Revival Time!

As hard as it is for me to realize it, May 3rd is NEXT SUNDAY! And, May 3rd is REVIVAL TIME FOR OUR CHURCH! Our Spring Revival begins next Sunday morning and will continue on Sunday Night and Monday through Wednesday evenings. I hope you are planning now to attend every service.

This promises to be a great series of meetings! I have asked Tom Marsh, recently retired Pastor of FBC Casey, Illinois, to be our speaker for these meetings. Tom is one of the best men I have ever known and ANY MAN who completes over twenty years in God-honoring ministry at a single church (as Tom has) deserves to be heard!

I simply asked him to preach what he thinks are the most important five sermons that a church needs to hear. He told me, that the first Sermon would be, "You Must Be Born Again!" AMEN - that is good preaching!

Set aside the dates, set aside a generous love-offering, bring your family and friends. This can be a great week in the life of our church, and I do not want you to miss any of it.

"THE REVELATION" FOR ROOKIES!

Beginning on Thursday Night, May 14th, and continuing on BOTH Thursday and Sunday Nights, I will be preaching through the Book of Revelation in a series that I have titled: "The Revelation for Rookies!"

This will be a verse-by-verse exposition of the most mysterious of Biblical Books. This study is designed for people who are not experts in Bible Prophecy, but who have a desire to learn more about what God is doing and will do in the future to bring about the fulfillment of the Covenants and promises He has made to His people!

This series of sermons will be simple enough for every Christian to grasp, yet deep enough to grow your faith! I hope you will set aside time for this study, start reading through the Book, and mark your calendars now!

Your family and friends will be more intersted in this study than anything else I could teach! I hope you will bring many of them to these services.

Update: Sherrie Wolfe

Sherrie is doing much better today, and MAY go home this afternoon! Please be in prayer for her and Joe as she begins the process of recovery at home.

She was very much enjoying pictures of Hudson this morning!

Welcome to the World Hudson Blaine Wolfe!

Hudson Blaine Wolfe has arrived safely at 8 pounds and 1 ounce! He and his parents, Alicia and Jason Wolfe, are all doing well.

Please be patient with Hudson's grandparents, Joe and Sherrie Wolfe and Jay and Barbara Adrain, they won't have much else to talk about for a while!

Thank the Lord and thanks for praying!

More Good News!

Sherrie Wolfe came through her surgery very well and is beginning her recovery in DMH. Hopefully, she will be home in a couple of days!

Ralph Hanner is doing much better and was out and about town for awhile today!

Alicia Wolfe was induced this morning. I will let you know when HUDSON arrives on the scene!

Very Good News!

Dorothy Otto reports that her medical tests reveal that she does NOT have cancer! She asked that I pass on her deep appreciation for all of your prayers for her.

We do not know why God heals one and not another; but all of us who know and love Jesus can rest fully in His promise that He, "is working all things together for good to those that love God and are called according to His purpose." - Rom. 8:28

We rejoice this day with Dorothy and continue to pray for everyone we know with health issues.

As the Lord allows, I will see you in the morning!
Pastor

New Sermon Series - "Church Matters!"

Since our Constitution Revision Committee has just about completed their work, I am going to take a few weeks away from our verse-by-verse study of The Gospel of Mark to bring five sermons that will explain biblically the changes we will be suggesting in the structure and ministry processes of our church.

The series of five sermons, which will begin next Sunday (4/19) includes: "Understanding the Gospel" - "Membership Matters" - "Leadership Matters" - "Discipleship Matters" - and "Ministry Matters".

Following these sermons, (and our Spring Revival and Mother's Day) I will move back into The Gospel of Mark and hopefully complete the Book by the end of November.

I hope you will listen carefully to each of these messages as I explain why the Committee and I believe that the changes we are suggesting represent a more biblical stucture and approach to ministry than we have under our present Constitution.

God bless you, yours, and all that you hold dear!
Pastor Lanny

New Name, New Purpose!

Since you are reading this, you have realized that my BLOG has a new name, "P-T Pointers!" "P-T" (of course) stands for, "Pastor-Teacher" which is the Office to which our Church has called me. After struggling for some time about how to best use this tool, I have decided to focus it specifically as a primary tool for communicating news, updates, commentary, my personal reflections, and articles by me and othes that I think will be useful to the members and friends of our Church.

I hope you will bookmark this Blog in your favorites and that you will look at it often to keep up with all the latest about our Church.

God bless you and yours! As the Lord allows, I'll see you Sunday with a smile on your face, your Bible in your hand, and a friend by your side!

Pastor Lanny