by Austin Gardner
on March 18, 2008
in Uncategorized
Tony and Stacey Howeth are visiting our missionaries Travis and Teri Snode in Northern Ireland! They will be there preaching an evangelistic meeting this week for Easter week. I hope you will be praying for them. You can also keep up with what is happening in their lives by the updates that they leave here, [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 18, 2008
in Uncategorized
God was so good to us and I thought that maybe you might like to look at what He did over the last two years. Our first Celebration Sunday was held on March 12, 2006. We had 165 in attendance! Many were friends, family and missionaries that came in to help us launch the church. [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 17, 2008
in Missions, Prayer Requests
Our missionary, Wayne Cooke, is having his first Bible study this coming Sunday! Do you remember how stressful it was as we got ready to start or even how much we pray and worry about every big Sunday we have? We so desperately want God to send people and especially the very first service! Then [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 17, 2008
in Uncategorized
Easter Sunday is here! People go to church on Easter that don’t go again until Christmas! Who do you plan on inviting to be with us Sunday. This is your chance to be a witness of your faith. Talk about what Jesus did on the cross of Calvary this week! Tell others about the services [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 17, 2008
in Uncategorized
Betty and I are driving down to Dearing, Georgia with the three Gardner grandkids to visit our Young grandkids all together. As we ride along Betty always reminisces about the past! We were talking about places we had lived and gone etc. She made mention of things that her mom and dad had done over [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 16, 2008
in Uncategorized
God gave us 91 in attendance tonight with a super sweet spirit in the service! The surprise that I had mentioned in an earlier post was that Travis and Teri Snode would become members of Vision Baptist Church tonight and that is exactly what happened! That means that God gave us a total of 9 [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 16, 2008
in Uncategorized
Should we have an early morning service on Sundays for those that would rather come at 8 AM and then go to Sunday School and be ready to go home at 10:20 AM or not? That is the question! Our Sunday School begins at 9:30 and then the regular preaching service at 10:30! We do [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 16, 2008
in Uncategorized
More will come later but I thought you might like to have the blessings that God has given us so far today! New members by letter! This morning God allowed us to get two new members by letter, Eric Martin and Rachel Ball! Baptisms We also saw Pastor Trent Cornwell baptize Santiago Arenas and Pastor [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 15, 2008
in Uncategorized
Sunday, March 16th, is not only our third Celebration Sunday and second church anniversary but it is also Mark Coffey’s birthday. There is no way I can find the words to thank Mark. He is our Administrative Pastor and my right hand! He has been working with me for many years and I don’t know [...]
by Austin Gardner
on March 15, 2008
in Uncategorized
When we stand to preach or teach in any classroom or from the pulpit of Vision Baptist Church I hope that the following quote will always be what we feel. The following is from a message of Charles Spurgeon! I could never express it so well. But read it please. If you should not be [...]