Super Missions Sunday!

Missionary Stuart Brown and some of our CFA family

Carpeting the Fellowship Hall

Carpeting the new platform

Great launch to our Missions Convention today!

We had two great services with missionary guests @ CFA. One represents a new church plant yet to be launched in 2009 in Paris, France and the other one represented a children's home in Jamaica. Two different missionaries, but two men sharing the same passion to take this gospel everywhere and to everyone!

This is the greatest week on our church calendar. WE LOVE MISSIONS! We love to interact with missionaries. We love to support missionaries. We love to take on new missionaries at each missions convention. We love to share the gospel with the world! Thrilled that our church was recognized for our missions giving by the Indiana District and placed 1st Place in our division.

We are looking forward to next weekend where we will host the Missions Banquet in our newly restored fellowship hall. It has been four long months since the Flood of '08, but we will be ready to gather our fellowship in this new space and promote the cause of missions around the world. Plus, we will support a local church with our Cash Offering Project that was affected by the flood as well. We have chosen to follow the call of our Master and Lord to give unto others!

Three things on a personal note:

- My wife returned from a week of visiting family in Arkansas. When I returned home from church tonight there she was. Great to have her back home!

- My middle son celebrated his 17th birthday today. Happy Birthday Trenton! We love you.

- My church celebrated Pastor Appreciation Sunday with a card shower today. It was very sweet and thoughtful to be remembered in the midst of all the busyness!

As I promised, I captured a few pictures of the new pews that were installed in the sanctuary this past week. Everyone was happy to have our pews and sanctuary back to normal! Thank you Jesus!

Anticipating a great week! Love to all.