June is such a great month. The old saying is “Spring would be a tough act to follow, so God made June!” The grill gets fired up, the pools are ready, you get extra hours of daylight. You can get ready for bed while it is still light outside!
Let’s make June a month of worship, Bible study, fellowship with friends, inviting those who are close to us but far from God to join us for a fun event…like a ballgame. What a great month.
June at JIBC includes VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. This is one of the time-honored spiritual traditions here in the South. Throughout the year, parents, grandparents, Sunday School teachers have all been planting the Gospel seeds and VBS is one of the seasons where we just might see a spiritual crop! Our VBS will be June 23-June 27. There is a VBS training event on Thursday, June 12 and the VBS Decorating Event on Saturday, June 21. See Felecia Hebert or Pastor Kyle about the details.
Father’s Day almost slips by without too much fanfare. Not this year! This year we will have a “Parent Child Dedication Service” on June 15 at the 11:00 service. If you feel like double dipping, we will also have a recognition of one of our faithful servants on that day, too!
Here is a June event that happened as a result of the Festival of Hope. On June 29, 6:30 p.m., JIBC will host a free “Narcan Training” event. The Festival of Hope was designed to help remove the stigma of mental health issues and to raise awareness of addictions. There have been 187 drug overdose deaths this past year in Charleston. In South Carolina there were 2,296 drug overdose deaths in 2022. Let’s make June a month we decided to do something to change that number. Everyone attending will receive a free Narcan kit and free training.
June is the gateway to summer. Let’s make June a fun gateway to worship, service, fellowship and friends!
Summer time and the living is easy…and blessed, I hope!
Pastor Tom
