Happy Birthday!

34 years old. When you are 15, you never think you will make 30, but at 34 I look back and wonder where all the time went.

Time moves so quickly now. I remember how long 9 months took when I was in school. The period between summers seemed to me an interminable amount of time. Days dragged and dragged only to slow down when we began to get into April and May.

Now, time flies faster than I can comprehend. One day its the 4^th of July and the next is Christmas and so time marches year after year.

I wonder what it will be like to live somewhere timeless. After all, isn't that what eternity will be, not a long, long time but the absence of time when all we will do is sing praise to the Savior.

Sounds good to me but I wonder if I have shared the Gospel enough. I wonder who I have missed, who I have refused to share with. I hope I get many more chances to share the Gospel before eternity.

Time has a way of getting away before we do the things which are really important.

 

see the completely redesigned Bethany Baptist Church website at www.bbcdallas.org see my blog at www.bbcpastor.blogspot.com

 

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16, NASB.

Kids and ministry...

Last night, I went to Quinlan Texas to see a children’s program which is having great success. They are a church of about 75 regular attendees and they are ministering to 40+ kids on Wednesday nights. The Pastor really has a heart for kids. The kids are predominantly those who come to church without their parents. They have a 1 hour program with three different stations. They break their kids into age groups and the kids spend 20 minutes at each station. The stations consist of a teaching station, a music station, and a free play station (they utilize a school gym for this program). This seems to be a good fit in their context of ministry. Here are my questions.

What do parents expect from the church as far as their kids are concerned?
What should a children’s ministry look like?
How much should we expect from the kids?

All input is appreciated.

Children are the future of any church but the danger lies in the church becoming a free babysitting service where children aren’t’ challenged. What thinkest thou?

email posting-can it get any easier...

I can now post via email and know that it will be immediately updated. This is a great feature. I would like to hear from you.

What is the attraction of blogging?

Are there any dangers to blogging?

How often should someone blog?

I look forward to your replies.

Blessings,

Jeff

 

see the completely redesigned Bethany Baptist Church website at www.bbcdallas.org see my blog at www.bbcpastor.blogspot.com

 

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16, NASB.

Getting back on track...

It’s been awhile since I have posted anything. I promise that I will be more diligent when it comes to getting something on here which accurately reflects what the church is doing.

Many things have happened since my last post. I am edging up on my one year anniversary at Bethany Baptist and the year has been wonderful. My one year anniversary will be on October 15th.

God has given us a solid direction as a church family and we are moving forward together. It is amazing to see God working in the lives of the people in the church. We see great successes and some failures but we are faithful to minister to those who the Lord allows us to have relationships with. I am convinced that if we follow the leading of the Holy Spirit and are sensitive to the needs of the people in our community then we will see the benefits of the effort.

We just returned from a mission trip in Houston which was a great blessing for us. 14 people went there to help E. J. Simon Baptist in the 5th Ward of Houston. We did evangelism, had an outdoor revival service, and fed sack lunches at a local homeless day shelter.

More to come later…