What a Great Day!
Sunday, December 3, was a great day for our church. That day was declared as "Mission Sunday" for PBC. We started off by having all of our adults in the auditorium for missionary Ernie Moore to present his work in Israel. Brother Moore started a church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and pastored there for 28 years. He stated that he thought that he would be there for the rest of his life, but found that the Lord had different plans for the future. He showed a 15-minute DVD on Israel that was excellent. It renewed my passion for the country of Israel.
In the morning service we had one of our fine men, Fred Chitwood, give testimony of how he was in the military in Vietnam and went to a church service where he and his wife were saved. Dr. Don Sisk was preaching in that particular service and later baptized the two of them. Mr. Chitwood thanked Dr. Sisk for preaching the truth and for allowing God to use him to see him and his wife saved. The church applauded as he hugged Dr. Sisk's neck. Then Dr. Sisk preached a wonderful message on giving to missions that seemed to touch everyone's heart. After the service I was able to take twelve missionaries out to eat and we all had a great time of fellowship.
Sunday evening was again a blessing. We heard from missionary Alan Saunders as he gave testiomony of how his wife surrendered to the mission field in another service where Dr. Sisk was preaching. We also heard from missionary Nathan Kinoshita. His video presentation reached all of our hearts as he shared his vision for Tokoyo, Japan. I must admit that I have never heard a missionary with more passion in his heart for his own country.
Dr. Sisk preached on faith promise missions and then we took our faith promise commitments. Our members pledged over $240,000 to missions. Prasie the Lord! After the service approximately 80 staff members and the spouses came to our house for a Christmas party. The mood was festive and the fellowship was sweet. All in all, it was a great day at Peoples Baptist Chruch.
In the morning service we had one of our fine men, Fred Chitwood, give testimony of how he was in the military in Vietnam and went to a church service where he and his wife were saved. Dr. Don Sisk was preaching in that particular service and later baptized the two of them. Mr. Chitwood thanked Dr. Sisk for preaching the truth and for allowing God to use him to see him and his wife saved. The church applauded as he hugged Dr. Sisk's neck. Then Dr. Sisk preached a wonderful message on giving to missions that seemed to touch everyone's heart. After the service I was able to take twelve missionaries out to eat and we all had a great time of fellowship.
Sunday evening was again a blessing. We heard from missionary Alan Saunders as he gave testiomony of how his wife surrendered to the mission field in another service where Dr. Sisk was preaching. We also heard from missionary Nathan Kinoshita. His video presentation reached all of our hearts as he shared his vision for Tokoyo, Japan. I must admit that I have never heard a missionary with more passion in his heart for his own country.
Dr. Sisk preached on faith promise missions and then we took our faith promise commitments. Our members pledged over $240,000 to missions. Prasie the Lord! After the service approximately 80 staff members and the spouses came to our house for a Christmas party. The mood was festive and the fellowship was sweet. All in all, it was a great day at Peoples Baptist Chruch.