Friday, March 25, 2011
Carolina Familiy Planning Center Banquet
The 2nd annual Carolina Family Planning Centers fundraising banquet was a huge success. Recording artist/actor, Rebecca St. James was the singer/speaker. Overall the banquet took in approximately $19,000 on the night. Thanks to Cornerstone in Darlington for allowing us to use the facilities, to the volunteers for all of your hard work, to Heather for serving as our emcee, to Micara and Savannah for sharing your story, and to Jamie & Janet for being transparent and sharing your story. The CFPC is a prolife ministry with offices currently open in Hartsville & Darlington. We are currently talking to groups in 3 other cities considering opening local centers under our umbrella. If you would like more information about the CFPC, please visit www.CarolinaFamilyPlanning.org. A special thanks to all of our sponsors: Platinum Sponsors: - A.O.Smith - Emmanuel Baptist Church - Lakeview Baptist Church - Quality Auto Sales GOLD SPONSORS - LifeCare Hospice - Sonoco SILVER SPONSORS - Black Creek Baptist Church - Brown-Pennington Funeral Home - Cornerstone Baptist Church in Darlington - Donna Outlaw - Emmanuel Christian School - Hartsville Community Fellowship - Heritage Community Bank - Karen Griggs - Kelleytown Baptist Church - LifeWay Christian Store - Florence - New Providence Baptist Church & Youth - North Hartsville Baptist Church & Youth - Norton Funeral Home - Palmetto Family Medicine & Senior Care - Parnell, Wendell & Tricia - Sonic in Hartsville - SPC Credit Union - The Living Church - Trust Company / Allstate Insurance - And to all those who donated auction items.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday Summary - 3.20.11
It's exciting to see people being saved, baptized, and added to the church almost every week! This past Sunday, we started our service with 1 baptism. By the time the day was over we had 1 saved, 4 new members, and 1 recommitment.
During the morning service, Cindy Faile (our missionary to Mali, Africa) gave an update of the ministry in Mali. Cindy will be returning to Mali on Tuesday, 3/22. Pray for her safe travel. In our evening service, Cindy gave us a list of things to pray about and then we hosted a reception in her honor and to give her a hero's send-off. Our church members brought desserts and cards of encouragement for her.
The morning message was on entitled, "God Has A Plan for Your Life." So many people are trying to find out where God wants them to serve, or what He wants them to do. As J.Vernon McGee used to say, "Finding God's will is not like a giant Easter egg hunt." God wants you to find it and will most often drop it in our lap. The question is whether we will follow His plan, or try to convince Him to give us something different. The altar was full during the invitation with people who were asking God to direct their lives.
During the morning service, Cindy Faile (our missionary to Mali, Africa) gave an update of the ministry in Mali. Cindy will be returning to Mali on Tuesday, 3/22. Pray for her safe travel. In our evening service, Cindy gave us a list of things to pray about and then we hosted a reception in her honor and to give her a hero's send-off. Our church members brought desserts and cards of encouragement for her.
The morning message was on entitled, "God Has A Plan for Your Life." So many people are trying to find out where God wants them to serve, or what He wants them to do. As J.Vernon McGee used to say, "Finding God's will is not like a giant Easter egg hunt." God wants you to find it and will most often drop it in our lap. The question is whether we will follow His plan, or try to convince Him to give us something different. The altar was full during the invitation with people who were asking God to direct their lives.
Monday, March 14, 2011
ECS & Kite Day - 3.13.11
Yesterday was ECS day at Emmanuel. One Sunday each year, we highlight Emmanuel Christian School during our morning church service. ECS is the largest ministry of EBC and we are blessed to partner with parents and local churches for the purpose of providing a quality education from a Christian world-view. Our elementary students filled the choir loft and sang beautifully. Students served as our praise band, faculty served as our praise team, upper school students served as ushers and greeters, faculty and alumni were recognized, artwork was displayed, the EXCEL students performed the prelude, newscasts provided updates, and Brooke knocked it out of the park with her song! I continued my sermon series on "Back to Basics" and we had 2 recommit their lives to Christ, 2 baptized, and 1 adult joined the church.
Following the morning service, we hosted "Kite Day" for the kids. There wasn't much wind, but there were almost 200 adults and children who participated. They brought picnic lunches and kites were flying all over our campus. This is definitely something we plan to do again.
A special thanks to all of the parents who brought their children to be part of our special ECS day, to Greta for preparing the Elementary choir, to Alex & Justin for the media projects, to the EXCEL teachers for helping the students prepare, and to Heather for coordinating the entire day!
Following the morning service, we hosted "Kite Day" for the kids. There wasn't much wind, but there were almost 200 adults and children who participated. They brought picnic lunches and kites were flying all over our campus. This is definitely something we plan to do again.
A special thanks to all of the parents who brought their children to be part of our special ECS day, to Greta for preparing the Elementary choir, to Alex & Justin for the media projects, to the EXCEL teachers for helping the students prepare, and to Heather for coordinating the entire day!
Monday, March 07, 2011
Evangelism Training - 3.6.11
Yesterday was a great day as we again hosted Don Sunshine (uncle to WMHK's Steve Sunshine) at Emmanuel. Don is a former police officer who has a presentation entitled, "Make A Difference" or MAD. Through it, he shows people how easy it is to share your faith in almost any situation. Don spoke in our ECS chapel last year and it really impacted several of our students. He followed that with a 4 hour training seminar on a Saturday. Our adults were so impressed that we decided that our whole church needed to hear Don's presentation. So, he taught a 4 hour course divided up across our Sunday services 9:30. 10:30, 4:30 and 6:00pm.
Today we also had a man place his faith in Jesus Christ for salvation! He came during our invitation stating that he had been a "make-believer" (a term Don used for those who were pretending to be saved). He said he had battled with this for almost 18 months and today he nailed it down!
Don had 3 other men with him and they were going from Hartsville to Daytona, FL for Bike Week. The men devised a plan and scooped my youngest daughter out of class today so they could take her for a motorcycle ride. She loved it!
If you want to encourage your church to share their faith, I would highly recommend Don's seminar for your church. Visit his website at www.donsunshine.org
Today we also had a man place his faith in Jesus Christ for salvation! He came during our invitation stating that he had been a "make-believer" (a term Don used for those who were pretending to be saved). He said he had battled with this for almost 18 months and today he nailed it down!
Don had 3 other men with him and they were going from Hartsville to Daytona, FL for Bike Week. The men devised a plan and scooped my youngest daughter out of class today so they could take her for a motorcycle ride. She loved it!
If you want to encourage your church to share their faith, I would highly recommend Don's seminar for your church. Visit his website at www.donsunshine.org
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
God is Moving - 2.27.11
Sundays at Emmanuel have become so exciting that people are literally saying, "I can't wait to see what God is going to do this Sunday." In the past 5 weeks, we've seen 9 people saved, 11 baptized, 22 new members (17 were adults), and our attendance increased by 50. Again, we are in a small town with a stagnant population, BUT GOD IS WORKING!
This past Sunday, we were privileged to start our service with 1 teenager and 2 children taking the step of baptism. We were also blessed to have the "Sounds of Liberty" worship team from Liberty University with us in the morning service and in full concert for the evening service. I preached on "Overcoming Temptation.
At the invitation, people came to the altar to pray, a couple joined the church, and a sweet lady came to make a public profession of her faith. She was saved, but felt she needed to share it publicly and it was such a blessing! As I was walking through the Worship Center, a lady stopped me and asked if we could talk. We talked and she prayed to receive Christ as her Savior!
Earlier in the week we also had two people saved on visitation! God has really been blessing our church family recently. I pray we never take it for granted, and we are faithful to give Him the credit and the glory for what He is doing both in and through us!
This past Sunday, we were privileged to start our service with 1 teenager and 2 children taking the step of baptism. We were also blessed to have the "Sounds of Liberty" worship team from Liberty University with us in the morning service and in full concert for the evening service. I preached on "Overcoming Temptation.
At the invitation, people came to the altar to pray, a couple joined the church, and a sweet lady came to make a public profession of her faith. She was saved, but felt she needed to share it publicly and it was such a blessing! As I was walking through the Worship Center, a lady stopped me and asked if we could talk. We talked and she prayed to receive Christ as her Savior!
Earlier in the week we also had two people saved on visitation! God has really been blessing our church family recently. I pray we never take it for granted, and we are faithful to give Him the credit and the glory for what He is doing both in and through us!
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