Six spots are already taken. If you want to go write or call the church now!
The following men have already reserved their spot!
Jeremy Hall
Mike Hall
Austin Gardner
Mark Coffey
Tony Howeth
Hugh Watson
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July 19 2007 | General and Vision Men | No Comments »
Well I am not sure just how many fish were caught that were keepers but not enough so off someone went to catch some fish at Publix. We had a bunch of men and boys and it was a wonderful afternoon.
David Lundy gets the prize for the biggest fish as far as I know and it was better than 2.5 pounds.
John Pearson and David Lundy did a great deal of work cleaning and cooking everything and then a lot of the guys helped with the clean up. Of course Mark Coffey as always did a great job organizing and preparing everything.
What a privilege to work with such a great group of men. I know that God has great things ahead for our church.
I can’t wait to see all of you tomorrow and to see all that God has prepared for us.
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June 16 2007 | Vision Men | No Comments »
Let not your authority over them be exercised with rigour and severity, but with kindness and gentleness, lest you raise their passions and discourage them in their duty, and by holding the reins too tight make them fly out with greater fierceness.” The bad temper and example of imprudent parents often prove a great hindrance to their children and a stumbling-block in their way. And it is by the tenderness of parents, and dutifulness of children, that God ordinarily furnishes his church with a seed to serve him, and propagates religion from age to age.
Matthew Henry
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June 16 2007 | Vision Men | No Comments »
One of the greatest privileges that I have ever had is to be a dad.
I have loved the Lord Jesus Christ since I was a child. I accepted the Lord Jesus as my Savior when I was only 7 years old. I felt that He had called me to His service when I was 11 years old. I began really being disciplined in the reading of my Bible when I was 15 or 16. Getting married was the next greatest event that happened in my life. Betty has been my best friend, my wife, my companion, and as they say in Spanish “mi vida” or my life. Marriage was wonderful but I can never explain what it was like when God gave us children.
When we found out we were going to have a baby I was scared to death! How was I going to pay the bills?! How were we going to raise a child?! But I can never explain the explosion that took place in my heart. We were a family! We thought that Chris wouldn’t change our lives but boy did he ever.
Then I thought that I could never love another child like I loved Chris. I told Betty when Stephanie was coming that I was afraid that I would never love the new baby like I had the first but boy was I wrong. Another explosion happened in my heart and I was in love at first sight with my little girl–I had not really wanted a girl–I thought that I only wanted boys so that they could be pastors or missionaries but was I ever wrong. Having a daughter is one of the most special things in the world.
God has given us 4 special children. Instead of having to spread my love around God just kept giving us more love. I thank God for Chris, Stephanie, Joy, and David. God has given us 4 wonderful children and 4 wonderful spouses for them. Now we have 10 grandchildren. They are all serving God. We didn’t do it but God was gracious to us and we did not deserve it. I could never tell you how to raise children except from what God’s Word says.
Tomorrow I am excited about what we are going to see from the Word of God. I will not be telling you about my wonderful successes rather I will tell you what the Bible says. As I have studied I have felt my own failures. I should have been so much more patient and encouraging. I should have been more understanding. I should have worried less about what others thought of my children and my child raising and more about spending time with my children.
Today I wish that I had known then what I know now. Children come to us and we are so unprepared for it. We discipline in anger or not at all. We get so busy that we forget our children and wife. We get frustrated because our children are children and not all grown up. We fail to enjoy the days that we have children and instead we get so busy making a life that we wake up one day and they are gone.
I wish that I had been a better dad. I want to help you learn things that I didn’t know or if I did I often failed to apply. I am excited about what is going to happen tomorrow. I look forward to seeing God do a work in our lives.
Invite someone to be with you. No man has a greater responsibility than that of being a father. No man has a greater privilege than that of having God trust him with the lives of little people. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
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June 16 2007 | Vision Men | No Comments »
Mark your calendar now for the Father Son Fish Fry to take place on June 16, 2007 at 4:30. Location to be announced later. We plan on fishing at a private lake and cooking there so the final plans are still being made. If you do not have a son still plan on coming and you can even adopt one of the young men of our church and bring him with you. This will be a great time of fellowship with the other men of the church as well as your sons.
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May 24 2007 | Vision Men | No Comments »
I am looking forward to seeing all of you this Saturday morning at 7 AM at the church for our fellowship meeting. We will have a chicken biscuit and then discuss the book, The Man in the Mirror. You should have read up to chapter 7 if you can.
Be sure and invite other men and you are of course welcome to bring your sons.
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May 24 2007 | Vision Men | No Comments »
The following things need to be on your calendar if you are one of the men that attend the Vision Baptist Church. We have several really great things planned for you:
June 16 from 4:30 to 7:00 we will have a Father Son Fish Fry. Please get that on your schedule and plan to be with us!
June 17 will be our Father’s Day service and I hope you will be with us and bring your own dad and your children.
October 4-6 we are planning on a Deep Sea Fishing Trip with all of our men!
December 27-29 we will be having our Winter Retreat in Gatlinburg. This is a family event and so we want you to take your entire family and have a wonderful time with all of us.
Make sure and mark your calendar now so that you will not have any conflicts later. You can get more details in the church office or by calling 770-456-5881.
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May 16 2007 | General and Vision Men | No Comments »
Let me challenge you to go read this blog by John Piper: http://blog.worship.com/worship/2007/01/how_to_deal_wit.html
This is just one quote to get you interested:
The great tragedy is not mainly masturbation or fornication or acting like a peeping Tom (or curious Cathy) on the internet. The tragedy is that Satan uses the guilt of these failures to strip you of every radical dream you ever had, or might have, and in its place give you a happy, safe, secure, American life of superficial pleasures until you die in your lakeside rocking chair, wrinkled and useless, leaving a big fat inheritance to your middle-aged children to confirm them in their worldliness. That’s the main tragedy.
What’s the point of all that? The point is not this is what you do with your loose change. The point is: This is what you do with your life. You don’t want always be sitting high in your SUV dropping nickels into other people’s dreams. Satan wants that for you. But you don’t! You want to dream your own dream for the glory of Christ. Why am I on this planet? What has God put me here for?
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January 08 2007 | General and Missions and OGTC and Vision Men | No Comments »
I hope everyone is having a Happy New Year. I wanted to let everyone know that we are still $15,0000.00 short of the amount needed for the church building project in Burkina Faso for Bro. Keith Shumaker. There are many Muslims being saved and converted weekly, and he needs this building to continue spreading the Word and training men to further the gospel. The January 15th date to start the construction is rapidly approaching.
Often times we ask what can we do–if we can not go, we can send others. Keith Shumaker is a fine example of one who has gone, and here is our opportunity to have a part in this work. He needs our help. All funds given will go directly to the building of the church. Please pray and seek God’s guidance in your contribution. If you have any questions, feel free to call me on my cell phone at 404-475-8472 or via email at david@bcwe.net. Sincerely,
David Lundy
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January 04 2007 | Businessmen and General and Missions and Prayer Requests and Vision Men | No Comments »
Christmas in the States
We were able to have Christmas in the States this year with my parents and in-laws. We really enjoyed the time spent with family and friends in the States. The day before we left Peru, Faith Baptist Church had a Cantata for Christmas. We had 257 people in the church on a Wednesday night and I preached when it was all done. God has given us a great Christmas this year, and we are thankful for it. While back in the States, we will be preaching in many churches; we are excited about sharing all that God is doing in Peru to reach the entire world with the Gospel.
Kids are doing great
Please be praying for us since the kids have spent so much time with their grandparents. Needless to say, the discipline that we knew as children is nothing like what our children get from their grandparents. The grandparents have loved spending time with the kids, and the kids have definitely loved spending Christmas with them. Jacob will be turning 4 while he is back in the States as well. I am afraid that they are going to think that the States is nothing but fun and games and getting presents. Andrew is growing quickly. He had some problems when he was first born because he wasn’t getting enough nutrition from Mom but now he is doing great. Pray for our kids as they go back to Peru on the 25th of January.
Bible College
The Bible College is revving up for a new semester; pray for the teachers—especially that this semester will be the best ever. We have already heard from 60 students wanting to be in the Bible College. We will not be able to accept this many students because of financial reasons. Pray for us that we will have wisdom in choosing who we can accept in the college and who will have to be turned down. While back in the States, we had the privilege of going to the 3rd Summit in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. This was an incredible time and we saw God do some amazing things. During this time we had $9500 donated to buy property for Kevin Hall in South Africa to start a church with, we had $8100 donated to Jason Holt in Chile to help him buy the piece of property that they need for the church that they already started, and then we had $2400 donated for the Bible College. Also, we had 40 people commit to sponsor a student in the Bible College while he is studying there. What a blessing to see this happen because the Bible College currently has a $3000 deficit each month, and this promised support will help with this problem. If you would like to sponsor a student, please let us know by emailing us at gardner@uttermost.net. We are excited about all that God is doing in Peru and we are looking forward to many other things being done. Pray for the Bible College to continue to have the kind of fruit that it has had in the past.
The Gardners
Chris, Andria, Jacob, Hannah and Andrew
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January 04 2007 | General and Missions and Prayer Requests and Vision Men | No Comments »
