August 21, 2010

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Read all about It!

Sunday August 15, was a huge day for me.  Not only did I have to preach, but I was ordained.  At Sunday nights fellowship following the ordination, we saw a large crowd of friends whom Jean and I love dearly.  We will truly miss our friends at First Baptist Church of Lexington.  It is our family. 

I just want to say thank you to everyone for the generosity.  A total of $ 5,000 was received for the new church plant.  This will allow us to pay for the building modification in the Fellowship Hall/Youth Center and for signage required by city ordinance.  We still have to raise our first months rent, but I have no doubt God will provide for this is His work to honor His Son. 

New Coat of Paint

A huge thank you thank you goes to Herb Shafer and Eddie Appling for putting on a fresh coat of paint in our sanctuary.  A second coat will complete the job this week.

Lease

The lease on the sanctuary will be signed this week.  This will allow us to get our water running under the church name Journey Baptist.  This is exciting as we watch the church building begin to look like a worship center.    

The second building, our Fellowship Hall/Student Center is still under construction to meet fire codes.  We will sign the lease for that building upon completion of all the work.  

Prayer Meeting

This week's prayer meeting will be changed from Monday night to Wednesday night.  There will be a business meeting at the new church for all core group members on Wednesday August 25 at 6:30 PM. 

Baptist Bible Fellowship International is the organization that makes up pastors and not churches of like faith of which Journey will associate itself with.  Pastor Hector and his wife Jean are both graduates of Baptist Bible College, Springfield, MO. 

Pastor's Hector, Ralph Schneck and Richard Flemming will be traveling with their wives to this meeting this week.  Pastor Hector will mention the new work and begin the process of requesting for some financial assistance from the fellowship. 

Piano

We have our first piano! Thank you goes to the Lanier's who purchased this item for Journey Baptist Church.  We're excited about this important instrument. Our pianoist played a few songs for us on Saturday.  We can't wait to hear some more old favorites and well as new songs being played on for the first time during our worship hours.

Our Celebrate Recovery Ministry will begin in October.  I met with our leaders Dan and Cassie Marshall who will head up this important ministry.  Dan plans to begin this ministry on Thursday October 7, 2010.  Tailgating will be at 6 PM and Big Stuff will start at 6:45 PM.