Blog Truth » Church News http://blog.tbcofjax.org The Place to Talk About Truth Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:49:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 VBS 2011! Gold Rush http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/07/30/vbs-2011-gold-rush/ http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/07/30/vbs-2011-gold-rush/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:43:28 +0000 Matt R. http://blog.tbcofjax.org/?p=863 Continue reading →]]> We are excited to be having the TBC of CT teens and sponsors coming to help us with our second VBS!  Thank you so much to my brother-in-law and sister, Matt and Melanie Harper, for doing the back breaking work of traveling from CT to FL with teens and a game plan to help us put on our VBS!  Thanks also to my wife, Jen, for all the organization and work putting together the following flyer.  Without their help, this VBS would have been impossible!  Thank you!

Gold Rush flyer

]]> http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/07/30/vbs-2011-gold-rush/feed/ 0 Charter Service Sunday April 17, 2011! http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/04/15/charter-service-sunday-april-17-2011/ http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/04/15/charter-service-sunday-april-17-2011/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:12:17 +0000 Matt R. http://blog.tbcofjax.org/?p=835 Continue reading →]]> I am excited to announce that Truth Baptist Church is formally organizing!  By God’s grace we have complied a Constitution and By-laws subservient to the authority of God’s Word.  This Sunday those desiring to become members of Truth Baptist Church and have fulfilled the requirements will be given the opportunity to sign the charter of our church.  To commemorate the special occasion, we are planning a special schedule:

9:45 – Sunday School: Brian Tuttle

10:30 – Special Speaker: Pastor Jeff Miller (Pastor of Agnew Road Baptist Church in Greenville, SC)

12:00pm – Lunch (All are invited!)

1:00pm – Charter Service: Pastor Matt Rowley

I am so thankful for the faithful people God has brought to our church.  Please continue to pray that God will gives us wisdom to reach out into our community and reach the lost for His glory.  I am continually reminded of my dependence on God to build “His” church (Matthew 16:18).

Thank you for your prayers and support that have been absolutely vital in starting TBC.  If you live in the area, we would love to have you join us!

In Christ,

Matt Rowley

]]> http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/04/15/charter-service-sunday-april-17-2011/feed/ 1 January 2011 Update Letter http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/01/26/january-2011-update-letter/ http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/01/26/january-2011-update-letter/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:44:44 +0000 Matt R. http://blog.tbcofjax.org/?p=826 Continue reading →]]> We are excited about what the Lord is doing here in Jacksonville!  In the last several months, two people have made professions of faith!  We are also excited to see new people coming and many growing in their walk with the Lord!  Thank you for your prayers and support!

Here is our January 2011 Update Letter.

Matt, Jen, Brianne, and Titus Rowley

]]> http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/01/26/january-2011-update-letter/feed/ 0 Missionary Stephen King Prayer Requests http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/01/18/missionary-stephen-king-prayer-requests/ http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2011/01/18/missionary-stephen-king-prayer-requests/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:02:48 +0000 Matt R. http://blog.tbcofjax.org/?p=820 Continue reading →]]> We were honored to have Stephen and Vickie King, missionaries to Germany, be the first missionaries to present their work at Truth Baptist Church.  Vickie is the daughter of Bob and Susan Clark who are an integral part of our church.  Stephen presented the ministry God has called the to in Gotha, Germany during our Sunday School hour this past Sunday, and the challenged us on the authority behind the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20).

I would like to pass on for your prayers the requests Stephen presented on the last slide of his presentation.  Several people requested them.

Prayer Request for the King family, missionaries to Germany:

For Bibelgemeinde Gotha:

  • For the Lord to provide a place for us to meet as a church.
  • For good opportunities to share the gospel with others.
  • For upcoming outreaches to be effective
    • Musical Mission Team
    • Book table in the open air marketplace
  • For the church to develop into an indigenous German ministry.

For Impact Camp Ministries:

  • For the permits to be granted to start renovations.
  • For the Lord to lift up German leaders that are willing to be more involved in this ministry.
  • For upcoming camps in 2011.
    • Various work camps on the property.
    • Spring Music camp
    • Summer Teen camps
    • Fall Young adults camp

We were pleased to present them with a generous love offering to be an encouragement to their family and send them on their way in a manner worthy of God (3 John 5-8)!

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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!

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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.

]]> http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/08/07/our-first-vacation-bible-school/feed/ 3 One Year Anniversary! http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/27/one-year-anniversary/ http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/27/one-year-anniversary/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:08:45 +0000 Matt R. http://blog.tbcofjax.org/?p=748 Continue reading →]]> 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!”
]]> http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/27/one-year-anniversary/feed/ 0 VBS! August 2-6, 2010 http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/21/vbs-august-2-6-2010/ http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/21/vbs-august-2-6-2010/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:30:06 +0000 Matt R. http://blog.tbcofjax.org/?p=743 Continue reading →]]>

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!

]]> http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/21/vbs-august-2-6-2010/feed/ 0 Bible Study at our House Tomorrow Evening http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/06/bible-study-at-our-house-tomorrow-evening/ http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/06/bible-study-at-our-house-tomorrow-evening/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:48:41 +0000 Matt R. http://blog.tbcofjax.org/?p=730 We are planning to have our regular Bible study and prayer meeting at our home tomorrow evening.  Patrick Geisenburg will be sharing a lesson he prepared on 1 John 2.  Look forward to seeing you there!

]]> http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/07/06/bible-study-at-our-house-tomorrow-evening/feed/ 0 Heading to Greenville http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/06/01/heading-to-greenville/ http://blog.tbcofjax.org/2010/06/01/heading-to-greenville/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:32:41 +0000 Matt R. http://blog.tbcofjax.org/?p=672 Continue reading →]]> Please pray for safety as I travel to Greenville, SC tomorrow morning.  I will be giving an update on our ministry at Agnew Road Baptist Church in the evening.  I’m looking forward to seeing old friends (and young ones…) again:)  I will also be a groomsman in my friend Justin Murphy’s wedding at Mount Calvary Baptist Church on Friday evening.  I plan to travel back Saturday morning  to be home in time for church in Jacksonville on Sunday!

Sadly my wife and Brianne will not be traveling with me.  They left this morning to Bradenton, FL where they will be attending her older brother Jeremy’s wedding.  Amazingly his wedding is one day after Justin’s on Saturday.  I wish I could attend both, but the Lord had other plans.  I miss my family already, but are glad they can spend time with Jen’s family:)

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