A Busy Day

Our congregation was busy and blessed Sunday, June 27th. We worshipped at our usual time Sunday morning in our sanctuary which is decorated for celebrating the season of Independence Day. Our message addressed the state of our union. Brian sang a medley of patriotic songs and then we said the pledge to the flag. Some of us enjoyed a wonderful lunch together. We had the service at the Rest Home mid afternoon where Brian spoke of the sacrifices of the founding fathers of our country after we all sang to the Lord together. Next, some of us practiced for the evening service.

Several had the job of decorating the transportation of their choice for the Parade. We gathered at the parking lot of FBC and traveled across the highway and then south toward Central Baptist Church. The Ministerial Alliance sponsors our Fourth of July Celebration every year, a joint worship service featuring patriotic music and a call to remember our origins. This year we celebrated the truth of "who" America is. We start with the parade, which consists of American citizens and their decorated vehicles. We always have lawn mowers, golf carts, cars, pickups, horses, bikes, floats, etc. We meet in one of the sanctuaries for the praise and worship service. Then, we enjoy the dishes folks bring and alllllll the watermelon we can eat.

How blessed we are to be the benefactors of so many sacrifices in years past. We were humbled as we recounted the tales of commitment and loss suffered by the men and women who founded this country. We are brought to our knees before a merciful God who desires to plant in our hearts the same vision for liberty and freedom our forefathers received. May our commitment to truth be as deep and real as theirs.

Enjoy a few pictures from the day.

Peacock Family Theatre

Last night, we had our first Peacock Family Theatre. We enjoyed hot dogs and desserts downstairs before the presentation. I forgot to take any pictures of the meal but it was good and lots of fun. We had a very good turn-out, though we were hoping we could interest some of the folks who haven't been a part of our church to come fellowship with us. We will continue to pray they will have a desire to join us. We watched the movie Evan Almighty which teaches good values on our priorities. God tells Evan Baxter to build an ark and he obeys this seemingly ridiculous instruction. One of the statements God makes is, "What I do, I do because I love you." I don't know if the writer and producer realize there is truth in the message of the movie. It isn't a perfect sermon but it was good for our first Theatre Night. If you haven't seen it, you might want to rent it for your own theatre night.

It is such an honor and blessing for Brian and me to be at Peacock where the folks are so genuine, generous toward God's work, and love God's Word. How we hope and pray that God will bring people to worship with us. We want to be used to love His creation and bring His Word to the hearts of people who won't want to leave this earth without it.

Here are a couple of pictures I took as people began to come upstairs for the movie.