Because finals are very soon, we will be having our final Bible study for the school year at Park tomorrow. Where did the school year go? Throughout the year, I’m estimating that students from over a dozen different nations heard the gospel, and one young lady has been especially impacted. She is from Kenya, and we are so pleased that she will be around this summer and continue to attend our church meetings. We really love her.
I’m so pleased (even though he’d rather be gradutating!) that Ryan, the student leader, will be back next year at Park. Ryan is a humble young man with a real heart for the Lord, and he does a very good job of building relationships with the students on campus. He’s growing by leaps and bounds, and is potentially headed into the ministry. I look forward to seeing him every week.
Also, I think we are going to have one of our church members attending Park next year. She is a very relational young lady and I’m looking forward to what God will do through her on campus.
Thank you for praying for this ministry! I’ll try to get a picture of the group tomorrow.
Greetings from Louisville, Kentucky. I’m currently at the Together for the Gospel conference. There are over 5,000 men at this conference, and I’ve been able to see old friends and meet new friends and give away some books from Christian Communicators Worldwide. Today during the conference, we were singing I Will Glory in My Redeemer, a song Katie loves to sing, so I called home and held the phone out so she could hear (You should hear 5,000 men singing at the top of their lungs!!!). Katie has been sick and has an ear ache, so I thought this might make her smile. I could “hear” her smile through the phone.
I’m actually staying with a friend in a dorm-like building at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where a bunch of single guys live, and this has given me many opportunities to give away free books and talk about church life with these aspiring pastors and missionaries. I’m staying up late (I’d forgotten about that part!!!) hopefully having an impact in their lives. When I was in college and seminary, I longed for an actual pastor to take the time to talk to me and listen to me and answer my questions, but struggled to find guys that would take the time. Back then, I decided to be a pastor that would give time to young men training for the ministry. I’ve sensed the Lord helping me to do that this week (in fact, only his grace keeps me up and talking, I’m convinced!) I’ll be getting home tomorrow evening, and can’t wait. I miss Patty and the kids terribly, and the people of Christ Fellowship!
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The Masters, my favorite tournament of the year. This is the week to be Jim Nantz (whom I can hear saying the statement above in my head), who got front row seats at the great NCAA championship game Monday night, and he will get the best seat in the house at Augusta as he commentates for CBS.
Who’s your pick, Tiger or the field? I’m taking the field.
Click here for the bulletin insert I wrote for April. Check out www.bulletininserts.org for the inserts Jim, Daryl, and Susan wrote. We offer enough each month to have a bulletin insert for each Sunday, and we provide these for free online. We only expect that churches will not change the wording and also will include the copyright information at the bottom. Enjoy!
