Tomorrow morning at 5:15am we will be heading the airport to fly to CT for vacation/update/ordination! We are excited about being able to get away for a short vacation and to visit family and friends.
I am so thankful that God has provided capable men in the church to direct the work while we are gone. I have three different men filling in for 2 Wednesday evenings (8/25, 9/1) as well as Sunday School and Morning Worship on Sunday, August 29th. We will miss everyone here in Jax, but are confident that they will be able to get along just fine without us.
This Saturday evening at 6:30 I will present my doctrinal statement to the men of Truth Baptist Church in CT. I will be preaching in the morning service and giving an update on the ministry in Jacksonville in the evening service. Lord willing, if I can pass the examination:), I will be ordained in the evening service.
We would appreciate your prayers as we travel with two young children!
The Lord has been encouraging my heart as I have been meditating on the awesome character of my God. I thought I would just share some passages that have been an encouragement to me!
1 Chronicles 29:11-13 “Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. 12 “Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name.”
Jeremiah 10:6-7 “There is none like Thee, O Lord; Thou art great, and great is Thy name in might. 7 Who would not fear Thee, O King of the nations? Indeed it is Thy due! For among all the wise men of the nations, And in all their kingdoms, There is none like Thee.”
If you have some verses that have been a blessing to you on the greatness of God, please leave them in a comment!
Some of the children
Mummy Mobile Races
Egyptian Costumes!
This past week we held our first Vacation Bible School for children ages 3 years old to the 8th grade. God greatly blessed and brought a growing number of children each morning! Thank you to those of you who prayed, invited, and worked in VBS! May the Lord use this effort to reach children and families with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
A big thank you to the teen group from Truth Baptist Church in CT who came down to help us run the VBS! We worked them hard with flier distributions, set up and tear down each day. They also ran the lessons, games, and crafts.
On Saturday evening we celebrated the anniversary of Truth Baptist Church! God has blessed us and our church exceeding abundantly beyond all that we could ask or think (Ephesians 3:20)! Our first service was held on July 26, 2009. I am so thankful to the Lord for the faithfulness of several who have attended since the first service and for those God has brought us in the past year! To God be the glory!
Here are a few pictures from the anniversary banquet we held at the Baptist Hospital downtown Jacksonville. Our guest speaker for the evening was Pastor Martin Masitto from Victory Baptist Church on the north side of town.
Bradley family decorated!
Those able to attend
The view from our window on the 8th floor!
Rescue helicopter below us
Great fellowship!
Our theme verses for the evening were:
1 Chronicles 29:11-13 “Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. 12 “Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name!”
We are gearing up for Vacation Bible School August 2-6. We are excited to have the teen group from TBC in CT coming down to help us run our first VBS. We will be using Answers in Genesis “Egypt File” material.
Here is the flyer that I designed to be distributed to children in our area:
Front
Back
Please pray that God will bring children and families and that His name would be glorified as the result of these efforts!
