Feb. 10-16: Administrative work, travel notes and I was privileged to share a witnessing technique at PVBI. I also attended the school revival. Rev. Kenny Stetler did an excellent job preaching.
Feb. 17-22: GMC Ministerial, Rev. and Mrs. Don Raines did a wonderful job. Rev. John Mark Fisher was voted as Minister of the Year. A great choice!
Feb. 23: Hanover, I preached and then we enjoyed good fellowship with the Sweitzer family after church.
Feb. 22- March 01: PV Ministers vs High School basketball game. The ministers won the game. I spoke at the IHC in South Carolina for two local churches. I was also able to stop and see one of my heroes, Rev. Jacob Miller. Bro. Michael McMillian and I met with our camp cook about this year’s camp.
March 02: Helfenstein, I appreciate all the improvements to the parsonage. It’s looking great! Lewistown: it was great to be with the Donahey’s and to see how her health had improved.
March 03-07: Westfield, IN: Outreach & Bus Convention. Rev. Eric Kuhns did an excellent job preaching and I enjoyed many great sessions. I was able to visit and have prayer with Bro. and Sis George Maloyed at the nursing home. Bro. George Maloyed always inspires me to let our light shine. He sure does!
March 08-10: Geisinger Hospital to visit Butch and Lee, both from Sunbury church connections. Administrative work and sermon preparation.
March 11-16: Millmont Revival, I appreciated God’s help while preaching and working with Jeremy Reese Family as singers. They have such wonderful spirits and great songs. It was extra special because I used to be their pastor.
March 17-18: General Board meeting and sermon preparation.
March 19-24: Palmdale, CA for Y4C Youth Camp. The staff prayed, worshipped and God gave the victories! Great activities, food and fellowship!
March 25-31: PV bd mtg and then traveled to Salem, OH for the viewing and funeral of Rev. Ken Gordon. I shared how God used him to transform our Bloserville Church inside and out. He beautified the foyer, sanctuary, and fellowship hall. His skills have blessed GMC. It spoke to all of us. If man can be used to transform a building, God can change us too! I spoke at Northampton on Sunday and Monday I had a meeting at our Lebanon Church.
April 01-06: Administrative work, I also visited Rev. Alan Walter in the Lebanon Hospital. Worked on sermon preparation and preached Sunday at our Mountain Road Church. The updates in the parsonage are beautiful.
April 07-11: TN for IHC, wonderful music, preaching and fellowship. God’s special presence was manifest throughout the convention.
April 13-19: Northampton for Palm Sunday. I also had a General Board meeting and went to a wonderful PV Founders Banquet. Bro. Leonard Raub was the special speaker. He shared some of the ways he has been involved in school down through the years. Our prayer is that God would raise up some more men like him to bless PV. I went to Rome, NY for the funeral of Nancy Kilgore, the mother of Rev. Matt Kilgore. Everyone did such a beautiful job honoring her. I spent some extra time with our wonderful Savior on Good Friday to worship Him and a good time studying on a sermon for Sunday.
April 20: Northampton, Easter Sunday. We were praising God together! Sis Gloria was back in church for the first time since her terrible fall months ago. She is a miracle to be alive!
April 21: Lebanon, for a meeting and sermon preparation for revival.
April 22-27: Mocksville, NC, I enjoyed peaching at the church and calling with the pastor. Everyone’s hospitality was superb.
April 28: I drove home from NC and made it for a Pension Board meeting at 2:00 pm.
I had a World Mission zoom meeting at 7:00 pm.
April 30- May 02: Hobe Sound Bible College, FL to speak to their ministerial students at lunch time and our GMC students at supper time. Thanks to Bro. Aaron Hamilton and Bro. Jeff Statton for helping to make this happen. We are so blessed that 3 of these young men are GMC licensed ministers already.
May 03: PV school picnic was a beautiful day. The elementary kickball game and other activities were exciting. The pulled pork and all the other classes selling food and other items made a lot of choices for us to stay filled up. The HS and college games were great. I even announced a few of the games. Rain was supposed to come earlier but the Lord held off the rain in answer to some people’s prayers!
May 04: Alexanderia, I was there for the 25th anniversary of the present church building.
They had 4 beautiful specials – two by children in the church and two by the Solomon Shaffer family. Rev. John Case preached an encouraging and challenging message. We then had an amazing lunch together in the beautiful fellowship hall. Former Pastor’s Rev. Nathen Shaffer and Rev. Solomon Shaffer and laymen did a wonderful job sharing the history of the church. I would like to say, “Well done” Pastor Matt and Lynn Peachey.