Whew! Thank you for the continued prayers. We finished our Magnificent Monday service and everything went really well. We will go by the church tomorrow morning and load our equipment then head home, closing out a 2200 mile road trip.
Again, we appreciate the prayers. You are a blessing,
John
Great day in the Lord this Sunday. It began early with a 7:30 a.m. rehearsal of accomp. and rhythm group followed by an 8:30 service and a 10:45 service. Just a reminder, I was doing music supply for the minister of music of Parker Memorial. After going out for lunch we rested about an hr. before heading to Heflin, AL, to set up for our concert.
The concert was well received. It was a blessing as the church was full of all ages including numerous young families. It was a fun night.
Tomorrow morning we will head to Parker Memorial to set up for the evening Magnificent Monday service.
Thanks for the continued prayers,
John
Well, after a morning of rest we began making plans for the weekend of ministry. This afternoon we moved equipment into Heflin Baptist Church where I will be in concert tomorrow night. I am filling in for a vacationing Minister of Music at Parker Memorial in Anniston in the morning and as such, will be leading in worship for the service. Then tomorrow afternoon we’ll go to Heflin, about 20 miles from here, set up the equipment we moved today and do the concert.
I’ll be in touch. Thanks for the prayers!
John
Hi friends,
We left camp yesterday in Spicewood, TX, at 10 a.m. following the camp awards. Hearing that 2 more little girls came to Christ in their “cabin time” following the difficult service Wednesday night for a total of 12 decisions for Christ. We praise Him!
With only 1 one hr. stop (we stop for only necessity other than that) for dinner yesterday evening, we arrived in Forest, MS, around 10:30 p.m. Our plans are to leave here by 8 a.m. to arrive in Anniston, AL, by noon.
Thank you for your continued prayers as we draw near to conclusion of a very long, but wonderful road trip. I will be doing music supply for Parker Memorial Baptist Sunday morning, a concert at FBC, Heflin, AL, Sunday night, and leading in worship for Parker Memorial’s Magnificent Monday night service.
Blessings,
John
see ya soon, Rocky!
Hey there,
It was one for the ages tonight as the wind shook the tabernacle we met in. Some kids were ill (don’t know if it’s virus related or a combination of sun/exhaustion/and mexican food at the cafeteria but there was some movement as kids left to throw up.
God got the victory with 10 professions of faith and some other movement in response to the Holy Spirit.
Praise the Lord. Thanks for the prayers.
John
Last night we had a great service with lots of activities following and the kids were really responsive and “active” throughout. There are 115 kids we are ministering to and many are first time campers for a church camp. Not sure how many are not “attenders” anywhere but it’s a great group. Everything’s been leading up to tonights service. The decision service. Pray that God has His way completely.
I look forward to what He’s going to do. Can’t imagine a better way to spend a birthday!
Love you all,
John
Hi friends,
We arrived last night to move in equipment. Geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz, is it a long ways out here. We left Baton Rouge at 8:45 a.m. Sunday morning and with only a 45 minute lunch and a couple of gas stops, we arrived at the camp at 6:45 p.m.
Pray for the kids and that their hearts would be open a receptive. They are arriving by bus around 11 a.m. this morning and we’ll run through Thursday morning.
I’ll keep you posted,
John
Made it to our first stop, Baton Rouge. The closing day at Laurel was really good. The kids are great and the ministry team of this church is a special group. We pray that the seeds planted will come to ripeness in His time. Thank you for your continued prayers.
We will pull out in the morning for the journey to the camp in Spicewood, TX, just outside Austin. It comes out to about 7 1/2 hr drive for us so we’ll take it a little easy. As long as we get there before dark (so we can easily see land marks) we should be fine.
Pray that God will work mightily as we continue the calling. The kids will be coming in Monday morning and we’ll go through Wednesday night. I’ll try and keep you up as we go along.
Blessings,
John
Yesterday went pretty well with just a few “hiccups”. The kids were responsive and VERY active. We are working with a wide age range so that presents it’s own set of problems to be dealt with but this is a great ministry team at Salem Heights so there have been little disruptions during our worship times.
I will have my first presentation at 8:30 this morning and my last at 4:15 where we will conclude with “decision” service. Pray for discernment as how, exactly, to handle a group with such a large age span.
Following that service we will pack up and head out on the first leg of our TX trip. Our plan is to drive to Baton Rouge and spend the night. That will give us about 7 1/2 hrs left on Sunday. I will be in touch, Lord willing, after we land in Spicewood, TX.
Keep praying!
John
Hi friends,
Arrived in Laurel this afternoon and got everything moved in to our equipment, had our sound check and dinner and we’re off. Tomorrow we’ll begin and with your prayers we look forward to God doing some great things.
John