Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Israel 2011


Bro. John and I met with Bro. Ralph Sexton in Atlanta today to begin plans for our 2011 trip to Israel. We are certainly excited about the overwhelming response from our people about going. Bro. Ralph will be leading his 40th trip to Israel this Spring and then will help me guide our trip in November 2011. Shalom!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Live Video

We have just passed the 13,000 mark. Over 13,000 times someone has viewed or downloaded our live or archived services. I thought it was interesting that Shannon, the lady who came forward this past Sunday for public profession of faith, was under conviction about salvation the previous week while watching our services live on the internet. She was then gloriously saved that evening! Praise the Lord for the folks who are faithfully serving in our media ministry.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Eatin' at "Lady and Sons"

Enjoyed a fun day with over 50 of our Seniors on a journey to Savannah today. Thanks to Julian and Sybil for doing such a great job with the Joy Class. Their class has grown from about 30 to over 65 every Sunday in the past year. Praise the Lord!
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On our way to Savannah

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

AWANA Awards

Had a wonderful evening with all of our children and families at the AWANA Awards. We are so proud of each child for all of their efforts in scripture memory this year. Thanks to Scott and Tammy West and all of our leaders for their quality investment in the lives of our precious young ones.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Overdue Update

My family and I have been enjoying a few days away and it's past time for an update on the blog.
Sunday, May 2nd was another great day at Lakeside with 4 more new believers baptized. It was a joy once again to have an entire family in the baptistry. The church family honored us for our 2nd anniversary at Lakeside and presented us with very kind gifts. We love each of you and are amazed at what the Lord has done in just 2 short years. We look forward to the future!


We also enjoyed having some special guest missionaries Dan and Cherish Principe from Siler City, NC. Bro. Dan was my Assistant Pastor at Community Baptist and has done a fine job there for the past 4 years. The Lord has recently led them to go to Sanford, Maine to help Church Planter Todd Bell and we will be supporting them in their ministry. I relied on Dan at a time when I greatly needed him. He is an outstanding young preacher and I am extremely proud of him.
Bro. David McCoy preached a tremendous message this past Saturday at our CSRA Youth Rally. Bro. Ray did a fantastic job of organizing the entire day with over 250 teens attending. The Victorious Valley Girls and our youth choir each blessed us with singing and the altar was filled as the invitation was given. Praise the Lord. You hear a lot of negatives about this young generation in the news today, but I am so glad that there are some young people who are standing for the Lord. One of our high school seniors, Allison Shedd is leading the "Shoes for South Africa" drive and they have now collected over 1000 pairs of shoes on their way to 3000! This is going to be a great tool for the missionaries in South Africa to use.
We certainly enjoyed Mother's Day this past Sunday too. It seems like every week just gets better and better. More new members, a profession of faith, beautiful music and the house was filled again, wow!
Looking forward to the AWANA awards Wednesday night. We love each of you and can't wait to get back.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Lakeside Ladies at Mt. Vintage

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