WANT TO SAY THANK YOU?

To paraphrase a tribute to the legendary James Brown, how would you like to say thank you to some of the hardest working people in Hollywood! Except it is not James Brown and it is not Hollywood. It is the school teachers at Johns Island Elementary School. On Wednesday, May 6, we will be serving a delicious Kickin’ Chicken lunch to the staff at Johns Island Elementary. We did this last year and had a great time meeting the teachers and staff. It is an opportunity to meet and greet and to show appreciation. The cost has been taken care of by our “Kickin’ Chicken Benefactor”. All we need are smiling faces to serve and to do some very minor set up. If you would like to go, please let me know ASAP. Some of you may have been praying for this school and now is an opportunity to put some feet…even if they are tiny little chicken feet, to your prayers. We will only have room for about 6 or 7…maybe 8 volunteers. Think Connection Group, families or for you extroverts, a chance to meet people you do not yet know!

HOW IS IT GOING?

How is your Pray Charleston 2026 going? I did send one post card to the mayor to let him know he is being prayed for. I hope there are many, many people praying for him and all of our elected officials. We will try to produce new prayer brochures for every quarter of the year. That way we can be praying for different people, ministries, services, etc. “Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29:7

ROAD TRIP

The plan is that I will leave on Wednesday, April 29 to travel to Somerset, Kentucky to do an onsite visit with a prospective staff member. We are looking for a Pastor of Administration and Small Groups/Connection Groups. We have already had multiple times with this prospect and, at this point, feel like we would like to continue pursing this work relationship. Please keep us in your prayers. I will plan to be back Friday evening, May 1 and will be in church Sunday. By the way, I will say this a bunch of times: this is someone who will be an Associate Pastor. He is not someone to be the next pastor. His gift mix is perfect for a “second chair” leader.

See you Sunday, good Lord willing!

Pastor Tom