Sunday, September 21, 2008

On Sunday, Septer 21, Jubilee Baptist Church had the privilege of ordaining Mr. Allen Blooflat into the ministry. He and his wife, Rosa have been members of Jubilee Baptist Church since it's organization in 2003 (I think) and attended for some time before that. Allen teaches frequently during first service on Sundays and is always willing to fill the pulpit whenever Pastor needs him to. He leads a Bible Study at Heritage Place nursing home where he is employed as a nurse. His wife, Rosa, is in charge of our missionary encouragement. She sends our missionaries and their families birthday cards and other things that she knows will help make their lives easier on the field. She also frequently takes charge of the church's endeavors in encouraging Pastor and Mrs. Bickish.
Both of them are faithful in witnessing to neighbors and co-workers, both with their lives and with their mouths.

Besides Pastor Bickish and Bill Wood, our own pastors, we invited D.J. Harvey, from Seward, AK and Ray Boutwell, from Kenai, AK to join us in acknowledging what God has called Allen to do. The fifth man laying hands on Allen is a missionary to Trinidad, who joined us for the service. (Sorry, I can't remember his name at the moment - Debbi)

It was an exciting day for our little church. We had many visitors - a total of 37 people attended the service. Amy Spilman, one of our former members who married and now attends another church, joined us and sang "Each One, Reach One." Pastor preached a sermon titled, "A Sacred Trust." Allen was ordained, then he preached the second service.

Good News!!

We have found an architect who is working with the fire marshal to get him what he needs. We are so grateful to God for that. The architect told us that it usually takes four to six weeks for the current process we are in to go through. Since we would like to pour concrete before the first freeze, this is not great timing. So, we would ask for your prayers concerning the concrete - either that the application would go through quickly and we would get the approval to pour concrete soon, or that the freeze would hold off for a couple extra weeks. We know that God can work either way.

Aside from the building process, over the past couple of weeks, the church has had a few visitors from our past. There has been some illness and traveling involved. It was certainly good to see their faces again. God is good, all the time!

And the photo is from what we ladies hope will be the last picnic at the shelter for the year. :)