We're off and Running!

September 12 the start date of our new church plant was a great start!  We had 34 in Sunday School, 76 in worship, and 27 at the Sun. PM service. 

Jim Middleton started us off by teaching Sunday School on the subject of "The Bible".  His wife Kelly took prayer requests and led us in prayer.

Several core members manned the hospitality area to assist Janet Grubbs offer juice, coffee and pastries.

Our nursery led by Angel Moore met at Palmetto Design's conference room.  A big thank-you goes to the owners of the buildings, the Jones family for working with us.  Our area is not quite finished yet.  We're hoping everything will be up and running next Sunday.  The children were led by Jeannette Farr who had her group meet outside in the beautiful weather.

Our ushers were led by Greg Moore who also did an outstanding job.

Music was done by different people.  Devon Shelton started us out by singing "I wouldn't take anything for my Journey", followed by Amazing Grace song by Dan and Cassie Marshall, followed by Joyce Leach who played a hymn favorite on the violin, followed by Wendy Bush who sang "Holy Ground". 

Our first message was to celebrate God's provisions on "Buildings and Builders". 

Now the real work begins!

Friends Travel Long Distance

David & Sharon in the Middle of the pack

We were pleasantly surprised to see unexpected friends.  I would guess that David and Sharon Padgett get the prize for driving the longest distance.







Beyond the Call of Duty

Everybody from our core group did a great job in making it a successful first service.  There are no words to say other than they went over and beyond the call of duty.

No Shutter Bugs

We did have one small problem; not a single picture was taken of the first service, but fortunately, Deannie Shelton videotaped some of the service for Cassie.  I'll try to get a still picture from the video so we can have it for our church scrapbook.






Evangelism

Devon Shelton shares the gospel to a local resident.   Pray that we take advantage of thousands of witnessing opportunities when presented with the opportunity.







Buildings

Our Fellowship Hall/Student Center will be inspected this week.  This will be the final inspection.  We expect all to go well.  Once we get the okay, we can get into the buildings and begin to clean, paint, and hopefully have it ready for next Sunday.

Signs

Our signs should be up by the end of the week if not sooner. 

Pine Ridge Festival

We had a great evening at the Pine Ridge Festival on Friday night.  Hundreds of people were handed flyers advertising our church.  Many residents were excited to learn of Journey Baptist Church.  Many said they would attend and several did attend.

Okay, how does it work?

Prop Makes a Great Hit!

The "Ripley's Believe it or Not" prop was a great hit with the kids.  They couldn't figure out how a suspended faucet in midair could put out water.  We give thanks to Jim Filiatrault for his workmanship and allowing us to use the prop.



Neighborhood Canvassing

Mike Roth and I continue to walk the neighborhoods handing out information about the church.  Today we had the opportunity to share the gospel.  It was a delight to brag on Jesus!


Hudson's BBQ

Hmmm! Them's Good Groceries!

My former pastor and his posse' the paid staff of FBC treated me and Jean to lunch at Hudson's BBQ today.  Afterwards they visited Journey Baptist Church were they were given a tour of the property.  Pastor Ralph prayed for continued success and blessings.