5 years ago, Easter Sunday was our lowest attended – why? Holy Friday everybody sacrifices (you know, the meat), come the weekend and everybody scatters for the beach – it’s vacation! All the focus being on us sacrificing 1 day, and that’s about it…we knew something needed to change, things needed to be taught, the exciting news of our triumphal Saviour needed to be proclaimed and celebrated!!! And so, little by little, Scripture was “digested” into the hearts and minds of the people, and this most precious day of the year, is becoming the most cherished day at New Life Baptist. And so as this year’s Easter drew near, John could hardly concentrate…the worship team had special music they had been working soo hard on, our drama team was anticipating a thrilling play of Christ’s sacrifice, and John was bursting at the seams to give out the message that God had given him! Well, guess what?….the people kept coming, and coming, and coming, it was our highest attended normal service (no extra give outs) of 140!
My (kelly’s) parents, sis and bro – in – law were just here for 2 weeks visiting. What a wonderful time we all had together. We had an enjoyable day at “27 Waterfalls” (www.27charcos.com) as we literally “jumped” or “slid” down 27 falls. Quite a treat for us especially with the special company at our side!
I (kelly) am totally saturated with VBS – this will be the first in which the church will completely run on their own. I am soo proud of them, they will do an awesome job!
John’s life is depicted in “where there is no vision the people perish”. I have never met a man with such vision and drive. He has a passion that is soo contagious and I am thankful for him… he is dedicating these next few weeks to more intensive training of our leaders for preparation while we are gone. Please pray for him and the church as we “prep” them to carry on while we are gone for 2 1/2 months.
