We are Going Forward!

It looks like we are going to buy a bus out of New York. It's a little bigger than our present bus. It's like new and has very low mileage. We are seriously interviewing a candidate for our children's and youth pastor position. We have taken out several advertisements in the Intelligencer and Alestle. Our tracts and t-shirts have come in (they look great!). We are the sponsor church with WIBI for a concert in Edwardsville's City Park on Friday night, July 28th at 8pm, with Phil Wickham. We have purchased some can insulators with our church info on them to pass out (250 of them). And we are going to reach out at SIUE when the students come back opening day.

We have had a steady flow of new and wonderful people and families visitor our church lately. Although I THANK GOD for this church family and those who regularly attend (they are so wonderful and incredibly important) it is also awesome to ministry and be a blessing to new people as well. And, that is our earnest desire, that we minister the Word of God, and that we are a blessing. We truly want to be used of God to help people and see them find the Lord and be saved.

Kim, Kassi and I are taking a couple of mini-vacations this summer. First, we are going to Branson for 4 days in July. Then we will be going to Wisconsin for a weekend to a Brautigam family reunion (my mother's side of the family). Shortly after that, Kassi heads back to Evangel. It's hard to believe that the summer is almost over and she is leaving again. BUT, life keeps going forward, as it should, and God gets the glory!

So, Pray, especially for Israel right now. Draw close to Jesus. Be prepared, because He could come back sooner than you might think. Be a good witness. Stay cool and hydrated. And, see you in church, ministering and being ministered to.

Pastor Tim