#7
Posted by Pastor Dwain Carter on 08-19-2009 17:23:44 EDT
#7
Hello Everyone
I sure hope and pray that your day and week is going well. I know for some it has been very trying and stressful with the start of school and some because the kids did not want to leave their fun in the sun summer. Let me give you some encouragement, Christmas is just around the corner and you will have some time off. Really. If you get paid twice a month, there is only 8 more pay checks till Christmas. Ok, so I added some more stress to your already stressful week. Glad I could help.
This week has seemed to be one of the longest ever. I was praying for yesterday to be the last day of the week, but that was not the case. I really don’t know why some seem longer than others.
I have been working hard on get things ready for our LIFE group kickoff that will take place the week of September 13. If you don’t know what this is, it is our small group ministry offered here at HBC. We are going to be studying Missional Living to start. Please sign up to take part in a group or to host one in your home. You can do this by emailing me dwain@harmonybaptistmo.org or by calling the office 573 774 5222
I have been studying this week on the way that God wants us to live. And what I have come up with is that He wants us to live for Him in all we do. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:16 “Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.” What this tells me is I cannot build myself up, but only God, it is not about me, it is about Jesus. I cannot boast, and it would be better for me never to have been born, than for me not to preach of God’s greatness and love. God has also shown me about love, 1 John 2:16 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”
Friends this is Missional living at its best. This is the person that I think God wants all of us to be.
Have a great day and week. Till next time.
Dwain
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blog #6
Posted by Pastor Dwain Carter on 08-10-2009 14:18:47 EDTBlog #6
Hello friends
Last week, Leslie, myself and the rest of our family went on our first whole family vacation minus Jeremy who could not get off work. We had a great time, and let me say that Table Rock Lake is outstanding.
But, today I am back to hard labor and fun times at HBC. Our offices will not be so bright for a short while; last Friday was Brandy’s last day to be part of the HBC staff. She accepted a new job on Fort Leonard Wood. She had worked for us for 5 years, she will be missed. So for a while please call before you make the trip out here so you will be sure that there is someone here. 573 774 5222 is the office number.
Our New Direction Task Force has been and is still working extremely hard trying to set the stage for our future as a community of believers. What I thought would take about 3 weeks to complete will be more like 3 months. Here is a list of accomplishments thus for,
We are a Worshiping, Discipling, Serving people,
Our mission statement is “A people striving to make Christ known.”
Our purpose is to “Glorify God and Edify Others.”
Our vision is to become an “Acts 1:8 church”
Our statement of Faith will be the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.
You can locate this on our website harmonybaptistmo.org
Some upcoming events, Aug 16- Back to School Carnival for prek-6th grade, 5:30 to 7pm, for more info call the office. Aug21st- 1st Friday for 7th-12th grades, this event will be held at the Pulaski Baptist Assoc multipurpose building, call Leslie for more info at the office. Aug 30th, Volunteer ministry fair/ progressive Lunch during the last part of our morning service. 6 areas of ministry will be showcased, Music/creative arts, Adult ministries, Children’s Ministries, The ZONE Youth ministries, Service/Outreach, and Small Groups. There will be a lot more info to come about this.
And last but not least, there will be several different Small/Life groups starting the first part of September. Topic and leaders will be announced soon, if you would like to be in a group or lead a group please let me know ASAP.
2 Peter 1:3-4
Pastor D
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#5
Posted by Pastor Dwain Carter on 07-27-2009 15:45:13 EDT#5
Hello to my blogging friends. There are many different things going on around the ministry of HBC today. Our youth are in Buffalo NY on a World Changers mission trip, tonight we start working on a house in our community putting on a new roof, youth camp gets started today, the house next door got the last coat of sheetrock mud, tree cutting for a lady in town and the sewer work was staked out for digging to start on Tuesday. WOW that seems like a lot of stuff.
God has blessed us with a group of people who are all about working and do great things for the glory of God. We are moving forward doing some great ministries. Our hope is that we are the hands and feet of Jesus and we pray that we are right where He wants us to be.
The last few months have been a growing time and a stretching one as well. Our New Direction Task Force is working and the results are going to be outstanding. We are trying to make the ministry as simple as possible and keep the main thing the main thing. Because of our love for Him, we Worship Him, because of our love for Him we Disciple each other and because of our love for Him we Serve.
In my studies I have been looking at John 10:10 and I have came to understand how far the enemy will go to kill, steal and destroy our joy. But, Christ came to give us Fullness. I choose to follow Christ and live in my joy not my defeats. Choose joy with me.
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