderson invited me many years ago
(2009–2010) that year in January my husband suffered a widow maker heart attack…the support of my BSF group was overwhelming!! He went on to have a transplant and become a BSF himself!!
God has been so faithful to keep me encouraged by my BSF sisters-in-Christ!! I’ve had 6 major back surgeries over the past 5 years and literally couldn’t have made it back to BSF without their help. I wasn’t physically able to serve as a leader when I was asked a couple times, and didn’t see myself ever being able!! But, This Blog has inspired me to just be available for whatever he has for me daily…How can HE use me TODAY!! ? I appreciate your service all these years to BSF and pray God will use you in mighty ways for his HONOR and GLORY!!
Beautiful and I will ask simply to be used in BSF because I’ve studied with it since 1996 after asking God to clean me thoroughly! He used his Word via BSF to do that, but I still make mistakes and start over after asking for forgiveness!
Thank you for all your good service Susie, may God bless you as your ministry expands and saves even more lost souls
Your Sister in Christ, sifted in Heavenly Places
Thanks Susie for your leadership personally I have matured in my christian walk by knowing the truth of the gospel. Just know your work was not in vain and may the lord bless you.
I pray for God’s blessing on you, your husband, Roger, children Jerry and Sally and the four grandchildren as you demit office as ED, BSF. Thank you for having lead us through these years especially through the COVID lockdown. God be with you. May he lead you into green pastures. I am sure he will continue to use you in his Kingdom. This online programme is so useful as my mobility issues prevent me from travelling.God bless you and your family.
Susie Rowan, THANK YOU for your great-commission service and making BSF it is today!
Thank you Susie for your leadership all these years. I pray that the Lord will bless you as retire from BSF and guide you through your next step in service to him. You will be missed!
I am grateful to you for availing yourself to be used of the Lord to shepherd our souls towards eternal glory, especially your inspiring messages through the study of Genesis. You made me see our Heavenly Creator and His wonderful plan for humanity firmly established inspite of the global turbulence caused by Corvide 19. You have given us true example to emulate. May God bless you.
I thank God for your season in BSF. I thank you also for all your messages.
What impacted me after reading the” being available to Christ is below:
-It reminds me God’s grace and His calling.
-Even if I feel sometimes so weak physically because of my age and the previous challenges I faced with my health, knowing you through BSF and your text strengthen me.
-So, thank you for reminding me to be available to Him, to ask God to guide and help me how to do better more than the previous years even if my age and strength will go up differently.
– To fix always my eyes on Jesus. last week I saw a video of a brother in Christ ( the husband of a GL BSFer)who was dying but had taken time to praise God before his last breath. He said: ” I am like Abraham to whom God had promised a multitude offspring like stars, but he had just seen with his eyes Ishmael, Isaac and the sons of his concubines. I am here on this bed ( he had covid), even if it is very painful to me to breath, to speak, I am like Abraham to whom God had made a promise. God had promised me ” to feed me with long life”, but look at me, I am not too aged, I suddenly get this disease!” Then he rose up his left hand and praised God; he said in prayer ” but I believe in You my Lord, bless my children and grandchildren…”. He really struggled with his breath when he told all that, he asked Jesus to spare and heal his wife who was ill at the same time, but to take him. and he died. His wife, my friend who had shared with me the gospel when we were teenagers and classmates, told to her children when she new later ( by one month)the death of her husband: I saw Jesus in my dream telling me : I do not take you now.
My friend told me: ” let’s pray together for me what He wants me to do for Him, my husband is no more with me.”
God bless you and your family Susie and may He keep you safe and always available to Him!
I really thank God to allow me to meet this friend. That was a great blessing and joy to see her and to see the video even if it was very painful but a great comfort to see someone claiming belonging to God and praising Him till death.
Dear Susie, Thank you for modeling the beauty of being available to serve our Savior. You portrayed a high and beautiful view of Christ in all of your communications, and we have all been blessed by your faithful teaching. May you continue to walk in favor and service of our mighty king.
Thank you indeed for your commitment and dedication to BSF and all of us and most of all to God. I had the honor and privilege to be at the last BSF leaders retreat. I sincerely enjoyed and appreciated each one of your lectures/messages. You are a worthy and faithful servant, an inspiration and example to the rest of us.
Truly your labor in the Lord will not be in vain.
Learned so much thru BSF and it deepens my
spiritual life and my ministry.
May our Lord bless you in your next journey.
Dear Susie,
I have been very inspired by you all these years as you served as the Executive Director of BSF. In all the AP meetings or Institutes, from your teaching and talks to the meal time conversations, I can always find encouragements, convictions, and warm friendship.
This blog on “being available” is very meaningful to me at the present stage of my life and ministry. I shall remember it and be careful to look for God’s guidance and answer His call.
Love you!
Thank you Suzie. I grow enormously whilst studying with BSF. In this break I have studied using WordGo. It’s been a good platform to grow once again.
God be with you as you move into a different sphere of life.
It is not in vain to serve Christ,
God continue blessing you.
Thank you for encouraging and challenging me to be all I can be in Christ. Several years ago at an area retreat in the Pacific Northwest, you challenged those of us who were shying away from technology and thereby missing opportunities with the younger generation for sharing and keeping in touch. You reminded us to step up and learn how to use our phones, our computers, and so many devices with which to communicate so we could share Christ. Wise and timely advice. May your retirement be a time of great joy as you continue to grow in His love.
Hi Susie,
I’m disappointed we never got to say goodbye in person due to the pandemic so I’m taking this opportunity to send love, gratitude and best wishes as you embark on this next chapter of your life.
I can personally testify there is life after BSF (smiley emoji) and the big hole you speak of will be filled to overflowing.
Proverbs 11:25 ‘Whoever brings blessing will be enriched and one who waters will himself be watered’.
May God continue to use and bless you richly,
Marianne Martin
Thank you, Sister for all you’ve done to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ & mature His people. I’m grateful for your service to all of us. May your retirement produce even a greater platform for your service in kingdom work, making disciples.
Blessings,
Trish Keglar
Thank you, Susie for allowing God to use you as you made yourself available to Him, to His leading, to His ministry all these years. I know He will continue to lead and guide you as you trust in Him, seek His face, and allow your hands and feet to be led by His Spirit. Peace of Christ to you, sister. Well done, good and faithful servant!
I have been in BSF for the entire time of your leadership. BSF has given me a true love for God’s word. I would like to thank you for your leadership and encouragement.May the Lord bless you and give you His peace.lots of love Dawn 🙏❤️🐈⬛
Dear Mam Susie,
It’s truly amazing how God has used you and your ministry through BSF. Thank you so much for your commitment to be used by God in this ministry to bless many believers in the Lord Jesus. The lessons we have learned through the years have guided us in our walk with God especially during this pandemic where we have no one to turn to except the Lord for the hope and the peace He provides that could quiet and make stable our anxious hearts. To God be the glory indeed for the many years you have made yourself available for the Master’s use. I, being one of the many beneficiaries of your ministry would like to honor you and show my appreciation in this simple and short acknowledgment. The Lord continue to shower you with blessings upon blessings as you continue to walk with Him and follow His mission for you.
Susie, I have had the pleasure and blessing to hear you speak and was deeply moved by your teaching, compassion, knowledge of God’s Word and how the Holy Spirit came through. The Word of God tells us Beautiful are the feet that delivers His Word. Your time and service at BSF is noticed and commendable. You surely have helped many in the journey to establish a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and our Holy Father. May your next endeavor be filled with abundant blessings and sweetness always. Thank you for your service.
Greetings Susie ,it would be sad to not thank you for the commitment & continued love for the servant leadership example you have shown me from the onset of my journet to know in BSF .Im also greatly thankful for your always timely emails sharings as they always arrived as the pertinent time of my life to encourage ,strengthen ,reflect & always see God’s loving presence always
Thank you & may the loving Lord be youf guide & light always
Stay blessed
Susie, thank you for your many years of faithful service to God through BSF. I especially have appreciated your gracious leadership as you encouraged our classes through COVID and the many challenges it has brought. May the Lord continue to bless you and your family!
Thank you for your service to the LORD and to us. You have blessed us greatly. I have grown in the LORD under you leadership and example.
Susie, this is my seventh year in BSF, and your leadership has really impacted my life. I have grown tremendously, and I credit BSF for this growth. Your leadership has touched my life and many others as well, so thank you for your availability to Christ and to the many in which you have touched. May God Bless you in your endeavors.
Thank you Susie for your encouragement and the impact you have made to many lives through BSF . BSF had helped me so much in my walk with Jesus and love for the word of God. Thank you for the reminder to be available each day and everyday.
May God continue to use you in His kingdom , for His glory! Amen🙏
Susie,
I am so grateful to you for your leadership since 2009. You are a gifted woman and I could listen to your teaching hour after hour. I will never forget the evening you came into my DG in Annapolis Evening Women’s Class. I had completed my last day’s question, but it was evident that so many women in the group never did the last day’s questions. That day…you asked us all why we didn’t do the last day’s questions.
It wasn’t long after that day when the last day questions were reconfigured. I appreciate the way you’ve taken things apart and looked at them all and prayerfully considered each piece of the puzzle. Thank you for your heart and soul that you poured out to us. I am eternally grateful for humble offering that I have benefitted so greatly from.
I will always remember you very fondly.
In His Grace,
Manning Lee
Dear Susie, I have prayed for you and your husband daily. Lifting you up to receive God’s wisdom and guidance in your leadership for BSF. We were blessed that you chose to take on this responsibility to serve Christ in this amazing role. You will be greatly missed. Thank you for your fruitful years of service and taking BSF to new heights through challenging times. I have no doubt that God has continued plans for your journey as you walk with Him.
I was blessed to be able to meet you a couple years ago when you visited the Phoenix Leadership meeting. We have a friend in common, Mary Jane Sippy. Mary Jane encouraged me to join BSF leadership when we attended together in
Overland Park, KS.
Susie thank you for going through this journey with Christ with all of us at BSF. You have made a huge difference with the program that has touched our lives in a positive and spiritual way. We are so glad we had you as our director for the past 12 years. May God continue to guide you on your journey and I thank God you were a part of my journey with Christ. All the best to you. You will be truly missed
Susie,
Thank you for giving to the Lord. I am a life that’s been “changed” to the Glory of God! >>>Allow me to say to you what my Pastor said to me (at the time, a 1st generation High School graduate going off to college, by Greyhound bus, with 1 suitcase) <<>>
That was a beautiful reminder. I am going through a season of change, but I am not quite sure what change is coming, but it’s coming. I feel Blessed by this blog and I thank you for it! I pray your journey will be just as fulfilling as it was for you being an executive director at BSF. God has told me that it will be for you, it can’t help but be. 😊
Susie, BSF has been a huge blessing to me and my family. It has been an amazing resource for equipping young and old. While I know there have been countless wonderful examples of how you have led BSF over the past 12 years, I am amazed at how well prepared BSF was when the pandemic began. Being a retired businessperson, I was really thankful and impressed. Most organizations spend way too much time looking in the rearview mirror. The truly amazing thing about BSF is that God led you to look forward and be be prepared to continue His work.
In short, we done good and faithful servant. The ripples of your impact will be felt through generations. May God bless you and your family!
Susie — thank you for your servant-hearted leadership, dedication, and faithfulness to BSF as its Exec. Dir. for 12 beautiful years. May God continue to Bless you, keep and cover you and your family onward.
BSF has been A God sent to me. I have learned so much and met so many ladies in the walk with God. You have done A wonderful job with BSF and may God continue to use you as you approach retirement.
Thank you for your service to our Lord. You are an inspiration. Your leadership in BSF has encouraged me to grow and seek God’s will in my life. Many blessings as you continue to be available to growing God’s kingdom on earth.
Thank you for BSF online Susie, for the fellowship I shared with my group of ladies gave me hope and company as a widow during Covid 19. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about God’s Word, which has strengthened my faith.
I have only been in BSF for 1 year, I really like it and I’m excited to start Mathew this year. I really enjoyed listening to your stories. I am sure you will be missed by all. Prayers Susie for a wonderful retirement, I know God has wonderful plans for all your todays.
Thank you Susie for your faithfulness to God’s call! Blessings as you continue to serve Him in different ways.
To God be the glory!
Jane
‘Being available for the Lord’ – what a beautiful message! May God continue to bless you and your family, and continue to use you for the expansion of His kingdom. And, ‘Yes, I am available for the Lord!’
Susie BSF has really impacted me. There are times of joy and tears through studying God’s words together. The Lord continues to bless you in your ministry. (Micah 6:8) Walk humbly with God,to act justly and to love mercy,Train us 0God,so that our steps are in tune with You and Your will.
Suzie, I’m so very grateful God led me to BSF. My life was spinning out of control and I struggled desperately to find a solution. After searching and trying therapy, new job, a new city..none, of these things brought joy or contentment. My friend suggested I attend a BSF meeting….I finally did and it changed my life. God listened to my pleas for help and answered them Monumentally. Thank you for leading this organization which has positively impacted so many lives.
Susie Rowan
BSF Executive Director
Deeply blessed , most appreciated and forever cherish your exemplary servant leadership in BSF; May The lord Almighty bless you continually in your retirement. Thank you .
i meet Susie t summit and she teaching us bible .The way she talk inspire me alot and she be always in my mind.
Susan
Your service to BSF has made a difference in so many women’s lives throughout our community and throughout the world !! You have taken of the words of that note put in your hand at church and served so many with you Christian Love and the words of Our Heavenly Father !!
Many Blessings My Sister in Christ
SO grateful for your years of service. Because you were obedient to HIS call not only have I grown but so many lives have changed for and to our Savior. May you be blessed as you enter this new journey of service.
Because He loved me first,
I am highly inspired by how ordinary people like Suzan and her team made themselves available to be used to spread this bible study and the word of God this wide. My prayer is for God to rekindle the zeal in me for him so that I can also be used
Thank you so much for praying for me
I want to connect to Jesus Christ continueuesly ad grow in Jesus
Thank you so much for your leadership these past years. I am especially impressed with the whole staff dealing with the extreme changes you have had to deal with. Your blog reminded me of my mentor of 20 years which the LORD provided to me after I was saved. She always said to me “just be, and be available”. I, like you, still carry that with me. when I am not sure which way to go or what to do this is what comes to mind.
Thank you again, I have reaped much from BSF and so has my 19 year old grandson, Tyler.
Sincerely yours, in Christ,
Carole Morris
I thank and praise God for my good fortune to have been introduced to BSF during your tenure. BSF has taught me so so much and has made me bolder to share his word.
I pray your next chapter will be as rich and fulfilling as all your journey has been. May God Bless you abundantly !!
Bless you for your availability and obedience to our Lord. I have grown much through BSF and your leadership has inspired me to continue serving every year even though sometimes I feel like retiring. Guess there’s no retirement age with God.
May the LORD continue to strengthen…uphold and infil you as HE guides you to your next assignment.
GOD BLESS you
Allow me to express my most sincere gratitude to you Executive Director Susie Rowan. You have diligently served God, through BSF, for a good part of your life.
Your dynamic leadership over the past 12 years has lead to exponential growth both spiritually and numerically within the BSF community with the most recent challenge of COVID 19 leading to a speedy introduction of the online classes. These I must add have been an
overwhelming success.
We thank God for calling you and we thank you for accepting God call to serve in His vineyard.
May God richly bless you as you move into the area He next calls you to. Your service will never be in vain.
Again I repeat, thank you Susie.
Fred.
I am and was Blessed to get to meet You, Susie in McAllen when I was in training to become a new Leader ❣️ I Love how I have Learned to do Zoom and Love My Ladies and fellowship and All Our Special Leaders💖 My plate Has Been Very Full the last 2 Years, But Praising God and Glory Be to God I am Available Daily❣️🙏✝️ Thank You for All Your Blessings You have showed Us and We All will Miss you but I know God has Beautiful New Plans and chapters for You❤️✝️🙏😍
Dear Susie,
Thank you for being available to lead us in BSF. May God bless the work of your hands as you continue to be willing to be used by Him.
Thanks be to Almighty God, for your calling and being faithful to do God’s work to BSF, may God be with you and guide you in your next step.
Grace and blessing
Florence
Suzie, thank you for availing yourself to be used by Christ. BSF has greatly impacted my life, all because of your stellar leadership. May the Almighty God richly bless you.
Dearest Susie,
Thank you so much for your humble and remarkable leadership as our Executive director! I’ve learned so much from you and I’m going to miss you! May God bless and keep you and your family as you start a new chapter in your life!
Thank you for your message. I agree that we have to wait (as patiently as we can) for opportunities to serve and for God’s urging us to do so. I have felt a void from my volunteer activities, which I so enjoy, during the pandemic, when doors were closed to visitors and helpers. I have filled the void lately with some travel with my husband, seeing family members and enjoying some relaxing vacation time. I know opportunities will present themselves soon, and God will lead me to share my talents and desire to help where I can. There are always needs to be filled, and God will always provide me with the inspiration to serve where I can. I wish you a relaxing and meaningful retirement after so many years of giving of yourself to BSF.
I’m grateful for Susie’s committed service and leadership. Blessed to be a part of BSF family and very much inspired and encouraged by her talk in the Summit.praying for you. May God give you good health, joy and peace.
Thank You for letting Good use you, you have inspired many many people BSF has been blessed by your leadership and do have I.
Susie,
Thank you for your example in serving with excellence and joy throughout! It has made me reflect and see how much grace is lavished upon me, and how far short I make my availability!
Thank you for leaving me with a statement I will never forget, and I want to use this in prayer daily: ” Lord, how do you want to use me today?” I want to learn how to surrender my all to Him daily.
May the Lord less you, and keep you, and cause His face to shine upon you. May He be gracious unto you, lift up His countenance to you and yours and daily fill you with His peace.
Refreshing information there.
“Be Available*
Susie,
May the Lord walk with you into the future. I learnt some years ago that in God’s vineyard there in no leave or retirement. He assigns us duties at different seasons as we are enabled and are available.
God bless you and your family.
Lillian Wahome, Kenya.
We are thankful for all what God Has used you in His Vineyard. May you remain Blessed in Hisw Mighyt Name We pray!
I discovered BSF only 1.5 years ago, but it has been such a blessing in my life. Thank you for your faithful service to the ministry.
Dear Susie ~
My BSF journey began when I attended the preschool program with my mother.
As an adult, when I recommitted my life to the Lord, I went directly to BSF to study God’s Word.
All three of my children have attended BSF as well as my husband. That’s 3 generations that have been impacted by faithful servants like you, forging the way in the cause of Christ. Hallelujah!
I am praising the Lord for His faithfulness in your leadership and for allowing this ministry to flourish. He has sustained us every day even in the midst of a global pandemic. All glory be to Christ our King!
My prayer for you as every day you make yourself available to Christ and the work He has for you:
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
~Numbers 6:24-26~
With much love,
Amanda ❤️
Thank you for “being available” in such a mighty way for HIS glory at BSF the past years! Pray that as you step into this new season you will see daily little and big ways HE put you in places and people in your path to continue to be HIS vessel in a new way! Very thankful for you and your dedication to share of only HIS Word.
Thank you for your prayers and for being obedient to Christ via your calling. May you be blessed as you embark on another journey with Christ. Your prayers have always been appreciated.
Dearest Susie
Hind sight is 20-20. I see clearly now that you were God’s vessel to help the BSF Ministry cross over turbulent times. 12 years have flown by so fast. I thank God for your obedience to take on this role, for your courage to press on with making necessary changes in the Ministry and for clarity of vision and the support that you received from the Board, the HQ staff and all the teaching leaders across the world.
Thank you for your availability to the Lord. We will never know the personal cost to you. But God knows. I pray , that as He has promised in His word, He would reward you, in excess of your sacrifice.
Mathew 19:29
“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.”
I pray also that as you take a break, that the Lord would refresh you and equip you anew for a different season in ministry. I learnt from the lives of Moses, Joshua, Caleb and many others that, God’s servants serve to the end of their lives.
With much love and gratitude
Alice
Dear Susie Rowan,
Thank you for serving the Lord with such diligence and commitment; and modeling servant leadership. I enjoy the structure of BSF and effective communication.
May God re-tyre your ‘wheels’ and assign you another portion of His vineyard that he has been preparing for you. He will renew and refresh you for that next assignment. Keep the faith, press on in grace and strength.
Thanks Sussex for your faithfulness and exampleship. You truly inspired me to serve Gods people and magnify Him.
You will be missed!
To God be the glory for the dedication to the call of Bsf and running the race so well. Thank you Susie for the wonderful work.
Thank you for the tremendous effort poured into the BSF ministry. It has helped me to understand God’s Word & brought discipline in studying the Bible. God bless you & your fantastic team .
At one of the Leader retreats you said sh what a beautiful sound those Bible pages turning. I am very much a paper person thankyou for your prayers for us who have and still learning new tech skills. the Lord bless you and give you health and His joy
Thank you for your leadership, Susie. Many lives have been changed when you answered “yes” to God’s call. May God bless and keep you as you move into this next phase of your life.
Thank you Susie for being authentic, open and humble.
What a wonderful testimony Susie! May the Lord give you rest & relaxation during your interim and grant you wisdom & strength to pursue all that you hope and want to do in the future for Him.
“Susie thank you for your faithful service to BSF and the words you have put here today. Your impact has been felt worldwide and you have been faithful to God’s call on your life. May you continue to serve Him and bless others as you transition from this role to whatever He has in store for you next. Thank you again for your leadership and passion to serve the living Lord!
What a wonderful era of BSF that you have ushered in, Susie! Thank you for bringing such energy to the helm and for shining your light for the Lord, always pointing back to Him (“for the fame of Jesus Christ in the nations”).
May God continue to use you mightily as you trust in Him, and may you go “from strength to strength” until you appear before Him (Psalm 84).
You will be missed!
Thanks Susie. That was a special Word for us. I have only been in BSF this year and already feel very at home online with my group. Thanks for all you did to facilitate online BSF.
Thanks for being available and serving Jesus as leader. You have blessed us!
God bless you as you take your hand in Jesus’ hand and keep looking to Him
Love in Christ
Marilyn
Thank you for your faithfulness, commitment and diligence in serving at BSF. Hope your retirement is wonderful and blessed.
Susie, God bless you in this new time in life. All thanks and praise to God for your faithful and obedient leadership of BSF! Thank you for the reminder to be available for God to use. His will be done! Thank you and well done, good and faithful servant!
BSF has been a life saver for me in my life.
In my 40’s I was there for 5 years and gave my all to study. The notes were wonderful for me. My notes were saved and I hope and pray to study with them for as long as I live.
Now I am 77 years old. I have been in treatment for cancer (MDS) Myleoid Dysplastic Syndrome for almost 4 years.
The reason I am sharing this is to tell you to have your blood checked often quite often as you get older .
I quit working at 73 and went for a checkup and to make a long story short, at the end of that year I was diagnosed with MDS.
Started trial drug and chemo and am still getting treatment.
I am grateful to God for keeping me here as I have gotten to see my precious family and grandchildren.
I am hopeful to be able to get notes like we use to but don’t know how to get them.
Hopefully you can tell me.?
Thank you for all you did for us.
Dear Wanda, thank you so much for sharing your story.
To get the notes as we used to be you please ask your children or grandchildren to download mybsf app from appstore, login with your bsf registered email id and download all the question
papers and notes from there.
Then you can get it printed. Here in Visakhapatnam, India our Teaching leaders are getting the Whole 30 lessons of Matthew study printed and giving us for Print cost.
Love you Wanda. I’ll keep praying for you. Be safe. 🙏🏻
Thanks for your leadership. I am thrilled to have a book with all of our lessonprinted.
Mrs. Susie Rowan
Aug. 22/2021
BSF
Susie R MAY GOD GO BEFORE YOU AND MAY GOD GO WITH YOU! MAY GOD FOREVER CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU!!!
SINCERELY THANKS!!!
Thank you Susie for your answer to God’s call and faithful service to BSF. I know God will continue to use you to grow His kingdom.
I have been so blessed with your leadership and servant’s heart. I am forever grateful!
Once upon a time 40 years a mother had a son in school and a 2 year old daughter. A lady was teaching a Bible Study at a church and I glanced at notes in her lap. She was sharing something to a group that was in the notes. I asked her afterwards where were the notes and information came from! Of course BSF and that started my 40 years in BSF and still going. I have moved several times over the 40 years since my husband was in the military and I have been in many BSF positions. The question is has my life been changed-most certainly!!! Each executive director I’ve been blessed to sit under has been a blessing in so many ways. Susie–you are no different. You have challenged my thinking and enabled me to experience God’s presence in powerful ways. Through your tenure as Executive Director I have experienced the lost of our 13 year old grandson and experienced cancer at the same time. Many comments you wrote in your blogs that gave me strength, hope, and peace. Thank you. Thank you for being available, thank you for hours on your knees praying for all members and BSFand introducing new ways of reaching people with God’s word. I stand on tiptoes to see how your availability will be used by God to bring Him Glory. Thank you andf God Bless.
You are a True Women of God. God loves you and so do I
Blessings Sue.
Thank you for being Christ warrior . Uplifting, upholding and blessing many to know the real word of God.
You are a woman of excellence and your spiritual legacy will be witnessed by many forever.
May our Faithful Lord reward you with a harvest of Praise.
Amen
May God reward you and give you a harvest of praise.
Amen
Thank you for serving the Lord and us through BSF. The changes to BSF under your leadership were very important ones, making materials easier to access and providing options so that more people can hear and study God’s word more readily.
Dear Susie, Your insightful words in your sharing has given me many moments to reflect on my journey to know my Lord and Savior in a more meaningful way. Thank you for being my inspiration, especially during this past pandemic year. My husband and I have just moved into a retirement community and know this will be a true adventure for our ending life’s journey! We wish you the very best in your retirement, knowing how busy you will find your days, so thank you for remembering the BSF ladies in your prayers.
God bless you, Susie, in everything you do.
Blessings to you and your family as you begin this new chapter in your lives. Thank you for leading BSF for so many years. I will begin my 6th year this Fall and can hardly wait to get started. The Lord always provides. Again thank you and God bless.
Susie thank you for the tremendous work you did as the leader of BSFever since I joined Bsf I have seen God working wonders in my life
You are so humble and caring
May God continue to bless you and your family
All the best anscstay safe
Dear Susie,
I wish to thank you for your past service with the wondeful BSF organization and your fantastic
leadership of it. Even though I do not personally know you, I do however through the Holy Spirit in me. You
have made yourself available to Christ and HIS desire to go and teach, lead and baptize all those who
seek to follow Jesus, our Savior and Lord. May you continue to be blessed throughout your retirement.
In His Name,
Thomas
Thank you, Susie, for your willing availability to all of us in BSF, especially during our last year. I wish you God’s continued blessings as you wait on Him.
Susie
Thanks for your example and finishing well it’s refreshing to see a leader leave in the sun instead of a dark cloud well done good and faithful servant
May God Bless you in your next chapter
Dear Susie,
I wish you all the best going foward & thank you for all your dedication to BSF through the 12 years. God calls special people for special service & you served us all well & served our Lord Jesus Christ with your hard work.
Thank you & God’s blessings on you & your family for a wonderful future!!
Thank you, Susie, for the important work that you have done to bring others to Christ. I have benefited greatly from my years in BSF. During 2020 when my state was under a “stay at home order,” BSF was the only time during the week that I could connect with other Christians. We used zoom to have our time of study and fellowship. Thank you for all of the adjustments you helped make so we could connect with other people and study God’s word together. May God continue to bless you in this next chapter of your life.
May God richly bless you as you move forward to new opportunities!
I am more than grateful for your Leadership in BSF!!! I am truly grateful for ANOINTED CHRISTIAN SISTERS who have aided and help to guide my walk with CHRIST. GOD’S RICHES BLESSINGS in all of your future endeavors. Barbara
Dear Susie,
Thank you ‘for being available’ for Christ.
Every blessing on your next adventure with Him
Dear Susie,
I met you in person at Denver Leaders retreat just before your trip to China to meet China government officials. Praise Lord for your leadership in opening BSF classes in China. Furthermore, praise God for your leadership for the Chinese material available for BSF classes around the world. Praise God for your leadership for bringing a lot of materials available electronically. Praise God for you making the BSF virtual classes available right away under the COVID period. You are a strong and faithful servant of God. Thank you for your leadership! Make God bless you and your family abundantly!
Hi, Susie, it’s a joy to know about you! Praise God for using you as an instrument of peace and joy to many!
Susie I feel like I personally know you despite being miles apart..the Lord has graced you the the ability to ‘transmit’ His love to me in such amazing ways through your email posts like invites back to a new class or during special seasons like Easter Christmas..You have certainly poured out like a drink offering Phil.2:16,17f
Best Wishes
THANK YOU
It was a wonderful experience ,knowing Susie as the head of BSF when I joined BSF in the year 2009 .Her love fir Christ & commitment to serve our Lord Jesus Christ has always impressed & motivated me.May God bless her & keep her .
Thank You Susie fo all you have done and are doing for BSF. Enjoy your retirement be blessed. Thanks again
Susie,
Thank you for your service commitment to BSF, and the Lord. At the time I was desperately in need, this group of devoted women along with the BSF studies, altered the course of my life and renewed my love for God, and my faith. Thank you so very much for your efforts, and may GOD bless your retirement abundantly with his favor and grace!
Thank you for serving our Lord so faithfully. You are right on…we need to make ourselves available to minister, but not necessarily scheduling that ministry time. Just being there in case and available for whomever God needs us to serve. God bless you in your new endeavors through His guidance. May you His continual presence be your strength.
Thank you Susie Rowan for your years of commitment to the Lord and the BSF ministry. The Lord bless you and keep you through your retirement days and continue to use you in many more ways😊
Thank God for you.
Pray that Jesus will bring you closer and available for Him for greater thing. To God be the glory.
God blesses you.
Susie,
Tha k you for your loving heart toward all those around you and at the large BSF meetings all over God’s earth. I was at one of those, years ago , in Denver. It was a time of spiritual renewal for me. I had been a BSF men’s leader in Albuquerqur. GOD used me many times to minister to men in my class and be available to them. I grew so much during those years. I stepped down from leadership twp years ago and continued attending these last two years as a class member and support person to my leader when he was out of town.
I have been struggling with a decision to leave BSF this year. Your blog has helped me to make that decision and more importantly to make myself available to Christ and His Holy Spirit to my aging family and friends I have made over the last 40 + years.i am seeking His direction each morning and trusting in Him, and truly trying to not lean on my own understanding, but in all my ways to see Clearly the paths He has chosen for me.
May the Lord continue to richly bless you in the available places He takes you to rest for a while or serve your family and friends as we all draw closer to Him.
It was a joy to meet you so many year’s ago and serve others through BSF.
My very best regards,
Lee
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your inspiring videos, emails and training that gave me much encouragement in my journey with BSF. I’m blessed to listen, watch, read those material from you.
Take care and may God continue to shower His blessings upon you and yours.
Dear Susie, what an encouraging and appropriate message for me. I am moving from Ndola to Lusaka next week. Yet with all the pressures moving brings I am available to lead my group in Ndola online with unwavering commitment. Thank you for your message to just be available.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for all you have done, enabling more believers to study God’s Word through BSF. Especially online through this pandemic and beyond.
May God continue to bless you and your family, refresh you for His service, in whatever ways He calls you.
“Be available.” “Ask simply to be used.” What godly advice, to us who have full plates of responsibilities and commitments.
Shalom.
Through your strong leadership and gentle spirit, I have watched BSF become “more” to more people. Thank you for thinking outside the box and bringing Christ to more. You will be missed!
“Lord, I am available. How do you want to use me today”. These lines will keep ringing in my ears. Being new to BSF, living in India, I have never heard of Susie. But, from the blog I understand what a great work she might have done for the Lord.
Thank you Susie, for the inspiring thoughts.
Thilaga
Thank you Susie for responding to God’s call.
Truly, God has used you to bless so many of us.
God bless.
Thank you Susie for responding to God’s call.Truly, Gid has used you to bkess so many of us.
Thanks Susie Rowan the outgoing BSF’S ED for being our encourager for the last six years I have been a member of BSF’S fraternity of believers. I am delighted to welcome your counterparts, Hollie Roberts in coming BSF’S ED to continue the journey in union with Christ Jesus our Saviour and Redeemer of our lives. I can assure there is no better time for me to available as messager than now.As an ardent believer in Jesus Christ. I give honour and glory to the Lord for using Susie Rowan and now incoming ED to continue continue missions under BSF’S fraternity of believers. For a Christian is a man or woman who is thoughtfully and without an iota of doubt committed to Jesus Christ wholeheartedly. To God be the glory forevermore. Amen.
Dear Susie,
You most probably wouldn’t remember me, but we met at the retreat in the UK 2/3 years ago(the last one).
We had a theme to discuss in groups and you came joined ours. I must say I was humility and goodness was lovely to watch, and as we all exchanged, the was no hierarchy only God-rarchy(yeah, I’ve just invented that word 😊). And in those few minutes, you portrayed so well, a godly servant’s heart and being a leader in God’s Kingdom, of course despite you being our BSF Executive Director.
Thank you so much for such valuable, little, lessons, and for the many years you’ve served us all so well. Wish you the very best as you live out the next chapter of your life, may it be filled with all good gifts that come from our Heavenly Father, and may He bless you abundantly for being such an inspiration.
Fare thee well, God’s love and peace go with thee.
Thanks Susie for your leadership . I joined bsf to study the book of Revelation . Its a book I’d never read read willingly . l now read it and refer to its teachings as well. I will continue to pray for wisdom in all our bsf leaders . Bless 🙏🏽️
Dear Susie,
Thanks for everything you have done for us as you have served the Lord through your ministry at BSF. I wish you well in wherever He leads you next!
With love and gratitude,
Susie
I have grown in knowledge and to be more loving and fruitful, walking more closely with God under Susie’s leadership. The changes Susie introduced have made Bible study more vibrant and relevant. I thank her deeply for her dedicated service to BSF.
I’m so very great full for your commitment wit BSF. In the last four years I have found a deep desire to be available for Jesus through BSF. The deep study of God’s Word has been fascinating. I found BSF to be amazing. Thank for your service, commitment and dedication. May God continue to bless you. -Julie
Thank you for your faithful service and visionary leadership in BSF, Susie. May you find rest in the Lord as you wait for your next assignment. God bless!
What a continuing light to a lost world BSF is! BSF has been an integral part of my life since 1976, even though for a an interlude of 20 years, I was not able to be in a class. BSF taught me how to walk with the Lord, and even when I wasn’t able to attend, the lessons I had learned stayed with me, helping me always turn to the Lord and seek His face as I continued walking.
Some ministries last for a season, but when the founder passes away, often they flounder and lose their “salt” and direction. Because of the steadfast focus BSF has maintained in being firmly planted in the Lord and submissive to His will and guidance through prayer and dedicated adherence to Scripture, the succession of leaders since Miss Johnson’s home going, have seen a solid growth and expansion that only God Himself could have foreseen. Thank you so much, Susie, for being available when He called you and the faithfulness with which you have been the steward of God’s miraculous plan during these past years.
So thankful for a God who knows our needs before we ask.
I have been in BSF along time. I am so grateful for this study as a new in Christ so many years ago. I prayed as we moved from Cleveland, Ohio to Easton, PA for a good bible study. God gave me the best. Three years later, we moved to Virginia Beach, VA. God provided again. I was a slow grower but He is faithful. We have lived here 30 years and He continues to be faithful. I have seen BSF change through the years so that many people may come to have personal relationship with Him.
Susie, you have brought BSF to a turning point so that young people many know our wonderful savior. Thank you for your obedience to Him in leadership and so much more.
Blessings to you and your family.
Kim
Praising God for your selfless, inspiring leadership. My heart was always encouraged through every loving message you delivered. We will miss you immensely and are forever grateful to God for sharing you with us for a season. God’s continuous blessings upon you & your family! Much love always🥰❤️
Dear Susie:
Thanks for your service to God and BSF. May God bless and lead you in all you do.
Thank you for your service.
God’s love shines brightly through people like you. 😀
God bless!
Dear Susie
Thank u for your message. It is v close to my heart as I have in recent days felt every cup or vessel in my pantry cry out use me. N every book in the library crying pick me up n read me. Every used clothing in an opp shop crying try me buy me.
May the good Lord bless u as u continue to be available to Him.
I will prepare myself to be the clean and empty vessel so that He can use me when the time comes.
Dear Susie
Thank u for your message. It is v close to my heart as I have in recent days felt every cup or vessel in my pantry cry out use me. N every book in the library crying pick me up n read me. Every used clothing in an opp shop crying try me buy me.
May the good Lord bless u as u continue to be available to Him.
I will prepare myself to be the clean and empty vessel so that He can use me when the time comes.
Thank you for the past years keeping i. Touch with me ! My prayers for God to place you on the Journey He Has prepared for you! And Blessings sent
Thank you so much for your leadership in BSF, Susie. We have been so blessed by your work in BSF. May God show the plan He has for you. God bless
Well done faithful servant Susie! May the Almighty bless you and keep you and may He make His face shine on you. Thank you for 12 years of service!
I personally thank God for Susie Riwan. You have alwaysvinspured me. Your service , commitment and dedication to the growth of us all bsfers have impacted us positively in our spiritual lives.
You have been a role model and a mentor Susie.
May you continue to serve God even as you step out of leadership.
God bless you and your family immensely.
In christ service.
Anastasia
Thanks for being FAT
(Faithful, Available & Teachable)
Thank You Susie ,
I have been blessed by your leadership in BSF thank you from Phoenix Day Women’s Bible Study we have truly been blessed by your commitment to spreading the gospel and proclaiming Jesus to each of us. God bless you time to rest and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Thank you Susie for your service and dedication to the call of God.
I’m inspired by your blog “Being available to Christ” Thank you for being an example of a believer.
God’s blessings to you as you embark on your next chapter
May the good Lord bless and keep you for more of your fruitful Evangelism.
You’re retired but surely will not be tired. God bless you more than ever.Amen.
Susie, Thank you for being available and for your service!
BSF is a wonderful Bible study. I love the fellowship and the questions that lead me further into the word.
May your next adventure be just as rewarding.
Hi Susie,
My good wife and I before Covid 19, used to target young Uni students in college, after church, thousands of miles from home, to our place for a simple meal. They loved it. Hope this can continue at a later date. Thanks Susie for your inspiring and godly leadership… God bless. Henry
Thank you for your leadership! God used you to grow BSF and help us to share the Gospel to all ages! May God bless you and your family in your future endeavors. Love, Toni
Thank you for your leadership for the last 10 years and we are so blessed to have you in our midst.
God’s blessings be upon you as you start in your new journey!
You are loved!
Thank you Susie for your commitment and dedication to BFF. One of the things on my Bucket List was to join a BFF group when I retired. I joined the BSF three years a goes and it has been a such a joyous helpful experience for me. Meeting new friends who loved the Lord and shared their experience through learning God’s word has been life changing for me. I was equipped with the power tools of prayer and standing on God promises when my daughter was stricken by a massive brain bleed that caused her to have a stroke with total left side paralysis. She much better now through many of the prayer of my BSF sisters in Christ and many other. I pray for you to find other meaningful pursuits in your retirement, and take time to exhale. We will miss you.
Dear Susie,
Though I have not met you personally, you have touched my life and the life of so many others in BSF. I appreciated your introductory remarks in the monthly blog with timely info to help draw us closer to the people God desires us to be. Thank you for your response to God’s calling through BSF. Wish for you the best as you continue to follow Jesus.
Thank you for your love for God and your faithful servant leadership to all of us in BSF, thank you.
Susie,
Thank you for your excellent service. May I suggest Child Evangelism Fellowship’s Good News Club® volunteer as a possible “new assignment”?
Thank you Susie for leading the introduction of the Bible studies of the books of Isaiah and Revelation. You remain in my prayers for God’s continued blessings, provision and protection.
Dear Sister in Christ Susie,
Thank you for your leadership of BSF. Since my retirement in 2012, I have committed my time to Bible study and making myself available for the Lord’s work….it has been a blessing. I pray that this season of your life will be a blessing as well. Thank you so much for your dedication to sharing God’s word in His service. I have enjoyed studying God’s word through BSF.
Thank you for your service to God and BSF. I have enjoyed your teaching and learn more about God from you. I pray
all goes well, whatever God has for you next.
Thanks,
Linda
Dear Sussie,
I thank God for your leadership for the past few years. When Bsf through zoom was introduced, I was hesitant to continue, but your assurance encouraged me.
Thanks for being such a wonderful example. I wish you God’s blessings as you embark on your retirement. I will definitely miss your encouraging words.
God bless you abundantly.
Susie, thanks to you for being available to God and BSF. My wife and I have enjoyed the studies and your leadership. Blessings to you as you continue to follow our Lord in yet another way.
I praise God for all great n mighty things God has delivered through you
in this Bible Study Fellowship
Thank you so much Susie Rowan for
all your love n dedication to serve Almighty God
Dear Susie,
It appears we are in the same stage of life; my husband and I are both former T L”s; we have been married 46 years; we have 4 out of state grandchildren. Your comments and words are encouraging and challenging. We will be praying for new opportunities as we make ourselves readily available to God.
Thank you for your wise and visionary leadership. You have blessed our lives through BSF these 12 years. Go with God and make disciples!
With love and great appreciation.
Thank you, your faithfulness to God’s calling and your leadership has blessed me and all BSF’ers around the world.
Now as you move on in God’s plan, please know you are loved and appreciated.
Sincerely Carol
Susie – what a blessing you have been! Thank you for your faithful service all these years. We will miss you terribly, yet are so excited and happy for you to start a near chapter in your life.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for serving in this important leadership role all these years.
This year will be my seventh in BSF; my first began with Revelations. Having never attended Bible study before, it was an “eye opener” to God’s word. And I have come to love reading the Bible daily.
Enjoy your retirement to the fullest each day.
God bless you always.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your faithful leadership in BSF through the years.
God has worked through you to deepen my relationship with Him.
Thank you for your availability to the Lord in BSF and for the encouragement for me to be available to Him.
May God bless you abundantly in this
new season of your life!
Thanking God for Susie, who has left us with a great legacy of the joy of being committed to the service of God’s Kingdom business. We remain forever grateful. May God continue to bless Susie in all she endeavors to do.
Thank you Susie for all love and efforts. and Thank you for coming down to Miami so many times.
I am self evaluating myself now, to make sure I am making my self available.
May God Bless you abundantly with Joy and Laughter the rest of your days.
Sent before saying the Aaronic prayer:“ The LORD bless you and keep you…)
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Thank you so much for your service. I am very grateful to BSF for all that I’ve learned and will continue to learn about the Lord.
Best wishes to you in your future endeavors.
Thank you so much for sharing about the card. It made an impact on me. Right now I am taking a break from being a gl. ( husbands health issues). Feels very weird doing “nothing”for BSF. I will be doing Matthew!
You are such a blessing to me and so many others. A true Servant of God.
I have few questions please.
What else was written on the card.
Was it used for unbelievers (would they have know what this was all about when they read it
This would be a wonderful tool.
Was thinking about making some
Susie,
Thank you for your willingness to be used by Jesus Christ. Your love and commitment to serve Christ was evident at every BSF conference and every time you ministered. May the Lord richly bless you in this next phase of life as you enjoy family and continue to serve Christ. You have made an impact around the world in reaching the lost for Christ; may your reward on earth and in heaven be great! Your dynamic leadership with a servant’s heart will always resonate with me and the entire BSF family. Thank you for your humble service to all of us! “For the Fame of Christ”
Susan, thank you for your encouragement. I’m also in a time of transition and waiting in God’s leading. Thank you sharing your journey and for being a blessing to us all. May God continue to bless and keep you.
Thank you for all you have done so faithfully in serving the Lord through your leadership in BSF. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May He turn His face towards you and give you peace. Praying His blessings pour out on you as you begin the next chapter in your life.
Dear Susie praise God for your 12 years of service in BSF may God bless you abundantly and use you more and more to serve Him in new ways and to glorify His name 🙏
Thank you so much for your service
Thank you so much Susie for availing yourself to the noble work of leading us in the last 12 years. Personally I have been blessed so much. May The Almighty God bless you in direction He leads you in retirement.
Praying for you in this next season of life and knowing God will use you! Thank you for your leadership and example of serving with excellence! TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!
Thank you Susie for your love, dedication, and availability to serve the Lord mightily in BSF. Since retiring BSF has become one of the best opportunities to be with other Christian ladies & study God’s Word. Being available also meant being patient to see where God led not where I led. Thank you for your encouraging words to keep on keeping on by being available daily. Love to you & your family in future opportunities.💕
Thank You, Susie, for your commitment serving God. May God bless you always.
Susie, you were available to me and used by Jesus in 1999, in our BSF class. It was my first year and we were studying Romans. My life at that time was very messy. You came to visit our class and ‘just happened’ to sit next to me during small group. As I nervously provided a verbal response to one of the lesson questions, it was met with an unkind remark from another group member. You reached out your hand and placed it on my shoulder, looked straight in my eyes and said, “You did well, keep seeking”. Jesus spoke with me that day through you. Your availability and obedience encouraged and comforted me. Thank you for all your service and faithfulness. I’m still seeking and following!!
Glory and Honour to God for having used you so Mightily through your dedicated services in BSF. Leaving BSF now it is just change of location, may the Lord continue.ue to open new doors for you as you serve Him for the expansion of His Kingdom. Be blessed.
Susie, you are a blessing to each of us and to God. Thank you for your dedication to the faith and to BSF. I am in a class in Georgia, and I was privileged to meet you while at a leaders’ retreat in Charlotte, NC (me and a thousand others!). Your love for God shines through your sweet spirit. May God show you each day simply how you are to be used that day. I love the story of the mattress salesman who changed lives daily. Thank you again, and God’s blessings and peace to you!
Thank you for your leadership and words of wisdom. I have truly been blessed through BSF all these years. May God continue to bless you in many ways.
I felt blessed by Susie Rowan’s leading all BSF leaders and guided members through the fourfold approach learning God’s word in a global classes.
How God used her and BSF leaders to shepherd members understand & transform His word into their life everyday.
How God used Susie to think about the need of growing in faith to Christ for those who hungered of His word in every way and moment like the WordGo app and BSF app. She has done well to answer God’s call to be used by Him or to be available to Christ. So I like to say I am available to Christ as He still wants to use me now. Praying for Susie to continue available to Christ and God’s blessings for her family and ministry wherever she is.
Thanks for this piece Susie. I am encouraged by your faith and willingness to be used, above all in response to God. Amidst work demands, sometimes overwhelming responsibilities as a woman and human weaknessess, I wish to respond in faith to God who orders my life and ask “simply to be used” as I grow in trusting Him to His pleasure. May God’s will continue to be done on Earth as it is in heaven. Amen
As I was reading this
Your words of encouragement Immanuel God’s with us has and continue to be my Christmas greeting and as we walk with Jesus and talk with Jesus and listen to Jesus Jesus use every part of our wonderful body created in Our Father in Heaven Lord Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit image to show us the Way the Truth and the life.. Susan I have heard your voice witness your many deeds done in Christ Jesus name Susan you have and continue to be inspiration guide and a wealth of wisdom in our life in Christ Jesus and everyone who been on this journey Susan Continue to as I know you will let your light shine more know we need you let your light shine
https://youtu.be/JHLWvlOQID0
We don’t necessary hav to serve God in the church we r members but we can serve God even in the secular world of our profession.If we ask God tat we want to witness for Him n b fruitful, He will brg people frm all walks of life to benefit frm our sharing to them of the Gospel. We only need to b willing n ask Godvgg F of the opportunities to meet people esp unbelievers.
Thanks for your years of serving and speaking truth. God bless on all your next steps!
Thank you Susie for your heart for God’s word and for us! Thank you for leading us to know God through His word.
I am in BSF to study God’s word being blessed with accountability to the Lord and to my group members. I am continually blessed beyond expectation. Each lesson meets the very need I have in the moment as well as for what’s ahead My love for my Savior Jesus Christ has deepened!
Susie, no words can describe my appreciation and gratitude for your 12 years of dedicated service to lead BSF. We have benefitted greatly in our spiritual growth studying God word thru the BSF teaching. The fellowship offered by BSF group leaders/members helped us to build invaluable friendship to pray and support each other in a strong manner.
Thank you for all that you have done for us. God bless you and family abundantly always!
Susie, I wish you God’s blessings as you enter into your next assignment. It was nice meeting and hearing you on internet, though for a short time, but were powerful moments. God bless you so so much.
With love
Liz
It’s been a privilege and blessings to study God’s Words with BSF for 4 retirement years. I will keep learning and be available for Him who loves me and redeemed me and my family. Thank you so much for your work for Him
It has been a blessing to serve God under your leadership. For all the encouragement, inspiration and memories, thank you Suzy. Praying that God leads you where you will have maximum Kingdom impact. On behalf of our Class, glory to God for calling you, and thank you for availing yourself to this ministry all these years. Go in peace, and go with God.
TauraI
To GOD BE THE GLORY for a wonderful leader and teacher like you Sussie. I always looked forward to seeing you and learning from you at retreats as well institutes. May the LORD bless the works of your hands now and forever. Thank you very much .
Dear Susie , God is so good giving us a BSF’ director as you. Thank you very much for your steadfast heart of servant. You set an example of a humble, wise and diligent leader. God bless richly in the next steps! Love you in CJ
Thank you Susie for your years of service and being a beautiful reflection of our precious Lord Jesus. Blessings!!! ALL for Him.
Thank you for this inspiring and encouraging message! May God continue to guide you, use you and bless you abundantly!
Last but not least, thank you so much for your contributions in BSF! May God’s name continues to be glorified through you!
Dear Susie
May GOD bless you abundantly and continue to use you for HIS Glory and purpose. I will surely miss your leadership. The past 15 to 16 years in my BSF experience , you were one of the leaders who ushered in meaningful changes. I was always concerned that BSF never had a platform to encourage members / children to a personal relationship with JESUS CHRIST. But now the focus has changed and salvation has become the focus. Praising 🙌🙌 GOD. Have a blessed retirement.
Susie,
Through just reading your post , I feel the great love you have for God & His people.
I am always inspired & challenged by your words & they speak deeply to my heart , so much so that I regurgitate them as i pray for my husband & friends.
Thank you for blessing me with your writings.
May the LORD remember your sacrifice and labor of love, may He reward you in a way that only He can.
Blessings always.
Thank you Susie for your love to God and service to all:)
Dear Suzie, it has been such a great privilege serving God alongside you in Bsf. You have provided the visionary leadership that helps us mature as God’s people. As you proceed into retirement, I pray the Lord bless you with his peace and may He alone raise you help when you need it the most. Thank you for giving to the Lord, I am here because you gave. Best wishes!
Gladys Biem Calvin
Susie, this is a very special reminder for me about God and seasons. It has been an amazing privilege to be led by you and to learn about reaching especially the next generation where they are. Your passion for God and His word continues to be evident. Thank you for being available for 12 years and serving BSF diligently. Thank you for reminding me to be available to the Lord and especially to continue asking to simply be used of Him. May the Lord truly bless your new season with Himself.
Thank you Susie for allowing God to use you to impact my life. I join you, the matress salesman and as many to pray/ask, ”Lord’ how do you want to use me today?” Please use me.
May the LORD continue to use you till you breathe your last in Jesus’ name, amen.
Thankful to God for you Susie. May God continue to be with you and prosper all that you do.
That was inspiring. 💕Thank you Susie for sharing the Lord’s doing with elegance of language and thought. Stay Blessed as Jesus takes you through the best phase of your life this far.
Thank you, Susie, for your ministry and leadership in BSF. I have learned so very much since I began BSF in Romans four years ago. Most importantly, I now realize the immense value of being in God’s word on a daily basis. You have impacted so many lives through your work in BSF.
Praise God. Glory Hallelujah. I am greatly blessed through BSF.Thankyou Jesus
Thank You for your Service to the Kingdom!
Susie, if there is a phrase you have left a deep impression in my life, it is
LESS PEOPLE MORE JESUS
Thank you Susie for the 12 years of total commitment working for the Lord though the BSF ministry. I wish you a happy prayerful retirement. May our dear Lord bless you abundantly.
‘Thank you’ will never truly express my gratitude for leading BSF into this last decade and beyond. You have pioneered so many wonderful changes and positioned us (yes, I say ‘us’ b/c I’m part of this awesome organization) for God’s work to shine even brighter. Thank you for your willingness to say Yes! and “Here I am, Lord.” I know Hollie will step into the mighty shoes God has laid before her, just as you did, but I’m sad to see this chapter in BSF close. Your eloquence and grace in teaching bring us joy and you are just so darn cute and a snappy dresser. Enjoy retirement and God plans to continue using you and Roger in this next chapter of your adventurous lives! I’m certain He’s not through with you!
Susie, Thank you for stepping out in faith to trust our King Jesus to serve Him.
Hebrews 11:6 “without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes
to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
(New International Version 1995)
I wish and family all of God’s best as you begin a new journey. I’ve learn from your teaching, but more importantly, l’ve always admired your humility. Just listening to you speak, I could sense it. You were an excellent leader for BSF, and will be missed.
God Bless!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your selfless service at BSF and honouring God thereof. Thank you for your constant effort to be in touch with all the ladies around the globe through your mails.
May God bless you, make His face shine upon you and reveal His further plans for you
It was great to have you as our leader.
Take care, stay safe and stay blessed always!!
With love,
Florence
Suzie: I have been in BSF for well over thirty years. I started as a young adult in the second YA class that was started In Fresno. After I was married my wife nudged me (seems like many men are nudged by their wives to attend BSF) to go back to BSF since they had a children’s program. Some years later I was the STL for a new class and after 6 years I became the TL and am going on 15 years. Needless to say I have seen many changes and directors starting with Rosemary, before HQ moved to San Antonio. I have appreciated your leadership and the changes you made by going online which was a blessing during COVID as well as the new studies of Isaiah and Revelation and POPL 1. You have done an outstanding job and I appreciate your leadership. You mentioned previously that some mistakes were made but we see that with most, if not all of the godly people in the Bible and taking risks are what leaders sometimes need to do. You seem to always point people to the Lord and not what you do.
To your point of being available, we have connections to a nearby Christian Camp. We spoke to many of the nearby Christian employers of farm workers and asked them to pay for a family to go to camp Saturday and then all of Sunday. Many families had never been in the mountains ‘camping’. Our Spanish Discussion Leader organized the group and ten families went. A member of the group Jesus (hay-sus) gave his testimony and the leader gave a short gospel message Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Another group member spoke to the other families over meals about Christ. The families loved it and we hope to make this a yearly event.
“Lord, how do you want to use me today?”……
Will be my morning prayer! Forever….
Thank you for your leadership and service to a struggling Christian like me.
God Bless!
Thank you Susie. May the Lord bless and keep you. May He direct His countenance towards you and make His face shine upon you. And may His shalom fill your days of waiting on Him and of being available for Christ.
Dear Susan,
Thank you for serving BSF all these years. I pray the Lord be with you in this new season of your life. May you follow His peace and be a light to those who are in darkness.
Love and blessings.
Sandra J
Thank you Susie for leading BSF during these difficult years. We , my husband and I, were so grateful to be able to participate online this past year Blessings to you as you move on to a new part of your life.
Susie, I thank God for you and your service to this organization for the cause of Christ. The fact that you are still praying for those of us that the Lord has called to lead resembles our Lord’s heart as he faced death on the cross. This is the type of heart that transcends generation. May God continue to bless and lead you in all that you do for His sake. Love. LaJeanne.
Thank you for your dedication to
BSF and service to God and all participating in it. May God bless you in your next service!
Pat Williams
dear Susie,
I love your blog. I have been a BSF group leader for 23 years. I am now 80 years old and just lost my husband. I have been a shepherd leader for the past 3 years as I cared for my husband. This summer I have been praying about where God wants to use me. Turns out I will be the group leader for 20-40 year old ladies!!! Bless their hearts. But all of this to say that your blog has spoken to my heart in so many ways.
Thank you for your awesome leadership and many sacrifices. You have bee such a blessing to so many. My prayers are with you as seek His leadership. He NEVER fails us. God bless you and your family.
In His Love,
Wanda Boylston
Thanks for telling me about the mattress salesman. That lifted my day. I need to make some cards up and share it with others. I too am blessed with BSF.
Thank you Susie and your family for your dedicated and inspiring leadership. But more than that, for your love of Jesus and your passion for sharing the love of Christ with others. I heard your teaching sessions in Charlotte, NC just after you became Director and was so affected by your poise, your passion, and the possibilities. Thank you for helping bring this ministry into the present age breaking down barriers and standing firm on the Word of God. Thank you for taking this ministry into a digital platform in ways that God need from BSF before we knew it, especially this past year. May God continue to direct your path and bless this coming season with your loved ones.
Susie,
God has led beautifully through you for the past 12 years. You truly have let His fame be uppermost in your life and service. It showed in everything you said and did. I’m very grateful for the books BSF sent to TL’s and the last one for retiring TL’s is one I will treasure most. You talked often of preaching the gospel to yourself and now I am reading and thinking about this daily! Thank you and much love 💕
Thank you for your overwhelming dedication and obedience to the Lord by leading us in BSF. May God’s abundant blessings be showered upon you.
BSF has changed my life. It has given me direction in a time when it was badly needed. I’ve enjoyed reading your notes, your encouragement and your dedication to to our Lord. I know you will take BSF in your heart always. God bless you and your family.
Dear Susie
I personally want to thank you for your dedicated service in BSF ministry. I m introduced to BSF a number years ago, I am truly blessed. Learning the Word of God, enlightened by the Holy Spirit and the sharing among the sisters and not forgetting the notes,
Thank you Susie for contributing to the Kingdom of God such life changing ministry. May God continue to bless you and family with His goodness and grace. Love; Linda Goh
Susie:
Thank you for your work at BSF to further the kingdom. God bless you in retirement.
Dear Susie,
I praise the LORD for the myriad of ways you have sacrificially loved and served BSF as its Executive Director. First, I am forever grateful for your visionary leadership in launching the Infant/Toddler program. My four children attended the Preschool Program and have participated in the School Program, which mightily encouraged my husband and I to teach them how to love the Word of God. Secondly, thank you for introducing the studies of Isaiah, Revelation, and PPL 1 (& 2). It was a blessing to serve as a GL, STL, and TL during those years. Thirdly, I am grateful for the way you demonstrated humble servant leadership during my TL Orientation in April of 2018. In the middle of training one afternoon, you announced that your daughter was in need of your help, and you immediately left HQ. Your decision to prioritize the needs of your family in that situation spoke to my heart–it wasn’t what you said before departing that made an impact on me. It was what you DID that mattered. Thank you for showing me that our families are not in opposition or competition to our ministry at BSF; they are are wonderfully and intricately intertwined with it!
Thank you Susie,
For your ubiquitous servitude snd commitment to this wonderful organization. I have gained so much knowledge and deep Christian friendships through BSF. You are loved and homered and deserve to seek some of your other passions as I’m sure you have many. All my thanks and blessings to you ❤️
Thank you for your service. I have thoroughly enjoyed being with the lovely ladies at Bsf – and attended three groups while I was traveling. The fact that we all study God’s word around the world together is so powerful.
Thank you Susie for your faithful services as BSF Executive Director. God has blessed all of us greatly through your leadership. Enjoy your well earned retirement and may God richly bless you and your family.
God bless you Susie Rowan immeasurably more for your examplary life; dedication to God and service to mankind. Yours is an inspiration!
Thank you for obeying God ! Blessings as you move forward on your life’s journey. Jesus loves YOU ! 😘❤️🙏
Thank you so much for your servants heart, your commitment and leadership to BSF. May the Lord continue to bless you and use you to glorify Him in your retirement.
May GOD bless you Susie🙏.We thank GOD for using you to inspire and transform many lives through your dedication, commitment and availability as a vessel.May Goodness and Mercy follow you all the days of your life🙏
I am moved, inspired, and reminded of a similar prayer I prayed early in my walk with the Lord. At the time I was working as a massage therapist to people with musculoskeletal issues in a busy practice. I would pray, “Lord use me as your vessel” asking to be used in whatever capacity he desired with my clients. One day, a woman came in who was in BSF leadership and invited me to attend and encounter God in a fresh way. Listening to Isaiah words, the prayer evolved to “Here am I Lord, send me, use me as your vessel ” I never knew all the ways He would use me, street evangelism one day, BSF STL another, but your beautiful post has encouraged me to continue asking our Sovereign Almighty God to use me.
While attending the Myrtle beach BSF as a class member, a beautiful woman sat next to me one morning and introduced herself as Suzie Rowan, Director of BSF. I didn’t know then what that meant until seeing you speak in retreat at Charlotte, NC. What a pleasure and privilege it was to serve under your leadership, Suzie! May God bless you and keep you as you reflect His face in the next season.
Susie, I was under your leadership for 10 years as a Teaching Leader. Thank you for your godly example of service to our great and mighty God. The changes you brought to BSF made the role of TL more manageable and meaningful. Praying God will continue to bless and use you and you transition from one role to the next.
Thank you Susie for so many years of dedication to BSF. There is a time in our life, when we know it is time to move on. You have been such an inspiration to me and to many people over the years in every way and I feel thankful, that Our Lord has given you to us and you will be in our memories forever.
Through prayers we are still connected in Christ.
Our Lord bless and keep you in His loving arms.
I applaud Susie Rowan in her tenacity and willingness to serve God and seeking to get His
Word to others. I, for one, have enjoyed the study and fellowship praying that her continued work in the Kingdom, will be blessed.
MAY God bless you women of God.
Susie,
I am a Children’s Leader. I just wanted to tell you how much your ministry has meant in my life and my leadership. Especially your teaching at the last Retreat I attended in Jacksonville, Florida and the Summit last year.
Thank you for your years of service and my prayers go with you for what God has planned for you now.
Truelle
Just to be thankful for the opportunity of the in person teaching in Nairobi by the BSF team led by Susie, during the regional seminar a few years ago.
I have valued the letters and very personal emails from Mama. We say ASANTE SANA (THANK YOU). You have been a fantastic BSF teacher. We say HONGERA (Congratulations) and pray you will remain strong in your retirement.
Thank you for your years of service. May God continue to bless you during your retirement.
Thank you Susie for using your gifts to lead and grow such an impactful ministry. I have witnessed BSF’s growth, changes and improvement for the better. Thank you for your insight. May God continue to lead and guide you in your retirement.
God bless you
God richly bless you Susie and may He safely guide you through the next phase in your life.
You have been a blessing, albeit remotely, to some of us BSFers and we cannot thank you enough. Your blogs and messages have enriched my life.
May the Lord grant you a comfortable retirement.
The twelve years seem so short to be that long dear Susie I appreciate your selfless sacrificial serves rendered for this long with your age you still served God strong you are right by ascribing all to God I am learning to do same I am retiring from service at the age of 60 the question is will I still be actively available to serve? With your testimony I am challenged I am gingered to say I am available to serve. Thank God for the opportunity to say here I am Lord use me in the next study of the book of Matthew.
Dear Susi,
There are many things I wish to say, but I rather thank my Lord with all my heart for the privilege to know you and serve with you in BSF.
There are many memories that will remain in my heart, such as the one when you visite the class in Quito.
I almost died when I got to know that Susie would be present at LM and Lecture.
But your gentle and loving spirit just encouraged me and the class.
The Lord bless you and guide you as you keep available for HIM.
Much,much love and hugs.
To God be the glory for all He through His mercy and grace has accomplished through this gallant vessel of His.
More grace ma
I met Susie face to face in Accra,Ghana in one of our retreats. Little did she know that she made a statement that changed my style towards whoever God make my leader. That day l walked up to her during the end of one of the sessions. I asked her “how did you feel when you heard the news that you are the next executive director?” She smiled and said ” l felt nothing because l know l have wonderful staffs who does their work faithfully and will do what it takes for me not to fail or fall.” Then l ask myself” do you the same to your leader?” Since then l have made it an obligation to help my leader not to fail or fall and God has been helping me . So l thank her for that little statement that changed me. We will miss her. I personally will be praying for her on her next assignment.l thank God for sharing her with us at Bsf.
Thank you for your faithful service
and leadership in BSF. I pray God will give you good rest and refreshment as you wait on HIS next call, be it small r large!
Thank you, Susie for your outstanding leadership and gentle encouragement to all of us. For me, BSF has been a life line. After retirement, my husband and I spent 12 years serving with YWAM in missions. God did amazing things in and through us – changed our hearts . Health and family brought us to be snowbirds in Arizona and our prayer was , please don’t let us get sucked into the old lifestyle of selfishness. I had always wanted to do the BSF studies but never lived where they had a group. Just as we began our snowbird experience , BSF started in my hometown and they helped me find a group in AZ ! What a blessing ! Thanks to my TLs, they helped me get trained as a GL for snowbirds like me !
I have been so blessed by the outstanding studies and resources BSF has provided and the rich fellowship I have experienced through the years. At 78 I am still available and eager to grow in my faith and love for our Lord Jesus as a GL ! The best retirement ever ! The Mission field is all around us !
Dear Susie,
A dear friend of mine introduced me to BSF two years ago. Matthew will be my third study. I had longed to study the Bible this way. As I spread the word about BSF I will remember the mattress salesman and your interpretation of what he said.
May God continue to enrich and grow you in your faith as you ask, “Lord, how do you want to use me today?”.
Thank you for your encouraging and challenging (as always) words. I wanted ‘AA’ for x-BSF TLs but instead the Holy Spirit and Christ’s example are elevating God, which creates joy.
May God who sees what one does in secret reward you for your commitment in serving Him.Wish you long life full of divine peace, health and joy.
I say big thank you Susie
As I pray for this new year, I’m thankful I am a part of the Chico leadership, a a blessing to me and my husband Steve.
He has joined BSF on line and is very happy with his group, his GL and time slot for his class.
Thank you Susie for your many years of devoted service.
Thank you for your service to BSF.You have been a blessing to us all. I too am in a season of quietness waiting to see what God is calling me to do. After moving to Florida, a year ago March, right at the onset of the pandemic, it has been difficult to become involved. So I too wait.
Susie, Your availability to Christ is admirable and thank you for all you did to hold BSF together. What I love about being used by Christ is that it is a 24/7 being of who we are. Blessings to you as you continue to be available to Christ wherever you are.
Susie, thank you so much for your dedication and committment you’ve shown over the years to BSF. It has been instrumental in my own spiritual growth. I’ve taken BSF for over 14 years, and only due to medical crisis have missed the last year, which was also interrupted by Covid. You have been very much appreiated, and we look forward to getting to know God’s chosen replacement. Thank you again for your service in Christ’s name….
It is so sad to hear you’re leaving as I just joined! May God bless you and continue using you as always! And thank you for ‘Being Available’ all these past years. It is inspiring me, to be available every day even during our busy days!
Thank you!
Love and prayers,
Thank you for your dedication to all the women at BSF.
I wish you well and God Bless you.
Yolanda Murillo
I praise and thank God for you Susie!! Your commitment and dedication o BSF inspires me to be the salt and light wherever God calls me to serve.
Simply to be used…Thank for the simply words but give them to God to direct us ..May your new chapter be bless by The Lord
love you Susie
Thank you Susie for your labor of love.
I’ve met you virtually through the annual summits and I remember you assurance to us that despite the pandemic God is still in control and He’ll guide us through it.
May God be with you always.
Blessings,
Riziki😊
Susie, I am new to BSF and I started last year with Genesis. This study has been so powerful to me and I am looking forward to the study of Matthew. I said all this to say, I have been blessed to have received your positive emails. Thank you and continue to be a blessing to others. Paul
Thank you, Susie, for prayerfully leading BSF through many necessary and good changes throughout the last decade. Thank you for your godly and spiritual leadership. You will be mssed!
God continue to bless you and open new doors for you, for your great service to mankind .
Thank you Susie got your commitment and dedication to the Lord’s vineyard.
Thank you Susan for your leadership and service. May God bless you and your family. And may you continue to bask in His love and grace,
Dear Susie,
I am amazed at the wonderful and cheerful way you have led the BSFers. Praising and thanking God who has worked in and thro’ you. You have played a key role in spreading the fame of Jesus Christ in the nations. May God bless you.
Susie- Thank you for you faithful service to our Lord. It has been a pleasure to serve with you and ride out all the changes to program and style while keeping His Word before us as our guide. As you reflect, Taste and and see what the Lord has done with a grateful heart. I know just as He promises, God has good plans for you, Jeremiah 29:11. Blessings as you look around to see where He will lead! We know He will.
Dear Susie,
Your final blog has been so inspiring. We are never too old or young to serve the Lord.
May the Lord direct your path as you wait on the Lord.
Enjoy your retirement!
I heard she is a God’s beautiful child who started this program. I do not know what I would have done without belonging to BSF.
You have been an inspiration to me as I seek to serve our Mighty God in and out of BSF. I retired about 5 years ago and God allowed some of my free time to be used in BSF for the first time in my life. I have loved every second of each study and am so grateful for the BSF program and God’s guidance. May He guide you in equally bountiful ways, Susie.
Am grateful to the Lord for being part of the BSF under your leadership, may the Lord continue to reserve and keep you and family.
Thank you Susie for your reminder to be available to Him as He is available to us. May God continue to bless all you do!
Love and Blessings
BSF has been a real game changer in my life. Getting deep into the study of God’s word has been the greatest blessing as I prayerfully learn God’s character and what He expects of me. Thank you Susie for being available to be used by God in leading BSF so that it can be such a blessing to me. Continue being available in your new phase and God will richly bless your life.
Dear Susie,
I’d attended BSF in the passed years but not lately since I’ve physical health problem and my busy schedules. Yet, when I attended BSF, I’d realized that you’re such enthusiastic and profound BSF leader and have contributed to the ministry greatly. I still do miss you such a wonderful leader! However, I do plan to attend BSF again in the near future because I do feel BSF is one of the best and thorough Bible study fellowships like what it’s named BSF. Will miss you! May God be with you wherever and whatever you serve in God’s work/ministries and blessings to you and your family!
Respectfully with love,
Lorinda Hom
Thank you so.much and God richly bless you. Let us stand and serve the King of kings.
I thank God for using you as “the aroma of Christ” and “the fragrance of life” and will bid you bye by quoting 2 Corinthians 2:14-16. But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?
Thank you, Susie for all the time, effort, and sacrifices you have made to serve our LORD & Savior, JESUS CHRIST! You have helped many to come to love & serve Jesus even more!
May God bless you in your retirement! Love!!!
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. And thank you for this very timely blog post. Availability is such a pillar in our Christian walk. I love how the Lord models availability so perfectly to us that is raises the desire in me to respond in availability to Him. May God continue to bless you and use you for His glory.
Thank you Susie Rowan for being a shining example of what being available to God looks like. I’m grateful for all you’ve done to further BSF across the globe. I am passionate about the Word of God & will do my best to share it with others for God’s glory.
Thanking and praising God for the good services of Susie to BSF.May the good Lord continue to bless her in all His wondrous ways.Wishing her good health and peace.I am greatly blessed through BSF.
Thank you, Susie, for your untiring dedication to serve Christ Jesus these past twelve years in your leadership role. There have many changes and challenges that have come down the pike over these years. We appreciate your efforts to keep us on track and moving forward for the fame of Christ.
Thank you for your commitment & encouraging us to commit to God’s work
I have been greatly impacted by your insightful messages on e mail and video. Your leadership in BSF was surely immense.
Thanking you for asking us to ‘be available’ for God.
May our Lord give you good health and joy as you continue serving Him.
Love, Rita.
Thank you Susie for your commitment to the LORD and your serving in BSF.
I pray for God’s blessings in the next chapter of your life.
Thank you for the blog msg “asked simply to be used” and for being available to God to lead BSF in the past season. His peace and blessings with you in your new season
I’m sure many will agree what a guiding light Jesus gave us in BSF through Susie’s leadership .
Thank you Susie in your reposition
in God’s kingdom . You will carry the light wherever you are .
All through Him and for Him
Sylvia
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your commitment to Christ and encouraging us to commit to Christ. I greatly appreciate you hard work and dedication to BSF.
Love and Blessing
Gwen
It was awesome serving God with you and you will surely be missed. May the Lord equip and strengthen you for the task ahead.
Dear Susie,
Greetings! Thank you for your leadership for the past twelve (12 ) years. I believe I was just coming on board as a BSFer when you began your role as executive director of BSF. Under your leadership, I accepted God’s call to be a leader five (5) years later and this year will mark my second year as a school program leader. I have thoroughly enjoyed serving the youth this past year and looking forward to this year’s study of The Book of Matthew. I appreciate your kind words of reflections and encouragement in your missive and it was very well done. To answer your question, Yes! I am available to Christ! Blessings,
Thank you so very much for all you have done!
Dear Susie, thank you for availing yourself to serve these 12 years leading the ministry in accordance to God’s will. I have been blessed! May God grant you rest and joy in Him as you enter into a new season of your life! To God be the glory.
May God’s presence go with you Susie. Praying for God’s peace and protection. Thanks for availing yourself to serve God. Shalom
Thank you Susie mam for the wonderful support &inspiring bsfers across the globe all these years,you have enriched people’s lives with god’s word,it’s such a privilege.I had the privilege of meeting you so many times at leaders meeting in vizag&heard your lectures at vizag.May Our Good lord bless you with good health , Happiness &joy all the days of your life,may God use you even more mightly&may you be continue to be blessing to others&god’s name be glorified………..Nirmala
Attending bsf;into leadership from 6 years,Bsf is real blessing in my life.
Dear Miss Susie,
Thank You for your dedication in serving our God Almighty and for being an inspiration to all the BSFers.
All Glory and Praises to God alone.♥️🙏🏻
Thank you so much Susie for being an encouragement through your sharing. May the Lord see through in the next phase of life.
Thank you for being a faithful director of BSF.
Dear Susie, I wish the very best for you in your retirement. Thank you for your leadership and support through BSF. I know God will have His hands on you as you continue working for Him. May you have many blessings in your retirement. ❤
Thank you for your mature spiritual leadership and teaching during these changing times.
I pray that you will continue to be blessed in your retirement.
Thank you so much for your Christ centered example, and for leading BSF. My life has been forever changed by Jesus, through the Studies provided by BSF.
Wishing you much joy and happiness in your retirement.
Praise be to God for your wonderful ministry. I received God’s confirmation through your message.”simply to be used”
Thanks susie for allowing yourself to be used by God to serve humanity. i have learnt so much in my study of the bible through BSF, especially during my trying moments. may the host of heaven go ahead of you in your retirement and make all lines to fall in pleasant places for you. amen. We will miss you.
Thank you for your sacrifices Susie. May the Lord continue to strengthen you as you step aside. You are greatly appreciated.
Dear Sister in Christ,
I praise the Lord for gifting you with your loving and spiritual commitment to BSF and gifting the BSF family with your mighty leadership. May God bless you and keep you in his arms for His continued treasures for evermore!
Thank you, Susie, for your faithfulness in serving God through BSF. Blessings!
Thank you for serving and best wishes
I too moved into a down size so to speak, and then problems with my 17 year old Grandson started- quit school left home and other problems. At first it consumed me but I could hear God tell me to text him every am for love and support also he said I needed to be strong for my son so I try to keep myself healthier to be here for them Praise be God
This encouragement from Susie is so timely for my current situation. I serve in the school program in Jos Nigeria. The past few weeks have been rough and difficult. My neighborhood was burnt down by evil men and the silence from the government to our pain and cry is heart breaking. My family has moved out and this has also affected the community work I am involved with in my neighborhood. my heart is pained and its difficult to explain how I feel.
But that simple message on the card that read “Ask simply to be used” is now hunting me. Can I truly say from my heart, I am available?. I believe God is True and Sovereign, therefore irrespective of my feelings, I can trust God and say “I am Available Lord, Use me”.
Thank You Susie, this is encouraging even in my difficult current situation.
Thank you Susie for your diligent service, the effect of your leadership trickled down all the way to me in my BSF class. My prayer for you as you begin the next season however quiet, that you will experience the presence of God ever more deeply and may He surely reward your for your diligence, commitment and obedience.
Praise God for your commitment to mature His people and the wonderful work you have done for women around the globe.May God continue work in your life to fulfill His sovereign plan.
Suzie, thru you, i have really seen what great things God can do through His people. To God be the glory
May God Almighty continue to bless u for ur dedicated service & commitment.Glory be to God.
Dear Susie
I still remember and miss your lectures when you were in Vizag, India. I thank you for your loving support to my mother Late Mrs. Christabel. You are an inspiration then and now. May the good Lord bless you abundantly. Love Surela
During Susan Rowan’s directorship, I was soooo pleased to experience the wonderful changes introduced to our studies, from the notes we were getting, the questions, the oh-so-welcome new studies of Revelation, Isaiah, People of the Promised Land Part 1 plus the many innovations and introductions to enhance BSF, all of which motivated and energized me in studying God’s Word. The leading of the Holy Spirit was evident during all that time Susan led BSF and I am very grateful for the blessing she’s been to us.
Thanks Susie for your services to the Lord, I was one of the GL from Malaysia and we attended the summit held in Singapore in 2017, hearing you speaking live was encouraging and being available for the Lord is indeed a blessing, I step down from bsf as GL in year 2019 and serve in our local church adhering to his call in Isaiah 6:8 Here I am , send me – He send to BSF as GL in 2013 and after being equipped , He send me to local church.
Hi Susie, I’ve been with BSF for five years and counting, couldn’t believe it’s that long. I’ve benefited lots from it especially the studies and sharings by other sisters indeed have strengthened my understanding of who God is and learning how to trust God. Thank you, Susie for your faithful years of leadership and outpouring of your love and passion to keep BSF growing strong and spreading to help many to be grounded in God’s Word. May God bless you and lead you in your new journey with Him, moving from glory to greater glory for Him. In God we trust. Take care😊❤️
Dear Susie , thank you for the great service to the LORD, there is no better job than serving God. It is a responsibility that reaches out to many and touches lives that you will never see in person. You are still in service but changing roles. Thank you so much, we appreciate.🌹
Hie Susie.
Thank you for working in God’s vineyard wholeheartedly. Yes you may have missed crucial family times but God being on your side you shepherded us leaders. I now understand what a true shepherd is Even as you retire from being director, my prayer is for God to continue using you in whatever way as you enjoy your retirement for such a time as this.
All the glory and honour belongs to our almighty Father. May he (God) go ahead of you like he did for Moses of the Bible in everything that you do. Thanks so much for am not the same as I was before joinging BSF. Blessings.
I love this group this help me grow with God
Thank you so much Susie for the insightful sharing . I thank the Lord for making you available for His work throughout the 12 years. Indeed availing oneself for God’s work is a priceless sacrifice and you have done it. All the best in your new assignment.
I am challenged to be available not just for a short time but for a lifetime commitment ,spreading God’s word at every opportunity that arises.
Blessed heart, remain a blessing to your family and the world at large.
Indeed Susie Rowan has served the Lord faithfully in BSF ministry. May God continue to bless her and grant her good health.
Thank you Susie. God bless you.
I thank God Almighty for your life and what you are doing in BSF since all this years. May God Almighty continue to bless you in Jesus name.
As u are retiring you will not retire into sickness in Jesus name. May you continue to grow old in the Lord in Jesus name. Love you Ma.
I am one of those recipients of BSF Study because you were available for Christ….. and it has spiritually enriched me … to experience more of that abundant life…to be lifted to a higher ground… Thanking and praising God for you
Thank you Susie, I have indeed been blessed by your blog – “Being Available for Christ”. I believe this is all we need to really do…for His leading by the Holy Spirit is sure.
I will keep this in mind too – “Ask Simply to be Used”, as I serve in my church and also in BSF.
May God lead you to know His will and purpose in your life going forward, may He bless you, watch over you, and lift you to a higher ground of service and commitment.
Thank you Susie for your contribution into God’s Kingdom. I have been in BSF for 16 years. I have learnt a lot and applied a lot of the teaching into my life. My children have been through the children program and they are actively serving the Lord in their university. When you came on board as the CEO you have brought fresh anointing to the lessons and unshackled a lot of burdens particularly the opening up of children programs to young moms who truly needed the support to raise young children in the fear of the Lord. Thank you.
The question am I available for Christ is very challenging.He surrendered everything for me but I don’t know how to be available or surrender. I always thought I am monitored by him. Help me to be available for him.
Thank you Susie for your availability to serve in the BSF, such that we can learn much from it. May God continue to bless and enrich your life in the days ahead.
Thank you for the excellent service to BSF Susie. I know this service is really a love offering to Jesus for all He is able to do with a life surrendered to Him. You are in my prayers and His hands.
Joe
Thank you Susie.❤ May God continue to lead you and use you for His Glory
Thank you Susie Rowan ,for your commitment ,guidance and all the wonderful materials as we went through Genesis. We were not knowing how online sessions would work out and here we are many months later ,smoothly transitioned …We thank God for everything.
Dear Susie,
I would like to thank you for your faithful leadership in BSF. You have led by example, reflecting excellence in all that you do, from leading the team at HQ to executing God given vision and mission to expand this wonderful ministry in the teaching of God’s Word world wide.
Just as I have served under you, I will serve under Hollie until such time the Lord calls me out of this ministry.
I am grateful for the opportunity to serve under your leadership.
Wishing you and Roger God’s richest blessings as you transition into the next phase of your life.
Blessings,
Hendri
Dear Susie, I joined BSF in 2006 and remember when you became our leader. The BSF program brought so much Life and gave me the opportunity to be a group leader. Going to the Regional Retreats enlarged my vision and it was then that I got to see you carrying out your role as the International Director of BSF with a Peace that spoke to me loud and clear. Thank you!
I praise God for your life and for how much He used you in His Kingdom building. May your life continue to shine for Jesus even as you retire from being the officer of BSF.
To God be the glory.
Thank you Susie. May the Lord continue to use you to bring more souls to his Kingdom.
Dear Susie – thank you for faithfully persevering in your service unto the Lord. I joined BSF in 2012. The following year, I had the privilege of attending the BSF Leader’s Summit held in Singapore and recalled your passion for His work as you shared and led over a 1000 leaders from Asia to serve faithfully with love and passion for His people. Since then I have served and continue to serve in BSF. Praise God as through your faithful stewardship of BSF Ministry, we have witnessed the global reach and impact of God’s words to Magnify God and Mature His people. May the Lord Bless You and Keep you, May He cause His face to shine upon you and Be Gracious to You. THANK YOU 🙂
Thank you, Susie, for your dedication to God through BSF. Your 12 year service to BSF is very much appreciated. God has used you to touch so many people. What a wonderful testament to your service.
Wishing you a peaceful and well deserved retirement.
Very inspiring, Susie. Thank you for reminding that we should be available to our savior anytime with delight and spiritual fervor as it is a loving response to Jesus’s constant availability to us.
Thank you, Susie, for your faithful service to the Lord and to BSF. Many, many blessings to you!
Hi Susie, thank you for your dedicated service for the Lord. May God bless you abundantly .
To God be the glory! We are very thankful to Him for having given Susie and for giving her the Holy Spirit. Thank you so much for your time, your prayer for us, and your devotion. May God bless you always and guide you throughout your life.
To God be the glory.
Thank.yku Susie, whatever yr next destination, I pray that God grace will always be with you and yr family.
Thank you.
Thank you so very much, Ms Susie, for taking the time and effort to connect with us, and for putting so much of your energies and effort into doing God’s work in Bsf. May the Lord sustain and invigorate you even in your retirement years!
Thank you Susie for serving in BSF community leadership for 12 years, thank you for sharing your posted blogs, it always inspired me. God bless you as you continue to serve Him.
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Dear Susie ,
Thank you for your servanthood heart – it reminded me always be attentive to others before self, you have inspired me.
May you be blessed in the next season of your life with Him. Blessed to be a blessing.
God bless
Hello Susie, thank you for being so commented in serving God and for your service to BSF and us.
Thank you also for your inspirational post and words on being available to God.
May God continue blessing your every step and your commitment to His leadership and His will for your life.
Blessings to you and family,
Cheryl
Thank you for your service to BSF. I just finished True to His Word and found myself intrigued and wanting to know where BSF went from there (2010). You would be that person that the book left off introducing, right? So, where can we read about the changes that have taken place under your watch? I would love to know what you have seen during your time and where BSF is headed. Will there be something written to fill us in where the book left off? I’m so curious as to what changes have occurred. I’m fairly new to BSF and entering my 3rd year. My husband joined last year due to my excitement about the study and format. We enter this year as discussion leaders and look forward to being trained to lead, something we have longed for. We just learned about BSF as we retired and are quite excited to see where God leads us and what he teaches us. Thanks again for your service! May you enjoy retirement as much as we have in the last 2 years!
Thank you Susie for your leadership role in BSF. It has been fun learning more about God and his word during my years ( 6 years I believe). May you have a blessed retirement.
Praise God for your tireless faithful dedication to providing Biblical literacy to the world for all these years. BSF has changed my life and I’m so thankful for you! May the Lord continue to use you for His glory in this new season of life! ‘Retirement’ is not in the Hebrew dictionary. I’m sure that God has something even more amazing in store for you.
Dear Susie,
I thank God for you and your service to Him and BSF. He has used you mightily as you have been, and continue to be, available to Him. I has been an honour and a privilege to meet you and serve with you at the helm in BSF. I thankyou for you wisdom, kindness, humility and leadership. Your words from God have often impacted my life and encouraged me in my walk with Jesus. May God fill you with joy in Him in the next season of your life.
Thank You so much Susie for your diligence and commitment to God and BSF! You have truly been a Blessing to us. Blessings and Favor as God Catepault You into the next dimension of the new chapter of your life. Thank You👏👏
Susie, this beautiful gift of a quote to be used for the purpose of God and Christ and the Holy Sprit– our Trinity is warming my heart now. This opportunity to begin even today as late in life as it is in comparison is a privilege and honor to serve Our Creator awaiting what is needed and asked of each. Thank you.
I love this message and you so clearly have lived it in your life. Your faith is an inspiration to me. I pray that God will continue to use you to advance his kingdom, whatever that looks like for you in the future. God bless you and your family.
Thankyou for your testimony & work. May God continue ‘to use you’ for His glory. Thankyou for all you have done to grow bsf.
Susie, Your leadership has been such a joy and blessing to me. I so enjoy and appreciate the changes God has led you and the Board to make in BSF. It has made BSF available to many more young women and children. Blessings on your future as you leave your leadership role in BSF. I do look forward to how God will use and direct Hollie as she leads and shepherds all of us.
I love you and will truly miss you, you mean a lotto us.Thank you for your service.
Thanking God for your leadership was greatly blessed by your messages at conferences and encouraged in my commitment to serve Christ.
Heartfelt thanks Susie for your leadership and inspiring messages ❤ Praise the Lord for placing you in BSF. May God refresh you and continue to lead and bless you abundantly in your new chapter!
Thank you Susie for your dedication to serving Christ through BSF.
May God bless you in your future ministries.
Have a blessed family time and great retirement.
Thank you Susie for your faithfulness & for serving Christ as you served others.
Thank you for your faithful and committed service to God through BSF. You have lead through difficult times and God has used your availability to Him to bless many throughout the world. Me being one.
I pray that God will give you peace with no regrets and as you continue to walk with Him and trust His leading you will be filled with joy as He shows you His new purpose and vision for your life.
Well done good and faithful servant.❤️🙏🏼💐✝️
It has been wonderful that we have a good good leaders who always guide us we are so blessed that God using you and all leaders to minister to keep us focus on Jesus we are so blessed to have you Susie Rowan we wish you all the very very best with God abundant blessing to you all the way 🙏❤️
I continue to thank God for the BSF ministry, how it’s changed my heart and my life!
Susie,
Thank you for all your hard work for BSF, I know that I am a better person for the studies and being with like minded women to discuss the Bible. You have Blessed so many aspects of my life with your letters and encouragement. I wish you all the Blessings you so deserve, and hope your retirement is full of joy.My prayers are with you in your future endevours.
In His Love, Lesley
Thank-you Susie Rowan for your more years of BSF Leadership than 12 !!
God is Holy, Almighty, Loving, Merciful, Gracious and Unchanging and I pray that your soul, heart and mind will continue to be spiritually refreshed and overjoyed by Christ Jesus’ life in the Word of God.
Dearest Susie as a BSFer I have been greatly benefitted by your posts. Iam in Tamil Nadu S. India but your words speak as a friend seated next to me . So also your recent blog . “Lord how do You want to use me today” is my prayer too every morning.
Prayers and regards
.Ramani Edwin
Thank you Susie for serving us for many years. Grateful to all the work you have done to prepare us for the work of God. Many thanks for showing us the leadership in you to inspire us with many positive words and encouragement during my trying season.
God bless you and prosper you in your new undertakings. Shalom.
Your Bro in Christ,
John Tan (Malaysia, BSF)
We have been blessed greatly by your faithfulness to Christ and your dedication to BSF. I have had the pleasure of hearing you speak many times at the Boerne Women’s evening class. Thank you for your years of leadership. Please enjoy your retirement.
Thank you Susie for your service to God and to BSF and your dedication, love and care that you shared with BSfers all over the world. May God continue to bless you in whatever you do. I will miss you and especially the way you signs off your emails. Stay blessed always.
Thank you for your extraordinary service and commitment. You are a wonderful example for BSF members. May God bless you in your future endeavors. People will be blessed in whatever path you choose.
In His Love and Care,
Bernita
Thank you Susie! May God Bless you in your journey! Enjoy the quiet and love of our Lord!
Thank you Susie for your years of service for our Lord and also for BSF. You have been a blessing to all of us.
I too am resigning as a leader. I am 88 years old, have a fib and maybe a heart blockage.. I am ready to be with Jesus at any time. What a blessing BSF is to me.
Last year we were on zoom. I was amazed at how close we got to each other. Each week we had a lively discussion. Also was able to reach my next-door neighbor. She came over and sat with me. She probably would never go to BSF but now is going this year with me.
A friend in Georgis where we lived for 32 years and who would not go to class was in our group and so excited about studying God’s Word. May this be an encouragement to you.
Thought this might be an encouragement to you. I was one of the few leaders who liked zoom.
Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches, if you abide in me and I in you, the same forth much fruit for without me, you can do nothing.”I have asked Jesus to extend His vine over our neighborhood and my friends and allow me to reach them by my branch for Him.
Dear Susie,
Thanking God for His timely gift of you to lead BSF for His glorious purposes & your faith to answer His call and stay God-dependent. I have a pic of the two of us at HQ at institute just before my last year as Teaching Leader of Lynchburg VA’s class. The Lord graciously provided another TL & now I’m back in class since Revelation study leading a satellite group. Currently our group remains on Zoom by request & I’ve been so thankful for the changes the Lord inspired you & your staff to take by faith & necessity that have expanded the study of His Word despite various world conditions. May He continue to use you & me both as He sees fit ’til we’re home with Him or He returns. With hope in our sustaining Savior & Lord,
Dear Ms. Susie, thank you for your very timely message. I am encouraged and reminded as of now I am afraid to loose my job and where my life will be going. This reminds me “to be used”. Yes yes I am more and more available to Jesus. Like the apostles left the net to follow Christ. I am ready for my journey for Him and His kingdom. God bless you , with all power, wisdom and strength may we continue to share God’s love.
Thank you, Susie, for coming in to BSF and changing things up. While you taught me that change can be introduced subtly and quietly …. because your changes were what bfs needed to show the unity of the overarching Church in Jesus Christ (where all denominations take a back seat to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, not the way men think it should be run) you also taught me to think from God’s perspective, not my own! Sorry for the run on sentence but I am having hard time saying that you helped me keep Christianity simple and to remember that I am here to be used byGod.
May God continue to blessed you on your new journey with Him first
With Love Sis in Christ
Thank you Susie for your long and dedicated work, now completed, for the sake of Christ and BSF and myself. Every year of my 21 years in BSF. has been a growth point and joy in my life. You, under His direction lift me up. I am only 81 so h hope to have much more time. Bill Storer
Hi Susie, thank you for this powerful message. I really appreciate you for the wear you have steered BSF for those 12 years. I had the privilege of meeting you in Nairobi Kenya. I was a new BSF leader and you came with your husband to our leaders meeting. You were very humble and down to earth. I wish you well and God’s blessings in your next phase of life. Blessings.
Dear Susie,
I thank God for your faithful service to Him all these years.
Just want to share with you that I’m comforted and encouraged after reading your blog.
I’ve resigned from work about five years ago hoping to spend more time serving the Lord after that but it didn’t happen. Other than some ad-hoc activities that I could get involved, there wasn’t any formal ministry in church that I could get involved in. Overtime I felt disheartened and began to ask why am I not used actively by God. After reading your blog, I realized that I should be patient and wait upon the Lord to use me in His timing. What is important is to ‘Be available’ and ‘Ask simply to be used’.
By the way I’m writing to your from the other side of the globe, Sunny Singapore.
God Bless you!
Is trying to be available
Susie, I joined BSF about 5 years ago, after retiring from my job. I phoned a friend and asked her if she knew of a Bible study I might be able to join, and she told me about BSF. I joined that fall and have continued ever since, even through the pandemic. I don’t know what this next season holds, but I am looking forward to studying Matthew. I have had the privilege of studying His Word with many amazing women. You are one of those women. Thank you so much for all of the words of encouragement over the years. Best wishes for your future, wherever God leads you.
Blessings,
Thank you, Susie! I began BSF in 2008. During all these years, the Lord has grown me through your service in BSF. Honestly, I could listen to you speak (or rather Jesus speak through you) all day long. Your passion for Christ married with your sweet and gentle, caring spirit have repeatedly been a balm to my soul and medicine for my heart!. Thank you, Susie!
The Lord bless you susie, for your tireless efforts to see that people are made available to Christ. I celebrate you in your retirement.
Susie , Thank You for the years of service to BSF as Executive Director and your faithfulness to God ‘s work to help and empower other to do the same. May God Bless You in your journey of retirement. Thank You once again!! Sucema
Thank you so much for the impact you have had on myself and others through availing yourself fully to the Lord’s voice and doing His will. We are all truly blessed through the ministry of BSF.
Congratulations again Susie on allowing God to use you over these many years of excellent leadership-To God be the glory. I know you will continue to work behind the scenes and hope your Blog will continue.
Welcome again to Hollie. Looking forward to working with her. Matthew Study is great for us to begin the journey with Hollie -” knowing that greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world.’ 1John4:4) I am available to serve. All for the Praise of God.
Continued Blessings Susie!!
Three and a half years ago, I had the opportunity to join BSF at Bethel Baptist Church in Yorktown, Virginia. This experience was the best thing I could do for myself. As a result, I have grown in my faith and have a better understanding of what our Father God requires of me asa believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. Meeting and discussions with wonderful like minded Christian women has been enlightening and enhanced my learning. What inspiration Mitzi Fields and Kathi Crowder have been as my group leaders!!! Through prayer and meeting with these groups, my patience has grown. Our leaders Valerie, Erica and Jane have lead us to greater awareness of who our God is! I’m so grateful I was lead to participate in this Bible Study and I thank God for all He has provided.
Thank you for your leadership. May God continue to bless you as you explore other plans He has for you:
Susie,
Thank you for your gracious and steadfast leadership. I have especially enjoyed reading your inspirational blogs. May God continue to guide your steps as you wait for his direction on your journey ahead.
Susie, thank you for your gracious and steadfast leadership. I have especially enjoyed reading your inspirational blogs. May God guide your steps as wait for his direction on your journey ahead.
Thank you Susie for you service and commitment to BSF. We saw God working through you and your team.
May God continue to bless you in your retirement!
A beautiful testament of your relationship with Christ given to us as reminders of how simple and unselfish that road is…“Ask simply to be used.”
Thank you and blessings abundant.
PEACE, Sharon R. George
Thankyou for your outstanding leadership!! God bless you and your
family abundantly as you move forward in the next chapter of your
life – Proverbs 3: 4-6!!
Thank you for your service, Susie. You have made an impact on my life by what you have done in the name of our Lord.
Under the leadership of Susie Rowan
I have grown so much and I would like to thank you and your team for the inspiring and much needed study choices.
Thanks again for your service.
Susie, I want to Thank you for all of your years of serving The Lord as well as all of us BSFrs! You will be greatly missed for sure. But I know you will be a Blessing to many other people in your next adventure!
Prayers and Love to you Susie ❤️
Thank you for 12 years of service as the CEO of BSF. The online and electronic media tools put into place under your leadership are timely and welcomed as alternate means of studying God’s Word and having fellowship with other BSF members. May God continue to bless you and your family in the coming months / years ahead.
Susie, you don’t know me but you have allow me to see who you are. Scary huh? Ha! Really this pass year was the most Vulnerable I’ve seen you and most of the TL, GL, CM. You were the still in the storm. Yet, I know where your strength comes from You my friend have a faith that is lived out and I so admire that. Thank you for trusting the Lord and your gratitude for what God has done and the Hope for His future. Thank you for caring. Your compassion for His people was blessed. May the king of kings crown you with another many years of blessings
Dear Susi, Thank you for your support to all the leaders. Your blog posts and video messages truly inspired me. I joined BSF with the study of Revelation in 2015/16. It was not easy, sometimes I didn’t write understand the questions. But the Holy Spirit faithfully worked and spurred me on. Therefore, I am still here today looking forward to study the book of Matthew. I can’t imagine a life without the BSF community/family. Dear Susi, I wish you enough for every day. May each day be filled with joy, love, kindness, hope, patience and perseverance as you wait on the Lord. Well done faithful servant. With joy and love, Ute
Thank you for all your years of hard work! You have been a blessing to many, many people! May God bless you in kind. Thank you!
Thank you Susie for Your faithful leadership! Lives have been impacted for eternity through your Willingness to serve. To God be all the Glory
Susie,
I am relatively new to BSF…and am enjoying being part of the “Saltshakers” on-line group. Not only have I learned a lot from the BSF Material, I have grown in my appreciation of the relevance of His Word as I have done my own “research” because of the weekly studies.
From the short time I have known you … through your Executive Director’s Comments… I am thankful for your Godly leadership and the way you have helped this organization to grow and expand to what it is today…so people like me can be part of a group with other women (from all over the wold) and grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ our Lord (even through the Covid Days of isolation.}
‘Thank you”
Arlene
Thank you Susie for your leadership these past years.
May our Lord continue to bless and use you for His glory as time continues!
To God be All the Glory in your life.. and in the lives of BSFers !❤️❤️❤️🙏❤️
I thank you so much for this blog , it really resonates with me as it seems to be the season I’m in and your words clarify that for me.
Your years of dedication and service to our Lord are a testimony of Gods great sufficiency in supplying strength and wisdom
Thank you for your years of service and leadership
Thank you for your faithful service. Thank you for the reminder of the temptation to fill formerly busy schedules with something less than God has for us in this season. God Bless You in your next chapter.
Dear Susie , Thank you do much for your diligent work for the past years . Your love to Jesus and for your fellow Christians. We fell so blessed with your devotional work in BSF . It has give us hope , strength and wisdom . It has bring us so much closer to the Lord and HIS WORDS .
Thank you so much for your dedicated work for the Lord. I joined BSF the last 4 years and it has greatly encouraged me during the diagnosis of cancer for my husband, throughout his journey and even until his passing late last year. Now, I am raising a young child and continue to need guidance.
When life is unsure and challenging, only God’s word never changes and I am grateful for BSF.
Dear Susie – thank you for being available so that God could use you in such a powerful way to spread His word, to encourage others and to be a light in this world!
May He bless you during your retirement from BSF as you recharge your batteries and wait to see what He has planned for your future.
You are right, it is amazing what God can do with a card and a servant of the one true King! Thank you for being obedient and sharing your time with BSF. Thank you for teaching others God’s simple truths so that we can do the same. I pray you continue to WOW others with how God is WOWing you. You are such a great reflection of who is King of your life.
Thanks Susie for allowing God to use you through BSF. I pray that you will find new joy in Christ during your retirement years. May your days be filled with His love and peace. I am so blessed to be a member of BSF, my life has been changed for good through the bible studies. God bless you.
Thank you for your extraordinary service to BSF and all of us who have led and participated in the amazing BSF experience of in depth Bible study and subsequent personal transformation! The Lord has many crowns for you to lay at His feet!
May the Lord Bless and Keep You, Shine His face upon you and grant you His Peace in your retirement!
Thank you for all you have done. We at bsf will miss you . Good luck and may God just shine his light upon you.
Blessings
Ms. Rowan, thank you for your commitment to our Lord and all of us over the years of service. God bless you and keep you.
Congratulations on your retirement, Susie! Thank you for your service to this important ministry of BSF! Enjoy how the Lord will work in your retirement. If you are anything like me, you will experience a new level of relationship with the King! Be wonderfully blessed!
Thank you for your service, commitment and sacrifice. You have been such a blessing to us – we have felt Gods love through you! May God bless you abundantly.
Thank you Susie for being there and being obedient to God! Bless your future and your family! I’ve only been
involved a couple years, but enjoy and appreciate the fellowship and the truths taught. I like it because it helps
me be committed to Bible reading, which, like many, is a hard thing to be consistent with. So thanks for that!
God Bless
Sue Padgham
BSF Participant
Dear Susie, you are an amazing servant of God who has served with dedication and a passion for Christ. We thank God who made our paths to cross through the study of His word in BSF. Thank you for being available and being used for His service for the last 12 years and more in BSF and elsewhere. May God continue to use you even during your quiet time and anywhere else that He may still send you on His assignment for His glory. Once a servant of God always a servant in His vineyard. God bless you immensely and always together with the entire of your household Mama. Kind regards and lots of God’s love. Eunice Ganda.
It has been a blessing to be led by you Susie. Your commitment to serve our Lord has built me and many others into strong followers of Christ.
I believe looking forward to meet to receive new inspiration will continue. Being available to Christ.
For a while after I accepted Christ, I was wondering how I would be called to serve and for some time it was pure guess work. Then very clear opportunities popped up. They were unmistakable as usually these were tasks that I really wasn’t thrilled about taking on, but more suited than others related to the task at hand. Rather than rejecting the honor of being chosen to serve, I accepted. As time went on two passages stuck in my mind. Ecclesiastics 5:4 tells us not to delay in paying a vow to God. I consider an assigned task to be an implied vow and something I am obligated to pay. I feel Matthew 25:14-29 confirms my view of this. And I can see the truth in verse 29. As I fulfill these honors it seems that I frequently receive more, and more difficult tasks to complete. Interesting that talents has a double meaning in this situation. At present, among other things, I have been drafted to help my wife’s Japanese church get through the bureaucracy of acquiring an R-1 visa for the chosen new pastor from Japan. It would be great if everyone got as clear indications of these opportunities as I have.
Dear Susie – well done good and faithful servant of God, you have led BSF with integrity, faithfulness and joy. You have guarded what the Lord has entrusted to you, and words cannot convey the profound thankfulness of BSFers throughout the world for all you have done to magnify the Lord and mature His people. I believe the Lord will continue to use you in mighty ways. Much love, Ginny Crowe – Indy North Women’s class
Dear Susie, Your message is inspiring and challenging. I too am at a crossroads in my life and have been praying for God’s direction. Thank you for your honest words of encouragement and your heart for following Jesus in whatever is to come next in your life. Your obedience in serving Him through BSF has blessed me and so many others. “To God Be the Glory, great things He has done!”
Love this so much.
Dear Susie,
I praise God that you have made yourself available to Him. What a beautiful work he has done through you. Revelation, babies, India, BSF I have often asked myself how could I emulate you in reaching so many with the message of the gospel. Your example has been inspirational. The Lord will continue to be faithful to you as you are in the waiting. His work is done in Big Ways and in quiet whispers. In large communities and small families. Look at the impact of Jesus on His family- James, Jude, Mary. The books written by His brothers affect us today. Our families are sometimes taking a back seat with the pressing needs of ministry. Ministring to family was so important to Christ He made visiting James a high priority. May your love bonds increase all the more through our Lord in this season. In Him, greta
I and many others are indeed grateful for the way you have guided BSf, and given us such joy in studying the work of God. Your chequered service to the Bsf fraternity is something is a lesson to be learned.
Personally I remain indebted and excited as I learn to answer the call ‘Be available’ knowing that our Lord Jesus Christ (who was sinnless) availed himself to carry my debt of sin to give me the only way to eternal life.
May the Lord bless you and your family even as you wait for the revelation of your direction to serve.
Thank you Susie, I appreciate your excellent leadership and commitment to BSF, you are a tremendous blessing. I enjoyed your visit to our ladies group in Yakima and your on-line messages. Praying you will have a wonderful time of retirement with your family.
God bless you
Love Bernadette
Dearest Susie! Since the first time that I met you at the BSF retreat in Louisville in 2010, I sensed God would do great things through you in this ministry. I have remembered your statement about coming from a country where Christians feared for their lives and we, in America, were worried about wearing capri pants in leadership circle! I love the energy, zeal and passion that you brought to this ministry! You have served Him and us so well! For a little bitty woman, you pack a strong “punch”! I absolutely love your sense of humor and get tickled when I think of the time you brought your husband up on stage at the Cincy retreat in 2018! What a precious team you are together and how wonderful for you two to serve Him in different ways together moving forward!! You bring an authenticity and genuineness to all that you do!! I personally will miss sitting under your teaching but I trust God and the BSF Board in their choice of Hollie to lead us forward! It has been a joy to be involved with BSF since I was a child watching my mom prepare her lesson and call her women, to a young Mom who brought our children to the program to now an empty nester who loves reaching out to the next generation of young women to give them the truth of His Word!! What a blessing it has been to be a part of this legacy with you!! You will be missed but know that you are loved and I am praying right now for God to give you the ability to embrace this next season and all that it holds! Love eternally to you, my fellow sister in Christ!!
God bless you and your family, Susie, for a great dedicated life. MAY HE continue to guide and protect you always!
Susie, I thank our God for your commitment, sacrificial service, dedication without any reservations. He called you and you answered and served Him the best. You are our roll model; I appreciate and thank you for leading, praying for us. Most of all I always admire how God led you in bringing the advanced Technology into BSF website which enables us not miss a single week even in Pandemic. As you are leaving, I pray our Almighty Father, the King will give you peace, rest, joy and His presence be evident in all that you do.
In Him,
I have appreciated the leadership of Susie and pray her future will be filled with more inspiration from the Lord to encourage and lead others in Christ. Be blessed in your future endeavors.
Thank you, Susie, for this inspiring message and for serving us so joyfully and faithfully. We will miss you, and will be praying for this new season of your life. May our good God guide you in all things and bless you abundantly! Love from the Paris class! Que Dieu vous bénisse !
Thank you for your faithful services, dear Susie 🙂
Thanks you Susie for your service to the Lord of All and to BSF. Your commitment and work have been greatly appreciated. Please have a wonderful and well deserved retirement.
Thank you Susie for being available for Christ. You have followed your calling so well and we thank the Holy Spirit for your visionary leadership, support and guidance. May God bless you indeed in your well deserved retirement. What an inspirational leader! Continue walking in Grace. Blessings!
Thank you Susie for you willing to Serve Christ, has you embark on your next chapter I’m sure Christ has plans for his faithful servant. You have bless many. May God continue to shield you with protection. Be Bless
Susie we thank God for the time you have served him diligently. I always marveled at the energy , and thinking you put in BSF to ensure that every sister in class was attended to. may God who promises blessing and victory in our life grant you his favor as you go into retirement in quotes. may good health be your portion and as you continue praying for us may we and i be available for Christ at all times . THANK FOR PRAYING FOR US.
I am a new member and I completed Genesis waiting for joining a group on Matthews. My best wishes to Susie Rowan. BSF is excellent for spreading the word of God using the internet and reaching out to a great number of people. So far no one contacted me for the new session on Matthews to begin very soon.
Thank you, Susie!! This was just what God knew I needed to hear. I just retired at age 70 and after 9 years as a STL and 20+ as a TL I’ve been feeling like I have lost my sense of purpose. Now praying for God to continue to use me for His glory!!
May God continue to be with you Susie. A heartfelt thank you for your faithfulness and your leadership. Your presence and guidance has richly blessed me personally. In Christ, Devon Lee
Thank you, Susie, for all that you’ve done for BSF. We appreciate you! Just a note to you: one thing I learned at a retirement workshop I attended is – a way to leave a legacy to your children is put your thoughts on paper to give to them. They will have your words to cherish forever. I am working on that now. Just a thought. May God richly bless you in everything you do! And I hope you have a wonderful retirement.
Love in Christ!
Be blessed Susan in everything you do. May God give you a long life.
GO WITH GOD IN YOUR NEW CHAPTER AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING HIM I WILL UNTIL MY LAST BREATH AND BEYOND DO HIS BIDDING AND FOLLOW HIS WILL.THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU WITH THE LOVE OF CHRIST
Hi Susie,
Truly blessed to have enjoyed your availability – may the Lord refresh you in this new season you are entering. I have picked on the “Ask simply to be used”.
Thank you!
Thank you so much Susie for serving Christ through your service to so many souls, myself included. We thank God for the gift of your life and we continue to Trust Him for even more inspiring services from you even if you are now retiring. Your exit will definitely leave a unique gap as you never tired communicating with us through your Godly and customized messages on email – I will miss that . My prayers and thoughts will always be with you to be able to fulfill your set goal of remaining in prayer for BSFers and all believers. Wishing you a lot more blessed and restful years. In Christ Jesus.
Dear Susie,
The challenges have been great, but through God’s strength and by His grace, you have met each one.
It still amazes me today that we have classes in China! Thank you for the role model you have been for us over the years. We have truly seen God’s power at work in you. May God continue to richly bless you as you begin a new adventure with Him.
It’s been gratifying to see yo smile on your videos to us, seeing your passion for God’s word in your speeches. We shall surely miss u. God be with you as u continue to avail yourself to Him and may He keep you n your family healthy.
Thank you,Suzie for your years of service to our Lord and people everywhere. I pray you will find peace and comfort in your years of retirement as you continue to walk with Him
Sue Wilhite
Bedford, indiana
Enjoyed reading your commentary. I have enjoyed my time with BSF and look forward to the upcoming session.
Thanks so much You Have Been a Blessing.
May the Almighty God Bless You more than Abundantly.
Thank you for this wonderful reminder! Best wishes and blessings as God opens up the next chapter for you! So grateful for your wonderful, inspiring impact in BSF!!
Dear Susie,
We have been blessed to have you as director of BSF. You definitely allowed yourself to be used for our Lord. I am so thankful that I have BSF in my life and I have learned through people like you to walk a closer walk with God.
Enjoy this time of well deserved rest!
God bless you and may His holy spirit refresh you always.
Dear Susie…I thank God for your many years of faithful leadership to BSF. I started studying with BSF in 2015 in South Carolina, USA then in Bangalore India and now online with my Bangalore class. BSF puts life into my Bible study which strengthens my walk with God. May God’s grace and peace go with you where ever God leads you. In Christ.
I am overwhelmed as God has loved me through you many comments. Thank you all! I know God will use each of you in significant ways as you ask simply to be used.
It is bittersweet to say goodbye. I won’t forget the first time I saw and heard you speak at a Retreat in Denver, CO in February of 2017. You talked about “Spiritual Fitness”. You said, “If you don’t know Jesus, you don’t know your purpose.” You taught us that in Jesus Christ is everything we need for spiritual maturity. “MORE JESUS!” You encouraged me to live a life worthy of the LORD through daily Bible study, thanksgiving, prayer and service. I pray that as you step away as the Executive Director of BSF, God richly blesses you with family time and anoints your dreams for the future for His eternal Glory. Gratefully…
Thank you for your surrender & commitment to Jesus Christ & God’s purpose for your life! God has already blessed so many through your dedication & following His Holy Spirit who empowers us. God bless you & your community as you move forward in His loving, gracious and still powerful plans for your life!
Dear Susie,
It has been a joy and an honor to serve alongside you these past years. Your steadfastness in challenging years, your leadership into new paths and your joy in service, no matter the the hardships kept us centered and focused on God.
I, too, am being called out of BSF leadership to be available to adopt our 9 year old niece, whom God had put in our hearts 7 years ago. It is with great sadness, great anticipation and great feeling of inadequacy that I stand here and wait on His perfect timing.
Sadness for not being in BSF leadership for Hollie’s inaugural year, she was my TL. Anticipation and excitement to take in and love on Sophia and trusting that God will make us adequate for this calling at almost 60 years old just as He did for our 4 children.
So for now, I wait and work and serve. Thank you for reminding me to be available to His every desire and thank you for the humble, joyful leadership these past years!
God bless!
Hi Susie, as you step away from BSF, May God continue to use you in another corner of His vast vineyard.
God bless you and family.
From Albert Lim, CEM, Singapore.
Thanks Susie. The last season I had of waiting to see what God had for me HE called me to a TL position. That waiting and call was one of the greatest blessing for my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the opportunity. God bless you and keep you as you move on!!
Thank you Susie for encouraging us to be available. Your availability to God through your years at BSF have brought “fame to His name”. I am both confident and excited to see how He uses you next 💜
Susie. Words cannot express the impact your leadership of BSF brought to lives like mine and others around me. Your stepping aside from BSF leadership can only strengthen you leaning on Christ. May Christ reward your efforts, sustain you and yours.
Thank you Susie for your commitment in serving Christ. As you have refreshed others, may He also refresh you .
Thank you Susie for your labor in the lord.
‘Yes we are available to christ’
Thank you so much for your dedicated service to BSF. You have been a blessing to many. God bless you more on your next journey.
Dear Susie, I thank God for you, for your inspiration, encouragement and prayers. May the good Lord richly reward you for what you have done.
Praise God .
With warm regards and prayers,
Shireen Sundersingh
Dear Suzzy, I’m highly inspired by your message. Thank you for serving and giving unto the Lord. May you continue to enjoy grace, peace and joy.
‘I’m available Lord, simply use me just as i am’
Welcome Hollie, May you selflessly inspire to aspire.
Thank for your faithful service in these 12 years and I witnessed it over a decade. May God continue to use you in the coming days and bless people around through you.
Thank you, Susie, for your faithful service to our Lord and BSF. “For He has done great things” through you, the impact of which will be felt for many years to come (and through eternity)! It’s time to refire, not retire!
Thank you Susie for your inspiring messages over the years and the opportunity to meet you at the BSF leaders’ conference in Singapore in 2013 and 2017. I joined BSF the year before you became the Executive Director and is motivated by your energetic leadership. I like the many changes you made in BSF especially in the leadership dress code. All the best to you as you wait upon the Lord for your next assignment . God bless and rejoice always in the Lord.
Thank you Sue for your inspiring messages. To God be the Glory
Thank you Susie for all your hard work and effort in Christ.
May the name of our Lord be glorified forever and ever. Amen!
Thanks sussie for having been available to Christ always it is a big lesson for we dont know the minute or the hour when Christ is coming back.God Bless You as You continue serving him in another capacity.
Dear Susie
I will miss your smiling face in the photo above your blog. Your encouragement, dedication, thoughts expressed and always joy for service in the name of Jesus Christ. Well done good and faithful servant. I will always regret missing the retreat in Melbourne and my chance to meet and thank you personally. May God give you blessings in more time with your family and wherever He leads you to serve in the future. 🙌🏼✝️🙏🏻❤️
Thank you for your encouraging words. My son and I joined BSF 3 years ago. BSF changed our life. These studies and discussions helped us to understand God and his words. We will miss you. God is always around you.
Thank you Susie for your faithful leadership. I’ve been a TL for 30 years and have experienced the changes each director has brought over those years. I believe The Lord used you to bring about changes that were necessary for BSF to move into the future. I know how difficult and painful change is for those who “loved BSF the way it was”, but we are bringing a new and younger generation into our classes now who might not have been interested in the “old” BSF. I’m amazed at how God had already led you to begin online groups several years before Covid would take us ALL online. He had BSF ready and we continued on. not without a hitch or two, but continuing. I personally enjoyed your teaching and teaching style and know that other TL’s/STL’s loved it when you were the one on our sample lectures. Thank you for ALLLLL you gave up to serve. You have blessed me and SO many others world wide. May God greatly bless your next steps. I know He will use you in wonderful ways.
Thank you, Susan! You have blessed many over the last 30 years and today you have blessed me!
Thank you for always reminding me that our God is Sovereign and I need to trust Him and “just do the next right thing”. Thank you for submitting to God’s call. I’m certain He still has work for you to do for his glory.
Susie and Roger i wish you well as you wait upon the Lord to use you and be a blessing to many as you have been to us.may The Lord reward you with His heavenly treasures and use you for His glory and honor
Thank you, Susie! Your inspired words are an inspiration to me as a retired mom and wife who at times wonders hiw God truly wants to use ME! May God bless your future endeavors as you seek to serve Him in new capacities. Thank you for your steadfast, faithful leadership! I look forward to the day when we can rejoice together in heaven! See you there! Your sister in Christ, Sue
Thank you Susie, May our dear Lord shower you and your family with all his blessings !
Thank you Susie. Jesus was clearly leading and establishing BSF under your directorship – especially these past couple of years in the midst of covid-19. Your confidence and strength in the LORD was obvious. As a BSF group leader in California, THAT’s what I want in a leader. The aspect of BSF over the past couple of years that I have enjoyed so much have been the prayer guides! Knowing that thousands of BSF’ers world-wide are praying together each week was very powerful. God’s blessings on your ‘retirement’; we all smile when we talk about retirement! No such thing in the kingdom of God. Be blessed!
Wishing you Well in God’s Grace & Mercy.
Thank You for your Service!
Thank you for your service to us through your leadership in BSF. May God richly bless you through this next adventure He is taking you on. – Lilli
Susie, I pray God’s deepest blessings on you in this next exciting season of your life. You have made such a huge impact on BSF and me personally. I had the opportunity and joy of hearing you teach in Cincinnati a number of years ago when I was still in leadership prior to God calling me to full time ministry. I heard at that conference that a pastor had said, “Oh, BSF, that’s that legalistic group of older woman,” or something to that effect and God placed it on your heart to change BSF to be able to bring the word of God to the next generation. AND, wow, did God use you to that end purpose. The BSF I started in 24 years ago is NOTHING like the BSF I still love and participate in now, EXCEPT that God’s word is spoken and taught boldly in truth and love. Thank you for allowing God to use you in this ministry. I am forever grateful for your “yes” to Him.
God bless you, dear one, you threw a pebble in the pond and the ripples will be felt for generations.
Thank you for serving so faithfully! Thank you for not getting so bogged down in details that you neglected your own spiritual growth.
Susie thank you so much for leading BSF into the adoption of new technologies to further the spread of God’s Word. When I consider that once we relied solely on written materials it amazes me how much has been accomplished during your time of leadership. And thank you for all that you’ve done to encourage the growth in Men’s classes and satellite classes.
Thank you for your service in BSF for us all. Blessings upon you.
Thank you Susie for your years of service. You have been so faithful. You are an inspiration to us all. I pray that your “quiet” time will be just as rewarding as your active service. God works in the still waters just as He does in the rolling sea. He will tell you exactly where He wants you to be. You will be in my prayers.
Thank you so much for offering your time, love and energy to serve God’s kingdom through BSF. You will be missed by the ladies in Singapore. God bless and keep you.
I am not sure what to say but saying nothing is wrong. Thank you for being obedient to God’s leading and stepping out to direct BSF. So many hearts were reached and strength by this Bible fellowship. Thank you again.
Thank you Susie for serving faithfully all these years. God did use you and will continue to use you beyond BSF. God Bless You! Or as we say in hausa, “Allah ya sa maki abarka” (Literally translated; God put for her blessing) and you answer Amin!
I started BSF in 1995 with the book of John. I am ever grateful for the dedication and the commitment of all of our leaders.
May God continue to bless you for your service for the past 12 years. These last Two years have been difficult, but we are overcomers in JESUS name.
He is truly unstoppable!!!
Jeri Grey✝️
Dear Ms. Susie,
God has used you in a wonderful way. You have served us well through his well. Thank you for all you have done for us.
I wish you well in God’s Holy Name.
Shirley Lewis
PS: Please pray for my husband who has stage 4 cancer. Thank you.🌹August 19, 2021 8:06A
Praying, Shirley, for you and your husband.
What a blessing you have been to those of us in BSF!! Thank you for your guidance, encouragement and stability. I wish we could sit and have coffee together. Blessings to you in this next stage of life.
Thank you Susie for your leadership, love and support. You have truly helped me be a better servant of the most high, God.Nay He continue to bless you and your family.
Thanks so much for your time, hard work and commitment. I love BSF and it’s great leaders like you that help God’s word come to life for us to study and learn. Ag a’s in tha is, enjoy your retirement and know you will be missed.
Peace
Thank you Susie for your faithful service may God richly bless you in your future endevors. We all were blessed by your service. Thank again.
Thanks Susie for your leadership. I like your comment on not rushing to fill up your schedule with activities. Instead wait upon the Lord and hear His calling. May He continue to guide you and use you in His mighty ways to bless others.
Thank you for your leadership, prayers and love. May your retirement begin a new chapter for you – God isn’t finished with you yet! May you find Him in new and unexpected places and ways you can continue to serve Him. God bless you on your journey and may you have peace and happiness and meet many faces of love.
Thank you for your service, Susie. I’ve only been a BSF-er for a year but have grown to look forward to your emails. You’ll certainly be missed during my devotion time, but believe that you’ve left a clear path for Hollie.
Thank you for your imprint on this organization and the world!
Thank you for reaching out to so many more people. Personally, I know of the the cancer group in Singapore & outskirts of our Malaysia cities because of the online platform.
Also the atmosphere of Bsf has changed to a much friendlier tone and the hours have been reduced to cater for families with kids. Tremendous job done with children too! Great job & well done!
Dear Susie, I am so thankful to being on the recieving end of God’s working through you for our growth and His glory. You certainly have Magnified the Lord and matured his people. Thank you. My mind will always especially remember when I attended the last in-person 2-day, Leader’s retreat I was able to participate in Cinncinnatti, Ohio about 4 years ago. You taught the entire book of Colossians. I have always loved your biblical teachings, and your many words of love, encouragement, as well as instruction. It has been evident to me that God’s hand was on you to accomplish his purposes. I will miss you. May the Lord continue to bless the life He has in store for you in the days ahead. Thank you.
Thank you for your service, God bless you and enjoy your retirement
Praising God for you and his faithfulness demonstrated through you in your leadership of BSF. To follow the Spirit in the many changes that have been made took courage and fortitude. I applaud this and hope you hear His Well Done!
It is very inspiring for Ms Susie Rowan to lead and commitment for Christ.
Currently, I am working with irregular shift works. I will not be available for additional Christ duties under BSF.
Glory to God and thank you for your commitment in serving our gracious God and sharing with us your experiences.. you will be missed.. Good luck and God Bless on your next venture. Xx
We need online or via email the Bible Study everyday and sharing the words of God by studying the bible study from Old Testament to New Testament.
Dear Susie,
Sorry to see you go, but we are most thankful and grateful at the same time, wherever the Lord leads you, you’ll be a blessing to many more, that I’m sure.
You’ll never know how you have imparted people all over the world in the studies of the word of God through BSF!
Everyone I have recommended to BSF, have been so thankful they became a part, the way the studies have improved their understanding of the bible, and how they begin to get closer to God through the way the BSF studies have had helped them appreciate and achieve, is more that words can express
Thank you so much for your selfless committed service to BSF this 12 years, and we wish you a wonderful retirement and may the Lord continue to bless you with good health and lots more years of happiness to come.
Dear Susie,
Sorry to see you go, but we are most thankful and grateful at the same time, wherever the Lord leads you, you’ll be a blessing to many more, that I’m sure.
You’ll never know how you have imparted people all over the world in the studies of the word of God through BSF!
Everyone I have recommended to BSF, have been so thankful they became a part, the way the studies have improved their understanding of the bible, and how they begin to get closer to God through the way the BSF studies have had helped them appreciate and achieve, is more that words can express
Thank you so much for your selfless committed service to BSF this 12 years, and we wish you a wonderful retirement and may the Lord continue to bless you with good health and lots more years of happiness to come.
Mo Costalas
London Ladies Day classes
Thanks Susie for your commitment n humility throughout the period you led us.I am grateful to God for giving you great wisdom n love. May The Lord remember all your labour in His vineyard.
A big thank you , am totally a new woman in christ in the 10 years I have been doing bsf, under your leadership bsf has become my lifestyle. It has helped me recognize how am strategically placed as a legit child in the kingdom of God . Christ is mine forevermore.
Thank You
Thank you Suzie for the encouragement to endeavour to be available to be used of the Lord
Thank you for a wonderful job as a servant of the LORD!
Thank you for your sharing.
My desire is to be available to God
Mrs Rowan, Thank you for your well thought out blog above. I was a young wife and divorced mother, an empty nester, and am now in the season of quite. Yet, I too have been led to facilitate a small group Bible study, organize events in my senior building, and volunteer at the senior center to learn how to crochet plastic bags into beds for persons in need. You’re so right!
Your word so encourage me in this time! May God bless and continue develop His kingdom through you!
Thank you for all you have done more especially to the BSF family. we love you.
Susie, your being available to God has always been inspiring to me, and you have also been available to every BSF’er, including me. A few years ago as I stopped in at headquarters for a tour, you walked by the waiting area, and greeted me, and I asked if I could take your picture. You, very kindly said, ‘Let’s take one together’. Like the card you received when you were young, that picture means so much to me. I would never have asked to be in it with you, but I’m so glad you suggested it. Your warmth and availability to others is priceless. I know God will be using you in the lives of everyday people like me, and it is my prayer that He will be using me in the same way. Blessings always!! Thanks for your example over the past 12 years.
Dear Susie,
When I first attended BSF in 2009 you were the Executive Director. Under your leadership I was called to be a GL, then an STL, and now I begin my 5th year as a TL. How well I remember being invited into your office at TL orientation. You spoke with me personally and gave me a scripture. Then you prayed for me.
God has richly used you. Well done, good and faithful servant.
May He continue to bear fruit through you until the day you see Him in glory.
Thank you for letting God use you in so may lives, including mine.
I know God will also use Hollie as she takes on the mantle of BSF Executive Director. Praise God!
Susie, Thank you for your wonderful leadership in transforming bsf over the years. Members are more comfortable and passionate about joining bsf as the rules are being relaxed. The introduction of mini- series in genesis had brought many back to BSF, Those having tasted the mini series had become more committed as the spiritual experience and fellowship they had is far more valuable. A big thank you!
I am grateful to God for choosing you Susie to lead and guide us over those 12 years. May God’s favour be upon you always.
Good morning Susie!
Thank you for your leadership and all the directions and services. May God bless you and continue to use you according to his will.
Thank you Susie for always being the light at the front of the line following the Light that leads us all in His ways!! May His joy, love, courage and grace be yours all the days of your life as you continue to be a “glow” to others and before the Majesty that sits on the thrown! Amen!
Susie,
Your availability to serve as BSF Executive has been amazing. It was great to be at BSF together. I enjoyed the leaders retreats, they were my highlights under your leadership. It was lovely to meet you in Nairobi. I have transitioned to online class due to relocation and that was also possible under your leadership. As we say in Swahili, “Mungu Akubariki” – – – God bless you.
My bsf study started with Susie as our TL here in Visakhapatnam, India.
Every week she came give her lesson lecture with the same child-like enthusiasm and with warmth filled broad welcoming smile on her face.
She always maintained one to one contact with each member of our bsf class.
She always asked me to give my personal openion on how she can be more reachable and accessible to everyone
gathered. She always asked whether we are able to understand her lecture or not. Whether she is going too fast or what changes she can make.
Best part in her Lectures were ” The examples she gave to make us understand the point on which she was speaking are remarkable.”
I still remember most of them.
Reg. God’s perspective she said ” it’s like looking down from a multi storied building at a traffic jam at junction. The one who is caught up in the traffic doesn’t know how to come out, but the one who sees from an elevated place can see narrow paths through which we can easily come out, ”
Reg pouring all our burden/problems at the feet of the Lord when we go to pray and when we leave God’s presence one by one again putting them back into our back pack and carry them back with us. That’s the reason we are unable to experience God’s deliverance and joy of the Lord, she used to say.
My husband loved both Roger and Susie very much (who went to be with the Lord this April.) God gave an opportunity to have them for dinner at our humble home.
Susie always gave tremendous importance to family life. The way she showed obedience to her husband and the love they shared is exemplary.
I personally learnt godly love, experienced joy of the Lord from Susie.May God use her mightily for His cause.
us.
Thank you, Susie, for the years you have served our Lord Jesus in BSF. You inspired me as a Teaching Leader when I met you and Roger at BSF HQ after you returned from teaching classes overseas. I valued your wisdom and counsel as an Area Advisor and I have tried to emulate your relational warmth and servant leadership. Thank you for your honesty, integrity and passion to reach the nations for Christ. As I am now retired, I too, echo your desire to be used by God in some small way. May He fulfill your heart’s desire.
Thank you mam susie for your service and commitment to serve, me and my wife are fully blessed with the bsf study materials. Praying for Gods blessing upon you and your family as you face another chapter.
Though I live in New Zealand & a long, long way from you, I have always been impressed at your calm yet warm words as you have addressed leaders. Your unwavering worshipful submission to God and yet your honesty within that regarding your need of God has been such a blessing to me personally. That BSF was so incredibly well prepared for the turbulent times we have entered is a testimony to the submission to God’s wisdom & leading by you and those around you. Thank you for all you have done & for so faithfully serving BSF & setting us such a great example. May you be greatly blessed as you hand over the saddle (I figure the reins are the Lord’s) I suspect the wild ride may just get wilder “but we know whom we have believed & am persuaded that He is able to keep that which we’ve committed unto Him against that day. “
God bless you in your next journey with God may He fill you still with surprises and more of Him as continue your walk with Him in a different setting
Dear Susie,
I am so very grateful for your godly and inspired leadership of BSF.
When I first heard you speak at our BSF conference in Melbourne I knew that you were a spirit led believer in Jesus, and your love and enthusiasm for our Lord was very engaging & encouraging.
Thank you for your example & ability to continually point people to Jesus, for He is worthy of all praise & honour!
Thank you Susie for being part of our christian growth with your wonderful and encouraging messages. May God richly bless you and give you strength to live and support the ministry work. Bye
Thank you Susie for your commitment to God in your service to humanity. I pray as you leave BSF on retirement the fire of God in you will remain aglow. He will meet you at every point of your need and all that know you will rise up to call you blessed. Thank you once again.
Susie, you have been a Strong Pillar and Encourager, serving with diligence, selfless dedication and devotion. We praise and thank God for your life and the many BSFers you have impacted globally. We celebrate you, but we’ll also miss you. Go higher in the Lord and may God’s name be glorified!
I praise God for using BSF under Susie’s leadership for the great impact it has made in my life. I pray for God’s blessings upon her for a happy, blessed, healthy, peaceful, contented “retired” life in whatever role God uses her availability.
Dear Susie – thank you so much for your leadership of BSF over the years! I know I speak for myself, but also many others, when I say that BSF has been an absolute blessing – and none of our lessons or weekly meetings would be possible without the hard work you have put in as Executive Director. May God bless you abundantly in your next season of life. With blessings and prayers from New Zealand.
Thanking God for your service and for the blessing you were to us, you will be missed.
Thank you so much Susie for your amazing leadership. BSF has been my discovery domain where a lot of things that never made sense in my Christian journey have been made crystal clear through the detailed approach of the BSF lectures and the principles instilled in our local leadership. Your blog has been an inspiration and spiritually uplifting. Thank you for your latest sharing on availability to Christ. It has taught me about the need to wait on the Lord in trust and in faith in my retirement years which I have found quite daunting, faced by a seemingly unstructured lifestyle. I pray that the Lord will remain your guide and director in whatever plans He has for you in His service in the family and the community.
Even from this article ” be available for Christ”, by Susie, there is so much I have learnt “about being available for Christ”. Thank you Susie for all you have done for us in your service to Christ. May God bless and guide your every step as you wait to hear from Him on the next assignment.
Thank You Susie for servanthood. Submitting to God in leading and growing BSF. Your hard work is appreciated and I thank God for chosen you and working along side with you all these years. Have a rewardful retirement as you continue to trust God in leading and providing. God bless you and your family!
Bless your continued path walking with God.
Thank you Susie for your God honouring service and commitment towards BSF. The online meetings of BSF during this pandemic time was a blessing to many women like me. May God bless the leaders of BSF past and present.❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼
BSF has been life changing for me. Not just spending more time with Jesus and studying what He has to say, but also being able to grow with other ladies of the faith. Being a part of BSF has changed my lifestyle… I’ve learned to walk with God, listened to His voice and learned to trust and not be afraid. Thank you Susie, and thanks to all of the administrators and leaders of BSF for making it possible for us to continue to study God’s word. I praise God for your commitment and your obedience to His voice. We serve a great and mighty God. Forever grateful,
Dear Susie,
I am encouraged by your faithful serving to BSF for the good 12th years. I believe there were numerous challenges came alongside your service in BSF in all these years. But yet a constant exhortations, thanksgivings and praises to the Lord Jesus through your articles and blogs have never been compromised. Instead it have been an inspiration to all the readers include me that cheer us to keep following Jesus no matter what. I am grateful to your humble and faithful service to the body of Christ and BSF. May the Lord’s favour and grace abounding in you to extra height for His glory. 📣 🎶🙏😊
Thank you Susie for your dedicated service in BSF which has enriched us in BSF all over the world. Our belief in our Lord Jesus and our walk with Him have deepened and we are always reminded of our duty and great commission on earth. Through BSF study, and this is my 2nd year, my knowledge of the bible has expounded and I began to love BSF study more. Thank you once again and may the Lord reward you richly as you step aside from BSF and may your new endeavor in Christ bring you to greater height. God bless.
Thank you Susie for being so inspiring. You are a role model and we are blessed to be under your leadership. May the LORD continue to bless you abundantly and make His face shine upon you wherever He leads you.
GOD Bless!
You are truly an inspiration. You used all your God given talents to take BSF forward. Your sense of music, drama all came through so beautifully as you brought alive God’s word to us.
Thank you Susie for your service in BSF for past 12 years. You have been a blessing to all of us. May the Lord’s richest blessing be upon you.
Thanks Susie Rowan the outgoing BSF’S ED for being our encouraging for last seven years. We are delighted to welcome your counterpart Hollie Roberts incoming ED to continue the journey in union with Christ Jesus our Saviour and Redeemer of our lives. To God be the glory forevermore. Amen.
Thank U for taking time to be available for God, may he richly reward you
Thank you Susie,
Been here for only a year now and i will call it my happy place.
Thankyou for your great leadership. May God continue using you even in the next phase.
The pandemic was a blessing in disguise for me, i managed the study of Genesis online, made new and great friends, got answers to my prayers as we studied and prayed together and above all got new, great revelations and insights through the study..am definitely looking forward to an exciting study of the book of Mathew
Susie,
I thank God in my remembrance of you and your faithful service to Him through which blessings have been birthed! I’ve journeyed with you for your entire tenure. Truly you were the woman for the task these 12 years and no doubt for that which eyes have not seen nor ears heard YET. Surely God will reveal and I trust you will hear abd respond to your Father’s voice because you eagerly await His call.
It has been said it’s not about our ability but our availability to God! I praise God for both your gifts and your willingness to serve! Shine the Light Susie that glows so brilliantly from within and manifests itself in your deeds!
Blessings to you…
Lezlee
Thank you so much. Susie. May God bless you and lead BSF as always.
Dear Susie,
Thank-you for you precious words and encouragement to all of us in Japan. Our study of the Bible is very important to us as we are weak and can be tempted to stray. Studying His word keeps us on the right road to heaven. I have come to be closer to my Lord from learning about Him more and more. Especially in this time of my life and the world situation, l am thankful that He is always close by!
Again thank-you for your wonderful work for us and God! May He keep you well and in peace!
Love your sister in Christ,
Kay Mihara
Dear Susie
BSF bible study is the best bible study I have ever attended ….it has revealed vividly to me how God has molded me , shaped me to serve HIS purpose
…how Christ has walked my life as my best friend as Emmanuel to humble me , strengthen me , support me and encouraged me as I married into a non- Christian family , I pray and hope my family will live to honour HIM
Although my father died when I am three I realized I have a Heavenly father whom I can talk to,who understands me inside out .He has send me a helper ( the HOLY SPIRIT) as He won’t leave me as an orphan ….I feel very much blessed by learning the living truth in HIS WORDS .
Thank you Susie for being available to be used by the Lord over the years; your dedication, commitment and passion have challenged me.
May the Lord bless you and keep you ,the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord refresh and renew you.
Yes I am available to serve our God Almighty my Saviour and Redeemer of our lives. Thanks to both outgoing BSF’S ED and incoming ED:Susie Rowan and Hollie Roberts respectively for their encouragements. To God be the glory forevermore. Amen.
Thank you Susie for your faithful service in leading us over the last 12 years. I have been doing BSF study since 1997 and have seen the transformation of this global ministry over that time. It has touched so many lives and helped so many families to grow and mature in their faith in God. With strong faith, deep personal relationship with God and well grounded in His Word, many BSF members are in turn blessing the church and social communities to whch they belong. I am so blessed to be involved in this ministry and will continue to be so into the future. It has become an integral lifestyle for me.
I wish to take this opportunity to wish God’s abundant blessings to you and your family. Enjoy your well deserved rest from the past busy schedule and ministry. It is an exciting journey ahead as the ever present mighty God will surely guide and speak with you.
May the Lord keep you safe and bless you with good health, peace and joy.
Warmest regards,
Song Huat
(Perth, Australia)
We are truly blessed by your leadership role as on date with the BSF Headquarters. Your communication through emails have been a source of encouragement to all of us here in India.
We Praise and Thank God for your service for His kingdom work.
We thank you for all that you have done for HIs glory.
Thank you Susie for being such a great leader. May God continue to bless you in whatever he guides you to do next. We welcome our new leader.
Thanks Susie for the unwavering love and commitment to Gods work. I am much blessed by your insights and the dedication to BSF.
I joined BSF when you were still the executive director and its also pleasure to me having met you on the last conference that was held in Nairobi .
As you retire my remarks are that God who has seen you through He is faithful to continue taking you through till the end of age.
Thank you very much Susie for your dedication and devotion to the Lord’s work. I am one of many whose life was transformed by the Word of God through BSF under your leadership. Continue to walk in the blessings of God.
Thank the good Lord that you made yourself available otherwise we would not have been led so well by you. We serve a worthy Saviour!
Dear Susie
Thank you for role modelling a life of faith and humble service in the Lord. I enjoy reading your reflections which enable me to think about my walk with God and how I can continue to live a life pleasing to Him.
BSF has enriched my spiritual life, learning together with sisters-in-Christ and growing a deeper love for God and desire to honour His Name. This is especially so after my retirement as I have more time to read the Word and meditate on it.
I pray that God will continue to use you mightily for His kingdom in this new season of your life and bless you for your faithfulness to Him. God bless you and family.
Hello from Indonesia, Susie.
I would like to say thank you so much for your dedication to the Lord of our God and your service over the last 12 years. I recently join BSF since it is available online, I believe you worked behind this system. Thank you for making it happen.
May God bless your new season in life and continue to shower you with His love and favor. Welcome to the new leader. May God gives you His strength to continue this ministry.
May your next step be as strong bright like never before.
Dear Sister in Christ, Praise God for your dedicated service to BSF. Through your leadership I have seen BSF grow from strength to strength. My heartfelt gratitude and thanks for your service. I have greatly been blessed by the BSF classes, study material and audiovisuals. Everything was of high class quality. I am sure all that was possible by your committed leadership. I will continue to pray for you and your ministry and may the Lord use you mightily in His vineyard.
with warm Regards,
Sunder Prakash
BSF
Hyderabad, India
Thank you for your dedication, love, care, encouragement and perseverance in serving our Lord Jesus Christ and BSF for 12 years.
I have been attending BSF for 10 years. I am still learning new revelation from God everytime I read His word.
Wishing you all the best in your future undertakings.
May our good Lord bless you and keep you well.
Take care
Blessings
Indeed a great lesson I have learned today. “Be available, Simply ask to be used” It is so powerful yet simply put. I pray that I will be available to be used by the Lord.
Susie, may God bless and keep you well. We shall miss you but I know you are gonna be fruitful even in your next assignment. Thank you so much. Welcome, Hollie.
Wishing you a happy and healthy retired life, your commitment will surely carry you to greater heights in His love and in His service
Dear Ms. Susie,
Thank you for all the years you have served BSF. You will surely be missed. I have seen you once (hopefully not the last time), in Singapore during the BSF Summit when I was new to leadership as a CL. One thing I have kept in my heart was your video message during the pandemic to “please love the flock”. I pray to love the flock as Jesus has loved me, and has allowed me to serve for His glory. And now, I pray to have the courage and steadfastness to be available for Christ, as your message states this time. I will miss your sincere and genuine smile that brings sunshine and inspiration even when in video.
Thanking God for His protection and love for His church in BSF. God preserve you and your family in faith, in hope, and in love.
Very beautiful farewell note dear Susie. We are useful all the time and only I need to say I am available. May God use you even this time of retirement and bring in more soul to Christ. My prayers are with you and your family.
Thank you Susie , for sharing your heart for serving the Lord Jesus. I am very blessed by it. My prayers are with you as you wait upon the Lord for His next assignment for you .I am richly blessed by the teaching of BSF.
Thank you,
Praise the Lord. Susie. Thank you for your service to BSF Ministry. I am so glad to be able to learn and apply every Word of God. May God shower His abundant blessings upon you and your family.
wish SUSIE all Gods blessings in her retired life
Thank you Susan for sharing your heart with us. I am blessed, I ask the Lord to use me as a good Samaritan in my daily life for His Kingdom .In Jesus name Amen. Thank You.
Thank you for being available to God in BSF when He led you there. In this new season, may you continue to enjoy the fullness of joy with Him!
Hi Susie, thank you for your long service in BSF and God’s Kingdom Work. While I know you will continue to pray for BSF and for our new Exe Director Hollie, may I extend you my thoughts stated by a 88 years old Sunday School Teacher from a Malaysian church. In God’s Kingdom work, there is no retirement, but only a break to reflect for greater works to come and unexpected victories on challenges ahead in your journey of faith. May God continues to lead and guide you as you take this break of service and come back stronger for His Mission – preaching the message of the Unexpected King. Amen.
Thank you Susie for all your hard work. BSF has been very instrumental in my growth in my Christian life. I would not have been able to learn so much anywhere else and my faith in Christ has grown tremendously. I look forward to what comes next in BSF.
Dear Susie
I joined BSF in 2016, this was a turbulent time in my life. Nothing was working, everything I had worked hard for was falling apart. The opportunity to join BSF came my way because of a new satellite class that was accessible to me. The LORD used the study of John to anchor me in HIM as the waves of life broke everything else. The LORD added to HIS blessing by inviting me to be a GL, this tightened the grip HE had on me at a time when I could have easily let go. Today I am in Christ cos of you thro your service at BSF. Thank you for giving to the LORD. Thank you Susie
Dear Susie,
Thank you for always being there to pray,support and witness for Christ.You’ve been and are continuing to be a great inspiration.Lots of love and prayers for New beginnings and abundant blessings.
Susie, thank you for steering BSF through some seriously turbulent waters with such grace and joy. As a young adult, I have SO admired and appreciated how BSF remains committed to biblical truth while adapting to an ever-changing world in order to make His name known to younger generations. Moving away from BSF’s former rigidity has opened the door for so many more young adults to participate. I lead an evening discussion group, and one of my ladies participated in our discussion on Genesis 3 from her hospital bed after giving birth to her son that very morning! Her infant son started his time in our world being immersed in the word of God through a BSF discussion group! How beautiful! This could never have happened without BSF’s willingness to change. Thank you for being sensitive to the Spirit and letting Him lead. May you continue to experience His bounty in the next adventure.
Hi Susie, thank you for your foresight to change the way we study in BSF; no more the rigid traditional method, but the 3Q method or combination of both. This gives leader the flexibility to apply the best or most suitable method to lead the group discussion. It is more appealing to young believers and lesser stress.
Ephesians 2:10 – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
May the Lord leads you into another new season of work which He knows best of your ability and heart. Meanwhile enjoy more time with you family as you wait for Him. Take care and stay safe.
Dear Susie,
I thank God for you and your family. BSF has not only helped us to understand and appreciate the word of God and His purpose in our lives but also how to apply and live it. Thank you and the leadership of BSF fellowship. May God bless you and your family abundantly. Wish you well in all your endeavors. Numbers 6:24-25. He is nobody’s debtor and He will reward you in His own way.
May He watch over you – Zep 3:17
Thank you sis Susie, I’m blessed reading your post & God bless your heart & life, learn a lot from you. If you have any future postings I would love to receive it email.
May our Lord Christ Jesus prosper you in all things n in health as your soul prosper.
Thank you Lord for prospering BSF.
Praise the Lord Susie! How wonderful to have met you at the Lord’s vineyard and served the Lord together. You led BSF very well with the Lord’s guidance. I pray that the Lord keep you well as you retire and bless you.
Jane W. Munene, Nairobi Kenya East Africa
I just want to thank you for having been available for God to use you in BSF. You have been a blessing through all that you have done. God Bless your next endeavors.
Hi Susie. It was so wonderful serving the Lord under your leadership. May God bless you as you retire and as you continue to pray for all BSFers
Jane Munene, Nairobi Kenya, East Africa
Dear Susie
May Almighty God bless you dear . I joined BSF last year, during this pandemic time it was a blessing to join this beautiful group . It has saved me from many anxieties I was going through. Under your leadership dear Susie many lives were saved . Your leadership has provided all the support and guidance. Thanks to Almighty for your leadership .May you be blessed more and more in the coming years.
Praise the lord sister.
I am also following jesus only.
Susie, thank you for showing us the love God has for all people. Your passion for the gospel of Jesus Christ is contagious! Your enthusiasm for the Word of God inspires us all. What a delight to be encouraged by you in this BSF ministry. Thank you!
Thank you so much Susie for your tireless and committed worker in God’s kingdom thru BSF.
I pray God will continue to use you mightily.
Peace, joy, love be always with you. Thank you for sharing your life to us. God has more great things in-store for you.
Thank you dear Susie! We have been blessed by your faithful and committed service and ministry at BSF. Thanking God for you. May our Lord continue to bless and use you for His glory. ❤️
Thank you Susie for being at the helm of BSF. I have been in BSF for about 10 years. I had joined classes in Chennai and after attending class for a year or two I was asked to take the responsibility of teaching children and became a children’s leader till I left for Kochi in 2016. Wanting to continue the studies after 2-3 years we started at Kochi as SDG to Coimbatore. Since there were no one who had attended BSF at that time in the group I was asked to lead and since then I continue here. During these periods your messages and leadership has kept me continuing. Thank you for all your encouragements and your work in BSF. The notes and materials are wonderful.
May The Lord use you and be with you always. Thank you
Hi Susie,
This is my first time to join BSF thru the efforts of my Dgroup leader Rea Co and team leader Ining Dalmacio.
I know I will have a wonderful and meaningful time , and a deeper personal relationship with Jesus thru these Bible studies.
We welcome our new leader.
Thank you for this great opportunity
Dear Susie, it is always so encouraging to read your regular Blog and seeing you during the past leaders’ retreats in Singapore. 12 years as BSF ED that is as long as I have joined BSF, and I have definitely benefitted from the fellowship in many ways beyond my expectations and most importantly walking closer with God together with other brethren brother, many whom I connected in BSF. May God open doors as you retire as ED, and “re-fire-up” your love for Him as you serve Him in other capacity and ministry. God Bless
Dear Suzie Rowan,
I want to personally thank you so much for your great leadership especially in the recent times we are living in this season of the pandemic.
BSF has been my pillar of support. I have been strengthen and blessed during the turbulent season especially at the recent time when I lost my Dad.If it was not for deposits of God’s word in my life and my Bsf team who constantly prayed with me I have no idea how I would have survived the season.
God Bless you in your retirement
and may The Lord refresh you in every way.We can count on your support for prayers that all will be well.
God Bless you.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your sharing. I just retired and is also facing the same temptation to rush to fill the big hole in my daily life.
I will learn to patiently pray and wait for GOD’s direction to be used by HIM.
Regards,
Ora
Thank you Susie for being available for God to use you , in such a powerful way as our BSF Executive Director since 12 years ago! I have personally benefitted from the new studies & new ways that BSF has added, expanded & incorporated , under your servant leadership. You are an inspiration, always magnifying God & maturing others in humble & excellent service. May He continue to prosper you in His ways & in His service always.
“Simply to be used” reminds me of “Faithful, Available, Teachable”. I was blessed by your message in the Summit, bringing us down memory lane of the changes through the past 12 years of BSF. It was confusing whilst we were in the midst of changes. When you put them together, it became clear that God was and still is guiding us all along. I trust that God will continue to use you to bless many people. Thank you for your leading.
Thank you Susie for your leadership and beautiful example of obedience to our Lord and Saviour. May you always be the shining light that draws others close to Him. God bless you and protect you always♥️
Dear Susie,
Thank you for being such an inspirational leader. Thank you for teaching us to be Jesus’ hand and feet to the needy, teaching us His words of affirmation to the oppressed and teaching us being His arms of comfort to the lonely.
May the Lord keep and your loved ones in the Palm of His hands.
Dear Susie,
It is good to read your email informing us on your retirement. Hope you will have a wonderful time with your beloved family and enjoy your new path of your wonderful and joyful life. God bless you.
I and my new group with Indira as our new group leader will start our class on August 26, 2021 to study Matthew. Grateful I can study the Bible in BSF with friends. All happens because of God’s Love.
Dear Susie, from all the way in Adelaide, Australia, I wish to add yet another voice to the thousands that have acknowledged your profound journey at BSF.
Thank you for your leadership and availability to serve the Lord in the way you have. Your signature at the ending of each of your emails to us “For the fame of Jesus Christ in the nations” sums up your attitude and commitment. Admittedly I didn’t know much about you until I heard and met both you and Roger in person in 2018 at our Melbourne Conference (what great memories). I admired your messages, your leadership, and your openhearted availability to say hello to all who stopped you. From that day, it really empowered much of the dialogue we had at our meetings, and I was careful to relay much of that heart and motive to the men in my group each Monday night.
Thank you for your service. Enjoy your retirement, but I have a feeling we will still be hearing your name 😊 – and whether we are destined to meet again on earth, only the Lord Jesus knows, but if not, then no doubt we will meet again at the table of our great King as we share amazing testimony after amazing testimony, of His grace and love that empowered our walk back here.
Thank you; I was saddened to hear of your leaving, but overjoyed that we had an opportunity to meet. God bless you and keep you and His richest blessing on you and your family.
In Christ 🙏
Thanks
David Nour
Dear Susie – when God called me to the TL role after 8 yrs of being the STL (and loving it!) i was so very aware of the cost. i had watched my beautiful TL labor week in and out with the relentless nature of the TL position. I wrestled with God. For years i had told Him ‘i will do whatever You call me to…’ and had done so with a will and good cheer…but this was different and i felt opposition almost before i was even approached to pray about the step. He prevailed and i submitted. At the orientation i was given a card with Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” In my meeting with you at the end of that week you asked me how you could pray. i think i asked you to pray that i would be enough. You prayed that i would find the Lord to be sufficient. (at least that is how i remember it…) Your confidence in the Lord’s faithful provision of all i would need has stuck with me. It has been as hard and relentless as i knew it would be. My personal and work life has been challenging and difficult every year. Each summer, though i long for real rest and refreshment, has been anything but… Yet. God. He is good… faithful… sovereign. I have seen Him provide – though at times taking me right to the “screaming edge of the precipice.” The hard, challenging and difficult have been transformed into lessons and applications just for me and then hopefully get translated into something useful for our DW class here in Oregon. I love the Lord… I love His word. You have been an amazing example and mentor for me. thank you for your faithfulness and integrity… for your confidence in the Providence and provision of God… and your willingness to be transparent with all of us.
Numbers 6:24-26
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
with love! and gratitude…
How Wonderful it is to Serve the Lord. His Work is never in Vain
I wish you well in your endeavour
May God’s Face Shine upon you and your entire family. God bless you Mightily.
Regards
Wambui……Kenya
R
Thank you Susie.
God has given us a leader who is devoted and committed and your service for the past 12 years will be a hard one to replace. Praise the Lord for His provision as we move to the next chapter of BSF with new Executive Director. I pray that God will use us all for his glory no matter we are retired or working.
Best wishes and may God lead and bless you, Susie!
Susie, thank you for availing yourself to the LORD. We also thank God for a faithful servant like you who sets for us a good example of what humble devotion and obedience meant – always leading and shepherding the flocks God had brought into your fold.
The Lord bless you and your family as you wait upon Him to lead you into your next phase of life in Him.
Grateful for the sacrifice you’ve made for so many. The anointing of the Father’s Love has been magnified because of your humility and generosity. Peace be with you and all you care about in this new season of your life. Glory be to God
Always inspiring encouraging alerting when you speak the WORD
Thank you so much
Blessings to you and your family
Thank you Susie for your commitment, guidance, leadership and faithfulness. May His face shine upon you.
Yes I am always available for Christ, so long as He goes before me and i can walk in His footprints
God bless and thank you for your service.
Thank you Susie, for your service to God and us through BSF. You have greatly impacted so many lives through your leadership and guidance in the midst of some very challenging times. May God bless you and give you a time of rest, reflection and deep satisfaction as you move forward to see Him every day use you to further His kingdom.
My children and I are the beneficiary of BSF. They started when they were in grade 4. Now they are working adults and walking faithfully with Him. Grateful to God for the leadership that He provided for every transition. This year it was exciting to have the prayer guide, an unexpected gift. God impressed on me to labor in prayer when I found myself going from a homeschool mum to almost an “empty nest” period.
Thank you for your labor of love for the Lord.
Isaiah 46:9-10
Dear Susie thank you for your exemplary commitment in strengthening faith in Jesus Christ and the word of Gid through interactive Bible study. Praying that you to will continue to ‘expect the unexpected’ as God works in your life. Yes I am available for His work.
Blessings in abundance
Angela – Bahrain
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your great leadership.
I just joined BSF last year and I must say it’s the best decision I’ve made.
I have been so enriched by the word if God and my understanding of the scripture was so deep.
I appreciate how well organized everything was. The notes, the questions and the commitment in our BSF groups was quite remarkable.
May God continue to use you even in your retirement. May His face and favour shine upon you and your family.
Blessings.
Susie,
Thank you for your 12 years of positive leadership in BSF. Thank you for the wonderful Ladies Classes, the Children’s Program, the Singles Program, and the Men’s Program.
All of our family has participated in one or more of these programs. They are all so well done and so enjoyed by all of us. BSF is truly a wonderful organization and we appreciate
everything about it.
As you retire, I highly recommend all the wonderful ways God will bless you with your extra time and your new adventures.
When you work, you don’t have many free moments to experience God’s Big Beautiful World, but when you retire…… it’s a whole new World! May you and your family have added blessings
for all your years of service. God has truly used you in a mighty way! Thank you for your joyful leadership. God bless……
Dear Susie. Thank you for your service, your dedication and your leadership. It was such a joy to serve BSF with you. May the Lord bless you richly in everything you do and may He be your protector in everywhere you go. With love.
Thankyou for your services that has helped me draw nearer God through BSF fellowship
Thank God for His purposes through the mattress salesman, it is amazing how something small has sparked a great commitment to the Lord. Thank you for your good hardwork at BSF and I wish you all the best with remaining available to the Lord. May God help each of us to hear what He wants from us and helps us to just follow Christ through busyness and quietness. To Him be the glory in Christ’s name.
Dear Susie Rowan
Thanking God for your 12 years as ED. Indeed serving God in BSF is a precious gift from Him. You are a great bible teacher and I am one of the many, many blessed recipients whose lives you have touched. May the LORD bless you and keep you as you continue to magnify His Name and mature others for His kingdom!
Dear Susie, thank you for your time and effort in your management contribution towards BSF as Almighty God has directed your path to serving Him, doing His plan and His will in your life. We are grateful to have the opportunity to join BSF classes, to have a deeper knowledge of God’s Word and its gospel truth. May the Good Lord continue to bless you in your other future undertakings, giving you wisdom, strength and confidence.
Praise the Lord. Thank you for having Susie to be our BFS director. With her commitment to serve God and help us to learn and understand more God Will in our life. Shall put in more time and effect to share God words to other. Thank you Lord for your love and care. Amen .
Congratulations Susie on your retirement! Thank you for your years of service to BSF and for allowing God to use you to do great things to further His plans for growth in His Word through the BSF community. I know you will continue to be a servant in the kingdom. Can’t wait to see what is next for you. Many blessings on your continued journey.
Hello Susie,
Today I thank God for having leaders like you to make the Bible Study available around the world.
I’ve been in BSF for 14 years and that has led me to the right path of “faith” to go through the life storms.
Knowing God and being confident in His provision and protection are assured in every lesson. I don’t think I could have stood firm and well if I hadn’t joined the study in these years. I thank BSF and all leaders who have committed and dedicated their time, energy, talent and sacrifice to the cause of Christ our Lord.
I’m sure God will continue using you as you’re going to serve Him in a different role. I believe that every end is the beginning of something new and better.
My thoughts and prayers for you and your family to receive more blessings from above.
May Our LORD, Saviour and King bless you and keep you. May He bless you with His peace and joy as you enjoy Him and your retirement. Thank you for your leadership, guidance and inspiration to us all serving here.
Thank you Susie for leading the ministry ,sowing the seeds,growing the faith in so many people far and wide in the world. I enjoy each study and discussion sessions with the leader and fellow BSF members.Thanks God for bring BSF into my life and Susie wish you a happy retirement and may God continue in leading you through a different season.All the glory to our Abba father.
Susie, I thank God for your faithful leadership over the past years, and I thank you for being the inspiration and godly witness that you are.
This pandemic has thrown us all into new “seasons”, and the Lord has been reshuffling the deck for me as well.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. He will open doors and pathways that we may startle us, save for His footprints going before us.
He calls us not to be “productive” but to be faithful, obedient and available.
Thank you for exemplifying this. I owe you a great debt.
Dear Susie, thank you so much for providing us this platform to grow and knows more of our loving Lord.
May God bless you and your family abundantly.
Susie. Thank you for serving me thru Christ. As you move into the next phase of your life I pray that through the glories of His riches He will strengthen you with power by His Spirit in your inner being. Love and blessings on you and your family 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤
yes Lord, thanks Lord and appreciate. 🌹
Thank you Susie, for your insight and encouragement! Thank you for your service to BSF. I’m especially grateful for BSF’s online study groups and tools that have made it possible to study the word of God even when I could not make it to a study location. May God bless you in your next chapter of life!
Thank you, Susie Rowan for being the Executive Director for Bible Study Fellowship. I have been in BSF since we studied the book of Revelations. I think that is about 6 years. I truly enjoy reading the Bible and I am looking forward to the book of Matthew this Fall under new leadership.
As you go on your journey of retirement, I pray that you have good health, spiritual happiness and serve in some capacity for the Lord Jesus. I do not know you, but I know that retirement can be a bit of an adjustment. Take it easy. What you will probably learn is how you possibly did all that you did while you were working. Keep a personal relationship with the Lord and with many other Christians. Stay connect with family, friends, and grow your Faith. If you are married, you may have challenges with having more time with him then ever. Stimulate each and learn from each other and remember to pray together, even if your husband can’t hear you any more. Read, and continue to learn with the changes that go with getting older. Enjoy the simple things in life. Enjoy your grandchildren and teach them with your actions that Jesus is the only way and remember He is unstoppable. God Bless you.
Thank you Susie for your commitment, your devotion to Christ has shown me that with faith in God, all things are possible and with His presence, I’ll have more than enough. Thank you so much, Susie.
May God direct you to fulfil other areas of needs. God bless you and family.
Thank you Susie for your faithful service. God bless you, God bless all Bsfers.
Dear Susie,
Since I joined BSF in 2013 and as a leader in 2014, I have not known any other ED for BSF.
But from what I learnt from other leaders who has been in BSF for close to 20 years, there had been many changes in positive note of being conservative / firm to more liberal in Christ as God has given more free will at the same time a firm guidelines to have salvation through obedience & complete surrender to Christ! We really needs to put mind of Christ in us in all our thoughts & walks of life!
I am really cherishing to read and lead more than 20 men whom I have been able to Shepherd through BSF at the same time ponder how God is changing/moulding me in God’s image.
Thanks Susie for everything you have done & I know for sure how committed you were and will continue to pray for sinful/ growing person like me to grow in God’s Grace and Mercy.
Love you and if God willing we will meet in India if our lines cross each other.
Your brother in Christ
Thank you for your years of leadership and guidance in BSF. It is such a wonderful way to love God more.
Thank you for your faithfull leadership.these past twelve years . Am really blessed to get to know you.
May God’s leadership keep us serving Him.
God bless you .jamez
Susie,
I thank our LORD for blessing you with the skills needed to serve BSF in different roles over the years. I thank you for your service and for heeding the call to lead BSF the last 12 years. God has used your teaching to transform me in the two retreats that I attended, the most memorable of which was the one that had the theme of “eradicating Biblical poverty”. Your blogs have always been a source of encouragement to me. May God continue to bless you in your future endeavors.
Thank You so much, Susie, for your commitment to the Lord and your service in helping all of us to grow in the Lord, plus carry the message to others. My prayers go with you in this new season of your life. We welcome our new Leader.
Dear Susie
Thanks and praise be to God for your wonderful and devoted service to BSF.
I have been a BSFer for over 25 years and you are the only Executive Director I am familiar with by your regular emails and personal blogs as you led BSF online.
As you are moving into a quiet season I too am entering another season of changes due to family commitments.
Thanks for your endearing message “simply to be used” I will continue to pray for my faith to be strengthened and used by our Lord in every small way that HE calls me.
All the best to you and your loved ones and may God’s abundant and richest blessings be with you Always!
Amen to what God had done for the 12 big harvesting years, all Glory to God for His faithfulness and grace making you a great woman in my life through your energy at service and spoke with power from the Holy Spirit. Your word brighten my eyes and make my heart jump for love of God every time I heard you speak of God’s mighty name being proclaimed.
May God bless You and keep You protected, safe, cheerful, energized all the way.
We will certainly miss Susie. She has brought a kind of dynamism rare in this world. While the goals she set for BSF seemed idealistic and counter-cultural, she, as leader of the team, pulled them off.
Dear Susie,
I thank God for you, for your faithful service and commitment to BSF.
I have been so blessed to study God’s Word through BSF. It has been my “ spiritual food and anchor of my soul “
God bless you n your family as you go into a new season of life.
Thank you for being available to Christ for His service to us through BSF! Enjoy your retirement from this ministry, but never from God!
Blessings,
Dr. Peggie Etheredge Johnson
Praise the Lord.Susie. Thank you for your service to BSF Ministry for 12 years.May God bless you abundantly for your faithful service as a BSF Executive Director. I continually remember your good work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.Susie.May the Lord shine His Face upon you and be gracious. May the Lord grant you strength and wisdom in spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have been in BSF class for 10 years and I have met many women in different small groups .Some of the women we share the word of God encourage each other ,Pray for one another.The lectures are wonderful,the notes are great.May God shower you and your family with His blessings and Favor.🙏🏽❤️💕
I can only say thank you for the growth for me, in God’s Word through being in BSF. I have taken classes for the past 20 years, off and on and it is truly the best bible study I have done.
Thank you for your dedication to serving Susan and may God bless you in your retirement.
Thank you for all God has used you to accomplish for His kingdom! I love you and your example of servant, love and dedication for all! Enjoy your time in retirement, reconnecting, faith building and so much more that I know God has for you and Roger!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for modeling selfless service and surrender over these past 12 years. I will never forget meeting with you individually as a new teaching leader during my orientation in San Antonio and receiving the verse you had picked out for me during that time…
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
[10] For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
The LORD has confirmed again and again that He has called me to this ministry and I appreciate the confirmation you gave me to that effect. Thank you for your service… For your example… For your willingness to do the works for which God prepared in advance for you to do and for encouraging others to do the same.
What a privilege to have Susie Rowan leading this beautiful BSF ministry. I’ve been personally but encouraged by her walk with Christ and the dedication to bring more people to study the bible in depth. I must confess when I first started BSF 9 years ago…I found it tough to understand and do the exercises. The 2nd year I took a break as I wanted to focus on other commitments. However, I was driven to continue the learning journey as I felt led to continue. I’ve shared with many friends who also benefitted from the studies. I’m truly grateful for this privilege and BSF is now part of my own spiritual journey.
God bless you Susie for the amazing work you done with a selfless BSF team especially during these turbulent times. Have a wonderful time with your family and may the good Lord continue to provide protection and keep you well.
Blessings in the name of Jesus Christ,
Priscilla
I thank God deeply for HE gives BSF and Susie in my life.
I learned and grew as God led me time by time with BSF accompanies me.
I don’t know why Susie sent me an email in first time I received it. Only His kindness that brought Susie sent support by her email. And it’s continued until now. I feel very special to read her kind email. Although I never met her personally, by her email I feel close and warm by her words.
Thank you very much Susie. I hope God still make you in His mission to spread His Word in this earth.
God bless you and your family abundantly.
Warm regards from Indonesia 💝🇲🇨
Thank you, Susie, for your leading BSF for the last 12 years. I became a Christian, a Christ-follower, through BSF in the Genesis study back in 1976-77. I thank God for continuing to grow BSF to reach more and more men, women, and children for Jesus Christ through the study of His Holy Word. To God be the glory forever and ever.
Thank you for your faithfulness to God in leading BSF to places never imagined! It has been a blessing to be encouraged by you and to serve with you in this amazing ministry that God has put in our lives. May God continue to use you as you make yourself available to Him.
Thank you for serving so graciously over the years. We have all benefited from your loving service. May God bless your retirement with joy and peace.
Normally around the year 2020 I was approaching retirement and then the Pandemic hit. I did not feel right in leaving my medical team and my patients during this challenging time. I initially felt sheer terror but found an inner peace which I was able to function as a Nurse practitioner. I rode the metro-rail daily. Did virtual appointments and gradually was able to do face to face. Continue to wear the mask and do the precautions at work and out on visits. Various people have asked me when are you going to retire. My reply has been “When God Tells Me to Retire.”!!!!. Never have had Covid and Weekly swabs were negative. Jesus continues to tell me to serve and do good. Have been through a lot of changes and now consider them shaping and adding to my spiritually which I share with my co-workers and patients at times. Thank you for your time and service to us all at BSF. My favorite is John 1:1 and Jesus last commandment is to love thy Neighbor as thyself. These scriptures have carried me through. Studying the word daily and with BSF has opened my life to God’s grace and to see it in others. I wish you the best in life and your family. May God’s grace and blessings be with you.
Susie, your leadership in BSF may have come to a close, but God will always use your gifts for His glory. This is evident in your writing in this blog as well as your video communications. Even though you will be dearly missed we will carry on with the flexibility and availability that you have so wonderfully modeled for us. To say thank you doesn’t come close to expressing my admiration for you. I wish you Godspeed in your retirement. Your family has sacrificed their time with you long enough; enjoy being with them! Know that I am eternally grateful for you. Congratulations and love to my sister in Christ!
Paula Schneider
CL, Grapevine TX
Susie, thank you for your faithful service to God. We are much encouraged by your work in His ministry. May God bless you richly as you continue in a new area of work for Him. I wish you every success in your new endeavour.
That you so much Susie for your faithful service to BSF. I appreciate everything you have done for this amazing ministry for these past 12 years. I am honoured to be part of a Bible study that grows my faith in Christ daily and where God uses me as a leader to minister to my group. Praying for you in this next season. God bless you.
Jo Levey
Thank you, Suzie for your leadership. I have been part of BSF in Kerrville for ten years and appreciate this study so much. The growth I have experienced is wonderful and the fellowship with other Christian ladies is great. God bless you as you “retire” and of course you will continue to be useful in kingdom work!
Carol Clark-Yeomans
I am beholden to you for your obedience to serve God! Thank you for all the prayers, time and effort given to God through BSF. It is a delight to me that my daughter also joined BSF and was a GL then CA for the Dallas BSF at Park Cities Baptist in Dallas and their YA and satellites. God is so good. I started BSF and my family was reconciled (I remarried my ex-husband) all because of a group leader pointing me to scripture. Praise the Lord that was over 23 years ago. Thank you again and God bless you in retirement. 2 Chronicles 16:9
Thank you for your leadership and outreach to so many! You have made God smile ….BIG!
Dear Susie, it has been a great pleasure serving alongside you in BSF. Indeed I have benefited much from the in depth bible study, lectures and the fellowship with the women every week not to forget the countless time my GLs has spent calling me during contact time when I was just a member. Yes, now I’ve made myself available for Jesus as a GL to serve 😊 Thank you for the many inspiring messages and letters to nudge us to serve in new frontiers and community. May God continue to lead and guide you to other ministries that you are available and ready to serve our one true God! All praises and thanksgiving to God for you Susie and God Bless!
Thanks you very much. God bless you in whatever yo uare undertaking.
Dear Susie, thank you for your God-honouring leadership in BSF. BSF has been a great blessing in my life. Wishing you a peaceful time of retirement! I’m sure your prayers will sustain BSF for many more years to come!
Susie
Thank you for your years of service . May God continue to bless you .
Dear Susie:
Thank you very much for your service in BSF in such a long journey. You really set a wonderful example of pursuing God. Maybe someday I will serve the Lord as you have done. I just joined BSF and actually do not know how to participate yet. However, I am looking forward joining the meeting in September. If I need to prepare anything for this meeting, would you please let me know.
May the joy from the Christ be with you now and forever.
Catherine
Dear Susan
Wishing you an undoubtedly rewarding time as God’s faithful servant even as you retire from BSF. Thank you for your inspiration, valuable insights and dedicated service.
God bless and keep you and make His face shine upon you and give you His SHALOM!
Suzie-
Thank you for your faithful service and leadership to BSF! You have left a lasting legacy and I am a recipient of your wonderful leadership through my local BSF community. I would’ve loved to have met you in person but your videos were very personable. Thank you for sharing this great reminder and encouragement to be available in a crazy busy world! Peace, love and joy to you in the next chapter of your life! Live well, laugh often, love much!
Hi Susie,
I thank God for making you available to BSF. And thank you for being available for God to use you for His good purposes and Plan.
You are a golden nugget given us. Through you God has made available the knowledge of Him and His Word to all people regardless of age, gender, race or creed that we can have a love relationship with Him. Today, BSF has online services and satellite discussion groups (which might be classes soon) which are fast expanding. Praise God.
Thank you Susie for being our Lord’s good and faithful servant made available to all who want to know Him and love Him. Thank you for all the exciting leaders’ retreats. May God bless you and members of your household abundantly.
Thank you for your faithful service. Blessings on your new season of life.
Thank you, Ms Rowan for your dedication to God and BSF International. You have been such an encouragement to me with all your blogs. More than ever when we were locked down and had to learn Zoom and all the changes that came because of the pandemic. God used your words to bring me strength and to continue moving forward into the unknown. And still today we don’t know what will happen because of Covid but I know that God will get me and everyone else through this. His Word is UNSTOPPABLE! I pray that God will bless your retirement with much well deserved rest, vacations, peace, spiritual growth and so much more. God bless you and your family. Thank you, thank you.
Thank you for your sacrifice of service to the millions of people over the years who have digested the word of God to get to know God and his son Jesus and love him more.
Thank you Susie for being an inspirational leader, for your love and dedication, for your commitment and sacrifices for this ministry. You have truly impacted many of us worldwide. May the Lord bless you and keep you. Let His presence fill you and your household to the brim as you rest and seek Him. God bless.
Thank you so much for your dedication, determination, bravery and vision. God chose you for such a time as this. Who knew all the work and preparation BSF did to offer online resources and zoom would be ready to go for a pandemic—God. Thank you for following God’s lead. I pray you and your family continue to be richly blessed❤️
Hi Susie thank God for your service in the Lord’s vineyard in the past years. I have been blessed so much through your writing and teaching. As you retire may God continue to reward all your labour of love and continue to use you to impact more lives to His glory. Happy retirement and enjoy some well deserved rest.
Be available_Ask simply to be used.love this, many times I go deaf,fail to hear his voice,God help me to be available.
Susie,
Thank you for your leadership and guidance. Both my daughters, 9 and 5 attended BSF in the preschool program and now the children’s program. Thank you for reaching the next generation with God’s word and adding those programs to BSF. May God continue to guide you in “retirement”
May Lord bless you and your family, appreciate your commitment to BSF.
Thank you for your faithful service. Thank you for putting God your service to BSF first in your life. All the best in retirement.
Thank you for all that you have done, Susie. May God bless you in your journey ahead.
May God rejuvenates and energises you as you seek His will for you after your retirement. Have a blessed retirement Susie. I thank God for you and BSF!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your dedicated service in BSF for more than a decade. Through your leadership, BSF has grown by leaps and bounds. We are inspired by your brand of service, that we also strive to level up the way we serve.
I pray that even in your retirement you will continue to touch lives, giving God the glory in everything that you do.
Wishing Susie the very best in her future endeavours with God’s blessings.
Thank you Susie. God bless you for the work.
Yes, I am available to Christ.
Thank you Susie for your good work at
BSF. God Bless you and your family.
Thank you vy much, Suzie. Even though I hv only newly join BSF, I hv benefited much fr it. Through the Grace of God. May God n Lord Jesus bless you.
Right from 2013 I have been associated with BSF and I believe God called me and equiped me to be a GL all these years. I really cherished the in-depth study of all lessons I have done.
I wish Susie all the very best and godspeed to serve the Lord in coming days as well in guiding the team and Hallie. May God bless her.
Thank you for your dedication and commitment.
God Bless you in all your endeavors for God’s Glory.
Dearest Susie, just want you to know how deeply i appreciated and continue to apprecate your commitment to our Lord Jesus Christ through the Ministry of BSF. Thank you sooo much for your life and your example of commitment, perseverance and confidence in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and our Abba Father!
God bless you Susie in whatever you do and thanks for what you did for bsf love from Adelaide Australia I joined doing Acts and Genesis and now Matthew. It has been great joining bsf. Love in Christ Barbara Ames
Yes, I am available for Christ
Lima, 18 de agosto 2021
Estimada Susie
He sido muy bendecida con tu liderazgo en Bsf, el Senor me ha hablado y ensenado mucho, por su gracia he podido permanecer y liderar a mas damas y ayudarlas en su crecimiento espiritual con cada ensenanza recibida de los estudios de Bsf, es un gozo servir al Senor y le pido que pueda ser usada para su gloria.
Dios te bendiga grandemente.
Thank You Susie for your guidance and leadership. May God continue to use you to impart to and impact many more lives.
Love this message and learned how true it is. Pray you will rest as you retire. God will show you where He wants you and you will be available. Thank you so much for leading us in BSF. I love learning so much as a group leader and my sweet ladies say they’ve learned so much – from BSF and each other.
Thank you Susie and many blessings on your new path- Your message really hit home for me. I am also going through a “quiet time“ and I have felt so confused about what I am supposed to be doing—l am going to try to be mindful of being available to God! What could be more important!
May God bless u and let His face shine upon u as He uses u in other areas to advance His kingdom.
Susie every word God has given you to speak into our lives has been a great blessing to me helping me grow in trust and obedience in Our Lord Jesus Christ. Praise God and thank you for your faithfulness to Him and BSF leaders and students.
Sue.
Dear Susie, I am deeply grateful for your committed service and dedication to mature God’s people. Even you now step aside, Gods guide you to another path for HIs Glory. Just as you said, always “available to Christ”. God bless!
Thanks for being a leader at BSF in the position you had. I’m grateful for BSF bringing me closer to GOD which is something I most desire in my life. I joined BSF in 2009 and never regretted doing so. Participating in BSF in my country Tanzania 🇹🇿, I know that behind us exists a great team preparing materials including the lessons and making sure we get them on time in several countries. I’ve also been pleased with the proper use of technology to ensure BSF materials are available through the internet. May GOD continue to bless you all.
Thank you, Susie for your sweet leadership and sharing your deep love of Jesus Christ. I am inspired to do the same and magnify Him through BSF and my interaction with others.
Thank you for your faithful service and devoted commitment to God’s call upon your life. To God be the glory.
Thank you Susie for your commitment and dedication to BSF. Pray that God will continually bless and keep you and your family safe and healthy.
“Well done, good and faithful servant.”
Thank you for your service to our Lord and to BSF. May God continue to bless you so that you can continue to be a blessing to many!
I have received the notes for the board in the meetings for the past 3 years because I was experiencing severe eye problems and could not see far away. They came from you and I praise GOD every day day for your sincere love for and to him. May GOD continue to bless you wherever he leads
Thank you Susie for 12 years of service to BSF. This will be my third year at BSF and it has really been a blessing because of leaders like you. God Bless you in your retirement.
We may ebd some seasons of life but not in SERVING Gid even when we meet Him, we contnue serving the Lord, thank you for your life to love God, keep pointing people yo the Lord in your new season of life.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for obeying Gods call to service. I am privileged to be part of millions of brethren who have learnt under your leadership.
As you step down in grace and not by your power, may God remember those twelve years served as a BSF Executive Director.
Been blessed before, remain bless always.
Congratulations on your upcoming retirement. Know how much your service to God, has allowed BSF to not only lead such a great organization for Christ, and all of His fellowship.
BSF has been a part of my spiritual growth for the 7 years. It has allowed to grow with my substantially on my way, and to higher joy of reading His word, which is wisdom.
Wishing you and your husband many years of retirement, and being able to relax together in your coming years. Enjoy your family, and friends.
Thank you Susie,
In the name of Jesus , you have touched us with His love!!
Thank you Susie for making yourself available to the BSF ministry for how many years. I am really thankful for the work BSF has been doing in reaching people to learn more about God through His word.
Thank you for what you have shared about being available for Christ and how He has been always available to anyone who needed Him. It got me thinking and gave me some realizations.
As you move to a new season in your life, may the Lord lead you to yet another opportunity to be available for His glory!
As you move on to another season in your life, I pray that
Thank Susie for being such a blessing in your season of leadership. Transition is also being available to hear from the Lord. Enjoy your next phase of retirement in His service
Susie, thank you for your outstanding leadership!
Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication. Blessed under your leadership esp. w/ the addition of the 4 new studies. Truly you expemplified faithfully following God’s calling and heeding his call. I am grateful and God bless you always!
Smile Susie,
Yup! We shld always be in biz.. His biz. 🙂
Tq for the encouraging msg n your service to Him in BSF.
U had been a great role model and will be missed by many.
May you continue to find great joy as you wait upon Him to guide you to His next biz daily.
Dear Susie, Thank you for being an example to us of a person available to God. I praise the Lord for all your prayers, teachings and encouragements which have blessed BSFers over these 12 years. Yes, I am available. Enjoy your retirement with our good Lord’s continued guidance.
Hi Susie,
I thank God upon every remembrance of you . I may not know or even meet you personally but your sharing in words or speech is precise , encouraging, practical and biblical . I am always refresh and encourage by your blog. I know that God will continue to prepare you for the good works that He has prepared in advance for you to do. As what Dr Mark said in the interview with you In the 2020 BSF summit that you do not retire but you transit into the next call God has for you. Be blessed and continue to bear fruits for His kingdom. Surely goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life.
I have always been in awe of Susie Rowan. How good is God to transform a broken woman into a confident Bible teacher prepared to travel the world for His glory. Susie you are an inspiration to many and I praise God for bringing BSF and you into my life. My faith has been deepened through the Word and God has also used me to teach from His Word to help others. I am truly grateful and thankful to be a part of BSF. I cannot imagine where God will take Susie now but I am sure it won’t be a rocking chair on the verandah! May he guide and continue to use you Susie to tell of His love.
Thank you Susie for your obedience, dedication and boldness to take BSF into the new century and new culture.
Thank you Susie for dedicating your time, talents and treasures serving in BSF all these years!
We are so bless to be able to continue BSF during these unprecedented times through means of technology, BSF App and empowered in God’s words through dedicated serving by all leaders and volunteers worldwide. We are truely bless to have our kids come on board BSF during this year because of technology and unfailing love of servers in BSF.
As you step down from BSF into a new season & serving opportunities ahead as our Lord leads you, may you also find rest, be recharged, refresh and rekindle in your walk with God and spending lovely times with your loved ones, family and friends.
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’ Amen! 🙌🙏😘
Praising God for your commitment to Him & your leadership in BSF, praying for you as you follow Gods leading , thank you so much!
Thank you Susie for enriching me with the word of God through the BSF studies. Mat the Good Lord bless you more and more in your retirement life.
What an amazing blessing you have been to all of us. I have grown so much in Christ over these past several years. All the special gems you have passed down to us. The encouragement as a group leader as been beyond measure. One of my favorites you spoke about at a conference was, “people over procedures”, this is a sheer must do. Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you Susie may God bless you and continue to use you. I have been blessed by your words and your actions .
I have bennifited so much from BSF. Thank you Susie for your commitment so that was possible.
Susie, thank you for your service and dedication to BSF. I have grown spiritually so much through the study of God’s word. Application of his word is what transformation is all about. BSF studies have lead me to a greater understanding of who God is and a closer relationship.
You will be missed! Thank you for your incredible leadership at BSF!
BSF has been an essential part of my walk with God thru Jesus Christ. Now is the only time I learned that Susie Rowan was instrumental in bringing the BSF Study of Genesis to me and other women. To me, her humilityis exemplary. May God continue to bless Susie in her retirement. Praise God forever.
Dear Susie
Thank you for your faithful service in the BSF ministry. May God bless you abundantly as you enter another phase of life. We will remember to avail ourselves to God as we continue to be hearers and doers of His Word.
Hi Susie tks for all the love and sacrifice through out the years
It is God’s Love that keeps us together take care God bless you
Thank you very much sister Susie for your great dedication in serving our Lord God Almighty and also as being our BSF Executive Director for the past 12 years.
May you have a restful retirement and enjoy your time with family, friends and loved ones more. Stay safe always and God bless!!!❤️🙏😘
Thankyou Susie for all that you have done. Through BSF, my life has been transformed.
To God be the Glory. I pray that He continue to guide & lead me & others in the way He wants me to go .
Susie, I wish you well in retirement and won’t forget our first meeting.
It was in Overland Park Ks in the early 2000’s and you were outside the church greeting women. I was waiting outside too for the friend who invited me to attend the Intro class. Later I learned you were the Teaching Leader and enjoyed listening and learning the “BSF way of Bible study”.
Now nearing 20 yrs of study in BSF, I am still pursuing what the lessons can teach me.
Thank you for sharing a part of our journey in this blessed life of BSF.
Thank you Susie for answering God’s call in your life that has made such a difference in others.
When I retired from a ‘weighty,’ stressful job, my husband suggested I not add any new responsibilities for 6 months. It was good advice and gave me an easy response to the many requests I received. It is hard at first not to have all those things to do, and requests came fast and furious but at the end of 6 months, I had adjusted and was able make wiser choices.
I love your advice to ask how do you want to use me today.
It is always exciting to see how interruptions and unplanned events turn out to be God given opportunities
From Missouri: I thank God for you, Susie, and for your years of service to the teaching of His Word through BSF.
Having started my “new season” a few years back, I am reminded again of words by Henry Van Dyke:
“Let me but live from year to year, with forward face and unreluctant soul,
not hastening to nor turning from the goal,
not mourning for the things that disappear in the dim past nor holding back in fear from what the future veils;
but with a whole and happy heart that pays its toll to youth and age and travels on with cheer.
So let the way wind up the hill or down.
Though rough or smooth the journey will be joy,
still seeking what I sought when but a boy: new friendships, high adventure, and a crown.
I shall grow old but not lose life’s zest, because the road’s last turn will be the best.”
God’s speed.
Hi Susie, thank you for your constant faithful service to our Lord. You have been and still are a blessing to not only myself and my wife Robyn but so many others I know of through BSF. Reading your blog was very much encouraging as Robyn and I are both now in a similar position.
Robyn will be finishing in her TL role after some 31 years, our home is due to be sold very soon, once some Covid restrictions are lifted. We have lived in the same home for 45 years of our 49 years of marriage. Waiting on God’s leading, knowing He will lead and provide as He always has, His faithfulness ensures He will continue to do so.
Our three children have grown up, all involved in Christian ministry, one fulltime, and our 10 grandchildren are at various stages of growing in Christ.
Robyn and I are in daily prayer seeking His clear leading for us as to where He wants us to serve. Although we still are involved in others service, once Robyn moves on from BSF she knows that some time will be available. Your blog was so relevant at this time, thanks.
It has been a blessing getting to know both you and Roger even at a distance.
Thank you and God’s rich blessings to you both for this next stage of your lives as you seek to “simply to be used”.
May God continue to make your life amazing!
Thank you Dr Susie for being a loyal and trustworthy servant to God. So inspiring to me. Enjoy your retirement with God along the way.
I had the privilege to serve BSF with Susie in her time as Executive Director. Memories will fade but her loving Christ centred service will endure as a gift
to us all.
I thank God for your dedication and humble commitment to Him and the work of B.S.F.and pray that God will richly bless you and your family as you begin this new time in your life. Thank you for everything you have done to promote and expand this wonderful organisation for the equipping of God’s people to serve Him.
Thank you for your many years of service to BSF. I have not been here but a few years but I have seen the changes for the study of our Lord’s word and works. This has helped me so much in my journey. I’m thankful also that we were able to use Zoom to continue to study during the past year. Thanks again and hope you will enjoy your retirement.
Thank you for your faithful service for God. Your dedication and labouring sacrificially for His Almighty has been an inspiration for me, sending our Love from Singapore. I have benefitted and learn so much from BSF.
Your parting words “be available” and “simply to be used” is such a timely reminder.
May our Lord continue to bless you, watch over you and give you much peace and joy in your next phase.
Thank you Susie for your dedication and leadership in BSF . Ladies all over the world has been blessed with the work of BSF.
I started attending BSF in 2010 with the study of Isaiah and have been enjoying the in-depth study of the Bible.
God bless and guide you in your future ministry. Have a blessed time with your family and a great retirement.
Hi Susie,
Mabuhay!
Warm greetings from the Philippines.
Thank you for your faithful service to the Lord.
Being Available to Christ is a timely message.
By reading your blog you inspire to continue being available to Christ. May your faith in the Lord increase day by day. Be of good courage.
Susie, oh how the Lord shines mightily through you! He chose you to be at the helm of BSF during some big changes, none of which could anyone have predicted. But God knew, and He chose you. Thank you for faithfully being willing to venture into new areas, such as BSF online which was a literal God send to keep us going in these COVID times. And new studies! Isaiah was the study that paralleled my life and encouraged me in the hardest year of my life…2011. But God, is a great promise keeper. Learning more about Him through studying His word, and serving as a Children’s Leader for 8 wonderful years, has been the greatest blessing and gift in my life. Knowing God, and strengthening our faith, is the best thing you can do for yourself and everyone around you in life. Thank you for being such a huge part of that these past 12 years. God bless you with many more blessings and joy-filled times in the chapter ahead!
Grateful for the sacrifice you’ve made for so many. The anointing of the Father’s Love has been magnified because of your humility and generosity. Peace be with you and all you care about in this new season of your life.
Hi Susie, Thank you for all you have done through your service in BSF! I hope that I am continually making myself available to the Lord. Your faithful service is a wonderful example of being faithful in ministry. I know that means first remaining faithful to the Lord Himself. I am thankful to belong to Him and to be privileged to be a part of BSF all of these years. May I continue to be used by Him in all areas of my life and may the Lord bless you as you move on in other areas of your walk with Him! Much love to you, sister in Christ!
Thank you so much for your sharing the God Word and stronger to help me can continue to serve at BSF. May the Lord always guide your new life.
Thank you Susie for your commitment to Christ. I pray that God will continue to bless and keep you and your family safe. To God Be The Glory for the Things He Has Done and Will Continue To Do Through, For and To You!!!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your love and obedience to God. And for leading BSF through this season of change. It has been so inspiring and encouraging to see God working. BSF has changed my life.
May God continue to bless you and your loved ones.
Thank you so much for faithful service may the LORD bless you and your family
I thank God , for He gave me a master Bible teacher You helpd me in my bible study and application. I pray that God will continue you and your husband level up in joy serving God.
I am a GL in the Philippines
Dear Susie,
Your time in servant leadership of BSF has made such a huge impact—I’ve felt it in my own life, in the class I’ve been privileged to lead, and in the direction you have shepherded this ministry. I’m particularly grateful for the way you’ve been available to the guidance of the Holy Spirit toward new ideas, greater flexibility, and fresh approaches. That willingness to evaluate, adapt, and grow as an organization has kept BSF vibrant. You haven’t lost sight of Christ’s commission to expand the reach of the Word and the Gospel, even in challenging times. Thank you for the way you led us, and may God give you a sense of joy and peace as you pass the baton to Hollie.
Greetings Susie,
Thank you for all of your support and leadership. Your dedication has changed many lives, including mine. Last year was my first year studying with BSF and the book of Genesis and it was a blessing. It has brought me closer to God. I am looking forward to the study of the book of Matthew in the fall. I truly believe the Lord is trying to get humanities attention during these uncertain times we are living in. Thank you again for your leadership and dedication to BSF. You have definitely made a difference in many lives. God’s blessings and peace during your retirement. – Roxy Walker
Dearest Susie,
Thank you for your service in BSF. You are a powerful teacher of God’s word. I wish you the very best as
you retire. I know God has great things in store for you
Peace and Blessings
Dear Susie,
For the 5 years that I have been with BSF now, I find it to be a great tool and vehicle for my spiritual journey and I am truly grateful & very grateful for your leadership. Certainly, you have given your best “availability to Christ” in those 12 years of selfless
service to this august organization.
Now you deserve the rewards and enjoy your retirement. Surely you’ll be missed yet we rest assured and hope that our spiritual growth and journey will continue on all along with the same shepherding by our new leader.
All the Best to you, Susie &
Welcome to Holie…
For the Glory of God!
Thank you so much,
Jess
Dear Susi,
Thank you for your love for BSF and faithful service to the LORD. The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26
Thank you Susie for your encouragement along the way. You have certainly inspired us to walk closely with the Savior and for this I am grateful.
May the Lord reveal Himself to you more and more each day, according to His power that is at work within you, to Him be the glory.
Thank you so much Susie for your dedication to further the Kingdom of God and to grow Gods servants. I feel so blessed thru BSF as I have matured in His word and by growing closer to the leaders who have committed to the call. God Bless You!!
I am willing to be used by God ,live everyday available to be His hand and feet in the world.
Praise to our loving God and Savior for your service and leadership. May He continue to bless you and the path forward with BSF.
James Bowen
Susie. Thank you for your faithful service to the cause of Christ and to the Christian community. You have been a most effective leader. I wish you the very best in your retirement.
God has worked mightily through you. Praise God ! Thank you for being obedient. I have personally benefited and grown in your sacrifices.
Thank you Susie, for the Leadership and wisdom in your role at BSF.
God has given you a new role and He knows our season’s so well.
Everything has a reason and in time He will unfold His plan for you.
Congratulations in your BSF achievements and blessings in your retirement……
Praise the Lord in all you do.
Greetings form, Jenni Mattinson
BSF Canterbury Gardens Kilsyth Vic. Australia
Thank you Susie for sharing the gifts God blessed you with. I returned to BSF in 2010 for the Isaiah study. 6 weeks later I was called to be a CL and have loved it. I feel blessed to work with these pre-schoolers each year. Not only have I seen children’s heart opened to Jesus, I have grown spiritually by learning all of God’s attributes. I believe adding that segment into the lessons has been a huge benefit to kids and their parents.
I am also happy to relate that God used me through the Holy Spirit to suggest BSF to my fallen away niece. She loved the Genesis study so much she has rededicated her life to Christ. She has joined a church and also been asked to be a GL this year!
I pray God uses you mightily in your retirement and next endeavors. Blessings also to your husband, children and grandchildren.
Thank you, Susie for the time that you spent being available for our God in BSF.
It’s always inspiring listening to you. I’m grateful that I have had some opportunities to meet you in person, in which I could see the profound evidents of your love of God and His people. Thank you for making that impact in my life.
To God be all the glory!
Dear Susie,
I thank the Lord for your labour of love, as I am a recipient of the good work BSF has done in my life. For the past 3 year plus, the daily homework kept me meditating on the Word of God and the questions, lecture and group discussion allowed me to apply and experience God at a deeper level. May God continue to use this ministry for His kingdom. Wising you a most blessed and restful retirement. As you start the next chapter of your life, it is my prayer that you continue to bear fruits of righteousness in your life.
2 Timothy 4:7 – I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith –
Thank you Susie for your commitment and service everywhere that you have answered His call. Many are blessed because you have answered including me and my family. wishing you and Roger God speed in your future endeavors.
Congrats on your retirement. May God bless you in all your future endeavors!!
Susie, thank you for being a faithful shepherd for Jesus to BSFers around the world. Your love for God and His Word has been a true inspiration to us all. May you continue to serve our Lord Jesus Christ in whatever He calls you. Thank you kindly for leading us well. God bless you.
“Lord, how do you want to use me today?” Such a great question to ask at the beginning of a day! Thanks Susie! God bless you with your new journey!
Thank you gor your service and leadership to BSF, may God bless you brighten your retirement days.
Thank you for following the Lord’s direction to lead BSF. He has used this ministry to deepen my knowledge and faith in Him. May God continue to lead and use you to impact His kingdom.
Hi Susie! What an exciting time this is! Thanks for your service to BSF and the church the last few years. I love BSF and I have grown so much through these studies. May the Lord continue to bless you in this new season. Love & prayers.
Thank you so much for your beautiful sharing. I am exactly got a big hole in my heart which drive me desperate and lost in this pandemic. You just remind me to let God’s peace and love to in rather than keep frustrating to fill up by myself.
Dear Susie, thank you for your unwavering commitment and service to our Lord and His gospel work through the ministry of BSF. All of us in BSF have been blessed by your leadership, vision and encouragement. May you have precious times with your loved ones during the break, and experience God’s loving provision and presence in this new season of life.
Thank you Susie, for your 12 years of
your dedication to BSF. We will miss you. God have not finish with you, He will continue to use you for His kingdom’s work.
All His blessings on you and your family. May He keep you all safe through this Pandemic.
God bless.
Julia
I thank the Lord for you Suzie! May the next season of your life be filled with many God-ordained moments. May you continue to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our dear Saviour, Jesus Christ. You have left a legacy to follow borne out of your love for Jesus and the honour and fame of His glorious name. God goes with you…..till we meet again.
Dear Susie, Thank you for your leadership, prayers and love for BSF as a whole. Everyone of us have been enriched and have grown in our faith all for the honor and glory to our Lord and Savior. His Word will go forth in great power and might as we all study it now and in the future.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your leadership and support these past 12 years. I have appreciated your strength & guidance & prayers during this time.
As you “retire😊” May you know God’s leading, His strength and peace in whichever way He takes you.
My life is indebted to BSF – the teaching I have received & then been able to share & pass down to others,, the power in prayer with which I’ve been surrounded and seen God at work.
Mostly I am indebted to our Lord Jesus Christ, who sees me through every day with joy and anticipation of what He will do through me as I commit myself to Him.
Thank you, Susie, for being a faithful servant of Christ.
Thank you for your message in this blog. I keep asking the Lord how he wants to use me in retirement. He has given me some opportunities and He will you as well. In Jesus we are available. Blessings on your new chapter and adventure.
Thank you Susie for all of your time, effort and guidance over these last years of BSF. You are an awesome leader and I have been blessed by your leadership. I pray the Lord will bless you in these coming days with His presence and love as He directs you to your new path. Please take care and thank you for all you have done!
Thank you Susie for what you have done for BSF. May God continue to use the gifts that He has given to you to continue to bless others in the next season of your life. You will be missed.❤️
Dear Susie may GOD richly bless you as you faithfully serve in this new season of life. Thank you for your timely reminder to be available for GOD’S service. I recently found myself asking GOD what HE would have me do. A challenging time followed but GOD was faithful. I am encouraged again to be available trusting GOD will not ask more than HE will enable me to do. Joy to you dear sister in CHRIST.
Thank you for giving of yourself to BSF. You certainly have been a vessel used by our Lord to bless all of us.
Bless you as you pursue the activities of the next phase of your life.
In His Love, Claudia Rosen
am fully committed to serve Christ.thank you for your service and wish you all the best
I am So grateful for everything BSF does to support Christian families and local churches. For you Susie – Deeply felt thanks for the many hours you have given to lead the cause of Christ all over the world through BSF. May God continue to Bless You Richly💖
Hi Susie, I am blessed by your blog post, very timely message. Thank you for sharing.
It’s my second year in BSF, It’s a joy to experience and learn more about God and His incredible works and all promises unfold as I continue to dive into His words daily.
Thank you for serving God first and serving BSF. May Hod bless and keep you.
Hi Susie,
Your selfless care for the BSF ministries shows in everything you do and have done. I have seen many changes in BSF over the years. I have been thankful that the ministry was in capable hands!!
Thank you for your service,
Susan Whitelaw
Dear Susie,
57 “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Cor. 15:58
I am very thankful to God for your servant’s heart!
To God be the Glory ALWAYS.
Veronica Urrutia
BSF Spanish Team
What a time to have been a leader! Thank you for always pointing us back to Christ and leading us toward peace through the Scriptures.
Thank you Susie for all the work and dedication you have shown over the last 12 years. You’ve strongly helped spread the gospel message throughout not only our country but across the seas as well. God Bless.
Grateful to God for the way He used you and your leadership to bring the good news of Christ to many , through sdgs and online studies. May the Lord continue to order your steps and enable you to continue being fruitful in His kingdom for His glory 🙏🏽
Susie, Thank you for all your hard work and dedication for the “fame of Christ.” You have been a role-model to me by showing me that God can do amazing things through a surrendered-heart. I have been humbled to spend a little time with you during my TL Orientation and will never forget your comment to me when you tole me that the Spirit was strong in me. I know that Spirit is strong in you as well! I pray that God continues to bless you and your family and that He will open new doors to share Christ with others. Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you for your heartfelt service to our Lord and His children. Well done! We have all been blessed by your Holy Spirit sensitive leadership and your example. May you continue to see His Hand on your life in this next season. ❤️Shirley Fisk
Susie: It was my last trip north from KC to Omaha for Ron to begin his first senior pastorate when I spoke to you last, you preparing to head to India as an FRA. Fast forward, I read the email of your journey to begin toward retirement from BSF as I sat at a gas station on our way to SW MO area to ready to find housing for our affirmed retirement, wondering what the LORD would have for us. Then to read this blog, in particular the former TL’s move to a new city, I smiled yesterday at God’s perfect timing for me to read that; it was much needed for my heart. Thank you for sharing that. Thank you for being an integral part of my faith walk, and Ron’s, as we continue now in a short-term interim position awaiting what He would have for us next. I know the whole contingent in Heaven is saying, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Shalom to you.
When we moved from the city to the mountains and I retired from a busy and fulfilling Christian counseling career, I was eager to get involved in God’s next assignment. A wise friend said, “wait on the Lord”. I reluctantly turned down opportunities and restlessly watched expectantly for over a year and a half. During that time I experienced all kinds of emotions and God’s presence with me, as I impatiently “waited”. The dependency on God for daily fellowship, relationship, and adventures that evolved was just what needed to develop IN ME to prepare me for HIS next calling. Thank you for your leadership. I cant wait to see what God does next in your life, Susie. WAIT ON THE LORD.
Thank you for your dedicated service to BSF. God Bless you.
What a blessing to serve with you in BSF! Our class prayed for you and Roger when you were overseas. As Executive Director, you have helped me to let go of trying to do everything and embrace asking others for help and helping them to grow in their service. May God encourage and strengthen you as you wait for Him to show you what He wants you to do each day. Love you.
May the Lord continue to bless you in the next stage of your life! Thank you for all you’ve done to bless others with God’s precious word!
Thank you for your dedication to serving the Lord in BSF and your dedication to all of us who benefit so much from BSF Bible study. May God keep you in good health and richly bless you in every way.
Hi Susie,
Thank you for all your faithful service in BSF and ultimately for Christ! I’ve enjoyed reading your letters to us and watching some of the videos, particularly @ our last pre-pandemic summit! My only regret, though I’ve been serving in Admin for 4+ years, is that I never had the privilege of meeting you in person. That will change when we get to glory!!
I hope you have a wonderful retirement, though I’m quite sure you won’t be sitting leisurely around, so whatever God calls you to do, may it be a great blessing to others and joy to you as you serve!
Hello Susie. We have truly appreciated your work. may the Lord guide and use you to continue in preaching the Gospel.
Thank you for caring to serve our Lord so selflessly and sacrificially. Your leadership has impacted the lives of those who will shine their lights in a multitude of ways. These include, serving, leading, teaching and all the spiritual gifts. Thank you ands you dear sister in Christ
Dear Suzi, Thank you for your leadership through BSF. I have always enjoyed your messages and look forward to creating a new habit of asking “Lord, how do you want to use me today?”. I will be praying for your transition and for God’s blessings for you and your family. Again, thank you for your leadership!
Thank you Susie for your service. GOD Christ Jesus said “…feed my sheep…” (John 21:16-17). You have answered GOD’s call. Pray that I do the same; I am available for HIS service.
Your warmth in delivering God’s purpose has been heart felt. We will miss your leadership and resolve. Thank you
Susie,
Thank you for your availability and dedication to BSF by opening doors in my life as I studied God’s Word in BSF.
Thank you for your faithful leadership. I appreciate your wise direction of BSF and know your crown, to lay at Jesus’ feet, is full of lovely moments and much sacrifice. I look forward to seeing you in our heavenly home one day.
Thank you Susie for your sacrifice and prayer offerings for this ministry. I have sat under your teaching and Laura Manarino (Ft Wayne IN Evening) and have so much deeper in my understanding and faith walk, even though I have been a dedicated follower of Christ for more than 4 decades. I have been a GL for 8 years or so (5 in Decatur satellite) and always looked forward to your leadership and talks at Summit. Your spirit led insights and wisdom have been such a blessing to the ministry and to me personally. Thank you will all my heart and may God’s richest blessings follow you on your next adventure.
Your presence will be miss by all BSF family .God has called you to another season of life where he will continue to use you for his glory. Many blessings to you as you travel your next journey with God our lord and savior 🙏🏾❤️
Dear Ms.Susie,
Greetings MABUHAY!
Thank you and I known. there will be new schedule that God will open. Its said “be available”, a new task and new challenge to u and to us. Again to thank you,
Dear Susie, Thank you for being such a great inspiration and mentor to me and the entire BSF. every message you have sent over the years have been so apt and inspiring. I pray God continues to use you to bless many. May He bless you and your family even as you continue to avail yourself for His kingdom work.
Thank you for your years of service! BSF helps us grow our faith and teach us more about our Lord and the Bible. Many thanks for leading this wonderful organization!
Susie, thank you for your years of service to BSF. You have been an inspiration to so many people. I hope you enjoy your retirement. You will be greatly missed. May God bless you in whatever He has in store for you in the future.
Thank you Susie for the heart of Christ poured out of you in your leadership by the power of His Spirit, our spiritual growth, and the hearts made free still because of your obedience and commitment to God. I praise and thank Him for continuing to bless and keep you and your family in the seasons to come. Love you, your sister in Christ.
Thank you for your dedication to BSF.
We thank God for you Susie! Well done, God’s faithful servant and our spiritual leader!
Thank you so much for all you have done for BSF.
Thank You Susie for allowing God to use you in such a mighty way. Your gifts to reach others around the world has been truly a blessing from God. To God be the glory!!! Enjoy your retirement and I know God will use you through this time as well.
Thank you for allowing God to use you in the BSF Ministry. As a result of your commitment, and steadfastness, we have been blessed and have benefitted from your excellent example of what it means to allow the Holy Spirit to lead and guide.
Enjoy your time with family and friends. God bless you!
Susie,
Thank you for answering the call to serve as CEO of BSF. BSF has been and continues to be, life changing for me.
Thank you for your prayers and work. God used your salesman’s card to answer my deep need during yet another night when I could not sleep and no longer knew how to talk to Jesus. Thank you and your friend in heaven, and of course, our Wonderful LORD and Saviour.
To God be the glory! Thank you for these wise words. My prayers are with you as you transition into a different time with new opportunities to know and serve our Lord. You have been such a blessing to me through BSF.
Thank you so much for your teaching and faithful services! May God richly bless & guide you and your family in your retirement!
Susie, thank you so much for blessing us with your talents especially your time . May the Lord continue to use you as His instrument of love as you take a new path in life. May he bless you abundantly in everything you need .
Thank you so much Susie for giving of your time and effort to take BSF to the next generation in a format that speaks to them.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your service and dedication to BSF. For me BSF has been a blessing in my life, so thank you for your commitment. May God continue to bless you as you start a new chapter in your life.
You rock!
Dear Susie Rowen, I began BSF in 2009 and was a Group Leader by 2010. So I have only know you and want you to know I have deeply appreciated your leadership. I enjoyed the many retreats where you would lead us through an entire book of the Bible in one weekend. Thank you for staying deeply committed to our Lord as you prayed for His wisdom as our leader of BSF.
Thanks for your commitment to BSF and blessings to you as you enter retirement. I have truly been blessed with the great leaders and have enjoyed being a part of the ministry. Take care and enjoy.💕🙏
Susie,
I have seen the Holy Spirit in you and through your service to the Lord. My hope is that the Holy Spirit is evident and witnessed to all as you have lead us to practice in BSF.
God will continue to grow you and bless you!
Susie, MANY years ago when young in my faith, a wonderfully Godly pastor reminded our congregation that we have incredible resources and opportunities made available to us by our Lord, and He personally indwells us to train, guide and enable us in whatever paths He leads us down – so when a chance to serve arises it is never a matter of capability but rather availability. Will I make myself available for Him to use me, relying on Him to give me discernment in understanding His will, and the certainty He will provide whatever is necessary. In a way, “success” is a matter of being faithful to serve Him, regardless of the outcome (we may plant but the harvest is the domain of our sovereign Lord). May He bless and keep you and Roger and your family, and give you eyes to see how and when and where He asks you to be available going forward.
I came to BSF just 4 yrs. ago because a friend from college back in the 1970s told me about it. She and her husband have been in Africa for 20+ years serving the Lord. She led a BSF group there. She always had such a joyful spirit and loves the Lord.
I have learned so much and enjoyed my sweet time with fellowship with my BSF ladies. I even liked our online class because we didn’t have to dress and travel.
The friend who brought me to BSF has just found out she has a massive brain tumor. We are praying for healing and I thank God that she knows and loves Jesus in a very intimate way. By the way her name is Susie too. Thank you for this timely message to BE AVAILABLE.
I give all the glory to God. Your selfless commitment to the Lord’s vineyard cannot be paid by silver or gold. May God’s sufficient grace abound in your life forever Susie Rowan.God continue inspiring you for you are such a blessing to many.
Best wishes and blessings. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you Susan for your dedication and service to BSF over the last 12 years. May God Bless You and your family in your retirement.
I just want to Praise and Thank God for you. the way God has used you in BSF and in our lives has blessed us all. I believe God will continue to use you in a mighty way because you are available. I also want to always be available even if that changes.
Thanks again, With Love in Christ Jesus
Rosanne Wilson BSF Class Richmond, California
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS YOU GAVE YOUR TIME TO BSF. MAY YOU HAVE THE LORD’S BLESSING
Thank you and bless you
Susie, Thank you doesn’t seem like much. I hope you remember it is only one “Thank You” out of many BSF class members that are so appreciative for your service and commitment to sharing God’s Word to as many as possible. What a light you have been! Enjoy your retirement as you change courses. As we know, we never retire from serving Our Lord and Savior. Blessings to you!!
Susie, thank you so much for your obedience and faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ and Bible Study Fellowship. I’ve been invoiced with BSF for 16 years – both as a member and in leadership. BSF continues to have my heart… it is by far the BEST Leadership training I have ever experienced in my life and I’ve been to many Leadership trainings in my business. What I have learned through BSF leadership – I’ve taken to my personal life and it’s been a huge blessing to me and my family. Praying for you and your family as you step into this new season of your life, retirement. I pray that you enjoy those grandchildren, I know that you will continue to live your legacy of love for Christ! Thank you again for the sacrifices you have made over the years to answer the call to BSF and to Jesus Christ. Many Blessings over you and your family, In Jesus Name, AMEN!
You will be missed Susie God Bless you and enjoy your retirement. 😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Thank you Susie & God Bless!
Dear Susie, I pray for you, as you move forward to continue to do the work God has called you to do. BSF has been such a blessing to me under your leadership, May God bless you and keep you, Gloria Hawkins
Thank you thank you Susie for your commitment and service to BSF, and to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! What a difference you have made to the Kingdom of God and to our eternity! Abundant Blessings to you and your family!
Thank you for all you have given to BSF, to thousands of women, and to the Lord over these 12 years. I cannot imagine the load you carried. I cannot imagine how last year’s changes were orchestrated so seamlessly. I put off BSF for years because of the rumors of “rules rules rules” but finally took the plunge about 16 years ago. The teaching has blessed my life and put me further into God’s Word than anything else could have. Thank you for being such a huge part of that for me. May the Lord richly bless you going forward—as you wait and watch and “make yourself available.”
Sue you have served the Lord tirelessly, faithfully and with great compassion for His flock. You have made footprints on our hearts and we are never ever the same. May God continue to bless you and watch over you.
Dear Susie,
You have been a wonderful and faithful leader in BSF.
Last year (2020) had to be a difficult one, but we would never have known
that, as it continued to go smoothly during our Zoom studies.
This will be my 4th year in BSF. I love the new Matthew study book
and can’t wait to get started.
Thank you for all you did to make that happen!!
God Bless you and your family! Have a wonderful retirement!
Susie, Thank you so much for your contributions to BSF. The organization has brought me much closer to God and His plan for mankind. I’ll be entering my 14th year this year and have learned more each time we study a book of the Bible that is repeated. I praise God for all you have accomplished. May He bless you abundantly in your retirement.
Sincerely,
Janie Schafhauser
Thank you, Susie for all your years of service done . in Christ’s name. You have made a difference in so many lives and it is much appreciated.
Susie, thank you for all the leadership you have given. May God bless you always.
Susie,
I just want to Thank You for all you have done as our Executive Director over the last 12 years . You have brought so many great changes and updates to the Bible study and how it operates. I was a member a year or so before you came on board and I believe the things you did have made a big difference ! Reducing the time for leaders and member meeting has been very helpful and made it easier for all. You implemented our annual Summit to get the leaders focused and excited about the upcoming BSF year. I know it has helped me as I’ve led my groups over the last four years. I will be praying for you as you enjoy your retirement !! Thank you again for your commitment to BSF ❤️
Thank you for your leadership! May you enjoy your season of rest in the Lord until He calls you into a new field of service.
Great Blessings to U & waiting on the Lord is always the best thing we can do
Dear Susie,
Thank You God for your servant-leadership. I’m so blessed and inspired by your insightful sharings
and teachings. Your “Being Available to Christ” blog is so encouraging and reminding. Pray that God’s leading, presence, and protection are with you and your family.
What a blessing and also a reminder for me…in a season where this word was so timely..its like you were sent to speak your farewell words to awake my current situation ..I will be still and be available to God.
I am blessed to have joined BSF in your tenure (2 years ago) together with my children aged 11 and 9.
God bless you as He opens gates (not doors) for the blessings ahead.
Thank you, Susie, for your love, guidance, and encouragement. Under your Spirit-filled leadership and my local BSF community I have learned and grown more in BSF over the past 7 years than any other time in my life. I’m an older woman, but I learned God is always teaching me when I stay in His Word, and leading me when I feel His guidance Spirit to Spirit. I aim to stay in BSF until I go to Jesus because I have so much more to learn and apply. I’m a “retired” CL and I wish you a very blessed retirement.
Thank you so much for your service to our Lord. I am grateful to you and BSF for allowing us to continue coming together through zoom. During this difficult season you have encouraged us to remain steadfast and available to God’s call. May God Bless you in your next adventure.
Thank you, Susie, for being a great inspiration to us all here in Twin Falls, Idaho…you are appreciated
God bless you. Thank you for your service. It truly is and was a blessing to have you as a Christian Director. I pray that God will continue to use you to him Glory. You will truly be missed. God bless you .
Susie, May The Good Lord Who Has brought Us this far through You, Continue to Bless You with HIS Wisdom & Bless All Your Family & Reward You in All Your Endeavours ,to The Glory of HIS Name.Thank You So Much for Your Time in Service to BSF.
Thank you for your service to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through your committed effort to lead BSF as the Executive Director. May God richly bless this next part of your life’s journey.
Thank you Susie for your willingness to give your time to al of us BSF members. Blessings to you in whatever God leads you. Again thanks.
Thank you for all that you have done for us at BSF!
Dear Susie, I LOVE BSF and am so grateful for all that you and all those before you have done. Thank you for being willing to be spent for Jesus’ sake. I am one who has benefited from your efforts and sacrifice. May He bless you richly in the days ahead and may He receive all the Glory for He alone is worthy. Thank you again. Love in Christ, Bev
Thank you, Susie, for being available to BSF Hdqtrs and our classes these past 12 years. BSF came to my town in 1965, when I was a new Christian, a young wife and mother struggling to earn God’s love. What a joy to find out through BSF and the study of His Word, I didn’t have to earn it, He gives it freely.
There’s been many changes in my life and my role in BSF over these many years, but God and His Word never changed. Now in my 80’s I still see God changing me (when I’m willing :-). May my prayer always be “available and simply to be used today”.
Susie, may God bless your tomorrows in a special way.
Hi Susie, Blessed day to you.
Thanks GOD for being a blessing to us.
May the LORD bless you and keep you. The LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Will miss you. GOD bless you.
Susie, I’m so thankful to have been under your leadership and shared a meal with you while attending HQ for TL training. I’m praying God continues to use you during this next season of life.
To dear Susie
I am deeply grateful for Your 12 years of committed service and leadership. Your hard work made big difference through the years! BSF program has been teaching vast number of Jesus believers and equipped us better for making Influential work to the world!
Your thoughts of “Being Available to Christ.” and “Regardless of our age or life-season, God calls us to be available to listen and respond to His direction.” Are very remindful!
Thank you very much for your thought, heart and services in the past years. And best wishes to you after you retired from you current position in BSF
From Xiaoling
Thank you Susie! What a blessing you’ve been to me through your faithful, humble leadership. I was grateful to hear you speak at the Baltimore Summit a few years ago; your Colossians message inspired me to share with the youth group we were involved with at the time. Praise God for His work through your service.
Thank you Susie for the love you have shown through your leadership. May God continue to order your steps as you continue to serve Him.
God bless you.
For the last decade-plus serving with you Susie, I have felt a personal closeness. The realization is that this relationship is with you but also beyond you and your great leadership. It is the relationship that we share together with the Lord, Christ Jesus. This is an eternal bond that will be treasured and enjoyed for eternity.
I pray for you, Roger and your family that you will continue to be blessed,
John
God has used you powerfully and will continue to use you.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your faithful BSF leadership and all of your years of service to the Lord.
I have been in BSF since the eighties, called to adult leadership in 1999/2000 and now serve as a CL from 2014-present. I want to thank you for leading the changes in BSF to allow for more progressive growth without compromising the Word of God one bit. Under your leadership more BSF studies (like Isaiah and Revelation) have opened up to expand our learning and sharing of the gospel as well as getting BSF in to more countries around the globe. Opening the classes to nursing mothers and infants has been great, too!
I am excited to see what God will do next! May He richly bless you as you continue to serve Him. And may you one day hear Him say, “Well done my faithful servant!”
Big thank you! I am sure you will be missed. Blessings for the future x
Thank you for your service, for the Lord! God guide you and direct you every step of the way.
Shalin Salins
Thank you for allowing yourself “simply to be used”
Making yourself available for Christ in some other ways from now on.
I pray for you and your family.
I am forever grateful, that – even so late in my life- a mother of a classmate of my grandson told me of BSF and invited me to join.
I joined and never left.
Thanks for your lessons, notes and questions, which helped me draw nearer to God and learn about his love, mercy and grace.
But most of all to learn to trust Him.
Hildegard Kullmann
Dear Suzie, Thank you for serving the Lord through BSF and continuing to pray for us. BSF has brought me closer to the Lord and helped me better serve at our church. You have been a blessing to us. Shirley Johnson, Phoenix Children’s Leader
Praise God for faithful servants!! May God continue to bless you with new pastures and expand your boundaries after your retirement from BSF. His good work will continue, may all His children be sensitive to His calling.
Dear Susie, Thank you for your service to this community. I know what its like to silence my activity and wait for God for direction. I wish you well. I know wherever God has in store for you next, it will be grand. You have helped to provide a space to empower women to trust themselves to pursue the knowledge and Spirit of Christ. For that, though I don’t know you personally, I am grateful.
It’s been since May that I am out of touch with my BSF women’s group after our last study, Genesis. This was a powerful study for me. Over 10 months, Sept-May, I religiously (PUN) opened my Bible, read the text and sometimes struggled with answering the questions. Since my first exposure to BSF, I battled with fitting into the group of remarkably successful, intelligent women all of whom had greater knowledge of the Bible and of God than I. But as I hung in there and stuck it out, I began to observe that indeed I did fit into a program designed by women being used by God to unite us all in the love of Christ. I am so grateful to be a part of this group. Though I have been off the mainland all summer, it is my hope to join the study of Matthew this Fall with the same group. If not, perhaps you can hook me up with English speaking women in Puerto Rico where I am staying through the end of September. All in all my message is I will be returning wherever God wants to use me. At this time in my relationship with Christ, I am seeking to develop a more committed relationship in serving Him. Thanks again for being a respectful leader and helping us to keep our eyes set on Christ.
Dear Susie, thank you for all you have done for me and so many others at
BSF. May God bless you mightily in the years ahead!
Thank you Susie for your commitment and dedication to serving as Director for 12 years. Your gave us so much insight and perspective in sharing God’s Word. You are a faithful servant and shall be rewarded plentifully in eternal life. Until then, may God bless your retirement.
Hello Susie
Your dedication with BSF has been everything this position needed. I am very new but what I have read you shown true leadership and have been a great example. I know you will be truly missed in this role. I don’t know what’s next but I know God will definitely use you wherever you land. Take care and be safe. God Bless
Thank you, Susie, for your leadership. You always have an enthusiastically fresh word from the Lord. And this latest blog is no exception-inspiring me on to be available as I care for my aging mom, begin the Matthew study, and seek ways to live for Jesus! I’m sure you’ll be inspiring others in your retirement. Blessings to you!
Thank you Susie for everything. I praise and thank God for you. May Christ bless you in this time of transition, and speak clearly as to what He wants you to be available for.
You are a God’s blessing to us here in the Philippines. Your life changed our way of serving God through BSF. Thank you for journeying with us Susie! God bless your new chapter in life.
I am supposed to hv bsf on wednesday at 9 pm Singapore time with sherri bell.
However i hv yet to hear from her.
Kindly contact me for updates.
“For the fame of Jesus Christ in the nations…”
What a purpose!
Thanks for the years of service and dedication to The Lord’s work, Susie.
Ebenezer
Lagos, Nigeria.
Susie, thank you so much for your commitment to BSF and to each person involved. Your words of encouragement and revealing The Light through your words, actions, and time are very much appreciated. May God continue to bless you and your family.
Thank you so much Susie for your faithfulness and leadership in BSF. I am grateful for all the positive changes you brought us through.
May the Lord bless you as you transition into a new season in your life and service to our God and King.
Susan, words can’t express how God used you to bless me. He gives you wisdom and discernment. I will miss your articles , blogs and speeches. I’m confident God will bless you in whatever the next chapter of your life holds. Thank you for all you did for BSF. And your faithful service for our Lord.
Marianne – BSF A.L. Escondido , Ca.
As a recent widow, I find your blog particularly timely. Thank you for reinforcing what I needed to hear.
God bless your new adventures!
I am sure that God will guide you in your determination to continue to be available for His Service.
Thank you for sharing your calm spirit, wisdom, and guidance that God blessed you with. I will miss you, and I know all of us are better people because of your service in Christ’s Name.
Because I was working, I didn’t join BSF until Revelations and boy was that a challenge. But I loved it and learned a lot and am still learning. Thank you for all the forward changes your have made, no longer to wear a dress requirement, being able to hear BSF on-line, etc. Getting BSF on-line has allowed so many others to have access to the program. Thank you for all you have done and may God continue to use you.
Thank you for your solid service and focus on glorifying the Lord! I trust He will continue to guide and use you. Peace to you.
Thank you Susie for setting the standard high for those who serve along side you. Your dedication and faithfulness to BSF is inspirational! May God bless all He finds for you to do.
Susie, seems to me your change in formal responsibilities with BSF have simply been adjusted to an informal life style. You have always said to the Lord, Here I Am (do love that song) and there is no doubt in my mind God will continue to use you for His glory.
You have been an inspiration to me and countless others as we try to live the life Jesus would have us live and I know you will continue to be blessed with the joy of His spirit!
So, a final note of gratitude and a prayer for your continued walk in His path.
Your brother in Christ…
May God continue to bless you and your family as you leave the position of head of the wonderful BSF organization. We feel privileged to have known you.
Thank you for your commitment to keep BSF alive and available to so many of us who look forward to our
studies each week. BSF has changed my life in such a positive way and filled a hole in my soul!
Thank you dear Susie for heartily serving us BSF women throughout the years! I have been so richly blessed by our studies as the questions I answered would slowly lead to a beautiful and intimate encounter with the Lord Himself. Praising God for how He had established your steps, and looking forward to witness how He will use your continued availability to Him! And as for me, your message will echo — Lord, here I am… how would you want to use me today?
Love and gratitude to you always!
Thank you dear Susie for heartily serving us BSF women throughout the years! I have been so richly blessed by our studies as the questions I answered would slowly lead to a beautiful and intimate encounter with the Lord Himself. Praising God for how He had established your steps, and looking forward to witness how He will use your continued availability to Him! And as for me, your message echoes — Lord, here I am… how would you want to use me today?
Love and gratitude to you always!
Dear Susie, you are so precious in God’s eyes. And although I am sad to see you go, I am also overjoyed that God has used you so graciously to glorify His works through BSF as the Executive Director. When I first heard you speak, a calming and warm spirit came over me and I knew immediately you were chosen by God for a time such as this….a true obedient woman of the Lord. May God continue to use you in mighty ways that is worthy of the calling He has for you. May the Spirit of the Lord effectively guide and lead you in your next amazing journey of faithful service for the Lord. All My Grateful Love, Appreciation and Prayers!!!!
The leadership provided is evident by the growth BSF has achieved during Susie’s tenure.
I join others in thanking Susie for her hard work and dedication to God through BSF, bringing many closer to the Word and enabling a greater reflection and understanding of God’s deeds and intentions. Wishing her God’s blessings as she continues in her journey.
Hi Susie, well done good and faithful servant. Thank you and appreciate it a lot for everything you have done for us. May God bless you and your family abundantly 🙏 ❤
Susie! Thank You so much for Your Commitment & Leadership through CHRIST JESUS! I appreciate Your Prayers, concerns and dedication by seeking GOD’s Face for Answers through Your Conversation & Concerns for Our Assignments of each Lesson. May GOD Continue to Pour HIS SPIRIT & The Anointed Oil of Joy Over Your Life in JESUS NAME!
Dear Susie,
Thanks for your selfless service and commitment to the work of the Lord. I personally enjoyed your leadership for the years that I have been a member of BSF. especially, your direct encouraging emails to me. Though I miss you as BSF Executive Director, I know you will continue to be steadfast in your commitment to the Lord’s work as His calling may be. May the Lord continue to bless you to be a blessing.
Love.
Lucy!
Dear Susie Rowan,
Thank you for your Wonderful Service to the Lord Jesus Christ and to US. May God Bless your Retirement Life with him and also with your family members.
Thank you once again from the bottom of my heart.
Richard.W/ GL
i have grown deeper with my relationship to CHRIST because of bsf…i cannot live my life without bsf…the impact you have done to us is tremendous…thank you is not enough to utter…you have been a blessing and will always be a blessing to still more…GOD bless you mightily ms.suzie…
I also retired recently into a season of quiet and waiting. It has been a lonely season, especially with the isolation resulting from this COVID virus. I did not anticipate missing the daily struggles of a full time job. But I know God is in control. My BSF study, leaders meetings, fellowship with my brother and sisters on Christ has been the anchor.
Many from our BSF class attended the Retreat in Baltimore, February 2018. I was deeply moved by the cross cultural community ( and just for my region) and the poignant teaching by you and the leadership of BSF. I will always cherish those memories and the confirmation that I am serving the Lord Jesus Christ in every class meeting by proclaiming His Word.
Thank you very much!
Thank you Susie. I am new to BSF. Still I recognize you have touched many lives through your wisdom and love of Christ.
God Bless-
Mary Jean
May God richly bless you as you remain “available to Christ”! Thank you for your commitment and leadership for BSF over the last 12 years.
Thank you Susie for your efficient leadership. Your commitment has enabled many to come to the Lord. I have been with BSF for six years now. And I am ready to be used.
God bless you . You have been a blessing to me
You are thought of for your earnest service rendered for God’s Glory. May our Lord Jesus be with you and the Holy Spirit Lead you as when you were in BSF.
Overflowing with thankfulness and gratitude, we praise the Lord for your commitment and dedication to BSF. “The lives that have been the greatest blessing to others are the lives of those people who themselves were unaware of having been a blessing”. BSF has blessed countless people, including me. Thx so much Susie.
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. Available to Christ.
Although I have only just begun with BSF I have thoroughly enjoyed the summer study and I am very much looking forward to studying Matthew in September.
Thank you for your service. Enjoy your next journey. God Bless You
Whenever I read Susie’s messages I couldn’t help but felt that she is so full of a very special and vibrant energy filled with so much joy in her. Her messages were quite inspiring and spiritually refreshing. I wish her all the best as she retires from BSF. May God bring her to a new height of His love for all her service unto His name and glory. God bless you, Susan.
Thank you for your leadership and commitment to grow BSF in new ways. God’s hand and Spirit is obvious in you. May God lead you in this next journey.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for serving God’s purpose for you in BSF and may the legacy that you leave behind encourage all of us to do God’s will in whatever role that he puts us in. Many thanks for reminding us in your blog that the single, and most important thing, is to “Be Available to Christ”.
May the Lord continue to lead and guide you to impact lives for Him to the praise of His glorious grace.
Thanks Susie, another great example helps to be another great example 👍
I love how God speaks to us! Once again, He has used you and your personal, transparent stories of God’s guidance to lead so many, including me. This VERY morning, my devotion covered Joshua 3:15 — how God waited until the priests’ feet touched the water to clear the path, how God does all the work if we just step out in faith — and then I opened my email to read this encouraging message about being available to God for His mighty purposes. I’m reminded that we paint the future in ways we can’t possibly imagine. The mattress salesman’s words inspired you, and are now being used to spur a whole generation of people he never met to be prepared and ready for use by the amazing, timeless God we all serve. Do you think he envisioned the wave of influence he started with that tiny pebble of obedience? Praise God for multiplying our small efforts to use them for His glory! I pray that we will all find ways to step out in faith today, boldly facing the future by resting in the knowledge that God is always at work. I am certain that God has great opportunities still prepared for you, and I am thankful that retirement doesn’t mean an end to your leadership and usefulness. Thank you for so completely committing to giving God glory through the work of BSF.
God speed. Continue making yourself available in this new season of your life.
Thank you for Godly guidance and direction.
I am one the Lord has used through my service in BSF. Thank you for being a clear beacon of His light for us through your service in BSF as well!!
Thank you Susie for making BSF available in Indonesia. Thank you for providing rich resources for us to help us grow and mature in faith through in depth Bible study. May God bless you and reward your hard work all these years and years to come wherever you keep serving His people
Thank you Susie for all you’ve done for BSF and all the work you do for God it has not gone unnoticed I can guarantee you that. Enjoy your retirement and God bless you and all that you do Susie thank you again !! Love your sister in Christ Linda
Susie, I want to share my gratitude for your service all these years. Thank you so much! I started BSF, I believe in the Spring of 1981. BSF grounded me in the word of God. I’ve always been so grateful for BSF. Thank you for guiding this ministry.
Father, bless Susie as she transitions to whatever is next on your agenda for her life. Thank you for her faithfulness, service, sacrifice and time. She is, YTCO (yours to count on). Amen
I don’t think you will ever realize, this side of heaven, how fruitful as a servant of God your leadership in BSF has been. There are others who can assume your responsibilities but they can’t replace you. You’ll be missed but not forgotten.
Also, I don’t think servants ever retire they just find other areas of service.
May God bless you in your retirement abundantly,
Fred Barber
Thank you for all you have done during your service to our Lord and BSF. Be refreshed as you listen for His next bidding.
What a blessing this blog was to me today. Thanks and God bless you.
Thank you for your past service to the Lord through BSF.
It was truly s great pleasure to serve under your watch. We we’re physically from different continents but felt very close and felt the warmth of your motherly guidance
Thank you Susie for the years you have inspired me, what it looks like to be the hands and feet of Jesus through BSF, your blogs your messages!
May God bless you in whatever His future is for you.
Thank you for your service toBSF. Live long and prosper.
Thank you for inspiring us to be available to Jesus. God has used you tremendously in preaching the gospel, and will continuously use you for His fame.
Susie
Thank you for your 12 years of service to BSF. May God bless you abundantly in your next chapter.
Blessings,
Jill Harrison
South Tampa day women’s group
Being available to Christ
Dear Susie,
You have been a blessing too many as you have faithfully served Jesus and his people through BSF.
May God richly reward and bless you in this next season of your life.
Thank you,
Robin
During Susie’s tenure, I joined a Knoxville, TN BSF group for the first time. I had not yet devoted my life to Christ, but on an accidental lunch with someone I had just met, was invited to attend a meeting that evening. I did love history, so went with is woman. I was amazed at the things I learned, and the personal reaction in my heart. Three months later, in BSF, I devoted myself to Christ Jesus at age 57!!! I have been a BSF member, as well as a group leader, ever since. It has enhanced my walk with our Lord and Savior, and I am forever grateful.
Have a blessed retirement and thank you for your service to our Lord !!
Be available,a beautiful statement and one I want to use to serve.
In Christ
We thank Almighty God for appointing you to lead us, pray for us as we struggled and at times failed to follow the lessons or for being absent. As you step aside we wish you and your family peace, love and God’s grace in your future endeavors. Thank you and may God protect you. BSF has changed my behaviour and the way I treat others. Now I read the Bible for understanding and reflection unlike before when I read favourable verses.
Sometimes a sad step when you have felt God guiding you in this direction and the joy it brings to be doing Gods will. Doors will open and a peace will settle in as you say goodbye to a job so fulfilling and well done
Thank you for all your service and commitment in furthering the message of Christ our savior. Be blessed in your Retirment ✝️💜
GOD BLESS YOU…….. CLARK SPIKS MISION TEXAS
I thank God for Susie’s dedication to the ministry of BSF and her personal commitment to be available always for the extension of His kingdom is a special inspiration for me to surrender my life to be available to be used.
This is my 10th year in BSF and my life transformed by the study and I am continue to grow in every aspect of my life….Thank-you BSF.
Thank you for your faithful service and allowing God to work through you. You have been a blessing
Dear Mrs. Rowan,
God is Good and I see His goodness in my life. I was living my own happy life (family and personal goal…climbing the ladder of worldly success). I had no reason to seek Him because my life was great from a worldly perspective, not from heavenly perspective. God has His timing for bringing His children back into a relationship with Him in Christ and that was what He did with me. God allow something important in my life to be taken away ( my older sister died on 6-28-2007 whom I claimed to be my rock) I know now that Jesus is the Rock on which I am to build my life on. God will remove any obstacle in a person’s life that keeps him/her from seeking Him. I understand that God allow evil to bring His glory and for His good purpose for our own good.
Thanks to God while I was in my own misery He led me to BSF. I had never heard of BSF and never read the Holy Bible ( my grandmother was a Christian from China and her dad was a missionary in China…little details I didn’t know until after she passed away and I asked) I know my grandmother pray always for her family. I only remember my grandmother reading her Bible and pray a lot. God knows I needed His Word. I know that you already know Jesus is the ultimate Counselor. Jesus is our Counselor and Savior from sin. I never considered myself to be a sinner because I was taught to be good by my mother so I know to obey human laws. I have always been a good student, never cause problems, and model citizen.
I am grateful that God used you is a mighty way for the purpose of His Glory. My heart is in alignment with His Word and nothing will change my mind that there is a Creator and He has the best for His children.
I normally don’t share comments but I just want to acknowledge your faithful leadership. Glory to God
Lisa
I remember your return from Israel just after you became our new leader. You were so filled with the wonder of God’s Holy Land and very ready to take on BSF’s leadership. We have truly advanced and without the do or die last year push to learn to zoom I may have never reached up to take hold of the challenge. I praise God for your dedication and your tenacity to keep us going. To God Be the Glory.
What a wonderful blog to close out your time at BSF. It inspires me at a time of transition in my life. Too often I have focused on the Question “What should I do now”, rather than “What does God want me to do now” . It seems obvious , but too often I have probably missed a glorious opportunity to serve Jesus.
Norma Teeter
Hi Susie and welcome to the retirement arena. BSF lit a spark in my soul that was flickering. The studies of the OT helped me realize that God uses imperfection to glorify Him.
Thank you for dedication and incredible research to provide great studies that light the soul.
God bless you as you navigate your season and I will pray for you and Hollie.
Thank you for serving diligently and faithfully for the cause of Christ in BSF. May God bless you abundantly as you make yourself available to God in this next season.
Thank you Susie for your time, commitment, and service to BSF. Praying you will remain “avaikable” for whatever God has planned for this next stage of your walk with Him.
Thank you for all you’ve done for BSF! Enjoy your retirement ❤️❤️
Dear Susie, Thank you for everything that you have done for BSF. I began BSF in 2014 upon the urging of a friend who was dying of a cancer. It was because of him and BSF and the sweet ladies that I met through the years of participating in the studies that I came to have a relationship with Christ. What you and the BSF staff do is truly amazing. I wish you the best on your retirement and pray that God blesses you and your family.
Best wishes,
Anita
thank you susie for your committment n availlability to serve God the best
n seeing the class grow globally laying such acondusive environment for studying Gods words
As you retire mat
y the Lord keep bless you Aburdantly
Thank you, how wonderful your teaching, encourage words show goodness and greatest God of the universe that makes me know so much how to serve in many ways
My prayer every day is Lord please use me to build your Kingdom. Joining BSF is an answer to that prayer . Your blog Susie has inspired me so much. May the Lord richly bless you.
Dear Susie,
Thank you so much .
Wow ! BSF started in 1959 and is still going abundantly strong !
I can only imagine what it was like to commit and serve these past years ! Such a blessing !John 10:10 .
I know our HOLY GOD has blessed your faithful service with BSF. I thank you and pray HE always surrounds you with the desire to service and that you always walk in HIS LIGHT.
Bless you,
Pat Corbett
Thank you Susie for all the years, times , serves the Lord thru BSF.
Happy Blessed Retirement.
I learn a lot thru BSF. And I love BSF, all the Staff, all the Teachers, all the Women who study bible there.
Thanks again Susie. May God blesses you and all your family abundantly.🙏🙏🌹🌹❤️❤️
I don’t know Susie personally, however I thank God for all she has done for so many people. May you continue to keep the faith and stay open to hear God in these perilous days.
Susie, thank you for such a thoughtful and poignant reminder to me to be available to our Lord. Thank you for your steadfast service and leadership to BSF and the people we serve!
GOD has been a part of my whole life. BSF has been a ” GOD send ” and has opened my life to many things I did not comprehend. How AWESOME, UNSTOPPABLE is our gracious, loveable GOD !!!
May our God bless you and your family during the future service to HIM !
We appreciate your love and dedication to BSF. PRAYING for a wonderful retirement for you. I’m sure God has new plans for you.
Thank you for your Godly service and for making BSF such a Christ-ward ministry.
Thank you for your service to this vital ministry.
I love BSF. I will begin my 9th year in BSF and I am looking forward to studying Matthew.
There would be no BSF without leaders such as you. I am grateful.
God bless you! Thanks again.💜
May God forever bless and keep you is my prayer.
God bless you Susie! May the Good Lord guide the next season of your availability to His service!
Hi, Susie Rowan, Blessings, I am from Puerto Rico and it is the first time I have had the opportunity to read a message from you. I am currently participating in a Spanish BSF group that has inspired my life in a significant way as it arises after I lost my job. When I read the title of your message, I quickly knew that God was speaking to me. Thank you for sharing your experience with us and for allowing God to be an inspiration to others. My greatest desire is to always be available to work for God and I know that great things are being prepared for me. Thank you again, your words are very encouraging and I know they will remain in my heart. May God continue to bless your life. Blessings from Puerto Rico Sylvia Rivera
Thank you for following God’s direction for your life. Faithfulness and perseverance have been an inspiration for me. I know there is no retirement but a new journey which you will continue to trust and obey the One who has guided and overcome every challenge. May I serve in my journey with the same zeal and faithfulness. May your next step be glorious! 🤗
Thank you for your service to God over these years. You have blessed many, and many you will not know until you reach heavens. God Bless.
Thank you Susie for making yourself available for whatever God has for you. Your years serving as BSF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR have been a blessing to all of us who have served under you. I have been a member, and leader in our class for more than thirty years, and my family has been mightily blessed as a result. My four children and ten grandchildren have all been through BSF, sand two are now serving their classes as STLs. God has shown Himself faithful to us as a result of our desire to know Him more intimately and to study His Word in an in-depth way . To God be the glory, great things He has done!
Praise be to the Lord for your commitments to the calling of Lord. Thank you so much dear sister Susie for inspiring us all. May God’s Grace and blessings be upon you always
Hi Susie
Thanking God for equipping you to serve in Bsf. And may He also guide you as u Retire and serve in other areas.
Thank you, Susie!
Your work has been commendable, may you continue to serve the Lord and work among people to the fullest.
Thank you Susie Rowan for leading us in the BSF ministry. I hear you “Are you available to Christ”
I remembered the day when bro Daniel Tang approached me to step up to be a GL. I had so many good reasons to say no. Although I did not say yes to him immediately, I knew in my heart I have no real reason to say “No”. For what is it that I am going to sacrifice compared to what Jesus did for me? I have since served as GL in the Ampang satelite discussion group, Malaysia. I am much more blessed than ever..
Thank you for your dedication, faithfulness and exemplary leadership in BSF. Wishing you the very best in your retirement. God bless!!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for serving as Executive Director of BSF for so many years. My ex-colleague introduced me to join BSF to study the book of Romans a few years back. I have enjoyed it so much and learnt so much. Since then I have committed to continue in BSF to learn more from God’s word.
May your next phase of life be even richer, blessing even more lives as you free yourself for God’s service…
Being Available to God.
Thank you, God bless you and your family.
Thank you Susie.God bless you abundantly in your next step in your life,
Leela George
Thank you Mrs. Susie Rowen for all your service and prayerful caring. Thank you!!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for the encouragement to be available to Jesus for His service.
During this pandemic season and especially at the beginning, I used WordGo and started a Bible study that has been a great blessing to us. Praise Yahweh!!!
Enjoy your time of rest.
Susie, thank you for the years of serving God as our Executive Director. We delight in the infants and their mothers that are now able to attend class and the school age children that are able to attend DW classes. Your thinking outside the box has given so many the opportunity to study God’s Word. We thank God for you and we wish you the best in your retirement.
Hello Susie. I remember when I first met you in Kuala Lumpur, during a leader’s conference. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
Your positiveness for the future of BSF encouraged me greatly.
And indeed, while u were at the helm of affairs the changes you brought about to admin details for leaders is what helped me most. Your efforts also helped the members stay on in BSF as the past rigid rules were replaced by workable solutions to studying the Bible meaningfully – on the go! Recognising that leaders too have families, was for me the biggest blessing. One no longer had to lose out on family life on account of BSF rules…….
Anyway, Thankyou for all that u have done for BSF……
My sincerest blessings for God’s best ahead in your life to u and your family. Will really miss your dynamic leadership. But, am equally excited about the change 🙏🏼 And the promising future that lies ahead for BSF. God be with u always👋
Susie,
Thank you for being available to God’s calling of serving through BSF. BSF has been a true blessing to me. Growing closer to my Lord and the relationships that I have developed through BSF will be with me to the very end. I have so enjoyed your lectures and your blog, thank you. May God bless you and your family.
Thanks you Susie for your hard-work for Christ. May God bless you in your next journey. Take care.
Dear Susie, we are very grateful to know you with compassion n love leading us for BSF. Feeling that God is closer to everyone hearing His messages; and is alive in our heart.Thanks for praying and completing the material for the members of BSF. I am sure God Bless you Abundantly ….. Imanuel…….JLU….We’ll miss you….
Thank you so much dear Susie for serving the Lord. I truly appreciate your efforts trying to make bsf studies available for everybody around the world. The Lords hand has always been with you and see his presence with you. He lead you all through the years and how well in advance he prepared you to take a step of online bsf classes, amazing guidance from the Lord. Thank you so much.
Well done! Blessed Happy retirement! Keep yr newsletter coming !
Thank you, Susie, for your service. BSF has literally changed my life. I have grown so much spiritually from your service. I pray for the Lord’s leading in the next chapter of your life.
Being available for Christ.
Thank you Susie Rowan’s for time of dedicated service to BSF all these years. “All for His Glory”.
God bless and be with you.
Thank-you Susie for your Zeal, joy and your responsive teaching in Christ. I know your retirement will not look like retirement at all, but availability to our Lord,even in this season of rest, your eager. Enjoy your remaining years here as we look forward to reuniting at the feet of Jesus.
Susie Rowan
BSF Executive Director
Susie Rowan
BSF Executive Director
I thank God and I thank The BSF Executive Director Susie Rowan for all the good works she has done for BSF Madagascar. Despite all the difficulties and especially the Covid 19 pandemic , we were able to receive the lessons on Genesis , through this internet platform. The lessons have encouraged and allowed the growth in faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of many Malagasy BSFer.
May God continue to bless you.
Nirina
Member of BSF Antananarivo
Thank you so much Susie for helping me stay focus on God. Being part of this journey since 2005 has helped me to spiritually mature in Jesus Christ. Where would I be if the Lord was not on my side.? God guides us in and leads us out to move forward in Jesus Christ. Amen!!
Susie thank you so much for your service/ministry as the Executive Director of BSF. You have been a blessing to all of us. God has mightily used you and will continue to us you.
Susie,
Thank you for serving our Savior through BSF all these years! There was nothing simple as you made your self available, but your availability unleashed the ability and power of God to work through you to reach, teach and grow believers for Eternity. I came to BSF to encourage a friend in her walk and stayed because I saw a glimpse of Heaven in the diverse and loving group that just wanted more of Jesus. Thank you so much for all your hard work and sacrifices to encourage all who knock and seek!
BSF has keep me on track in my Bible study and walk with my Savior. Thank you for your leadership of BSF. May God grant you many more years of being “available to Christ”.
GOD BLESS!
Betty Harrell
Second -go-round BSFr
Wonderful service, may God bless you all through your life..
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your faithful service. I have benefitted a lot and gained new insights from the Bible.
I also find that BSF online is so useful and timely just before the covid pandemic sets in and many more could access to BSF anywhere anytime.
God bless you richly and as you continue to touch lives for his Kingdom. Indeed we are the miracles waiting to happen as we make ourselves available for his caring ministry.
*雖我不認識您，也從這EMAIL文章，了解您為主所擺上的，現今退休了。但，看到神給您的賜福和事奉，卻又是另一個豐盛的開始。謝謝主，讓您把BSF拓展至今，更加美善。
Thank you for the years of dedication to BSF. I have grown so much in faith to Jesus Christ, our LORD and Savior through under your leadership. Also in behalf of my families and friends that have joined our class and learned so much too, we say “Thank you and God blessed you.”
Luke 10:2 NLV These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.
I recently lost a warrior for the Lord and when I miss him, I picture Jesus with His arms open, saying “Welcome home great and faithful servant”. Our rewards on earth come occasionally, but the greatest one comes when we are wrapped in His arms forever.
Thank you Susie for all you have done to serve the Lord. Your commitment to BFS has truly created a harvest. As you step into your next journey, I Pray for prosperity, joy and peace in His glorious name, Amen
Thank you, Susie, for your dedication in serving Christ through BSF. God bless
you where the Lord leads.
Thank you, Susie for exemplifying “being available to Christ.” God has used BSF to further His Kingdom work. What a wonderful blessing it has been to be a part of BSF. Thank you for your commitment to Christ through the BSF platform. Blessings to you and your family for the future.
In gratitude,
Carol Boles
Burleson, TX
Susie, thank you very much for transforming BSF into what it is today! To God be all the glory!
Praise the Lord for your obedience and the lives that you have impacted. God bless your retirement years!!!!
Susie, thank you for your Christ like leadership over your many years of service in BSF. For your steadfast pursuit of the ministry’s mission to mature and equip. May God continue to bless your work where He leads you next♥
Congratulations on your retirement. Thank you for your great service.
When I retired from a life long career of teaching six years ago, I asked God “Now what?” And I was immediately called in to BSF leaders and now I think my teaching career was to prepare me for this! . God has a perfect plan! God Bless you Susie in your new ventures! You guided us so well & you are truly an inspiration!
Availability is what God showed me years ago as well. If there is someone else who can do a job it may not be for me to do. God has a unique niche for each of his servant children. I try to fulfill that spot. To God be the glory!
Susie, Thank you for your commitment to all of us in BSF to spread the word and help each of us mature and gain the knowledge in Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. You have given of yourself in these last many years and I just want you to know how much I appreciate it. I’ve only been in BSF a few years but have found it a haven and so much knowledge about the Bible, our Lord God and Jesus Christ.
Susie, thank you for your service to our Lord in spreading the Gospel to all nations.
God bless you for your labour. Hope you enjoy grace in this new season and direction in time for the next in Jesus Name
Thank you Susie for all your hard work and years of dedication. Blessings to you and you explore this new chapter in your life.
Susie
There are so many blessed comments here for you so there is nothing new to add.
Allow me to say THANK YOU to God for you and thank you for being available and
willingly being poured out in His service.
Susie,
Thank you for your awesome dedication to God and us; as He opens new opportunities to serve Him.
Yes you are retiring, but not really. You are just stepping into another season of service for your Heavenly Father.
May God continue to bless your walk with Him,
Walking with God kicking rocks as we go,
David Ripley
Cody Wyoming
Thank you for your faithful service to BSF. May God continue to order your steps as you transition to your next assignment. Be blessed! 🙏
Susie, thank you for your many years of service to our Savior. Your comments of retirement time are helpful as I am now entering my second fall after retiring from teaching . Entering BSF leadership has been a great privilege finally after many years being at work the timing of morning leader meetings just didn’t work. Now with Zoom opportunities so many have been able to return and some join for the first time. It thrills my heart to see so many being invited that never would have come before to a building or a group, and they are reading the Bible for the first time for themselves and including their husbands in their enthusiasm. God has used this time to bring us out of the shadows to serve an even greater crowd who needs Hope! Happy retirement! Thank you!
Thank you thank you thank you. When I read your emails, I feel like you are really talking to me in a personalized manner. I pray that God bless you and your family in a special way and may he richly reward you for your service to Him..
Susie, Thank you for your outstanding work as Executive Director! I have enjoyed your blog and encouragement as I serve as Group
Leader in the Longview Day Woman’s class. I was invited to BSF during the Revelation study. I had never before been in a bible study
that went on for 8 months. I wasn’t sure I could do it, but Praise God, I’m am so glad I said yes to my friend and YES to God!
Thank you for your service, your prayers, your faith and your encouragement! I pray that you will enjoy the new journey that God will
reveal to you. I pray for your family. Thank you for “ask simply to be used” and the reminder to “be available to Christ”. I look forward to getting to know the Unexpected King up close and personal!
God bless you Susie in your retirement! I will pray for you as well as our new director!
Thank you Susan for serving BSF the past 12 years. Trusting God’s best timing for you.
BSF has been helping me in my spiritual life since 1996 (7+ years). I thank God for the team that allowed me back to study Revelation and continued in CBSF from John, Romans, People of the Promised Land I, Acts, Genesis, and Matthew. God is good. God is love. I pray that God will always keep you with joy, peace and love always.
Amazing testimony dear….just a simple sentence ..such a huge impact. Thanking God for your life n commitment towards His coming kingdom. May you find your next calling as you with upon Him meanwhile taking time to just ‘be available’
Am blessed to be part of BSF n thanking God for His grace upon us all
I am so blessed to be a part of BSF and have throughly enjoyed each year. I have so much love for my leaders, classmates and Our Lord and Savior would gives me the opportunity to study God’s Word.
Thank you Susie for your service. BSF has enriched my life and my walk with God. In this time of great change I have found strength and wisdom through the study of God words. I have met others online and felt safe sharing life experiences. May God bless you on your new journey as you have helped us. Thank you 🙏
Dear Susie, we thank God for your life and we thank you for being available for Christ. I have been in BSF for nearly 20 years and I have witnessed at first hand all the positive changes under your leadership. Now I’m able to share and discuss the bible study with friends and family in different corners of the earth. BSF prepared me to serve in my local church, something I could never have done on my own. I served as CA of my class for twelve years and God called me to serve my church as Services Secretary. Indeed we serve a Faithful God. May Almighty God keep you and your family. We wish you well in the years ahead.
Thank you Susie for all the encouragement you have given me through God’s wonderful words. It will be a wonderful day when I get to see you again when we are in Heaven walking with Jesus. Thanks again, Jennifer 😃
Thank God for your availability, commitment and faithfulness. Am so encouraged by your dedication and could see the glory of my King in you.
Susie,
Thank you for your wonderful years of service to BSF.
BSF has been such an amazing contribution to my walk with Jesus. Keeps me instep each day!
Enjoy your retirement and God Bless you in all that is ahead for you!
Thank you Susie for your efforts on BSF, as a Christ follower, BSF let me know more about God’s word and how to live a meaningful life which like by our LORD God Father.
Thank you for your faithful service and dedication to BSF. As you transition to this new season, I know God will continue to use you, just in a different way. Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.
I have only been a part of BSF for one year. How thankful I am to now be a part and for your leadership that has influenced so many. I know God will bless you richly in this new season of availability.
Congratulations & enjoy your time ! Thank you for all you’ve done for BSF ! I know you’re future will be spirit filled as you continue your walk with Christ
God Bless
My wife and I praise God for your devoted service to Him, His Word and the BSF ministry. We have been blessed by joining BSF classes at different places separately in our courtship to getting married and to have 2 kids (5.5 yrs old, 18 months). God has been speaking to us through the BSF studies of His Word. May God continue to show how He wants you to be available for Him in the next chapter of your life. Thank you Susie!!
Gracious and Merciful Father we thank you for woman of God Susie Rowan for making us grow in the knowledge of the word that we might be able to mature and be complete and also witness to others.
Heavenly Father, with your wisdom and knowledge show favour, Grace and guidance upon her life and the family.
This we ask in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen and Amen.
You have been a God given gift to all Susie. My prayer for you is the Lord Blesses you and your family.
Wow 12 years is wonderful and your efforts to make God’s Word present in each of the Bible Study books as well as being around when new books like Isaiah and Revelation became part of BSF list of study. I love BSF and have learned so much in the study. Rosie I pray God’s blessings on you and family through out your new journey in life.
Heavenly Father, help me to nurture the seed of the Kingdom of God that you have planted in my heart. Amen 🙏
Thank you so much for your service to our precious Lord. Learning the Word of God is so important for our walk with Him. Please accept my thanks. I am getting older and the new zoom classes will be a blessing. So many more people will be able to participate. Sending love, Joan
Because of people like you my life has changed. I am more in love with Christ than I ever have been before. BSF was the facilitator who lead mead to Christ’s great love. Your service for him has not been in vain Thank you so much for your skills in service to Him to create excellence for learning and growing in Christ. What a Mighty God we serve and you are apart of his kingdom Being a most excellence Ambassador. Well done good and faithful servant. Thanks from the bottom of my heart. Renee Covell
Thank you Susan for your dedicated service. BSF really drew me much closer to our Lord, Jesus Christ. I’ll pray to the Lord to use me for his great purpose on earth.
Thank you for all the heart and soul you have put into BSF. To God be the glory!
Congratulations and best wishes and blessings on your upcoming retirement. Well done! Thank you!
Hi Susie:
I want to thank you for your faithful service to the Lord for the past twelve years as BSF Executive Director.
I was a fairly new Christian when one night I was listening to Charles Stanley on the radio, which is how I studied the Bible. He stated that I could listen to him as long as I lived and never grow in my faith as a Christian. Based on what he said I asked the Lord to help me to study his Word. A few weeks later someone had put an announcement in our church bulletin that a BSF class was starting at a church that was about 15 miles from where I lived. So I attended the class that Monday evening. When I heard the lecture tears came to my eyes. I new that this was God’s answer to my prayer. Toward the end of my second year the mention of serving the Lord came up in one of the the lectures. So I asked the Lord to show me where He wanted me to serve Him. A short time later my discussion leader ask me if I wanted to serve in leadership. And of course I said yes knowing that this was God’s answer to my prayer.
I’ve been in BSF for twenty five years now. I have been serving as the Assistant Children’s Supervisor for the past twenty three years. Looking back over these many years some of my fondness memories relate to the BSF retreats. It was a really special time being with so many of my brothers and sisters in Christ. Your lectures were wonderful. I really miss the retreats.
May God bless you and all that you will do for Him in the future.
Hi Susie Rowen, Tgank you for your commitment and dedication to the BSF MINISTRY.
Truly Thank you for all your years of service in Jesus Name.
Susie, best wishes as you move on from the leadership of BSF to the next chapter of your life in His service. We have benefitted from your leading with excellence and commitment. May you find joy in the smallest as well as largest ways the Lord will use you.
Thank you Susie for this I needed to hear it I was a children’s pastor until covid hit and I may or may not be again once I’m back in that church this has been my passion for many years and I felt sad and wondered if my ministry over but as I wait for God to answer my prayers and give me guidance I will simply say here I am Lord use me and whatever role you need me as for right now he has me helping my elderly family and raising a grandson and I’m available for whatever else he has in store thank you again for this timely word and for your years of service to be a BSF for now I will just continue being a preschool teacher in BSF and wait on God to give me directions further
Yes, Indeed! To God be the Glory
Thank you for your love for God & His people. May God continue to bless you in all areas of your life
Thank you Susie for your commitment and dedication to BSF. May God open doors for you and your family in your retirement. 🙏🏼❤️
Thank you Susan for so many years of dedicated service in BSF. I haven been in BSF over 9yrs. It has truly been a growth process for me. Learning more about God’s word. Meeting and fellowshiping with beautiful women’s that are Believers. Wishes you well on your retirement. May God continue to bless you abundantly.
Thank you Susie for being available for Christ in the past 12 years. God bless you.
Dear Susie
Each time I read what you write or listen to your messages, I am refreshed and energised by your ardor and passion for the Lord and your commitment to BSF! Thank you for leading BSF through these tumultuous times and forging ahead with new initiatives reaching so many more! May God grant you a season of rest and refreshment.
In His Love,
Sylvia
Thank you, Suzie for your leadership. I have been part of BSF in Kerrville for ten years and appreciate this study so much. The growth I have experienced is wonderful and the fellowship with other Christian ladies is great. God bless you as you “retire” and of course you will continue to be useful in kingdom work!
Carol Clark-Yeomans
Thank you Susan for your visionary leadership in putting on-line platforms in place.
I tecall that one of the most significant change was the move to using Zoom Meeting Sessions for our traditionsl BSF in-person face-to-face Sessions. The move took place before the onslaught of the Cov-19 Pandemic resulting in lockdowns & extensive movement control orders.
Our BSF group leaders had trial runs in switching us over to Zoom Meeting Sessions that made us well-prepared and comfortable when the time came for us to meet for our BSF sessions only via Zoom Meeting Sessions.
Thankyou again for your faithful service & guidance to the team.
God Bless You . . .
Thank you for following God in such a faithful roll at BSF. Thank you for leading so well and adapting the studies in these past couple of years to continue to be available and to grow .praying for Gid to continually bless and keep you and your family
Dear Susie
Thank God for your dedicated service, magnifying God & maturing His people through BSF. Personally I have benefitted much in BSF study & I am thankful to God for this wonderful privilege. I am available to Christ as Christ has given up His all for me. Praying always to have Tuesday evenings available for BSF as at times I am required to work on Tuesday evenings.
Once again thank you Susie for your love & prayer.
God bless!
Love
Seow Peng
Susie,
Thank you seems like trite words, but I can’t think of anything else to say to you who have challenged me, grown me, and have caused me to always examine my walk with Jesus. And as you set aside, you have, yet again, your words caused me to consider Romans 12:1-2. God has blessed us with your leadership and I am grateful. I remember at my first Retreat under your leadership you taught from the book of Revelation and that caused me to pray that BSF would one day study the book of Revelation and we did under your leadership. Yes, I will daily ask our Lord, “to simply use me,” and thanks to you I will remember, “be available.” May our Great God continue to use you to shine for Him, spread His Word, and make Himself known throughout this world until we meet again. Much love and thankfulness for your example,
Dear Susie, I think I was in either your first or second TL Orientation. (Missoula, Mt DW) I was so scared and you were so encouraging and gracious. Thank you for the years of mentoring from HQ and leading us through change. It seems the Lord is also turning my time outside BSF but I am so very grateful for the years of training and my front row seat of God working in Montana and online.
Thank you thank you for saying “Yes” ! We have all benefitted!
Becoming a member of BSF has allowed me to meet other people and study the word of God with them. I have not been with BSF long, but have enjoyed the leadership and may God continue to bless you Susie in all you do!
Dear Suzie Thank you for showing us what excellent service looks like.
Thank you for leaving footprints that challenges us to serve and love by allowing the Holy Spirit to work through us.
As you move to your next journey I know we will hear about your impact too. God Bless. 🙏🏾💕💃🏿
“Let all that you do be done in Love”
Dear Susie,
I remember meeting you when you came to our BSF group in Naples, FL. Your godly leadership was an inspiration to all of us ladies.
Thank you for serving as director of BSF and may God bless you as you continue serving HIM in and wherever HE calls you too!
Susie,
Thank you for being available as a leader of BSF through the years!
God bless you on your new path,
Roxy
Though I’ve not gotten the opportunity to interact with Susie on a regular basis.Hv read her editorials which are filled with experiences of the Lord’s hand in her life.Its enriching to listen to her Lively testimony
Dear Susie,
Thank you for leading Indonesian classes from Head Quarter. I saw you for the first time when I was attending the leaders retreat about 10 years ago. You have such a warm personality. At that time Indonesia only had one women class and one men class. Now we have more classes with growing number of members despite our limited ability to understand English. I believe it is because of your prayers and what you have been sharing through magazine/bulletin that encouraged us. I cannot thank God enough for you. Praying that you have a blessed meaningful retirement with your family. PS: When there is no more Covid restriction, please come and visit us in Indonesia. We’d love to fellowship with you and your family.
This is so good susie, thank you so much for your great leadership…may God bless you in your next step of service. May God help me to be available for His service.
Yes, I do.
Thank you Susie Rowan for leadership in BSF . I wish you all the best in whatever assignment God have for you. God bless you and love ones. Take care and stay safe.
We give glory to God for your life and mission. God richly bless you and keeps you, may He continue to guide you!
Susie! All praise and thanks be to our awesome and omniscient God; for He has used BSF in a amazing way to magnify Him, bring the lost to the true saving faith and to mature His children.
I thank God for your obedience and faithful service to Him. I truly am grateful for BSF and your leadership, which I’ve been blessed with for the past six years.
In Jesus Christ’s Name, I pray that our Heavenly Father continues to richly and abundantly bless you and your family, grant you the needed rest, and strengthen you for His Kingdom work which He had prepared for you. Amen!
Susie, how I thank God for your willingness to be available for His service to BSFers!!! I have in my Bible, marked verses from a lecture you gave at a Leaders retreat in Portland years ago. We were studying “Election & Free Will” from John 6: 34-66. You told us to put an “E” in front of the election verses & an “FW” in front of the free will verses, which I did. Every time the subject of free will vs election comes up, I turn to John 6 and repeat what you taught us, thus, passing it along. I also point out that there are 4 Election verses and only 3 Free Will…giving HIM the upper hand. ☺️ I praise God for giving us YOU for 12 years!
Thx so much Susie! We treasured your insight & leadership.
Praise God for such a commited person. She had shown us all God’s glories .
Whenever God will show me, I will pray conscientiously and execute.
Thank you for your service and words to help us grow in Christ. May you be blessed with joy, peace , good health and fulfillment in your coming years.
Thank you Susie for being available to serve God and us as Executive Director of BSF for 12 years. Indeed a long time but that is His time. We pray that God will provide for you to remain available to Christ.
Thank you Susie for your selfless work as you mold and nurtured Bsf leaders to guide and magnify the name of Jesus. I pray the Lord continue to guide you in your retirement years . We know you are not retiring from spreading the Gospel but rather a new direction you are taking. May the Lird bless and keep you may He shine his grace upon you and give you peace now and forever more. Again thank you for your faithful years of service for the Lord at BSF.
Hope Marjorie Miller.
I identify with your friend who retired as a TL. I retired as a TL after serving in that position for 30 years, 10 in Alaska and 20 in Texas. It has been 3 years since retirement and I so agree that taking a season to wait on the LORD has been the best course for me.
May God’s path for you be abundantly clear and that you can embrace time to be with your family and grands. I am so grateful for your ministry through BSF that I have been beneficiary of.
Thank you, Susie. So very much.
Thank you so much for faithful service!!
Thank you so much Susie for serving. May God Bless you in your retirement. I have enjoyed your blogs and this one is such a great one to share with my family and friends.
Glory to the Living God for all He enabled through you Susie and He certainly will fill the gap nicely going into the future. I have been enriched by this blog “Be available ” !! I will be available for His leading and to receive all the grace, strength needed to carry out His purposes.
Thank you so much Susie for your treasured service. You have been and are such a blessing. The Lord will continue to use you and your gifting. Enjoy this season of refreshing!
Dear Susie Rowan,
As you step down from your post as BSF Executive Director, we pray God will bless you with a contend heart, a fruitful spirit, steadfast love & a transformed life, full of wisdom, mercy, humility, understanding, in full measure of Christ, to march toward the target, in your retirement. As your mentioned, we worked in steps with the Holy Spirit to magnify the name of our Lord. With much gratitude & appreciation, May God find you righteous in all you do.
May you continue to stay awake, alert & mindfully engaged in others, loving them & worshipping God! In short, finish well! 🙏⚓️❤️✝️🛐🌈📖🕊
Sorry to see you leave, but I know God will continue to use you. May you and your family be blessed and May you continue to be a blessing to others.
Well done dear Susie, I know what it means to be a leader, you must have sacrificed alot for the kingdom business, may the Lord bless you so much. I know that your labour in the Lord has not been in vain, may the Lord reward you exceedingly, abundantly, far above than you can ask or even imagine in Jesus’ name.
”And God is not unjust, he will not forget your work and love you have shown him as you have helped jis people and continue to help them”. Heb.6:10 NIV
We pray Numbers 6:24-26 over you & your family. Thank you for your service.
Thank you for serving us. Just read an article on being humble and you are truly humble.
Dear Susie, thank you so much for your dedication to BSF and for showing me how to love and serve as Jesus does. I joined BSF during the Isaiah study and along with another BSFer, who joined the same year, the hymn Here I Am Lord means the world to us. I never expected the tremendous blessings God had in store for me through BSF. Serving has been such a privilege. Praying God will gently and tenderly lead you into retirement and the plans he has for you and your family. I will miss you. Love and Blessings always.
Congratulations on your new season of life where God’s exciting, fulfilling and perfect plans await you! You have continued to inspire me with this last blog, and your leadership and wise words from God have taught me and led me well in the past. I wish you His blessings and His JOY as you continue to be His AVAILABLE servant.
Susie I love reading your blogs, They are are so encouraging and address reality
May the Lord lead and guide you in your new season
Susie,
Great words to share. Thanks and thank you for your service to the Lord through BSF.
Susie, Many blessings for your coming days! Good advice from friends. Take time (your first year) to be still and listen to God’s voice. Be available, not overwhelmed. There will be many offers coming your way. Thanks for all you have done for BSF…and now for the next part of your journey.
Susie
May the good Lord honor you for your great work in bsf.indeed bsf has transformed my life.Praying for you and your family
Susie,
There are no adequate words of thanks to offer you for your service in BSF as our director. You have led us with a single goal of glorifying the Lord and being used by Him to go and make disciples. I have been transformed by God’s Word through BSF, and I know many others who have, too. I have seen what a difference walking with the Lord makes in life! I thank you for all the sacrifices you have made and for your example of obedience. I pray that as you move on to retirement, that the Lord will refresh you and bless the new work He will give you. May God richly bless you and your family in the days ahead.
I wish you well in all that you do for God and BSF. I always enjoyed your Comments and Biblical words. I wish you Gods speed in all that you do. Thanks, Chet Hensley
Thank you Susie. I am finding that there is a need for my service in a totally unexpected area. It has brought me to a better understanding of my fellow man and the realization that God never stops directing my path, and I am grateful. Bless you❤️
Thank you for your time and commitment to bsf! We appreciate your many years of service. Penny moss. Wichita ks
Thank you Susie for your love and dedication to our Lord. You are a blessing to so many. You have encouraged me to study and grow closer to Jesus! Blessings to you and yours.
Thank you Susie for being available to serve God through BSF. I have not been in BSF for nearly as long as many others but the changes we have gone through during my time as a leader are amazing! You have led us so well and I really appreciate your efforts! My best wishes to you and your family as you move into a new season of life! Blessings!
I am so grateful to you and the BSF ministry. It has filled that hole in my life in many ways, and God has used it to bring me into a deeper relationship with Him. Thank you 😊
Thank you Susie, for your continued service to God and BSF. The studies are so helpful in opening my eyes to God’s word. I am sure as you remain open to God, he will use you in a significant way or many ways. Enjoy your time with Roger and your family.
Praise God for your leadership for you are a faithful servant having insight and vision transforming BSF . My memory of you was you led the conference in Portland teaching Revelations . When we sang , 3000+ people, I felt like we were in heaven praising God in unison !
Dear Susie, wherever God is taking you, I believe you will glorify His name as you’ve done during your season as BSF Executive Director.
Praying that as you continue being available to Him, He will continue to transform this world through you, one person at a time.
May He keep you safe and close by His side.
Thank you fir your time with us.
Thank you for your service ! Cynthia Poswy
Thank you Susie for the reminder to be available just as Jesus was to all of us. With just a few simple words you have ignited great anticipation for the Matthew study and the year to come with BSF.
Thank you for all you’ve done and committed to this program. May you find joy, peace and God’s continued presence in what comes next.
Thank you Susie, for your dedication to the BSF family praying that God will continue to bless you and your family in the years to come.
Take care we will miss you.
Susie, I just want to say thank you for your leadership and for allowing God to use you. You are loved and appreciated. May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you. God is so good!
I am so thankful for your leadership in BSF for the name and fame of Jeses!! You are truly an inspiration to me!! May God bless you in your future!!
I am thankful for your desire to reach younger adults. I appreciate the work you have done in new studies. I am thanking God for you and your obedience to His call.
Thank you for your service at BSF.
Enjoy your retirement. You will be missed. May our heavenly continue to bless you.🙏
BSF has been a spiritual feast. It has satisfied my hunger to go deeper into God’s Word and apply it more fully to my life! I am so thankful that BSF pivoted during the pandemic and helped us continue studying when everything else stopped. Thank you, Susie, for your faithful encouragement.
Thank you for all your hard work leading BSF through these challenging times. Although I was initially skeptical of all the changes, I will always remember you for updating and bringing life back to BSF. It has been a joy to see so many young moms filling up our class. Thank you for your vision, and may God bless you in the next chapter of life.
I love Jesus he saved me from dieing several times and I know he is always with me.
Thank you, Susan, for the time and love you have given to each one of us, Thank you for your time away from family to our family, We wish you the best. Be sure to write as often as you can 10-4
Dearest Susie, it was my pleasure to have you as BSF Executive Director for more than a decade, serving God in full capacity, as He led you. I had known you & family even before that, as your daughter Sally & mine Jennifer attended the same grade at Paca, in São Paulo. Time flies by..
Now, in the new season of eighties of my life, I’m still available for what God has for me, in His grace and strength. The Lord has been good to me!
I pray God will continue to lead our paths and someday put us together again, if not here, in our eternal home.
May God be with us always, no matter the circumstances, when or where.
In the precious name of our Lord Jesus, I pray!
Thank you for being available to God .
28 years ago I started BSF in Mexico City .During my time there I heard about Susie’s work in the brasil class . I moved to Wichita KS , where we use to pray every leaders meeting for the international classes, our teaching leader , read us letters that made us know in more depth of Susie’s work as we prayed. When Susie became the Executive Director , I was excited for what she was called to do. During my time in indiana, I have seen her leadership . I have move to many places and every where I have been, I have been blessed through her ministry ,
thank you !
Thank you for allowing God to use you through BSF. Thank you for these parting words. Praying He will use you in amazing ways in the days ahead of you. Praying He’ll use all my sisters in Christ at BSF to make a difference for His glory.
Thank you
Thank you so much Susie for serving Christ through BSF you have been a great blessing ! Always enjoyed your leadership , Blessings as you embark on a new season of life.
Thank you for your willingness and sacrifices. Thank you for allowing your gifts to be used by God to reveal Himself to all who study His Word through BSF. God bless you!
Thank you
I thank and give all glory to our Jehovah God for giving Susie Rowan the wisdom and knowledge to oversee millions of BSF followers. Since I joined BSF 3 years ago, I have witnessed changes in my life in following the word of God and actually looking forward for the next Lesson 🙏 May Almighty God continue to bless you with good health and additional of wisdom to share with us as we continue to learn the word of God through BSF. I welcome our new Director and praying for her as she take over from you 🙏 God bless all of us 🙏
Thank you Susie for your commitment to Christ in serving women of BSF
May God continue to bless you as you impact women’s lives for eternity
Florida
Dear Susie, Thank you for making yourself available to God’s Call as the Executive Director of BSF. It was a privilege to sit in your office at the TL orientation and receive your words of wisdom. I was concerned my husband would resent BSF and you admitted that you too had struggled when your husband was serving in BSF. Wow, I thank you for your transparency; it has made a deep impact on how I teach. I am learning to be more and more transparent through Christ our Lord.
BSF has reflected a high standard in changes made these last several years under your leadership. Thank you for trusting God by taking the bold risks to make such changes. Your Kingdom Impact gives God God All the Glory.
Thank you for your leadership.May our God continually bless you.
Dear Susie, thank you for your dedicated service to God through your role at BSF. May you sense His leading in all the future holds. I appreciate the wise counsel to be available and ask to simply be used by God.
We will meet again.
Comfort, grow and transform us – that is truly only the power of God, His Word and Spirit at work! Thank you Suzie for your committed service to us all through B S F. I am now 84, starting B S F study in Burnaby, BC as a new Pastor’s wife, (45), and our fellowship and studies have meant everything to me. I love your closing greetings Suzie “for the fame of Jesus Christ in the nations.” Sincerely, Ann Norford, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
thank you Suse for your leadership and service. BSF has been a life hanging experinse. thank you
BSF has been a blessing in my life – the women I have met and shared with, the incite into scripture through the lessons and notes and lectures. The Holy Spirits definitely guides those who put this together. Thank you Susie for your leadership.
The Lord has used you mightily! You’ve been a blessing to me and countless others. I know he’s not finished with you and your servant’s heart. Well done, good and faithful servant!
““ ‘ “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” ’”
Numbers 6:24-26 NIV
Dear Susie
I pray that you will continue to know His love and comfort in retirement. Blessings!
This is my 6th year in BSF and I thoroughly enjoy the communication with fellow followers of Christ in the study of His Word. I want to thank you for your sweet words of encouragement and hope as we await the glorious return of KING JESUS. My prayer for you is to continue loving everyone just as you have in the past and enjoy your time of retirement from daily routines to joy filled unexpected moments with family and friends.
Peace, Joy and Love,
Thank you, Susie. Your leadership has been invaluable.
As I came to BSF 20 years ago and then was unsure about making a 7 year commitment. GOD sure changes us and our lives when we make ourselves available.
Thank you again, Susie. much love and blessings, LInda Cecil
Thanks for all of your work, prayers,& love.
God bless you, Susie, and thank you for your excellent and dedicated service to the ministry at BSF. I am lifting you in prayer as you begin this new chapter of life. Believe me, it will have as many exciting times as you have experienced in the past. And you will love it! Again, thank you for leading us, and serving Christ and the world.
Thank you so much Susan for Blessing BSF with your wonderful leadership❣️I Pray God continues to Bless you throughout your life and enjoy those grands😊
Thank you Susie for all you’ve done for BSF! BSF is truly a nourishing blessing and we thank God for you. Godspeed in all your future endeavors!
– Pam Antoun
I thank God for your leadership. Through your leadership l have learnt what it means to be a true servant of God.
May God continue to use you as He wishes as He as always been doing.
Amen
Thank you for your all your efforts and leadership! I am so grateful for BSF in my life and for all those who have worked together to provide this opportunity throughout the world. BSF is life changing because knowing God is life changing. May you be blessed in the next chapter of your life as you retire.
Susan,
Thank you! All the best in your retirement.
Ana
Numbers 6:24-26
Thank you, Susie for your faithful and fruitful service in BSF worldwide. BSF has been a great blessing in my life to learn to grow in His Word with the fellowship of my dear sisters in BSF. May the Lord lead you in your next journey of life to serve Him wherever He leads you. God bless you in your retirement!
Thank you Susie! I am grateful for your prayerful dedication to this ministry and thankful you will continue to pray for us. I have received so much more than it has cost me to be a group leader for 20 years, and plan to continue as long as Jesus will keep me here. May the blessing of the Lord continue to rest on you.
Thank you Susie, for your faithful service to BSF! Thank you for your example and influence in the lives of so many individuals! BSF is a powerful tool to change hearts and lives for the Kingdom of Christ and you have been a faithful leader!! May God bless you in your next adventure 💕
Thank you, Susie for all you have done for BSF.
Thank you Susie! May God continue to bless you and keep you in His service as you bless all those you come into contact around you.
To God be the glory for your service.
Thank you Susie, for being available – for listening to God’s direction for your life and having the courage to obey. Through you God has blessed many, including me! All praise to God for His mighty work and goodness through BSF and in you. May the Lord continue to bless you and give you rest and peace!
Thank you Susie for sharing your experience with us. It resonates well with me to be available for the service of God .
Susie, “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” Number 6:25-26
May you hear your Master say, “Well done, good and faithful servant!” Mt 25:23
I thank you for your work in BSF.
All leaders I have known since 2004 are women deficated for their ministry
I Don t know-how you personally but I see you are still young and will have many years for accomplishing God’ s purpose for you.
God bless you
Thank you so very much for sharing your love and dedication to a life lived in the image of our Lord and Savior. Your leadership and love for BSF over the last 12 years has been beyond inspirational. My prayer is that as you move into a new and different season of service the Lord will guide and bless your every move. Thank you for loving us all so well as you served as executive director of BSF.
You have served our God and His people as a faithful steward of His manifold grace and blessings. May your labours in the Lord’s vineyard be abundantly reward to the glory of His name. May the Lord remember you, when He shows favour to His righteous people in Christ. Well done Sussex. Remain blessed.
God bless you as you transition into what the Lord has for you next. Thank you for your investment into the lives of many and your passion for the ministry of BSF. Your witness and godly example has inspired my spiritual growth and service. All for the Name and fame of Jesus Christ! In His Love,
Kate
Blessings with retirement in everything always 🙏🙌
Thank you for your love of Christ and your heart to listen and lead. You have blessed many people here and around the world. May your next journey be a blessing to you and your family.
Susie, ” May God be with you till we meet again…… ” Thanks
Thank you so much for “being available” to God. You have affected my life through your leadership in BSF. Your words, your administrative skills to provide this program have helped me understand how to study His transforming word.
May God bless you as you find His next plan for your life!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your many years dedicated services. Bible study fellowship has been one of my life activities in past few years. I treasured the time I shared with God, I will not abandon it now and will keep studying all the days of my life. It is all because of your services that I knew there is a possibility to know God, the True God. Surely God’s bless and grace will follow you wherever you go. Thank you again, Susie.
Joseph
Thank you, Susie for your love and dedication to God and BSF. I have been in BSF for 7 years, 6 as a leader, and you have been a great inspiration and encouragement to me. I pray that God blesses you and keeps you that his face shines upon you and that he gives you his undeniable peace. Much Love and Respect,
Thank You Susie for your faith in leading BSF
Thank you for your years of faithful and trustworthy service in the cause of our Lord. You have been a bold and transformational leader. I am grateful for your life and ministry. May he continue to richly bless you with his presence and His love.
Susie, thank you so much for your tireless leadership over the past 12 years. Thank you for infusing this ministry with grace and a welcoming spirit. I love your heart for being available to whatever God asks you to do. I am praying for you in this next season of life. May God richly bless you. 💕
Thank you so much for your years of service in BSF. I tell people all the time that BSF changed my life – I have learned how to study and apply the Bible to my life. I am entering my 8th year as the TL of my class and you have been such an amazing example for me to follow. God has indeed used you to bless many. Enjoy this season with Him!
Susie: Thank you for being the “hands” of Christ in leading BSF with passion and leaning into difficult situations which required prayerful and thoughtful direction. Now praying for continued blessings for you and your family.
Susie,
Thank you for your ongoing, vibrant enthusiasm as our leader. Truly a role model for promoting Jesus in every aspect of BSF International! Bringing unity for the study for men, women, children, around the world and challenging everyone to step up to a higher calling in our relationship with God. Bless you as you journey into your retirement phase of life. God, we thank You for Susie and her faithfulness of service in Your kingdom work, richly bless her and her family.
I am so thankful to you Susie, for your leadership and heeding of the Spirit as you have directed changes at BSF. God has used you in mighty ways to impact thousands for Jesus in our world, with a ripple effect that will continue. May God bless you richly as you enter this new season!
Although I have never met you, you have inspired me. There is something about your voice and your demeener that calms me and conveys the Holy Spirit. It is something I assume most Christians strive for and instintively feel that calmness comes directly from your faith and closeness to the Father. Thank you for sharing your talents, faith and love with all of us.
Congratulations as you retire from your role as BSF community Executive Director. Your investment in the lives of others has truly made a difference. You have given Godly leadership, hope and encouragement to the BSF leaders and to the BSF members.
Now, as you step into the next chapter in your life it is my prayer that wherever you go and whatever you do that God will be with you. God bless and keep you.
Philippians 4:7
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Congratulations on your retirement. I certainly don’t know you personally, but I applaud your wisdom steering the BSF ship through 2020. God bless you.
Thank you for your leadership (and God’s empowerment) especially during these challenging times. Prayers for His leading during the next phase of your life.
I was reading your blog with my bible turned to Matthew 28:20 at the exact moment I received news that a loved one was possibly improving. I am so Thankful.
I look forward to beginning bsf classes for the first time in September. I will be available to Christ!
Thank You for your service
Thank you Susie, for being available to be used for the inspiration and blessing of many!
Enjoy more of God’s blessings in this new season. 🙏🏽💕
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your godly and humble leadership of BSF these last 12 years. I know that I am not the same person who joined BSF 14 years ago and know that the changes have come about because of the daily study of God’s word.
Throughout the pandemic I’ve been privileged to prepare and teach a kids’ story each week which I teach as part of our main service at my church. The skills I learned as an STL and the practice of homiletics have been the foundation of my lesson each week. I’ve also relied heavily upon our lesson notes as one of my commentaries. This is just one very practical example of how God continues to use BSF in my life.
God has used you mightily for His fame in the nations. Blessings in retirement!
We have meet each other at retreat in malaysai.i’ve just said one sentence.pls pray for men class in our country.now there is men’s class
Thanks, Susie, for being available to serve the Lord through BSF for 12 years. I remember the first time you spoke at our area retreat. We all clapped showing our love and appreciation for you. But you quickly silenced us and pointed us to celebrate and honor Jesus, whom you were serving!! Enjoy your next assignments!! Sue
Thank you Susie for your years of service to BSF. BSF has been the most helpful in my walk with Jesus. I have been blessed to participate for over 20 years. Blessings to you on this next step of your journey.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your many years of service to the Lord through BSF. I have found BSF to be the best spiritual program for my life and I serve in it willingly. I became a believer in 1990 through a friend who invited me to BSF. I continue to grow each day in love and service to the Lord. Wishing you all the best in your retirement. May God continue to bless you and yours as you enter a new chapter of your life.
God Bless,
your sister in Christ,
Mary Stamm. (Plymouth evening women’s class)
Dear Susie, thank you for all your years of stewardship to BSF. Although I don’t know you personally, but I treasure and and am thankful for this program and all it has done in my life spiritually and personally. I have met many sisters in Christ through my classes and thank God for their perspective through the Holy Spirit. May God bless you and guide you on your retirement journey. Yours in Christ, Dianne
I praise God for you Susie for being available for Christ form that time you gave your life to serving his children,thank you for always giving us encouragement and showing us what it means to be a shepherd even miles aways,on your new journey may you always find joy, satisfaction in the Almighty God alon
Your faithfulness, commitment and knowledge of His word and applying it has always made my heart smile. I have been praying for you since we got word of your leaving and will continue to ask His blessing on your life wherever He takes you.
Thank you for your dedicated leadership. May God be with you, guiding you and granting you wisdom in this next phase of your life.
Dear Susie, Your time with BSF will be remembered for years. In your blog I read again the scripture of Jesus’ words, “I am with you always, to the very end of the age” and I more fully realize that when I need His direction-help or comfort-all I need do is ask. He is always right there with me! How blessed we are.
You still have ‘desciple making’ to do. May God bless you in His bounty and love always.
Linnell
Susie,
How practical and powerful! I love how God uses our unique personalities in his work on earth… carry on,soldiers!
Thank you Susie for your commitment and dedication you’ve given us while serving in the leadership role at BSF. I wish you well in all future endeavors as you begin your new journey in retirement from BSF.
“For God is not unrighteousness to forget your work and labor of love, which you have shown toward His name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” Hebrews 6:10
Thank you for all your work and love shown to God’s people – to God be all the glory!
Thank you, Susie, for your service and leadership as you’ve guided BSF through many changes. It has meant so much in strengthening my Biblical foundation and life perspective. In addition to your reliance on the Holy Spirit, your sense of presence, poise, and professionalism have contributed to a culture of excellence. Also, the leadership training has grown me so much in discipleship. Thank you for this powerful final message to be available wherever we are. God bless you in this new season.
Dear Susie, I am extremely grateful for your many years of service to BSF, years of many challenges , dark valleys and high sunny mountains. I praise God for using you as His instrument , showering blessing after blessing on many people around the world. Thank you for Allowing Gods Light shine through you, his Wisdom and His love . I am sad to see you go, yet I know that God has given you the wonderful gift of retirement and has provided a new for BSF. What more can we ask for? May God enrich you as you spend quality and quantity time with your husband, your children and grandchildren. May you be a light to them as you were for BSF. God bless you, Susie
Good morning Susie,
I am encouraged by your testimony to keep the Faith, and remain steadfast in the Lord,
I encourage you to continue to Trust and Obey for, He who have began a good work in you will complete it, look to Him the Author and Finisher of your Faith🙏
Thank you Susie for being available for BSF For the last 12 years and may God continue to bless you and your family. Continue to trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path. And may He use you for
many many more years to come. Thank you for all that you did.
Love always Ella Walker
Thank you for your service. Heading up a huge organization is a weighty responsibility. Thank you for helping maintain this wonderful way of growing spiritually.
All God’s best in your retirement. I know you’ll still be serving!
Mrs. Rowan, I have been very blessed to be a part of BSF for many years, for it has help me to draw closer and understand my savior in ways I could not have imagine. Also the time of fellowship with the brethren was very valuable to me, as the scriptures mentions “Iron sharpens Iron.” BSF is one of those things in life that I treasure most, and it probably wouldn’t have been possible without you at the helm. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your sacrifice to this ministry, which I know has help many around the world. May God bless you in all your future endeavors!
In Christ Love,
Isaac Marquez
Thank you Susie for your commitment and service to God. May God immensely bless you and keep you. As you start another chapter in your life, may his presence never depart from you. We are most grateful
God bless you Susie as you open a new chapter in your walk of faith. Being available is a beautiful offering to the Lord and a blessing to those who will receive your gift of availability. Thank you for the years of encouragement, leadership and growth. I am looking forward to the day we walk beside the crystal sea and you share how God confirmed the work of your hands in this new season. Thank you Lord for Susie and for equipping her to magnify you, train and mature your people, care for your church and oh God for the way you used her to grow your kingdom adding many sons and daughters to this this precious family of ours. Thank you Lord for the way you are going to continue to equip and use Susie until the day you reach for her hand and welcome her home. To you Father be the glory forever amen.
Cheerfully in Christ, Judy
AM I available? This has kept me thinking Sussie because I am at a place in my life when I find my hands so full… work , family, relatives so much demand on my time. I was meditating on my service to God and I thought to myself that I am not serving as I used to in church, evangelism and probably not reading my bible as I used to. This kept me thinking on how I can organize myself to categorize the urgent and the important and asking God to help me. This article came at the right time for me because it simply has answered me.. “Ask simply to be used”.
Perhaps I have been trying in the energy of the flesh and my human mind to serve God when I should simply be asking God to use me…. lead me ..divinely guide me into His purpose for me. Wow…! I will miss your mails and ever inspiring notes. Remain ever blessed Sussie
Susie, you have been BSF director as long as I have been in BSF. I heard you speak about 10 years ago in Cincinnati. Your vision and leadership has made BSF available to many, especially the young people. Thank you for all you have done. God bless you.
Susie Rowan — What a privilege & responsibility to serve our Lord through BSF, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for serving the Lord in this way. As our leader, your impact was both broad and deep in the manner and objectives you promoted. I will miss your smile and confidence — which I’m sure affected so many in His ministry. God speed and good health to you and your family. Keep looking up!
your brother in Christ
Tom Worthington, Rhode Island
Thank you Susie for your service. Just reading this brought me understanding of my retirement and why I’m noticing to wait and see what God has for my future! Thanks again and God bless you and your family.
Love Candy
Thank you, Susie, for your service, conviction and vision; BSF has breached new frontiers in the past and was able to aptly respond to COVID-19 measures. This is being sensitive to God’s directions. I wish you love, grace and peace always.
As you look forward to your well-deserved retirement, “May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” – Ruth 2:12 (NIV)
Susie, Your selflessness will not go unnoticed. God sees all the work of love you have put into the leadership of BSF. Heb. 6:10. “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”
As you step out into the world of retirement may His presence go with you.
Thank you.
Thank you Susie for your dedication, love for the Lord, and guidance in BSF. May God continue to bless you and guide you in your retirement.
Dear Susie
Thank you for being available to Christ and to us through BSF around the world, thank you for your great work through BSF. May God bless you to another work for Him. Best wishes. Farah
Great and encourage message ! Susie, thank for your service in the Lord’s Kingdom! In this chaotic world, there are many people who still lost, Only The Lord can give eternal hope, joy, love, peace and real hope in this world! Praise the Lord, being HIS chosen child, we have hope and Peace from HIM! What do we live daily? Ask the Lord Daily: I am available today, How would you like to use me?
Thanks, Susie! May the Lord bless you and your family abundantly!
Thank you so much Susie, for your service though out the years. I had a chance to meet you during one of our Summit Meetings, and Loved you ever since. My God continue to Bless you mighty in the next chapter of your life..
I praise God for your commitment, Susie. Thank you for your great leadership and your greata encouragement. You have been a great example to all of us as a faithful servant of the Lord. May God grant you guidance and blessing in your new chapter.
Thank you so much for your wonderful service to this ministry! You have led us well though out the years and you will be sorely missed. We pray for continued blessings to be poured out on you and your family as you move into the next place the Lord has prepared for you.
Such a powerful reminder and challenge Susie. I volunteer as a BSF Leader and in other areas in my church and community. Am personally learning how to be still and volunteer as God guides me.
May God bless you during this time of refreshing.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your leadership! Praise God for His Word! May you continue to bear fruit in your retirement.
Gratefully,
Sandy Schirmer
Thank you for your leadership, encouragement and continued prayers. Praying for your next assignment. In Jesus name. Amen.
““ ‘ “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” ’”
Numbers 6:24-26 NIV
Dear Susie,
Thank You! Your service and devotion to magnify God through BSF has been life changing in helping me and others mature in God’s Holy Word, transforming hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
May God bless you in your retirement.
Sincerely with love,4,
Rebecca (Becky) Dyer
Thanks for your valuable service to Gods word and making it manifest in the lives of many!!
Thank you for your time and prayers. I have gained a deeper understanding of God’s love through BSF.
Happy retirement. Bblessed!!!!
God love you and guide you!
Enjoy your retirement !
Thanks for all you did for the kingdom of God.
May He richly bless you.
I joined BSF in 2017 and I have been richly blessed. I continue to be available to Christ like Susie as my assignments change, sometimes not to my liking actually but that’s what availability takes
We thank God for your life. May He bless you with long life and good health. My prayer is for God to guide me to avenues to serve Him. You are a shining example to me
Dear Susie,
Thank you so much for your faithfulness to our Lord and to BSF. The love of Jesus overflows in your message. That’s because of his amazing love grace and mercy that we can celebrate together the joy of serving him. I will miss your blogs your encouragement and the love that you share with all those you meet. Enjoy your family time. Love and prayers
I want to thank God Almighty for life or our outgoing Director and servant of the Most High for her selfless service in the Lord’s vineyard. We have been blessed by your leadership ma. We pray that the Lord will bless and keep you. May you live long to enjoy Godspeed and His excellence on all sides.
While I did not have the pleasure of meeting you personally, I want to thank you for your service to God via BSF. Prayerfully, God will guide me in the direction He would have me to go as I seek to serve. Blessings to you and your family as you begin yet another season of your journey!
Jeanie Oliver
Thank you our Sister Susie Rowen for serving God and mankind as BSF Executive Director for twelve years.
Iam humbled by the fact that you have encouraged us BEING AVAILABLE TO CHRIST.
Iam encouraged to press on in being available to be used by God.
Iam encouraged that you have been married for 45 years to your dear husband Rogers yet you have been balanced between family and serving God.
Thank you for handing over to our new Executive Director Roberts and continuing to support us.
Thank you very much. God bless you.Psalms 91
It was a great privilege to participate in the BHS program. Participation in reading and understanding God’s word even the sisters’ participation was very helpful and supportive, give us encouragement, I believe that God was talking to us in different ways. I really thank God for you and all the team working on it because it is a bis responsibility for such service, pray that God uses all of you more and more in spreading his word all over the world.
God Blesses,
Ghadeer Diabes Naha
Wow, thanks Susie! The leadership and integrity God has instilled in you has shaped how BSF gathers and stands firm in pursuit of making His name relational in this age. It was the Lord that shepherded your willing heart, and we hope you enjoy the next season of your life. We appreciate that first “yes” that initiated your service leadership, it led to tons of memories and sparked the growth of many faithful followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
May Christ continue to inspire the warm smile and those kind eyes…they reflected the joy. Shalom, my sister!
Thank you Susan. I will continue to spread the Love of Jesus thru BSF.
Susie, it is my pleasure to wish you God’s peace, strength and guidance as you retire from your current position but continue to work to grow His Kingdom.
When I was introduced to BSF by a co-worker, it was a godsend to me! I wanted a Biblically based study that focused my attention on the scriptures. BSF did that in spades!
It’s been over 20-years now, and I am still intrigued by the process and the participants.
Be blessed and productive as you transition.
Susie , you have been such an encourager with His presence and backing apparent … God bless you as the old routine becomes fresh and new again … may your cup filleth over with good measure , pressed down and shaken together and multiplied manifold … in Christ.
Thank you for your service to BSF. God has used you to deepen my faith, and that of my children and grandchildren. I want to be available to show His love to many as I go into my retirement. God bless you and your family!
Thank you Sussie for serving us with so much dedication. Your work will not go unrewarded. I am personally what I am spiritually and emotionally because of your prayers and excellent sharing of the word of God. My Daddy in heaven, I pray that Sussie will receive your reward. You will grant her peace, joy and protection 🙏
Thank you Susie for being a leader, honest, humble, and devoted to the BSF ministry. I thank God that you were available and willing to step into the role and keep the program of Bible study going and growing! God is good and worthy of praise.
Dear Susie, Personally I thank our heavenly Father, the Almighty God for His grace to use you in this great Bible Study Fellowship which has continued to magnify Him and mature us by deeply studying His Word. I give Him glory for His love and grace to graciously bring us (BSF) together not only to deeply study His Word but also to encourage and learn from each other on how to navigate in this complicated world.
I have been in BSF for almost 14 years (I graciously spent more time in BSF under your leadership) and I was very excited to study the book of Revelation and all other studies.
Are We Available to Christ? this is indeed a great question to all of us; I am personally humbled by the way the Almighty God made Himself available for me through His Son and my Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
We wish you a blessed “availability for the Lord and the blessed next assignment”
Susie, your work for BSF has been a sacrificial blessing to so many people. I serve as a GL in the Boston area, and I get to hear from many women how much the BSF studies bless them and mature them in their walk with Christ. I, too, am eternally grateful for the lessons learned, encouragement offered and wisdom conveyed. Thank you, and God bless you in this next life journey.
thank you , i wish you all the success in applying and obeying His will into your life what an awesome God we have .
Thank you for your commitment to God’s work through BSF, Susie.
I wish His blessings on your retirement.
Good health and God’s blessings
Kuveni
Thank you so much for your years of service to BSF. Your writings and messages have encouraged and challenged me. Praying you rest well and enjoy life as you serve Jesus each day. Blessings to you
Dear Susie,
Thank you for being selfless just as you learned from our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through your leadership, the Gospel of Jesus Christ has reached the ends of the earth.
You are a role model . God will bless you abundantly as you take up your new role.
Lets continue praying for one another.
Thank you, Susie, for your service, which happens to coincide with the time I have studied with BSF.
Today I am faced with being bold for a friend in need, seeing the Afghanistan crisis as it was thousands of years ago in Jerusalem when Assyria king raged against God at Hezekiah and 1 angel killed 5k Assyrian warriors over night and praying for victory in Christ there, and they seem both doable in the name of Jesus.
It’s easy to say a friend needs me to be bold, but not easy to follow through. You have set the example of boldly leading and I pray I can do the same here. My prayers are bold for Afghanistan, too, in the name of Jesus, as Hezekiah’s was.
May God bless you as you move into your new roles, with the faithfulness needed to give up and see God’s ways work out in your life. The world is watching and needs the strength of our faithful in God and our Savior and Holy Spirit.
I will welcome Hollie and pray for BSF men and women to act on the teachings in Matthew.
Thank you for your service and the impact BSF has made on many lives, especially mine.
Hello Susie ,
Am personally grateful to God for the great ministry you have done among us as believers in Christ . Your achievements will forever be remembered by God alone. I wish a blessed retirement time as you continue to pray for this ministry. Thanks
This was my first experience with BSF and I loved it!!! I live in Tallahassee and so I was able to participate via Zoom!!!! My sister, Beth Travis, was the facilitator and the main reason for my participation!!! It was a wonderful experience and I applaud you for all the energy, love and prayer you put into this incredible study of God’s word!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! May you be continually blessed with God’s abundance!!!!
Dear Susan, I praise the Lord for His wonderful leadership of His ministry, BSF, through you in the past years. I’ve seen so much progress made and the Word of God planted into willing hearts. I am deeply touched by your humility and love for Christ. Thank you, Susan, for making yourself available. With love and blessings from a perpetual BSF student in Hong Kong.
Thank you so much for your faithful service to BSF. You have led us through some really tough times and always with a smile and a encouraging word. Thank you.
Dear Susie, Thanks to you, BSF and the Lord I have grown as a Christian while studying the lessons over the past decade. There are not enough words to thank you for this wonderful gift! In your next chapter of your life, I pray the Lord will bless you with good health, happiness and great
experiences! God Bless you!
Dear Susie, How can I thank you for your years of service and inspiration to all of the BSF ?
Your calm encouragement has meant a lot to me . I liked your comment that “ no matter what your age” because I will be 84 Sept. 11th and in my 6 year of serving as a GL.
My life has been so enriched by studying God’s word with the wonderful ladies God has placed in each group !
May He continue to bless you and use you!
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God bless you, Susie! Thank you for saying “yes” to the calling to serve in BSF. I appreciate your dedication to this ministry and may God bless your obedience to Him.
Thank you for you leadership and service to us through Christ! God used you to bless me, my wife, an my daughters through studying God’s word in BSF!
Job well done! May you enjoy your next phase in life with the peace and joy of the Lord.
Thank you Susan for your selfless leadership with a mission to win human race throughout the world for Christ Jesus.
I joined BSF under your directorship and the content that I have learned is transformational . I am able to correctly relate my and my friends experiences with God’s plans. Therefore, finding meaning to life and various occurrences, good or what is perceived as bad. The story of Joseph in Genesis being my mirror.
In that regard, and having measured the value of BSF content and lessons therein, I am committed for and yearning to learn more and more and apply what I learn in my daily interactions with my fellow humans across cultures.
I pray to God to grant you endless blessings to you Susan and your family.
To God be the glory for your love and obedience to our Lord. Thank you for your dedicated service to all God’s people over the years and your listening ears and heart to be used by the Holy Spirit to help all of us to grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior. We are going to miss you but thankful for the time together and excited for you for the next chapter God has for you and your family. Love you my Sister in Christ.
Dear Susie am so encourage by you for your zeal and dedication to Christ and the work of His kingdom, and how you surrendered to His purpose and His leadership and how He has use you to accomplished so much and drawn many to Him, I have been so bless studying the word of God through Bsf my life have changed drastically and has made others to come to the knowledge of Christ, I’m always so bless and encouraged by your letters too, thank you for being a blessing to me and to many all around the world may the Lord continue to be with you and your family and reward you and your generation for your walk with Him. Thank you.
I bless the Lord for Susie’s leadership in BSF. Like her, I have been in BSF for 12 years and greatly blessed by God through the study of His Word. By the grace of God, I introduced my husband, sister and other friends to BSF. I wish Susie God’s blessings in her new season of life. As I continue, I look forward to being blessed more under the leadership of the new BSF Director.
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, it’s has been a great and wonderful journey in the study of the word of God, I want to really say thank you for your prayers, kindness above all love which you have lavished on us women to make sure the word is available all the times for us to study. I appreciate the way you always make up time to communicate to me thru email encouraging me God bless you and your generation amen.
Thank you for being availabe. BSF is helping me to grow and to become available
I wish you God’s blessing in your retirement and may your latter years be even greater
Thank you Susie for all of your prayer, support, love & teaching. I want to let you know that your sacrifice has impacted my life personally. I met you two times at BSF Retreat in Singapore. And lately, at the zoom meeting as you blessed the newly appointed D-OTs. Each time, you always showed your passion to Christ, His words & His people & that has been inspiring me. I”ll be praying for you to sit quietly & listen attentively as you make yourself available to the Lord. May God bless you & your family.
Thank you for your faithful leadership, Susie! May the Lord continue to bless you and your family as He leads you in to new opportunities and into a new season of life!
With much appreciation and love.
Praise The Lord for you serving Him with sign of obvious Spirit filling of you from the fruit you bear in BSF. It’s remarkable and fantastic.
My personal experience with your passions for The Lord was that when I asked you in Taiwan Retreat for the opening of the world’s first Cantonese Men’s group (seeming still the only one now) and your reply was clear and decisive which caused this class became realistic a year later.
I trust that your Rewards will be great both in Heaven and in this earth. Amen, Amen.
Thank you, Susie, for your godly leadership. I joined BSF during your tenure. I knew about BSF, and although I was a believer, I was sure BSF was not for me. I went to class to make my persistent friend stop bugging me. It was then that God started doing spiritual heart surgery. Through that first year bitterness turned to joy, and my faith grew. Fast forward a few years, our family testimony is intertwined with BSF and the truth of God’s word. BSF has impacted us for eternity, and you are a part of that! Your leadership has given us opportunity to deeply study parts of God’s Word that we would never have done on our own (like Revelation), and seek God in a more intimate way.
Thank you for the sacrifices that you have made as you have so faithfully served God through your position in BSF. May God bless you as this new season of life blooms with opportunities to rest and pursue the joy of quiet days. I pray that you will be richly blessed as you continue to be available to the Lord. Thank you for modeling that for all of us
Thank you Susie for being available and for your leadership!! May the Lord bless you, lead you and guide you in this new season of your life.
Thank you Susie for your dedication and love of Christ in serving BSF. Proud to be under your leadership for the past few years. Happy retirement Susie. God bless.
Thank you Susie for your years of service to our Father through BSF. May He bless your next phase of service.
Good Morning
I joined BSF last year and I learned a lot on Genesis.
Your message is a blessing to me. I retired from my job last October and being taking care of my grandkids and I think that that is what God wants me to do. Is amazing despite the challenges I feel God’s presence. You gave me hope
and encouragement and to ask God everyday “to be used”.
Thank you so much and God will continue guiding you and
be the light in other people.
Jeremiah 29:11
“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.”
Susie, thank you for your years of faithful service and for the reminder of our Lord’s faithfulness. He is so good! May our Lord Jesus bless you as you transition in to this new time, and may He lead you as you are still before Him, ready to listen to His call throughout the day. He loves you with an everlasting love.
Thanks for all your hard work, commitment and sacrifices that you have made to BSF. You have been truly appreciated and you have been inspiring to all of us. May God continue to bless you in your new endeavors in life . A Suu it ster in Christ, Sharon
Thanks so much for all the hard work, dedication and sacrifice you have made to BSF. You have been truly appreciated by all of us. Your sister in Christ, Sharon Moore
Thank you for your service to God through BSF. The blog you wrote was so timely for me and probably many others. The Lord is continuing to use you.
Susie thanks for your faithful service to Christ in the BSF as executive director. I pray that God will continue to lead and guide you in your continues endeavors for the glory of Christ. Rom. 8:28-30
God bless you Susie, for your remarkable foresight that prepared BSF to position itself early in the digital space such that the covid-19 pandemic’s negative impact has been greatly mitigated for BSF Groups worldwide. You are a true innovator! Enjoy your retirement. DW Group Leader, Ghana
Thank you so much Susie I truly appreciate you allowing God to use you in a mighty way as you led BSF and saw it growing in terms of classes, members and programs or books on offer. May the Lord richly reward you as you move to the next chapter of your life may you continue to be available for Jesus and I am going to be available for Him and will keep asking daily for Him to use me. Thank you once again God bless you and keep you for His kingdom advancement. it was an honor to study the word under your leadership I am growing and benefiting from it all. Thank you word cant express it well
Thank you Susie, May the Lord protect and sustain you as you pray for us and God’s people.
We are currently facing challenges but we trust God to help us overcome it.
wow, it has been a great journey with you, i have enjoyed every moment under your leadership, may GOD continue using you everyday. stay blessed with good health and every perfect gift. Amen.
Thank you very much for the time and strength you gave for many 🙏🙏
Thank you Sue for your sterling leadership. BSF has really helped me to understand the Bible and to grow my faith as well as implementation of lessons learnt. May God continue using you greatly in other areas accordingly. Love you. God bless you. 👏👏👏
What an amazing article Susie ! You have challenged ,encouraged and given me a new lens to look at my availability to Christ! May the Lord bless the new season with bounty as you have filled our lives during your BSF tenor.
By your different shift and mindset, you opened an overwhelming new audience to the BSF ministry. Thank you for being available to Christ!
Susie, Thank you so much for your inspiring words this morning. I know, just as you have touched my heart, this message is a needed reminder for many others. I am in my second year of retirement after being in the work world 32 years. At first I felt so useless, so lost. But God gave me the opportunity to just “rest for a while” and enjoy the beauty of His creation even amidst Covid quarantining. It’s amazing how difficult it is to rest when you have been active for most of your life. I have found, though, slowly but surely, just as you have said, by being available to Him He provides just the right tasks at just the right time. Congratulations on your retirement and may you feel His presence daily as He prepares new adventures for you.
Thank you Susan, thankful to God for what I have learnt from you over the years. May God continue to bless you.
A great lesson here today. Enjoy the rest.
Thank you for your obedience and sacrifice. BSF has been the best Bible study series I have ever attended and one I gladly recommend to others. May you reap the benefits of your faithfulness in this new season.
The words are direct and simple. The message communicated is true and inspiring. Your leadership has challenged me toward excellence in my BSF responsibilities.
Thank you Mrs. Rowan
Thank you, Susie, for faithfully, untiringly, bravely and joyfully serving the Lord in BSF. BSF, and God’s Word upheld and taught there, combined with women seeking the Lord to lead and the Holy Spirit to teach and convict of sin and righteousness, and looking to our Father on His Throne in His sovereignty over all for all life’s needs both external and, more importantly, internal and eternal, have proven the anchor, lifeline and love that has sustained me for many years through life’s trials and joys. Susie, you as BSF executive director of God’s work to countless women across the globe, have brought hope, strength, knowledge of the Truth that transforms, grows and Eternal Salvation which multiplies new births in God’s Family and brings them to full maturity through ongoing sanctificstion in Christ by His Word and His Holy Spirit. THANK YOU, Susie, TO GOD BE THE GLORY for the Light, Love and Truth you have brought to countless women. Your work, laboring in love for Jesus, will reach not only the BSF women, but their families, friends, even their enemies for many generations to come. Only when you are with Jesus face to face will you know all He has done through your devotion to Him, your hard hours of study, prayer, proclamation of and living Truth out in your daily example of being an exceptional Woman of God.
May He pour over you in the years to come all the love you have poured on so many. Words cannot express sufficient gratitude to you. Thank you in every language of hearts hearing God’s truth around the world. “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.” Phil.1:4
Thank you Susie for all you have brought to leadership at BSF. You have inspired me and many more, especially thru the past couple years with the changing worlds issues. New ideas, new ways, new formats, new times, yet the same message of Jesus Christ still is spoken loud and clear, and we at BSF have the privilege of carrying His Words to the children, and men and women, thru the ministry of BSF. Thank you for your leadership
Thank you Susan for have being available, for your service as executive director at BSF. Your work certainly impacted the life and helped a lot of people in their growing of learn the word of God. Bsf has been a great blessing to me and I’m so glad that God has used people like you.
God bless you in this new phase of your life.
Thanks
Paulo Melo
I am willing to give my life to Jesus and walk in the will of God through His word daily.
Serving God is so fulfilling.. I thank God for you Susie for the service you have given and encouragements to bsf members. May God bless you and meet you at point of need as you serve God in other areas of this great ministry.
Thank you Susie for your time, commitment, service to us and the lord .
May the lord continue bless and guide you.
thank you susie for awakening my service to the Lord with “being available to God is our worshipful response to his availability to us” I am humbled.
I will miss your periodical messages to us.
may God continue using you wherever you go.
Dear Suzan,
Thanks for your service heart , and available to be used by Jesus Christ all for His Glory,
Since I was 15 years when our precious Lord calling me to be one of his disciples, daily I
spent time to eat his word, like an exploding land that needs water. God provides me with
Spiritual Mentor who helped me to understand God’s word more for many years.
I have been praying for long time , that the Churches would take care of the disciples of the new believers. Bible Study Fellowship real answer to my prayer, find much help for those couldn’t finds Spiritual Mentors in their Churches available, BSF God’s plan for all nations
May the Lord bless you and your family richly, may the loving arms up hold you every moment of each day.
Thank you, Susie, for your leadership. May God richly bless you in this new season of life. You have touched so many lives through your service, mine included. Again, Thank you!
Your leadership in BSF, has been very inspiring and impactful in diverse ways. To be under your tutelage has also been a privilege and a blessing from the Lord, Jesus Christ. I’m in no delusion, that wherever the soul of your feet shall tread upon, and whatever your hands shall lay upon, will surely be blessed, as the Lord never forget His True Servants.
May the Lord Jesus Christ, bless your retirement.
God Richly bless you, Suzie.
Wishing you nothing but the best of blessings in your retirement! You will be missed but we all know God has a special plan for you! I’ve been a part of BSF for 20 years. Looking forward to this new year and being available for God s work!
May God Continue using You, in Promoting Christ’s Redemption Truths to all Unreached Nations. A dedicated Servant Leader, all for Gods Glory!Hallelujah!
Such an encouraging and admirable BSF Journey from Susie…it looks all perfect and laid out as if God handpicked a perfect person for his work. May God use you even greatly in your retirement with new ministry from him .
I admire BSF Structure and the way of service and continue to pray for more growth physically and spiritually for all BSF members and leaders as we study Gods word.I enjoy my time at BSF and can’t believe am going into my 6th year. Great full to God for helping me to be available and looking to be transformed more through mathew and future books
May the Lord bless you Susan. You have been a blessing to me and thru BSF classes, i have learnt to put my trust in God and i have also learned to have time to hear from God thru his word daily.
Thank you Susie Rowan. May God richly bless you as you go into retirement. You have been an inspiration.
Thanks Suzie for serving fervently in the Lord’s vineyard. Wish you the best as the Lord’s leads. I am truly grateful during last summit when you told us to depend on the Holy Spirit as we lead. I testify truly I was able to lead and overcome all challenges after taking class online by the Holy Spirit help. We love you and be blessed with your family
Thank you Susie for allowing to be used of God for 12 years. Glory to him for guiding you as you led. May he continue to be good to you, to bless you in your retirement.
I thank God for your service Susie. Personally I have seen God doing wonders in me through BSF studies.
May the Lord bless you and keep you as you go into retirement.
Thank you, Susie, for all that you are and have done for the BSF Ministry, as you hand over your baton to Hollie Roberts. As a 2nd-generation BSFer, I have witnessed how the first seed planted in Hong Kong by then TL Charla Duggins, has sprouted, drawing my mum first, then my dad several years later. I can attest to the remarkable improvements & growth under your leadership. I personally love the video that you had made, “One Willing Servant” which had you portrayed in it, as the presenter of BSF founder, Audrey Wetherell Johnson.
May you leave a legacy of God’s Word, handed down from one generation to another!
May you be rejuvenated for the next chapter of your life, and
May God continue to use you for His fame & glory!!
In His Name,
Grace
Thank you Susie for allowing God to us you for His Glory. I pray that you continue to be a beacon of light that shine so bright that everyone will know you are simply being used by our Heavenly Father. Blessings and Favor be your portion everywhere your go In Jesus Holy Name.
I thank the Lord for your leadership Susie, and for making this godly tool available in Spanish. It is humbling to see how much effort the team has put on blessing foreigners with such a beautiful tool.
THANK YOU
Susie we greatly appreciate your role of leadership in BSF. I am a beneficiary of BSF online platforms which was your initiative. I never did have the time to physically attend BSF sessions but from the time online classes were introduced I have been on board. I have learnt a lot, my faith and knowledge of the word has grown from BSF classes, I have more friends locally and internationally who share my love for Christ, we pray and share our joys and pains together, ooh words are not enough to share what God has done for me and my family through BSF. God bless you, good and faithful servant of Christ.
Thank you Susie for your dedicated service to feed Christ’s flock through BSF. Personally, my commitment to serve Him who gave Himself for me and the whole world grows deeper as each BSF study session and Book passes by. May God refresh you always in ways He only can for the glory of His Name (Prov 11:25).
Yes Susie being available for Christ is paramount. Thank you for all the Lord used you to bring BSF to greater heights, the spiritual and numerical growth, bringing in the next generation into God’s Kingdom program, the new studies. Thank you for making the Book of Revelation a delightful instructive Book that binds other Books of the Bible together and not a fearful book to avoid reading. Thank you for not standing on the letter of the Law but on the Spirit of the Law. Thank you for many more….. As you bow out of BSF leadership, the Presence of the Lord shall always be your Guide and Guard. BSF will surely miss you, but as you said, it is enough to always be available for God.
Thank you Susie for your leadership and Service to
BSF. I am inspired by your Blog “Being Available To Christ” It’s my desire each and every day to be used to promote the love of Jesus Christ to others. Praying for you as you make this new transition.
Thank you Susie for leading well.
Thank you for proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ simply – in everyday language that is easy to relate to. I desire to do the same every opportunity God gives me.
Dear Sweet Susie,
You have done a wonderful job leading BSF, both in the original desires of Miss Johnson and in moving forward into a new direction. Thank you for loving our Lord so much that you accepted His call to serve Him through this ministry. He used BSF as the tool to get me into the Word; I will be eternally grateful for this wonderful journey I have been on for almost 40-plus years. I pray that you and your family stay well and healthy in whatever you do in retirement. We will miss you🙏🏻💝.
Thanks a lot Sussie for all you have done & continue to do in the Lord’s Vineyard. God bless you & keep you …Numbers 6:24-26.
Shalom!
Jane Mwangi
Nairobi, Kenya
Upholding God’s righteousness and justice, adding God’s bright light to us, many thanks.
Suzie,
thank you so much for being available to Christ and faithfully serving through BSF for these years. I am so grateful to have BSF and the community to grow with through the study of the Living Word. May the Lord continue to use you for His kingdom and His glory.
Grace and peace,
Lisa Bell
Thank you Susiefor your dedication and service
Am always blessed by your messages Susie and I bless the Lord for you. You have given me such practical ways and direction in participating in God’s service. Am privileged to have joined BSF, my children and husband are also members now and this has improved our view of God in our lives. To the topic in the blog, I say yes to Jesus to be used of Him for His glory.
May the Lord bless you and take care of you as you retire! I love the fact that you are still available for His glory….. you are an amazing leader and I bless the Lord for You. Blessings
Dearest in Christ Suzan,
I thank God for your life and the influence it has made to my Christian life! Above all le me say I feel so gratified to read your ‘goodbye’ message to the BSF hyper-active service and I will continue to pray for you and the family; and please, continue to pray for us too! And what a wonderful line of words to leave us with: “Be Available” for Jesus! I will ever remember this line and continue to pray in Christ that I am available to Him and for Him! With many blessings, Joseph A. Rugumyamheto.
Dear Sussie
Thank you so much for your acceptance to be used of the Lord while serving in BSF. Where ever the Lord God is leading you, please continue to be available and greatly used of the Lord.
With Love and Prayers
Sarah
God bless you so much Susie.God’s grace is so amazing and sufficient.Thank you.
May the Lord bless and keep you. May He cause His face to shine upon you all the days of your life. Your labor in the LORD is not in vain. I have been challenged and transformed by your excellent sacrificial leadership. Shalom
We thank God for you and pray that He continues using you in all possible ways to enrich BSF ! BSF has enriched my spiritual walk and I give glory for all leaders! Having been at the top, you deserve a BIG THANK YOU !
Yes I am Available! God bless you.
Susie I thank God for you. I have served God in BSF for 14 years mostly during your leadership. I have rejoiced and thanked God for the transformation of BSF to a place where serving has become so joyful and flexible. Having been a TL for a no. Of years and now an OGL ..I see how God has transformed BSF and make it possible for me and many others to serve him from anywhere leading a diversity of people hungry to study the word of God. Truly God is using BSF to unite people from all over the world in Christ. My daughter who otherwise would not have joined BSF is now enjoying studying the word online in a group of her liking. This is only made possible through the online BSF. I thank God for your leadership and boldness in Christ to bring the reforms. You will be sorely missed. I pray that God will richly reward you for your faithfulness in serving him in BSF. Enjoy a blissful life with your family .
Thank you Susie for leading us and for being such a wonderful role model for me Your life of service and dedication to the Bible Study Fellowship Ministry has helped transformed the lives of so many as they study God’s Word and apply the principles and teachings to their lives. Your contribution is immeasurable in the Kingdom of God. God bless you and your family!
Thank You for walking with the Holy Spirit in BSF Leadership. I have been encouraged and grown by your relentless service a d dedication. May God richly reward You and expand your territory
Thanks very much Susan for all your work, prayers and kindness. May God continue to bless you.
Thank you so much for faithfully leading BSF for so many years. You have beautifully lead us during good times and challenging times.
I have gotten so much out of being in BSF and participating even when I am out of town through the internet
I love the BSF studyf
Thank you!
Thank you so much Susie for Blessing me in particular. My name is Osborn from Uganda, I came to know about BSF in your tenure of service and really felt at home. I appreciate particularly the organisation on how BSF was similar in USA as same as Uganda. I felt your love from your messages and from Ugandan leaders.
God Bless you more and more in your new assignment.
You are never retired in the work of God, you transit. He has prepared for you another service where you will continue to shine for most high God.
May Almighty God keep you in health as you continue to serve in other areas of His Kingdom, AMEN!
Thank you Susan for being available in the service of the King of kings and Lord of lords. May the lord richly bless you as you proceed to your retirement. Once a soldier always a soldier nowonder your commitment to keep praying for us and for the BSF ministry. Wishing you a blessed retirement. God bless you abundantly.
Thank you, Susie, for your years of commitment to His service and His people. He certainly has equipped you as a role model for Christians worldwide, and I pray you will continue to follow His guidance in your next season of adventures. He is ever near and calling you closer to His heart. Godspeed.
Wow!
God just wants my availability so He can make my life count for eternity.
Lord, I am available, let it be Your way, not mine.
You have served diligently Susan.
He is your reward.
Susie, thank you for sharing your heart as God calls you into a new chapter in life. I just read a devotional piece on grieving. From reading your blog I sense there might be a period of grieving coming. Not grieving the loss of a person but the loss of a position. Grief opens us up to new beginnings and letting go of the past. I pray you will be centered in the word and prayer as you seek God’s next steps. Thank you for serving in BSF. May God richly bless you and your family. Love&Blessings, Ramona Dwane BSF Longview, Texas
Thank you very much Susie for being a role modal and to have me reenergized and refreshed through your passionate teachings and trainings.
Also thank you for this last message of being available for Christ our Lord that alerts me in this time of reality.
Wish you blessed days ahead with your ministry and loved ones.
Greatful to God for your tireless work in his vineyard.. May he continues use you in other fields be blessed
Thank you Susie that you finished strong and that Jesus has been glorified.
May God continue to bless you in this new season with Him.
I enjoyed having you as a leader and I pray that you will continue to lead in other means of life. May God continue to bless you and your family
What a privilege for me Know such a magnificent woman! God has using her for a purpose!
And she was able to come into many heart and open the doors of making know Jesus to everyone!
BSF has been such a tool to know my Lord and my Father! I thank You so much for so many years of dedication and Love for all
Rest now and enjoy Your retirement! God continue blessing You always.
Thank you Susie and may Almighty God bless you
Dear Sussie,
From the bottom of my heart, I want to really thank God first for all you have been to us because I strongly believe it was Him working out all things excellently through your for His Honour and Glory. He positioned you as a warm and loving mum, servant leader, personal friend (your blogs and personal sharing of your experience, how you addressed each one of us by name left a great personal touch that could not be avoided at all). Your physical availability in all meetings and events and your regard and understanding for all issues that could possibly be affecting us….it was amazing! For sure, I will miss you. I advise you not to retire…. You have so much to offer…Ask God for a different way of doing it… All that stuff in you cannot be retired! Not now… Not ever.
God’s guidance and blessings to you and your family.
Thank you very much for your wonderful work in BSF. May God continue to use you in His vineyard even as you retire officially from your role in BSF. God richly bless you.
Thank you for your dedicated work in the Lord’s vineyard.May He grant you good health, long life and abundant Blessings. Enjoy a peaceful retirement. God richly bless you.
Just like you put it Susie, it’s not by human strength but by the sufficient grace and power of God at work through us all for His glory & fame. That has been evident in your dedicated & committed love to serve God and us all for the past 12 years…. a heavenly reward awaits you indeed.
May the Almighty continue to prepare, train and equip you for all that lies ahead of you, all that you know and do not know and may He continue to powerfully work in and through you for His fame. Blessing!
Susie, as you remain available to be used of God and live the Kingdom of God in an ever changing world, May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may continuously overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Dear Susie,
No words can describe my gratitude for your endeavours, commitment and contribution to the BSF programme! I am so blessed to be a BSFer for 10 years. The Words of God provide guidance, comfort and strengths to me throughout the years. I can’t image how I can manage various challenges in my life without God’s word and the encouragement from my BSF leaders/members. Thank you so much for you and your team!
Wish you enjoy the new chapter of your life and have very joyful time with your family.
Warmest regards,
Wendy (from Hong Kong)
Glory to God for the time He gave us Susie as our leader. We have grown to higher glory through her leadership. Thank you sister Susie for allowing God to use you. May He be found of you in your next assignment coz we don’t retire to preach Christ.
Dear Susie
Its hard to believe that you will be leaving BSF, after the wonderful years of service you’ve given to the Lord, in various capacities. But God ordains seasons and we trust that He has also prepared the new Season He’s called you to.
I serve as one of the Teacher Trainers at the Nairobi Young Adults Class, which you visited years back. Later we would meet at Head Quarters. You encouraged us and prayed for us, and you taught us the word of God. Thank you for the personal impact you’ve had on us and I wish you the very best.
May God give you wonderful moments in His presence, in His service and in all that He calls you to do
God Bless you and Keep You
Wow, thank you Susan and the Board at BSF headquarters. Everyday I thank God for enabling me, be apart of la group of people knowing His word through BSF, the impact it has caused in my life, those around me and getting to know my Heavenly Father amazes me. Wish you well as you go out to serve God in other endeavours. May He guide, and protect you always. Karibu (Welcome) Hollie as you take over. He (Jehovah) promises to be with You always when you call on Him. All the best.
Dear Susan, may God’s grace accompany you throughout your life and may the Lord bless you and your family and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. I thank you for your wonderful dedication to God’s work. Please keep me in your prayers as I embark on this next part of my journey with the Lord as a new BSF leader this September.
Thank you for your commitment and being a servant leader sharing the good news message to all within your reach. Continued peace, joy and hope for better tomorrows through Jesus Christ.
Pearl Jones, Fort Worth, Tx
Dear Susie, thank you for your committed and faithful service. God has used BSF to minister to me over the years and deepen my walk with Him. He is so GOOD. As you move into a new season may our ever faithful God refresh and re-energize you for new exploits for the Kingdom! I look forward to reading your books.
I have been in BSF for many years, but the study of Genesis this last year, captured my heart and revived my faith in an amazing way. My children and I have been reading a chapter every other day during the summer break and discussing it in a conversational way. God has used this study to help us start coming to terms with divorce and family pain, seeing that God is able to restore and use anybody in spite of their “family dysfunction” or the mistakes of the past. He works out all things for our good and for His Glory as we trust in Him.
Thank you for being available. A family in Nairobi, Kenya is blessed. Asante sana
Suzie…thank you for “being available” and truly laying down your life in service to our precious Savior. You have been a tremendous blessing and warrior for the kingdom. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We love you!♥️
Hi Susan, I am just stepping in an a new discussion leader though I have constantly read your blogs. May the Lord bless you even more now in the season of retirement!
Liliane Rejante Manahan
It has been such a pleasure being a BSF leader under such an inspiring and God fearing person. I am truly honoured to have served the Lord under your guidance. May He continue to pour His blessings upon you in your retirement.
What a timely challenge. As I’m reading this article by “happenstance” through the Holy Spirit at 12:36 am, God speaks to me through this message.
As I read through this I am reminded of the scripture in Matthew 28:19-20
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Thank you for your obedience and faithfulness. Well done thy good and faithful servant.
I will continue to pray for you in this next season of your life.
I want to thank the Lord for your service to BSF. I have both enjoyed and taken inspiration from your lectures and talks at retreats and from your class visits. Its sometimes difficult to step away from a busy life commitment but we can only listen to God and follow where He wants us to go and learn to be content where ever we are. Bless you for all you have done. Thank you Roger for your support and as I have learned… as Christians we do not retire, we get recycled into different jobs as each season of life comes. Much love.xx
Touched to tears…
In Him, no calling is too big, and no calling is too small.
Very true: all He asks of us is to be available to Him.
Thank you Susie for being a inspiring leader all these years!
This is not the first precious life lesson I learned from you, and I am sure it will not be the last.
Love you!
Dear Susie,
For all you have done for Christ,that has overflown to growing people like me to service,may God truly bless you.
Esther.
It’s with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to you Susie Rowan for the great service in the Kingdom of God through your leadership of BSF. As though more than a decade of dedicated service is not challenging enough, there was the pandemic and other uncertainties that you have steered BSF through and we are good for it thanks to your leadership.
May the next chapter be even more rewarding than this closing one and may you constatnly wallow in the goodness of God each day.
Thank you for your years of faithful service to the ministry of BSF, Susie. God bless your fruitful years ahead as you live out your availability to God’s call, wherever it may lead.
Thank you for your service and leadership. May God continue to bless you.
My dear Susie thank you for serving God and BSF members. May our good Lord meet the desires of your heart in this new chapter of your life..
1Cor 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Thank you, Susie for your service, may God continue to bless you abundantly and use you for His good works.
Thanks Susie for being there for us. God bless you.
Good Day Sussie
Well done for running a good race. May God continue to look over you and your family and to shower you with His blessings. Thank you for being a good shepherd to all of us. I wish you all the best during your retirement time.
Thank you susie for the wonderful time you steered us to learn about God .personally this is a great opportunity fo me because I joined BSF in 2013 thru my daughter and my life has never been the same.i have learned the bible in depth. Something I had never done in my life.God bless you so much and your whole family.
Thank you for the encouragement. I recently changed jobs and believe that it was under God’s guidance. I am finding many challenges but I am sure that He is in control to use me in growing the organisation as I grow in knowledge too. To show my availability, I have chosen to have a password (that I type out every day) to let him know that I am available.
Once again, thank you for your encouraging words that helped me to understand that no matter the situation, I should be ready and available to God to use me as he wishes.
Thank you for your encouragement. I will pray likewise. I am available God. Show me where to serve. , who to pray just keep me honoring and loving you.😍
May God bless you,you have been an excellent God fearing leader.
As you retire may Almighty God be with Susie.
Dear Susie.
I have shared with so many of our leaders, how made an impact in my service in BSF. This was at a time where I questioned whether BSF was the right place for me to be , after a few years in leadership. I remember meeting you for the first time at our AP meeting. You wore leopard print boots. Believe it or not. Those boots you wore, immediately assured me that I could still fit into BSF( as a millennial then….). I felt I belonged in BSF. It may appear so small, but here I am . Still serving GOD in BSF. I am so grateful for how God has used you in BSF to BRIDGE in-depth bible study to the next generation and millennials. May God continue to use you , even in seemingly insignificant things (Like you impacted me)
Thank you for your services may God guide you in your retirement.
We thank God more so for the visual meetings which have really been a great encouragement during this pandemic.
God bless.
Thank you very much for the dedicated service in God’s work. May HE protect and guide you as you take the next step. God’s protection upon your family.
I thank God for the gift of BSF and Susie as executive director for these period of years. I experience growth in my Christian journey, I’ve been challenged, encouraged and build up in many areas. I pray God bless and equip you for more. God bless you richly. Thank you.
May the road rise up to meet you Susie as you begin this new season of life. With thanks and blessings from the UK
Thanks sussie for your dedication to serve.
May God lift you higher in calling to serve as He equips you with His great power spiritually.
May He bless you for your labour in His vineyard.
Susie, God used you in a mighty way. May He continue to use you even in your retirement. May God bless you and give you good health. Shalom
It has been an eventful tenure of office Susie. I have been with BSF for some 7 years now, and I have also experienced a lot of Christ in my life; in fact, a lot more of Christ than I had ever experienced before.
Praise the Holy One of Israel
May God richly bless you for your service at BSF.
I am only two years in BSF but the impact it has made in my life is unspeakable ; I cant wait to see what the LORD will do as I continue serving and studying his word in BSF
In September, I will begin only my fourth season with BSF, making me relatively new. And, I do not know Susie, but what I can say is that, even as the founder, Susie has also left an amazing legacy. The maturity of the discussion and teaching leaders is impressive. The commitment of the leaders and the participants is inspirational. We know that these types of influences come from the top. Thank you, Susie, for all you have done for BSF!
Hi Susie.
It’s been a great joy and blessing to serve alongside with you. Your words of encouragement has spur us on in His service thru the years as we toiled in this wonderful ministry that God has called us to.
My prayer is that you will continue to be His source of blessings and encouragement to His people wherever you are called!
God bless and take great care!
I jo9n all BSF members to thank The Lord for your dedication and service. May the Lord continue to use you for His praise and Glory. May you continue to bask in the limelight of The Lord God. In Jesus Name we pray.
Dear Susie,
I thank God for you so so much. You have inspired me greatly. One of your clips sent by Gilda our TL in april,2020. you were encouraging the leaders to shepherd the flock to check on them to care, to pray for them…..to stay the cause of Christ. God spoke to me through you in a very definite way. I had a dream that night, I saw sheep feeding on green very attractive grass, but some were not although they appeared like they were. I feel a renewed confidence, my own growth as I continue to take the time to care, pray and check on each one of my group members!! BE BLESSED SUSIE, please visit us in Kenya, you are most WELCOME!!
Thank you Susie, I do appreciate you for your commitment and dedication to the BSF ministry. BSF has really inspired me and enabled me to be an encourager to many, build others spiritual, ministering in small & large groups. I have gained confidence and boldness in BSF that is by studying God’s word. It is something I wouldn’t like to miss even as we look forward to study the book of Matthew. Susie as your retire I pray that the word of God continues to grow in you day by day for God’s word is new every day, every morning. You have been a role model and wherever you will be I pray that the light of the Lord may shine upon you in all your ways. Blessings.
Greetings Susan,
Love your latest lecture in Summit 2021 . . . revealing succinctly Christ’s Unexpected Authority!
Our God loves you!
Out God keeps you!
Here you are again in this blog comment to make yourself available to Christ
to lead out with His Authority in no hurry to the next season of your high-calling services
to His Church, His Word, His fellowship of like-minded believers. Amen.
Hi, Susie:
I love the way of the BSF organized .
For the beginner of the Bible studier, I really benefit from the BSF class teaching . It really opens my mind to see how the Bible was made for . And thank you for all the efforts and love you brought to us by have the BSF well organized ! 🙏👏👍
Thank you Susie for allowing God to use you to point many souls to Christ and to further His ministry. May the good Lord continue to guide and direct your footsteps. You were an inspiration to me personally. You fought a good fight. Be blessed always
Thank you Susan for faithfully serving our Lord and us at BSF. I was at BSF for 8 years and looking forward to study further, especially the study of People of the Promised land II. I have missed Isaiah and looking forward to study sometime in the future. I am thankful that I could study at BSF without studying the Greek and Hebrew languages or go to a seminary. May God guide and use you as would like, as you enter the next phase. Blessings on you and your family.
I’m John Prasanth from New Delhi EM CS … Remember starting New Delhi EM class after a very long time following EW class …
Remember U were a TL in Vizag before taking up HQ opportunity in leading BSF.
Praising the Lord with U for all the exposure from India, Latin America and other nations to be able to open BSF’s conservative and strict approach to move away to be more relaxing and renewing approach where conversations have become very trustworthy and uplifting one another during discussion time.
That’s a welcoming change which helped many nations to get into BSF … involving 400 thousand men & women as well as 66 thousand children to enjoy BSF classes across the globe.
Thanking U especially to value PEOPLE over PRINCIPLES, Susie.
May God continually use these genuine and loving conversations wherever U go and whatever U engage in.
Since 2011 Delhi EM is continuously growing … SP has grown so many folds due to online classes …
I thank God for you and the impact you have made in BSF. May the Lord bless you in your new phase of life, may He shine his face upon you and give you peace now and in the days to come.
Dear Susie,
You have worked diligently by the help of God. May He remember you and guide you as you continue to be available for Him. May you hear these words in Mathew 25:23 ‘well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with few things; I will put you in charge of many things.Come and share in the master’s happiness’
Thank you Susan, for your dedication and work to make God’s word reach as many people as possible through BSF.
You accepted the call of service to God and you are now graciously stepping down and into the next chapter of your life. May God continue to bless you and your family, may He continue to lead and guide you.
Enjoy yourself ❤️!
Thank you so very much Susie for your great work the Lord enabled you to do and still doing , even as you continue to wait upon Him to use you daily ——
Thank you Susan, I am so greatful for the gift of his words. God will Blesses us all with the Light of his Words.
Thank you Susie for serving BSF for the last 12 years. I wish I had join BSF earlier, but have enjoyed reading Acts and Genesis very much. I know you don’t know me, but I really enjoy reading your emails. I learned so much from you. I am glad I have this opportunity to say “Thank you very much and God Bless you and your family”. Happy Retirement and a time to refresh / refocus / be available for Him!
Dear Susan, thank you for your dedication and for a job well done and for your time in BSF. As you retire we only wish God’s gracious blessings upon you and your family. No doubt that phrase is still with you “Ask simply to be used” and whatever the good Lord has in store for you we wish you well. BSF has been a great blessing in my life. It increased my faith and I learnt more of the bible. Had I not had God in my life when I was diagnosed with cancer I would have treated it differently. But God has been gracious and given me a peace beyond all understanding.
All the best for the future God be with you and Than you.
Wow what an apt message for me. I am normally a busy body and now going through a slow time with lots of struggle because I fill the need to do alot. Thank you for the been used as a vessel to get the message to me to be just available and simply ask to be used.
Thank you for your ministry. May the Lord expand you and establish you.
Hey Susan, I may not know you personally but the much you have interacted with us online has left me feeling like I have known you for years! I was privileged to be in BSF leadership when the BSF seminar was held in our beautiful country of Kenya. I still recall your sermon and more profoundly the statement you made that “He who holds the universe together holds you and I together” that has been my line of encouragement many a times when I felt the load was too heavy then I remembered that “He who holds the universe together holds me together” so I shall not crumble under the worldly loads and that gives me inner peace that I can face the world no matter what!! You have a gentle spirit demeanour and that tells of who is in your heart! May God bless you and make his face shine upon you and be with you as you go into retirement but available to Jesus!
Interesting but that is where I am at the moment having left BSF leadership but available to Jesus .Your blog thus on being available to Jesus was like literally meant for me! Thank you for allowing Christ to speak to me through you! God bless you and your family!
God bless you Susie and your family .your service unto the Lord is not in vain.
Wish you a healthy long life in Jesus Name.
Dear Susie,
My husband & I are both so grateful & inspired by your leadership of BSF . We were called to be TLs & were interviewed by you. I think mine was a lot more dramatic & unusual compared to my husband’s. I remembered you sensing my fear & graciously prayed for me & give me time to further confirm God’s calling. I’ll never forget that. My first lecture training was on God seeing Hagar who was trying to run away from Abraham’s household. I’m so glad you sensed & obeyed God’s gentle pursuing of me then, to be available for Him & serve my class despite all my fear.
I experienced that ‘hole in my schedule’ when I stepped down from BSF Leadership 2 years ago. Looking back I see God’s gracious using of these past 2 years to grow me even more in my faith, even as He allowed trials to deepen my understanding of His sufficiency! Once He finished that process, He was ready to call me back to serve Him in another role in BSF. I am so so grateful.
I pray that you will experience God’s constant presence even more sweetly as He continues to grow & bless you in this new phase of your life as you step down from BSF. May your love for Him & others grow even stronger as you experience His love & sufficiency during this “quieter” time of your life. And when you answer His new calling, may your joy just be multiplied even as He continue to use you mightily for His glory!
Thank you so much for being our servant, gracious, charismatic & bold leader that has continued to focus our eyes on Jesus even as you train & support each of us to do the same.
May God bless you & shine His face upon you & your family always!
We love & appreciate you, Susie!
Susie thank you very much. Your service to BSFers has been registered by God in Heaven.. May God continue showering His blessings unto you.
I thank the Lord for your life and how much of a blessing you, through BSF have been to me in Ghana and many around the world.
God richly bless you and your family.
May the Lord bless you and renew your strength
This was an immense blessing of the LORD to me. Thank you for serving and being available to the LORD and each of us. Your message hit home, in my heart, especially right now.
Thank u Sue for your encouragement and guidance to submit myself to God all the time. May the Lord be with u as u retire from yr position . All the best in yr new endeavour. Be blessed
Beloved Susie. You have been such an immense source of inspiration to the global BSF family. I have always looked forward to reading your blog and learning more and more about what true humility and a willing heart to serve looks like. May the LORD continue to guide you and show you more of HIS glory as you learn to slow down and enjoy some rest in HIM. GOD bless you, servant of the Most High GOD. Love you till heaven
Dear Susie,
God bless you for the magnificent way you have impacted BSF. It has been a great blessing to me ever since becoming a member in 2006
and later a group leader. What a privilege that was. When I joined BSF, through the encouragement of my daughter-in-law, I was still grieving the loss of my mother and it was the best thing I have ever done. The way BSF presents God’s Word and the fellowship of so many lovely women has helped me grow immensely. You have carried on Miss Johnson’s work in a manner that has blessed so many and so I thank God for you and the example you have set and what it truly means to follow Christ! May He continue to bless you as you submit to His leading going forward.
In Christian love, MaryAnn Watson
Thank you, Susie, for your service to BSF and the One Who makes it all possible! You have been an inspiration to me during the 10 years I’ve been in BSF, 8 of which has been in Administration. May the Lord bless you abundantly as you begin another chapter of your life, no doubt, in His Service!
Gladys Carr, Admin, Niagara EW.
Thank you for your servant leadership and modelling what true dependence on God and Being available looks like.
I really thank God for you Susie. It was agret privilege to be lead by you . You will be missed .so much. And siritually we will always be together. For we will lways be available to Christ.
W appreciate you and love you may the dear Lord bless you abundantly in your walks of life.
Stay blessed always.
Thank you, Susie, for your faithful service in BSF for many years. You have been God’s good and faithful servant and a great example of sharing God’s Word with His world. May God bless you as you continue to let your light shine as God directs your life……Because He lives!…….Judy
Susie, it’s been an honour to be led by you especially through the Covid pandemic. Your tenacity in service has been outstanding. As you you step aside,may our unstoppable God bless you abundantly,be gracious to you and give you peace.
Thank you so much for your beautiful and faithful service to our King of Kings and Lord of Lord’s. I will miss you! And thank you for everything you have done for us fellow Bsfers and His Kingdom. God Bless you my Sister. ❤ Erin
Dear Susie, I have been with BSF only a few years but it has and continues to be a real joy and blessing. I thank you so very much for your role in bringing BSF to me and others. I pray that your retirement and the next stage of your walk with God is all that you have prayed for. Dx
We are truly grateful for the dedicated service first to GOD and to the BSF community. We have indeed walked with God and now through BSF, I see the Bible in daily life. Thank you very much and may GOD continue to bless you.
Asante sana.
Thank you so much for your faithfulness and dedication to the Lord.
God bless you for the wonderful leadership. Stay blessed
Thank you Susie for accepting to be used simply. I resonate with you on Isaiah 6 and am praying for God’s guidance to be used by Him especially in these risky times of COVID 19 pandemic. I thank God for having the opportunity to be led by you and I recall you saying “Come”. Susie may God continue to bless you and use you according to His will.
Thank you; very encouraging/inspiring. Our God is faithful and truly, there is a remnant of GOD all over
Celebrating you from Nairobi, KENYA, East Africa. I believe when ladies unite in prayer, lives are transformed, Shalom,Amen.
God bless you Susan and may He lead and into the next chapter. I’m 2 years into BSF and all I can think of is the immense blessings and spiritual growth I’ve received since joining. BSF under your guidance has had great impact. All the way from Nairobi, Kenya.
Glory to God Susie for your exemplary and selflessness in leading BSF fraternity. I owe Bsf for my life transformation 😌. Thank you for your dedication, and as you step out from BSF I pray that God grants you wisdom and favour in everything that you plan to do. God bless you and shine His face upon you together with your family 👪. Shalom
We glorify God for your tireless effort while in BSF. I personally joined during your tenure and BSF has really blessed my heart through God’s word.May God bless you in all your future endeavours.
Glory to His name..AMEN.
What a blessing BSF has been in my life and thank you for your faithfulness in serving our Lord! It has been wonderful to see how BSF has grown under your care and may the Lord bless you and your family richly in your new adventure!
Many thanks to you Ms Susie for these long years of service. Praying that the Almighty graciously meets you in your new retired but not tired position for His glory and your blessings in Jesus Mighty Name- Amen🙌🙏🏻
Thank you for this. It helps me realize I can ask God how He wills to use me moment by moment as the seasons come and go….. because I may not find myself perfectly free as and when I would like.
Bless you Suzy, the Lord has greatly used you and will continue to do so, while we are here He always something for us to do.
Your thoughts so echo my experience as BSF was my structure, my healing and my ministry and teaching adjusting to widowhood and many other different losses over the last 6 years to discover and experience the truth of the fact, Jesus is all we need.
Now after 2 years of waiting resting trusting and learning, I am enjoying a totally new ministry of being available to the new residents of the new housing development the Lord has moved me to and ready to return to BSF this September as a class member.
Knowing He will truly refresh, revitalise, continue to mold and use you I pray for every blessing in these areas and in your marriage, family life and future and to Him be the glory. With love in Christ, 🥰🙏
Thank you for your devotion to the Lord and BSF. I always was blessed by your messaged. God has used you during a particularly challenging time in history. I am grateful for your leadership and service.
Dear Susie,
Thank you very much for being such a loving and faithful leader! I will always remember how you encourage and motivate others at the BSF Leader conference. You have changed so many people in different ways. May the Lord bless you and family with great joy and great health.
Blessings and Hugs!
Sarah
Makes complete sense “to be available” to God – listening for instructions.
In the rapid changing landscape of today, only God knows how to handle what’s round the corner.
To the very end, you bless and inspire us with your words that are infused with Godly truth, wisdom and love. I am sad we will no longer see you as before, but God’s timing and sovereign ways are best, as we have learned together in BSF. Thank you for your hard work and sacrifice and for always pointing us to point others to Jesus. How God has used you! May God bless you and your family with much joy, peace, and purpose in your retirement. Available to Christ, Regina Garriott, TL SAEW CA USA
Dear Susie
You have been a wonderful leader to us in Zimbabwe. We have seen God continue to work through your ministry and encouragement. As you go into retirement may the grace of God abound in your life and may He use you even more to impact lives and bring glory to His Name.
Necca
Susie you have been such an amazing and inspirational leader. God bless you for your support for BSF. I pray God renew your strength and increase you always in every aspect of your life. Lot’s of love and hugs
Susie,
Thank you for your service, love, and commitment to BSF and to God! It has been truly a joy to see the Lord Jesus work through you and continue to grow bsf to reach so many people with the gospel. Many Blessings to you and your family!
Thank you vèry much. May the Lord continue to bless you and to use you in His work.
Hello. I am new to BSF and I am so glad to be a part of this amazing study. I want to thank you for your role in this wonderful group. In addition I pray that you enjoy your retirement to the fullest that I know God has planned for you.
Your sister in Christ.
Sussie, may The Holy Presence of The Lord be your Companion
Susie
Thank you for being available to serve Christ. We celebrate your time with BSF as you have reached many here in Kenya and your dedication and commitment has challenged me day by day. May the Lord keep you and protect you as you continue to listen and serve him in retirement. We love you and thank you for mentoring me.
Thank you for your service in Christ’s kingdom to help spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in obedience to the great commission.
May the Lord bless you as you take this new chapter in your life to continually serve Him as He leads. My encouragement is from 1Thessalonians 5:16, … be joyful always in the Lord and to pray continually
Thanks Susie for your dedicated service to BSF. I pray that our Lord continue to bless you with good health as you start your retirement life. Amen.
Your labour of love and evengalism in the Lord’s vineyard was great and the Lord will give you a crown of life on the last day.
Continue to abide in Him.
Susie,
We met when you came to our leaders session in Scottsdale, AZ. Your lovely heart removed the nervousness in our circle discussion group. I remember thinking you knew the Bible better than us but we’re so humble – what a great light you are for Him.
Please enjoy your retirement and I know you will keep sharing Him.
Until we meet again- Michele
Thank you Susan.
May God bless you and continue using you to bless many across the nations.
Susie, your words of encouragement and leadership have been an inspiration and blessing throughout this past year of study and growing our faith through His word . Your strong leadership through the challenge of the pandemic kept all of us focused on God’s word and His Sovereignty no matter what is going on in the world around us. I pray blessings on your retirement from BSF knowing God has more for you to do in your church or elsewhere. Know that you are loved and will be missed by many Sisters in Christ. Jesus be praised in all things. Rosa Castles
Greenbrier,AR
Thank you Susie fir your leadership as I walked with you and my other BSF sisters for the past 8 years. God bless you in your new chapter. You have left a good legacy for us; ‘here I am LORD, send me’.
Thanks Susan for the words of wisdom.How I chose to be available to be used.
I wish you and Roger well as you step in this next phase/season of your life.It was an honour to meet and interact with you early last year. Your humility and warmness is admirable.Baraka tele ( Many blessings) .
All the best in God’s new assignment for you. May your family’s blessings be increased.
Thanks for the goodness of God
Am ready to be used by GOD in every situation
Thanks for the goodness of God
Good morning Susie
You have been an encouragement to me through out my leadership journey In BSF. May the Lord continue using you in other ways for His Glory. I will miss your uplifting messages now and then. Thank you.
Thank you, Susie for faithful, creative, visionary, professional and courageous leadership in which our LORD has surely shown His foresight going before us as you instituted IT in a way that kept us meeting over God’s Word in the unforeseen Covid lock down. Evidence that He is ALWAYS working through those who draw close to Him on a moment-to-moment basis! ( John 5:17). Makes me smile inside!
Thank you for giving to the Lord. May He order your steps in the new season of your life.
Thank you Susan for your Leadership. May the Lord go before you in your next assignment as he prepared you for more impact to the body of Christ.
Through BSF I learnt about forginess and repentance through the book of Romans and who I am in Christ through the book of James. I look forward to the wisdom and understanding that God will be revealing to us as we study Matthew.
Blessings to you and your family.
Sussie , you have been an inspiration to me and the whole BSF community as we served our Mighty God. I have admired your steadfast and dedicated leadership and the way you drove BSF to great heights even during the Pandemic. My prayer for you as you retire is that God will bless you and your family immensely and that every day will bring new joys and new ways of serving God.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your 12 yrs. of service as our Executive Director. Praying for you and your family
as you transition to retirement. Thankful for all the years of service you have given to our BSF
family and touched many lives as well. May God bless you with His plan for you and your family
and what He may have in these next seasons of life.
Dear Susie
Thank you for your many years of serving the Lord through BSF, whose studies I have now followed for some 15 years, and thank you for this blog and its stark reminder “Are you available?”, a simple but essential question that can never be repeated enough. I look forward to study Matthew again, with this in focus.
The Lord bless you and keep you.
Michel (from Hong Kong)
We thank the Lord for the time Susie has been our BSF Global Leader.
We pray that He will continue blessing her, her family and the Church.
I thanked the Lord for you Susie. Thank you for serving Jesus faithful all these years and teaching us to love and serve God wherever are placed.
May the Lord blessed you and keep you and preserved you and family. May He guide you and lead you and keep a hedge of protection for you and family.
Blessings
After reading your message, I have mixed feelings.
One way thank God for using you Mightily in HIS MINISTRY.
Second, so sad to know that we will miss you.
May God be with you and wish you happy retirement life
Susie’s teaching of Colossians at the last live conference was very impactful for me personally. I’ve saved my notes and reread them several times since. The word of God was brought to life as I was able to apply some of the principles that were emphasized. Thank you Susie for being a God led leader for 12 years.
We bless God for you and pray that even after you have stepped out God will still continue using you in other great ways. Thankyou for taking your time and being a blessing to many people in the nations, God bless you and your family.
Thanks Susie Rowan for your commitment to Christ and dedicated service to all of us at BSF. May our good Lord continue to guide, provide and protect you.
I must thank God for giving me the chance to study God’s words. I also like to thank Susie for giving me emails from time to time, caring about us. There are lots of coincidences during which God sent angels to me, coaching & teaching me. I hope to increase my spiritual growth as time goes by.
Thank you Susan for your service and the regular emails that have been a blessing. May the Lord continue to use you as He instructs you at every turn. I look forward to learning how to be more available as I study the book of Matthew.
Susie, As you exit BSF into retirement, May the Lord bless you, may the Lord shine His face towards you and be gracious to you as you enjoy your retirement. And May He always strengthen and encourage you as you continue worshipping and praising Him even in retirement.
I dedicate the hymn, “In Christ alone….. to you as you retire. Enjoy your retirement Susie.
The Lord bless and keep you, make His face shine upon you ad be gracious to you, the Lord turn His face towards you and give you all round peace. May the Lord be committed to all that pertains to you, cause lines to fall for you in pleasant places and give you good heritage. May the reward of serving God never elude you. May you finish well and strong and reign with Him in glory when He returns. Amen ad Amen.
My eyes of understanding have been really enlightened through BSF sharing. I am looking forward to the next year of study especially the study on the book of revelation. God bless you ma
Thank you Susan for your unselfish devotion to the service of our Lord God and the BSF family. I appreciate the examples and thoughtful sharing about “ being available” to God. I realize that I can be a vessel with a willing spirit regardless of what area or stage of life I am in through faith and trust in the Lord. God Bless.
Thank you so much, Susie, for your wonderful service to BSF. Thank you for being available & obedient. You did great! We will miss you.
much love, Eileen Murphy
God bless you Suzie and kept you well always. Thank you.
May God of Abraham, issack ,and Jacob always remember you and keep you
Thank you Susie for making yourself available for the service of God throughout BSF.
Be blessed in your retirement.
The more we understand what is revealed in scripture the more we will enjoy the coming time when God takes his to be with HIM>
Thank you for your years of service and love of Jesus shown in your love for God’s Word and us. May God bless you in your next part of life’s journey.
Thank you Susie for being so available to speak God’s truth, the good, the bad, and the ugly (not really so bad or ugly but there are times I’ve felt that way when convicted of my sin). I’ve lost count of the times you have spoken words that were from God’s lips to my ears. Enjoy your new audience in retirement and keep up the good fight for His Fame!
Being part of BSF has been life-changing for me. I appreciate what you have done to lead us as we dig into God’s word and apply it to our lives. I do not want to think about life without Bible study fellowship. It keeps me grounded in God’s word and Helps me set my mind on things above more than on earthly things. Thank you so much for leading us. May God bless you in your retirement.
Thank you Susie for your hard work, devotion and contribution to Bsf. You have always been an inspiration to me to press on in my role as a Bsf leader. All glory be to God. God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much Susan . You have been a blessing to the world . Through you i have learnt and by extension many have come to know Christ in a deeper understanding.
My prayer that God will be there for you in your live to love you and keep you all the days if your live .
Am forever grateful for BSF .
I know God will lead you on the right path, to do whatever is needed, God is good all the time.
Dear Susie. I am so deeply grateful for your ministry through BSF but especially as Executive Director. Your vision and the new direction you brought was much needed. I was asked to be a TL not long after you became Executive Director and have often thought that if you had not brought that change to us I would not have been able to say “yes” to the call to be a TL. I am very pleased to see Hollie talk over and am sure you will do a wonderful job but do know you will be much missed and are much loved.
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Thank you for your leadership, commitment, and service to BSF; truly God has done a work through you. This is my third year in BSF as a Class Leader ,and I am so thankful for the Lord seeing fit to use me. My prayer is for your rest and continued service as the Lord leads you. Thank you for your service and example of Christ. God Bless You
May the good Lord who called you to serve Him through BSF around the world be with you as you retire. He will direct and show you the way. You are in His service forever. Thank you and God bless you. You have been a blessing to many.
Thank you Susie for leading BSF these past 12 years! God rewards our faithfulness in leading others to Christ! I am so thankful for Jesus allowing me to be a part of Bible, Study, Fellowship these past several years! May He richly bless you in your retirement and continue to use you in a mighty way!
thank you this has been sure a blessing i just as thought i just woke up to a new life in christ. I amlearning so many new things finely i have come to understand the bible this is the best gift that i have received in a long time’ thank you for sharing blessings to you and family
Thank you Susie for your dedication to maturing and growing the body through your service at BSF. You are appreciated by so many of your Christian brothers and sisters that love BSF. As you move to your next season of life I pray you will feel refreshment and excitement to see Gods plan for you. Blessings to you
I have been involved with BSF for about 10 years and it has been a rich gift from God. The Lord has challenged, expanded and stretched BSF in unimaginable ways in those years. I, myself, have attended in-person classes on 3 continents and have been part of an online group for the past 3 years. BSF is not available in the country where I currently live. God continually uses my online group to ground me, grow me and encourage me. I see Him exalted and glorified in 5 different countries when we meet! Thank you for being available when God was calling BSF to move into these areas of ministry. His Name is great!
Blessings on you Susie as you transition into this next phase. You have been such an inspiration to me as a new GL. I relate to you, have learned from you, and been inspired by you. Thank you for your tireless service. Thank you for instituting the Leadership Summit. Thank you for your love of God!! You are a mighty warrior for Christ!!
Susie,
Thank You for your commitment to BSF and More importantly to Our Lord and Savior by being available to us. I pray God continues to use you in.a Mighty Way and to bless you abundantly for ALL you have poured into the lives of others!
Love, Faith and Belief,
Mary Sharon
Thank you Susie for your remarkable leadership in the past 12 years. Thank you for being available and answering God’s request ‘simply to be used’. I am encouraged as a new CA that God has called me to serve and He will equip me on a daily basis. Mine is to be available and to Trust in Him. Thank you again.
Dear Susie,
Thank You for blessing many as you served under BSF ministry and as you continue serving.
What a powerful reminder on our availability at all times for Christ.
May the Lord continue using you to advance His Kingdom.
“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” —Numbers 6:24–26 NKJV.
Thank you for your shepherding. May the good Lord do you good.
You simply has been used by God just now to help me to be used by God.
Thank you for now and for all the years you committed to our Lord.
All blessings 🙏🥰
Thanks so much for accepting to be used and for the guidance you gave. God Bless abundantly in Jesus Christ name
I love that you are still making yourself to be used by God. Please enjoy your time of rest to savor the time God now has freed up for His kingdom. Thank you for this great thought and challenge for me.
Thank you for you ‘yes’ to Him over and over again as you served thru BSF. He took your yes and blessed so many of us. Thank you, Susie.
Mrs Rowan …. I got it! Retired from BSF but not from the LORD’s call. THANK You for all that you have done for us / me in answering HIS call as our executive director. I love your writings to us over the years. You did such a wonderful job sharing and encouraging us in the summit recording. I was glad it was a recording for I reviewed it over and over again. Be bless where you find your life at now… and enjoy (my favorite) …. the quiet time with HIM. And afterwards if you ever have a women seminar please let your fellow bsf sisters know about it. May you be bless at our LORD’s feet. 🙏🏾
Though you may not know my face, I have seen your’s through the years in pictures or have know you through your writings. I have been encouraged or exhorted through your many writings. I can hear the Lord say”good & faithful servent.” Thanks for your commitment to BSF & me.
Thank you Susie for beingAvailable for Christ in dedicated service in BSF. May the Lord bless you in your retirement and Imam sure you
Will continue to be available for Christ.
I knew this, but your reminder that Jesus “increased His availability by sending His Spirit to dwell in His believers” instantly filled me with great joy & hope. Thank you so much for your leadership these past 12 years. I’ve been a beneficiary of you making yourself available each day, as I’ve been a BSF leader throughout your tenure. Blessings to you as you move forward. You will not be forgotten.
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him,” Rom. 15:13
Dear Susi, I’m honored I was serving in the BSF, school program in Northwest, AR, under your overall leadership in the years from 2016-2020.
During the horrific pandemic which changed the entire world. I began to say “somehow”, but as the words
were flowing from my mind, to heart to type them the Lord quietly spoke to my Spirit guiding my thoughts to align with His! Yes, we have been pushing through the worst thing that has happened in our lifetime and have not yet reached solid ground where the state or health of our country are
concerned. As you guided BSF classes across the nation into several countries there was always present a sense of calm. It never felt as if we were standing on
a high ledge and one wrong step in any direction would send us plummeting to our demise. As you prayerfully followed the Lord’s leading I felt the presence of Him
hovering over each and every
class as well as all the families in our particular class. For the country as a whole this has been a horrible season of death and disease. Loss of jobs,
businesses, health, family members and friends. All the while the Lord Jesus was hovering over everything precious to Him. Providing
comfort, peace and
protection in the midst of the
Turmoil. Just as He hovered over the waters in the very beginning, before the foundation of the earth was
set in place. We are His,
He came down close again to keep an extra special eye and care on those who belong to Him. To me and my family who are still
swaying side to side from
the force of the winds against us. Through it all though, I know He has a purpose for every single day and His purposes are for
building up strength, forging
deep faith and growing us up in Him. I haven’t yet been privy to what the Lord is doing and changing in my family specifically but because I know Him, I
trust Him. I know He loves me and each member of my family so I know whatever happens, I will praise His name for it.
Thank you for your
steadfast and calm guidance through these trying times.
I’m really impressed with your dedication Susie. I am available. I am now 89 years young and have an aging husband. But I know our God knows all about me so I can trust Him to direct me however He wants. Thank you for your words and work.
From Patsy Fish
Thank you Susie, for the beautiful reminder to ask to be used by the Lord. You have been used by the Lord in inspiring so many people around the world, and I am sure the Lord has more plans ahead for you! Jer. 29:11 In the meantime I hope you will find a precious time of rest before the next step! Blessings to you, and a thank you for serving us so well!!
Thank you for your commitment to serve the Lord faithfully and take His direction as you expanded BSF 12 years ago. Thank you for your parting words. Simple but profound. May God bless your time as you wait on His new direction for your next stage of life.
Thank you for your commitment in serving to further God’s kingdom through his word, it has illuminated my life! I’m forever grateful for this ministry and awestruck by what God does through it!
Susie, Thank you for your service and your obedience to your calling. God has greatly used you. Well done faithful servant. God bless you as you continue to serve Him in different ways. Margie Simmons
Susan, sincere gratitude for your commitment and dedication to God’s work and calling. Your blog spoke to me as I am in that season of ‘waiting’ on God. I am enjoying family and a grand daughter; i can’t tell you how many times I have wanted to ‘jump into’ a new . . . (job, church, school, etc.). I am engaged in worldwide prayer calls and intercessory prayer (something I had not done before). I am loving and connecting with believers around the world. God is awesome and so good.
Blessings to you for continued anointment and use of yourself in ministry to lift up the Name of Jesus.
Thank you and blessings!
Thank you Susie for sharing and encouraging.
I simply ask to be used by the Lord in his service.
God guide you in the new mission fields that He will open
Susie,
Thank you for making yourself available to BSF & all of us! You have had an enormous impact & brought so much good change. You will be sorely missed. God bless you in your next new phase of being available. Much love & prayers.
God bless Susie
Thank you, Susie for your years of service as Executive Director of BSF. Your willingness to serve in this position has resulted in preserving and enhancing the BSF method of Bible study for thousands around the world. I am grateful for your sacrifice for the sake of spreading God’s Word to the nations and for the example you set as you relied on the Holy Spirit’s leading in each aspect of your role. May the next season be rich in God’s direction and blessing!
Thanks for all you have done for the members of BSF. I really appreciate your time spent to make so many things happen for others, I just finished Genesis for the 3rd time and I learned so much this year, Looking forward to repeat of Matthew. Start BSF 1997.
Thank you and May the Lord Bless you for your faithful service.
Thank you for your service and may God continue blessing you, your family,all you do and the BSF family at large.
Thank you, Susie. Blessings in your “new” season. In particular, let me compliment you for our weekly notes. Under your leadership the notes have gone from excellent to spectacularly inspiring, relevant, and helpful. The clarity of the writing is unmatched.
To God be the glory—great things He has done—through you Suzie!! I have been eternally impacted by your faithful, sacrificial, humble and wisdom-filled leadership!! You have pointed me to the feet of Jesus and to His faithfulness so many times throughout my years as a BSF leader. I’m so grateful God chose to use you and so grateful you surrendered to His call on your life. May He continue to bless and keep you, precious servant of the Lord Most High!
Thank you Susie for your dedication time, sacrifice, prayers, and love for Jesus and his servants throughout all these years.
May the Lord continue to bless you in your new chapter in life with all blessings through his amazing grace.
Thank you for your steadfast commitment to our Lord and your love for all His saints. May this new season be even more fruitful and satisfying
than the last.
What a wonderful experience it has been to be involved in BSF! I put it off for so long because I worked full-time with a family and didn’t think I had time for it. It’s too bad I missed out on so much for so long! But, even now, it is so worth it to have the foundation of God’s Word that BSF does so well! I don’t think there is any Fortune 500 company out there that runs as well as BSF and accomplishes what it accomplishes! All for His glory and growing His Kingdom! Hallelujah!
Thank you for all you have given this great organizationl Enjoy your retirement – you deserve it!!
Thank you for all you have done and are doing to spread the gospel. Enjoy your retirement and welcome back!
Thank you for your dedication and leadership in BSF. You are definitely a woman after God’s own heart. Blessings to you and your family as you wait for the Lord to reveal His plans for your future.
The Lord has done wonderful things through you and your 12 years of dedication and leadership for BSF. You have set a shining example for Christians in service to BSF.
Thank you Susie for serving BSF with grace and God’s wisdom these many years. I remember your comforting words especially during the beginning of the pandemic and your teaching helps me to refocus on God when needed. I will be praying simply to be used as well.
Susie, oh how you were used! Your faithful sacrifice, service and leadership has advanced the kingdom in a powerful way! BSF changed my life! It transformed my relationship with God, my understanding of Church fellowship and the meaning of God honoring service….and the transformation never ceases. Thank you for your commitment to stripping away unnecessary barriers so that more people feel welcome to study God’s Word. God will bless and be with you in this next season of life.
Being Available to Christ.
May the Lord keep you and continue using you in a different way as you retire from BSF.
Thank you for all that you have done for BSF.
Dear Susie,
What a powerful parting message. It is just what I told the Lord, ‘ use me still Lord wherever you want me’, as the Holy Spirit led me to step down as a teaching leader. Little did I know that in His perfect plan, He had led me to step down because He had wanted me to be an AP- I never saw it coming!
So, here I am, available for God to now use me in this new position.
We serve a mighty God, one who orders our steps. All He needs is our obedience to His voice, even when we cannot see the full stairway to know where we are headed to.
May God bless you and your family as you move ahead, one step at a time, obediently following God’s own plan for your life.
Note: a line from a movie , arrows : Netflix …. Instead of trying to fit God into your life , fit your life into the life of God. Abandon the first struggle and rest in His arms . Amen
Simply ask to be used reminds me of this “line” my heart holds on to
Thank you Susie for your leadership and for “Being available” to be used by God to spread the Good News of His Son.
Wishing you all the best in this new season.
Blessings 🙌
As you start your retirement, May God continue to bless you in whatever you do. Thank you for your service in BSF.
Hope you have many wonderful moments with your grand children.Wait in the Lord and He will show you what is next. May God bless you richly.
Thank you, Susie, for your dedicated leadership over these past several years. We are very grateful for your humble service to the King of Kings, Jesus Christ! I wish you all of God’s best as you transition into retirement.
Thank you for allowing God to use you for the years you have served in BSF.My prayer is that God will reward your Labour of love .May the the Lord bless you and may He cause His face to shine upon you
Thank you for answering the call. I pray this next chapter is sweet for you. Thank you for showing up day after day in response to the call of God on your life. Thank you personally for showing up for my husbands funeral (I’ll never forget that.) You shepherd well. You kept us centered on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. May this next chapter be a GIFT to you and your family.
Allison Aderholt Peet
Dear Susie,
Thank you for submitting yourself and your gifts to serve Jesus and each one of us in BSF. Your example of maturity and love in the Lord has inspired me as well as so many others. Thank you for the sacrifices you have made to seeing God glorified in BSF. May He richly bless you as you transition to His new call for you in this next season.
Yes, Lord ! I am available for you anytime. What would you like me to do？
May God continue to keep you as a blessing to many. Praising God for the BSF ministries, which enable us to learn, share and grow in His word.
Congratulations on your retirement Susie! Continue to allow the Lord to use you in His service.
Susie, thank you so much for your faithful service and dedication! We have not met in person but you have inspired me in past 2 years (including this pandemic year!) as a CL, thru Summit, email, blog, and video messages. Thank you for the legacy you are leaving here at BSF. May God bless you in your retirement and new plan He has for you!
Thank you Miss Susan for your willing heart, your faithfulness, and your obedience. Great plans have been made and mountains moved because of you. The Lord bless you and keep you— and continue to make His face shine brightly upon you and your family.
Ecclesiastes 3: For everything there is a time. It’s time for you to retire! You have done a fantastic job! Enjoy your retirement! I will miss your blog. Love you!
Susie thank you for your kind words and thank you for your time but mostly thank you for an example of what I could look like one day
What I can aspire to the light at the end of the tunnel for me thank you so much for your great example!!!
Thank you so much Suzie for your faithful leadership over these past years. Such good insight in your blog about being available for God to use. I will try to focus on that instead of constantly trying to fill every moment. God is so able to give His own assignment if we allow Him to.
Thank you Susie, God bless you and your family every day. Thank you for your love for God and this ministry. With love, Nadia from
Ecuador 💕
Susie, thank you for opening your heart to serve
Susie, thank you for opening your heart to serve BSF for twelve years. We are so grateful that you allowed God to use you to help us love His word more and more each day. Enjoy your next stage in life.
Mary Speight
Thank you for all these years of faithful service and leadership as you shepherded BSF. The Lord used you mightily in moving us through multiple transitions a few years ago. Who could have predicted that the He was nudging you and your staff to prepare us to be able to adapt and continue teaching His Word during a pandemic. The Lord is amazing and I am thankful He gave you ‘listening ears’. Best Wishes on your retirement and on the new adventures He will be taking you on in the years ahead!
I am thankful for Susie and the dedication to this ministry. I started BSF years ago in Southern California and when I moved in 1983 Iost touch.
Mary Jo Becker brought me back 2 years ago and I am so thankful.
Thank you for for obeying God’s call. We have all been blessed by your dedicated service.
You’ve been a blessing to the body of Christ. Your leadership in BSF under the guidance of the holy spirit admirable! May the Lord richly bless you now and always.
Many thanks for all your hard work and dedication. You did a wonderful job and it is much appreciated.
Susie I heard you present in Adelaide South Australia many years ago at our Leaders Conference. What a privilege to attend. And now here I am in Chicago. I want to thank you for your faithfulness over the past 12 years. You have been such a wonderful example to us all. May you enjoy the retired days ahead from BSF. I’m sure you will continue to encourage and inspire others in wherever God leads you next. Much love. Peace and joy be with you in Jesus Name. Amen
God bless you Suzie for having BSF so close to your heart and through this, the Word of God has reached many. God be with you as you retire….
Thank you Susan may the Almighty God bless you as you continue serving Him am Soo much blessed through study
Thank you so much for your service Susie!!
Thanks for your commitment. You will be missed physically but not spiritually.
Thank you for your inspiring leadership. I have learned so much these past ten years under the leadership of the BSF program. Enjoy this time that the Lord has given you to refresh, renew and just be available. And in His time He will give to you a new assignment which He is even now preparing for you. Blessings
What a blessing you are dear. Thank you for all the hard work and prayers. God bless you in your new chapter
Dear Susie, I’ve matured in my walk with the Lord through BSF Evening Men’s in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for over 20 years. Each year I have seen our class improve and progress, always moving forward, especially under your watch. Thank you for your many years of leadership, and leaving BSF better than it had been. My prayer for you is continued long, fruitful and joyful life “being available” to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
Susie, congratulations on your retirement! Thank you for your years of service and your dedication to BSF.
No doubt, your commitment and dedication to BSF has been far-reaching. You have served tirelessly, faithfully and compassionately. “Now, as the day dawns on the next chapter in your life, may God continue to richly bless you and watch over you, may the God of peace grant you peace now and always. “
Congratulations on your retirement. May The Lord go before you and bless you in the next phase of your life. Thank you for your commitment to BSF from which I have benefited for almost three years with BSF. God bless you.
I’ve been a Christian for 65+ yrs. I continue to study and love learning something “new” about the Lord. Last year was my first with BSF, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I actually did learn some things I didn’t previously know. Thank you, Susie, for your wonderful leadership!
Congratulations and I fully understand about retiring and thinking I had to fill that space but I am finding I am going to stand still and be available. Be blessed
Susie is a model for all of us who want to serve the Lord with a sincere heart. Serving God is a lifetime duty.
Thank you Susie for the kind of leadership you demonstrated during your tenure as BSF’s Executive Director. The Lord Jesus is honored.
Dear Susie, your service and life are inspiring. Your teachings have made a great impact in my attitude towards service. Thank you for being available to Him. May the Lord richly bless your next chapter and continue to use you for his purposes. Love
Thanks Susie to you and your entire family for your example in serving Christ with a servants heart. I have been blessed to be in BSF leadership for over 20 years. I have witnessed many changes for sure. We have all been blessed by your leadership and the amazing transitional way you and your staff have reenergized and prepared the next generation for Studying Gods Word!
Thanks again and blessings for the years ahead!
In Christ Name!
Susie, even though I never had the opportunity to meet you in person, I want to thank you for everything you’ve done for BSF. I’m sure that God has a special place set aside for you when you get to heaven. BSF has played a special part in my life and the lives of many others that I know, felons, drug traffickers, on and on and on. It’s a great organization, and it pleases me greatly when I have the opportunity to invite others to join us. I love the study, the fellowship, and the opportunity to serve the Lord and the men as a leader. Again, I want to thank you for everything you have done to make BSF the great organization that it is.
Hello Sussie,
I never had the privilege to meet you in person but have read a lot of your comments. I thank God on your behalf and how He has used you to spread His word across the globe. As you step into retirement, I want to wish you well and pray that the years ahead will be better than those behind to the glory of God and the good of others.
I thank God that you made yourself available to “simply to be used”. God took your be available to bless us. Thank you for sharing this story and I know it will be used for God’s glory as I and I know many others will share. Praying God’s Blessings on what He has for you next.
Thank you for your service. God bless you in your next endeavor with retirement. Your friend in Christ, Kathy Gushi.
You truly have a beautiful Christian spirit. I look forward to hearing what God has planned for your near future. I’m sure it will be joyful and grace filled
Thank you Susan for the faithful leadership and guidance God has provided through you. Thanks for being a willing vessel opened to be used for God’s glory. You have taken the TORCH and led BSf well in the mist of some challenging times. It’s amazing how God works. As he led you to start a new branch of online bibles studies. Who knew, but God, that a pandemic was on the way and BSF already had the infrastructure to continue to share God’s word. Thank you for BEING AVAILABLE TO CHRIST. Good and faithful servant well done. You will be missed but the Lord has used you for such a time as this. We love you and wish you well. We never retire from the work of the Lord I’m excited to see you in your next assignment.
Thank you, and may God bless you as you step into whatever role God leads you to in the coming weeks, months and years.
May God walk with you,
Jean AllenJean
Susie: Thank you for serving so faithfully, willingly, and joyfully in your role at BSF. Your position is so vital in the development of living a life for Christ to so many. God has blessed you as you served and through you has brought blessings to MANY others. May you continue being blessed as you continue working for Christ in your retirement!
May our Heavenly Father bless you and your family!
Thank you for giving your time & talent to God benefitting all of us. I love WordGo & online classes. May God bless you abundantly in the years to come for all your love & dedication.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for being available and allowing God to use your life as an instrument to impact His people and bring glory to Himself. Thank you for the energy you brought with you everywhere you went all over the world. Thank you for being available for His Kingdom even as you take a step back.
Enjoy your next assignment as you live for Christ’s fame in your immediate environment.
May God bless you on your retirement for a job well done. Thank you thank you for all you have done for BSF,
Thank you for your leadership and for serving BSF through such a difficult time. The challenges of our time are as complex as the Bible. BSF has been for me the most wonderful way to bring focus on Godś Word and apply it. Without people who are willing to answer the call the program could not continue so please know your sacrifice is valuable and cherished. Blessings to you and your family.
Dear Susie,
Thank you very much for your dedication to serving BSF. May God continue to bless your heart in your new chapter of life.
It was my delight time while I have been with you in BSF to be guided and to be equipped for being available to Christ.
Great thanks for all your dedication and for shepherding all the years.
May God be filled your days with joy and peace wherever you go and whatever you do.
with a HUGE hug~:)
Susie, I thank God for you and your loving leadership. You have been a shining example of being available to Christ, listening to Him and leading us with His grace and wisdom.
Go forth joyfully into retirement and into what God has planned for you next, knowing that we keep you in our hearts and prayers.
Thank you for your insights.for your leadership and helpfulness.
Thank you and enjoy your retirement.
Thank you so much for being available to our God & Savior! Thank you for your service to His kingdom through BSF. So many of us have benefitted through your availability to Christ & His purposes. We pray God continue to use you for His glory! (BSF leader from Bangalore, India)
Susie, you have been such an inspiring, dedicated and devoted leader for BSF and have been a beautiful example to follow. Thank you for thinking forward regarding technology that has allowed BSF to spread God’s word to so many around the world. You truly were called for such a time as this!
Inspiring. True, no retirement in our service to our great God
Thank you so very much Susie for your leadership and dedication to the BSF family. The BSF class is a wonderful way to learn & grow in understanding His word and what it is we should be doing as believers in Christ. May God Bless and cover you on your next Journey in life.!!!
Thank you for being available to be used during these years as BSF director. You have always been a godly beacon to me. I have stood amazed by God’s preparing of our online groups so that in the hour of greatest need we transitioned pretty seamlessly from in person to zoom. This past year, as a Preschool Children’s Leader, was challenging to teach via recording on my phone. I didn’t know if any Littles would even see them. But God! He impressed upon me the value of serving Him in the unseen quiet. And that my obedience to Him was my success. Oh, how I needed that encouragement.
My husband is now retired and I too am now stepping out of BSF Leadership (after 11 years) to be available to Him and my husband as we travel to visit family and…? Whatever the Lord has in store. We both will continue being group members online. I too desire to give God each day, “Here I am Lord, use me.”
I pray the days ahead for you will be filled with, “Wow God!” moments. I have no doubt you will be a blessing to all around you.
Again, thank you for shepherding us.❤
To God be the glory for allowing you and giving you the strength to serve others with dedication, commitment and love. May the Lord bless you as you continue to be available for Him.
Thank you for your leadership and my best to you in your future endeavors.
Susie, may you find joy in the different part of His vineyard He leads you in His service. For His glory and blessings of His people. Thank you for the 12 years of dedication and commitment to our Saviour Jesus Christ.
O how grateful we are that when God asked you to step into your role as BSF’s executive director, you said “yes.” You made yourself available to God and to me (us) as students and leaders. The transitions we wailed against and eventually acquiesced to have been life-giving and life-changing for BSF and it’s outreach. May God bless you and keep you, and give you well-deserved REST.
Thank you Susie for your service to the Lord in BSF. I remember many years ago when you were announced as the new Executive Director. The impact you have had is very visible all the way from Uganda. May God bless you abundantly as you continue to serve your Master and Saviour outside of BSF.
Thank you Susan ,blessings on you for your dedicated service ❤️😇🙏. Praying What God has next for you in service to Him. Bible Study Fellowship has been one of the greatest blessings in my life a real answer to prayer. This summer Word go has filled my summer. Ruth, John, Joshua and I am hoping to get through Hebrews before we begin Matthew. Blessings on you and your family ❤️🙏
Thank you Susie, many continued blessings to you and your family.
Thank you Susie for allowing God to use you. With your guidance BSF has transformed and continues to transform my life. God’s presence in my life is now real. He continually uses me to touch loves in a positive way. It is nolonger business as usual.. To God be the glory!
Jehovah remember and continue to bless you abundantly.
Thank you Susie may God bless and guide you to bless and guide others 🙏
Thank you Susan, I am so greatfull for the opportunity of being apart of BSF with you.. It has been life changing for me..My prayers 🙏🏽are with you as you start another chapter in your life.
God bless and keep you safe. May as His grace sustain you now and always. I am blessed and molded more. I pray I stand like you dear in the ministry. Have a wonderful retirement. Thank you for being there to move BSF to it’s present position.
Thank you! You have blessed us all by saying ‘ Here I am Lord, use me .’
Hi Susan, this will be my 2nd year in BSF..so I havent really gotten to know you but it was because of the online classes that i was able to join…I am impressed at the effort you and others had to put into it to keep bsf going here and all over the world in 2019/2020 with zoom classes..God used you a mighty way to get us through..enjoy your retirement!
Susie i remember like it was yesterday when i saw you during retreat in Nairobi. You took us through the book of Revelation and taught us about things to come. We have seen many of them the, fires, floods, famine wars, strange behaviours , attack among family members and many more. The Studies that were added to Isaiah, Revelations ect.. have come to pass. I been encouraged to listen and be led by the Spirit and not by situation i see or that surround me. I have learnt its not by might but by the Spirit of God that i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. So i too am asking the Lord to” Use me” am available. You have been a source of encouragement to us. May the Lord go before where He is leading you. Blessings.
Thank you for your tireless commitment to BSF. Best wishes in your retirement!
Thank you so much for being available! Our class prayed for you when you were a missionary in Brazil. It was lovely to see how God then used you to answer many of my prayers for BSF during your tenure as Executive Director, and of course He did beyond all anyone asked or imagined!
Susie,
Enjoy the new chapter in life that Christ has instore for you. Thank you for your past role with BSF. We have all benefited from your years of service. We will miss you.
This may be a duplicate. I tried sending and my email rejected. So again, thanks Susie, my 3 kids and I have been in bsf 6 or 7 years!! It’s been great! Appreciate bsf and all you have done.
Thank you Susie for your faithful service to the Lord at BSF! We will miss you! May the Lord bless you in your retirement life! God bless you and your family!
Thank you for your faithful dedication the past 12 years for God and BSF.
May you enjoy your retirement with good health, love, and joy!
May God bless and keep you. Thank you for encouraging BSF to become
a diverse group of people who love the Lord, for helping to eliminate biblical
poverty by changing rules to show compassion for the people who attend, and
helping us to realize that in spite of any pandemic or trial, our God is unstoppable!
Dear Susie, Thank you for ‘being available’ to God. You have presented a challenge to me; I don’t feel as though I have asked that question of Him regularly, certainly not as often as I have asked Him to be available to me in the past couple of years. I pray that you will be refreshed in this quiet time of service, and know that God will guide you into the next season of service at just the right time. Thank you for submitting to His direction for BSF, and being an example for us in how to Magnify God and Mature His People well. In Christ Alone, Robinette Fowler, Adelaide DW-STL, Australia
Hi Susie,
Thank you very much for your dedication and commitment to BSF all through these years. May God richly bless you and use as a channel of blessing to many more. -Peter Francis Canada.
Thank you for your service and may you be blessed in your future endeavors
Availability is always not an issue of time, but a willing heart.
Thanks Susie for your reminder.
Thank you, Susie, for serving us! May God bless you in your new endeavors!
Thank you so much for allowing God to use you, Susie!! Blessings on your journey into retirement! 🤗😍
Thanks Susie for all your work these years. Praised be the Lord for your availability. I hope the Father will use me someday.
Susie , you are God’s greatest gift. Please continue your good work , earnestly doing His great commission.
Dear Susie: Thanks for all your inspiring leadership. I sincerely appreciate all the time and sacrifices you have made for all of us in BSF. You have always touched my heart and I wish you many blessings and opportunities as you move into retirement.
Affectionately,
Debbie
I mailed my retirement paperwork today. For 32 years, my life has been controlled by school bells, ordered schedules, and rowdy high schoolers. Now what…? I think I, too, will wait “quietly” for the Lord’s prompting toward the next season in my life. Maybe I will join BSF.
Oh praise the lord. Your words are such an encouragement in times like this.
Thank u for serving and being an a great inspiration to serve.
May the Good Lord continue to use you wherever u will be.
Am trusting that I will continue to serve as I total depend on HIM ALONE.
GOD BLESS YOU
Dear Susie
Congratulations on your retirement from BSF. Thank you for all you have done and will do in the future. I know many lives have been and will be impacted by your faithfulness and dedication to this ministry. May God continue guiding your steps, and pouring His blessings upon you.
All the best to you,
Yanira Sharpe
In deed being available to Christ without reservation is the loveliest position one can ever be. Thank you for encouraging and guiding and mentoring me in the last 12 years through Bsf. And for encouraging me to pray for God to be magnified in all nations. (Which is the whole duty of man.) Enjoy your break and new ventures.
My sincerest prayers and best wishes go to you Susan and you move into this next season. The Lord has sown many seeds through your leadership in BSF and its Harvest time! It will be exciting to see how many of us, as laborers in His field, will continue to be available for the work of Kingdom building. I have been so blessed serving in BSF for these 8+ years and I am encouraged by your blog to stay available.
May His favor and blessing continue to be upon you!
You will be missed. Thank you for your time, leadership and care towards BSF. You along with the board made changes that were hard but necessary to fulfill the Lord’s command to spread the good news to as many people as possible. What I like is that these changes did not change or diminish God’s word. Thank you for your willingness to serve all those years.
Thank you for your dedication and service to BSF and, especially, your love for Christ and His followers.
Thank you for your faithfulness🙏🏻❤️
Best wishes from Portland, OR
Thank you Susie for your commitment to leading BSF over these last 12 years. I’m sure that God will now continue to lead you through newer experiences in your retirement yet the impact BSF has had from your dedication and service glories God and has transformed many lives over your years serving and leading. Blessings to you and your family in the next season of your life.
Thank you so much Susie, it has been a real privilege to serve the Lord through BSF under your leadership. May God richly bless you and your family in the years ahead.
Susie, you don’t know me, yet if we were to meet we would know the unity found in Christ through His Spirit. You have encouraged me with your transparency, your humility, your leadership, courage and sweet gentle spirit, you have challenged me to take God’s word seriously, buy deeper study and obedience. Thank you for following God’s leading and for the many hours, days and years you have poured into BSF.❤️
Thank you so much for your devotion to BSF for these past years. Coming from a rural area several hundred miles from the closest in person site, the online classes have been an answer to prayer. The Bible studies have made a tremendous impact on my life and given me the knowledge and confidence to share with other groups. God bless your retirement time.
Best wishes in your retirement! I am in the same place. This was encouraging!
I love your commitment to the Lord and His body. May the Lord be with you in your retirement. I pray that I will be available for God and my prayer is to see many love and study this living Word.
Dear Susie,
I joined BSF in Oakville Canada the year after you become our executive director. I became a group leader a couple of months after joining our class and have served ever since. I have followed Jesus my whole life and have participated in and lead many Bible studies over the years but BSF has been something so different and so much more. Thank you, thank you for being available and allowing God to use your many gifts in the ministry at BSF. Your leadership, insight, planning, teaching, and modelling of dedication to God and His Word have been an inspiration to me and our whole class. The flexibility and determination to try new approaches to broaden our audience have blessed our discussions, our class dynamics and our community learning posture. Thank you.
As you embark on this new time in your journey, may God bless you richly as you have blessed thousands across the globe.
Humbled to have served with you,
Cheryl
Thank you for your service in Him.
Thank you Susie for your leadership through these years! I too relate to waiting for God to show me the path of what he desires for my life now. My husband has just gone to be with Jesus and it is the waiting and loneliness that is the most difficult! But His ways are not always our ways but we know that He is higher than all we can do! Blessings to your new journey!
Donna
You have my deepest sympathy on the loss of your husband. I love the fact that you know that God has a plan for you. I rely very heavily on Jeremiah 29:11 while I wait on the Lord‘s plan
Susie is a wonderful person. Her efforts have blessed many people including me. I pray for and wish her the best that God has to offer.
Dear Susie,
My big thank you to your devotions to BSF ministry. May you have a very blessed retirement and may our Lord continue to make you a blessing of many people.
Thank you and bless you for serving Christ. Enjoy your next stage of life with Christ.
Susie has been instrumental in empowering my walk with Christ. With her strong message of encouragement to have a spirit filled relationship with God, it has allowed me to stamina the perseverance and tenacity to walk closer to God. Thanks so much Susie, you are an exemplary of what Chist wants us to be. May God continue to bless you with good health and draw you even closer himself.
To God be all the honor and the glory Thank you I have found have had the blessed opportunity to see have people witness to me about when we make ourselves available and immediately to god and with the power of the holy spirit working in us god can accomplish his mighty works through us and in us May God continue to bless you and your families because you are truly a blessing
Susie remembered my name! God remembers my name and knew me before I was born. Susie has been an amazing, committed, Godly leader for “such a time as this”. Bon courage et bonne route.
Thank you for your commitment to BSF and for all the hours that you have worked tirelessly to make it what it is today. God bless you as you take a rest until He leads you to your next assignment.
Thank you Susie for all your service to all of us in BSF, you are a true diciple of our Lord, I am so grateful for you and all of those who keep our study alive,it was a very strange year, but thanks to God and to you we were able to continue the word of our Lord and Savior, May God Bless You!!!!!
Thank you for being available to inspire and challenge your BSF family. Often your words have been used to do exactly that in my life and, no doubt, countless others.
God Bless!
(Richmond, BC, GL)
Susie has been instrumental in empowering my walk with Christ. With her strong message of encouragement to have a spirit filled relationship with God, it has allowed me to stamina the perseverance and tenacity to walk closer to God. Thanks so much Susie, you are an exemplary of what Chist wants us to be. May God continue to bless you with good health and draw you even closer himself.
Thank you for making it possible for me to do BSF Genesis online through zoom. It helped me get closer to Abba dearest. God bless BSF and thank you for your personal service unto Him and His children.
Thank you for all.
God will bless you forever.
Thank you for all you have done for us in BSF . I have grown so much in Christ since attending . The best to you in your retirement
Susie
Well done 👏
To Susie thank you very much all the way from New Zealand (I also studied in Australia). Having been in BSF for over 20 years I have seen the changes and been pleased to see that BSF has been brought into a new era with less emphasis on clothing and more on our hearts. Also the younger leadership I am sure has encouraged more younger women to attend. The school programme has been wonderful and I am so very impressed with the youngsters attending it as well as the leaders. Thank you also for extending the reach of BSF by including Chinese and Spanish. You have blessed many with your strong leadership and I, with many others, wish you a very happy time in your retirement. May it be a special time with family as well as loved ones.
I just wish to add that God took me to work in Ethiopia when I was 59 so He may well have new plans for you too
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your leadership of BSF and for your wonderful words of wisdom. BSF has not only taught me the vital importance of being in the Word, but solidified my love for it. God bless you as you continue to “ask only to be used”!
For the Glory of the Kingdom,
Linda Swygart
Thank you for serving so faithfully! Thank you for leading with such an amazing example of a servant. I have served in BSF for 28 years and I most remember the retreats where I heard you speak. You always seemed to be “just a regular person.” You inspired me with your willingness to follow God even when it was something we had not done before. Thank you for the study of Revelation! Oh what a blessing. Enjoy retirement and serving God in another capacity.
Great work Susie! Some day we will meet in heaven. Enjoy your well deserved retirement.
Thank you Susie for all your hard work and dedication to BSF. May God continue use and bless you as He move
you to the next task He have inshore fore you.
Best wishes In your retirement . Thank you for all you have done in BSF . I have enjoyed and grown in Christ so much because of what I have learned there .
Thank you, Susie, for being available to God and for your service. Your leadership and vision for BSF is greatly appreciated! I pray that you fill the hole in your schedule with the Lord and His word! May God richly bless you in retirement!
“Well done faithful servant “
God has used you mightily through BSF! Enjoy your retirement and the next station of ministry He leads you to!
May God Bless you Susie as you retire and have more time to enjoy your family, especially your children and grandchildren and loyal husband. Thank you for all you have done to spread BSF further around the world and to educate many adults and children in God’s word. I send my gratitude from here in New Zealand although I also studied in Australia and it was wonderful to be able to continue studying while away. The fine young people I have seen at BSF is so encouraging and due to the hard work of you all at BSF and we appreciate that too. With over 20 years of attending BSF I have seen the changes brought to the organization. I am grateful for making it more friendly towards modern people with the changes in dress code as well as the wonderful development into Chinese and Spanish which extend God Word further into this troubled world.
Enjoy your retirement but be aware that God has plans we don’t expect sometimes. I myself ended up teaching in Ethiopia at 59 years old – and what a wonderful experience that was!
May God Bless you and all your loved ones now and into the future.
Hi Susie, Thank you so much for your great sharing and teaching over the years of serving in BSF. I love your good reminder : Ask simply to be used. By the time it comes, we have to put aside our convenience to get involved. It’s so true that we are willing to be sacrificed for our Great God!
This year, I am going to study Matthew again after being studied in BSF for nearly 9 years! I really look forward to seeing all wonderful works will be happened in the coming study with all my beloved BSFers.
Thank you once again, Susie❤️
May God bless you and your family 🙏🏻💞
I will pray for you as you remain “available” to serve in different ways. May the Lord bless you as you retire from BSF. Thank you for the excellent way you have guided us all through the pandemic in continuous study of God’s Word!
Thank you for your committed service to Christ. It has meant so much to the body of Christ.
Dear God, we thank you for the life and strength you gave to Sussie. We thank you for using her to serve your purpose. Her strength has been made a strength in me. Even at her age, she has been very fruitful which has been a source of encouragement to me. I always look forward to your blog which is food to me. I pray that has to go into retirement, you will not be tired. You will be happy to look back at BSFers. Thanks Sussie and God bless you. GBEMI
Dear Susie,
Thank our Lord Jesus Christ for calling you to serve in BSF all these precious years.
God always finishes what He starts, rejoice in knowing that you are conforming to His calling
and see every event as part of the process.BSF has grown so much in recent years and I pray that His Word will truly pierce into the hearts of His created people to follow Him.
I am thankful to be in BSF for many long years and will continue to pray for the next generation.
Dear Susie, Thank you so very much for your dedication and hard work. It seems to me that your work wasn’t always easy and was probably quite challenging. Thank you and God bless you in your retirement. In Christ, Marcia
Dear Susie. Thank you so very much for your dedication and service to BSFall these years. Your comments have always been insightful and always went straight to the heart. I have enjoyed every one.
I pray you will have a wonderful retirement and rest in the words of Christ.
Praise the Lord!
How wonderful life, Susie committed her life for Christ, served In BSF faithfully, all nations of God’s children be blessed.
As the Paul said “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have keep the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day.”
May God’s goodness and love will follow Susie all the days of Susie’s life.
Thank you, Mrs. Rowan, for what you have done for gathering hearts to praise and thank God through BSF!
Please keep praying for me to be available to join God’s kingdom to please and glorify His name in any situation!
Enjoy your time with your family and grandchildren forevermore!
Susie, Thank you so much for your encouragement and praying . May the lord be with you and your family always…..
Thank you Susie for your labour prompted by love.Ask simply to be used is beautiful reminder for me.Thank you .May God richly bless you in all your future endeavours.
Thank you Susie, for the years of service through BSF. Sure appreciate your prayers as we long to be Christ’s hands & feet. May God bless you as He leads you into what is next!
God’s richest blessings as you continue to press on in serving our Savior until He returns to take us home to be with Him.
Thank you Susie for your service all for the fame of Jesus Christ and for providing leadership opportunities for men and women to spread God’s word.
Thank you, Susie. BSF has become better and better since I started about ten years ago.
Oh thank you so much Susie! I have been really “feeling” the weight of all of my responsibilities and demands. Most of which I have put on myself by always wanting to help. It’s easy to fill the time with busy work, but am I using that time for God? Am I doing all I can to do his work here on earth? I needed to hear this today. Sometimes we need to just rest and wait for God to direct us to our next opportunity. I thank you so much for all of your work in BSF and your commitment to sharing God’s word with all that you can. Your love for the Lord is evident in all you do. You are such a blessing g to the BSF ministry. Thank you so very much. Enjoy your retirement and may God continue to bless you and your family.
I have really enjoyed hearing from you. You have been a wonderful blessing to BSF l know the Lord ,will continue to use you and bless you.will miss you! Sister in Christ
Susie,
The only year I was in leadership was the year of Revelation where you spoke at the Dallas retreat. You unpacked passages in Colossians with such depth of relationship with God that I still long to return to that nearness with such committed learners and teachers of the truth-giving and life-giving word of our Savior. Thank you for making an impact on me.
Thank you for your many years of service. BSF has been a blessing to me.
Dear Susie,
Praise the Lord for blessing us through your service in bsf. Thank you!
Thank you Susie for excellently and selflessly serving God as BSF Executive Director. Thank you for your leadership. May God lead you in this new season of your life and may He continue to glorify Himself in your life. Enjoy the new season!
Thankyou, Susie, for your commitment over these last 12 years. your example of leadership has been a light showing me what God can do when we give ourselves o His call in our lives. God bless you
Thank you Susie. We will miss you.
May God continue blessing you in your retirement and new projects.
Muitíssimo obrigada, pela excelente liderança. Sentiremos saudades.
Thank you Susie for your obedience in answering the call to serve at BSF.
I have personally grown so much in my knowledge of the Lord through the BSF studies.
I am grateful for your service.
May God bless your retirement.
I began my BSF walk while AWJohnson was still writing the lessons! I have been in and out of classes in different periods of my life but my heart has always been and always will be in BSF. Blessings to you and your dedication to our God and His word.
Thanks for your service to the lord first and to all people who joined the BSF I am sure that u were blessings to many people . Me personally I am blessed by your service ,praying for u For next chapter of your life that he will be with u like he promised and he is the only one will reward you and bless u I pray in Jesus mighty name ❤️🙏
Ordered 2 study books on Matthew. Have not received them. Why?
Thank for your 12 years in BSF. Congratulations on finishing well (this race). Enjoy your new time … with family and church and wherever God will plant you. Blessings to you and your family.
I learned a lot about what many of the students know about the word of the Bible and I was shocked that they believe that baptism isn’t needed to be saved. Christ said that you must be born again to enter into the Kingdom of God which means that you get baptized in water. Also I don’t believe in the Trinity or the rapture for these beliefs raises too many questions.
Last year was my first year joining BSF and lessons were all by Zoom. As we studied the book of Genesis, my eyes have been opened! The BSF approach has enabled me to see and understand God from a new and deeper perspective. I have been enlightened in ways never before. All credit to BSF which has provided such a wonderful e-platform for us. I have recommended BSF to others. I wish to say this to Susie: you may or may not have realised, but BSF has indeed made life-changing impact to people like me. THANK YOU for running BSF and wish you a most blessed retirement!
Thank you for all your work with BSF! It has been a real blessing to me & so many others. Wishing you all the best in retirement—enjoy! Blessings to you & yours!
Be available for Jesus -we can expect the unexpected answer to everything we have committed to Him .He can do much more than all that we expect and do .
To God be the glory for the work He has done through your service and obedience. I pray He will use you in a mighty way throughout all the rest of your days.
Many thanks
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Susie, thank you for helping to grow BSF ( in numbers and function), helping adults and children to grow in Christ and for getting BSF and everyone affiliated through the tough times of 2020 and 2021.
Good luck to you and your husband as you embark on a new stage in life. Take my word for it…you are going to love retirement! Blessings to you and your’s.
Thank you Susie for your dedication and commitment not only to BSF, but to God our father..enjoy your retirement and my prayer is that God continue to bless you and your family…
WOW! What an inspiration, what God-led inspiration. You are a true believer and spiritual leader. God bless you and continue to guide you to serve yet in retirement as He has done for me.
Thank you. This is so timely & refreshing. Bless you in your new season.
The more I am involved with BSF, the more I appreciate the people in the background and forefront that make this program so intense. Thank you for sharing your gift and contributions to BSF. Many blessings for your future retirement.
Thanks, Susie❤️
Thanks so much for all you have done for BSF and all of us who have gained so much by being a part of BSF. God bless you in your retirement.
Susie Thank YOU! What a great servant leader of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Whenever I heard you speak and read your words, they gave me a visualization of Jesus Christ and what Heaven will be when we are 100% surrendered to Almighty GOD, and truly Love others recklessly.
Being available to Christ
Dear Susie, I thank God for your faithfulness in your calling in BSF. Thank God for giving you the zeal to bring the gospel to the very end of the age. I struggled for many years before i finally joined BSF because of commitment. But joining BSF and answering the call to serve is one of the best choice I ever made. LM/CM help me to focus on God’s word, fix my eyes on Christ and trust in God in the midst of uncertainties. Thanks BSF for making Summit available to all leaders! Words cannot expressed how much I am being blessed through it. May the LORD continue to make you fruitful as you abide in Him! Thank you ❤️
Dear Suzie, I am so grateful for your great wisdom and desire to serve for the last 12 years . You have been so instrumental in the progress of BSF. May God continue to bless you and your family for what you generously gave to others. We will miss you dearly. All the very best for your next endeavor.
BLESSINGS To You, Wherever GOD Leads You….You have been AMAZING and I KNOW You Made JESUS PROUD!!!! AGAIN, BLESSINGS
Thanks for your help for others who need God’s words through BSF in their times.
Try to be real “Christian” little step by step, and BSF is the most helpful friend to be with me.
Thanks again for your work and devotion!!
Thanks, Susie, for this message—it rings true for me in retirement!
Thanks also, for your leadership in these years when BSF has become more accessible. I attended part of two years, over 30 years ago, and was thrilled to see how much more comfortable and flexible it has been for me the past five years. Yet the truth of the Scriptures and power of the Holy Spirit never change!
Thank you for this word for me today.
Thank you Susie for such wise words & for your faithful service over the years. It’s been a pleasure to sit under your leadership at BSF & to watch how God has used you to bring BSF to so many more people!❤
Susie,
Thank you and bless you for your dedication to furthering Gods kingdom on earth.
I hope you enjoy your retirement!
And I look forward to the time when we can all gather together in heaven!
This is so good; it reminds me of one of my favourite Bible characters, Ananias, the one the Lord directed to baptize Saul. “Here I am, Lord”. He was asked to do a “small” task, but one which required courage and faith in order to carry it out. But he did, and is a shining example of the importance of being available to whatever the Lord asks, be it ‘big” or “small”.
May our Lord bring rest and peace to you and yours! May He fill your heart and mind with all the treasure of your years of service. Thank you for your humble and solid leadership. May hearts grow deeper in Him who have heard truth as a result of your diligence.
I will always remember your phrase “ for the fame of Jesus in the nations”.
He is glorified…. May His name alone be praised.
Thank you again.
Susie, last year was my first full year in BSF and I was pleasantly surprised to learn you were the Executive Director. I knew you at Colonial Presbyterian (way back when). Thanks for serving in BSF and may God direct you in the next chapter of your life.
Thank you Susie for your leadership.I originally started BSF with a couple of friends who no longer come.Every year I would say, this is my last year,and every year,I would be amazed . I truly enjoyed it and am looking forward to participating this year.God’s blessings as you go into retirement.
Respectfully,
Glenda J Johnson
Thank you Susie, for all your devotion and hard work. I love BSF.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your many years in leading BSF. I have been a BSFer for years. I love its format, and have invited many to join me as I studied God’s word through the BSF format. God has met us where we were and abundantly blessed us each year. I also appreciate all BSF and you have done for the past years and throughout the quarantine time. I once got to visit the San Antonio office, it was a good experience and a favorite memory.
As you retire from this job, I am sure God will use you in many more ways to further His Kingdom. I just want to thank you for being available to Christ these past 12 years!
In His Love, Reta
Thank you so much for your wonderful selfless service!
May God wonderfully bless this new season in your life 💐💕.
Wishing you God,s blessings during all your future endeavors. We have been blessed by your devoted leadership. Frances Edwards – Lexington, KY.
May the Lord bless your new endeavors as you continue to be available for anything and anyone who is in need.
I love how simple things can be with God.
Dear Susie,
Thank you so much for your committed service and leadership to BSF. May God bless you in your retirement and continue use you as a channel of blessings to many people.
May God bless you, your family and ministry as you continue to be available to Christ! Thanks for your Godly leadership and example to us all!!
I have been blessed for the two and half years Studying God message. I have loved the lecture and the structure of the class. Thank you for the devotion of time and your loving attitude as God’s servant.
I am so thankful that you made yourself available for the Lord to use you to serve in BSF. You have inspired, motivated, guided. and taught us with love. You touched my life. It will be exciting to see how the Lord continues to use you for His Honor and Glory. You will be missed.
God bless you Susie, what a sacrificial life. May God continue to lead you every step of the way.
Susie – this is a great parting shot to leave us to think about. Thank you and what a role model you are!
Thank you, Susie, for your dedication and leadership in BSF. You are truly a blessing to all of us!
I wish you all the best in your retirement!
Susie, wonderful blog. I prayerfully wish you the best. God bless you and keep you and your family in His care. Carolyn from Cleveland, Ohio
Thank You, Susie Rowan for your leadership and sacrifice for our Lord, King and Savior. I have learned and grown so much in Christ by His grace and the help of the Holy Spirit after starting BSF ten years ago.
May we all joyously sing praises to our King/Savior when we are all together in Heaven with Him.
Thank you for your faithful service!
You’ll be missed Susie ❤️
Mehri
Thank you Susie.
How I prayed for Isaiah. I almost died but I loved it!
I am so thankful for you and the prayers answered while you led us forward.
Sorry propelled me to many places and loss of family but God was faithful. So we’re the classes I kept driving to attend. I hope a little settled now with hope of a job.
Clarity quietness and precious commitment to our Christ.
We look to our one true King.
He is Worthy.
I trust His next step for thee.
In sorrow and joy,
Janice Larkins
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U will be miss u are Beautiful inside and out thank you for being so kind and obeying God’s word have a great retirement and I probably will still see you around
Beautiful! I am 86 and still “simply to be used”.
God bless you on your new journey. Be Blessed always.
It is rare that I look up to someone that I only know from a distance. Yet you have provided a beautiful, inspiring model of a godly woman. I greatly appreciate the your leadership of BSF and your helping us move beyond tradition to new and innovative ways to grow and serve. Thank you for your obedient leadership and the wonderful example you give to all of us who have benefited from the ministry of BSF
Mayor Susie,
Fabulous teacher thru Acts + answering tough question with written, Biblically sound report = awesome!
Continue to study daily, delving into richness of His Word + growing closer to Jesus….
Thank You for guiding me thru Acts, will never forget you honey!
God does not have a retirement plan. He has a repurpose plan for you. Be blessed.
Thank you Susie for your Faith in Jesus Christ that has powered your “Availability to serve God.” Enjoy your rest.
Thank you for Yr faithfulness.
Yes nothing ever so blessed than opportunity to serve the Lord.
This was my first time last spring.
What a blessing in every way. I was in a new city. God blessed me with a wonderful group of ladies ,depth in God’s truth and the the affirmation of of our Lord and Savior’s love for us.
BSF has blessed me is ways I never imagined.
Thank you for ALL you have done🙏🏻
May your JOURNEY be BLESSED as you continue to do the work of the Ministry in your Retirement JOURNEY. May God continue to Bless you Richly.
ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY.
Thank you for your many years of service to our great God and Savior as BSF Executive Director! May the Lord bless and keep you as you look to Him, the Author and Finisher of our faith–now and through all the days ahead.
In Christ alone.
Thank you Susie. Thank you for being you and such an inspiration for us to follow in your example of being in God’s majestic word .. applying it to our lives. You beautifully and compassionately present us with achievable challenges to grow in God’s word and to know Him more intimately. .. becoming a person that pleases God. Yes, we want to be a woman after God’s own heart. May God continue to bless you richly as you move on in your life.
thank you for your prayers for all of us “BSFers”!
In Christ’s Love,
Thank you for you service and the reminder to be available no matter where or when we find ourselves.
Dear Suzie. I celebrate you for your love and great commitment to serve God and his people. You made BSF easy and available to people from all walks of life. My prayer may the Lord richly bless you and guide you through your retirement. You are an amazing woman of God with a heart of Gold. God bless you.
Thank you for your tireless efforts. I will always remember your voice. I can recognize it anywhere.
God will always guiding and leading you to new area of your life
Good luck and happy retirement. God Bless you
God will continue to richly bless you Ms. Rowan. Thank you for your service, your ability to make difficult, but necessary, decisions, and your humility in the middle of tradition shaking world events. Humility that reflected your consistent commitment to be available to God. I know He will richly bless you; just as He blessed us through your leadership.
Susie,
The question that has been on my desk for several months now is this: “Is God important to me? And if so, how do I show it?” As God called me out of the TL role a year ago, I too have faced the season of adjustment. It IS lonely at times, setting aside relationships grown with leaders and class members so that another TL can lead. But God is near. HE is the refreshment my soul needs and HE is the One who knows how to tend to my heart. HE is important, and HE is enough. I know you’ll find that to be true, day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment. Helen Roseveare’s little book, “Enough”, was a critical turning point for me to really face Christ’s sufficiency for my life. He. Is. Enough. I rejoice in His call on your life, on our shared calling in Christ, and in His continued work in and through us. May God bless you as you discover new levels of intimacy and dependence on our Lord Jesus Christ <3
Thank you, Susie for your faithful service to our Lord for so many fruitful years. To God be the glory!!
I will always thank God for you Susie. Your deep commitment to the Lord is an example for me to follow. Thanks a lot for those inspiring thoughts. Wish you all the best in Christ.
it is not easy to do what John the Baptist said he must increase and I must decrease in life and that what you did Susie
well done
hope we all have the same perspective and see our selves to put Jesus first in our lives
you are going to retire from this position but I’m very sure you will stay in the business of praying for others to see the need of Christ in their lives
Your words are so inspiring!
I can’t wait to see where He sends me.💕
Susie,
Thank you for being available to the Lord in the mission to grow His kingdom and equip His disciples. One never retires from work for the Lord. He has blessed me at 72 with more opportunities than I ever imagined. BSF has been a huge part of the transformation in my heart since I began studying Gods Word in 1984. I am grateful to the Lord for your role in touching my life for Him through PPL1 and the Doctrine study. How they have enlarged my view if God! May His blessings continue to fall down like rain on you and your husband and family.
Thank you for your time, effort, prayers, resources, energy and leadership to Jesus Christ and His kingdom to come. Many have benefited from your works. Well done, good and faithful servant! To GOD be the glory and honor and praise! God bless as you begin a new chapter in your walk.😃
I only joined early this year and in the middle of the Genesis study but I enjoyed the group tremendously and I thank you all for the online platform to connect with other believers.
Dear Susie,
I have enjoyed so much your words of wisdom over these past years you have led Bible Study Fellowship. I see God’s love and gentle Sprit flowing through you when you send us a video.
I started BSF in 1977 when I quit teaching 3rd grade to stay home and be a fulltime mom with our children. I stayed home and attended Bible Study for 10 years, but then I went back to teaching and gave it up. I always said I would go right back when I retired. However, a close friend told me I should not wait till retirement. There was a night class about 25 miles from our home, so I began attending again when the first year of “Isaiah” came out.
I love Bible Study Fellowship! I invite everyone I know to join. It is such an excellent way to study God’s Word: questions on your own, then discussion in a small group, then a well-prepared lecture, and finally commentary notes–that always apply directly to my life! Every section of scripture covered 4 times! And in the meantime, we build close friendships and pray for each other! There’s nothing like it!
I have taken my children and my grandchildren. I have been a discussion leader and a children’s leader.
Thank you so much for your service to our Lord as a leader.
Soli Deo Gloria!
Dorene Christensen
Thank you Susie Rowan for your selfless service in BSF “for such a time as this”. And truly wise words about asking Jesus what He has for you weekly in this new season of life. There is great wisdom in having an open schedule so that you are available to immediate urgent needs, like helping neighbours with meals and driving to them appointments. This is how I entered retirement 7 years ago and Jesus has kept me busy!
Thank you Susie for your commitment to Christ and your dedication to BSF. Thank you for allowing God to use you and your talents here at BSF. May God continue to Bless you and keep you.
Susie, thank you for your faithful, dedicated service to our Lord through the vehicle of Bible Study Fellowship. I started BSF at the same time you came onboard and it has been an amazing journey. You have led the ministry through some welcomed changes and towards phenomenal growth, both in physical and online classes. I appreciate the way you have modeled dependence on God the whole time. Favorite memory was you masterfully playing the role of Minnie Mouse at our leaders’ retreat in Anaheim :-). May God continue to use you mightily in your retirement. You will be missed! I am thankful for Hollie and look forward to getting to know her.
Thank you for your steadfast encouragement and inspiring leadership, Susie. Enjoy a well-deserved retirement!
Thank you Susie for your many many years of dedication to God first and to all your fellow BSFers. We love you and will miss you. We know you will always keep God first as you have inspired us to do. May you be blessed on whatever you are lead to do with the next chapter of your life.❤
Thank you for serving with excellence! We will miss you! May God give you joy, peace and rest as you step into retirement. I am forever grateful for your leadership of this ministry. love and thanks, Julie
Dear Susie,
Thank you so much for your dedication & service to BSF.
May God richly bless you in your retirement years! To God be the Glory!
Aloha and God be with you always.
I know there will be many who have shared in serving the Lord that have been close to you. I join them in giving thanks for all you have done and I know God is not through with you yet. So wherever this next journey takes you I thank you and pray His many blessing on you and family. May the coming years bless you with good health and joy in the life He alone gives.
Susan,
I wish you well in your retirement. I pray that your days will be what you want them to be. Keep Christ as the main focal point in your life and be covered by the Blood of Jesus.
I love you in Christ. Have a BLESSED RETIREMENT!
Thank you, Susie! It has been my privilege to be able to listen to you speak God’s Word during retreat and serving under your leadership. May the Lord richly bless you in this next phase of your life as you continue to serve Him in a different way!
Thank you so much for your years of service in growing so many in the Lord. Your commitment is greatly appreciated! I have been a part of BSF for 3 years. I have loved the community it has provided.
Having served w BSF for over thirty years- I am indebted to all those who led in the cause of Christ to facilitate a vibrant relationship in myself and others to mature us to serve where God has intentionally placed us. Thank you for your part Suzie Rowan. May God be glorified.
Susie, thank you for your leadership, for being an inspiration, a blessing and a Christ-like model for BSF leaders worldwide to follow, as you followed Jesus’ leading in the BSF ministry. Your labor in the Lord is not in vain but it will continue to bear fruits for His kingdom, fruits that will last.
Thank you Susie for your commitment, direction, and example. We will miss you but look forward to how God will use Hollie Roberts in this new season. May our God bless you richly for the time you have led so well.
May God’s voice be heard by you as you Surrender your life to him . Thank you for serving us and writing your awesome blogs ! Your thoughts snd writing has enriched my life .
Thank you Susie for being a faithful servant in His Kingdom. May you be richly blessed as you step into retirement
Thank you so much for serving God and a great Director of Bible Study Fellowship. Please enjoy your retirement.
Dear Susie
Thank you so much for the wonderful messages and encouratements. May God Richly less your retirement.
What an inspiration! Thank you Susie!
Dear Susie,
Thank you so much for your dedicated service to the BSF. I am grateful that I can study the word and closer to the Lord. Jesus is my best friend and the Holy Spirit is my daily guiding light. Your leadership and your genuine prayers are greatly appreciated. We will miss you and wish you the best in the Lord.
Su Yang
Thank you for your years of commitment to the most worthy organization whose goal is the dissemination of the Gospel and the Word.
Thank you, Susie. May the good Lord bless and keep you always. As you have watered us all these years, may the river of gladness never run dry in your life. Amen.
Thank you for your availability to us! Thank you for letting God use you to grow BSF to reach this generation for the fame of His name in the nations. God bless you in your new season of availability to Him.
Thank you for your dedication to our Lord and Savior and to all of us who needed your guidance throughout the years. I know God isn’t through with you yet. There are mighty works yet to be done and He knows you are available. Have a blessed, God-filled life.
Thank you, Susie for making yourself available. I am a bit afraid and a bit doubtful about my ability but I pray God would use me.
God bless you.
Thank you Suzie for being obedient and available to be used of the Lord. When I moved to Texas almost eight years ago from California, my life changed drastically. The job I came for, to help start a Christian College in the Montgomery area fell through after a year and a half. The CEO ended up being dishonest and our dreams were ended. I believed that God had led us here. We bought our first home and I was making more than I ever had. I grieved the loss and soon found myself working at a men’s prison as a Correctional Officer. I was 57 when I started. We were attending WCBC and started BSF in Montgomery. My husband, Clyde who is blind with his guide dog Parcel, started BSF as well. What a blessing it has been to us. We have made some wonderful Christian friends and grown in the Lord too. Clyde has not found work yet and is recovering from some health challenges, so we have had struggles. My job has been challenging with overtime because of shortages in officers. I can’t always make it to BSF but I try to go as often as my schedule allows. Thank you all of the sacrifices you have made through the years leading BSF. I pray that the Lord will be faithful in showing you what He has next for you You have been a wonderful leader. We will keep you in our prayers.
Even though I never crossed path with you , I would like to thank you for your leadership. I am relatively new to BSF through the leadership of Billy Rhodes. This program has changed my life. There is no doubt that you and the program had something to do with it.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
Blessings!!
Mike Mendez
Thank you for your message. It is encouraging. Simply ask “How can you use me today”
Thank you for your years of leadership in BSF you did a wonderful jobs engaging all of us
Enjoy retirement from BSF however I don’t believe that retirement is a Godly word–he will always
use us where He can. Continue to be his servant.
Susie,
What a blessing to have served under you in BSF Columbus IN DW class. Praying peace and refreshing as you await Gods next call. Thank you for being available and teaching us as you lead us.
Thank you for the many lessons and your leadership for past 12 years. God’s grace and blessings to you and you family in all your future endeavors. To God be the glory!!!
Thank you sooo very much for your great leadership of BSF these past years. You truly have a heart for our Almighty God and our Lord Jesus Christ to magnify God and to mature the people. BSF has come a long ways of ministering to many people of all ages. I wish you God speed in your new ventures as you spend more time with your family. May God bless and keep you.
I am very fortunate to be able attend BSF. Each time I walked into the church feel the peaceful caring and loving people which is the person I want to be. Many struggles puzzles resolved by singing hymns, lectures, and prayers. I like to give thanks to Susan for her passionate in caring of sheep’s spiritual life and devoted her time to the class. I learn God’s words not only from book but also from people who work in the lord’s family.
Thank you Very much Susan, may the lord blesses you abundantly.
Thank so much for your commitment to our Lords service these Past 12 years. I am very grateful for BSF and it’s leadership. His word keeps me in the proper mind set. God Bless to you and your family.
Thanks for serving the Lord through BSF leadership!
God bless you in your transition to retirement. I believe we don’t actually ‘retire’ from the call Jesus left us. We can find every opportunity to tell the good news of Jesus Christ, I find this to be true. The Word will remind us as you have expressed the time for our availability.
Don’t know if you’re familiar with a gospel song around the 80’s called “I’m Available to You”. Made a lasting impression on this walk with the Lord to me.
My favorite song because I’m a soloist in church is’, Use me Lord, Use me for Your glory”. Be blessed.
As we said in the Navy at change of command. “Fair winds and following Seas, Captain you have skippered a good and faithful crew.”‘
Love this, James!
Dear Susan, thank you for your service to the Lord and BSF. The opportunity to be a member and then a group leader has been a major factor in my growth and walk with God.
God bless you in your new season
Susie!!!
I began participating in a Day Women’s BSF class over 18 years ago, in my mid-twenties as a single mom of 2. My youngest was able to attend the preschool program once he became 2.
When I was married years later and had more 3 children, I was excited that they were all able to attend from infancy. Actually was pregnant with 2 of them while in our class (Matthew & PPL I).
After starting BSF young and participating for so long, I am so thankful for the young moms that have been able to attend because of new policies that have been created to give then access to class. I was able to benefit from the old school with my first set and enjoy the freedom and acceptance attending with little ones in tow.
So many wonderful growth and expansion has happened while you have been executive director. But, for me and my mom friends helping us study God’s Word with BSF without any hindrances has been the most impactful.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
One of the best choices in life is being available to Christ and all that He has for us. I thank The Lord for you and every one at BSF and for the desire He gives to us all to learn more of Him and practice what we learn. My prayer is that we all continue to grow up in Him and be able to speak His words to those who need to hear The Gospel. Love you always,
Carolyn
Susie, God purposes are great! Sure His are better than ours. He will continué to use you.
Thank you for teaching me that the better is to say I am here for me it looks that the cost was a divorce but for sure God´s plans are better than ours.
Thank you for the legacy of serving.
Blessings,
Mayra
Being Available to Christ！
Thanks so much for your effort to serve the children of our god and God , I am available to Christ!
Thank you for your faith in
Christ and years of service. May God continue to bless you as you have blessed us.
Thank you May. Rowan for all you did for BSF!
Thank you for your leadership and your willingness to serve.
May God bless you and your family in your next chapter.
Thank you so much for humbly and graciously serving the Lord through BSF. The Lord has used you to challenge and greatly encourage me. How I rejoice at the thought of your impact for eternity.
Enjoy your season of rest; your marching orders are forthcoming.
TL from Indiana
thx Sussie for your great work in BSF. May your days be blessed!
Susie has been a true blessing for BSF, especially during these difficult times with covid.
She has inspired, comforted, kept us focused on Glorifying God and serving others.
We will truly miss Susie and her smile. I wish her the best for her future and I am sure God is pleased.
Thank you for leading us, Can you run for President? Aloha!!
The Lord has used you mightily in your position with BSF, and no doubt you will be used again in whatever He leads you to do in the future. I had never heard of BSF before moving here seven years ago, and I am so thankful I heard a lady from my new church mention a Bible study. Started midstream, so to speak, and continued to attend every year since then. Thank you for all you have done to make BSF available to all of us—even in a Pandemic! Best wishes for a truly blessed retirement.
Thank you, Susie, for your precious work for BSF! May God give His blessings to you and use your talents for His glory !
Thank you, Susie, for being used by our Lord in BSF ministry.
May the Lord continue to fill you with joy in whatever way you serve Him !
God bless you for your inspired leadership of BSF over the past several years. Best wishes on your retirement.
Thank you Susie for serving Jesus in BSF. Excited for what this next season holds for you and your family.
Susie,
What a joy and refreshing ray of sunshine and hope you have been, leading in BSF. I thank you for your dedication, love in serving our Lord through BSF. You have led with confidence, hope only found in Christ, and full of wisdom through the leading by God’s grace.
This is my second year being a group leader. I know that it is in God’s strength and guidance that I press forward.
I pray as you retire, God will direct you in the next chapter of your life God is leading you too. God Bless and thank you!!
In Christ Love,
May God richly bless you in all you choose to do or not do! Enjoy this down time with your family & doing what you love. Thank you for you obedience & faithful service to BSF. I have been blessed & I know everyone else as well. Blessings in Christ
You have led a pathway for women all over the world to begin or deepen their relationship with our Lord. You lead with grace and with thoughts and teaching clearly stated from the Bible. May God continue to use you in His next steps. My life has been blessed by the Lord in being in BSF and growing in the Word along side my BSF Sisters in Christ!
Dear Susie, thank you for your faithful service for BSF and for the Lord. I have benefited so much from the BSF Bible study! I am grateful for all who serve in this ministry.
Thank you also for the message of “Ask simply to be used”. I hope I am being used by God .
Thank you for serving BSF these past years! I’m sure all your work could be felt to the most remote out posts of the BSF communities around the globe and we Praise God for your work. May He bless you richly in your retirement!
Very good advice. I will continue to ask God to use me as He wishes.
Thanks for all your hard work for BSF.
Thank you Susie for your service to the Lord by serving us. God bless you & your family with the riches of Our Lord Jesus Christ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Be Blessed as you enter your next Chapter in your journey with Christ.
Thank you for your commitment to our heavenly Father and to our Savior, Jesus Christ. Your dedication to Him has brought to fruition many wonderful projects for BSF members because you were willing to do the good work that God prepared in advance for you to do. You are an inspiration to us all. God bless you in your retirement.
Dear Susie,
We rejoice with you that you are transitioning into a new and undoubtably, an equally productive and fulfilling season. Through the grace of Christ and the power of the Spirit, you have brought many breakthroughs to BSF, among which is the expansion of BSF material in China. The memory of your arduous and persistent standing for the Word, particularly for the immense needs of Chinese nationals, will be forever cherished and honored by us and by all the ones who have partaken the endeavor alongside you.
The future is unpredictable, but we know He holds the future with unchanging compassion and mercy for His people. As the Lord leads, we just might team up again for the building of His kingdom in the land of China. Until then, please take good care of yourself and Roger.
With Much Love and Appreciation,
Clarence and Lily Ching
Thank you for your faithfulness as you served through BSF
It has been a pleasure serving with you as a children’s leader in BSF. Thank you very much
Dear Susie …. Retiring from BSF makes you even more available for Christ, who will surely lead you onto more unexpected and amazing ministries! May you walk even more assuredly in His ways & be a blessing to many more! 💓💓🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Grace
Thanks Susie. Thanks for bringing up me in BSF. I m enlightened in BSF with God’s word. Wish you have a blessed retirement life. Pray for you! From HK BSF
Thanks Susie for your service to BSF and love of Jesus
Thank you Susie for being available to God all these years. As you retire from BSF leadership, I pray God refreshes and renews you daily.
You are such an inspiration
Thank you for blessing us all through your faithfulness to God. The Holy Spirit has clearly led us by our following you.
Thank you Susie for your dedication to BSF and God’s word.
May you continue to be blessed in this chapter of your life
Thank you for your dedicated service to God and humanity. Bsf is special to me as it has helped me grow in the word.as a mother of a little baby studying online worked in my Favour as I was able to study while taking care of my little one at home.i was blessed
Just what I needed to hear today, ask simply to be used.
My prayers are with you and your family and the brother’s, sister’s and children in BSF. My we all continue to plant the seed for Jesus Christ our Savior. Peace of the Lord be with you always. God’s blessings.
Thanks so much for all you have done for each of us!!
Thank you Susie, for how you have blessed my life through your love of our LORD, your sharing of your heart and your life with others and all God has called you to do.
I know God will use you mighty in the next chapter of your life. Enjoy your family time!! I know you will be a great blessing to your grandchildren and all you meet.
Susie thank you for all you have done and for your wonderful influence in my life and that of my wife, Roxanne Peebles. We will continue to pray for God’s blessings for you and your family. Sincerely, Gerry Peebles
Very good Blog, Susie! Good for me to hear & not get too busy again as BSF starts up! Thank you!
We will miss you so much, but also looking forward to Hollie & all God has called her to do at BSF.
Praying for your new direction on your journey & your continuing to be available and seek & answer God’s Call! Love in Christ❤️
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your zeal for the Lord and for the many years of dedicated service in BSF! We are grateful for the new studies you have initiated and the online platform that has opened BSF to people even in remote places of the world! May God reward you and bless you and your family!
Thank you for being available and doing all that you have done in BSF. I have attended BSF for four years now and I am in awe of what is involved in running this ministry! I thank God for placing each leader, teacher and ladies where he has called them to be. I have been blessed with new friends and most importantly I have grown in my faith!
Praying for you and your family as you begin a new journey! Blessings!
Norma Jean Davis
Thank you for everything !
My walk with the Lord has been forever changed through BSF.
Thank you for your commitment to teach God’s truth. Bless you in your new adventure.
Susie, you have always been a blessing and a joy. All the years I was a.leader you never made me feel inadequate or incapable of being the leader the Lord had lead me to be and o know I had a lot of growing and maturing in.many ways. Thanks Susie for the example and true obedience you always tenderly and gently expressed. God bless and guide you faithful servant.
Love through Christ
Connie Finley
Susie, thank you for your service. I appreciated how loving and caring you were. I also appreciated how you dealt with the riots with George Floyd. It was a difficult time for me. Your words were comforting.I always worry about my son and grandson when they leave the house. I felt so supported by you. Thank you. You will be missed, but God is not finished with you yet and I look forward to seeing how He will use you in the future. Yours in Christ, alicia.
Thank you for your excellent and faithful service to make the difference for Jesus around the world. Because of studying and serving in BSF in the past 16 years in China and Taiwan. My life, family, and jobs were blessed by God abundantly. My marriage can be kept, work can be fruitful, and life can be meaningful. Thank you for your good example and prayer!
Susie, I am so pleased and blessed to be a part of BSF and hearing you speak and teach
about the blessing of God. Your were so committed to your calling and a great example
of some one who truly loved the Lord. Your walk said it all you just didn’t talk it. After hearing you speak during the Summit it was just so amazing . I love you with the love of the Lord and I wish you all the blessing.
Thank you and am
thanking God for His grace in providing you to lead BSF these last 12 years. I know my time in BSF had grown me In my
Love for my Savior and all created in His image. May God continue to grace you in this next chapter of your life,
Dear Susie, Thank you for always keeping things centered on Jesus Christ and His mission. I’ve been in BSF a while, and the changes made over the past few years have been God honoring and positive.
I appreciate your consistent prayerful approach. You have served well and I am blessed because I have served under your leadership. All praise and glory to Jesus Christ. With sincere thanks, Linda
Thank you Susie for all the work you did. All Glory be to God. Go well dear. May the love of God be with you.
Susie
Thank you for being a wonderful
BSF woman of faith and service. I love BSF as I’ve been in leadership for 37 years. God is good and has used “you” to expand and exceed his calling. We will miss you as
change is difficult. Please listen to our God for his next Calling for you, as we continue our Roles for Him !!!
Susie, I’d like to thank you for the countless hours you have given to BSF. I’m sure there have been many sleepless nights, not knowing for sure what God wanted you to do, and not knowing if you were doing His will.
I appreciate everything you have done for us all. 💖
I will miss your letters to us.
I wish you the very best in your next life chapter. I have no doubt it will include you being available to God. 😊🙏✝️💖
Thank you so much for your commitment!! BSF has changed my life and I am so grateful!!
Thank you Susie for being available to Christ. You have no idea how much your work has greatly impacted lives around the world. God richly bless you.
Love from Africa
Thank you, Susie, for being available to those of us participating in BSF. Best wishes to you.
You have truly answered God’s call in BSF, at a cost we cannot fathom. Thank you! You are exemplary as a woman after God’s own heart, showing women (and men) what it looks like to be a powerful witness in public ministry. Blessings in whatever God has planned for you.
Thank you Susie for all your glory work serving BSF these years, may God’s blessings continue with you and your family. Wish the big hole after your plan adjustment will be filled with joy and happiness and all God’s blessings
Susie,
Thank you so much for your service to us through BSF.
So very thankful that God provides the people we need and know he will continue to do so.
Enjoy your retirement.
Thanks again for the sacrifices you and your family made in your service to BSF
May God watch over you and protect you and Bless this season of your life.
On His Love,
Lisa
Thank you so much! BSF has always been extremely special to me.
May the Lord continue to use in amazing ways. Thank you for all your dedication for God’s Word to be known. May the Lord Almighty continue to bless you!!
Enjoy retirement!
There are no words that I can form to tell you of my gratitude. You have touched so many lives. You have given us understanding of God’s word and brought meaning to lives.
Thank you isn’t enough, but it will have to do for now. May your retirement bring many blessings upon you!❤️
I enjoyed hearing you speak at retreats and your commitment to the Lord through BSF. You introduced so many tools to bring in the next generation which is urgently needed. Enjoy your retirement and bless you!
So grateful for all you have given to this ministry which continues to change lives with each study.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
May Gods bless you as you enter this new phase of your life.
Ms. Rowan it has been my deepest pleasure to be apart of BSF through the association of JESUS CHRIST our LORD and SAVIOUR. May blessings and favor continue to follow you through your lifes journey as you continue to serve God almighty in your every endeavor. With Love from your Sister in Christ, Michele Riddle- more than a Conqueror.
Susie, thank you so much for your exemplary and faithful service. You will be missed. Gods richest blessings to you as you embark on this new journey of faith. You are loved.
Thank you, Susie, for your leadership and faithfulness to BSF. I truly believe God’s Kingdom has been impacted in wonderful ways through your service. May God continue to bless you, guide you, and use you – to His glory. Enjoy retirement!
May God continue to bless you.
Thank you Susie for your tireless service to BSF. BSF is one of the biggest blessings in my life. I am grateful to you and the many others who have made the sacrifices necessary for our benefit. May your rewards be great. Blessings to you.
With grateful heart, wishing you Susie Blessed retirement & joyful R & R. I have been inspired , learn so much from your messages and fine example of serving in BSF , church & family
May God’ s Word & truth be known to all and let them be Christ–led in their personal life. Well done ! you have made the world better than before 😀.
Best wishes to you!
Praying that your next endeavor is blessed!
Thank you Susie Rowan. Your response to the call that God has on yóúr life as an individual and as His Creation, has led to mé being stretched, my individual walk with God enhanced and my tent being enlarged through the BSF Ministry.
Our Father, mine and yours alike, will take care of you. Bless you.
I am thankful to you for the years you have given to BSF! Growing faith is not just planting but watching it develop—- so thanks be to God for your service in watering what God is still creating!
Congratulations on your retirement! Thank you for all that you have done over your career with BSF. I thank God for you and pray for your peace and enjoyment in the coming years.
Dear Susie,
THANK YOU for the strong, calm, visionary, Biblical leadership you have provided for us through BSF, as enumerated in the BSF email. Thank you for being available for God to use you in this way to reach people for and stabilize and mature them in Christ. Even after 63 years of faith and growth in Christ, I still see God growing me further in understanding and character to become more like Christ and filling me with joy in relationship with Him through His Word well-taught and His Spirit! May God continue to bless you and your family in the future, Thank you,
Thank you so much for your blogs and messages, I have truly enjoyed and learned from them. May God bless you and keep you safe as you step into the future and the plans He has for you. Again thank you
Thank you for your words of wisdom, as always just at the right time. Thanks again, and may God continue His mighty work in you. Enjoy this new season in your life!
In these times, only by standing on the bedrock of Christ are we to survive. Through these days where ‘the winds’ blow us every which way, you Susie, have stood on that bedrock. Thank you for leading. BSF has changed my life and you have been at the stern while that happened.
Susie – thank you for your unselfish commitment to advance the Gospel. Your leadership has been a blessing to all involved with BSF!
Susie, thank you for your faithfulness and encouragement! As you move into the next season, may you hear His precious words to you…Well done My good and faithful servant!” Praising God for your faithfulness!
Thank you for being a servant for Christ.
Thank you for being such a wonderful and dedicated leader in your work for our Lord. YOU will be missed. May God Bless you and your family.
I thank you for your true commitment and dedication to Christ and also to BSF. It is my sincere prayer that your faith walk will continue on for a very long time in Christ Jesus. You have been a blessing to all of us here at BSF. May our Lord and Savior continue to Bless and Keep You.
Hi Susie,
We haven’t met, this is my first year back in BSF. About 30 years ago, I attended BSF in St.Petersburg, Fl, but life changes, a husband, 4 children, a business, etc. made it necessary for me not to continue.
This past year has been a wonderful time being able to, again, study with a group of woman, dedicated to studying the Word, wisdom from God, developing a deeper walk with Jesus with the help of the Holy Spirit!!
Thank you for the time you have spent with the BSF ministry, a wonderful blessing for many people.
Praying for the next door God will open for you, I will look forward to hear what you are doing, maybe I will be reading one of your books.
Good luck in your retirement from BSF. May God use you in a great way.
Thank you for your commitment to be available to Christ through BSF and more!
Thank you for your leadership of BSF over the past 12 years. I am so grateful for the BSF culture, structure, and brothers in Christ for bringing me closer to the Lord Jesus. I also thank you for your prayers and the encouragement you provided to me and all brothers in our path to a more righteous life.
Thank you so much for all your knowledge, wisdom and joy for the Lord. You have inspired me throughout the years and seeing words from you in my email really encourages me. Although I have endured so much throughout my years and my life in general You and BSF have help me to know God and truly know that he loves me even if no one else does. I will continue my walk with God he truly provides all for me. I fall down and he picks me right up and dusts me off and say try it again. May God continue to guide your steps because I know there is a new assignment God has for you and you will walk into it gracefully.
Much Love from
Melinda Nelson
Susie-
Thank you for helping us focus on Jesus & who He is, for studying God’s character and praying to listen to the guidance of the Holy Spirit and walking with Him each day.
Thank You for guiding us in the study of the Bible to see that it’s all about JESUS from Genesis all the way through Revelation.
Thank you for the challenges and encouragement to be available for God’s use each day.
Thank you for being a faithful servant for the Lord and may God continue to guide & bless you.
Thank you Susie! I am grateful for BSF and grateful to God for putting people like yourself in place to serve BSF and help it flourish. I look forward to many more years of BSF.
God bless you in your new chapter of life. Blessings and love to you!
Thank you Susie for listening to God’s call!! You have been faithful to what He asked you to do!! Again I say thank you!! ♥️🙏♥️
Susie it has been an honor and a privilege to serve with you in BSF. I am so thankful for the way you have led this organization for the past 12 years! You have blessed many and I am thankful I am one! I love this last blog post for many reasons, but your words are always so encouraging because they come from your heart. Thank you for your openness and honesty and for loving Jesus for all of us to see! Praying God’s blessings over you as you transition from this role to the next!
In Christ,
Billye Woodruff
Thank you Susie for your faithful service all these years. May the Lord bless you richly as you enjoy your retirement.
Thank you for your leadership. It has been wonderful to have been able to continue to study and meet in spite of the worlds circumstances. God gifted you in your planning because He knew what was ahead. Thanks for your obedience. Even though I haven’t met you yet I know we will in eternity.
Thank you for your leadership in BSF all these years. Most of all praise God for your love for Jesus. You have encouraged me to live a faith that honors the Great I Am, King Jesus. Amen 🙏🏽 Hallelujah 🙌🏽
Thank You for being available to CHRIST through BSF for 12 years, You have made such an impact on the lives of many women. I pray that the next season that the LORD has for you would be amazing!!!
Thank you Susie for your commitment to Christ and to BSF. Your leadership has been amazing and I wish you & your family much joy as you begin a new season .
🥰💕🙏🏻
Thank you for your service and contribution on Christ. Through your work, I can understand better on Bible, God’s words and use them in my life. I really appreciate for your leadership and may God bless you and your family healthy, wealthy and wise.
GOD FOREVER BLESS AND KEEP you sister. You may be retiring from BSF…..but not GOD. Thank you sister.
Thank you for your focus on leading each of us in BSF to know and love Christ more and more, and to follow Him to serve God in all ways and at all times.
Susie
You have encouraged, challenged, supported and loved us through various seasons. And, through it all, I have heard God speak mightily through you, to me and many others in life changing ways.
Thank you for your sacrifice and dedication, so that others like me, might grow in our love, faith & relationship with a Sovereign Lord, in deep and meaningful ways. So, that we may take the Gospel of Jesus to others!
May the Lord pour out His blessings upon you and your family, as you step into the next “excellent spiritual adventure” He has for you.
Ehphesians 1:17-18 “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may (continue) to be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.”
Thank you for your God-lead leadership for BSF. It has added depth to my Bible knowledge, helped be step into leadership roles I never expected, and produced wonderful friendships with inspiring women. My BSF journey did not start until I was almost retired, although I had been invited to attend for many years. Now, I wish I’d started when I was younger, but am thankful for the leadership training I’ve received. Like you, I want to continue to “be available” each day for the call Christ has for me in the day. It’s an adventure and a privlege to follow Him. May your next steps be full of joy as you continue to follow Him!
Thank you Susie for work well done for our LORD and Savior JESUS CHRIST
Thank you for your dedicated service. Your insight into the use of technology is truly advancing God’s Word throughout the world. BSF has gone from copyright to who so ever that will let them come.
may God shower his blessing upon you as you retire from BSF. I know that you will continue to serve God’s people because you are available.
GOD BLESS
Susie – Thank you for mentoring us in our walk. You have blessed me richly. My passion for online groups developed as a result of your vision. God bless you in your next season! ♥️
Susie. Thank you for serving God first and then all of us in BSF. I appreciate all you have done and given of yourself to God for all of us. God be with you and may He richly bless you in the next chapter of your life as you retire. In Christian love Amen. 🙏💟✝️❤️
Hi Susie.Congratulations on your retirement. I became available to BSF in 2008. You have served BSF ABOVE AND BEYOND.Thank you. I had the pleasure of eating lunch with you when i volunteered at Headquarters,the highlight of the ttip. God bless you and your family.
Dear Sister Susie! Leadership has been defined as “an inspiring influence”…that’s you to me. With God’s inspiration, we’ll continue in the same for His Glory!
Thanks for your commitment to Christ and service to Bible study fellowship. I pray that you enjoy your retirement. I know our God will order your steps and direct your path. Go with God is my prayer.
Susie you have been an inspiration to me during your servanthood to BSF these years. My daughter and grandchildren have become online members and we enjoy studying and talking about our lessons together!! As I entered this summer I had asked the Lord where He wanted me to serve after being a GL… And faithful as God is He pursued my heart to surrender to the School Program a new and risky uncomfortable place for me. Through this summer season “Available” has been a key word the Holy Spirit continues to place on my heart…There is a song by Elevation Worship “Available” that will bless your soul. I pray you embrace this season of life and service enjoying your children and grandchildren until one day we may run into one another in eternity and share with smiles the stories of BSF and how it grew the kingdom of Heaven!!
4 weeks I said! Just 4 weeks to shut an ‘old’ lady up who invited me to BSF as an 18yo…..well 25 years later, I’m still part of the ministry as AP in Sth Australia and by God’s grace and through your wise leadership and great example, I have served in 7 classes in different states in different roles, met my husband in YA (despite running from God to another state). Through the training I’ve received and continue to in this ministry, God has had me serve in the Lausanne movement (including with you in CapeTown SA), The Gospel Coalition, and now serving amongst international students in campus ministry. God has presented many opportunities to serve in vocational ministry as I’ve slowly learned to be available as God’s ways are better! I’m learning not to change the world as that’s God’s job but just to be obedient and to just do the next thing so that people might be saved, discipled and God be magnified. My husband from being in BSF, went on to seminary and full time service. Our kids are little ‘spies’ they tell me for the BSF CP and have imitated me in various roles over the years. Thank you Susie for saying ‘yes’ to God. God has influenced my life through His living word through the ministry of BSF. To God be the glory, great things He has done!
I came to Headquarters from Spokane to volunteer. I got the job of polishing the door knobs for your office.
It nice to be able to do a very small thing for someone who served many others so humbly.
Thank you Susie- for your “yes” to God and service to BSF. I am thankful to have experienced your teaching in person in Charlotte NC- grateful to the organization of BSF that has enhanced my knowledge of God’s word and encouraged my further study. Love to you and your family!
I have deeply appreciated Your strong faith . It has been example for Us as leaders. Thank you for Your work for Christ thru encouraging us. Blessing for retirement. In Christ love Birgit
Thank you for your service to the BSF community and to the Lord. I’m a hairdresser and I often remember to ask the Lord to “bless the words of my mouth and the work of my hands” and even though I’ve been doing hair for 42 years,😅 I still see every client as an opportunity to be Jesus in their life. Recently the Lord reminded me that he was giving me opportunities to build treasures in heaven every 45 minutes! 💓 All the best to you in your next adventure with Jesus!
I give thanks with you for these past 12 years God has given you as BSF’s Executive Director. I have appreciated your courage to follow His leading and do things never done before, especially the study of Isaiah and Revelation. I have struggled with some of the other new things and ways but believe God is continuing to work through BSF and for that I am grateful to Him and to you for your availability to serve in this position.
I pray your season of quiet and rest will be sweet and refreshing and thank Him for the new ways He plans to continue to use you for His kingdom work.
Thank you for giving your all to Him!
Praying for God’s most abundant blessings on this new season of your life!
This was my first year in BSF. My daughter-in-law Stephanie Looney has been in BSF for many years. I just retired from my in-home daycare in 2020. My son, Kendall, and daughter-in-law bought a new home and wanted us to move in with them. They have a three bedroom two bath basement apartment that we moved into May 15th, 2021. Stephanie asked if I’d like to join their whole family (except their 4 yr. old) doing BSF. I knew that she and Kendall did it but I didn’t realize Ellie (7) and Jack (6) also did the Bible study.
I joined the Genesis study last Sept. I loved every minute of it❣️ Even though I’ve read Genesis several times, I learned a lot!!!
I had never heard of ‘Zoom’ before, but became acquainted very quickly. I look forward to being with the group at the church for study of Matthew this y year. I will have my mask.🤗
very quickly…Lol I
Susie, thank you so much for spending the last 12 years serving in BSF. You are Gods one most humble and loyal servant. Enjoy your retirement.
Susie,
Thank you for your years of submissive service to our Lord through BSF. “‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” May the Spirit continue to live out Christ through you in whatever endeavor you live.
Always under His mercy,
Thank you so much Susan for a job well done, for us, and for our Wonderful Lord. God’s Blessings go with you as you begin something new in your life! In Christ,. Caryl Stuhrke
Susie you are a wonderful woman who made herself available for God to bless many, indeed you are a role model, your writings and teachings makes serving God desirable. I pray God to bless you more renew your strength as you retire from BSF. Mafeng pyak (which means thank you so much in my dialect 😂)
STAY BLESSED
GOD BLESS BSF
God bless you! Thank you for your commitment and leaning on God.
Best wishes.
Thank you so much Susie for your long leadership in BSF. I have been a believer for 57 years but until 3 years ago I had never been part of this ministry. I have learned, prayed and shared with each new group. BSF is a great blessing to so many. God has used you to make BSF a time of growth for so many.
Suzy I remember your first summer institute and I was glad to be there to meet you there Over the years you have been consistently faithful and firm to the ministry of BSF as directed by our Lord. I look forward to seeing what God will do in your life next thank you,
Donna Lynam TL Tampa
Thanks for your many years of BSF service. You helped train me as a TL during a very transitional time in BSF. I struggled my final year as TL and perhaps too quickly took the out I felt God gave me. But I have no regrets serving in BSF and place great value on my years of learning Who God is through His Word in BSF. You shared much wisdom as our Exec Dir; may God give you wisdom to know what’s next. God bless you, Susie ~
Thank you for your service in BSF. Your commitment and dedication is what brings up back each year for the best study ever! Best wishes in your next journey
Thank you for being available to Jesus Christ to serve the city and the surrounding area in one of the greatest Christian groups around, BSF! May the Lord continue to bless your ministry even more powerfully in each and every day!!!
Mack Crenshaw
I wish you the best in what God has for you next! Being “retired”myself,I know that there really isn’t any retirement here but a different assignment with its challenges and changes!
Susie, thank you for all your great work in the service of our Lord Jesus Christ. Your commitment and dedication to serving our Lord is greatly appreciated and loved. I can only speak for myself but what BSF has meant to me is a change in my life for the Love of Jesus Christ and it is the Christians Servants like you that make this all possible. I do know I’m a different person because you have dedicated your time in bring others to Christ our Lord. You must be proud of your accomplishments and hope you stay connect to BSF.
Dear Susie, thank you for being available to our Master and Saviour Jesus Christ, that for the past twelve years you humbly and faithfully made yourself available to be used by Him in your position as the Executive Director of Bible Study Fellowship and now, He has new assignment for you, therefore go in the peace and joy of our Lord Jesus Christ and continue to be available to Him daily as you have counselled us.
I am very grateful to God for using your leadership to grow me in my walk with Him. One very important step of growth under your leadership is that as a GL I was able to embrace all the new changes that were introduced during your time with open mind (even though there were times I wondered if some of the changes would be more effective) but as I try to adopt what was required, I see it working to the glory of God, and I even begin to enjoy it because it proves more effective). All the changes have made me to appreciate creativity and innovation since the world is dynamic and I must be open to new ways of doing things. I appreciated the changes even more, when we had to switch to online as a class because of crisis in Jos even before the Covid-19 lock down. Amazing that God knew ahead and prepared Bsf to be ready for such a time as this. Thank you Susie for being available.
I love your constant closing remarks which has also become mine too….”for the fame of Jesus Christ”.
Thank you very much, do have a restful time of retirement. Much love.
You have been a blessing to me every time I have heard you speak. Thank you for your long service and your example. Gook luck for your future.
Thank you for leading BSF and guiding it through these difficult times and allowing it to bless us even on zoom meetings! BSF has meant so much to me guiding, supporting and comforting me each and every day. Thank you Lord for BSF❣️
Thanks for being our leader and guiding us thru BSF. You have done a awesome job ❤️❤️
Thanks Susie Rowen, you served God well!
Susie, I loved every word and told me. You are such a special lady. I always asked where is Susie.
Now I know . You were and are available.
God Bless you!
My husband and I have searched for a church as we have moved to Greensboro. I would love to know what church you are in and others. My husband and I are searching. My husband David is in BSF with the men.
Thank you.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
Rae Cox Lindsey
Oh my, Susie what must I say sorry to see you go no, you have served your time well a job well done. Wonderful words you are leaving with me thank you, “simply to be used. I pray God’s blessings upon you whatever the future holds for you. I believe this is my 17th year with BSF I love it and I am available I ask God to use me. May God bless you and your family is my prayer.
We will certainly miss you at BSF,
but God has better things for you to do at this point in your life. Thanks for all your encouragements you have sent my way though BSF.
Margaret Carter
Susie,
Thank you for your obedience and service to our Lord and Savior by helping His children to become knowledgeable about His Word via BSF. I pray and believe God will continue to use you in a mighty way in the next season of your life. May His peace & blessings rest on you 🙏🏽
I am so very thankful for your season of leadership in BSF. Your passion for His fame in the nations will continue to inspire me as will the ground taken during your tenure to expand access to studying His word together.
Thank you
Thank You
Thank you sooooooooooo much for your leadership in BSF. God blessed us with your service. God bless you and your family in your retirement.
Being available to Christ
Happy Retirement to you. I’m fairly a new member. Giving God all the glory and praise to bless you with a great retirement and to enjoy your family and friends and blessings in what ever your next venture will be.
God bless you,
Susie, thank you for growing GOD’S kingdom. I am sure HE is looking down and smiling at HIS child for fulfilling your HIS purpose in this chapter of your life. I can only imagine what HE has planned next for you. Thank you for serving BSF and the impact it has made on so many lives.
GOD bless and keep you.
I pray for a smooth transition and wish you all the best in your next season
Dear Susie thank you immensely for all your years of service with BSF .
I wish you love , guidance, protection, wisdom and blessings in whatever God has instore for you next.
Thank you Faith
Thank you Susie for your leadership and your service. I made myself available to God after a season of cancer and treatment. Boy did God do a work in my life. Praising Him all the way – He took me to being a GL and loved it and then he took me to TL – love it even more. Blessings to you and your family .
Thank you for serving God through serving each person in BSF. I have been in BSF for 22 years this year.
I have been in leadership in the children’s department for 6 years. I am so amazed how God begins working
even in the infants. It is such a honor and priviledge to play such a small part in growing our next generation
to love and serve God. I loved being at the leaders summit in Cincinnati and meeting you. Your teachings were
amazing and I still continue to go over all of the notes I took. God is still working among His people and we
have an amazing amount of work to do for His Kingdom. I consider it an honor to be here at this time and to
watch God’s plan unfolding right in front of me. Covid is no big deal for our God. He will use it to bring the
accounted number to Him. I love Him So!!! Thank you once again and I pray you health and rest and continuing
to serve Him in other ways
I am grateful for your walk in
the Lord as he has given you your assignment, you have worked in an exemplary manner. You were obedient and diligent, to God continue your next assignment that God has prepared for you. Stay Blessed in the Lord.
Susie,
I have been so encouraged by BSF. I remember as a group leader going to a conference and hearing you speak. Again, I was so encouraged. Thank you for being a faithful servant. Your persistence in ministry is also encouraging.
God bless every day of your quieter time. I would love to know how God is going to bless you and those around you going forward.
It has been an honor to sit at your feet.
Your sister,
Thank you for your dedication and leadership of BSF.
Blessings from the Byrd family
May God bless and encourage you, Susie, in your new path of service for our King! Thank you for the past 12 years of commitment in helping all of us to grow closer to our LORD through His Word. Your effort really made an impact for God’s Kingdom.
Thank you for being available. I am enjoying the online Women’s Bible studies through the Zoom Room. The ministry is awesome! May the Lord walk with you through your future service and endeavors. In Jesus’ name.
It was my privilege to train under you on my second call as a TL–
You’ve led with excellence, pointing to Jesus every step of the way.
To God be the Glory–
Praying God fills you with Himself in the days ahead.
Susie, Thank you for your great faith and dedication in doing God’s. Work.
Susie, Thank you for sharing your love of Jesus with me. BSF has changed my life. It was an honor to serve as a children’s leader under your direction. I will never forget the retreat I went to in Ohio. I was touched by seeing all the leaders of BSF under one roof praising and learning resources to bring back to our class. I know God will use you in His special way in your retirement. How great for you to have more time with your family Blessing, Linda
We never had the opportunity to meet, but your commitment to all of BSF shows your heart for it and for Christ.
Blessings and grace to you as you retire. In His love, Roberta
This was my first year in BSF and I absolutely loved it! Thank you so much for your steadfast service and love for our LORD!
Thank you for all you have contributed in God’s holy name!
Thank you so much for your many years of service. I pray God continues to keep, strengthen, and grow you as you move into this new phase of life. As you know, the work for God never ends, So embrace whatever new mission He has for and I will praying for you.
Thank you for your passion and service to our Savior, Jesus!
I never had the chance to personally meet you; but BSF has become a true blessing in my life! You have done a great job! I pray for continued blessing in your life and on your journey with our Good Lord. May He use me as He used you too to bring His word to all in need. We’re ready Lord for you always. 🙏🏼❤️
Thank you for your leadership in leading others in a deeper walk with Jesus.
Blessings
It was a privilege to attend a leader’s worshop where Susie Rowan spoke. She has a heart for God and her leadership in BSF has been done with compassion. But God always provides and I missed Miss Johnson after she retired…I was a BSF children’s leader during that time and my husband a class administrator and we heard her speak. What a wonderful ministry BSF has been to my family. May God continue to use you in other ways Susie and bless BSF through Hollie.
Thank you Susie for all you have done for BSF to make it successful as it is. You have touched many of souls all over the world. May God continue to bless you.
Thank you for your leadership and helping BSF move forward. I began my BSF studies in March 2006, having never heard of BSF before. It was what I had looked for for many years. I appreciated the changes over the years in getting lessons and notes from one set of questions separate from the notes when I couldnt be at a class then getting the notes to match when I could next attend.
You see I was an almost full time RV traveler and enjoyed connecting with classes all over the western states and eventually to other areas of the US.
Fast forward to the present and the Internet allows me easy access to all the lessons as I travel and even more ways to connect to classes.
Have a wonderful retirement!
Susie, thank you for all the work and dedication you have put into Bsf the past 12 years.
I hope you will have a wonderful retirement.
The study in Genesis led to a deeper love and understanding of our awesome God and personally empowered me to deal with some latent anger and unforgiveness issues. When conversations arise and Genesis 1:1 comes up, it offers prime ops. to share Christ, the living Word and discuss culture and world views. So, thank you for being a faithful servant of God and BSF – it changes lives for the better.
Thank you and God’s blessings for the new chapter He has for you! You shine for Jesus!
Thank you Susie for your dedication & service for the Lord!
Thank you for allowing God to lead you. Blessings to you in your new chapter. God keep you.
It has been pure joy to serve with you and have you lead us. God has certainly used you in encouraging and guiding us into reaching the world for Jesus.
Thank you for your dedication to our Lord. Be blessed as you enjoy His presence and continue to serve Him.
I’m just beginning my journey with BSF and do not know Susan. But anyone that commits their live as she has deserves a big thank you..
Suzie, Thanks for ALL you have done with BSF over the years. You have truly blessed and organization that desires to know the Word of God. May your retirement years be truly blessed by the Lord. Florence Petri 🙏
May GOD continue to BLESS and USE you as you move forward in the Name of Jesus.
May we all go forward in trust and obedience and whatever our great God asks of us, all all to His honor and glory!!!
Thank you Susie for your service, So very thankful to God for you! May God bless you and your family as you go forward and serving Him in a different way! The Lord’s peace and grace be with you!
Thanks Susie for this simple but powerful parting words.. that we be available for God to use our time, talents & treasure as He wills for His glory.
God bless you to continue to be a blessing wherever He places you. I’m sure that He will definitely say to you on that day.. well done good & faithfully servant.
Great words of comfort and guidance for me. I’m retiring after 34 years as a physician. I’m so blessed to be a BSF discussion leader.
Thank you for serving Christ through BSF. These last six years in BSF have changed my life.
Thank you for making BSF studies available for anyone.Enjoy your retirement!
I see that God are always working before my steps by the great and amazing grace.
Thank you Susie for your leadership and encouragement! Even though we have never met, your dedication to the Lord and this mission has been inspiring! May He bless you richly in the years to come. Happy retirement!
You have been such a skilled leader, relating to our struggles yet not bringing attention to yourself but pointing us to our magnificent, unstoppable God. Thank you for always expressing appreciation and encouraging us to focus on Jesus. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
Dear Susie, thank you so much for your love and dedication to the Lord and BSF , May God continue to bless you as you continue to serve Him
Hi Susan, What a great lady being available for her Lord and Master. God bless you Susan as you step into another chapter of your life. God be with you. We will miss your messages and encouraging blogs.
Take care and enjoy your quiet time
Love and prayers
Ruby Philip Colony Dallas Texas
2 Tim 1:13-14 “What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.” This scripture, though written thousands of years ago, can be applied today as we thank God for Susie’s impact in each of our lives. So thankful to our Heavenly Father for Susie’s God-dependent leadership fueling BSF ministry to reach all people with God’s Word, His Truth, our Hope! Help us, Holy Spirit, to guard every ounce of Susie’s God-given sound teaching, faith and love in Christ Jesus! May the Lord pour out His grace, mercy and peace to Susie and Roger in retirement years ahead as He continues to lead His people in the cause of Christ.
Thank you so much for all ur time. I have been truly blessed by BSF
I recall meeting you at one of the BSF retreats held in Melbourne. It was such a privilege. The enthusiasm and commitment through Gods word and the guidance of people with this shines through your well trained leaders. May God continue to bless you Susie and all leaders.
Susie,
Thank you so much for answering the call of Christ to serve Him and His church. Thank you for leading us at BSF into a new era of expanded study and for helping to spread the reach of His Word to the far reaches of our world. He has a precious crown prepared for you.
You have touched this girl’s heart through your leading at BSF. I am celebrating what God has done through you!
May we all bring fame to the name that is Jesus Christ!
Susie, You have been a light to so many!!! God has truly blessed you!
Your obedience warms my heart.
My prayer is that you will continue to hear God’s guidance, comfort and love as you continue to travel this journey.
Love and blessings as you go forward💕💕💕
Thank you so much for your commitment to God’s word and ministry over the years. May you continue to be blessed in your retirement.
Thanks, Suzie, and your true love for the Lord you have shown over the years. May your retirement years be truly blessed by the Lord.
Thank you Susie for your amazing leadership as Directer Of the BSF ministry the last 12 years.I joined BSF in the Bay Area in Caifornia at age 35 years And have just retired as a Leader at age 87. Most of those years I was a Discussion Leader.Some of the years because of serious health issues I just attended a class! However God restored me to perfect health so I was able to return to leadership when we moved to Bozeman, Montana.My husband who was in BSF many years felt strongly that the wonderful studies of God’s Word changed his life! He is with the Lord now!Wishing you many years of blessings and happiness. In His name< Ella May Owenhouse Bozeman, Montana
Susie, may God continue to use you and the family of BSF to witness and invite those who yet do not believe into the glorious life of serious Bible study and salvation through Jesus Christ. Thank you for your wonderful example of service,, commitment to Christ and faith through all your involvement in BSF.
Thank you so much for your service and willingness to take the lead in this wonderful organization called BSF. God is not finished with you yet and I ask his blessing on you as you take this new journey in your life with Christ.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being available to us at BSF all these years. There is much joy in our lives today because of your leadership of Truth and Love. God will bless you with continued service to the Kingdom that uses your gifts and allows you good stewardship of your family
Thank you Susie, I am a new creation because of God’s Word, taught to me so faithfully through BSF. I am so grateful to God for you and all who have served in this ministry. God bless you.
Susie, I was told a long time ago that retirement is not in the Bible. Thank you for your dedication to BSF over the years. May our Lord greatly bless you as He prepares you to move into the next phase of His work. Your labor is not in vain in the Lord!
Thank you for your service to such a great organization. God used you to position BSF to move in to a whole new era of on-line study and virtual groups and all the other amazing new ways and resources offered. BSF was poised and ready when the pandemic hit. As always, God put people and systems in place way ahead of time. He knew what was coming, but He uses available and willing people who have already been prepared – because they made themselves available! So thanks for your preparation, willingness, heart, hard work, and, yes, availability. GO BSF!
Very inspiring! Thank you for how you have served the Lord and people. I have been encouraged by BSF since Revelation Study. BSF has touched 5/6 people in our home and others. BSF studies have helped me stay in God’s Word and ways through some difficult years. Blessings, Thanks, and Prayers for you and thanks to God who redeems,
Hi Susie
I am so thankful for BSF,I wish I had known about it through 2 bouts of cancer, but God is good and I have been blessed since I started 14 years ago with no recurrence of cancer. Thank you for your dedication to the Lord and BSF. God bless you in retirement.
Thank you for your dedicated service to God and to BSF.
May God continue to bless and keep you as you continue to spread His word despite your life change. That one thing will always remain unchanged
Thank you, Susie, for your dedication to BSF for numerous years! I always look forward to BSF because it keeps me in the Word in a meaningful way! We appreciate all you have done these past years! God’s blessings be with you.
ThankYou Susie Rowan for all the years of service, first to the Lord, and to all of us!❤️ We have all been blessed by your love, dedication and hard work, for His Glory…God Bless you as you daily ask Him…How do You want to use me today? That I too will ask and remember…as we all say “ThankYou well done and faithful Servant!!! ❤️
In His Love, Tami Thomason 🥰
Good morning Susie
Thank you for your message.
I am sure BSF will miss you and your loyalty in serving God these past many years.
I wish you Gods love and Blessings
as you walk in his path . May your future be fruitful and joyful in whatever your next faze holds for you.
Many thanks for your wonderful work you have devoted to Gods work all these years.
May God keep you well and healthy as you continue to walk with Him
through whatever plans God has for you
Thank you for your dedication to Jesus and, in turn, to BSF. We have all benefitted from your vision for spreading God’s Word throughout the world in a variety of new ways. I pray that this next chapter of your life will draw you even closer to Jesus and continue to bear fruit.
Dear Susie,
BSF has been so very fortunate to have had you at the helm. Thank you for your dedication and commitment to ensure a capable replacement. In these crazy times BSF needs to grow more than ever!
Blessings to you! ❤️
Thanks Susie for such an inspirational message. I will ask simply to be used. Such a simple phrase with so much depth to be available for Jesus. God bless you in your retirement and all the future assignments God has for you.
Susie, you have been a real Blessing to me….
Enjoy what God has in store for you now…
ThankYou for your service to me through the ministry of BSF. I am a life that has been changed. ❤️
Susie thank you so much for your faithfulness and service.Its encouraging to see someome as commited as you are to do the work GOD has called you to do. It makes me have the desire to do better. GOD BLESS you and your family always. Again thanks To God Be The Glory For Great Things He Has Done.
Susie, I am so thankful for all that you have done in the name of our Lord and Savior. It has been a privilege to attend retreats with your leadership. Your love for the Lord and willingness to serve are inspiring. Enjoy retirement, grandchildren and whatever the Lord has in store for you next.
Congratulations Susie Rowan!
Retirement is a time to step back and look around at what your next adventure may be. Stay active and enjoy retirement. God Bless you for everything you have done for BSF down to the smallest group study.
Hugs and prayers
Thank you so much Susie for your commiment in this Ministry of Teaching us how to know God and how to Study the Word of God
You were really a blessing to us.
I pray that God Bless you and keep you safe and protected through out your life
I love JESUS
Thank you Susie for helping me on my journey to become closer to God through the Bible Study classes. Looking forward to when we can meet again in person.
I’m ready to give my whole heart and self to JESUS I love JESUS he has given me and showed me so much love
Susie, your authenticty and commitment has blessed and inspired me in my role. May His favor always be upon you.
Thank you so much for serving with joy.
Lilian
Nairobi, Kenya
Susie, thank you for reminding me that I am not here to satisfy my own selfish desires, but to fulfill God’s purpose and plan for my life. It is my prayer that God will show me how He wants to use me in His kingdom and for His glory. Thank you for all you have done for BSF! I pray that God will bless you and your family in this new season of your lives.
May God’s blessings continue to flow to you as they have from you,, I have learned much from my participation in BS F, and I will continue in my growth to maturity, thank you so very much for your love and care, God bless and keep you, may he cause His face to shine upon you snd keep in perfect peace
Susie, thank you for sharing this blog that has truly touched my heart. Congratulations on your retirement, may the light of Christ continue to shine on your life and bless you abundantly.
Susie, your servant-hearted availability has been such a gift to so many of us. You’ve encouraged, challenged, and even commiserated with us while above all challenging us to fix our eyes on an unstoppable God who is always doing new things. Thank you for modeling what dependence on Jesus looks like!
Thanks Susie for mentoring us in the most amazing way, to teach the new generation to love God and love others, through indepth study of the word of God. I sincerely pray that your anointing wax stronger and as you stand in the place of prayer may God grant you sufficient strength through christ in Jesus name.
Thank you Susie for your important role in BSF!!! The Bible studies and BSF. have absolutely changed my life. My own mother was involved in BSF back in the 70s. I was so happy when I was able to get back into the study too. Thank you for all that you have done. Praying for you in this new season of your life! I hope you stay in touch with all of us! May God richly bless you! Hebrews 13:20-21 “ Now May the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you, with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever amen”
Best of luck to you and yours during your next chapter in life. Blessings.
Thank uou for all your work for the kingdom. Many blessings to you
Thank you Susie for your faithfulness to God’s heart. You have been a blessing in my life. May He bless you and your husband as you go forward in Him.
May God richly bless you. I always listen to Christian radio. At the beginning of the year, the radio announcer said, “think of a word that you would like to impact people in this new year.” My word was to be “useful.” Thank you for your service during all these years! And let’s continue to be “useful.”
Thank you for your years of service with BSF! Take time and enjoy your retirement!
Thank you Susie for your leadership and wonderful example in Christ. God bless you and keep you and your family in His favour and anointing.
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Thank you for your service in drawing so many to Christ and having a personal relationship with him. Through delving into The Word and sharing with others in small groups my life has been blessed. May our Lord bless you in as you go forward. 🤗❤️🙏🏻
Susie, I want to thank you for your commitment and service in BFS for all these years. Although you are retiring, God will continue to use you as His vessel for sharing your godly wisdom, and your heart with others where ever you may be. May you always be blessed in all that you do, and be sure to take time for yourself. I will surely miss you!
Susie, thank you for your dedication to sharing the word of God. In His Hands, Sharon
Dear Susie,
I realize your desire to jump into something else after retirement, but the message of just “being available” spoke volumes to me. I retired from the Air Force many years ago, and thought my productive years were all behind me. I did join BSF as we began a Men’s Evening Class here in DeLand, Florida back in 1997, and immediately was asked to be in leadership. Well, that has been my role locally (besides my church commitment), but then the Lord shocked me and my wife by asking us (through a friend) to become missionaries to the U.S. military. That was in 2004 when I was already drawing Social Security and thought my life was pretty secure. Now, some 17-plus years later, my wife and I have had the privilege to serve with Cadence International multiple times in Italy, Spain, Germany, Okinawa, and also in South Carolina. Whenever we return home, it’s back to my BSF class I report, as it seems to draw me back each time. And, to put it mildly, the training I received through BSF prepared me for the mission ministry. So, don’t even try to convince me that there is a retirement age for serving the Lord. You may have retired from BSF, but I bet that in your ‘waiting’ the Lord will make it clear that you are not finished by a long shot. Best of everything as you step down as our leader and enter your period of waiting.
Thank you for those empowering and encouraging words. I truly needed to remember that I cannot do everything or for that matter anything without the Lord and sometimes we need to sit back and Be Available. God Bless you in your new endeavors.
Thank you for your deep commitment to BSF & all BSFers.
Your sensitivity to the current times & focus on scripture has been appreciated. The Lord has blessed me in so many ways through the studies & being a CL! So thankful! A new blessing is that I’m able to encourage another CL in her recent move to a different state mainly through texting & prayer. Thanks again for your leadership!
Susie, I know God has plans for you! I have enjoyed the wonderful ways that God has used you in bringing BSF to where it is today! We were so well prepared for all the new technology that came our way , little did we know how much this was needed in this new age that happed so fast! I pray that God will continue to use your wonderful and exciting energy to go forward into innovative ideas to further help us embrace the future. May Hod continue to bless you and your family.
Thank you for sharing your time, experience, wisdom and dedication to Christ with us. May you be renewed and refreshed as you wait for God’s leading.
Thank you Susie for all of your years of availability and your leadership with BSF. We have been blessed having you as our leader. I enjoyed reading your blogs which always encouraged us to grow in Christ. God bless you and your family !
Thank you, Susie, for your years of service. I can it wait to see where God will use you next. Isn’t it wonderful that He will always use us?
Thank you Susie for your years of service to BSF and to each of us who have benefited through your teaching, guidance and prayers. I too felt an empty place in my life as God led me in other directions of service. I was given the honor of cari g for my mom for two years until she went home to be with Jesus. My training and studying through many BSF years helped me to totally depend on Christ and that through him I truly can do all things. I truly understand the willingness to be available and to trust Him to equip us for our next calling. God’s peace to you and much joy!
Thank you Susie for your years of commitment. You have faithfully served, and committed your life to glorify God. Many lives have been touched. It is my prayer, that even in retirement, you will continue to serve in a mighty way, through the people that God brings into your life. Amen
God bless you And your Family Ms. Rowan. I a.m excited To begin Our Matthew study. Being ON a smaller island In The Philippines IT is so much fun To connect with sisters from all over Our country. Please pray for US as we ASk Our Lord To heal Our suffering People And The World.
Hello Susie,
Thank you for your encouraging words that accompany your Leadership departure from BSF. I am so thankful for the BSF Ministry and those that are behind the scenes making it all happen.
Thank you for your service and making a difference to so many of us.
Enjoy your new season in life. I’m sure the Lord will honor your willingness to be available and continue to use you
Maybe God contiues to bless you Susie. You have truly been a great inspiration to many.
Thank you Susie for your loving guidance! Good luck and God bless you. Sincerely, Sue Alexander
Thank you Susie for all your work with the Lord and I pray that He will hold and bless you in your coming retirement. We were blessed to have you as our executive director and Hollie will will be blessed to be following you in your footsteps for our Lord and Saviour but I pray He will bless her as He has blessed you.
Many thanks and may God hold you in your coming adventures for Him, May God bless you in love
Sylvia xx
Dear Suzie, Thank you for your example of being Available to be used for God, and you have been such a Blessing to us all ,
now I pray this;“Ask to be used “ Be available for His honor / for His Glory , God Bless you , May He continue to use you for His Glory.love Marie K.
Thank you Susie for all you have done for BSF. Thank you for all the prayers you have sent to God’s ears for women all over the world. We are united as sister’s in Christ.
Pray for you in your retirement for safety in your travels, peace in spirit and joy in your heart every day.
Great job faithful servant.
Thank you for being available to Christ is being our leader! Your dedication to Him and to us has been a model for how we are to love and share His love in this world! Enjoy your time in retirement!
THANK YOU SUSAN FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. MY GOD CONTINUE TO USE YOU.
Thank you so much for the message of being available. I needed that heading into a new semester of teaching at an university. I will visualize a card that says that when things are looking tough. Thank you again!
Thankyou Susie for your leadership, love and support of every class , every leader, around the world. I have wonderful memories of BSF’S last retreat in Melbourne-in particular, your encouraging talks and the delightful introduction and personal sharing with your husband on stage. Thankyou and God bless you !
Thank you for your service and obedience to the call God placed in your life through BSF. I know it hasn’t been an easy job but I also know God has provided abundantly as you submitted to His plans. May God continue to bless you as you serve Him.
Thanks so much for your dedication and guidance for us to be in the WORD.
May the Lord bless your next journey.
Thank you Susie for all your hard work over the years. You walked with the Lord and led all of us to walk in the path he’s led us through. Thank you and good luck in your retirement. You know, with the Lord, you never retire. He has something else in store. Can’t wait to hear what that is.
Dear Susie; I want to thank your for your dedication and devotion to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as you have Shepherded us through the last several years. Thank you for helping me in my own spiritual growth, both from your personal example, and also while co leading in our local Children’s Preschool Class. May God continue to bless you and your family..
Many thanks and blessings to you for herding Gods call to BSF.
Gods hand has been in this since the beginning and in the past 5 years we are seeing amazing growth in BSF in Utah! Now that’s a work of God for sure.
Thank you so much for leading us in studying the Word, and getting closer to Christ. I really appreciate your faithful leadership and the love you have for all of us. Happy Trails in your retirement! See you on the flipside! 😊
God bless you!
Thank you for your ministry through BSF and for this word of encouragement to “Ask simply to be used”. I am now retired, but beginning to teach as an adjunct professor at a local medical school. I am asking the Lord for opportunities in this new endeavor!
Dear Susie, I want to thank you for your ministry to all of us in BSF, and I praise God for using you as His instrument to bless all of us BSFers around the world! I loved our months in Genesis and am looking forward to our study in Matthew!
I know God will continue to use you as you wait on Him to show you what and how He plans these next few months and years.
Susie, I see Jesus in you. Thank you for being available to be used so powerfully! We will miss you in BSF and hope our earthly lives connect again someday.
Today I’m in similar shoes as you are, Susie. In the pandemic, I’m learning every day to be available to those the Lord brings to my door… to share my gifts which God blessed me with, my time, my hands, my voice, my words and my money. I just recently retired from my job at the company, just been relieved of taking care of my elderly mom in law who passed away last year. My daughter just got married to move to another country. So in their place, God has given me new people to care for. My Bsf family n new members for me to shepherd. Praise God for new opportunities to be available to Him.
I will continue to do my best to live for the Lord. BSF has tremendously helped me to do that the 15 years or more that I have been going to BSF.
Thanks Susie, for all you have done for the kingdom, your right we all should make ourselves available
Thank you for your service and availability. God has blessed me through your leadership and blog.
Enjoy your next assignment.
Blessings from a sister in Christ.
Thank you for you have done and helped to grow us ladies in our walk with Christ
Thank you for your faithful service. You lead well and taught us well.
Susie, I thank you for allowing this virtual platform for studying God’s word, among such wonderful women of God. Thank you for leading such an awesome ministry,‘helping me to be more equipped and available for more of God’s work.The Lord bless you richly .
Thank you Susie for your commitment and love for God and for us for so many years!! Your final powerful words will be carried in my heart many years ahead in my life. May God bless you for all that you have been to us.. with many many thanks from Japan
Thank you for your service to the Lord.
Keep making Jesus famous.
Shalom
Thank you for being available to our Lord Jesus in serving BSF leadership. I have truly been blessed by each study I’ve done the past 12 years. While I’m sure I don’t have any idea what God has required of you in this position but I do know He will use what He’s brought you through for what He has for you in the future. Enjoy time with your family and the availability you’ll be to the Lord by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Thank you Ms Susie Rowan for your leadership in BSF for the past 12 years. I pray god continue to blessed you in your journey in service for the lord.
Will truly miss you and hope you succeed in what ever life offers you in the future
Susie, thank you for all you have done in and for BSF. You are and inspiration to all of us. Sincerely, Shelley
Thank you for serving our Lord Jesus through BSF. It is with the generosity of the soul and self sacrifice that you have given that our Lord will say to you, “we’ll done good and faithful servant”. Many blessings to you for a joyful and Christ filled retirement.
BSF has been an incredible study for me with more growth and knowledge than I have ever experienced. Sharing this joy with others for The Kingdom.
Thank God for choosing you to do this great work! Thank You for availing yourself to be used of God for this ministry Worldwide. I am maturing in trusting Christ, enabled to share my faith and encourage others under your leadership. May God continue to bless and keep you always in His care!
With God’s help I will be totally Available to Him and the Work He has for me.
Thank you for your faithfulness to Papa
I appreciate the new studies and I’m looking forward to Matthew
I will ask papa to use me everyday
It’s been an amazing year under your tutelage….. As you step into retirement may you continue to be a vessel for His service. I appreciate you ma’am.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for what you have done and All the service in BSF. With your reminder and encouragement, being available to God will be a challenge and goal for me. Wish you and your family all the best.
Susie,
Thank you for your years of Servant Leadership. BSF adds Value to my life.
May the Lord bless you in this time and for the future He has prepared for you ❤️
Susie,
What a privilege it has been to be a GL under your tutelage. Many changes took place, some under your control and others not, however, in the end, with the guidance the Holy Spirit provided, you gracefully always pulled us through.
May God continue to keep you in His grace.
In Him,
Patt Sellen
Susie,
Thank you for being our BSF Leader, candle holder, lamp holder to light our way to the Light which is Jesus Christ! I’m am truly appreciative and thankful for your wisdom and guidance through the years! May our Lord continue to richly bless you and your family!
Thank you so much for your faithful example! You have shown me what a woman in ministry should be – humble but confident in God, steadfast but flexible, joyful yet compassionate to the needs around you, and finally committed to study God’s Word daily not merely for knowledge but transformation. May the Lord bless you with eyes to see and experience Him in fresh, new and “unexpected” ways!
Thank you Susie for being a faithful follower of Jesus to encourage and inspire us all to persevere through tough times, rejoice always, and pray without ceasing.
Susie,
Your availability to Christ has facilitated the growth of BSF and the success of its mission to teach people to study God’s word and trust in His attributes and promises. Thank you for your service and leadership!
Thank You for Your passion for Christ and for your wonderful leadership in BSF these past 12 years. Your insightful leadership was especially a blessing during the COVID season. Because of the online preparedness we as studiers of God’s Word in BSF didn’t miss a beat. Thank You and blessings to you as you move forward in the next chapter in your life.
Thank you for availing your self for Gods service, I have personally been blessed by you
I pray the Lord will reward your effort .
I have felt a “supernatural” bond with you Susie even though we have never met. And I know that it is because we both LOVE THE LORD and LOVE BSF!!
I have been greatly blessed by your devoted leadership over the past 12 years……several retreats in FL and Charlotte, N.C., but mostly by all the big & small decisions that you have made behind the scenes that have positively affected our BSF Class in DurhamN.C.!!
SO I say thank you!! You will be sorely missed! 💗
Thank you for your leadership in BSF and your commitment to the ministry. Praying God’s blessing on your “next chapter” during retirement!
Yes I am available for Jesus Christ. The more I get to know Him the more I want to do for Him. Thanks to BSF and many many women along the way I’ve been encouraged, loved, trained, empowered, enabled, and equipped to do things I never thought possible.
Thank you so very much Sussie,
You connect with me every time in a personal way even though all I get is an email, reading through goes right through me like am being whispered to.
Your ministry has grown my faith and in every word you redirect my thought process to see the GOD factor first before anything else.
Thank you once again, I’ll miss you while wishing you only the best as you journey along.
Thank you so much for your leadership over the past year plus. I have known about BSF for 10 plus years but could never participate in the face to face sessions due to my work responsibilities (I’m a Registered Nurse). Last year I was able to join an online group and participate in the beautiful gift of the word with some wonderful women. Believe me when I say I needed this more now then ever before. I know that this must have been a group effort but I want you to hear from me that being able to participate online this has saved me and made me a better caregiver. My prayers for God’s peace and your continued growth
Thank you Susie for your great /Humble example of being Available, Today I learned from your blog to pray “Ask simply to be used and be available bc. Jesus Christ is Available to us , I really appreciate you , you have been a Blessing to us and God be with you . Love Marie K.
Oh Susie, how I thank the Lord for you and how He called and equipped you to serve, in such a time as this. I praise Him for the vision and skills He gave you to move BSF into this new era. Thank you for your humble and steadfast service, for always being so available to us at TL orientation and institutes, and for personally always making me feel so loved and welcomed as you would always ask about my in-laws who have served for many years as well. You are a true shepherd-leader, thank you for pointing us to the Good shepherd by being one yourself! ❤️ May the Lord continue to use you in Mighty Ways for His great name and fame! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for your dedication and leadership, Susie! God will surely bless you!
Thank you, Susie, for your service of 12 years with BSF. I’ve always enjoyed your thoughts shared via email as well a your videos. Thank you for the challenge of being available and asking God each day how He would use me this day. I’ve been involved with BSF for 7 years. Five of those years I had the privilege of being a Group Leader. I am 78 years old and have been involved in ministry for 40+ years, but I believe with all my heart that BSF is one of the most effective and life-changing studies available today. I’ve resigned this year as Group Leader and feel there is something else God would have me do. As of today, He has not shown me but it is exciting to pray expectantly He will use me in His time and in His way. Because of BSF, my love for Jesus has grown and caused me to to be still and listen and to stay in His Word. Blessings to you, dear lady. I would love to know you personally. Maybe our paths will cross in Heaven. We’ll have plenty of time there to enjoy new relationships.
Susie,
Thank you for being available for Christ and serving Him with the gifts He gave you.
Dear Susie, congratulations on your retirement. God bless you and keep you safe.
You will be missed by all at BSF.
Love,
Gail
Such a beautiful reminder it made me tear up. Praying for you as you enter this new season and discern God’s calling.
You are a part of my journey and I’m so very grateful. And I look forward to the study of Matthew, how God will teach me, and then how He will use me with this new information. May your new season be filled with great rewards. Thank you so very much.
Dear Sussie, I can’t help but to describe you as a pencil in God’s hand. God has used you to write indelible things in the life of His children. You’re a remarkable witness in God’s vineyard, spreading the fame of Christ to all nation. All I can say for now is a very big thanks for impacting so much in my life and family. May God Almighty reward you and keep you strong as you continue to serve Him as He directs you in Jesus name amen. Thanks so much Susie !!!!!
Thank you for being available. BSF has been and is an important part of my spiritual journey to know and love our risen Lord.
Thank you for the many years of service and your services for me have been encouragement to keep serving for Christ. I pray that you have many fulfilled days to come and the Lord keeps you in perfect peace.
Dear Suzie. Thank you so much for all your input into BSF. From the little town of Nelson, New Zealand I wish to especially thank you for the changes that have been made under your leadership.
Your prayerful and gracious approach to making these changes so that BSF is both relevant and available for us here. Love your work and your exceptional leading and inspiring teaching. Thanks to those who have stood behind you and beside you holding you up through it all too. Many many thanks
May you be continuously Bless in all your Service work and Fellowship and the Joy of the Lord is always your strength.
Susie, As long-term BSF GLs, we thank you for your leadership and commitment. The 2020 Summit was, truly your greatest single accomplishment.
You have truly been a great and visionary leader by God’s Grace.
Thank you for your service & dedication . Also thank you for your prayers. Wishing you a great retirement & all of Gods blessings.
A simple and honest heart is the heart that belongs to Christ. Thank you!
Thank you for consistently being alert to God’s leading during constant changes in our world.
May you enjoy learning to “be still” after such a busy life.
Thank you for your guidance of BSF through the many positive changes. The satellite classes are a blessing to many. I’m sure God has much for you to still do.
God bless.
Susie, Thank you and Congratulations! It will be exciting to see how God uses you in this new season of life.
I love that you reminded us to be “available “ to Jesus. I taughtBSF for many years in Fremont, NE. God has continued to give me opportunities to utilize the excellent BSF training since my retirement in 2006. The key is “being available “. He is more than able to equip us for whatever He calls us to.
Blessings and Well done !
Thank you for all of your obedience to God on your leading BSF these many years. We have not met personally, but I sense of a quiet and gentle spirit.
Blessings!
Nancy Davis
Dear Susie, May God continue to bless you and lead you in using the beautiful gifts He has given you. Your warm and inspiring leadership has touched hearts and changed lives more than you will ever know. I am so grateful to have served in leadership and as a group member as you led us with joy and solid faith and commitment. I will always treasure the BSF Retreats where we were taught and encouraged by your loving and gentle but firm words. At the last Retreat I was in awe of the young moms who were pushing their babies around in strollers as they fully participated in leadership. Your wise and successful outreach to the younger generation was clearly demonstrated by their presence.
Under your excellent guidance BSF also moved into fully embracing God’s gift of technology, so that when classes had to shut down because of Covid 19 BSF was completely ready to continue online, demonstrating that God’s Word is indeed “Unstoppable”! At this point my daughter who lives in New Zealand is participating in an international online class, where she is joined by her daughter. Another grand gift of technology.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
With love and prayers and a grateful heart,
Sarah Davis
You will be missed!
Can’t wait to see what God has for us today tomorrow and the next year. Your example has shown us what it meansTo live for Jesus.
Thank you so much for your faithful service and being a wonderful role model to the many.
God bless you and your family.
Dear Susie,
We wish you well as you hand the baton to another capable leader.
You will be a tough act to follow.
Your guidance, encouragement and tenacity in guiding BSF has been admirable. You will be in our prayers for your smooth transition to your next act in life.
I remember when Susie was announced as the new leader of BSF. I was attending an area leadership retreat. It seemed like a pivotal time when we were looking at how God wanted BSF to reach the next generation. I really think God put Susie at that point in time to lead the ministry forward. I am so thankful for her leadership and calm and peaceful spirit. BSF has been used by God to mature and establish men and women for ministry in our places of influence. I am confident He will continue to bless and strengthen this ministry all over the world to continue reaching forward and bringing the Gospel to this generation and the next.
Blessings on you dear friend !!!
I have been abundantly strengthened and encouraged
to be part of BSF for many years.
God’s Word is our life line and BSF was a tool God used to
increase my faith, and to know the Lord Jesus Christ,
our dear Savior better and deeper..
Enjoy your new journey, thankful.
Susie thank you for your faithfulness, encouragement and Godly example of a woman who loves Jesus. I have been inspired and challenged by your simple, direct messages. Congratulations on all God has accomplished through your being available to Him. Enjoy times of refreshing. Blessings for a beautiful and fruitful next stage. There’s more yet!🥰🙏🏼💐
Tk you for your kind words may God Bless you& keep you.
Dear Sussie, I can’t help but to describe you as a pencil in God’s hand. God has used you to write indelible things in the life of His children. You’re a remarkable witness in God’s vineyard, spreading the fame of Christ to all nation. All I can say for now is a very big thanks for impacting so much in my life and family. May God Almighty reward you and keep you strong as you continue to serve Him as He directs you in Jesus name amen. Thanks so much Sussie !!!!!
Susan,
Thank you so very much for filling the role of BSF Executive Director for so many years. I am sure this role was exciting and fulfilling for you with God’s direction. I can also imagine that, at times, this role was heavy and exhausting, accomplished, again with God’s direction. I will always be so very grateful that eight years ago a friend of mine invited me to BSF. I did not hesitate to go as I was confiding in her of challenges in my household. What a blessing it was! My life is so enriched with the wonderfully managed study through BSF! Many blessings for your future!
May the Lord continue to bless and keep you, Susie!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for all you have done for BSF through the years.
BSF has been a blessing to me and I know other has express the same.
Enjoy your retirement . God still has plans for you.
Blessing,
June Lynne Walter
Thank you for your 12 years of leadership to BSF. I am sure you will still be available to God in retirement. I wish you God’s best!
Connie Lape
Cape Girardeau,Mo.
I give God all the glory for the quality leadership He enabled you to give throughout your tenure as the BSF Executive Director. I have experienced a tremendous growth in my faith in Christ through the series of our bible study.
Since no person retires from Chtist discipleship, I pray for your renewed strength in your continued service to God and humanity. God bless you.
Thank you Susie, for your faithful service. Your comments have been a real inspiration to me.
Note of thanks to Susie R for her years of steadfast leadership of BSF. My wife and I have been privileged to volunteer at HQ and work with the food services and print shop folks. Fond memories of God’s faithfulness and the beauty of His people doing His work.
Thank you Susie!❤️
Thank you, Susie for your years of faithful service to the Lord. It has been my privilege to serve under your leadership. I remember giggling to myself when I met you. “She’s just like me–petite and graying (getting older)”😉 So thankful God redeems and uses people like us! May the Lord bless you and keep you as you wait on Him.
May God continue to bless you and your family as you move to this new season in your life, may He richly bless you for the way you have made yourself available to serve Him through your amazing work in BSF! We are the seeds you have sown! I have been in BSF for over 23 years, the majority of that time as a group leader and it has changed and enriched my life. I am deeply grateful that God in His wisdom chose to bring me to BSF and for all of those, like you, who have made themselves available to Christ!
Thank you!
Thank you Susie for all the amazing work you’ve done. You are truly God’s servant. May God richly bless you and your husband. You will be missed.
Thank you for your leadership and prayers. May God bless you as you continue to bear fruit for the Kingdom!!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽✝️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️🥰😘🤗
Hello Susie
It was such a blessing having you lead us in BSF. We shall definitely miss you but we shall remain together in spirit. Isaiah 26:3
May the Lord keep you in perfect peace as you stay in Him.
God bless you in your retirement, Susie. But, really, is it possible to “retire” when you’re serving God? May all the days you have left on this earth be blessed and a blessing to others. Take care.
Thank you Susie. It was pleasure to study Ephesians with you at a leaders meeting in Jacksonville. I am sure the Lord will be saying well done good and faithful servant to you someday 🙂 Heidi in Atlanta
Thank you Suzie for sharing your many gifts with all of us, and for leading us into a deeper relationship with Christ each year.
May your retirement be filled with joy, peace and rest!! Job well done❤️
Thank you for all your service and commitment to the spreading of the Word of God..I am excited about this year’s study of Matthew and would love in the future to lead a group as God would want to use me I stand ready and open…
Thank you for your service and leadership and always pointing to Jesus!
Thank you, Susie. Your teaching has been a blessing.
A blessed day Ms. Susie!
Your commitment to His service is very inspiring. Your encouragement to us, leaders/members truly moved me to make that choice of taking the risk/challenge and the bold step to serve Jesus who gave Himself for me by dying on the cross. May God continue to use you as a channel of blessing to lead more souls to Him and for His glory. May His Light continually shine through you so that many will be enlightened and magnify His name. May His love, peace, strength, wisdom, presence and protection be upon you and your family always.🙏
My wish for you is found in Numbers 6:24-26. 🙏 🔑 ❤️
Thank you Susie for allowing God to use you in leading us. You did a great job taking BSF to new levels of enrollment and accessibility and for that we are grateful. God bless you in the next step of your journey wherever He takes you.
I have appreciated your wisdom and leadership both when I was able to serve as a leader and participate as a member. The Lord has so clearly gifted you with clarity and articulation. Thank you for your faithful service. Your love of our Lord is so evident. Until we meet again…
Hi Susie,
Although we never met, I want to thank you for your service and look forward to your next endeavor. May God continue to bless you and use you mightily in His service.
Thank you so much for your service to our Lord Jesus and this great cause. I will miss hearing For the fame of Jesus Christ in the nations. Wish you and your family lots of safety and blessings.
Thank you for your service to BSF. Congratulations on your retirement and May God bless you and your family!
Thanks, Susie for your ministry. I have been blessed by it. May God open doors where he wants you to be successful for him.
You have been a faithful servant to our Lord and we have all benefitted by your excellent leadership. Thank you from my grateful heart.
Lyn Veigel
Fort Worth Tx.
DW. SPCS
My the Lord bless you and keep you in your retirement and future endeavors.
Thank you for your humble leadership, guidance & direction over the years that you’ve served God through BSF leadership. Best wishes in your next endeavor of service to God.
Hi Susie, I have only attended BSF for 3 years online, this ministry has been a wonderful blessing in my “journey with Jesus”,and I’m so thrilled that this January my husband joined a mens BSF study group!
God bless you as you seek to “be available” where God can use you to bring glory to Him.
Blessings,Janie Visser
When I retired two years ago after working hard as a Nurse, I felt depressed like no more meaning in life. Not to mention no savings as I helped my family and extended families. I got no more income, no one remembered me among the people I helped. I desperately needed to do something, paid or volunteer. I offered myself to seniors around my place. I volunteered as a greeter in a church across our streets. I signed up for other volunteer work in the church. No one responded to my sign-ups or application.
Now I am involved in other ministries. I should and told God that I was available wherever and whenever I am needed. ” am Available”, for what? Whatever wherever the Lord will lead me according to the strenth he has gifted me,
Thank you Susie for your service to BSF. Answering the call to give of yourself, your talents and gifts for the kingdom of God, sharing the Good News of God’s word so that others are Blessed in knowing him, and growing in his word. May God Bless you and your Family always.
Thank you for your dedicated service all these years. Enjoy your new life adventure and God bless!
Susie, thank you for being available to serve in BSF all these years and especially as Executive Director. I have been in BSF for many, many years (I have lost count). It is a wonderful ministry that keeps me grounded and in the Word. Best wishes to you as you embark on your next adventure and may God bless you richly as you continue in your service to Him.
Nancy Menefee
Columbus, IN EW
Thank you, Susie, for your dedication to the LORD and to BSF. I pray that God will continue to lead you and equip you for whatever path He is preparing for you to walk down. May you and your family be blessed in the LORD.
Thank You for Your Service! I have enjoyed being in various groups of so many Godly Women through the Years. Enjoy Your Retirement! You will Be Missed! May God Bless You always.
I am looking forward to the study of Matthew this year and to meet Susie. I am confident that she will be wonderful. In trusting God he will put who qualify for the job.
May God lead and use you mightily in your next calling. It was a great blessing to have served under your leadership.
Your wisdom, leadership, and grace have been outstanding during your tenure as Executive Director of Bible Study Fellowship! Thank you for serving our Lord and BSF for these last 12 years! May Blessings overflow as you retire!
Dearest Susie,
It has been an honor and privilege learning and serving under your teaching/leading.
Praises to the Lord for calling and equipping you to serve so faithfully! May He continue to keep you in the grip of His grace for the rest of your days.
Peace and Love,
Cindy Shea
Thank you for your commitment to the Lord and thank you for your words of wisdom!
BEAUTIFUL!
Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news and the love of their King, washing the feet of His world.
Thank you
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your dedication to BSF all these years and the positive difference you have made in so many peoples lives!
May God Bless you and your whole family with many more happy and healthy years together!
Suzanne Patterson
Thank you so much for your time and commitment in the vineyard of the Most High. May He bless your labour of love.
Blessings!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Susie, for making yourself available to be used by God to bless so many of us in BSF, and through us to bless countless others for His glory & the good of His blood bought people!
May you experience His rich blessings as you enter your new life!
Available to Christ
Servant of God, Well done✝️
I just joined BSF so I have not had the pleasure of meeting or speaking with you person, but thank you for the service you have provided. God sees and knows what you’re doing and will surely bless you in a very special way!🙏🙏
I thank GOD for your service, and I Thank you for listening to Him. You will be in my Prayers through your quiet time with the LORD. May Our LORD shower you with Sweet Blessings. With Much Love!
Bless you for your years of service for BSF. When my friends invited me to join BSF. I said, “I’ve been going to Bible Study all my life!” They said, “Not like this one,” and I agree!!! Love how we grow stronger together!!!
Susie: It has been a joy to have you as Executive Director these past years and I wish you well in your new endeavor discovering what God has ahead for you. God will guide you and direct you as you stay quiet before Him. Enjoy the process of waiting on the Lord’s direction and time with family. Your loyal loving God has just the right place for you because He knows how gifted you are and will not give you more than you can handle. I am so grateful for BSF in North Dakota and am looking forward to studying Matthew. God Bless You for all you have done to make BSF possible here in ND.
Take care and enjoy your retirement with long deep breaths knowing God has you in His care.
Joy in Jesus, Jeneene
Continue to allow the Spirit to lead your inspiration to folks that are not as mature as you. May you continue to see God love through you.
Susie,
Congratulations on your upcoming retirement and your commitment to BSF. In my 20 years with BSF, I have seen many changes and the pendulum swing widely to accommodate the needs of the people and circumstances. I think my saddest duration with BSF was immediately following my bout with breast cancer, chemo and radiation followed by a move to a smaller town that only had a daytime BSF class. Nevertheless, I was willing to travel 90 minutes to another class only to learn that I couldn’t attend with my daughter who had a peanut allergy. That was devastating, but I learned a new and different reliance on the Lord during that seven-year hiatus. When I returned to BSF, the class formats had changed, there was an evening class in my area and now, we even have online classes! Thank you for your leadership over the past 12 years that have led to these advancements and, of course, the advancement of the Kingdom message. Enjoy your retirement knowing you have truly impacted lives for Christ!
Thank you Susie for your dedicated service to the Lord in leading BSF. BSF with the opportunity to learn together, encourage one another and grow in the Lord with other men in BSF has been a real blessing to me. Your service has been a big part in all that happening in my life.
In Christ’s love, Rod Post
Thank you Susiee for your impactful
service to BSF encouraging closer walk & work for Christ as we study the Bible
May your stepping aside continue to impact more lives for Christ
Susie-Thank you so much for your commitment to serving God through BSF. Through your tenor you have made significant changes so that we can reach more people through online resources! We thank you for your vision and pray your retirement gives you a little time to rest and figure out your next steps!
Thanks, Susie for your service! I sense God is interrupting us (All) to say: “Be still and now that I am GOD” (Ps 46:10). May you know he is GOD as you jump into this new ‘assignment’.
My hope is that you are aware of how grateful I am for your service to BSF and His Church; His chosen brides’ maid! To see BSF flourish under your direction and acknowledge to you here the strength I found in fellowship this last year of study.. With the difficult circumstances imposed on His most faithful, Zoom BSF transcended miles, borders, cultures and prepared me to serve missions in Canada and Puerto Rico!
Dear Susie,
What an amazing example you have set for us! Your leadership has expanded BSF in a wonderful way. You should be very proud, of everything you have accomplished.
May God continue to guide you, as you start this new chapter in your
life.
God Bless,
Sherri Kuhlman
Dear Susie, thank you so much for faithfulness service the Lord Jesus! I am so grateful to know you! God bless you and your family! Love
Enjoyed your blogs. You are a very good writer, it wis one of your gifts.
I do not doubt you will let the Lord use you on wonderful ways.
Congratulations on your retirement t!
Thank you for your steadfast service to the LORD through BSF. It has been a joy for me to serve in BSF as a children’s leader. May you continue to be guided by Him to whatever He has planned for you! Be still and know.
Yes, I can see God is playing a very active role in BSF… I can’t believe it is so blessing to be among the BSF group… Even the children are so blessed… As God’s grace is among us, any bad planning will become good, as God attracts each person to Him, but not the human!
As God has called me individually to go back to serve Him, eg in BSF… I can only see God liking BSF this organisation, I can feel the power of praying, the praying circle, and the HQ right direction to lean on God, so that God uses this group to make His name high. I can only see God is working, not anyone of us. It is such a big blessing to be chosen by Him to serve in BSF, and witness His magic power over the people among the group… And I am actually doing v minimum, but I can see God’s great work within us. Amen!
Susie, thank you for leading BSF through these past Covid months. I am grateful for your leadership which trickled down to each one of us. The Lord bless you with your new endeavors.
We thank God for your willingness to serve Him.
God bless you in your service for Him in the future
Thank you for inspiring us to follow hard after Jesus!
Dear Susie I am many others thank you for allowing God to use you the 12 years with BSF, I pray that he will continue to use you as a vessel ,.thank you for being a wonderful person that you have been through BSF that special card that was given to you worked wonders.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to personally visit our location in the Philippines.
BSF has helped mature in my understanding of scripture but most importantly increased my hunger to study God’s Word.
Thank you for your faithful service and God bless you on your continuing journey with Him!
The Bible studies that BSF provides have been the most complete and well explained that I ever had, since I start studying the scriptures
Thank you Susie and am so available, what/who else comes first if not Our Heavenly Father, the provider of all. Be blessed and thanks for the good work of God.
God bless you more ma.
I thank God whom you serve- a rewarder of them who diligently seek him. Your rewards is sure. Thank you for serving us😊
Thank you for your service and being available to God’s leading
I pray your retirement will be blessed and that you and your husband and you have good health as you approach your retirement bucket list
Thank you for all you have done for the Lord and BSF. You have been an inspiration to me and I am so appreciative for your leadership. To God Be the Glory! I wish you a wonderful retirement.
Yes I’m available for Jesus Christ to lead and serve The Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. He’s worth living for, Jehovah is indeed a good Shepherd. As you retire The Lord graciously you and do you wonderful. May you live along fulfied live, Jehovah keep you busy Happy and bless you with many more years and may your strength be as your years. Shalom
Susie, God has truly used you to revitalize my commitment to God’s Word. The addition of Revelation and People of the Promised Land encourages me to study on my own as well as look forward to Oeople of the Promised land II. I thank God for your leadership and all those who have supported your administration in BSF. Your zoster in Christ, Carolyn Barnes
You have been very generous with you time and talent. Thank you for your leadership!
I pray for your continued blessings in the future. God bless you.
Susie, thank you for all you have done in leading us & being a disciple for God & His Word. I have learned & grown in my walk with the LORD thru my BSF studies. I send my love & prayers!!❤🙏🏻
God’s blessings to you as you continue in your service to Him as I know it is a lifetime calling for all of us to be evangelists. If you ever have time or God leads you, I would like to discuss preparing to become a BSF leader in the future to give back to others what has been given to me. I have been so inspired by Cyndy Salzman and Susan Kuipers. I am also working on my testimonial book on surviving domestic violence.
Thank you so much for all of your years of service to the Lord, Susie. I know He has called you to something else, and BSF will miss you terribly, but as long as you continue to serve the Lord, you are always on the right path. God bless you in this new chapter of your life!
Thank you so much for your leadership and service. Being a faithful servant takes steadfastness, sacrifice love for mankind and Christlike love that is truly rare. May God continue to bless you as you go forth.
May God bless and keep you in His loving care.
Susie, as you follow what God’s timing is for you, just know that He has the perfect plan for you.
Thank you for your BSF leasership.
In His love,
Thank you so much for your service, care, and obedience to God for the BSF ministry. May the Lord richly bless you and continue to use you in retirement.
Susie- I have been in bsf 21 years. It is a blessing. I was in the minneapolis area. I believe there are close to 2000 guys up there. Here in Phoenix where I moved there are far less. I always wondered why. The church’s here do not promote it would be my conclusion. Thank you for your effort and obvious dedication.
Yes, I am available for Christ. Thank you Susie for the many women you so encouraged to be Available for Christ.
Thank you Susie for your service to Christ and us!
Your words in this blog are wise counsel. I heard the same when I retired, and am glad I listened.
Thanks for being such a faithful model to us at BSF. May the Lord reward you for all that you have done on our behalf- and may he use you even more as you keep serving Him!
You have been an amazing leader. Your blog posts were always timely, spot on and helped me in my walk with God.
May our Lord bless you and keep you in this new chapter of your life.
Thank you Susie for your servant hearted leadership. It has been encouraging & inspiring to have you call us back again & again to serve for the fame of Jesus, showing us how to pour our lives out for others through prayer & through God’s Word. The song “Make me a servant humble & meek, help me lift up those who are weak. And may the prayer of my heart always be, Make me a servant today.” I think my own children had that on a “tape.”
Thank you for being His servant! His blessings on your future! To God be the glory!!
Gratefully,
Marylin Rhoads
Thank you for your perseverance, exhortation, faithful leadership, teaching, and courage.. You will be missed!
Psalm 17:50 “as for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; when I wait, I should be satisfied with Your likeness.”
God Bless 🙌🙏.
Susie. I thank the Lord foe your humble God-centered leadership which makes others want to follw suite. Thank u for the years you have made a mark in my spiritual life thru the way you served. Go well. I am inspired to avail myself to serve the Lord.
We’ll done Susie! What a godly leader you have been for BSF! Because of your faithfulness to the Lord and His Kingdom, MANY have believed, learned and have grown in the Lord! May you and Roger enjoy your retirement! If you are ever up in Dallas, give Toby and I a shout! 🤗❤️
I’m here for The Triune God. Help God. I have never experienced the pull for loving another human as I feel. I was scheduled to fly to see this Individual on Saturday coming, but a family member, a family member is ill. God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit r my 1st priority, today and everyday, but I’m regretting having to change to change my plans. Why? Jesus gave his life for me. I want to live for him, not me! Tears continue to fall because I can’t see the individual I was flying to see originally. I’m a sick. This should b a easy decision. Why isn’t it? And I asked God to stop me from flying to see this individual. I’m a sick puppy. I’m ashamed of myself.
What a timely reminder, thank you!
Susie, you are such a passionate leader! “be available to Christ”, I love this message! I have enjoyed every presentation from you during all these years in BSF! Feel so blessed to have your influence in my life! Love you and may our Lord continue to use you and bless you!
Keep on working toward the goal……work toward that “Well done, faithful servant”
Susie:
What a blessing to have had you spearhead BSF these last 12 years. Your leadership has been instrumental in the growth of BSF, and I truly wish you nothing but the best. Continue to allow God you use you, even in your retirement years; as God is not thru with you yet. God bless you and may He continue to keep you in the Palm of HIs Hand and continue to shine upon you.
Enjoy your retirement years.
Thank you and the Lord bless you richly for your service to His people. Many blessings to you.
Bernice Warren
It is not about ability, but availability. Thank you for listening, trusting and obedience to Jesus Christ in making yourself available for the past 12 years. We thank God for your life.
Bless you, Susie, for your commitment to the LORD for the fame of Jesus Christ in the nations. God has honored your faithfulness and He has been glorified and will continue to be exalted throughout eternity. Even when I “read” your words, I hear your familiar voice cheering us onward and upward. Thank you for trusting me to teach God’s Word through BSF—it has been the greatest gift getting to magnify His Name! Thank you for the countless behind-the-scenes hours you have invested into His Kingdom. You are loved and I am indebted forever. May God continue to use you as you make yourself available!
May God continue to bless you to be a blessing to others. May he continue to keep you, guide you and Prosper you.
Thank you for your leadership and dedication throughout the years and may God bring you more joy on the new journey you are embarking
May GOD bless you and your family as HE takes you down that next road of service to GOD
In CHRIST we pray
Thanks for your prayers and service.
Thank you for all you have done. May your retirement be a time of renewal and strengthening. God Bless you!
Thank you Susie for your dedicated years of service to BSF.
May God continue to bless you and your family.
God Bless You In Your Future Endeavors 🙏
Thank you Susie for all what you done for the glory of the Lord…God bless you dear…I was a member of the Egyptian group with Manal Alfy…it was one of the requests in my new year to study the word of God…God bless you…May the Lord use you for his glory…thank you.
Thank you so much for your dutiful service over the years in BSF. I joined shortly after you were appointed as the Executive Director. I had the blessing of attending Retreat in 2018, and hearing you speak in person. My heart to serve was renewed that weekend as my family and I prepared for a big move, our oldest was set to attend college thousands of miles away from home and I was going to be the “new” girl in a new class later that fall. Well, God always knows what we need and is always in control. The move was filled with highs and lows, our daughter is now a Senior, being the “new” girl in class has been an absolute joy and blessing I did not know I needed.
Enjoy your time with Him and whatever new ventures lie ahead.
xo
Thank you for your dedication of time and prayers that has provided a successful BSF in Durango.
Wow! This is the perfect blog as I just transitioned from a 50+ hour/week job, for the last 10-15 years, to being home. “Be available” – God’s timing for reading this is perfect as I too wanted to immediately rush back into another role with the time I now have! This is the first time I have actually been able to attend a BSF Bible study and also be available for my parents, family, and others to assist when needed.
Thank you for sharing!
Hi Susie, thank you so much for your service to Christ through BSF. BSF has grown in so many ways under your leadership and you will be greatly missed. Several years ago I saw you at the Portland, Oregon leadership retreat and was blown away at your vision for BSF and the many ways that BSF was adapting and growing for the future. I was also pleased at how quickly BSF adjusted when Covid hit – BSF continued the mission while adapting to protect all of us from harm. Thank you thank you thank you! Well done, good and faithful servant – wishing you and your family the very best in your retirement. I’m sure that God has plenty of new ways to use your many skills and talents to serve Him well for many years to come.
Thanks Susie for allowing God to use you, your leadership was excellence and you served whole heartedly. I have enjoyed the 6 books I have done in BSF because of your commitment, resilience and hard work. God truly bless you and remember it’s has not and will not be in vain that you served in His vineyard.
Susie, Thanks for your leadership and teaching. Your lectures on Colossian during the Taipei Leaders Retreat was insightful. My wife and I enjoyed meeting you, Roger, Anthony and Shirley in the airline lounge while waiting to board to Shanghai. May you find rest to be energized for your next good endeavors for Jesus.
Thank you for your leadership and vision all these years!
Best to you and yours!
Christ be with you!
Eleanor Baird
I’ll miss you so much Susie! I wish you and your family well! I believe in the seasons of our lives, and, pray that I will hear the still, small voice of God’s Holy Spirit for each change He wants me to make. BSF has been a major spiritual game changer for me! You’ve been a great part of my BSF journey! God bless you! I love you!
Thank you for bringing BSF to a more user friendly place. Updated and practical. Thrilled to be learning online since I am not able to attend the day in my city.
Hi Susie,
My name is Tammy Williams. We have never met, but I feel like we are friends. You have truly been a blessing in my life. Whenever you would speak to us through the summits or the blogs, I felt like your words were those of a good friend pouring her heart out to me. Thank you for allowing God to use you in a special way to bless women who are striving to please God. You will surely be missed, but I know it is a well-deserved retirement. I pray God’s blessing upon you and your family, and that God will bless you with mounds of joy, laughter, and love with your family.
Thank you so much for your commitment to BSF and all you have done to further
the ladies of BSF understanding of God’s precious words. Enjoy your quiet time,
I know it is quite an adjustment but God is so good and HE will sit quietly with you.
Thank you for serving. Wishing you a blessed retirement!
Thank you for being available to teach all of us BSFers and your diligence in leadership. I have been in BSF for many years and. My husband now enjoys going also. My first year I would read the notes at stoplights on my way home. I still love reading them and still amazed at all BSF teaches us.
Have a blessed retirement and well done, servant for Christ 🙏
Thank you so very much, Susie, for answering God’s call to minister to His servants, to facilitate spiritual growth and the expansion of His Kingdom!
May God richly bless this new season in your life.
Thank you and may God shine upon you on your next endeavors.
I have attended Men’s BSF in Eugene, Oregon for almost 20 years, so thankful for the program, fellowship, discussions, questions and growing in HIS word.
Your leadership is appreciated ~ In HIM
Blessings from Above!!!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your leadership of BSF over many years. I have been taking bible studies with BSF for ten years and have found it to be an exciting and transformative experience.
God richly bless you in the years ahead.
Lydia Bloom
Susie, I am so privileged to have served during your time as Executive Director of BSF. I enjoyed your leadership, and your friendship through the years. To me, though there were many changes in BSF through the years, the biggest was this: you changed BSF from “come” to “go”. BSF is now facing outward and is available 24/7 around the world to anyone who wants to participate. Members and leaders are thinking about how to bring BSF to their towns, their companies (Facebook, AMD, Google), and their churches so that more people can become disciples by studying God’s Word. Members don’t have to “fit in” to BSF’s mold, BSF has molded our model to fit seekers who want to study. The potential of God to use these changes to change the world is huge. I can’t wait to see it happen. Bless you for your faithful service.
Thank you fir your service to BSF . I hope you have continued success and a lovely time in your retirement .
I have been a member of BSF for 35 yrs, in leadership for 32 of those years. You brought a member focus instead of a rules focus to BSF. That is a Christ like focus. My BSF training has allowed me to do Bible discussions and effectively respond to questions with incarcerated kids in Juvenile Hall. Thanks for your leadership.
Thank you Susie for your commitment to this Ministry and being available for God to use you.
Congratulations on Retirement it has been a honor to study God words with you
With gratitude for your words of wisdom and encouragement over the years of your service to BSF. I know God will continue to use you for His glory. Thank you for giving to the Lord!
Susie,
As a BSF member, children’s leader, and group leader for about 4 years, I am so grateful for your wisdom and faithful, excellent, leadership especially through these recent challenging years. Your final post left me with wonderful words to ponder…be available, ask simply to be used. Thank you so much.
Susie, thank you for your fine leadership and vision. May God bless you with a beautiful retirement!
Thank you for your inspiring leadership. You positive and always God honoring attitude is such a delight. I pray God will bless you through your time of recharge and regroup. Not that you need to get back at it. You are a sweet daughter of the King who has lead with integrity, honor and respect for not only BSF but for all who are a part of it. God Speed hope to see you again.
Thank you for your years of leadership! I will pray that this time of rest will bring you God’s peace, joy and His blessings in your life.
I will miss you terribly! Happy Retirement & may God bless you with good health
Thank you. May God bless you
Thank you for your love and dedication to our Lord through BSF
Blessings and love 🕊
Phil. 1:3
Thank you for all the ways that you have served us in BSF. I have been immeasurably blessed by your leadership and anointed teaching!
This is beautiful. thank you!!
I would like to thank you for serving 12 years. May God bless you as you go into retirement. And what ever God gives you to do.
Thank you for all you did and all that you will continue to do I should follow the leading of the Holy Spirit and your heart continues to be surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ may bless you mightily and may you continue to serve him joyfully!
BSF changed my life because of your willingness to serve. Thank you. May your new availability do the same for others.
You have glorified God with your dedicated service. Thank you
Dear Susie, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your willingness to serve in BSF the past many years. I will be starting my 5th year this Fall, and it has been very important in my spiritual growth. And the number of people required to make it all run well is not lost on me.
I thank God and praise His Holy Name for B S F by which I could grow spiritually by nourishing with God’s life giving and Living words for the last 17 yrs. Also I could meet and had fellowship with committed Godly women during these years and learned how to be a practical Christian. Susie is one of them. Her commitment and the ability to reach people with encouraging words and advices are inexplainable. I am personally blessed by her eventhough I have never seen her. She left a blessed legacy to all through her service in BSF. May the Sovereign God bless her continually and use her for His glory during the rest of her life.
Bless you for all you did in BSF and ji believe you still have a calling to do something else.
Thank you Susan for your 12 years of commitment and dedication To BSF. I know you will continue the Lord’s work in some capacity. God has used you mightily.
Susie, you have truly been a faithful servant! Thank you for being such a remarkable leader of BSF. I am looking forward to my fourth year this Fall. You will find that retirement is a grand time in your life.
I will be available
Blessings to you and your family for a happy and healthy retirement. Your service to the Lord is much appreciated. Thanks too for your blog. Best wishes!!
Thank oh so much for your leadership. You have been an inspiration to all of us and you will be hard to replace! May the Good Lord bless you abundantly!
God’s richest blessings to you and your family as you enter this phase of your life.
You have truly been a blessing to me these 12 years I’ve been in BSF.
I wish her all the blessings God have for her. May she over be over flowed with blessings and love. To God be the glory!!!.
Thanks for your leadership we were so blessed that the Lord blessed us with you. Praying for you as you step into your next chapter of life. 🙏❤️
Thank you Susie, for being “available,”
for giving your life, your heart and your submission to follow the Lord, wherever He leads you. Thank you for being a mentor and teacher and a voice for BSF, richly blessing each of us, even though most of us have never met you in person. BSF has made all the difference in the world to me personally. My foundation is solid because of BSF. My knowledge and understanding greater, and my love for our Lord, deeper. All because of the rich blessings that studying the Bible with the guidance of BSF leaders, groups, prayer, and wise instruction, that BSF notes and lectures provide. Thank you Susie, and May this new season be filled to overflowing, with the blessings of Christ Jesus! Thank you!
Thanks for your faithfulness to serve.
Thank you for your wonderful leadership and selfless time that you have devoted to all of us at BSF. I know that God grants each of us certain gifts and you have certainly used your gifts to His glory. May He continue to bless you in your retirement.
God bless you and thank you for serving us so faithfully. May God’s joy and peace follow you to this next chapter in your life.
Thank you Susan for beautiful sentiments and I know the Lord will bless you and use you even in retirement.
I am a member of Al-Anon, a support group for people who live or lived with alcoholics so I am around many ladies and men whom I have brought to BSF. I’ve also encountered a couple agnostics – yikes; however, that
doesn’t keep me from admitting I’m a believer in our Lord. I also witness stronger when in the presence of an
unbeliever. The Lord keeps me in his grace just by being active in this fellowship.
Again, thank you for your service and may God continue to bless you and BSF.
Blessings on your continuing journey of God’s plan for his glory
Thanks for you and all your have done to glorify Him
Thank you for being available to Gods direction. Especially through the last several months.
I have learned much through your leadership.
May God bless the next part of your journey.
Meet you at his feet one day. Penny Warfel, Muncie, Indiana
Susie, you have been an awesome leader, a woman after God’s own heart. If Hollie is only half as good at her new job as you have been, we’re in great hands. May God continue to bless and guide you in your much deserved retirement. With great admiration and profound appreciation for your leadership.
Thank you and God bless!
Thank you for your selfless service! You will hear the beautiful words, “Well done good and faithful servant!!”
You have truely been a blessing to BSF and especially all the leaders. I have personally grown into a deeper relationship and knowledge of my Savior during your leadership and guidance. I greatly appreciate the changes in the teaching materials and programs and roles. Each year I have served as a CL has been easier and more rewarding as a result. I will pray you and Rodger are richly blessed as you transition into new and exciting ways to serve. Thanks you and God Bless.
Thank you for your commitment and dedication over the past several years. Be blessed as you journey into your next endeavor.
Thank you for all you’ve done for all of us in BSF and fir being a faithful servant of Christ Jesus!!! You will be missed😇
Thank you Suise for your service to GOD and your inspiring words to us today. I have also had a change in my life. Being daily in a quieter business is not always productive. There are things I put off doing and said I would get to them after I stopped working. It’s been a slower process than I thought it would be. Thank you for the opportunity of a better focus. Not on myself but being available to GOD. Have a wonderful life in your retirement. GOD BLESS YOU
Thank you and may God bless you in your next life chapter💕
Susie
My plate is full of responsibilities. But only what I do for Christ will last
I AM AVAILABLE
Thank you for all your service and for this message
Thank you Susie for your leadership through the years. It has been exciting to see BSF meet the challenges of engaging more younger women, flourish with online tools, adapt to Covid restrictions and sharing excellent new studies. I am sure all these things were birthed from hours of prayer and hard work.
Many blessings on you and your family for giving so much of yourself through these past years.
“Great is your Reward!!!”
Susie, Thank you for stepping up when God called. May your retirement be blessed. I know you will be serving our Lord in some way as you enter this new season of your life.
Thank you for everything that you do !
You are a servant of God !
Numbers 6:24-26
The Lord bless you and keep you;The Lord make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance on you, and give you peace.
Thank you for Being Available to Christ. I ❤️ BSF. It is my compass on this faith journey. Wishing you hope, love and joy as you move on.
Thank you Susie for your commitment and love. I have been so encouraged by you in BSF. My husband lost his job 1 1/2yrs ago just before we started the genesis study and the walk we took through God’s faithful guiding in that book I believe held our marriage together. Enjoy your time of rest, although I’m sure you will continue to be encouraging others until you sit at his feet. Your sister in Christ. Shelley Kirby P.S. I believe you sat in with our group in Naples, FL a couple years ago before covid. I really enjoyed meeting you😊❤🙏
Thank you for the reminder
BSF has helped me learn God’s word and be able to talk with others who need Jesus Christ. Thank you for your dedication and leadership over the years. God bless as you continue your journey.
I Thank you so very much for how faithful you have been and how God has mightily used you. I have enjoyed the four new studies and Part 1 of the People of the promise land and so much of all the others I have studied [some more than once).I have also enjoyed hearing from you through your wonderful blogs. Thank you again. May god bless you. Your sister in the Lord, Barbro Doyle
As I read over my remarks I should have
May God bless you again. Littleton, Colorado
Thanks for you 12 years of service to BSF. Well done good and faithful servant! May the Lord richly bless you in your retirement.
As a perfectionist with a heart to help and serve this really struck home. Empty nester( almost) I might have jumped to fill the quiet time God just wants me to fill with him and his guidance. God has never failed me even when I have jump ahead of Him, he always uses it all for His glory. Proud to follow!!
Susie you will be greatly missed. I will long remember your teaching and Christian example. Enjoy all that God has planned for your future. Love and prayers,
Dear Ms.Rowan,
Thank you for all that you have done in the name of Christ. It has ministered to our family and beyond.
Let us see what the Lord has for you next.
God Bless my sister you will
Truly be missed and Love Always 💕💕😍 you are a discipleship for God
Susie,
Thank you for your service to the women in BSF through the power of Jesus. Over the years I attended two BSF conferences. Your words are from Jesus, your strength is from Jesus, your demeanor is from Jesus. Thank you for ministering to me through your God given grace and love.
It is my pleasure to come BSF class!
Thank You for Your Leadership, Guidance and Prayers! May GOD continue to Bless You and all your Endeavors ! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Dear Susie,
Your impact in my life has been great. Thank you for serving as our director these years. So many changes these last years! Yet your honest and encouraging leadership helped to make them a blessing for all of us as we learned to embrace them for the sake of our younger generations. I wish you many blessings as you go forward! We will miss you!
Thank you for being such a wonderful warrior for Christ
Thank you so much for your service. May your future bring you joy as you serve our Lord and Savior.
I pray that your family will be blessed with the next chapter of your life. God Bless You.
-Larisa Webster
Thank you for being such a faithful servant and excellent role model for our Lord, Susie. Many blessings to you and your family as you listen to where He leads. May you experience the more relaxed days of retirement and enjoy and appreciate this period of rest and refreshing.
Susie thank you for your leadership in BSF and May God continue to use and bless you in your retirement. 🙏🏻💕💗🙏🏻
Thank you Susie! God Bless you and keep you and may His face always shine on you and your family. Well done, good and faithful servant!
Thanks doesn’t begin to express my appreciation for your hard work, prayers, and giving your ALL for Him. You are someone who by their actions, “walks the talk”.
Thank you, and enjoy the next chapter that God has in store for you.
Thank you, Susie, for all of your dedication and hard work in helping to spread the Gospel around the world through BSF and for helping to grow Christians in their study of God’s word.
Thank you Susie for all you have done to further the cause for Christ. You have been such a source of encouragement and strength to me during my leadership with BSF. I wish you all the best in your retirement and may God continue to bless you in your walk.
Thank you for your service, Susie! May God continue to bless you richly as you go! To God be the Glory!🙏♥️
Thank you Susie for all you have done for the glory and the fame of our Savior and Lord. For answering God’s call to lead in Christian love.
Thank you for your strong leadership. It has been a wonderful year of study that helped us get through health issues and guide us to the fabulous doctors and nurses. Our study leader and our Zoom group also gave us courage. Miraculous.
Dear Susie,
Thank you so much for your leadership and service in one of my favorite ministries. Our God will never leave such a faithful servant as you without revealing His plans for you. Enjoy what is next.
Blessings our friend,
Karen D’Amico
DEAR SUSIE,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSPIRING ENCOURAGEMENT OVER THESE MANY YEARS!! I started BSF in 2009!! WHAT A BLESSING!! U WILL BE BLESSED FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE FOR CHRIST!! BLESSINGS ON YOUR RETIREMENT AND ANYTHING GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!! 💖💖💖
Susie, Thank you for all that you have done in the name of the Lord! I will always be available to Christ! Praying you enjoy your retirement!
Love and blessings,
JR
Thank you Susie for all you do for BSF ministry. May God bless you and your family in this new chapter of life God has prepare for you.
In Christ
Susie I want to thank you for your godly leadership. I want to express how much the Lord has used you to help me grow & mature in my faith.
My husband and I attended the last “in person” BSF retreat in Baltimore in 2018. One special message I came away with was “Who am I in Christ?” Is my identity in Christ or my personal accomplishments. With out a doubt I can say that this question changed me and caused my heart for the Lord to grow & help me realize who I am. First and foremost I am a child of God! He is my Father and Jesus my Savior.
Thank you for your service to our Lord. I know He will lead you in a new direction as you take this time to listen to His voice. I will be praying for you! In Christ, Sarina
Susie, thank you for giving yourself to BSF under our Lord’s leadership. We have all been blessed because of your sacrifice and love for BSF. All the best to you in this next chapter of your life.
I Am!
Dearest Susie, how I thank our God for your availability to serve Him these past twelve years in BSF. Countless blessings have poured upon all of us worldwide through your proclamation of the gospel message. May God bless you and keep you and make HIs face shine upon you, my friend! With love and blessings~
Thank you for your inspirational words and for your many years of dedication. I will for sure be asking “simply to be used.” I will ask for my heart to be open as well as my schedule in order to do our Lord’s work. Best of luck with your retirement and I’m sure you will be called very soon to do what God has planned for you. It takes a special person to listen and then respond to His call.
May His Blessings Be Over You Always~
Kelly
I wish you many blessings Susie – you have made an impact on me and so many others. May God continue to use you as you make yourself available to “simply be used”, and I will do the same.
Thank you for your leadership for BSF. I have been studying scriptures with BSF just 3 years, but have learned so much and enjoyed the fellowship of my group. Also pleased that I can join with others online rather than miss the studies. May God continue to bless You.
Thanks for letting God use you
Here I am Lord
May you be blessed in the new adventure God has for you
Thank you Susie & God bless.
Thank you for being available, Susie. You are a blessing.
Thank you for your faithful and sacrificial service to our Lord. I have grown spiritually through BSF during your tenure.
Thank you Susie!🙏❤
Thank you sister for your faithful service to the Lord through BSF. May He bless you in the years to come and be your strength in all things. BSF is such a blessing in my life from God and He has used this ministry to help me grow in joyful faith in Christ. Thank you for your contribution with all the He has given you to serve us well. God bless you and your household.
Those are beautiful words, that I have already found to be true in my life.
Susie,
What an honor and a privilege to serve The Lord as a Group Leader under your Leadership!
Happy Retirement!
Thanks, Susie, for always being there for us both at BSF and online. Your encouragement and faithfulness are an inspiration. We will remember your smile and your godly gentle ways and guidance.
Blessings and Godspeed in your next phase of service and devotion.
Susie,
Thanks for your dedication to God and BSF!
May God bless you as you continue to serve Him during your retirement.
Dan
Thank you , Susie, for making yourself available to Christ for use in BSF over the last 12 years. Countless lives have been impacted for the glory of God. May He bless you richly, abundantly in what He has next for you!!
Thank you for your service good luck in your retirement. Praying it a very rewarding retirement
From the bottom of my heart I thank you for 12 years being available for God to use you so powerfully in your role as BSF Executive Director! You will be dearly missed and Hollie will be warmly embraced, I know. Praying for your transition into retirement and trusting that God will continue to use His faithful servant Susie in amazing and wonderful ways!
I love your story of being available! Thank you for inspiring all of us during BSF years! I started under Revelation and was very impressed of how orgainized and Bible oriented every study there after has been. It brought my growth and focus back to the Lord Jesus in everyday life! I love and encourage others to join in the Bible studies! Thank you for all you have done to orchestrate BSF! God bless your new adventures for Him!
Susie
Thanks you for your dedication and leadership in BSF. I am especially grateful for the effort to keep our classes and connections going during COVID. The isolation was difficult but looking forward each week to class(zoom) and seeing and hearing the ladies in my group gave me great strength and I didn’t feel so alone.
God bless and keep you all the days of your life.
Thank you Susie for your years of leadership and commitment. We are so thankful to have BSF in our lives.
It was through Jesus Christ and BSF that we are filled to overflowing with Gods grace and mercy. We want everyone that we know to experience BSF. We don’t think that there is a Bible study that can compare with
BSF. May the Lord bless you in your continued obedience in being available. I enjoyed your blog, and I like
the reminder to “Be Available”
Thank you for your commitment to BSF. I know you will be blessed and you will be a blessing in whatever you do in retirement. PTL
Dear Susie, I thank God for your faithfulness to Him and the work you have done for His glory in BSF. I know He has much for you to do yet, but also He wants you to be nurtured and rest in His love. Your blogs and talks have been so meaningful and real to me and I’m sure many others. I see the love of Christ flowing from your life of service…He surely heard your request to “simply be used”…💗🙏🏻
Thank you for your beautiful service to the glory of God as the Executive Director of BSF. I pray that He will show you the next avenue for your generous availability. May our Lord continue to bless you!
Thank you, Susie, for all you do for BSF. It is such an important part of my life and walk with the Lord. I wish you the best in your retirement. I hope you enjoy yours half as much as I enjoy mine. I do not know how I ever worked as an educator for 30 years, but I am thankful for that part of my life that has made it possible for me to enjoy so much now.
Wow, Thanks for your dedication and commitment to BSF.
Susie, thank you so much for allowing God to use you for such a time as this. I remember when you first shared your BSF journey with us when you willingly took over as ED of BSF international. What an impact you made in my life and I will be forever grateful. May God continue to bless you as you have blessed so many through BSF. Much love to you.
Susie, my prayers are for a happy retirement and for Him to continue to bless you and those you come in contact with as you have bless me.
Thank you for your loving work in the the name of the Lord.
Ms. Rowan,
As you enter into retirement, My prayer is for God to continue to use you and your extraordinary gifts to encourage and strengthen those who you encounter. All to His glory.
Your voice and leadership have made a difference in spreading the gospel around the world. Thank you.
You always encouraged us and your spirit filled leadership was so appreciated. Thank you for all your hard work in serving!!!!
Thank you, Susie, for a remarkable Spirit-directed term as executive director. Personally I appreciated your willingness to come all the way to Australia with some board members to bring peace in a difficult situation. And at breakfast I happened to be staying at the same place, and you invited me to join you, and were so interested in my little class and how it was going! For me it was a picture of being welcomed to the banqueting table that I will never forget. And every encounter I have had with you since then has revealed a heart of genuine care and interest. I have so appreciated your humble leadership, your clear and excellent teaching, and your willingness to examine the guidelines and to be prepared to change them after carefully searching the Scriptures. Thank you for the emphasis of people over procedures and your vision for BSF to be available so widely. I will be praying that God will continue to use you in your willingness to be available to Him.
Thank you for your leadership and devotion to us all. God is amazing!
Thank you so much, Susie, for your incredible God-focused leadership of BSF these past 12 years. This will be my 14th year of BSF, so you’ve been at the helm most of that time. You and your words have been so encouraging and uplifting! Your teaching at Retreats has been excellent! Even your closing blog on being available is right on target for what I needed to hear. I’ve been a GL, ACS, and CS – and now I’ll try to be available for whatever comes next. May God richly bless you for your faithful service to Him and His kingdom work! -Tachsha from Georgia
What a ride it has been during your tenure!! God has blessed and blessed! Thank you for your wonderful ear to God’s Spirit to bring wonderful changes in leading, challenges to us to look and respond to the future generations, incorporating technology…all for God’s Glory!
Thank you for your heart to serve, lead and encourage!
Thank you Susie
Love this
“Ask simply to be used”
Dear Susie,
Thank you and God bless you some more for your magnificent ministry as BSF Staff. It would have been enough if you has just led the development and application of the REVELATION Study, but you touched our hearts above and beyond. I love the Artwork made available to us, the blogs, the online lessons and recordings, the Zoom BSF and everything that keeps us connected. Thank you for today’s message, too: Be Available as Christ is Available, is just the encouragement I need in this season. I wish also, Simply to be used. To God be the Glory.
Thank you so much for your faithful service to BSF, and the many women, men and children whose lives have been changed through these studies! May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He make His face shine upon you and your children, and may He pour out His gracious love and kindness to you in your new life season! You have been a true blessing to me!
Thank you for sharing your heart for the Lord through 12 years of leading BSF. May the Lord continue to use you mightily in this new season. He is the potter and will continue to shape and make you His beautiful masterpiece.
I have not had as many years in BSF , but I can see the impact on lives. Thank you Susan for your leadership and commitment. I only want to be available for however the Lord uses me in BSF. I tell people I am in BSF for life. It has given me the confidence to share my love in Christ, it also has helped me with my discipline in studying God’s word. Only God knows the plans He has for me, so I will be available for service to Jesus Christ.
Serving God through BSF is such a “busy joy”! I appreciate your faithful leadership example. i learned early on that BSF does all things on their knees in prayer. Thank you for always reminding us of where to go and what to do to stay available! May you continue to walk with God in all the areas He has for you to walk in the future. See you in Glory!!
Thank you Susie for your leadership. May our LORD continue to give you opportunities to serve Him and His Kingdom!
Dear Susie, God bless you for your loving gift of sharing God’s Word by your sacrificial service through BSF.“He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;”
1 Samuel 2:9 NIV
Thank you for your service. You are an inspiration.
Thanks, for standing for Christ 🙏🏾
These words were a true blessing!!!
Thank you for your devotion to BSF.
My mom became a Christian through BSF in the 60,s. Now we have a family that lives for Christ that is being passed down from generation to generation.
Thank you for your service to our Lord and to us as learners through BSF. May your retirement be blessed with God’s clear direction as you continue to make yourself available to Him.
Susie, though it saddens me that you are leaving us as our director, I can’t help but be overjoyed for you. You have shared and touched our lives in ways you’ll never be able to comprehend. When I read your blogs it feels like I am having deep, connected conversation with my dearest friend. You have impacted my life so much with your word, knowledge, compassion. It is so evident that you were God’s servant doing the mission he had for you. I know God will take you where He wants you to be and touch the lives He has destined for you. I will miss you dearly, but what God in store is where you are needed.
Thank you Susie for your love and commitment to BSF.
Dear Susie,
We have been blessed by your example of being a servant willing to lead BSF. Such wonderful studies we’ve enjoyed! I’m thankful for the insights I’ve gained from sharing these studies with my “sisters in Christ.” Thank you, Susie! Enjoy your new adventures & be blessed w/love, good health & contentment in the years ahead.
Thank you so much for your leadership in bsf. May God bless you in whatever you do for Him in your life!!
Thank you Susie for your leadership in BSF-you are a good and faithful servant. BSF is a wonderful organization and I have always been so thankful for the teaching of God’s word.
Thanks again and God bless you.
God continue to grant you grace as you embark on your new season.
This is such a powerful, much needed message.
I have been wrestling with being available for God. To say my plate is full is an understatement. I care for for paralyzed husband, my 93-year-old mother, work fulltime and having been dealing with my own health issues. Most nights I am blessed to make it to the bed, I fall asleep the last place I sit down.
Still, I am drinking from my saucer because my cup is overflowing. God continues to provide and sustain me. I know God is calling me to be available for Him. Please pray I make the time to be used by God.
Susie, God has given you a beautiful gift, time, what a blessing!!
I am excited to see how God uses you.
I will call you by name at the throne of our Lord and Savior.
Thank you Susie for your untiring service to all of us at BSF. You have been a blessing.
Thank you for your twelve years of dedicated innovative leadership.
Praising Him Who is faithful,
I was invited to be a children supervisor after a year in bsf. After 4 years at 70 I had to retire. Then I transited to be a group leader. I will be 80 in November. Most likely I will transition to another phase of life just like yours Susie!
Dear Susie.
It wasn’t for you “being available for Christ”, this woman with MS for now 34 years, who was brought to BSF each Thursday, wouldn’t have grown in the Lord and his Word. I was challenged in so many ways, I felt compelled to do my lesson (the pressure, seeing other women taking their studies so serious, so devout, so kind and understanding full of love and humility.) You and so many of the other leaders have taught me so much, about being a woman for Christ. I am was so thankful for the on-line platform, because i could participate with ease. So one my bad days I could be still be present. My week was incomplete without doing a lesson. I had the opportunity to prepare and teach a lesson this summer, my husband saw this capable woman be so humble and anxiety (which I had to pray to Jesus about). i really found myself buying books and diving in to prepare a lesson. But I did it for Christ and yes the women that attended. It was different from leading a book club or meeting as an engineer at Bell Labs. Thank you for your commitment, love and devotion.
Oh sweet Susie! We’ve been so very blessed to serve under your leadership!! Thank you so very much for your endless sacrifices…all the while flashing your precious & loving smile. I’ve been in BSF (with a few years off moving) since 1982…and I’ve always been so blessed to serve wherever I’ve lived! 5 years ago, I was literally driving to leaders meeting & I was going over in my mind “my strategy” of the new BSF year… how I was gonna love on the ladies in my group, etc… and God stopped me & said in an audible voice “I never told you any of that… I told you to BE STILL!” It was one of those precious moments from Jesus! I’m blessed to have had many. I wish I could tell you, my wonderful Exec Dir, that I’ve consistently obeyed that… but when I have, He has done so many amazing things! My basic personality is to jump out of bed “full steam ahead,” so learning to just be still before Him is something I might always wrestle with 😜… but He is so good to me! I will be praying for you as you just rest and await your next assignments from Him. Thank you so so so much!!! We all love you so very much!!
Thanks be to God again and again.
Thank you, Susie, for always pointing us to our Jesus! Well done, good and faithful Servant! May this next season be as fruitful as your last one—influencing those grandchildren to serve Jesus wholeheartedly! Many blessings!
Susie you have set an unbelievable standard for all of us to live by and honor God by. You will be truly missed but I know you will continue to support Bsf and gods work. God bless you in all your endeavors
Thank you, Susie, doesn’t seem like enough! Your words are indeed inspiring as your actions have been over your years of BSF leadership. I love the word “Available” that the Lord has given you. It pairs very well with the word “Abide”. Prayers that your next things will bring you much joy in our Lord.
Hi Susie you came and visited our class in a zoom meeting several times and it was such a pleasure to have you and listen to your input and for you to comment on how we were doing, I pray that your retirement is blessed with peace and joy and thank you so much for your service
Thanks be to God.
Susie, our lives first crossed in a BFS class in KS. Our world and BSF have seen great changes since that time. Yet, BSF has remained faithful to the teaching of God’s word thanks to your leadership and commitment during the changes needs to take advantage of present day technology.
My parents laid the foundation for knowing God but BSF God used to build my life, grow my faith, feed my soul, teach me to walk in dry and rocky places, stretch my knowing, deliver me from deep darkness and show me that he can will do all that he promised. This I can trust.
I am blessed to have known you and been a part of your journey as a class member and your time as Executive Director. I know wherever you are God will be your center.
Susie, thank you for the message and for your steadfast leadership. I’ve been in BSF since 2003, I’ve been able to experience the explosive growth under your leadership. I’ve been able to experience the changes to the lesson questions/answer to create more intimacy. I thank you for all of that. I now thank you for the message that you leave with us – Be Available. That resonates with me loudly, as I have experienced the “beingness” of surrender just at the beginning of this year. Throughout this year, I’ve come to learn that service and evangelism does not have to look like anything elaborate – just sincere. So, I’m learning to be at peace with my service. Thank you for the example you’ve set to everyone. You will be remembered and my God bless you.
Your efforts and contributions have made my time in studying God’s Word so rewarding. It has “stretched” me in my studies, and pushes me to know more! Thank you many times over!🙏
Thank you, Susie, for your commitment and devotion to BSF. I did appreciate your blogs. May our Lord bless you and your husband as you go down another pathway into retirement.
Susie, thank you for your leadership of BSF. Your words of encouragement, kindness and gentle spirit will truly be missed Wishing you and your family the best, as I’m sure the Lord will continue to bless you!
How can I express my gratitude to adequately thank you for all you have done for so many over the past 12 years. You will be truly rewarded for all you have sacrificed and given to this ministry.
May God bless you and your family.
Thank you for your years of faithful service to BSF. May God bless you abundantly as you continue to be available to Him.
Thank you for sharing your faith, inspiring us to go deeper in our study and walking the journey along side of us.
Susie, the time has really flown by! I still remember when you were just coming on Board. Thank you for your years of service and enjoy your retirement. Your leadership will be missed, but you have helped transition a new leader for us. Blessings.
Dear Susie,
It has been a gift from God to listen to your words and to watch you both in writing and verbally. Thanks be to God for sharing you at a glimpse in my journey on earth. The genuine truth of God speaks through you, praise Him!!!
Engraved on my bracelet is “created for the glory of God alone”
For the fame of Jesus Christ to the nations.
Sherri
“when I grow up I hope to be 1% of you ” : )
Hi Susie,
I am so thankful for your service at BSF HQ! I remember your encouraging teaching on one of your first retreats in Louisville,KY. I was so drawn to to dig deeper in God’s Word . Who had thought to that time that God would open the door to lead German speaking online groups almost 9 Years later. Thanks for praying and supporting our Orientation in April of this year! Only God is able to open doors to individual hearts to receive his Word! Praise be to Him! Thank You for your faithful service!
Susie, thank you for servant’s heart and being obedient to the Lord’s will in serving in His ministry. I pray for the next chapter God has for you in His book of life.
Your Brother in Christ
Toney Banks
Dear Susie: God has been so incredibly good to us through you over the past 12 years! Under your leadership, BSF has been transformed to be more welcoming to the U 40’s, published several new studies and re-tooled the existing ones. I always looked forward to sitting under your teaching at our retreats in Cincinnati. I’ve appreciated everything about you! Welcome to your new calling with
Jesus! From a grateful CL in Ottawa Lake, MI
Thank you Susie for allowing God to use you for “such a time as this”! You have inspired and challenged me. You are a beautiful example of submitting your life to God’s plans.
I have served as a Class Leader (CA, ACS, AL) in 3 different classes (Hillsboro, OR; LaCrosse, WI; Andover, MN) for over 21 years! I have had the privilege of serving at HQ several times, of enjoying several Retreats, and of meeting you in person a couple of times.
God has personally called, equipped and matured me through these serving opportunities and through the Leaders I serve(d) with. What a blessing this ministry has been to me. God is so good!
Thank you for your sacrifice of time and family and your personal desires to serve our Almighty God, for His glory and for His people.
With much love and gratitude, Rhea Habeck
Thank you Susie for your commitment to BSF and for being a stellar example if what a true servant of Christ is!
You have been an inspiration to me during the years i have attended BSF and served as a GL…. God’s blessings on your next season of life… Linda in CA
Susie you have been such an inspiration to me over the years. Thank you for your leadership and for sharing your strong faith with all of us. You will be missed but never forgotten. May God continue to bless you and your family as you retire from BSF.
As I’m preparing for this year and reading again through my Leader’s Folio and GL Manual, I’m reminded of my commitment to the statement of faith to hold fast to the teaching and truth of God’s Word. It is such a joy to serve in BSF and my local church and to receive the ongoing training each week. I’m 71 years young and looking forward to how God will use me! Thanks Susie and God bless you 🙏❤️
Thank you so much for your service.
You have touched so many ladies lives through BSF. You will be missed.
May God bless you for all you have done for us ladies at BSF.
Dear Susie, Thank you for giving us what God gave you from His heart to share with us!!!
Thank you for your faithfulness of all those 12 years of Sacrifice of Praise to Him that I know without a doubt you were as blessed as Our Lord and all of us were. I know you will continue to be His love, His Feet and HIs Ambassador for His Beautiful Son Jesus Christ or Jesucristo!! You do not know me but you Blessed me so much when you would speak.!!!
Go Shine for Jesus wherever you go.
Love
Juany Rehling
Thank you for all your commitment to be BSF. I am so grateful to have been a member since 2017. Enjoyed your blog and will continue to remember to ask the Lord how He wants to use me today.
Thank you for being “God’s girl” in different capacities in BSF, including your 12-year stint as executive director. Thank you for your commitment to teach God’s word and only His word combined with innovative ways to reach out using technology and reconsidered strategies for drawing in younger and geographically dispersed people. BSF continues to be God’s ministry but it takes people like you, saying yes to Him, to keep it current and relevant to the world as it changes. God bless you as you continue to follow Him.
Good job, Susan!
Thank you Susie for your service and dedication to BSF!! I dearly love BSF and have grown in faith during the years that I have participated in BSF. I love the study and the leadership!
Hi
Congratulations on your retirement. However, we never retire from serving the Lord.
BSF has been a blessing to study God’s Word.
Each year is exciting to explore God’s word with ladies from your community.
I thank God for you – to Him be the Glory! I am eternally grateful to the Lord for giving us the gift of your leadership, Susie. Your humble servanthood was evident from the beginning and you modeled a prayerful, God honoring approach to leading BSF into a new era. That leadership opened the doors of this ministry to welcome so many people who previously may have felt left out. I’m so thankful! I pray that as you continue to serve the Lord alongside Roger and your family, that you will be blessed with health, contentment, peace, and joy. May the Lord turn his face upon you and be gracious to you.
Susie, Thank you so much for being a grateful servant for Christ Jesus. I always welcomed your emails. For that matter ANYTHING BSF is welcome . What a privilege to be a part of BSF. I get so excited just knowing I’m studying THE SAME EXACT BIBLE STUDY around the WHOLE WORLD!!!!! Thank you
Dear Susan,
Thank you for your humble leadership. May the Lord refresh your soul as you wait on Him. God bless you and your family.
Here I am Lord. I am available.
Send me. I will go and tell of you to others….. Isaiah 6:8-9
Thank you for all your endeavors. I love BSF and the wonderful ladies across our local area. My sister has been out of church for almost 45 years and my talking of the love I have for this study has stirred her spirit back and wants to join. She lives in Ohio. I praise the Lord for this while taking a deeper walk myself with God. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The changes you have made to BSF during your last few years have been phenomenal. Gone are a lot of the “rules” that put so many folks off just joining (and reading the Bible). I can hardly recognize BSF compared to 15+ years ago. Good luck to you and your beautiful family, and always remember “no one is allowed to LEAVE BSF, you can only transition onto your NEXT role”…
Thank you for your service to Him.
Susie…My husband was a G.L. for decades and I’m almost a ‘lifer!’ I know the awesome feeling of God doing major things through us… Thanks for answering His call all these years! He equips the called🤗🙏🎵
Thank you so much for all you have done through and for BSF. I have been in BSF on and off for 25+ years and have had our two daughters in as well. It has been an indescribable blessing to me and my family and has helped me know and see and feel the love of our gracious Father and the the undeserving forgiveness He has given me. I have grown so much in my faith because of being in God’s word in such a deep deep way! Many Blessings to you and your family!
Margaret Gibson
Roswell Georgia
Thank you for your commitment to BSF. I have learned so much about God’s love for me thru these Bible studies. He is faithful and know you have been faithful since in serving him. “ Well done, good and faithful servant”
Susie, I’m so grateful the Lord put you in BSF “for such a time as this”. As a school administrator, I have a small glimpse into all the chaos, decisions, angst, financial concerns, and unknowns that you as the leader of this organization has incurred over your 12 years. I THANK YOU for every prayer you’ve prayed for EVERY leader in this ministry, for every tear you’ve shed on our behalf, and for your FAITHFULNESS to the call of God. Please thank your family on my behalf for sharing you with us all these years. It has been a labor of love for them as well.
THANK YOU for being available to Christ.
May God bless you as you have been a blessing. Enjoy your time of rest and your time with your family.
With much heartfelt appreciation,
Cindy
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your 12 years of faithful dedication and support in your role as Executive Director of Bible Study Fellowship. I am especially grateful for how you encouraged and challenged me, and all group leaders, to step out of our comfort zone and faithfully trust God as we endeavored to lead our men (or women as the case may be) each year.
You have truly been a blessing to all who were privileged to serve under your leadership. It has indeed been an honor. May God continue to bless you and your family as you transition to your next “assignment”.
All Glory to our great God and King!
Gerald Hinesley
To God Alone be the glory!
Gerald Hinesley
Gerald Hinesley
Thank you for serving so faithfully. My two daughters and I speak gratefully about our years in BSF studies. God is so good to have given us this opportunity to learn more deeply His True Word. We had the privilege of serving in leadership roles, which was an honor. There is no better way to grow in the Christian life than to be involved in BSF.
Well done Susie Rowen. I appreciate the new studies, the infant program brought dramatic positive changes, and zoom meetings saved a year of Bible study. Thank you Roger. No doubt you made some sacrifices to accommodate her service to Christ. I’ll miss your wisdom Susie. But it’s God o’clock and He always knows where and when to send you in another direction. Thank you both. BSFer for 25 years.
It has been a pleasure to spend the last two years studying the word of of God with the BFS class. I am grateful for all you. Thank you
Thank you, Susie, for being available to all of us women, setting the tone, and the depth of Christ’s love for us. I am becoming aware of the enormous amount of time your position requires. It is only through Christ love through you that this commitment can be made. Heavenly blessings on you, my Sister!!!
Cheryl Mauer
Centerville, Oh
First Baptist Church for class
Thank you Susie for your leadership at BSF. May God continue to bless you as you embark on the next phase of you life.
Thank you Susie for the many wonderful years that you have given to the Lord and to BSF. You will be missed, however I’m sure that the Lord has a wonderful new adventure for you. May you thrive wherever you are. Blessings, Roberta
Thank you for your godly leadership in BSF these past 12 years!! Our faithful God has used you in wonderful ways to bless all of us. I pray your days ahead will be blessed by always “being available” to God and His amazing purposes for your life. Thank you again for your sacrificial service to all of us!! To God be the glory!!
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your amazing and dedicated leadership of BSF. The changes made under your guidance will have a positive impact on women, men and families for years to come. I live the flexibility that makes it easier for younger women to be involved. The tech upgrades have opened a new world of Bible study including the app that has many options. This us so different from 1985 when I first joined BSF. It was also nice to meet you through Susan Duke and Kathy Hunter at their Florida church shortly after you accepted your final leadership role. I was not a leader then but have since been blessed to be a GL and through that to appreciate what your leadership has meant to BSF. God bless you in retirement.
Thank you for your maturing Christ. It has helped you to lead a great group of women and we are all eternally grateful.
Thank you for your service and I wish you a joyous, blessed retirement.
Excellent reminder to all of us. I have asked the Lord to use me and sometimes, I felt like He is not answering my prayer. I am continuing to pray that He help me find opportunities to be of service to others.
Susie, I’m grateful for your commitment and service to the BSF family. May God continue to bless you during this next journey of your life. Blessings to you and your family.
May God continue to be with you Beyond grateful.
What a wonderful and simple message “simply ask to be used”. Thank you for sharing not only that but so much of yourself and your gentle spirit through the years with BSF.
Thank you for your guidance. BSF is a wonderful program!
Hi Susie,
Thanks you so much for your leadership in BSF. I was introduced to BSF six years ago and I must share with you that it has changed my life. Being surrounded by Godly men has been more than a blessing. My understanding of the Bible has increased more than I could ever imagine.
I wish you peace and a life filled with God in your retirement years.
May God bless you and yours.
Thank you so much, Susie
Thank you for your quality leadership in BSF these past years. The Lord is using this ministry in mighty ways. I have been stretched and renewed in spirit by digging into the Word. May your heart rejoice as you step into all the Lord has ahead for you.
Praise God for the narrow path that you are traveling to his kingdom. To God be the glory forever and ever. Amen!
Many Blessings!
Sherita Stewart
Thank you so much for your leadership and example. My favorite time was at retreat in Cincinnati when your husband came on stage. How precious
Thank you, Lord, for Susie Rowan. Thank you, Jesus, for You! Who makes all things possible when with man, they are impossible. Thank you for loving us more than anyone could ever love us. Thank you for the beauty of the fellowship of believers. Prepare us, Lord, for what you are preparing for us. Give us that daily bread so that we can hold it out to others who are starving for you. Bless Susie and her family, surprising her with your nearness, your presence, your joy, provision, protection and love. Thank you, Jesus, for making a way where there is no way. Amen
So blessed to have been a Children’s Leader during Susie’s tenure! Enjoy your retirement and all that God has planned for your next phase.
I love how you lead by example. I was so amazed when I first heard you teach at the Summit in Anaheim, CA when we went through Colossians. You truly have a deep love for God’s Word, His people, and plan to reach the next generation through BSF. Your efforts during COVID have been amazing. I appreciated hearing from the Board Members. What distinguished men and women of God you have had the privilege to work with! Like Ecclesiates 3:1 says, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” Thank you for the time you have invested in BSF all these years. May the Lord richly bless you in this season of retirement.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your commitment to serve Christ with the BSF Work. I am Grateful that when I found BSF, everything was running so smoothly and so many women were being reached, that I knew I was in the right place. It has been a pleasure working as a cog in a well worn wheel we know as BSF. I am grateful to you and all your many helpers. May your journey in Christ continue to give you opportunities to serve Him with your unique gifts. Amen
Susie, I cannot thank you enough for your sacrificial service! As a devoted follower of Christ, wife, mother of two teenagers, church member, STL (8 years), etc., it has been a joy and privilege to watch you model serving with excellence, integrity, love and balance. You have inspired me when I needed a lift and challenged me when I needed a push! As a leader, you have the unique gift of reaching large numbers of people on a seemingly individual, personal level through your words and we all benefitted so much from your leadership, especially the ministry of BSF. I will be praying that the next year is full of rest and refreshment in Him as you await your next assignment!
With much love and gratitude,
Marion Henry
Thank you for serving Christ through BSF. As you continue your journey of Christian service, know that our prayers are with you.
Thanks so much for your service, and your sage words of understanding and encouragement.
May God continue to bless you as go forward in your ministry to others.
Congratulations on your retirement, and thank you for the leadership you provided for the past 12 years. You have initiated lots of positive changes that I believe have drawn and enabled many to study God’s word while preserving the basic principles that have made BSF such a wonderful way to study and learn the truth of the Bible. Blessings.
Last year, I was a rookie Group Leader in my local BSF class…I said “yes” before I knew we would not be able to meet in person. Zoom and I developed a love/dislike (hate is such a strong word!) relationship, resulting in a very special year leading some amazing God followers! It is because of your humbleness to allow God to use you that rippled down to even me in a suburb of St. Louis. Your wise, God led words touched me multiple times…especially when you literally spoke them cause I love your voice! All of that to say, thank you very much for your loving service to those of us seeking to be better disciples. I’ll be keeping my eyes open for any teaching you share in the future — I’ll be part of your fan club! Thank you Susie!!
Susie,
I have been so delighted knowing you through your dedication to BSF.
May God blessings be with you and your family as you make a new journey!
Yours truly,
Jeanie Chu
Peace and health to you and your family. Thank you for your dedication and love. May the lord our God be with you always. Maranatha!!!!!!!
Thank you so much, Susan, for your service. I wish you a wonderful retirement.
Praising our Father who has done a mighty work through you his humble servant. Praying that your future allows you to serve the next mission God calls you to. Thanks for your faithfulness.
Dear Susie, I have appreciated 3 Executive Directors in my time with BSF. There is no greater ministry than BSF. I started in 1980, stepped out for some years as my children’s needs and came back for the Moses (1st) study, moved to a new state and was looking for a new church, then found it and one a.m. read the bulletin and it said BSF will start on Mon. I was there! And am still here. I tell everyone it is the best study and the deepest.
And you have kept that still to this day! I praise the Lord for you. You are a humble servant of my Lord, and I also try to be. So we will miss you – but I know the Lord will work though the next Ex. Dir. So thank you so much for keeping my favorite ministry going for the Glory of the Lord. I will keep serving as well. A humble student of the Lord’s word. Joanie Krawtschenko, A.L. in Rio Rancho,N.M.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your commitment and leadership.
I started my BSF journey in Houston, Texas in 1981 when it was a five year program. My dream was to visit BSF headquarters in San Antonio.
Upon our retirement to Fredericksburg, I found BSF startup class and was so excited…..many things had changed in BSF. Our class was asked to volunteer at headquarters so I quickly volunteered. I have loved being a student of God’s Word through BSF and am so grateful for every leader Ive had through my 12+ years.
Thank you for your service.
God has used you in mighty ways as our BSF Executive Director! Prayers go with you for God’s next step in your journey!
Thank you for your leadership these past years, your encouraging words, sacrificial time spent in prayer, and being a Godly woman using your gifts for the Lord. What a joy it is serve our Lord and Savior. Thank you Susie for giving your all. We love you and the Word!!
Precious Susie,
These past 12 years under your leadership under Christ have catapulted my enthusiasm for sharing Jesus Christ with a dark and very broken world! As with all the members worldwide, I want to thank you for your steadfast, patient endurance and devotion to the study of God’s word and application to our lives. It’s been a privilege to walk this journey with you!
May God bless your service until he takes you home!
Thank you, Susie. Your leadership has been appreciated. Blessings on your retirement 🙏🏻
Thank you Susie for your many years of service with BSF. God’s richest blessings to you in your retirement and the next chapter of your life.
God Bless you and you new adventure!!!! You have always been remarkable in your presentation of God’s calling. Your response to the call you were given was a tremendous blessing to observe!!!!!!!! Thank you for your commitment, guidance and overflowing love you shared so freely.
Enjoy the next chapter 🙂
Thank you for your time and service to spread the gospel. Enjoy your retirement. Take time for self and enjoy your God given blessings.
You have been a Christ centered leader for BSF. I thank you for all you have done for each one of us. And for Christ.
Thank you for valuable time and service to BSF. I have benefited a lot by Studying God’s word through BSF
Thank you Suzie for your dedication to the Lord and all that He has been able to accomplish through you and the staff.
I pray that the Lord bless you as follow His direction over this next year and the rest of your life.
Blessings,
Robin Bragg
I am grateful for your leadership during the pandemic. I contemplated dropping out of the study of Genesis, but after directives were given, I decided to continue. That was the best decision I have ever made. It was a very rewarding and spiritual experience for me. The leader, Carla Pierce, and the ladies in my class were so uplifting. I had great expectations each week.
thank you for your leadership, kind words, inspiring words….I would and will share your words with former older church congregants/leaders who say I am too old … when asked. I am 80 and my personal life has and is changing. Thank you for the kind reminder: Lord, how would you use me….
Susie I pray continued blessings as you enjoy your retirement. I know you will always be a blessing to God’s kingdom.
Blessings and Love,
🧎🏾♀️❤️
This is my first year attending BSF. I am looking forward to learning and leaning on His Word. Thank you for all you have and will do for Him.
Thank you, Susie, for your faithful service and your inspiring leadership to our BSF community! You will be greatly missed but God has plans for all of us and is taking you and new leadership where He needs all to be. It will be full of blessings and riches beyond what we can imagine. Thank God for all you have given us. Under your leadership BSF has become more flexible in how it reaches out to people, allowing for younger and various other people to seek and find His word in its deepest relevance to our personal lives. Best wishes for your new endeavors in Him!
Thank you for your message, it is deeply meaningful to me in my own season of wait (for new employment) and the encouragement to each day become available to our Lord to “simply be used.” Amen.
Dear Susie,
Your service and commitment to BSF and TO JESUS have been such a blessing and witness to me. Yes, you have “been available” to be used by God, and He has!
Thank you and thanking God for you!
God bless you in your new adventure with Him.
Love,
Thank you for your Spirit led leadership! I am so thankful for my BSF, I am especially now as I realize how much I miss the structure and my Christian friends over the summer. May God continue to bless you and yours!
“Well done, good and faithful servant!” Thank you so much, Susie for your willingness to be available to serve in the capacity that you did for BSF all these years!! I have been so blessed by your leadership, and as a newly retired public school teacher, I was inspired by your final blog to be more intentional in asking,” Lord, how do you want to use me today?” Such a good reminder that God has daily and divine purposes for us until our final breath! God bless you!
Thank you for your faithful service.
Thank you for your Leadership.I’m confident. That God will continue to bless you and your Family. Sometimes when we are so in Are job. We forget to slow down and make time with our friends and Family. So the lord. Has lead you to now have that time.
Thank you for serving God and working with those of us hunger for God’s word through BSF. I appreciatre your extra work to prepare for the classes and sessions ahead.
In Christ Love,
Karen Kurtz
Your consistent faithfulness to our Lord and your willingness to share it have impacted my faith journey in so many ways. Thank you for being with us. Prayers for your continued growth as you wait for your next assignment from God. You have showed me the joy of being God’s child.
Hello Susie! Thank you and praise God for His guidance and your commitment. I pray He continues to bless and lead you on your life journey, in Jesus’s name.
I have thoroughly appreciated your leadership of my most beloved BSF! Thank you.
I thank the Lord for you every time I remember you. Phillipians 1:3. Even though we have never met you are in my heart and will always be. Thank you for all your service to the Lord through BSF.
You will be missed for your leadership abilities, strength, fortitude and above all your love for our lord and savior and his family! Be blessed on your next journey.
Thank you so much for all you’ve done.
Susie, thank you for being available to God to be used for His glory through BSF. BSF had afforded me the opportunity to grow in my relationship with God and meet some amazing sisters in Christ. Blessings to you as you continue to be available to God.
In His Love,
Thank you, Susie, for your commitment and dedication to BSF, such a critical ministry in these times especially.
Thank you, Susie, for being available to be used by the Lord. I am humbled by your willingness to be available and to see the vision the Lord has had for BSF while you have been at the helm. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
Thank you for all you’ve done for the BSF community. You have directly and indirectly affected many lives in your work for Christ.
God bless in your new endeavors.
May God bless you and your family, as you relax for a moment, and then place you where he knows where you can serve.
Susie,
I wanted to personally thank you for your supportive and encouraging words throughout the years.
I praise God for guiding you in your leadership and achievements as BSF Executive Director.
BSF study of the Bible is truly a blessing to all of us. I know it changed my life to study the Word of God.
God bless you in all you do moving forward serving the Kingdom.
In the short time I have served in BSF I have grown in the Truths of God and I am sad and happy, sad that you are leaving because you have no idea what inpact you have made in my life. Happy to meet the new person that will go along with us on this new journey. I pray blessings on you and your family, I too hope to retire soon if the Lord wills.
Take care,
You are a beautiful servant leader. May God’s abundant blessings continue to flow in this new season of your life (Numbers 6: 24-26).
Thank you, Susie, for your leadership. It has been a delight to be part of the journey and to watch BSF change and grow. I, too, am in a transition period. Your testimony mirrors my own life. Thank you for setting such a great example.
Wow! BSF has had such an impact in my life especially this past year! No place I would rather be then sharing the word of God with my BSF sisters. We have grown together, felt supported and for that I will be forever thankful!
Thank you! Rejoice and leap for joy! For indeed your rewards are great in heaven. Luke 6:23
Thank you for your heartwork🤍.. God bless you and your family
Thank you for all your hard work in bringing (which is an imperative of God’s word) the body of Christ together! You have been such a blessing!
Thank you so very much fo your leadership in BSF. 2022 will be my 30th year. I look forward to every year with great excitement and joy. May our LORD Bless you and keep you in your continuing journey serving HIM.
ALLELUIA and HIS Mercy!
DICKIE
Susie: Thank you for your years of service, first to God, then to BSF. I pray for God’s continuous blessings to you and your family as you enter this next chapter of your life. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you for your humble and excellent leadership. God has used you in a mighty way, and He will continue to use you in your new season of life. May God continue to use and bless you as you continue to magnify God and mature His people outside of BSF.
Yes, I am available to serve and participate this year with BSF. God has recently been prompting my heart to become involved beyond doing the study only. I have been a leader in the past but am willing to serve wherever needed. I am convinced that God has great things ahead this year for BSF participants. For my Savior, Diane Jewell.
Thank you Susie for your able guidance and your “straight to the point” messages
Dear Susie,
Thank you for edifying me in BSF and in the school program. You are a Barnabas – and just when I needed it! God speed. I
Thank you Susie, for your willing heart and spirit to serve God’s Kingdom thru BSF, may your next assignment from the Lord continues to bring you joy and peace, for His Kingdom!
Thank you for your humble service to BSF and to our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ. It is my prayer that you spend quiet time w/Jesus and be available when called.
Suzie, I am so thankful today for your availability, your “yes”, to leadership of BSF International. Thankful also for your availability to us through your email messages and blogs which serve to encourage us who serve in the cause of Christ along with you. BSF is stronger today and its outreach and impact far more widespread than when I first came to BSF in the 1980s. Thanks in part to your availability to listen to the prompting of the HS and to go where God leads. Thank you for these past 12 years. “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
Hi Susie ,
Congratulations on your new venture into retirement!🎉
Thank you for all of your efforts in BSF.
May Jesus bless you beyond measure in your days ahead.
Ms. Rowan has been a perfect example of what it means to be a faithful Servant of the Lord!
Dear Susie,
Thank you so much for your leadership, guidance, wisdom and ability to give us the continuing lessons so that our closeness to God never wavered, even during COVID. BSF has taught me so much about our Savior and is continuing to bring my relationship with God closer each day. I thank God that He has given you the qualities needed to help me continue His Plan for My Life and even thank Him for my trials. Wishing you the very best in you retirement. Love to my sister in Christ.
Thanks to God for choosing you to lead us in His Word. He still has you on the path to lead others to Him. Happy semi retirement. We are never too far from His Word.
Susie thank you for standing in the gap to keep BSF such a wonderful place to study God’s Word.
Not to brag, but only to brag on God, I have watched God’s hand in my family, and now that all my children are grown
I get to stand and serve along side my 2 daughter’s serving as a CL and GL. My husband as a CL, and now my son
joining the men’s group. I give God all glory. May you know God’s perfect plan as you wait on Him.
Thank you for your leadership, commitment, and Love for our God through Jesus Christ His Son.
May God richly bless you in your next chapter.
Susie, you may be seeing my comment twice because I failed to enter my email the first time!! We say goodbye to you with heavy hearts but also with hearts filled with excitement to see what the Lord has next for you. Thank you for the way you have served in the ministry of BSF for so many years (some of which were tougher than others!). I have learned so much from you and thank you for the way you have blessed my life:)
With gratitude!
Hi Susie ,
Congratulations on your new venture into retirement!🎉
Thank you for all of your efforts in BSF.
May Jesus bless you beyond measure in your days ahead.
Marsha Zieglmeier
Thank you, Susie for your years of faithful service to Christ. I have so enjoyed your leadership as Executive Director. Each one of you (Rosemary, Jean and you) have made an impact on my life as I have sat under your teachings at Leader’s Retreats for 17 years as a GL and 11 years as STL. I thank you and pray that you will rest joyfully as you make yourself available for Christ’s next big adventure💕
Thank you for all you have done,Bsf has reached countless lives and has given us a wonderful structure to follow, I have been involved with Bsf for over 10 years, and have enjoyed it, looking forward to Matthew
This is so very profound!! Be available. Something I pondered several years in advance of my retirement. So many blessings in being available. With all of the Covid restrictions and unease I. The world today we still need to be prayerful & seeking Hod’s guidance every day
Susie,
Thank you for your faithful and consistent leadership in BSF. I am one of thousands who has benefited greatly from your sacrificial obedience. God alone knows the impact that your steadfast devotion has played in the maturing of His saints, mine included.
I pray that the transition to the next adventure that the Lord has for you is delightful.
With thankfulness to you and praise to Jesus, your sister in Christ,
Mary
Thank you for being available and being used by our God.
Thank you so much for all I’ve learned through BSF. I’m am truly blessed with this ministry.
Thank you Susie for your commitment and service! You were a blessing to my time with BSF.
I was a new believer when a friend( BSFer) invited me to a welcome night, that was 2006, it changed my life. To God be the glory. I’m still in BSF as a group leader now in Fountain Hills AZ.
God bless you and your family
Cynthia Gilbert
BSF has helped to increase the depth of my relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. As a single woman of 83 and in good health, I am more open to His leading now than ever before. Thank you for your surrendered service snd leadership to BSFI. I pray that the days ahead will continue to be fulfilling as you serve Him.
I really have appreciated my many years in BSF, thank you for your leadership, guidance, and direction for our classes in BSF. Praise God and God bless you as you enter a new pathway. Love in Christ.
God bless your willingness to be lead to serve BSF and your future to be envelope by the Holy Spirit. Thank you❣
Praising Jesus!
I am very thankful for BSF.
Thank you, Susie Rowan, for all the times you shared, spent and give to all of us.
Appreciate your effort and personal devotion to BSF.
I am so glad to be and enjoying BSF bible study. Helps me to build up stronger relationship to our Lord.
God bless you abundantly Susie as you have served Him so faithfully and as you continue to be “on call”, ready for any adventure, journey and path He takes you. Thank you for using your spiritual gifts to bless so many, especially me! With gratitude and love, Cindy
Susie,
Thank you for serving BSF and living your life before us loving Christ and serving others.
Being available to do for Christ is a theme in a summer study I am involved with. Such as it goes with God, He doubles down on me to confirm what He is teaching me.
I find myself in the ‘between’ time, like you. Its with an open heart I will wait.
Thank you and may God greatly bless you,
Karen Luksch
Thank you for the brilliant wisdom and sincerity as you enter your next assignments. You were speaking to me as you mentioned taking care of an aging mother-in-law. a daughter, separated from her husband, and rearing three children, and a daughter-in-law dealing w post partum. All live in our neighborhood, so I’m readily available. Oh, Yes, sometimes it is exhausting, but I know this is our season for serving all of them. My husband is a great guy, who serves all, by doing the grocery shopping and tending to all our needs.
Thank you for serving BSF all these years. Mim G of Pittsburgh
This was so timely, I just got time to read it on Tuesday after I had come home from the Memorial service of my husband of 52 years, next week. I had been told not to be hasty in doing anything, and now I know why. Thank you.
I feel so blessed to have been able to take care of him at home for the last year and a half of declining health, as I know many people can’t do it for many different reasonsm and we had promised him that he could die at home.
My morning prayers will now include, “Lord, use me today as you need me.”
Thank you so very much for allowing God to use you to bless me and so many others through your leadership and dedicated service to BSF. I pray that you have a sweet time of refreshing as you wait on the Lord to lead you to your next assignment.
Thank you for your time spent with BSF. I know it’s a full time commitment. Me God ruching bless you in retirement.
Thank you, Susie, for your leadership and encouragement to us over the years. May God continue to bless you as you serve Him. Maranatha with hugs!
You have been a tremendous blessing to so many people! I’m so very thankful for your witness, your heart & your God-filled wisdom!
You will be missed , may God continue to bless & keep you in all that you do to bring glory to his name.
Thank you for your leadership and love. Looked forward to reading your blogs faithfully. I pray that you will enjoy your retirement, but know that we will miss you. Looking forward to meeting Holly. I know she will be great. Thanks again Rogene
Dearest Susie: I cannot thank you enough for your outstanding God-filled leadership for BSF. I got the pleasure of meeting you at our Portland, Oregon Leaders Retreat years back, and got to give you a heartfelt hug 🤗.
Enjoy your retirement with your family. We will meet again sometime in God’s Heavenly Kingdom. God Bless and Keep you and yours and all souls loving Jesus, Our Savior and King.
Thank you for your faithful obedience to God’s call.
Thank you for your service. BSF has always been a well run organization and everyone is wonderful. I am sure you will be missed in this role, but God always has plans for us. I wish you a blessed retirement.
Well done good and faithful servant and my our God continue to bless you.
From one BSFer to another.
Thank you for your dedicated and Christlike service to the Lord and BSF.
Thank you, Susie, for your years of dedication to BSF. Since I retired 4 years ago, it has been my privilege and pleasure to attend BSF. I have made new friends, learned more about God’s Word, and served one year as a teaching leader. It has been such a blessing and will remain a top priority in my life. Thank you for all you have given of yourself to BSF. May God bless you as you enter a new chapter in your life.
Thank you for your words. I felt they were for me. I needed to hear (or read) something like that.
Blessings in your new life. The best is yet to come!
I thank God for equipping you to lead BSF in His power for the past 12 years. May His blessings continue to pour out on you and your family for generations to come.
Through BSF, God has drawn me closer and given me a love for Him through His Word. He has shown me my deep need for a Savior and revealed that He provided Jesus, the promised Lamb from the very beginning. He has given me faith to embrace His Spirit’s correction and guidance.
I continue to praise God for having the perfect plan, using BSF, and fulfilling His plan through your service to BSF.
Susie,
Thank you for being available to continue the work Ms Johnson started so many years ago, to mature Christians and further our walk with Christ. God has used you in a mighty way, especially under difficult times, as I’m sure He will continue to. May He bless you richly as you enjoy being with your family more.
God Bless You! I too feel the call to wait on the Lord. It’s so important to listen and trust and obey. Thank you for allowing Hod to use you as He has! In His Love, Vicki.
Thank you Susan first off, for your beautiful smiling portrait noticed when reading any of your postings. I pray for your restoration as you remain available for God’s next assignment(s).
I have truly appreciated the last six years of being introduced to and decided to study the word of God with such depth via BSF. Thanks to my sister in Christ for inviting me.
Wishing God’s continued Blessings upon you and – Thanks for your commitment.
Thank you for your commitment and dedication to spreading the Word of God throughout the world. I pray God’s continued blessings to you and yours.
Susie, it is with a heart of deep gratitude that I say thank you for your tremendous leadership to the BSF community. You have led with a gracious and kind heart, and encouraged us on during a difficult last year. I am personally forever grateful. I retired a few years ago myself and decided to let God fill my days that first year vs filling them myself and I can confirm you are in for God’s best and His perfect timing in the new season ahead. May the love of Christ dwell richly in you.
Happy retirement, Susie
It has been a Privilege & a Pleasure knowing you..
You have inspired me with your genuine love for Christ & His people..
Wishing you Love, Hugs & Blessings & Thank you for serving ..
Lord, I’m available to you!
Thank you, Susie, for being available for Christ to fill you to overflowing as He draws us ever closer to Himself! Thank you for your sensitivity to His leading in being flexible to move us into Zoom for remote Bible studies & small groups! I thank God for this ministry & your leadership! God be with you as you move the the next leg of your journey & availability to Christ filling & loving through you.
Dear Susie Rowan, Congratulations and Continued Blessings throughout your Retirement Years in Christ which I know, because of your trajectory in your Worship, Love and Dedication, Will Continue in “Retirement”! God Bless You, and Yours! Love In Christ, Ceida García, BFSI, St. Petersburg, FL
Thank You! Awesome message “simply to be used”. Continued Success wherever God guides you next. Thanks again for your leadership, direction and service.
Thank you so much for your faithful service to this great ministry. Though I’ve been involved with my church for many years, I’m blessed to have found a new fervor for His Word and a closer intimacy with my Savior through the BSF studies at Lee’s Summit, MO. The teaching leadership there has kept the fire burning and I am grateful.
Susie
I’m new to BSF, I came in on the study of Genesis. I’m so thankful for beginnings, for Gods Word and having the opportunity to personally grow in my relationship with Christ thru this study. I wish you all the best as you continue in a different season.
Thank you for all your help and willingness to serve our God. God Bless you in your retirement
Your inspiration will be missed
Thank you Susie for being available for Jesus Christ. Thank you for your encouragement to me that I be available. I desire to be committed to the work of Christ with the remaining time that He gives me . I do enjoy the work of BSF and look forward to this year’s Bible Study. Be blessed as you serve Christ, in a different capacity.
Sincerely,
May God bless you and keep you. May He make His face to shine upon you as you advance through the pathway of life everlasting by God’s grace. We of the “lifer” community are grateful to all the staff and volunteers who have led us in loving kindness to our treasures in Scripture. May your part in this bring eternal gifts that will comprise the crown of life.
Thank you Susie, for your time
and dedication to sharing His
Word with all of us at BSF.
It has been an ongoing source
of inspiration and strength through a very difficult year with the pandemic, and also for all
the challenges before. God bless you and keep you.
Dear Susie, Thank you for your leadership during these very transitional and challenging times in BSF. You have led graciously in a time where changes have been rapid and necessary. Thank you for your guidance and direction and your desire to follow the Lord and His direction for the minister. I have been challenged, encouraged and changed through attending BSF over the last decade and I appreciate your hand in helping guide people to a deeper knowledge of our Savior and Lord. May God bless you and give you new adventures with Him in other areas and continue to use your gifts for His glory.
Dearest Susie,
I have thoroughly enjoyed serving the dear Lord with you in BSF leadership. Your desire to be progressive has been blessed by the Lord. Though I’m not tech savvy, I see how it’s used to reach the next generation, and to that I applaud you & those who have stepped out with you to do so much online. Being able to stay connected with BSF siblings during the pandemic was very refreshing.
I pray that God will continue to use you as you enter a different season of life. You will be missed but as we always sing at years end, “God be with you til we meet again,” on heaven golden streets.
Thank you Susie for your dedication to God’s calling and to BSF!! I am a charter member of the Springfield Day Women’s Class, but had to drop out for several years when I returned to work. I was in the prayer group for the evening class for several years and now a member of that class. I have learned more about the Bible through BSF than I have in all the years I have attended church. I have shared with others and truly believe it is THE BEST Bible study out there.
May God richly bless you as you begin this new chapter in your life and continue to serve Him as He calls you.
Dear Susie,
Thank you so much for being available for CHRIST to use through your leadership in BSF. I have grown as a Christian woman during the ten years of BSF participation, and I thank you for that. You have been a wonderful CHRISTIAN example for all of us. God bless you and blessings as You make yourself available for Jesus’ work in a new and wonderful way!
In Jesus’ name,
Mary Ricks
Susie,
Even beyond your years as Executive Director, the Lord has used both you and Roger to bless this ministry in so many ways, and in countless places. The impact, I’m sure, goes beyond what you could imagine. I pray that He’ll continue to pour into you both, as well as bless you both, as you enter this next phase of life as a couple. Thank you for who you are, and for how you’ve already made yourself “available” in so many ways.
Respectfully,
Phil Dickhaus (Former TL, Men’s Class # 807, St. Petersburg, FL)
Thank you for helping provide a safe, secure lac to get to know other Christians and grow on Christ.
Please don’t use John Piper again.
Waiting for his return
Though I’ve never met you, what a blessing you have been to me! Your teaching has challenged me every time I got to sit under it, and your writing has always caused me to consider and apply godly wisdom. This blog is particularly timely. I am planning to retire as well, Lord willing, at the end of the year. I needed to hear that availability needs to characterize my retirement. My charge is to listen and watch expectantly for Him to lead in whatever new direction He has for me. To rest in Him and trust His timing. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Your leadership in BSF has been such an amazing thing to watch, especially your leading BSF to change methods, if necessary, to reach a new generation and pull them into Bible study. Also, I appreciate how the Lord has used you to guide us through such challenging times. Thank you!
Praying for God’s riches blessings on you in the days ahead!
Thank you Susie, so very much for your years of service to our Lord Jesus and to BSF. We love you and will miss you and as you continue to pray for us remember we are praying for you. God bless you and keep you!!!!
Dear Susie, I will be starting Year 40 in my BSF journey this Fall in the Vista Day Class. As a young mom of 3 small children, I began attending when I was 30 years old. That year I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit working in my life for the first time, and began growing in my faith. I became a group leader in Year 3, and have been in and out of class and leadership through all these years. I am eternally grateful for the privilege of serving in BSF, and my life would not be the same without it. My daughters were blessed to go through the program; my mom and 3 sisters-in-law attended, and years later, 3 grandchildren came to class. What a blessing!!
Thank you for your dedication and faithful service to our Lord and all of us around the globe. May God richly bless your retirement years with good health, great memory-making adventures, and joy in our Lord.
Susie, under your leadership BSF has made great strides in teaching us that we are to proclaim the fame of His name. Some of the rules that were unnecessary to completing that goal were stripped away. I remember you at your first retreat as Executive Director coming on stage in a pair of capris saying something like “men and women around the world are dying without knowing Christ and we need to be concerned with the mission to make Christ known rather than what we are wearing.” That was a great beginning and you led us to strip away the unimportant snd to receive everyone where they were and lead them to Christ. I too have retired but still seem driven TO DO… i pray that I will learn to be used each day according to God’s plan and purpose and not my own. Thank you for your leadership! May God richly bless you as you move forward in your new place of service.
So refreshing!! Lord use me I am available. God bless you Susie and God’s grace in the new season of your life.
Susie, my God continue to bless you as your new journey begins. Thanks for reminding us to commit our lives God in Jesus name.
Stay blessed, healthy, safe…🙏🏾
Sharon E. CLARKSVILLE TN
8 years ago a friend, since deceased, and knowing I had cancer, implored me to join BSF and do a data dump of my knowledge before Our LORD took me home. His major concern as is mine, is that BSF though grand in scope is thin in depth largely due to its lack of individuals conversant with the original languages and doctrine; and as a result is prone to heresies. Arminianism seems to be alive and well in BSF. Stealing God’s glory as Arminianism does, not only limits one’s intimacy and personal relationship with God but also limits His use of us. In some cases Matt 7:21-23 may also apply meaning that you may actually be facilitating the belief that your members are saved hen in fact they are not. Jesus told those in Matt 7:21-23 to depart from Him, He never knew them, meaning that an incorrect scriptural view of Christ set on the foundation of Arminianism may be just cause to call these folks unsaved rather than saved. It is not my call to assign anyone as saved or unsaved yet teaching concepts that move back and forth in one paragraph claiming God alone is sovereign and then in the next that man has free will to choose when scripture (Rom 3:11, 1 Cor 2:14, Col 2:13 and John 1:13 clearly explain the results of original sin causes us to be spiritually dead. Further, Psalm 65:4 and 1 John 4:19 explains that God initiates our salvation alone. Even Eph 2:8-9 tells us the faith we claim as our on is but a gift of God which means He alone deserves all the glory. I have written both over E-mail and through the snail mail but have never received as much as a modicum that what I speak of is a concern. It is as if you have demons tossing away anything that might actually move your so called ministry closer to God, in the trash. A serious review of your in depth doctrines should be conducted. Otherwise the fruit you are harvesting will not truly bring the glory to God you intend (you are fooling yourselves that it will). For the what, the dozenth time, more likely more, I pray for grace, peace and wisdom that your eyes be opened and God’s doctrines and not your own be pressed forward. Agape to all the Saints set apart “In Christ”. Anything short of biblical accuracy is misleading God’s elect. I would not want to be in your shoes explaining to God Why you so often denied puting the corrections into effect when they were so often handed to you. Pride problem? Let’s hope you get these problems corrected and godly educated people put in place to grow a truly God honoring group.
Teaching Chaplain, Major RA Ipavec
Thank you for your leadership! You have led by example your passion for God & His word, prayerful reliance, & persistent faith in adversity! Bless you in your retirement! God isn’t finished with you!❤️🙏🏻
Thank you for your outstanding and unwavering passion for the Word of God to awaken the hearts of people around the world to the love and salvation that Jesus offers by His Grace . You have been an inspiration to me as you continued to walk on the battlefield no matter what obstacles came your way.
I wish you great joy in your retirement and am deeply grateful for all that you taught me over the years.
Suzie….. Rich Blessings in your travels moving ahead…. whether by foot, plane or train…. your service to BSF and it’s ministry…. has been Blessed by and through your leadership…. thank you. As far as retirement…… consider this a time for ‘re-assignment’ to your next role of service…. to your family, loved ones, network of fellowship, teaching, modeling and mentoring those who the Lord brings in and thru your life. In quoting Nehimiah: “May the Joy of the Lord…. continue to be your strength…..” See you later in the House of the Lord …. will be a pleasure to meet you personally.
Using my personal email vs. business. And yes….. I have been truly blessed in the BSF studies over an 8 year period; thank you for remarkable Revelation study a couple years ago….. and here we are…. living in these last days….. Come Lord Jesus. Be Blessed as you watch the TV presentations of the “Chosen” by Dallas Jenkins and his staff. Jim
Thank you for you work and dedication to BSF. May God continue blessing you.
Margaret Roseburr
Thank you, Susie, for your loving and devoted service to all of us in the BSF family over many years. Thank you for your faithfulness and prayerfulness. I pray that the Lord will be with you as you transition this year and I am confident He will grant you soul rest and guidance for ministry opportunities as you rest in Him and trust Him.
With Love in Him, Martha Jenkins, SL in the Santa Cruz California class
Thanks so much for your service to the Lord and to BSF. Through your 12 years of service, I have seen great improvements in BSF. Now there are more young people in BSF and more global expension. Great Job!
Susie,
Thank you for your leadership and guidance these past years! Your guidance at the executive level had to be even more challenging this past year because of the unexpected pandemic!
Wishing you the best that God has to offer as a thank you for your service to BSF!
Hi Susie,
Thank you so much for your leadership and service. Bible Study Fellowship is one of the greatest experiences to dig deep into the Word of God and I know I… and others… learn so much from the communal platform in which varied student participation enriches the learning experience. Even if I don’t see these sisters frequently, or even for a few years… I know that I can run into one of them after all this time and our bond is strong because of the intimacy forged through BSF. I wish you much peace in your retirement, though with the Lord… I’m not entirely sure “retirement” is ever possible until we sit with Him in Heaven. To that eternal end, I express my thanks to you. Bless you, sweet one.
Thank you for being available when God called you to serve BSF. I pray for this next chapter in your life. God bless.
Dear Susie,
There are no words that can express our thankfulness to you and your faithful & diligent service @BSF as our Executive Director for the past 12 years. You’ve expanded BSF in multiple areas so GOD’s WORD is readily available within anyone’s reach. At BSF, we’ve witnessed many souls saved, marriages reconciled and strengthened, and lives transformed because of GOD’s WORD and your great effort. Thank you with all our hearts. We are with you 100% that we may step aside from one position, but we will never retire from serving our LORD JESUS CHRIST! We are praying alongside you, with you, and for you and your precious family! Blessings + love, Cherry & Bob
Thank you so much. I love BSF and you have helped it so much! My husband and I wish you well. God bless you!
Susie,
You have no idea the impact BSF has made in my life the last 6 years, and I would like to personally thank you for my involvement in it. My wife has been in BSF for around 15 years and asked me to help her one day look up some scripture. I’ve been hooked since then! And it started when she told me that you were doing the book of Revelation the following year. Thank you for having that study because it is what got me deep into the Word of God. I tell everyone that has ears to hear about BSF because it is so right on target in the truth of God’s Word. Thank you for all you have done during your tenure, you will be missed.
Dear Susie, your words are so true and i have found my self being more and more available to God and his work. I started BSF the year you did became Exec. Dir., a year later I started in leadership and I have not looked back. God has moved me from childrens leader to group leader. It is so rewarding to work with the Lord and to have had you as a mentor even if distant. Thank you for your service and to God be the glory.
Susie,
Thank you so much for your love and dedication to the ministry of BSF. Thank you for your leadership and perseverance in getting us through a very challenging year in 2020. I see how God worked through the many challenges and expanded the ministry through all of it.
You will be greatly missed but I trust
that God has amazing things for you in this next season of your life. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. Blessings, Andrea
Thank you Susie for your service to the Lord and BSF. What struck me was your comment about “His constant availability to us”… wow! I had to stop at that moment and repent that there have been many times when I wasn’t available or even aware that the Lord was prompting me to act for His great glory… too wrapped up in myself. And yet He is always there for me. Thank you for sharing your thoughts as you enter this new season and I pray the Lord guide your every step… and mine too.
All for His Glory!
Thank you and God bless you.
I think God every day for BSF and the tremendous impact is made on my life. And I thank you for your leader ship God bless you!
Thanks for your commitment, devotion and love for our Lord and Savior. God bless you as you continue to serve Him.
Susie your commitment to BSF has been STELLAR! It has been more the a pleasure in knowing you and being acquainted with your love for the WORD of God! Congrats on your retirement! Surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life.
What an awesome message…. and throughout each busy day I will will try to be available to the opportunities He gives me to share Him with the world around me.
Thank you for you faithful leadership and inspiring messages through the years!
Blessings on your next opportunities!
God bless you as he send you to your next assignment. You are a ray of sunshine.
I’ve been with bsf for 5 yrs and plan to attend this year only online coz I had covid in march still waiting to take the shot coz antibodies are to high I enjoy it every year but with I could be with larry and steve coz I’ve learn alot from these two guys
Thank you for sharing Your God given talents and leadership. May we continue to grow our wisdom and faith in our beautiful Lord.
Susie,
Thank you for your time, wisdom and leadership. May God bless you and guide you into your next adventure.
Susie, thank you so much for your faithful service and leadership. The Lord is glorified and made known through your life! You are a blessing and encouragement to me and to countless other men, women, and children. The Lord has used BSF to change my life!!
Thank you, Susie, for being available to serve as executive director of BSF. God’s blessings on you and your family as your retire.
God speed on your new journey🙏🏻! Thank you for all that you have done for all of us . I’m 91 years old and on 3/5/2017, I was baptized. This happened on your “watch”. Thought you would enjoy knowing that😊.
Thank you for your dedication towards God’s ministry work. I truly appreciate your leadership and commitment. May God continue to bless you and your family while you enjoy your retirement. With lots of love and best wishes. Sandy
Thank you so much Susie for your service to the Lord through BSF. Many have been blessed even if we didn’t know how God was using and directing you. May God continue showering you with His love.
Susie
Thank you so much for your 12 years of faithful service to the Lord.
Praying that God continue to cover you with his grace as you began the next chapter in your life.
In Jesus Name .
Thank you Suzie for your years of faithfulness in leading BSFers from around the world.
May God bless you and continue to use you in your retirement.
Peace,
Rose
From Michigan
Thank you so much for your remarkable service in this organization that is so so helpful to so many in the study of God’s Word.
May your well earned retirement be blissful, joyful and blessed!
Hi Susie, thanks for your years of service in leading BSF. As a long-time participant I’ve seen much change as you’ve sought to reach younger folks and make it easier to remain close engagement. The strong move to technology already in place made BSF more smoothly and widely available than ever even through all the special challenges of 2020. Thanks for introducing Hollie. I look forward to to enjoying her leadership.
Great blog article! I’m going to save it. Thank you for all you have done, especially during the challenging covid times. Enjoy your well earned retirement!
Sincerely,
Suzi Smith
Apple Valley, CA
Susie,
Thanking for your Leadership and Guidance of BSF as I came into the study as with most guys, my wife encouraged me in her own way to try out this Bible Study. Well, that was over 10 years ago and it was the very first year that the Book of Isaiah Study was introduced and I haven’t missed a year since. I was volunteered into becoming a Group Leader about 5 years ago and looking forward to this years study of Matthew. This will be a special as Jeanne and I have been watching “The Chosen” and Matthew is our favorite character.
Blessings
YBIC- Ron
Thank you, Susie, for your dedicated leadership and broad vision. You have brought us, our BSFers, so far along the heavenly path. I am so grateful for your faithful work in the Lord. May HE continue to bless you and use you in His Way for His Kingdom!
Thank you for your leadership and service over the years for the BSF community of believers. May God’s blessings be upon you in retirement.
Thank you for your service to the Lord. Your leadership has been invaluable. God bless you in your new adventure. To God be the glory!
“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” {Esther 4:14b}
Dear Suzie,
You are loved by Almighty God, by the global BSF family and myself … and will be profoundly missed.
Our prayers are with you and your family as well as with Hollie as she assumes the earthly leadership of God’s ministry, Bible Study Fellowship.
Amen!
Thank you Susie for trusting the Lord to lead us, His sheep, prone to wander, but always in God’s hand, never again lost.
The Lord has used BSF to make a huge impact in my spiritual life and walk.
Thank you for all the work you’ve allowed Him to do through you.
You are greatly appreciated.
Thank you for being available for service during this challenging year. Your example encourages me to continue in what ever He leads.
Thank you Susie, BSF has opened my eyes to study God’s Word
Dear Susie; I am sad to see you go, and at the same time very grateful for your powerful example of humility and complete dependence on our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.. He has used you mightily. Though we haven’t met,I have been to the retreats where you have spoken to us. I particularly loved the one with the Timothy emphasis.
May God richly bless you and your family.
Love in Christ,
Julie Guajardo
You will never know the full impact of your service to our Lord and God this side of heaven. But I want to thank God for His clear provision of you and BSF in my life these many years. I am grateful and humbled at His goodness and I thank Him for you.
Thank you for your gift of leadership through the power of the Holy Spirit which has given us such a blessing.
May God use you in your time of retirement to continue bringing others to a greater knowledge of Christ.
May you road ahead be paved with blessing after blessing.
Thank you so much Susie. You have been a faithful servant and have blessed many.
May our Lord bless you richly in this next season of life for having served Him so faithfully and BSF so graciously throughout these last twelve. Thank you!❤️
Thanks for helping BSF grow, especially the online portion. My BSF ladies in my group were a life line as I was pretty isolated during the worst part of Covid.
Thank You Susie for the rich thoughts you share and giving yourself for this ministry.Feeding hungry souls is a ministry Lord has given each one of us but you have graciously and willingly done your work as a faithful servant.MayLord Bless you abundantly as each one of us reap the fruits of you labor
Thank you, Susie, for your faithful,, selfless work in blessing us with your leadership in BSF. I truly think this is one of God’s greatest tools in working in our world. Only God’s pure Word will make a difference and will “make a way when there seems to be no way”!
God bless you as you begin this new chapter in your life— Grateful for all you have done to carry on the work of BSF!
May the Lord bless you and keep you in your new adventures with Him.
Thank you for your love of Christ and commitment in His service!!
Susie,
Blessings to you and your family! Your dedication, availability and humble heart have been a blessing. I know the Lord has been glorified through your leadership role these past years.
Enjoy your retirement.
In Christ,
Pat H.
Pat H.
Thank you
Thank you Susie for you dedication and leadership! God’s blessing on you and your family and hope you enjoy your well deserved retirement.
Thank you for all you’ve done to serve and spread the word of God
It was a pleasure meeting you at the leadership conference years ago. You have been a refreshing blessing to BSF and I am sure God has more in stored for you. Will be looking for your books. To God Be The Glory!!
Thank you, Susie, for your always inspiring words. BSF (and all of us) will miss you. I joined BSF 6 years ago and when anyone asks me how I like it, my response is “it has been life-changing.” Like nothing else I’ve experienced in my nearly 70 years. So all I can say is, thank you! I pray that the Lord fills the hole in your life and uses you. I know he will.
Thank you for your service. I have enjoyed my fellowship here in Tomah with my fellow BSF’ers. I pray you have a remarkable retirement.
Hi Susie!
My husband and I have been in Fl. Since 2009 so I have memory of being in a variety of places as I personally saw the need to change locations for BSF to meet and grow through challenging seasons of having fellowship and discipleship one with another. Thank you and thank the Lord for all He has seen us through as a ministry and outreach to others. I regret that those I have introduced to BSF did not stay with it due to their own personal circumstances. I pray that we as a ministry can return to a physical presence in fellowship and maintain our health safely. And that the new leadership will continue to keep this ministry in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ to those in need. Thank you for steering us under God’s direction for your years in service . Blessings and peace for you in the future of your life and for your loved ones.
I’m here…always loving and desiring to serve our Lord!!! 👍🏻😊❤️
Blessings as God navigates your new season…for His Glory!
Thank you so much for your beautiful leadership.
Hi Susie,
I am an ~10 year BSFer and I am so thankful for BSF and it’s impact on my spiritual life and love of Jesus. Thank you for your many years of wonderful service to BSF and growing His kingdom. BSF’s seamless pivot to on-line classes during COVID-19 was a great testament to your leadership of the BSF organization. Enjoy your time of reflection and rejuvenation… as I am sure you will have many opportunities to “Be Available” in your next chapter!
Blessings to you and your family,
Steve Whetter, Phoenix Evening Men’s class
Thanks you for your leadership
Thank you for your hard work, dedication and love for our Lord!
Best regards!!
May the Lord watch over you
Thank you for your commitment to Christ, and your love for helping others! As you journey into retirement, cherish the years, and think of the many BSF members you have encouraged, helped, and kept the embers lighted for God!! We will miss your sweet demeanor, but will always remember your love for Christ!
I am grateful for her leadership in supporting a way for us to stay connected this past year. I felt completely immersed in the study of Genesis and was able to bond with people I did not know in person.
We continue to grow in Christ through these studies and her visions have kept us up with the times. Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for your loving service to us all through the ministry of BSF. Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you for the beautiful reminder that just being available is what the Lord asks of us and when we are available to answer His call, we are
are blessed with the most wonderful life possible.
Thank you Susie!
Thank God for you Susie: Gods word and BSF service have been life changing. It’s not been easy but I’ve learned how to forgive and how to love through His grace and mercy. What if the world new of the riches, promises and essence of God like BSFers?
Thank you Mrs. Rowan! Your encouraging words and Summit teachings stirred my heart each chance that I had the opportunity to read or hear them. It has been a privilege to serve with you at the local class level. God is so Good!! Praying that you are Blessed Mightily in your future endeavors as you have so richly blessed all of us BSFers. By His Grace, Sharon
Thank you Susie for your faithfulness expressed through your leadership with BSF. May God bless you with good health & happy times with those you love. May God continue to
Use you for his glory and may
All those who come behind you be found faith faithful.Blessings as you retire.
Wishing you many blessings in your new endeavors. May the the Lord bless you richly & thanks for your sacrificial service for all of these years.
Thank you Susie for all your service. What a successful and wonderful leader you have been in growing BSF.
Thank you with a heart full of thanksgiving, Susie! Your availability to our Lord has blessed, comforted, taught, and modeled a heart that is wholly yielded to our Lord and Savior!
The “ripples” you leave with us will expand and enfold others into His kingdom as we keep our eyes and hearts … hands and feet … aligned with Him.
Thank you and may our Father God continue to direct your steps into the field that He has prepared for you!
With thanksgiving, Theone Tollefson
Thank you for your love and service to BSF. May God Almighty bless you as you move to new service in spreading the gospel where He leads you.
To God Be The Glory.
Thank you so much for your faithful service to our King that made faithfully studying the Word of God possible.
Thank you Susie for your love of Jesus and God our father and for pointing us to Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit!
Thank you so much for your dedicated service. I am so glad I came back to BSF after a long absence.
Thankyou for serving BSF ! BSF has ment so much to me ,getting deeper in the Word and helping me to grow in my faith,since 2012 I have found fellowship and growth in BSF.
Thanks for your dedication to Christ and leadership as Executive Director for 12 years. You have a gift for leadership and public speaking! I know you (and staff) made a lot of hard choices over the past few years to allow different ways to attend BSF. Awesome job!
Asking our God how He would like me to serve Him or how He would like to use me has been the start of my days these summer mornings. How wonderful to see your blog post suggesting the same thing! To God be all glory, for great things He has and will do!
Thank you for your faithful years of service in BSF. May God continue to lead you and bless you in this new season and provide you with new ways of ministering to those around you.
Thanks for your ministry. I pray I will and am available to serve the Lord in my church and elsewhere. It is hard for me to study the scriptures and be able to comment on them. So in groups I am quite silent and take in what is being said.The Lord knows my heart. I am ready for the Lord to put my health back, so I can serve Him. Praise His Name
Thank you so much for your service!You are a blessing to us all!! God bless you !!
Thank you for your admonition and for your service! May God bless you in whatever He calls you to next. Thank you! 🙂
Thank you for your leadership, Susie
Blessings on your future works of God. Tie Oei
Susie, thank you your faithfulness, we will miss you, but wish you the very best in your new venture. God bless you.
Your Sister in Christ, Linda
Congratulations on your retirement. God will continue to use you in His. Service. Your new path has already been orchestrated. God Bless You.
Thank you Susie for serving the Lord.
Well done, God’s good and faithful servant.
Enjoy the next chapter of your life!
Dear Susie,
It is always a beautiful thing to see the face of another believer and how Christ shines through.
Psalm 34:5
Those who look to are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
Psalm 34:5
I don’t you personally but you look radiant; Christ is shining through you.
May you and your family be blessed.
Thank you for serving Him and us.
Thank you Susie for all the years of being available to Christ. God uses the available.
Thank you Susie for your commitment to the Lord’s calling. I truly believe we were created for commitment. I’m sure Hollie Roberts will do a great job and thank you for your willingness to train her. I love BSF and have been in since I was 23 years old. I am 61 years old now. It has helped my marriage and my girls. I have loved serving the Lord over the years in leadership and knowing that we are being prepared to serve the Lord Jesus Christ everyday. I have met so many wonderful people over the years and I know you have too. I asked my best friend to BSF and she has gone to class for 8 years. She loves it. It makes such a difference in our lives. Thank you that you made it more casual so that she could come.
Love in Christ,
Karen Marks
Thank you for your dedication to the Lord and His calling on your life. You have been a great example of a Godly woman serving and obeying the lord. May God bless you in this new era of your life as you are available to Him.
Thank you Susie for your sacrifices and leadership. What a blessing God has done through BSF in so so many lives and through you personally. It has been a pleasure to serve with you.
May God bless you and your family in mighty ways that only He can.
Steve
Dear Susie: I have been a devoted member of BSF for about 30 years. First 10 I was privileged to serve as a group leader under Marion Mann in Arcadia, CA. Next I worked 17 years, then joined again after my retirement. I am deeply grateful to BSF for challenging me and supporting me through the prayers of my leaders and class mates. I cannot thank God enough for the work you did in helping to make God’s word available to me and around the world. As you retire, may God’s blessing rest on you – I’ll see you in Heaven one of these days.
Thank you for your service to BSF. I too am in a season of transition. My work is changing and I needed to hear, I am here Lord. Use me as you will. God Bless you in and on your transition.
Thank you for being used by God…showing your love and being a great example of Christianity in our world! I hope this season finds you happy and fulfilled♥️
Thank you Susie. God bless you in this new season. 🙂
Thank you for making my journey with God so much easier. Your enthusiasm for God is infectious and addictive. Thank you for being a faithful servant.
God Bless you and keep you, Susie! And, thank you for all you have done to keep BSF a vibrant and vital study in our world!
Susie on behalf of each and every one of us involved in BSF I say “thank you” for your commitment and service to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Im truly so sad to see you go Susie!! I have grown so much under your leadership.
Thank you for your availability and for these words!!
Thank you fot your faithful service!!
Thank you for your High View of God.
I know you will be richly rewarded and God still has so much for you!!
Much Love & Prayers for your transition.
Susie, what wonderful parting words for everyone! Everything you wrote is so true. I’ve been blessed with friends who gave similar advice in a recent transition and it was the right advice! I know you will be used in powerful ways by the Lord, and I thank Him for how He has used you in BSF. Your vision on what magnified God and yet was relevant to the culture impacted me in a huge way. I have appreciated your ability to model communicating in a personal, yet not a self-centered way. I also need to praise God for Roger’s supportive, loving, and humorous presence in your life. It blessed all of us, too. Just as God organized by gathering the waters from the dry land in Genesis 1:9-10 before filling the earth with vegetation, animals and humans, I know He will organize this new chapter and richly fill it for you. To God be the glory! Gratitude for your past service and prayers for your future service!
Thank you Susie for your service to God, BSF and to people all around the globe who have come to know Jesus during your time as Executive Director.
May God bless you and keep you close always.
Susie: thanks for your work with BSF. Very true. I have been in a study this summer which has helped. I sometimes wonder how God saved a wretch like Me. When I read Ephesians and Romans it really hits Me. Living proof His Grace is sufficient.
Thank you for your remarkable dedicated service to the Lord in all you have done in BSF. Your service has impacted my growth in the Lord and my service to Him and BSF. May God greatly bless you in retirement from BSF, but not from the LORD! In His Service & For His Glory.
Faith in and through Christ. Thank you so much for stepping up to fill the leadership position.
Praising God for your service and sacrifice to advance His kingdom. May you and your precious family be truly blessed in this new season.
Thank you so much for Your obedience and faithfulness ! May the Lord reward you richly and may he continue to use you for his glory and honor!
Blessings on whatever the Lord has for you next!
Thank you for serving us well. After volunteering at headquarters for 7 years, I feel bonded to the work there! May God bless you as you are available in this next season of life!
Thanks Susie for your leadership
It has been a privilege to serve under your transparent, grace filled leadership. I thank you for being teachable and bold enough to yield to God’s guidance. We had quite a growth spurt since you came on board. WOW!!! I am truly grateful for all you have accomplished.
Sincerely, Karla Anderson
Susie, thank you so much for all your years of service. You were rock solid during the covid times and reminded us “not to fear”, bc God is in absolute control. Thank the Lord for providing ZOOM to BSF at a time most needed. Although, this year we don’t have to do zoom. PTL Praise HIS mighty name! Well, wishing you the best in all your future endeavors. May the Lord continue to bless you.
Congratulations on your retirement.
And thanks for your leadership and willingness to serve. BSF is what it is because of surrendered people like you!
All the best and Gods blessings on you.
Susie, Thank you for your years of excellent service to the LORD through the BSF ministry. May God bless your next adventure!
Love this season of life as I am their also. Thanking you for all you did on behalf of BSF and the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you Susie! God be with you all the time!
Thank you Susie for your commitment and service to God and God’s people. It is wonderful to study God’s Word for understanding and knowledge with other believers. Please take care of yourself and may God continue to bless you.
To God be the Glory,
Susie,
I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your leadership and dedication. I am sure God will continue to bless you and use you.
What a gift BSF has been to me. As I’ve journeyed through the past four years of studies, I’ve gained so much knowledge about our Savior and grown in my personal relationship with Him. You have been a great part of that as you’ve led this ministry, and you deserve much thanks and wishes for blessing because of your faithfulness to God’s calling. May your retirement from this ministry be just a doorway to whatever else God has planned for you. I’m sure it will be wonderful, as He never gives us any assignment that isn’t fulfilling, challenging, and growth enhancing.
I have been involved with BSF for years. Took a sabbatical but was guided back by the Holy Spirit and it’s like new to me every day.
Now, I’m 83 yrs.& constantly learning new things that I’m blessed that I can pass on.
I’m confident that The Lord is ordering your’s & the next executive directors foot steps.
Thank you! for being available, and an inspiration to us.
We all love you 💕
Hi Susie, thank you so much for all you have done for Bsf! I started my first Bsf study last year studying the book of Genesis. Bsf has been such a great learning experience for me. The in depth study of Gods word has really helped me to better understand. Thank you again for all of your hard work may God bless you abundantly! I pray you have a wonderful retirement.
Thank you Susie.
Dear Susie
Thank you for all your time, hard work, efforts and consultation you did for all of us at BSF. We will miss you so much and wish you lots of blessings, good health, peace, joy and happiness. We appreciate you so much. It’s such an honor and a pleasure to have you as our BSF Director. May the blessing of our Lord Jesus guide and bless you always good luck. Thanks again +Mina+
Susie, thank you for your leadership in the past. I have more equipped from the Bible Study in BSF. I am more strong during my difficult time. Thank you again for your prayers and encouragements.
Hi Susie, May you always be blessed ! Thank you for the love and prayers for us.
Thank you for your years of leadership Susie!
I am so greatful to be a part of BSF going on two years and I have enjoyed it,thanks for being a great leader and example for us all. now enjoy whatever journey God takes you on next.
Hello Susie,
My name is Nadia Jolie Kassongo. I attend BSF in Scottsdale Arizona. Through your leadership, I was fortunate to study the book of Romans, I remember reading the prayer guide that was emailed to us prior the beginning of the class. My life was completely turned upside down Through this teaching, I came to know Christ and understand the meaning of the cross and His blood shed for us. Coming from a Muslim background, I was facing a battle with my family back home in the country of Rwanda. The book of Romans gave me the tools I need to stand in my faith and proclaim that I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. With confidence, I decided to go back home and face the giant which I did. It was very hard to face my family members and tell them that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and Life. I was banned by some of my closest family members but it felt very good that I am now available for Christ and everyone in my family knows where I stand. I am forever grateful for BSF and grateful for the work you have done. Thank you, may the Lord Jesus Christ give you rest, you have been a faithful servant!
In Christ Alone
Nadia Jolie Kassongo
Susie Rowan
I am grateful that the Lord have called you to lead and be a star in a wonderful BSF Organization.
May the Lord Blessed you through out your new walk in the new calling of Him.
God Bless You and your family Susie and Thank You for your service to the Kingdom of God and BSF!!!!
Thank you so much for your service to the Lord through BSF and for making yourself available when He called. You have led us with grace and godly wisdom. I’m praying that you will have a time of rest and refreshment as you wait to see what God calls you to do next. I loved this message about availability!
What a great responsibility you have fulfilled for twelve years! Your dedication has enabled growth in BSF. I cannot imagine how much time you have dedicated to lead us to victory during this “Covid era.”
Thank you for all you have done.😇
Thanks for sharing this timely message. May God bless your days.
Thanks for all you gave to a great God inspired program. Many lives have improved as many are lead to know the Lord through lessons, seminars, and sharing. So many relationships have been formed creating new families. I personally can say my marriage of 45 years has been tremendously strengthened by studying God’s word through BSF. Again thanks for all you gave and good luck and God Bless as you continue your journey.
May your going be blessed as richly as your coming. BSF has grown exponentially with your change management/leadership. Change isn’t easy but it certainly has been rewarding. God bless you and your family as you enter this new “season” of your life .
Great job. May God continue to bless you in all your future.
Thank you , Susie for your dedication , and prayers. You will surely be missed.
Dear Susie
Thank you for your wisdom and steady leadership over the last 12 years. I will miss you and will pray for you and your family. Rest and peace to you for a job well done. Thank you. I thank God for you.
God Bless you and keep you safe and productive in His Kingdom.
Susie,
Thanks for your leadership to bring BSF to this wonderful status. Enjoy your retirement and a new season for your walk with The Lord.
In Him
Zhigang
Dear Suzi,
Thank you so much for your devotion to BSF, your leadership, and your encouragement. You have made a huge difference in all of our spiritual lives. God bless you and yours.
Thank you for being “willing to do His will” (John 7:17) & a “vessel of honor, useful to the Master” (II Tim 2:21) for God’s glory, Susie! May the Lord continue to direct your steps. I have been blessed & challenged & encouraged via BSF especially during the season of caregiving for my husband with Parkinson’s (he’s now fully healed in glory)
Susie, you have been a great blessing to my wife, Peggy and me. Thanks for your service to hundreds of thousands of people all around the world. It has been a great blessing to pray for you and to enjoy your leadership of BSF.
to God be the glory!!!
Thanks for your dedication to BSF. Enjoy your retirement and always give God your best. Pat
May God continue to bless you in your future endeavors.
Hi Susie, is an honor to send a comment about your work with BSF.
Remarkable, remarkable to see how God worked through you to expand His Kingdom, again remarkable.
“Well done, good and faithful servant“
Thank you for the work you did which resulted in BSF being there when I was looking for such a group. Enjoy your retirement!
Dear Susie,
I had the privilege of being part of the first group of TLs you trained when you became Executive Director. My father died unexpectedly while I was at HQ. I will always remember the way you took my hands and expressed your sorrow for me and my grief. Thank you for all the ways – big and small – you have contributed to the Kingdom work and the way you have touched individual lives like mine.
Thank you for all you have done to guide and direct BSF. BSF focus on God’s Word makes it a great organization.
Susie. Thank you for your leadership and commitment and all the hard work towards this ministry I have expanded my knowledge of the Bible while growing in a relationship with Christ after joining BSF May God guide you and bless you in all your Future plans
Regina
Jesus, I am available.
Please bless Susie for being “all-in” available to You and her full commitment of her energy, time, and prayers to further Your kingdom.
What a blessing she has been to so soany people.
Thank you for all you have done for us.
I know that you will be blessed by our Lord, God, for your work.
Susie, as I have served as TL for 14 years, I have been spiritually challenged and encouraged by you to lean deeply on our awesome God for all that was needed to serve Him. My faith has grown so much, especially the talk you have on David before we started the PPL 1 study. Thank you for being my mentor and I will continue to pray for you as you continue to serve the Lord!!
Thank you for your forward thinking vision and faithful ministry. It has been a tremendous blessing to many. God used you to position BSF with all the tools in hand to pivot during COVID. May He richly bless you in retirement as you are available to Him. With great appreciation.
God sent you and led you.
Thanks to God that you were available to Him.
I praise our Lord for you Susie and your love and passion for Him and compassion for people. Thank you for being available and used by God. I pray for God’s continues blessings and guidance in the new chapter of your life. A life In Christ, For Christ and With Christ. Love you and thank you🙏🏻❤️
Susie, may God continue to go before you as you seek His next assignment for sharing your love for Jesus and His Word! Thank you for each year, month, day and moment that you have drawn each member of BSF closer to our Savior, Jesus Christ! May He continue to be honored and glorified by the proclaiming of His Word and ways to those who do not know Him well and to those who adore Him as Savior and Lord! Leadership is a high calling, and your words and example have drawn many, many ladies into a closer walk with our Precious Jesus! As you reflect upon your years of leadership in BSF, may the Lord remind you of His JOY with your unquestionable, total commitment to proclaiming His greatness! The longer we live on this earth, the more aware we become of the deep JOY of knowing and serving our Precious Savior. One grateful seeker blessed by your example.
May the Lord Bless you and Keep you as you receive His new adventure in Your walk. Blessings to you for sharing God’s path in our lives💕💫🙏
Thank you Susie for your love and commitment to BSF! May God bless you with good health and joy as you enter this new chapter of your life! Your teachings have been amazing bringing God’s word to life for all of us! Marge Parrish CL Vista Day Class
Thank you Susie for leading well. You leave behind many people enriched by God’s Word. So grateful for your leadership and for the opportunity to serve as a part of the BSF leadership team in a satellite class in Salisbury, NC.
Thank you so much for your service
What a blessing.T hank you for being obedient to God.
Thank you Susie for being a role model that honors Christ. Your humble spirit, your quiet strength, your insights over a wide birth of generations speak loudly of your love of Christ. I feel blessed to be a GL & now CL that benefited from your deep love of BSF and of the awesome God we serve,❤️
Susie thank you for the sacrifices you made to serve us in BSF. May God bless you.
Our sincerest appreciation for your kingdom work through BSF. Congratulations on taking a new direction in life.
Thank you for your dedicated service to our Lord Jesus leading BSF. I am grateful that BSF has a satellite group in Vermont. We are small, but growing year by year, only by the grace of God.
Thank you for your commitment and availability. The impact of BSF is personal and my friends have benefited as well. It brought the love of study scripture into their life’s.
Blessings ,
Eva
God bless you and I thank you for your dedication.
Thank you Susie for your labor of love in BSF. My prayers go with you in your next chapter of service to our Awesome savior. To God be praised!!🙌🏾
Thank you so much, Susie, to your service and leadership at BSF, your commitment to Christ, and your faithfulness that has inspired/encouraged others to follow our living savior, Jesus Christ! You are loved!!
Susie’s deep faith, wise leading & humility have been an inspiration and modeling for me. The lessons’ updated questions & notes have given me new understanding about God, his character & plan for me. Often, when I need guidance on facing a challenge or new direction, the notes or questions reveals God’s view point and I find peace.
Thank you, Susie, for your faithful service. Enjoy your retirement. You will be remembered. God bless you!’
For your unselfish service to BSF and God. I pray for “a peaceful transition into retirement.
Thank you for your leadership and faith.
Thank you for your inspiration and encouragement. You have been in the executive position for most of my BSF membership and I am still growing as a benefit of your leadership in moving the organization forward.
Thank you for modeling the role of a committed Christ follower.
I trust that retirement will bring fulfillment and contentment. I wish you joy and peace.
Thank you for your years of service to our Father & King.
Susie, I appreicate your leadership and inspiration over the years. I have learned and grown a lot from BSF ministry. Will continue to learn as long and as much I can.
Best wishes to your retirement and continue enjoying our Lord in your walk.
Congratulations for the service thank you for answering the call be blessed in retirement.
“Blessings Beyond ” and I pray that God continues to bless you and keep you today and always 💜.
All the best,
❤📖🙏🏽
Thank you Susie for your guidance and commitment to BSF! I know God did amazing work through you! I wish you the best in your retirement!! God bless you!
BSF is such a blessing. I translate BSF material for friends ‘on the field’ in a closed country in Europe, as BSF is not available there.
Tank you Susie for your great leadership qualities and being available for the body of Christ.
I have certainly enjoyed the morning devotions.
You will be greatly missed!!!
Thank you Susie for your service and commitment to BSF and answering
Gods call in this leadership role.
I am so looking forward to another
year and growing in my faith journey
and being in the word. Many Blessings to you in retirement.
Your sister in Christ . Kathy
I think God for this study it has really impacted my life and has matured me as a follower of Christ it has given me strength when I need it to be built up I love the fellowship as well with other believers thank you for inviting me
So blessed by how God has used your leadership! Your first led retreat was truly one of my mountain top experiences, and you continued to be a great encouragement
Hi Susie, Ive read many of your letters & you have been a blessing. Thank you so much for following Gods lead & His Word. I am so grateful to the Lord for you.
I used to live in Upland & was blessed to hear Yue speak to us of God word. We have moved to be with family in Jamestown Tenn, So it will be online only this year since NO local BSF around such a shame. But I dont want to miss Matthew & Gods word preached. Bless you in your next season of life. See you in Glory someday.
Tha k you and God be with you.
Thank you for your service. Every Tuesday night I got prepared physically mentally and spiritually for our meeting. It meant so much to me and I learned a lot. Most of all I became closer to my Father Our Lord. Thank you for all you’ve done for all of us.
Thank you Susie, for your time and commitment to making sure BSF was there and ready to be coming into our lives on a local level. We all talk about how much better our lives are when we are involved in a BSF class, as it enhances our commitment to making time for reading God’s word and actively putting God Himself into our daily life. It starts there. Actively running towards Him. Then the bigger greater things happen.
Thank you.
Thank you for helping me acquire the most wonderful group of Forever Sisters that I had prayed for but never imagined having in this lifetime!
Thank you Susie for your faithful and inspiring leadership by supporting the work of online platforms of BFS studies in a world where this will shed light on millions. Thank you for your kind words and continuing prayers for how God will use us all during these COVID times. Please visit us in Portsmouth New Hampshire, we would all love to meet you in person and thank you properly.
As a 66 year old woman whose mother was an Administrative Leader over 50 years in the first Long Beach, CA class, BSF has been a lifeline for me as a child and an adult. So much has happened since that time. I have seen God moving through your leadership and I want to thank you for always trusting the Lord for us and BSF worldwide. What a blessing you have been. Thank you sincerely and God bless your future.
Thank you for your years of service to all of us. Enjoy your retirement. God bless you. Betty
Thank you I always enjoyed reading your Blogs. I wish you well in your new journey
“Being available to God is our worshipful response”, wonderful words to live by. Thank you for the years of service to our Lord. Jan Kelty
Thank you, Susie, for your inspiration and your heart. Your commitment and perseverance are contagious.
Dear Susie,
Thank you for your commintment to Christ and love for your brothers and sisters and His body and church. I have no doubt that you have worked hard and God has used your love tremendously. Thank you for your service and leadership. I pray you will continue to follow him faithfully home!
Love in Christ,
Kate Cassell
I just got out of prison in December. I spent over thirty years locked up. BSF welcomed me with open arms. Sharing with me the love of Jesus. For this I am grateful. Thank you BSF. But most of all thank you Jesus.
Susie Thank you so much for serving the Lord in the way that you have. You have served with
excellence. Thank you for being our steady leader during the pandemic and for being open
to new ideas for our study thru zoom and taking us outside of the box of BSF. Gods riches
blessings on you and your family.
Dearest Susie,
Thank you for your tireless leading, words of truth spoken in love, commitment to growth in go
Munich snd our personal lives. Your leadership has impacted my life and I am forever grateful for your service!!
Love from above!!!
Thank you for your leadership and commitment in BSF!
You have blessed countless people all around the world.
Thank you for your encouraging and empowering message. So thankful for BSF ministries. Wish you all the best on your next phase of life!
Thank you for the challenge yes I am available to Christ. Bsf this one of my favorite Bible studies. Thank you for your work of faith and labor of love over the years. The Lord will reward you!!!!😍🙏
I have been blessed to join in the BSF studies with my band of brothers in Christ. Thank you Susie for your courage to answer the call to serve BSF. May God bless you.
Thank you for all you did.
God bless you Suzie for the wonderful leadership ,you have been a blessing to us ,you have shared the word of God and shown us what humility is,may the Lord bless you in whatever you desire to do,we will miss you.
Dear Susie,
May God continue to bless you as you commit to serving Him!
Thank you for your years of service to God and to Women of Faith!! It is a blessing to be a part of the BSF family. Blessings in your retirement and for what God has planned for your next steps!!
Dear Susie,
Thank you, for your many years of service. I have only been in BSF for 5 short years. Your very calming way of sharing God’s truth in a sincere and loving way; has made a permanent imprint on the way that I share with my small group each week. As I follow in your footsteps, as so many who have followed you! May God bless you and your family and lead you into your next adventure as you continue walking with God.
Thank you Susie for your parting words, to be available. As always they are timely. I will miss your emails and teaching but look forward to all God has in store for BSF, me, and you!
To God be the glory!
Ask simply to be used.
Amen.
Thank you Susie for the profound insights you shared on being available. The biggest takeaway is “Christ js available.” The challenge to be available for use is timely for me, as I ponder on how and where can I avail myself to be used of God. May the Lord be with you as you step into a new spacr of recharging to be used of God.
Hope your retirement goes as well as you hope. Sorry that I will not get to know you like my last leader. In Grapevine.
Thank you Susie for saying “Yes, Lord!” It has been so evident that God has gone before you, walked beside you and hemmed you in from behind. You have led BSF through turbulent times and I thank God for Him in you…He has mightily blessed the work of your hands! What a gift it has been to serve in BSF under your leadership. Praying the Lord will bless you and keep you through each of your days.
Thank you Suzie. You have been an inspiration of what a prayerful, loving leader should be.
Terri
BSF Miami
I thank God for you and your service to BSF. Through BSF, I am able to see the BIG Church at work in this world! Thank you for all you did at BSF HQ and how you made the Retreats so enjoyable. Thank you for bringing BSF into technology as BSF has really struggled with that. Thank you for being available and letting God use you. You have helped BSF so much.
Thank you, Susie, for your excellent service. You were truly God’s leader to take us through a turbulent season. Blessings…
Thank you for being available for BSF these past twelve years. After almost 40 years in BSF in various positions, I still learn something new each year. These last five or so years, BSF under your leadership has blossomed with new ideas in administration, enriched notes and lecture formats. Yet, God’s word is taught with integrity and meaning. Well done, Susie!
I Praise God for agreeing to use you the moment you availed yourself. You’ve been a blessing to many where BSF classes are held. May the Almighty God continue to use in the cause of Christ in this world
Can I be used by God
How
Guide me please register me fot the seminar on sep 22
It should be this year sep either zoom or in person
What a sweet privilege it has been to serve our sweet Savior under your leadership. The LORD bless you and I know He will continue to use you.
This has truly spoken to me. I have wrestled with surrendering my life to be available to him for a long time.Just before reading this post I had read Mark 9:34-35.And I say Yes I am available. Thank you Susie for sharing..I will miss your voice!
Well done good and faithful servant.
What a privilege to serve with you in BSF. You modeled grace to me on more than one occasion.
God bless you as you step into the next chapter of your life, as God leads.
You are loved, Susie.
Thank you Susie for your dedicated leadership and commitment to grow and expand BSF. I have made many Christian friendships throughout my 16 years of BSF teachings and fellowships. I pray goodness and exciting new adventures ahead for you. May the glory of Christ shine brightly in your life.
. I have enjoyed 3 of the 4 new studies and God willing I will be in the Promise Land II next year. I am beyond blessed with the online classes and am in my 3rd year next month! God knew the pandemic was coming and we would need online classes and WALA there you were! You have made an impression on my life and sooooo many others. Thank you for choosing to serve in God’s Kingdom. Gods Blessings as you start another chapter in your God led life and see you in heaven.
Dear Susie, I have been in BSF for a little more than 13years, out of which for 7 years I was a CL , and now a CS since 2017. I am from Chennai, India, DW class.
Every time I heard you speak my spirit would rejoice at the passion with which you spoke of Jesus. I could just sense your deep love for Jesus and that inspires me to know him,love him and commune with him more than before.
Thank you for yielding to the Holy Spirit (because I have seen the changes that BSF underwent and where it is now ) and for your passionate love for Jesus.
It shows me what great things God will do thru a willing and yielded life.
Enjoy your retirement!
With much love and regards,
Shirley
I am deeply grateful for your service and commitment to leading in the cause for Christ! May our Lord and Savior continue to bless you abundantly with continued passion and purpose! Much love, your sister-in-Christ in the KC area 🙂
Dear Susie,
I want you to know how special you are to me and all BSF sisters. Thank you for all the ways your faith blessed our lives. I’m so grateful that God created leaders like Moses, Joseph, the Apostles , Esther, A Wetherell Johnson, Susie Rowan, and many more. James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above” You are a gift from above! Thank you for many years of dedication to BSF ministry and most important for letting the Lord to use your life and talents to do His Will: preaching the gospel all over the world. Praying the Lord blesses you and your family in amazing ways and that years to come will overflow with all God’s best for you! 2 Th. 1:11 So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.
Thank you – I just signed up for another year
Thank you so much for your leadership Susie. Your encouraging videos throughout the lockdown were invaluable. I appreciated your optimism and faithful outlook during these difficult times. May God bless you and your family abundantly!
Thank you for your willingness to be used all these years and in the years to come! Carolyn Williams
Thank-you for your many years of service.
Thank you and May God lead you into the next path He has for you.
Thank you Suzy for the impact that you have made on countless lives because of your willingness to “simply be used” for God’s glory! Each role that you have had within the ministry of BSF has undoubtedly resulted in much fruit! Thank you for sharing in so many lives through your role of Executive Director of BSF – you have made a tremendous impact on my life and many who have had the privilege of sitting under your teaching and serving God’s people through this ministry! May God continue to bless you as you wait on God’s specific calling for “such a time as this!”
Susie,
I thank the Lord for your leadership in BSF. I am reminded of Proverbs 31:25 when I think of you, “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She has diligently watched over the affairs in BSF and does not eat the bread of idleness. Those who have served with her arise and call her blessed….truly a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
God has made all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you have abounded in every good work. You have labored in prayer for the ministry, leaders and class members. There were probably endless phone calls during work hours and many meal times or even when you were on vacation! Meetings, constant pressures, demands, decisions, and tragedies gave you the opportunity to model for us what God’s grace and faithfulness looks like when a person is walking in the Spirit. Thank you for the trust in the Lord you’ve demonstrated throughout your leadership.
May God continue to open doors of His Gospel work as He uses you to ready His Bride for His return.
Now that you are “free” and have family in Wichita, maybe we can get together for coffee and a short visit.
To GOD be the Glory. I have been a part of BSF for so many years and have learnt and grown so much I give God The Praise and honor as he has led Susie to this position where she has served Him so faithful. Been able to travel and be a part of the retreat was an amazing awesome time when Susie shared at these events and I got a glimpse of GOD Almighty at work for his Kingdom Glory thru his faithful and dedicated co laborers. It was a Joy as you shared great encouragement at the beginning of each class year🙏🏾As you retire I pray that God grants you His Peace and Joy along with his Grace as you move forward May God continue to be your guide in all your endeavors. All the best to you and time now spent with family 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Hi Susie, I don’t know whether Caroline and I were in your first TL orientation in Jan 2010 when you took over as ED, but I think you were fairly new to the job. Throughout your tenure you have modeled what it means to be available to God, and at the same time exercised wise, focused leadership that has impacted the lives of thousands of people. It’s been my privilege to be under your leadership these last 12 years, and I thank God for giving me the opportunity. Have a great retirement, keep on shining the light on Jesus, and thank you for being such a faithful servant of the Lord. Houston W TX EM
Thank you Susie for agreeing to be used of the Lord.You have been a blessing to me and the world at large.
Thank you, Susie Rowan. You have made a difference in my life.
Susie,
Best wishes on your next fruitful endeavor. Your heartfelt journey in BSF has been so beneficial to many people who have been brought closer to Our Lord and Savior. Thank you🙏🏼
Susie,
Thank you so much for your dedicated, selfless service to God, and to BSF and it’s membership. I’ve learned much over the past 12 years under your leadership. May God bless you in your retirement and continue to keep you healthy and safe. Love from your sister in Christ,
Thank you, Susie, for being available to serve BSF these years There have been both tremendous challenges and opportunities and you have led with grace and humility. May the Lord bless you and keep you…
“Ask simply to be used”, brought tears to my eyes as I cannot even begin to fathom the extent to which Jesus spent himself for me and the whole world. I know I probably spent my whole life THINKING of being available for God and not getting there. .
Suzie, your message encourages me to pray each day that I might serve the Lord, that I might make myself available and surrendered to God for His purpose and not mine own. I pray that the Holy Spirit might embolden me that I might take that leap of faith, once taken I would see it wasn’t that fearsome after all.
Susie, you have been an amazing servant, amazing leader, in our amazing Lord’s ministry of BSF. Your leadership has blessed me and grown me.
Thank you, Susie, for listening and obeying the Lord’s call. Your service is a blessing to all of those people whose lives you continue to pray for. The highlight of our leadership summits have been your encouragement for “more Jesus” and singing with 1,000’s of believers. May God’s face shine upon you and His peace be with you.
Until we meet again in heaven,
Sherry Blair
You were my first ED in BSF and you inspired and calmed my fearful mind about taking on the role of TL. Isaiah 41:10 is the verse you put in my hand as l left your office. To this day its promise has remained steadfast and true in my service to God. Thank you for your love, prayers and tireless service especially to TL’s reminding us constantly that you were praying. Saying goodbye to you has brought tears to my eyes and joy for you as you move on and wait for God’s new leading. Thank you and God bless you.
I just celebrated by one year retirement anniversary and I want to affirm so many of the ideas in your blog. Retiring in the midst of COVID forced me to a time of quiet. I made no major commitments which is uncharacteristic of me. I was an administrator with 20 employees and over 150 clients. I interacted with people everyday and then I was home with just my husband. As time went by, I started sending cards to people especially the shut-ins. I even sent cards to the teens as they struggled with remote learning. Small acts but it was part of being available to Christ. I contacted friends from the past and have had marvelous fellowship with them. I got to know my neighbors better because they see me out walking or working in my garden. Through it all I have had peace that this was what I am to do for now ( not to say there were not some challenging days). BSF through Zoom was essential for keeping me on track. Know that God had something wonderful in store for you as long as you stay available and willing to say yes.
Susie.
You have allowed God to use you. You have blessed me and so, so many others. You have been a delight to Him! Continue on-eyes focused!!
So thankful for your leadership of BSF, Susie! Enjoy this next stage of life, and we all look forward to seeing what God has for you and your husband now.
God’s blessings on you,
Laura Saxman
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Wednesday DW class
Thank you for your servive and leadership.
Thank you,Susie, so much for your years of faithful, obedient service to the Lord. It is so encouraging to me and so many others. God bless you in your new availability to Him.
Susie,
Thank you very much for that timely challenge for us to be available as the necessary response to our Savior who made Himself fully available to us while we were still sinners. It was especially timely for me personally since I recently stopped working for a paycheck (what David Jeremiah refers to as being “redeployed”). I am excited to be able to see how my service as a TL will change with the added schedule flexibility I now have. It has been a blessing and a joy to serve under your leadership for these past 8 years. May the Lord continue to mightily use you and Roger in the days, weeks, months and years ahead. And for the record, our church still has potlucks, even during Covid! ;>)
Your Summit messages always inspired me to look for and trust Christ in my leadership. I missed the old school leaders retreats and class workshops but Summits have really helped us to step into updated models of leading and orientation. This is my 11th year of leadership, 2 as a GL and 8 as an STL. I’ve been in the same class since 2003, when I was just in my thirties. God used BSF and you to grow me spiritually and I thank you both mightily.
Thank you Susie for serving faithfully as you have promised to pray I ask that the Lord blesses you and your family.
I am asking to simply serve. Since I joined BSF the Lord has seen to many of my needs. I pray for.protwctoon of my time.
As you go to your new roles may the Lord bless you abundantly.
Thank you Susie for a wonderful leadership.
May God richly bless you as you retire from BSF
It’s been such a pleasure to serve in BSF with you as our director. Thank you for all you’ve done to shepherd us. May you be blessed greatly in your retirement!
God has used you mightily, and blessed you richly. Thanks for “being available.”
Thank you for parting words of wisdom. God has used you in a mighty way in leading BSF. May the coming season of your life be filled with the joy of the Lord.
During my years of BSF leadership, I have appreciated your challenges to serve the Lord boldly and your heartfelt encouragement along the way. Once again, the challenge comes — to be available! Thank you for your consistent, faithful leadership. May God bless you and use you in each and every opportunity that comes your way.
Dear Suzie, how can I possibly thank you for so many years of heavy responsibility, long hours and personal sacrifice? I’m sure there was much joy as you obeyed God’s calling, but I also know there was a cost. So I thank you. Please thank Roger and your kids too: your whole family sacrificed as the Lord used you, powerfully. My 17 years in BSF has been life-transforming. And you’ve been a huge part of that. I’m grateful for your integrity, love for the Lord, heart for people, and care for all of us BSF volunteers. May God give you tremendous peace as you let go of the BSF reins, joy in quiet times with Him, and excitement for His next steps for you.
With love, Angela Cunningham (TL Montreal, QC, Canada DW)
ps One of my favorite BSF memories is Roger surprising you with a big kiss up on stage (I think it was our last Retreat). This too was a sweet example to me of a godly marriage. Bless you both.
Dear Susie,
I have appreciated your leadership over my last five years with BSF! I originally attended with my aging mother because she wanted to attend. But since she died this summer, I had the decision to make about continuing to attend and said yes. Your oversight during the difficult Pandemic time was very helpful. I also enjoyed doing a WordGo study. Thank you for making so many options available and caring for people of all ages and backgrounds!
May God bless you richly in retirement or as some of us say-retirement as you continue to make your life available to God as you serve in new ways!
Lovingly,
Terry Olthouse
Good luck and God be with you in the next stage of your life.
I have only studied with BSF for a year and it is a great program. God Bless everyone that makes this possible.
God Bless you and congratulations on your retirement. The changes under your leadership were life changing for so many people. Me included The online presence created during the most needed time in history allowed God’s Word to increase! To God be the Glory. “Simply to Be Used” is such an honor. Best Wishes. GL Indianapolis
You long dedicated service deeply appreciated:
Your words ring in my head, Lord use me.
May your season of rest, refresh and equip and guide as you walk each new day.Thank you for your love and the way you touched all BSFers’ lives.Zoom was God sent recently
Thank you for your services Susan.
I pray God’s blessings on you as you transition to a different ministry in serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Because He lives!!!
Your commitment & service has blessed so many, Susie. I have personally learned and spiritually prospered from your teaching, shepherding & leadership. I surely speak for thousands of others when I say “THANK YOU!!!”
Thank you for your service to BSF and to the Lord our God. May He greatly bless the next chapter of your journey.
Blessings in Christ,
Thank you Susie for your dedication first to the Lord and His Word and then to the work of BSF. Enjoy your retirement 🙏🙏
Thank you for your honorable and God serving roll as a BSF leader. You were such a joy!
Susie,
Thank you very much for your leadership in BSF. You generously gave of your time and commitment in serving our Lord.
I am continuing to serve and walk with our Lord as a BSF Group Leader.
May God bless you and continuing using your talents in this time of retirement.
I have been a leader in BSF since 1984. Susie strode into the role of Executive Director for BSF in capri pants and told a story about a pastor in India who had seen his mother executed because she would not renounce Christ. Susie looked into the camera and said something to the effect, “We are not going to debate BSF’s dress code while spiritual warfare rages in the world.” In that moment she won my heart and respect and I have been privileged to serve as part of an organization I could trust had their priorities aligned with God’s. Thank you, Susie, for all the memorable and enriching talks and lectures provided that kept the focus on “More Jesus!”
Blessed by every effort given into this ministry, Blessed by every word,
Specially for me the study in Colossians for a retreat..maturing in Christ… thanking our dear Lord for blessing us with you.
May God be with you in every small n big steps, guide and provide, always assuring of His presence with you. Love you.
Dear Suzy,
You have been my mentor since I first heard you speak at the Retreat in Portland. I will miss your wisdom and encouragement. I am in the “quiet time” of my life and it is a precious time of walking closer with Jesus, you will enjoy it.
I wish you love, peace and joy in this new adventure in your life.
Many Thanks and Blessings,
Thank you, Susie, for serving so faithfully over the years. Now I thank you for sharing from your heart and experience. May the Lord be praised flow and forever!
Susie my heart is filled with gratitude for the years you have made yourself available here at BSF. I have been so inspired by your heart towards Jesus and His people. Your heart and vision to see a united people study the Word of God during some of the most divisive times of our day has encouraged my heart and pushed me on days I wanted to give up. I thank God for you and I am certain God will continue to use you in great and beautiful ways! Many blessings!
Thank you mam I am a new subscriber May God bless you and your family ..
God has used you greatly and will continue to do so! Thank you for your God directed leadership in BSF!
Thank you Susie! Your teaching and the example of your obedient and passionate leadership has been such an encouragement and inspiration over these many years of your service. You will be greatly missed but your impact never forgotten. I know God still has much for you to do and pray for His clear direction and joy in all you do moving forward. Thank you again for all you have done for this ministry, for God’s Word and for me personally in moving me forward in my relationship with God.
Hello Susie Rowan .
Saludos desde Ecuador para mí fue un placer muy grande haberte conocido muchas personas me hablaban de ti hasta que la pude conocer en el último día de clases en el cual yo ingresaba a BSF por primera vez y UD. Estuvo con su esposito y tuve el placer de conocerles gracias por sus oraciones y el ánimo que nos dan en cada mensaje ahora sirvo con mis niños en el preescolar ya hace 4 años y estoy muy bendecida y agradecida con Dios toda mi familia sirve y está en las clases de BSF pues estaré orando por UD.y toda su familia. Dios permita un día volverla a ver. QUE EL SEÑOR LES BENDIGA GRANDEMENTE
Thanking God for your service to His church through BSF. Praying God’s blessings on your season of quiet and the opportunity you now have to linger a little longer with Him. What joy lies ahead! I gotta believe God is smiling…well done good and faithful servant.
I thank God for your life for making yourself available for the kingdom service.you touched my life personally the way God used you to lead us all these years.Expansion in many ways and languages, online classes etc.You will not miss your reward of eternal life in jesus name.
This is Andrew from Uganda,
am very grateful to you and the Almighty who has and still using you to serve us, your obedience, patience ,tolerance, perseverance, encouraging and strengthening us always to study the word of God.
BSF through your leadership , i have seen my family developing interest in reading and studding God’s word.
To God be the Glory
My name is Kate Li, I was baptized last year in August 2020. I commit myself to live faithfully on each front, including both the personal sphere and the public of my life. I would like to serve God in my life as the response for God.
What a great truth—our need to be available. Our surrender to Him is of utmost importance. Thank you for these precious words and for your inspired leadership.
As a CA of 15 years, I prayed for you and with you that God would use us and BSF to spread the name and story of Jesus around the world. As I reflect on your tenure, God used you greatly to do just that! Through you, He allowed Jesus to be shared in unexpected places and unexplainable ways. You were not afraid to try the ‘new’, the ‘never been done before’ and the ‘that’s not how we do things.’ You were the perfect fit at just the right time. BSF, and the world, is better because God placed you in that role, for such a time as this. May God bless you richly. I look forward to meeting you in the air some day soon!
Thank you, Susie, for all that you have already allowed the Lord to use you for. He is our Lifeline. He is our Guide and Counselor. Thank you for helping us grow in our relationship with our Lord. He is worthy and faithful. I am so thankful for the privilege to serve Him through BSF. May we each humbly follow Him one step at a time. Rest in Him as you keep watch for your next step.
Thank You for Your Leadership and Your Walk with and for the Lord.
Thank you for your insightful, forward thinking, yet gracious leadership. May the Lord bless you and keep you make His face to shine upon you and give you His peace as you step into this new season with Him. Much love! Go Jayhawks!!
Thank you for your service, support , and example of your faith shining out to others all these years! May God continue to bless you and may you continue to grow and serve our Lord!
Thank for your service. Really appreciate the impact thru your service and dedication
Thank you Susie for being available!! The Lord has certainly used you in a time of transition & change. May He continue to bless you, lead you & use you in your new circumstances.
Thank you so much for your leadership. These words are so encouraging. I never saw a lost job as an opportunity for God to take away heavy burdens. I had always been anxious and troubled about lack etc. This is an eye-opener. Wishing you all the best blessings for the future.
Thanks for serving all these years, God bless and remember your sacrifice of love
So thankful I had the opportunity to meet you live during old school face to face summits! I thank our Lord and thank you for accepting the call and being such a blessing to so many through your prayers and teachings.
The Lord bless you as you step into a new role in the way the Lord is directing you. As you fully surrendered yourself and all for the fame of Christ, May He be greatly exalted in all that you do.
Thank you Susie.
I came from South Korea for 4 years ago and I was waiting to study the Words in Canada and God showed this program.
You help me with this program and that means helped South Korean as God’s children in Acts 17:26.
If you available to meet me, I want to drink some coffee.
God will know your all effort and heart.
Thank you so much.
I only studied one step through BSF but it was a lot.
Thanks Susie for you lifetime commitment to being available – God will continue to use you and Roger mightily in the days ahead. You both have served the Lord well through BSF.!
May God continue to work through your life of retirement. You’ve given many sacrifices, and unconditional Love to our BSF in Toledo
I know Hollie and she’ll be a very welcomed Executive Director of out Toledo BSF.
Thank you for your love for God, nations, and people that radiate through your blogs and videos within my 6 ½ years in BSF. Your labor of love has not been in vain; it is written in heaven. You are leaving an extraordinary legacy engraved into our minds, the BSF family.
Susie, stand firm, stable, and enduring. Live your life with an unshakable confidence. We know that we prosper and excel in every season by serving the Lord, because we are assured that our union with the Lord makes our labor productive with fruit that endures. I Cor 15:58 TPT (paraphrased)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you and your family
Thank you Susie for your service to Jesus and to us who love BSF.
BSF Executive Director Susie Rowan thank you for the Blog. You ask a good question Christ is available to us, but Are we available to Christ. Thank you for the word of God
Wishing you the very best, Susie.
Your Sister in Christ, Sandy
I am grateful for your dedicated service to Him and to us. May He richly bless you and your family.
Mary
Kingsburg, CA
I’m so thankful for you Susie and your love for Christ. Thankful also that I got to meet you and see your personality and authenticity (At a summit in Milwaukee years ago) You became dearer to me after that. Lord willing I will be in your group going to Israel. May God richly bless you in His plans going forward. I love you sister ❤️
Thank you Susie! Our generous Father has blessed us all through your dedication as you have ministered and shepherded us. May He now profoundly bless you as you continue on along the pathway He sets before you. God’s plan for your life is as special as the person He created in you!
Susie, it has been such an honor serving with you. Remember when we had our summit in St. Louis, MO, I told you that I was your sister. You look in amazement. I realize we are sisters in Christ. But, my last name is Rowan. I wish you many blessings on your new journey. God has kept you these 12 years to do His work and you did it with joy. Thank you for all you have done. It is because of you BSF is where it is today. I will always hold you close to my heart. May God bless and keep you, may His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you until we meet again. Blessings to you and your family….
You led in truth and transparency; and you leave in truthful transparency toward where God will fulfill His purposes through you.
My prayer is that we too listen; SIMPLY BE AVAILABLE.
Thank you, Susie for all you have done through the years. I can say without a doubt, BSF has made a significant difference in my life! Thank you for your prayers as we prepare for the new study. I will pray for you, and look forward to hearing about how God uses you in retirement!
God Bless and keep you.
Dear Susie ,to say I shall miss you is an understatement. You have been a role model and the strength and love you show in leadership is worthy of emulation. Thankyou for availing yourself for service,for the encouragement and love you have shown. Thank you and God bless you as you go into working retirement 😊.
Love you greatly.
Thank you, Susie for being such a wonderful example of someone who is available to Christ. Wishing you times of rest and refreshment as you ask the Lord as to how He would have you serve Him.
Thank you Susie for sharing your heartfelt thoughts with us. Thank you also for allowing God to use you as His BSF servant. Praying you will enjoy a respite as you continue to be available for/to God- much love 💕
Susie,
Thank you for your wonderful leadership, for navigating us through some difficult times, for your words of wisdom —— all in the power of reliance on the Holy Spirit!
I wish you and Roger a wonderful blessed fruitful grace filled healthy retirement.
Heartfelt thanks to Susie’s wholehearted services in God’s kingdom. Praise God for her commitment in leadership role of BSF and her insight in God’s word to enrich & benefit the spiritual lives of all BSFERS.
Thank you Susie for your dedication to our Lord and His work. May He lead you to green pastures and beside still waters.
BSF has been a blessing to me. Thank you again for your part in making Him more real to me.
I see waiting on the Lord as a servant sitting at the steps next to the throne of the King. There to respond (jump) to His call to serve. No questions asked, just go. God bless
Thank you for your commitment to serve Him through this wonderful Ministry worldwide is remarkable. Only those who have been saved and transformed through His divine power by His words and faith in Jesus has the ability to do so beyond self. Is so humbling. Trusting that God will continue to use you for His Glory where He direct you in your next step of your path. To God Be The Glory – “I always remember these word at the BSF Campus”
God Bless You!!
Susie, I thank you for allowing God to use you so powerfully at BSF and I trust Him for your journey ahead.
All the best and keep being available.
I, too, am in a less busy season and find these words affirming and comforting. The last two years have been monumental in my personal life as we made a major move and I lost my husband shortly afterwards as well as the ever changing and volatile world situations we continue to face. I am learning to value the flexibility this time offers me to be more open and spontaneous to the opportunities to serve placed before me. The journey is not easy but our Lord is faithful to meet our needs. Blessings in your new season.
Thank you for your commitment to our Lord and for your service to BSF. Praying God’s best to you in the season to come and to enjoy the transition time with Him.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Susie. Very encouraging and full of wisdom.
Thank you for your service to our Lord through BSF! The changes you brought to this ministry have put it in a place that God can continue to use in the generations to come.
Susie,
I am a new member to BSF; and have not had the pleasure of reading all of your leadership and service.
Twelve years is a long time to be committed to lead and serve. Thank You. You will be missed.
Susie. You have been a true blessing to me and many here in Kenya. May the Lord satisfy you with His salvation and with long life.
My Dear Mrs. Susie,
It has been my pleasure to be apart of BSF for almost 20 years. I thank God for you and BSF. I am 63 am I became I’ll in 2019 and I was forced to retire from my job of 331/2 years. Being apart of BSF have help me through some very difficult times in my life.Thanks be to God for his word and through His word, through BSF I have remain grounded. I am a black American. I pray that some day in america we can get all people of all races and nationalities to be apart of this great study. I am also on a new journey in my life and I understand what you are talking about, filling up your time. God has given me rest and wonderful fellowship with him. A closeness I never had had before as I have stayed in His word. A few of my friends stop coming to BSF but I did not want to stop, I wanted to continue to learn and see what the Lord is going to teach or remind me what I missed the last time we studied Matthew. The Lord has encouraged me on this journey and I know He will do the same for you. May our God richly bless you and keep you in His care. Thank you so much for your
service and you will be missed. Love always through Christ Jesus! Williett
Thank you for your Spirit lead leadership! Numbers 6:24-26
Amen, amen! Thank you, Susie, for this timely and encouraging blog post- I gladly join you and many others in praying, “Lord, use me!” This is a busy time of the year for leadership and once again, our great God has used your words and example to direct our heart focus to Jesus. So many times when I have felt weary, it is the words and life of Christ recorded in the gospels which have helped me lean on Him for strength to persevere. Gratefully, our Lord’s love, wisdom, and grace is demonstrated through the faithful obedience and humble dependence of of Christ followers like you. Praise to Him for how He uses us to magnify Himself! Thank you so much, Susie, for your availability to God and your deep desire for the Name and fame of Jesus Christ. Enjoy this time of quiet serving, watching, waiting, and worshiping Him!
I love that so much Susie! Thank-you for sharing. In this time of selfish survival I have forgotten to ask to be used.
Thank-you for all you have done for BSF. I will never forget hearing you teach in Memphis at a retreat and it changed my focus on teaching the next generation.
We appreciate you so much! Thank-you for being used in BSF!
I hope this next season is a sweet time.
Thank you for your servant leadership led by and for His glory. You have reflected Christ with excellence leading us in many changes to open up BSF to the next generation and to make His name known in new ways online. I pray for sweet moments of quiet with Him and your family. His work in and through you will be remembered and celebrated by me and many!
So very grateful for you Susie!
Susie:
Thank you for being humble and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide and direct your decisions as leader of BSF.
Your leadership has embrace diversity and lead us through trials and tribulations.
I have been a member of BSF for 12 yrs and Children’s leader for on yr. I am forever changed by His Word.
Thank you Susie for your Godly leadership all these years.
When I was a brand new Christian a friend gave me a plaque that said:
“God never asks about our ability or our inability but about our availability”.
May God bless you in your future endeavors with Him!
Watching you lead, listening to you teach, taking in how you trust the Lord through personal trials and a pandemic have truly helped me grow in my faith. I have deep respect and love for you as it was clear to me when we first met that God had called you to be director and He was filling you up and using you in your role. I found you to be so personal and genuine. The shifts you were making with the HQ staff matched that. More like Jesus….BSF is reflecting that even when others are criticizing the changes. You have stood firm in the Lord, His love and His promises. Thank you fir leading with love and integrity. I am grateful for you! May the Lord direct you and bless you in your availability!
Susie, thank you so much for your commitment to diversity in BSF, so that people of all ages, languages and ethnic groups have a place at God’s table through BSF. It has been a pleasure serving with you through all the wonderful- and challenging- changes God has brought about during your leadership. You will be missed!
Suzie, Thank you for your faithful service in BSF! Praying for you as you transition to this new season, may God continue to bless you, guide you and use you for his glory!
Its an honor to serve Christ and an honor to hear of your journey.I know your journey for Christ will continue until your last breathe. Thank you for showing unconditional love to all you have met and will met.Your service is precious.
Thank you for this today! I am in a new season of life following 32 years of teaching and this helps me appreciate the quiet time and to wait to see how God wants to use me. Thank you for all you have given to BSF!
Perfect message no matter our season of life! Thank you Susie for your faithfulness to Christ and to BSF. You followed the Holy Spirit’s lead through so much world change and timely organization change. It seemed seamless, but I know it had to feel differently to you. Continued prayers on you as you have entered a new season. May you continue to bring God glory and praise in all He reveals is next.
These are helpful and encouraging insights. I am deeply thankful for the bright light that BSF continues to be to me, my family, and my friends, as we continue our journey through this spiritually dark world. Thank you Susie for your excellence in leadership and fervent commitment to Christ during your many years of service. May the Lord give you his peace, knowing he already has the roadmap in hand for whatever is before you. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. (Deuteronomy 33:27)
Thank you for your words and for your service Susie. You will be missed. I will pray for your quiet peaceful worship unto our Savior and I also humbly receive your example and will ask “Lord, how can you use me”. Thank you again, for being the hands and feet of Jesus for us.
Hi Susie,
Continuing to pray for you and Roger. Paul and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary as well & have retired to Durham, NC. I will be attending the Matthew study and taking Ashleigh’s 2 preschoolers to the Children’s Program, as she & her husband work full time. Jeremy and his family are well & serving the Lord in PA. Many blessings to you and yours, Sue
Thanks for your leadership. I am entering my 10 th year in BSF. I can’t believe how I have grown with your studies. I am looking forward to this next Matthew study, to build upon the last Matthew from several years back. Thank you for your service!!
Thank God for willing vessels.
Thank you Susie for your constant commitment to Christ! The Holy Spirit is evident in you the moment you speak. Praise Him for that! The Lord will continue to use you, I have no doubt about that. I am an STL in Terre Haute, Indiana and want to thank you for your service and commitment to Christ first and foremost and to BSF. To God be the glory!
Thank you Susie, for your diligent God honoring work for God’s glory.
Blessings and love, S. M.
Praying for your strength and willingness to be lead by GOD. Congratulations. May GOD continue to watch over you.
Thank for your commitment to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!!! Keep looking up to Him, listening up to Him, and following up for His glory! He left Paradise for you. Numbers 6:24-26
Susie – God bless you for your faithful service. The world is better place because of it.
Thank for that simple, special ask of Jesus:”how can I be used by you today”! God bless you as you leave BSF role. I retired from a Pregnancy Resource Center and missed be in his service there. It does leave a hole.
Susie, Thank you for being available and serving God through these years in BSF. You and Roger have blessed countless lives with your service and graciousness. My family and I have been blessed to “grow up” in BSF and to see all the ways God has faithfully and wonderfully provided for this ministry and we pray that God continues that blessing for the generations to come. May God also bless your move back to Kansas City and bring you to His place of rest and new ways of serving Him. Thank you and thanks to Roger and your family. To God be the glory!
Susie, thank you for your faithful availability to BSF and the excellent leadership you have provided these past 12 years. I have been grateful to experience the leadership of 4 executive directors since joining leadership in 1990. The changes in BSF wrought through your leadership tenure have had tremendous impact on the “staying power” of BSF in my life and allowed me to comfortably invite others to attend and study with us because of the changes.
May God bless you in these next months with great rest, a renewed vigor and zeal for what He will call you to do in your “available years” and blessings on your health, your family’s health and your marriage.
“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him…: 2 Chronicles 16:9a
Susie, THANK YOU FROM MY HEART!!💕💕💕💕 Your blog above gave me chills & is SO MEANINGFUL!!! How perfectly said, “To Be AVAILABLE”!!! This last season was my 1st in BSF thanks to encouragement from a close very dear & Godly friend💕💕💕 It has opened my heart & mind hugely to become closer to God!!! Thanks to ALL YOU have done that was available to me!! I hope you feel my sincere gratitude!! Since I am “new” seeking The Lord I am always SO IMPRESSED at how more “experienced” people of Faith have such an eloquent, , meaningful way with words that mean so VERY MUCH!!! I would love to be included in any future blogs if yours… but as you plan… do take “uncluttered” time for yourself to hear what our Lord has installed for YOU!!! With LOVE & sincere THANKS, 💕🙏🏻💕 Patti
Thank you Susan. You have done your job well. My wife Phyllis and I are committed to BSF. We both went out of leadership for one year, but the Lord has laid it on my heart to go back into leadership this year. When I said “yes” to Him, little did I realize that would mean becoming involved as a CL. At 81 years of age that seems a bit strange to me, though I have promised Him I will be available and I am looking forward to it, especially since two of our great grandchildren will be in the class. Phyllis is also going back into leadership, also in the children’s program. We are both involved in the Iowa City Men and Women’s programs. We were missionaries in Ecuador South America for 37 years. We both say, “BSF is the best Bible Study we have ever been in.” Thank you for your part in making BSF a truly worthwhile study of God’s Holy Word.
God bless you for being a faithful servant.
Thank you Susie for being available to serve. Your leadership at BSF has influenced me greatly. May God continue to lavish His blessings upon you and Jerry throughout retirement.
Thank you Susie for your faithful service to our Lord.
May God bless you, Susie, in this new season of your life! Thank you for allowing Him to use you so powerfully in your leadership of BSF. I have learned so much from you in the few years I’ve been a TL, from your teaching during Institutes to your gracious leadership, to your vision, to your passion for bringing others to Christ. Love and prayers for all your new adventures!
Thank you Susie for your leadership and example you have shown to us all. I personally have learned so much from you and want to wish you all the best. What a gift you have been to us all.
With love and gratitude, Sidney Arrick, CS Midland/Odessa DW
Susie, what can i say? Simply loved your talks and read your blogs regularly. You’ll be missed a lot, tho didn’t see you personally but i know one day we’ll see you face to face in heaven. Have blessed retirement life, enjoy and have fun.
Dear Susie
we love you and thank you for allowing God to use you.
Thank you Susie for your commitment to the Lord and to His people. He has used you in mighty ways and He has been glorified through you.
Thank you Susie for saying “yes” and for leading me in my leadership to magnify God and mature His people. What a warm, connecting, relational, powerful leader you have been and I was shepherded well across the miles over the years. Thank you for that warm, tender voice and your smile and comfort for us in 2020. I needed it. May the Lord do abundantly more in this next season of your life – than you could ever ask, think, or imagine. All my love to you and your family.
So thankful for your consistent faithfulness and commitment to the word of God and our BSF family.May God continue to bless you and give you peace
Dear Susie,
This is my 27th year in BSF. Thank you for your commitment to serve BSF, listening to the Lord, speaking His Truth to us. Thank you for dying to self and taking up your cross to serve Him. You have seen His faithfulness and trustworthiness over and over. What a gift!!. What a journey of faith! I love being available to Him every day. Thank you for always giving us a fresh word from Him. May He guide your children and grandchildren to a deeper walk with Him. This is my prayer as a mother of 3 sons and a grandmother of 11. What a Savior we have❤️
In my years in BSF, I have seen the strength of three executive directors. I was not part of BSF when the founder Wetherall Johnson was leading this mission to the world. Each were clearly called and left a heritage of teaching the Word to world classes. During these years under Susie Rowan’s leadership, we have seen so many growing changes and new avenues to bring this ministry to the world through better use of the gift of technology, satellites, and an on-line ministry that continues the growth. I thank the Lord so much for Susie’s leadership and have confidence that the Lord will provide even ways that are unknown to us now during Hollie Robert’s leadership in the future.
May God continue to use you in new and exciting way. Thank you for you love and dedication to this ministry.
Thank you , Susie. I have known of the existence of BSF for a long time, but have never experienced it. I am hoping to take part in a study here in ND. I have a cousin who used to travel from Valley City to Fargo to be a part of this study. She spoke so highly of it. God bless you as you follow His leading for His future plans for you!! He probably wants you to have more time to sit at His feet, like Mary chose to do!!
Thank you, Susie, for all you have contributed to others through your obedience to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know God will continue to use and bless you.
I absolutely love this, Susie! I am grateful to have been under your leadership these past 12 years. I love you and will miss you. May God give you His “available” assignments as you “ask simply to be used.”
All glory to God for helping you all these years and increasing His grace. May the Lord bless you for your faithful and sincere service.
Beloved Susie, I thank the Lord for you and your servant heart. In particular I appreciate your great efforts to bring BSF to Brazil, the place I grew up. Sao Paulo, a hard working city needs our Lord and Savior, because nothing compares to the riches we have in Christ. It is a privilege to be a part of the BSF ministry. I have been so blessed to deepen my relationship with our Heavenly Father through this ministry. I will pray the Lord’s protection over you and your loved ones, may the Lord continue to increase your territory and bless you abundantly. Thank you for inspiring, encouraging, teaching, empowering and praying for me. Well done, good and faithful servant! I will miss seeing your kind and beautiful smile and hearing your sweet and peaceful voice. Blessings “mil”=thousands of blessings. Love in Christ♥ Helga
Dear Susie,
I have always benefited from the BSF approach to Bible study.The delivery of the lessons make it possible to us BSFers,to see our lives through the lens of the Word of God.This way we are able to find hope in every situation of our lives and are reassured of the Love of God through His presence at all times,at all places ,and in all challenges.
Susie,I am particularly impressed by your role in all these for all these years.I wish you the best in all your endeavours even including your continuous relationship with BSF and BSFers.
May God continue to lead you on and strengthen you in your walk with Him.
Thanks for serving Susie. I bless God for you and your inspirational messages and leadership.. Every season has to change. God is always on the move and we must move with Him. I pray that your next season will be as fruitful as BSF was. Yes, availability is key.God’s blessings to you as you continue to do His will.
Your sister in Christ,
Hazel
Thank you, Susie, for your faithful, humble, and courageous leadership at BSF. You have been used in a mighty way by our Sovereign God to impact my life and countless others for Christ and modeled for us how to serve with excellence. With gratitude to God for you! Christine – DW CS
Thank you Susie for your years of dedication to BSF-you are an inspiration. Blessings to you in this next season of your journey with the Lord!
Dearest Susie
I’m going to nick this if you don’t mind as it resonated with me as I read it…. “Lord, I am available for your service today. How would you
like to use me?”
It’s what I sense God is asking of me too. I’m in a new season of life having left Florida to return to Harrogate in the UK and getting involved with ministries at my church here.
If it wasn’t for Zoom I would have missed so many lessons.
Thank you for that forward thinking and for your leadership.
Praying for Gods richest blessings as you transition into whatever new thing God us calling you to as you make yourself available.
A huge “thank you”
Susie, Thank you for leading us the past 12 years and especially so the past 2-3 years when our world has been topsy turvy. Autocorrect repeatedly wrote – tipsy turbulent. That works, too. May God bless you as you continue to live for His glory.
Dear Susie, thank you for your sacrifice and your commitment to God and to each and every one of us. You served Him and us well! You are loved! Tanya Haselhuhn TL at St. Joseph, MI DW
Thank you so much Susie for making yourself available to God and to the thousands of women, men and children who had a hunger and thirst for God and His word! May God continue to shower you with His love, His protection and His provision!
I thank God for calling you and equipping you, dear Susie, to lead BSF for the fame of Christ!
Thank you for your encouragement and humble leadership. We love and miss you!
I wish you well as you step down and take a deep breath.
Even GOD rested on the 7th. day.
Enjoy it. Savour it.
I am praising God for the Spirit’s work in Susie Rowan to lead BSF these last 12 years. Thank you for being available to the Lord and committed to submission to His will, no matter how difficult it may have been. May God bless you in your next season of service, wherever it may be; and may the ministry of BSF continue to face forward, proclaiming the Gospel in the world with perfect accuracy and authenticity.
Congratulations on your retirement! I pray for many years of happiness and enjoyment. Thank you for your dedication to magnifying God through BSF. Also, thank you for helping to mature our faith through BSF. You have left a remarkable imprint for us to emulate. Praying for the best throughout your retirement. Thank you.
Thank you so much, I have enjoyed serving God under ypur leadership, seeing God lead you!
Thank you for allowing God to use you to lead BSF to reach those younger adults and children that are the next generation of the kingdom of God. Only by being in His Word are they prepared to be obedient to His call, and your leadership has been so valuable to equip all members of BSF to apply His Word to our lives. Thank you so much and may God bless you and keep you and your family as you transition to His next chapter for you.
Thank you for leading us in BSF. Under your leadership I grew deeper in Christ in so many ways. Thank you and may God continue now to use you in your retirement. Love to you. ❤️ Enjoy your retirement.
Praise the Lord for your service to Him . May God bless you in the next phase of your life
Thank you Susie for availing yourself, I have been blessed through your service and I pray that as you go, the Lord will go ahead of you, bless and prosper you and everything you lay your hands on to do. Thank you, thank you and thank you.
Thank you for being obedient to God’s call to serve. No response needed. Praying for you and your family
Thank you, dear Suzie for being availanle for Jesus’ call. Your decision to be available, by God’s grace has made a great impact in my life through BSF. Though we haven’t met, I feel I know you. Thank you for being intentional in reaching out to us in yoir messages. All your messages have touched my heart personally. And you are very dear to me, I will also keep you in my prayers. Enjoy more of Jesus in your new season with Him. With love in Christ, Karen
Thank you for your faithfulness, perseverance and leadership. God is glorified. Praying His blessing on you and your family.
I am so grateful for your keeping BSF going for so many of us! It’s been 20 years, battling health issues and being unable to read or get out, that I took a chance and googled BSF!!! I’m enrolled already for this coming year class! So very grateful BSF is still available to me, due to people like you ❤️❤️ My forever thanks to you and the many others that have kept this life saving option open to all.
Susie,
I was asked to become a leader five years ago. It’s been your witnessing to God that has grown me as a Christian. The words you have given us of wisdom and sharing your deep faith with us that has grown my own heart for the lord. I will miss you and reading your encouraging letters to us. I pray you have a wonderful retirement from BSF. I know you will never retire from our lord as He never spends a moment without us on his heart. Thank you for loving us for praying for us and being the anchor of our mission to serve our Savior, Jesus Christ!
These words, ” Are you available”? is speaking to me, causing me to examine my walk with the LORD. Thank you, May the blessings of GOD continue to guide you.
Thank you, Susie, for your years of faithful commitment to BSF and its far-reaching ministry across the globe. A special note of gratitude for your leadership in creating the Children’s Division that has helped us engage so many of the youngest generation with the Word of God online during this prolonged pandemic season. May the Lord bless you with rest that brings readiness to see what He has next as you remain available~!
Thank you Suzie for your dedication for all of us who have been with you. May God Bless you and keep you and your family safe and healthy. You have been an inspiration to those around you.
Dear Ms Susie Rowan 🌷 Good evening from Singapore 🇸🇬 I am VERY thankful to GOD 🙌🏼 for your many MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE 📇 unto the LORD & His people 👏🏼📣 You have indeed touched my life in such a personal way since my enrollment as a BSF member many years ago
💖 Each time I received your email, despite not knowing you personally, I could feel your DEED LOVE & PASSION in what you are doing for GOD’s children in BSF 🌈 You have been CALLED & MIGHTILY USED by GOD for His DIVINE BSF MINISTRY 🙏🏻 I cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH for being an EXCELLENT Executive Director 🏆 Your DYNAMIC spirit of servitude & INSIGHTFUL management of BSF have made BSF what it is worldwide by the grace of God 🌍 You are an INSPIRATION to me 📣 I wish you GOD’s BEST 🎉 in all your future endeavors ✍🏼 & I pray that GOD will BLESS you RICHLY & continue to grant you HIS FAVOUR & WISDOM in whatever you do for His glory in your retirement 🙌🏼🙏🏻🙌🏼 May GOD bless you & your BELOVED family ALWAYS 💖 Will MISS you … 💐 You truly REFLECT the LOVE OF GOD 🌻 Appreciate you very much, dear Ms Susie Rowan ✨
Dear Susie, I’ve watched you from afar off all these years, yet I’ve always felt near. It is because you have allowed the Holy Spirit to direct your authentic messaging, and the messages have reached and touched us all. So, to you, thank you, and keep up the good, God work.
Congratulations on your retirement
Thank you for your service for Christ and his followers.
Thanks you so much for you love and devotion to the Lord and BSF. You are so greatly appreciate.
God Bless you on your new journey in life.
Thank you Susie for 5 Wonderful years of BSF I am Catholic and have truly enjoyed my path through the Old Testament of the Bible Thanks for all your wonderful Leadership Spiritual Studies that I have Learn from BSF. I look Forward to my New Studies with Matthew this Session. Good Luck in your New Life or Retirement May God Blessings always be with You and your Family
Thank you, Susie, for the much appreciated service to our Lord that you were ‘available for’! It meant so much to me and my daughter. This will be my 7th year, my daughter’s 4th. What a privilege for us to grow in Christ together. You kept the study rich, running smooth as glass, even during an epidemic. I’m so thankful for this organization and will continue BSF for the rest of my life, as long as I am able. What a gift to study the Word of God with so many beautiful sisters in Christ! Some lifelong friendships that I treasure. ❤️ Thank you again, Susie, for giving so much of yourself for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! May He bless you abundantly for all you have done for so many privileged women! And yes, all the glory be to Him, Susie! 🙏. Much Love 🥰✝️
Thank you, Susie, for being available ‘for such a time as this’. The changes over the last years to make BSF accessible beyond in-person classes have personally enriched me and my family, among many others. I thank God for granting the vision and the means and you and BSF leadership for seeing it through. May you be blessed and enjoy your next phase.
Thank you Susie for being available for the mission of Christ and for being available to the BSF. I really appreciate your strength in character, your visionary leadership and for relating to each one of us across the globe. May God continue to use you as you keep yourself available and may God lead BSF according to His will and purposes 🙏
Susie,
Thank you for your years of leadership and example to me as a TL. So many of your words were tailored to my circumstance at the time you spoke them. I am grateful to God for BSF and for you.
Thank you Susie for sharing God’s heart with us over the years and for showing us how to serve Him faithfully with the grace and power He alone can supply. You will be missed. May God continue to be glorified in you and through you to others!
Thank you Susie for your full availability to BSF these past years. BSF, the study and fellowship, is a lifeline for me. Praise God our unexpected Savior!
Susie,
I was part of starting a Satellite Group in West Palm Beach Florida under your leadership and our Evening Men’s Class is alive and well and our School Program is doing well and will flourish for years
Thank you
John
What an amazing time it has been to serve under you as STL and then TL. I remember when you took over for J. Nystrand, seems like just yesterday! And yet so much has changed during your tenure. Thank you for your tenacity and boldness in leading this ministry forward. You will be missed! May the Lord give you rest as you minister to your family and close friends. Enjoy the next chapter of your story walking with Jesus!
Thank you for being available, Susie. Your willingness to serve the Lord brought great fruit to generations through BSF.
Thank you for your leadership and Godly example! May God bless you in this new season!
Dear Susie,
It was such a pleasure to meet you when I trained at orientation. Bsf has blessed me personally, and helped me train my children to spend time in His word. Im so grateful. And I feel a great honor to now serve a class and encourage others keep-on when life gets hard. Thats when we need to be in His word even more.
Thank you for your many years of service to Him – it has blessed many. One day you will get to hear all the stories of what God has done and we will all praise Him together.
Your labour is never in vain, because God is so faithful.
A great quote from James Hudson Taylor, ‘any great work for God is hard, then it is impossible, then it is finished.’
He is faithful to finish it….and He has!
Im in the middle if my season but your obedience to do kne more year encouraged me. I think I have many more years in bsf, but I will do them one at a time, asking for His help to do the next right thing.
May God fill you with peace, He is Lord over every season, and you can have a little mourning over the transition, but dknt mourn too long, because you see, He is doing a new thing❤
God bless you sister – until we meet again!!
Susie, thank you for your faithfulness to our Lord and Savior! At a time in my life that was suddenly empty, the Lord placed a dear friend beside me in choir rehearsal. She invited me to come to BSF with her the next week. At a time when I was so fragile and feeling so very alone, God spoke to me. Just go! Just be there. Just rest in me. I will provide and never leave you along. Just rest in this time and hear me speak to you through the Word and the women that I am surrounding you with each week. Over and over for these past 4 years God keeps whispering to me, ” I am here with you, You are mine.” The reason for my sudden emptiness is still lingering, but GOD speaks life into me each day! The Lord, through the ministry of BSF, continues to remind me each day that HE is all I need and to rest in His provision.
Ahhhh Susie! I sit here with tears (shocker!) thinking of all I would want to say to you. I might need to send a card…but for this moment let me say how thankful I am for you. You led us with a vulnerable passion in a way that was strong but very real and personal. I have many sweet memories of times with you at AP events and retreats. I’m very sad that we haven’t gotten to say goodbye in person. I’ve truly missed our AP in person meetings! But God…we trust his sovereignty and march forward, trusting Him. Many blessings on you as you step away. Enjoy a good rest and whatever is next!! I love you lady! 💞Lois Shawback
Dear Susie – Thank you for being available to the Lord for these past 12 years serving as Executive Director at BSF. Our men’s class in Eatontown, NJ benefitted greatly from the SDG concept that was initiated during your tenure. The joy and blessing that the men in Monmouth County have received through the BSF ministry can not be described. May the Lord continue to guide and bless BSF for many years to come. May the Lord bless Hollie with wisdom and discernment to lead BSF these coming years. May the Lord bless you and lead you in the next phase of your life ministry. Thank you, again for your faithfulness. Above all, we give praise and worship to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for His mercy and grace now and forevermore. His Word is faithful and true.
Hello Susie. Thank you for the many years of service to Jesus our Lord. Even though I have never met you, or have known you personally, one doesn’t have to have those privileges to know a true servant of God. Your love for Jesus projects from your words and other venues of communication. It has come from your heart. We can do so many things in Jesus’s name, but if it isn’t from the heart, well, Scripture says it all too well that we are but a noisy gong. You have sung a beautiful resemblance in your life of what is in your heart. And I thank you for that.
May the Lord bless you for your service and adoration for Him. May your retirement shower you with His Open Window of continued joy and I pray He leads you to ‘still waters’ on your new life’s journey. God Bless. Amy Ratto
Susie, Thank you for being available to be used to lead BSF. I have learned so much through studying God’s Word – the BSF way – and in serving in the School Program in Elburn, Illinois.
What an awesome God we serve! God bless you in a new way as you are available to Him.
May His peace, love and joy abound in you.
Thank you for being available to lead. These days with all the changes to keep all running is a challenge. I must praise God and the people at BSF who made it possible to keep us all focused and in God’s word these past difficult years with out missing a beat. I consider it a miracle and very thankful.
Thank you Susie for leading this organization so well during the past 12 years. It was a real joy to get to meet you during the TL training in December 2019, and while a lot has changed since that time, you managed to help the organization navigate the rough waters well. I wish you great things in your retirement from role as BSF Executive Director.
Thank-you for going the extra mile, for putting in all of that extra effort in your final years with BSF. We all know how tired we feel at the end of a race and yet, through the strength of God, you ran that race with all that you had right to the very end. Rest well, good and faithful servant. God’s got this! He is not through with you or with this ministry yet!
Susie, it was nice to meet you in person, albeit still virtually, when you stepped into our recent OT class confirmation. Thank you for the wonderful example you have set of being, exactly what your last blog is about, being available to Christ. Through your obedient service to God and yielding to his will has enabled BSF to grow; drawing more men, women and children from across the world to HIM. Thank you for committing to continue to pray for the organisation as we all continue to seek to magnify God and be matured in his ways. May your retirement days be long and joyful. Enjoy this next special season.
God Bless
God Bless You as you embark on another journey.
Thank you for your faithfulness and strong leadership.
Thank you, Susie, for your 12 years of service to Jesus through BSF. We will miss you and your excellent gift of leadership.
Today, I find myself in a new season, transitioning from a place of weighty responsibility to a stage of real availability. As I now retire from BSF, there is a big hole in my daily life. My temptation is to rush to fill it. But the Lord has spoken these words to me, “Be available.” “Ask simply to be used.” And good friends have counseled me, “Don’t take on too much too soon.” Rather than filling the hole in my schedule, I sense the Lord wants me to be available to see what He is about to do with each new week ahead.
This quote from your blog is ME!! I am retiring in 14 days and felt the need to “fill” my time after listening to the well-meaning advice from other “retirees”…that I would have to fill the time or waste away!! I am choosing to BE AVAILABLE instead! One of the things I am being available for is the BSF study of Matthew. I tried to do BSF 2 times before in past years but with working it never quite worked out…now my church is hosting BSF and since it’s in the mornings and I won’t be working…I’M AVAILABLE! I truly want to dig deeper into God’s Word…and also just be available to family and friends and volunteer opportunities and other things that God may choose to put in my path! I also realize that I need to cultivate my “ears” to be able to listen for those promptings from the Holy Spirit so that I can be obedient! I am so excited about this next chapter in my life! Onward to eternity!! Thank you for all you have done for BSF and I pray God continues to bless you abundantly!!
Thank you Susie for your leadership! I have been in BSF for over just a year just at the start of the Pandemic. I have become stronger and I am digesting the word of God and the meaning of His word for my life. I too retired in this season and just need to rest! Happy retirement to you! Be at peace!
Thank you for you faithful service and wonderful leadership over the years Susie. May God give you peace, rest and joy as you move on. God bless.
Thank you for your faithfulness in serving; especially your expansion to online and rethinking of out dated ideas that limited participation. At the beginning of the pandemic and we were able to immediately pivot to zoom, teaching and sharing God’s word, God’s provision was evident through your leadership. Thank you and God speed!
Dear Susie,. Indeed I praise God for servant leaders who have set the example for us to follow and look with great expectation to growing deeper and growing in my love for God and His people and precious lesson in which we will encounter the UNEXPECTED KING. King of my life I crown thee now, thine be the glory be…
Thank you so much for leading us in the cause of Christ for the world! A job well done!!
I love your blog post above. Interestingly, we moved this year to California from New York. It was a talk with a Jewish mattress salesman, later confirmed by my Zoom BSF group that directed us where to move in California. We are so blessed and directed by God to now live in Camarillo. Our beautiful new life has begun as we wait for God’s next instruction. Thank you for your small reminder and lesson to be simply available. Yours in Christ,
I commend your dedication to the Kingdom & for all your work for the glory of our Lord. Roger was our TL for several yrs in the early 2000s. I pray for your journey and for being a blessing to all. In Christ.
Thank you so very much for your years of service to our Lord by leading BSF. I am so very grateful for the impact that this ministry has made in my life and in the lives of many family members. I often repeat, “Nothing has impacted my walk with the Lord like studying His Word in the community of BSF.” Nothing. It excites me to think of the thousands of people who come to know and love Jesus as they dive deep into His Word like never before. You have led so well with passion for Jesus and dependence on Him. I pray that you and Roger enjoy this new season of life and continue to find complete fulfillment in our Lord Jesus.
Thank you, dear sister in Christ!
May God bless you
Thank you for this inspiring reminder and for your example of living it, too. I have appreciated your leadership and the privilege of serving as a TL under you. May God bless your retirement and your further service in His kingdom. To God be the Glory!
“O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.” Psalm 34:3 Thank you Susie for always magnifying God in your communication to us! I know you will continue to shine for His glory in this new season of life. Thank you for your faithful and exemplary leadership.
Praise the Lord
Hallelujah
Thank you, Susie, for your faithful, Spirit-led leadership through the years. You have inspired a generation of leaders to be available & offer unreserved obedience to our great God, for the fame of Jesus in the nations. God worked mightily through your teaching in my own life & leadership, & I will be forever grateful. I have no doubt that you and Roger made sacrifices that no one knows about, except our Lord. Well done, good and faithful servant. I look forward to hearing about how He works through you in this next season of your life. Hoping our paths cross again someday. 💕
Thanks for all of you have been done for BSF and God.
Dear Susie,
A BSF DL once told me that a Believer does not retire BUT re-tyres. May you find rest and refreshment in the green meadows and quiet streams of Psalms 23, even as Jesus prepares you for new kingdom assignments to His glory.
God is with me every moment of every day. Thanks so much for your leadership and helping us to know what a wonderful savior we have.
Susie, ‘thank you’ for your leadership – spiritually & organizationally – over the past 12 years. Certainly not an easy time to lead BSF but you faithfully served with excellence throughout the seasons. Have a wonderful retirement and enjoy the next season of your ministry.
Praising and thanking God for your commitment and dedication in serving Christ through BSF, Susie! Your love and passion for Jesus is inspiring. May you and your family continue to be richly blessed as you begin your next season of life. 🙏💖
Thank you so much, Susie for your continued BSF leadership. May you continue to be available to God snd may He continue to use you in unexpected ways. Thank you for your service!
Thanks so very much for your leadership. Your blogs have been insightful and challenging.
Thank you for letting the Holy Spirit use you. He will continue to use you, though in different ways.
Hebrews 13: 20
Love, in Christ,
Jeanne Koning, remembering volunteering in the room with “To God Be the Glory” on the wall!
Thank you it’s been great
Thank you so much Susie! You word has lifted me each time I read it. You seem to know where the heart of your flock resides…always spot to n for me!! Thank you again and enjoy this time of rest and reflection❤️
Thank you for your commitment & service to all of us at BSF. May God continue to bless you during the next Season of your life.
What a wonderful blog…and it will be an adventure to follow your story as God uses your new availability. As we discussed, there are new adventures after BSF:) What a privilege it has been for me to share part of that with you and BSF again!
My 2 year old great grandson, Duke, sings the children’s hymn that summaries your thoughts!
Good morning God, This is your Day, I am your child, show me Your way! (Of course he is in BSF)
I love thinking of singing that everyday and following His lead! Excited for you! Much Love!
Susie, thank you for this beautiful reminder to be available in all seasons! SO thankful for the ways God has used you to lead this ministry.
Thank you, Susie, for your outstanding leadership in BSF.