Great Weekend with our Home Church

What a great weekend we experienced!!!! Faith Baptist Church, our home church, celebrated our 25th anniversary with a great day of activity. I have not heard the numbers yet, but I could tell by the size of the crowd it turned out great. Sunday school classes were excellent as usual. Mrs. Christy and I attend the class taught by Bro. Bennie Dill and he brought a wonderful salvation lesson.

During the song service our Pastor, Bro. Dan Carr Sr, gave a detailed history of the church. He has been at Faith for the entire 25 years. He was not pastor when the mission church started, but became pastor after nine months. He told us he surrendered to preach and was elected pastor on the same night! He also said his wife, Mrs. Mickey, was the first convert in the first service of the mission church. What a history.

The morning message was preached by Bro. Bill Riddick. He is 76 years old and was Bro. Dan's pastor when he was saved. I so enjoy hearing great men of God who have stood by the stuff for many years stand and proclaim the Word of God. Bro. Riddick did a wonderful job out of Revelation 3.

Following the morning message we enjoyed "dinner on the ground" and great fellowship with our church family. We are in desperate need of a larger fellowship hall so this was truly close fellowship!

The evening service again was very special. We enjoyed the singing of "Voices of Praise", the ladies singing group from Golden State Baptist College. They did an outstanding job and was an excellent addition to the services. Then Dr. Rene Freret, Director of BEAMS and Bro. Dan's pastor when he surrendered to preach, brought the evening message. He challenged us from the Book of Joshua 24 to choose to stay with the Word of God.

The final report had over 23 people making public professions of faith during the day! We are so blessed to have such a loving and supportive church family.

On a more personal note please be in prayer for our financial situation. We had to have our car worked on this week to the tune of over $500. We are trying to raise money for a three week trip to Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio, and we are still seeking regular monthly support. Please pray that God will continue to meet the needs as they arise.

One more thing before I go. Please pray for a couple of our staff at BEAMS. Mrs. Vicky Smith, our office manager, her mother fell this weekend and is in the hospital. She is doing better, but still needs our prayers. Also, our young man who packs the Bibles, Joshua Carr, was hospitalized with Meningitis this weekend. Thank the Lord it was treatable and he is doing much better. May God continue to keep His hand upon you and please pray for us!