Archives for September 2007

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.      

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

      

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 […]

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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]