The last few weeks have been spent in preparation for our annual Missions Revival always held the week before Memorial Day. This year the Revival started Thursday evening, May 18th and ended on Sunday, May 21st. Dr. Don Davis, Director of Prayer Baptist Missions International was our main speaker and he brought two families from his mission board.
Moses Yoder, Pastor of Hardwick Bible Baptist Church, Hardwick, VT opened the conference with a captivating message on the "PERSON Driven Life" as opposed to the "Purpose Driven Life." The "person" of course, is the Lord Jesus Christ. Our worship and service must be motivated out of love for Him. Oftentimes many people are caught up in what they are doing rather than who they are doing it for! Pastor Yoder beautifully articulated why the Bible must be our basis for faith and practice rather than the latest fad or teachings of current popular personalities in Christianity.
Our Saturday Service started with breakfast at 9am ended with a great barbecue chicken dinner at noon. We held our meeting in between. It was such a blessing to have our first major conference at our new venue. We had plenty of room for seating and we were also able to set up tables for the two meals right in the auditorium. The kitchen was a real Godsend and we certainly appreciate the folks from our church who work so hard to be a blessing to us and the Lord.
Both missionaries spoke at the meeting. Joshua Sykes is a young man who is called to plant churches in the Mormon dominated state of Utah. He is a graduate of Crown College and has a wife, Christie, and two small children, Jesse and Chloe. Marty Goddard is a missionary to Mexico and brought his wife, Dawn, and their five children. They provided special music for the conference and Bro. Marty preached a great message on "Temptation."
The revival concluded on Sunday evening with a message from Bro. Sykes on, "Where is Your Faith," and a stirring message by Bro. Don on "Hindrances to Faith." Bro. Don highlighted the behavior of the Prodigal Son's elder brother who was displeased with his younger brother's repentance and return. He skillfully applied the message to all of us as we interact together in the local church. It was a wonderful week of blessing and fellowship and we thank our missionary guests as well as our own people who labored to make it such a special time.
