Aug. 04-10: Penns Creek Camp clean-up day. We appreciate and are thankful for the wonderful help! This week always has a lot of administrative work. Scheduling for Conference President visits, travel notes, an article for Penns Creek Camp and preparations for board meetings. We also had a PVBI board meeting.
Aug. 11-16: General Board meeting and we also met with Missionary Crusader’s Board to elect their President. We elected Rev. Blake Cassady. We know he will continue to influence our young people to Christ. I also went to Ohio for the viewing and funeral of my Uncle Gene. The Pastor gave a good testimony of his life and friendship!
Aug. 17: Beavertown, I was privileged to preach in the outdoor service. In the evening
I preached at the Sunbury Church. I appreciate the pastor’s and people’s ministries into the city. They had a recent VBS and were involved in the prayer station ministry during the towns Riverfest.
Aug. 18-23: Penn View, I shared in the faculty and staff devotions. I flew to Colorado Springs for the exciting installation service of Rev. Josiah England. God has answered their prayers! A big step of faith was a second parsonage to house their Associate pastor.
I visited Justin Steen in the Hershey Hospital. He had a very serious case of Lymes disease. My wife and I enjoyed the annual PV fireworks. They were beautiful!
Aug. 24-30: Chambersburg, to visit the church and have a church board meeting. I also had a Home Missions board meeting. God is using Bro. Jeremy Fuller and the board to start new churches. Keep praying! General Board met by zoom. I enjoyed preaching at our Lewistown Church. FL and sermon preparations were worked on at the end of the week.
Aug. 31: Chambersburg, we praise God for the excellent vote and His willingness to be our Intern Pastor. Congratulations to Pastor Tim Ellis and family!
Camp Hill, to preach and hold the pastoral election. I’m excited to announce that Rev. Josiah Adair was elected. We are excited for Bro. Josiah and Sis Kimberly Adair.
Sept. 01-08: FL trip. I enjoyed preaching at Seffner, Orlando, Kissimmee and Summerfield. We also had a rally on Friday night, and I shared a witnessing technique on Sat. morning. The fellowship at each place was wonderful!
Sept. 09-13: I went to PV revival a couple times. Bro. Jack Hooker and the Michael Mason family both did an excellent job! I preached again at Lewistown. Administrative work, travel notes and sermon preparation.
Sept. 14: Duncannon, it is one of the most exciting places in our conference. The parking lot was full. Several beautiful major repairs to the building have been done and the attendance is up! New people are coming in, and people are being helped spiritually! Thank You, Pastor Jeremy Fuller and the pastoral team and laymen for a ministry well done!
Sept. 15-20: Penns Creek Camp board meeting. We appreciate how each person on the board is trying to make it the best camp possible. The PV board met again. Thank God for their vision and faithful service to our school. I went down to Lehigh Valley Hospital to visit Sis Nancy Lundmark who attends Northampton church. She had a stroke. The church doesn’t have a pastor, so I wanted to visit and have prayer for her. I preached at Camp Hill and had a Pension Board meeting.
Sept. 21: Lewistown to preach and hold a pastoral election. I’m excited to report that Rev. Brain Black has accepted to become the next pastor.
Sept. 22-23: Administrative work and Missionary Crusaders Board meeting. Rev. Blake Cassady led the meeting to make plans for this conference year.
Sept. 24-28: Pell City, AL for the Future Pastor Conference. GMC sponsors the event, and I had the privilege to share a five-minute recruiting speech to the ministerial students who are in those sessions. God helped Rev. Don Raines and Rev. Matt Ellison to preach excellent messages on the Joy of Soul Winning and the Joy of Pastoring.
Sept. 29 – Oct. 04: Administrative work and we had a PV Board meeting. I went to a PV alumni event. Worked on sermon preparation for a revival later in the month.
Oct. 05: New Columbia, the Spanglers and people are doing a wonderful ministry together. We thank the Lord for their new associate Pastor Blake Cassady joining the team.
Oct. 06-11: Butler, to visit Sis Walburn in the hospital. She was near death. She and her husband, Bro. Henry Walburn, have been friends for many years. Please lift him in your prayers as his wife passed the next day. I also worked on travel notes and lots of sermon preparation.
Oct 12: Lebanon, for their Harvest Home Services. The people always honor the pastoral team in a beautiful way. It was also our privilege to have a wonderful meal and fellowship with the Going family.
Oct. 13 – 18: I had a Gen. Bd and a PV Bd meeting this week. I had a weekend meeting in Ohio cancel so I went out hunting and shot a nice 8-point buck. Chad came and field dressed the deer and dragged it out.
Oct. 20 – 27: Cherryvale, KS for a Revival meeting. God is using Pastor Greg and Rebecca Miller (originally from the Sunbury church) in a wonderful way.