A GREAT TRADITION
Vacation Bible School is one of the great traditions of the church. And I have particularly come to love the way our church family does VBS. It is truly a family event reaching preschoolers, children, youth and adults. For our newer members it may seem strange having a week of VBS for adults. Think about it this way: a week of studying God’s Word, being with church members you would like to know, having family together for a week! What’s not to love? By the way, our VBS Team will even provide a lite meal each night.
There is a lot competing for our hearts these days. Here is a way of making an effort to reach our kids before we have to rescue them. Be in prayer for our volunteers. They work all day and then come and volunteer 3 hours a night for the week. They do it because they love Jesus and love our kids! Let’s pray for the spiritual harvest this week.
ROCK THE BLOCK
Pastor Sean and his team will launch a brand new mission this Saturday called “Rock the Block”. It is literally taking it to the streets. Their first area to bless will be the park on Medway, the street directly behind the back parking lot of the church campus. They will cook out, have a jump castle, plays some games and share the sweet love of our Lord Jesus. I love Sean’s heart on this mission. The Great Commission says “go” and so here he goes! Love it.
FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME
This past Monday I left for Houston, Texas to attend the Southern Baptist Convention. I cannot remember the last time I attended the Southern Baptist Convention. Certainly it has been over ten years since I have attended and maybe as many as 15 years ago. I am certain a few blue moons have passed. What makes this one interesting is the chance for my Friday Pastor’s group to go and visit one of our guys that moved to Texas. I have been meeting every Friday for the last 20 years with a small group of Pastor’s. Our current group consist of Marshall Blalock of First Baptist Charleston, Curt Bradford at Riverbluff in North Charleston and myself. One of our members, Tim Head, use to pastor Lighthouse Church in Mt. Pleasant. He now works for the SBC at Guidestone. We will meet Tim in Houston for the convention and then drive to his home in Dallas to spend a few days with him. Even though he is in Dallas, we still copy him in on what takes place in our group.
I am looking forward to seeing you Sunday, good Lord willing.
Pastor Tom
