Thoughts from the weekend

Thoughts from the weekend

We had a wonderful meeting with our adult Bible teachers last Saturday morning!

Thanks to all the men and women who came.

It is exciting to all of us to come up with a "game plan" for discipleship - for our church family.  I encourage you to look for some positive changes in the "way we do Sunday School," for our adults in the next year and a half.

Changes that will help the spiritual growth of both the new convert and seasoned saint at the same time!

Debbie and I had the privilege of attending the Illinois Family Institute banquet last Friday evening, with Dr.  Ben Carson as the guest speaker.

He challenged all of us that America is heading down the pathway of every other civilization in the world (focus on entertainment and sports, moral collapse of country, laying aside of spiritual values) but encouraged us with the fact that as we all work together, and pray together and minister together, our country can turn around!

It was personally gratifying to have Missionary Doug Hollis with us this weekend.

Doug is a life long friend of mine.  He also is one of those missionaries that is being extremely effective in the country that he ministers in (Indonesia).

What passion!  What commitment!

May God continue to call missionaries such as these to the mission field!

May God help us all to "pick up the torch" and do what we can to see the gospel of Jesus Christ spread throughout the earth!

Please consider giving monthly to missions.  $10, $20, $30 or $40 or $50 a month.  Our desire is to support even more missionaries for the cause of Jesus Christ.

People need Jesus!

Do we care?  Will we pray?  Will we give!

Great, challenging questions for all of us.

Love you all.....