Archives for October 2007

Well since this is kind of my blog I wanted to tell you that our youngest daughter just turned 27 on Monday. Joy Soncco is our baby girl. She is married to Julio and has two children –Benjamin and Lelia. They serve in Peru as missionaries from our church and help Chris and Andria in […]

Don’t forget that this Sunday will be Time Change Sunday. On Saturday night before you go to bed you will need to set your clock back one hour! So that means that if you go to bed at 11 just set your clock to 10 so that you will know the right time the next […]

Well yesterday was Mother in law’s day. I find it very humorous that they tell us to celebrate that day the same week as Halloween but what can I say. No one has more jokes made about them than the mother in law, I guess. Yesterday, my mother in law, Evelyn Ferguson came to the […]

Jonathan, Allison, Patrick and Randy all became members of Vision Baptist Church this morning. What an honor and privilege to have our good friends join us in our endeavor to glorify the God of Heaven. I love the Clapps and count it a great honor to have them join our church. I hope you will […]

Hugh sent me this in an email and I thought you might enjoy the truth in it so I asked his permission to put it on the blog for you. My cardiologist told me regular exercise is important to stave off a valve replacement. So I hike Sawnee Mountain every day (weather permitting). The other […]

Robert Canfield and Kelli Perkins are now married. Tony Howeth did a wonderful job as he married them and then pronounced them Mr. and Mrs. Robert Canfield. They will be back in a week. They will be missed but we are all happy for them and very proud of them. I had the privilege of […]

Well I am really looking forward to tomorrow morning. Trent just wrote to tell me of a very good group of young people that they hope to have in their class tomorrow. I know that David Lundy is working hard to have a good group of children. I know that the activities will all be […]

Thursday evening Brother Wayne preached a tremendous message on soul winning. God blessed us with 117 in attendance but of course only about 55 or 60 were in the auditorium for the great message. Those of you that were working in Master Clubs I hope you will get the CD. The altars were full of […]

  Pastor Gardner with the new daughter of Pastor Ronald Tubillas, Tabatha. John Pearson with Tabatha.

I just got the following quote and update from our friend Pastor Derik Lawrence. Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. ~ Harold Geneen He has had some pretty major events in his life lately and I hope you will pray for him. His mother in law went to Heaven! His mom […]

Well tonight will be a very special night at our church. Wayne Cofield who was my pastor for many years will be coming and preaching on soul winning. He started and has now pastored the Whitfield Baptist Church for over 30 years. God has greatly used him in North Georgia and all around the world. […]

Following is the first part of an article to help you learn more about Halloween and how you should react as a Christian! We have our Fall Festival. Betty and I give out candy to the children in the neighborhood and when I read the following article i thought it might help you decide just […]

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and […]

I can’t say much right now but I thought you might like to know that we are making very special plans right now for a brand new annual event here at our church. It will be called Christmas on the Northside. Alpharetta, Cumming, John’s Creek, Milton, Roswell, etc. are all on the Northside and can […]

Well several of us just traveled to Covington to hear Brother Tony preach a tremendous message in a mission’s conference at Newton Baptist Church with Pastor Doug Parham. He did a wonderful job and we really enjoyed the service. They have a great church and God has really blessed them over the last 6 years […]

I must admit that I had no idea what all you had planned for us yesterday during the morning service. Thank you so much for our Pastor Appreciation Sunday. I usually at least know what is going on in our church but this took me by complete surprise. When David Allison told me that he […]

Well I just found out that another independent Baptist Church is on its way to Alpharetta. There is more than enough room for them and I am glad that God is touching hearts to reach the people of this area with the gospel message of Jesus Christ. There is so much to do. I do […]

I hope you pray for me as we have church services each week. I need God to work and move in my life that I would be the man of God and the preacher that I should be. I am not up to the work and definitely can not do a spiritual work unless He […]

Well I am excited about the opportunity to preach the Word of God tomorrow at my favorite church. We are in the book of Acts chapter 14 and tomorrow we will be on verse 22. Contrary to what the prosperity gospel preachers have told you we were warned and guaranteed that we would have troubles, […]

…we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. Acts 14:22 God’s people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when He chose His people, that they should be an untried people. They were chosen in the furnace of affliction; they were never chosen to worldly peace and earthly joy. Freedom […]

I want to take this opportunity to congratulate my parents, Charles and Carolyn Gardner on 54 years of marriage. God has been very good to them. They have 4 children, Austin, Felecia, John and Vicki. They have 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. One of their sons is in full time ministry. Two of their […]

I am just taking a note from my Bible reading and was thinking of the blessing we had this week of giving out donuts to our neighbors in the business park. They have been such good neighbors. Philip and Mariangela took 25 dozen donuts and made the rounds and just told them that Vision loves […]

Well while Betty and I were in the air last night Tabitha Tubillas was born. God has greatly blessed our church with Ronald and Asunta and now they are blessed with a new addition to their family. Please pray for them.       She was a healthy baby girl and both mom and dad are […]

At Vision Baptist Church we believe that God’s Word provides the only solid foundation on which to build your life. We believe that God has a purpose for every individual. That is why we make no apology for teaching and preaching the Bible. Families here have discovered the joy of being part of a friendly […]

Missions exists because worship does not! We desire for every person in the world to have a clear presentation of the Gospel and be given the opportunity to come to know God through His Son Jesus Christ! If we were able to write a message in the sky this would not solve the problem. We […]

Well I thought I would kind of show you what is happening around the blog world about our time here in Peru. First Check out Tyler Master’s rendition of a late night. Then go read John Pearson‘s blow by blow of the great things that God is doing and has done down here. Well I […]

I was so very proud of our young people tonight. We are blessed with a tremendous man of God–Trent Cornwell as our youth pastor. One of the most important ministries in any church is the youth ministry. I was so very proud of the young people as they did everything just like the old folks […]