On Friday evening, Larry Bailey from Sidney, NY came over for his bi-weekly study. The title/purpose of Larry's class is "How to make the local church stronger" based on the book of Philippians. So we looked Friday night at chapter 2 and how we must have the same mind as Christ.."Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." Phil 2:4. The study was something that I needed to hear and sure the brethren up here needed it as well.
Larry was trying to convince me to stay an extra week, since mom and dad will be up the week after I leave. But as I explained to him, I have a prior preaching engagement in Gettysburg, PA on October 4 so unfortunately that isn't going to work out. Mom and dad will also be in Gettysburg on October 11, so I am a week early from meeting up with them.
Yesterday's service went well. But there is one member who has not been since the congregation moved to the apartment complex. The brethren are worried about her, but are not having a lot of luck getting in contact with her. Several of the members have offered to go pick her and her son up, but she has not expressed the willingness to accept that offer. The brethren are doing their best to help her along. So pray for them and the young lady.
After services, I was invited over to Granville's house to watch some football. Needless to say, we didn't watch a lot of football. We talked for about 5.5 hours about spiritual things. It was a great encouragement for me and I believe for he and his family as well. It's always great to hear how people get to where they are in their faith. I was thankful to spend time with them.
I almost forgot, Tim's grandmother is better than last week, but still has many problems. But he felt better after going and visiting her. Please continue to remember her in your prayers.
Well, it's time to get started on Hebrews material and the weekly sermon. Thanks for all your kind of words.
God bless,
Wes
keep it up - enjoying the updates!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update! Glad all has gone well thus far! Maybe we can meet up one of these days :).
ReplyDeleteGreat to read all this! This is a great idea. Know you're doing a good work. God bless all you're doing to His glory!
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