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Deputation
has Ended
The Bourlands and the Pruiits finished
their deputation this month, spending most of their time in Arkansas. Another
big thank you is given to the Center Fork MBC. They allowed both families to
use their mission house and it was such a great blessing.
There were also
appointments in Oklahoma, Missouri, and they attended the ABA in Dallas. The
Pruitts also were able to go to their home church in Hamilton, OH. They
attended the graduation of 2 of their former youth ministry students and their
church family gave them a sending away party.
This completes their
deputation travels. They will attend associating meetings when possible and
would be excited to visit any churches that would give them a direct
invitation, but the time has come for the work to begin.
Preview
Services
Our first three
services (July 7, 14, 21) will be what we are calling preview services. These
services will be in the main conference room of the Holiday Inn. Anyone is welcome of course, but our main
target is our core group and anyone they might want to personally invite.
The main
purpose of these services will be to learn all that is involved in setting up
and taking down our equipment, getting comfortable with the flow of our
services, and getting our core group to feel that they already know what is
going on and how they can help when we hit the first public service.
We will rejoice
if we can achieve these goals and of course if God wants to do more, we are all
for that as well.
First
Public Service
The First
Public services will be held on July 28th and will be in the
auditorium of the Batchelor Middle School. It seats about 250 and will serve us
very well as an initial meeting place. The cost of the rent is $200 per week.
We want to get
the word out about this service and will be working hard to canvas as much as
possible. We are planning to do canvassing on Thursday July 18th and
25th from 6PM until dark. We also plan to make a day of it on July
21st. If you are able to come help us we would really love to have
your help. Or if you can come at another time before the 28th let us
know, we will make adjustments.
Special
Day, Kevin’s Ordination
On June 16th,
Kevin was ordained. It was such a special day for all of us (mission team and
church family). Each time a man is ordained into the gospel ministry there is a
special pride, knowing that God is
still calling men and there are faithful ones who are
answering.
Support
Level
Our number of
supporters is growing month by month. We are currently at about 57% of the
needed monthly support. We are praying that many churches we visited and maybe
some we didn’t will come on board to help us with the additional funds needed.
Our goal is to
raise 7,000 per month. This would allow the Bourlands to be full time, the
Pruitts to have housing assistance, and preparedness for any ministry expenses
that may arise above what the mission will handle on its own.
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