Morning all:
Sue, Nope...we never got to the lawn. We went to the dump, then to get groceries at the Wally World in Shelbyville. While there we figured we'd go ahead and get the mini-blinds for the windows and a few other smaller items we needed like a shower curtain liner (the old one ripped), and then off to the post office in Bell Buckle. Bell Buckle was busy, and we had a LOT of mail. Hadn't been to the PO Box in a week. Since I don't drive much any more because of vertigo/unsteadiness, we only go when Viv is able to be home. I ended up in bed with a vertigo attack when we got home and Viv was looking at some things for her business online.
Sunday was great! Praise the Lord for the new church from the split. It was so great to see some happiness and growth in people's lives through adversity. We had prayer meeting before SS, all of the church holding hands in a circle, and the Lord blessed! SS was about prayer and it's importance in not only the life of the individual, but, in the life of the church. The sermon was on Surviving and thriving despite persecution and struggle!
After morning service, we had a business meeting, and voted on several things. One was to register our domain name and get a site up ASAP for the public. Another was to become a part of the SBC, with only two dissenting votes, and these folks were from a Holiness background. But, they agreed to abide by the church's wishes/doctrine of the Bible. We also voted to send a collective letter to Midland, the church where I just resigned as pastor, and ask that our names be dropped from the membership rolls since they've made it clear that no letters would be sent to Faith Community Church from Midland. It's a shame, but, we still prayed for them, for God to bless them, to open their eyes, and for souls to continue to be saved through their ministry. We bear no grudges. We cannot and expect the blessing of God!
We're getting ready to start our visitation program, and to start hitting doors in the community. Please, pray for God's continued blessing. Even with several families out for Girl Scout camp, we had 31 in the morning worship service. If they would have been there, there would have been 45+. Plus, we had new visitors. I truly believe the Lord will bless this church. It's a place of prayer, honor and service to God, and to each other. Praise the Lord!
All three of us who were preachers at Midland are now at Faith Community, and we all have retained our positions. We are currently praying for a facility to meet in and are praying the Lord will open one soon. We've already outgrown the house we're meeting in! Amen!!!
Wow...it's been a long time since I've felt this kind of excitement, and seen the Lord working in so many lives at once! It's great!!!
I hope all had a wonderful Sunday!
We are now facing some REALLY bad weather here. It's been raining off and on, and the wind is really starting to pick up. It was hot, humid and foggy here this morning, and we're under an "Inland Tropical Storm" warning as well as a flood warning, with wind advisories. They're saying winds could be at 75mph with gusts up to 90. Please keep us in your prayers! Our neighbors, too.
We love ya'll, and we're praying for you.
T
