I just realized I really havn't said much about our new pastor in here. Well, his name is Randy Walker and he is local to Mississippi and has been in the ministry 23 years. He's down to earth, has basicaly the same views I do, and is a motivator - which is what my church needs. Our church is full of people who love God, want to serve God, and PRAY. However, they just don't do stuff unless they have someone behind them motivating them. And Randy is GOOD at that. He has a psychology degree and is good at that, he reads people like a book and knows how to motivate them and how to use them. He also pushes prayer and studying the Word regularly and LISTENING to God. He is big on missions which is what this church needs - the mission trip this summer excited them, now they need a leader and that is what we have found I believe.

Things are going great there. Already my choir attendance has gone from 6 to 14 in a month. Discipleship attendance has gone from 15 to 25 or so and sunday morning attendance is back up to about 60 now. (It had been down to 45 or so)

Now I know, numbers are not the important thing, but numbers ARE important. You can do a lot more with a 14 voice choir than a 6 voice choir when you are working with untrained singers. You can reach more people when more people are in the pews listening (and they are, belive me, they aren't just there to fill a pew)

So yeah, it's all going great right now. Keep us in your prayers.
- posted by Nick @ 8/17/2002 05:18:00 PM | 0 comments