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Archives for September 2007

The Pie is finished and so am I!

September 29, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I finished my pie for the Contest tomorrow! I am sure not to win but you probably won’t die when you taste it! I do know one thing and that is the eating of the pie is far easier than the making of the pie. I gained new respect for my wife and all […]

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Proud Pastor!

September 29, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well what else can I say! Trent Cornwell is a great youth pastor. He did a great job today as he hosted (at our church) the North Georgia Youth Fellowship. At least 7 churches were represented I believe. Trent incorporated world evangelism into everything he did today. Trent’s dream is to be a mission’s mobilizer […]

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North Georgia Youth Fellowship

September 29, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well there is a house full of young people from several churches around the city of Atlanta. We are privileged to have this group of young people visit with us for the first time. I believe that so far there are 6 churches represented. I pray that God will call young men to preach and […]

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Its been busy but good!

September 29, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

This has been a very busy week but very good. I had the privilege of preaching Wednesday through Friday night. I preached on Wednesday and Thursday night for Pastor Derik Lawrence at Victory Baptist Church, Loganville. Then on Friday night I was accompanied by Jeff Bush and Wayne Cooke as I went to preach to […]

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The Fred Kindhart interview at the World Vision Celebration!

September 28, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

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Edited Interview with Jeff Bush

September 28, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

If you came to our mission’s conference you had the privilege of enjoying some of Trent Cornwell‘s interviews. Tomorrow Jeff Bush will be preaching to the Young People of the North Georgia Youth Fellowship here at Vision and so I wanted those of you that will not be able to be with us to enjoy […]

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Visitation breakfast

September 28, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Don’t miss our special day of visitation tomorrow! We will meet here at the church at 9:15 am for a wonderful breakfast, great fellowship, a special challenge and then go out to see what we can do to round up all of our people for our special Round Up Sunday. I hope you will find […]

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Preaching tonight at University Baptist Church!

September 28, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well tonight I will be preaching at University Baptist Church with Pastor Gary Ledford in the Spanish ministry at 7 pm. If you get this before the hour be sure to pray for me that God would use me for His honor and glory. I love preaching in Spanish and so I feel sure that […]

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North Georgia Youth Fellowship at Vision

September 28, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well tomorrow afternoon we will have the privilege in the ministry of Trent Cornwell and the Students of Vision to host the North Georgia Youth Fellowship. we are expecting over 125 teens to converge on our church at about 4 p.m. If you are able to come and get here at about 6 pm you […]

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Building Men at Victory in Loganville!

September 28, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Pastor Derik Lawrence (Victory Baptist Church in Loganville) invited me to preach in their Building Men Meeting last night. There were over 50 men present and a wonderful excitement in the air for what God is doing. I was able to preach on Hundredfold Men and only finished the first point. I really enjoyed being […]

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Victory Baptist Church–Loganville

September 26, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I had the wonderful blessing and opportunity to go to Victory Baptist Church, Loganville, Georgia where Derek Lawrence is Pastor. It was a wonderful blessed service. They seem to be one of the best churches that I have been able to visit in a very long time. They had probably 400 tonight. There were […]

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Is this the way you believe?

September 26, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

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Pie baking contest for Sunday

September 25, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well we are going to be having a pie contest this Sunday after the services for our Round Up Sunday. I will be making a pie and so will John P. I want to know if any of you other men are up to the challenge. Now no store bought pies count. I think you […]

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805 posts in 14 months!

September 25, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I just thought that I would mention that Vision News is now 14 months old and in that time we have had 805 posts. It has become a very good means of communication for our church. We literally have people from all over the world checking out our blog. We average about 68 direct […]

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Two days of preaching at Victory

September 25, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

God has opened the door for me to be able to preach at Victory Baptist Church in Loganville, Georgia on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The pastor there is Derek Lawrence. I will be preaching material from Hundredfold Men. The messages will be about getting more involved in discipling and training others to do the ministry. […]

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Congratulations to David and Anne Lundy

September 25, 2007 By Austin Gardner 1 Comment

Well today is David and Anne Lundy’s 14th wedding anniversary I believe. David serves as our Children’s Pastor and God is using him with Faith Friends, Children’s Sunday School Director, Master Clubs etc. We love you guys very much and are very thankful for you! Be sure and click here to go to the blog […]

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More round up Sunday stuff

September 24, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

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Don’t Miss Round Up Sunday

September 24, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

This is the invitation for the kids this coming Sunday as we celebrate Round Up Sunday. I hope you are making plans. Watch the blog and you will see lots more information so that you can prepare well. Subscribe to Vision News by Email Subscribe to World Evangelism by Email Subscribe to World Evangelism News […]

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Two saved!

September 23, 2007 By Austin Gardner 1 Comment

God blessed greatly again today. This morning God gave us 15 nationalities for our Day of the Nations. This has been an extremely wonderful World Vision Celebration (mission’s conference). This morning God gave us 108 in Sunday School and 118 in the AM Service. This evening we had our Spanish banquet with Pastor Ronald Tubillas […]

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Just thanking God!

September 22, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I am getting everything ready for tomorrow and thanking God for how good He has been to us so far. This has been a wonderful week and I thank God for what He is doing. Isn’t it wonderful to see God blessing us so greatly. The Mission’s Conference has been great and will be […]

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Catch up with what is happening with your missionary!

September 21, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I am just now trying to catch up on several hundred emails and blogs. As I was reading them I heard some very interesting things that are going on in Peru with our missionary Chris Gardner. I wanted to challenge you to read his blog to have an idea how to pray for them. […]

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Coming up!

September 21, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

This is going to be a great weekend! Saturday evening at 6 pm we will have one message from Jeff Bush! It will be more than worth your time. Jeff is a great preacher and missionary. Then on Sunday morning we will have our regular service that I believe are very exciting as we see […]

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Fabulous Friday Evening!

September 21, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

God blessed so much again today. First, I was able to be in class with our students and missionaries from 8 am to 12 pm. Then on to lunch with the gang and from there to be on the phone with over seas for about 2 hours helping make plans and working through church planting […]

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Catching up!

September 21, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well thank you to all of you that gave to send us on a trip to Pigeon Forge. Betty and I had a little escape thanks to you. It was very resting and refreshing for us and we thank you. We attended Liberty Baptist Church in Pigeon Forge on Sunday evening and saw some old […]

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Asunta Tubillas’ Baby Shower

September 19, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

The ladies of vision held a baby shower for Asunta Tubillas on Sunday afternoon.  Asunta is the wife of our Spanish pastor, Ronald Tubillas.  They are doing a outstanding work with the spanish community in and around Alpharetta.      

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Tuesday’s loafing

September 18, 2007 By Austin Gardner 1 Comment

Well Betty and I are in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The church gave us a few days in a cabin here for my birthday and we are really enjoying ourselves. It is a beautiful cabin owned by one of our friends from Whitfield Baptist Church. Today was the first time we left the cabin since we […]

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Good News from Northern Ireland

September 16, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

I just couldn’t wait any longer to find out what God had done today in the ministry of Travis and Terri Snode so I just called on his cell phone. God is doing a work. I think they had over 40 people. He was busy and had to get off of the phone but they […]

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Pray for our missionary Travis Snode!

September 15, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

I am not sure how many of you are keeping up with it but tomorrow is the big day for Northwest Baptist Church in Londonderry/Derry, Northern Ireland. Travis and Terri have been working and praying hard now for several months. Tons of work have gone into reaching people with the gospel message. They will have […]

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Wonderful evening with the couples of Vision!

September 15, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Yesterday evening we had a wonderful evening with the couples of Vision here at the Gardner house. I really enjoy our Sunday School Class and marvel at how God is working in all of our lives. The house was full! Everyone talking, enjoying each other’s company, good food, and just a lot of fun! Scott […]

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Welcome 3 new members!

September 13, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

God has so richly blessed us giving us 3 wonderful young ladies as members of our church. Kelli Perkins soon to be Kelli Canfield joined our church tonight. We are so very proud to have her. She will soon be marrying Robert Canfield in October and they are preparing to be missionaries in the Our […]

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Wayne Cofield coming to preach

September 12, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well we are honored to have Pastor Wayne Cofield coming to preach for us here at Vision. He is the pastor of Whitfield Baptist Church and was our pastor for nearly 20 years. The Cofields are the parents of Stephanie Cornwell and Amy Coffey so they are very closely related to our church. They will […]

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University Baptist Church, Atlanta

September 12, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I just got home a few minutes ago from preaching at the University Baptist Church in Atlanta where Gary Ledford is pastor. I really enjoyed it and am grateful to God that I can call Pastor Ledford my friend. I preached in both Spanish and English because Pastor Ledford had the Spanish church come […]

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First night of Master Clubs

September 12, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

      

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Pastors and Missionary Friends

September 11, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

I know that several missionaries and pastors read our blog each day. Totally we average nearly 150 readers a day (actually not that much of a readership in comparison to the real bloggers) counting those who get it via email, rss feeds, and an average of over 70 each day who go to the page […]

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Tony Howeth

September 10, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

One other missionary will be with us that you already know, love and appreciate. That is Brother Tony Howeth. He is a great preacher as you already know but I thought maybe I would tell you somethings that you might not know. Brother Tony was the youth pastor at Whitfield Baptist Church in Dalton for […]

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Jeff Bush the main speaker!

September 10, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well Jeff Bush will be our main speaker and he will do a great job. He will be preaching Thursday through Sunday night in the service. Jeff and Mindy have been around the church the last couple of weeks on Thursday night so you at least might have an idea who they are but I […]

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Meet Dean Hamby!

September 10, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Dean Hamby will be preaching in our mission’s conference, World Vision Celebration! I want you to know a little about the men that God is bringing our way. Knowing them and their lives will give you all that much more desire to hear them preach and be part of our Faith Promise Conference. Dean and […]

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Introducing Fred Kindhart!

September 10, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

During our mission’s conference, World Vision Celebration, you will get the chance to meet Fred and Sherry Kindhart! Our church supports this family and their missionary work. I was just thinking that your knowing more about them might make you more interested in being at the conference. Fred and I have been friends for many […]

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Children singing for Grandparents today!

September 9, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

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Grandparent’s Day and Friend Day at the Park!

September 9, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

God truly blessed today once again. He is so much better to us than we deserve. We had 152 in Sunday School, 171 for the morning service and just a tremendously blessed day all round. The time at the park was really good, relaxing, getting to know each other a little better, meeting some new […]

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Just finished!

September 9, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I just finished my morning prayer and Bible reading time and wanted you all to know that I love you very much. I prayed for many of you by name. My heart yearns, longs for the day that Jesus is lifted high all over the world. I want desperately to see His name magnified […]

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Bringing them back to Jesus and His church!

September 8, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

An article in Outreach Magazine had some very interesting news in it for us as a church and for us as we try to affect people’s lives with the gospel message of Jesus Christ. I would like to take this post and share with you some very exciting things from the article that we could […]

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Master Clubs off to a great start!

September 7, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I am so very excited about what God is doing in our Children’s ministry. Last night Master Clubs got its start at Vision. There were 47 counting children and workers in Master Clubs. There were children that I did not recognize as they walked by the office. I am excited as new people are […]

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Great message tonight!

September 6, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well Trent Cornwell knocked it out of the park tonight. I am so very proud of him and all of the church should be. He did a great job and God greatly used him in the message tonight. What a thought that sandwiched between the verses in Acts 6 we find the thought that they […]

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Happy Birthday Philip Bassham

September 6, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Today is Philip Bassham’s birthday! Philip, Happy Birthday to you! The entire church, the staff and especially Betty and I are very thankful to God for you and very proud of you. For the rest of you that do not know Philip let me tell you a little about him! Several years ago now I […]

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Don’t Miss Trent Cornwell preaching!

September 5, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Tomorrow night Trent Cornwell will be preaching. He is one of the finest young men that I have ever known. He has a tremendous hunger for the word of God and for His service. I really believe that you are going to be in for a super treat. I hope that you will invite your […]

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Super special prayer request for Travis Snode and Celebration Sunday!

September 4, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

God has blessed us with a very special missionary in Travis and Terri Snode. They are serving God in Northern Ireland. In a little over one week they will have their Celebration Sunday as they formally celebrate the official opening of their church. They have been working very hard. They have literally mailed out, passed […]

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Special offering for Jeff and Mindy Bush!

September 3, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

I hope that you are planning on giving a special offering for the land purchase in Argentina in the ministry of Jeff and Mindy Bush! They are very special to us. They are doing a great job. It is our goal to raise at least $3,000 and though I can’t tell you on here about […]

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What a church!

September 3, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I just got a letter with the following quote in it and wanted to share it with you. This was written by one of our young people and I am so grateful for her and also for Trent and Stephanie Cornwell and the ministry that they are having. Read this quote: “I have now […]

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Upcoming preaching opportunities!

September 3, 2007 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well I thought that I would at least make you aware of some upcoming preaching opportunities that God has given me and that you might like to accompany me on. I will be preaching at University Baptist Church, Pastor Gary Ledford on September 12th at 7 pm. That is just down the road in Atlanta […]

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