Exciting days....
It snowed yesterday, but thankfully it cleared in time for church this morning. We enjoyed God's blessing of snow, but Scotland is not as prepared for winter events as places that see a lot of snow. Snow could have hindered our services, but thankfully it did not. It was actually about 50 degrees (10 degrees C) today.
The excitement today was not the weather, but the fellowship meal and baby shower after the AM service. It was a joyful time together as a church family. Our attendance was very good today with only a few missing. With Katie's sister's family of 7 we had 36 in attendance. Praise the Lord. Please keep praying for God to grow His work. We love the people He has brought to Southside Free Baptist Church.
I preached a message this morning which has a theme that is vital in the day in which we live. The message was, "Church and State" from Esther 4. Eshter had a voice which she used to protect God's people from wicked legislation. Sadly, many bills currently passing throught the government, greatly impact the health of the church. In Scotland we have had, Hate Crime Legislation, anti-smacking legislation, all of the sexual perversion legislation, abortion legislation, and now Euthenasia is being tabled. Please pray for God to overrule those who would seek to overthrow His church. May God help us each to do our part to be light in the midst of all of this darkness.
We are enjoying having family here. We have "adopted" family arriving on Monday as Missionary Amanda Baker will arive to spend the Thanksgiving week with all of us. Amanda usually is at our home for Thanksgiving and we look forward to seeing her. On Wednesday night we are going to show a film and enjoy some pumpkin pie with our church family. Thanksgiving is such a good Christian holiday that we enjoy educating our church family about it annually.
God is doing a great work at SFBC. Thank you for your vital part in it. (The pic is from last night.... all gone this morning.)
