Monday, February 09, 2004

The Birth of College Church

We had a great Sunday Night Alive! last night. We dedicated the College Church and spent the whole evening worshipping and praising God for His greatness. We had 30 people attend our frist Sunday Night service! The Lord is great and continues to provide our every need. My daughter Bethany took some wonderful pictures and I will post them at the College Church fotopage this evening. Greg Alexander, the Director of Collegiate Ministry from the Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA), was there and also took some pictures he hopes to use in an article on the College Church in a future issue of the IBSA newsletter.

Thanks to Julie and Christa for preparing the food. Thanks goes out to Decrease for the super time of worship they led us through and to Noah for an inspirational message from God's word. Thanks to Marilyn for hanging in there and providing so much support. Thanks to Matthew and Bethany for the help they provided, and thanks to the College and Career family from FBCOF who attended. This ministry is for you as well as the McKendree students.

All in all I feel the Lord has directed us to a path that will glorify His name on the McKendree campus, in Lebanon, and throughout the St Louis Metro East. It is not about us, but about Him. Our desire is to simply conform our will to His.

We are officially up and running. Come and visit anytime! We are located at 225 N. Monroe, Lebanon, Illinois. We meet for bible Study on Wednesday evenings at 8:00 and our weekly worship time is Sunday evenings at 7:30. We hope to see you sometime soon.

Take care and God bless you all,

Rick

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