Proclaiming His Praises

The 67th Annual Carolina Lectures has now come and gone. We spent 4 days together – 9:00 to 9:00 and heard 42 lessons from 22 different speakers all focused on what it means to preach the cross of Jesus Christ. I especially enjoyed the 5/9 session every day. What a wonderful lectureship we enjoyed!

Thank you to every participant for being a part of this annual event hosted by various congregations from the Carolinas. Thank you especially to Brother Bill Young for assisting in arranging song leaders and men to lead prayer every hour, for manning our multimedia controls, and in general seeing that people had what they needed to get the job done. Thank you to Dave Pyle and our Service Groups at St. Andrews Road for breakfast and lunch everyday. Thank you to our church secretary, Kay Yenny for all the work that had to be done behind the scenes to see that the lectures were a terrific success. Thank you to Alex Arlington, John Dennison, and Alan Larmon, our elders who were on the scene every day to see that every need was met. Thank you to our exhibit representatives who came in from just about everywhere to let us know about so many opportunities for service locally and abroad. Thank you to our speakers for all the time and effort they invested in preparing and sharing lessons form God’s word that are much needed in these troublesome times. Thank you to Brother David Sain from Fayetteville, Tennessee who spoke every evening as our keynote speaker. Thank you to every member at St. Andrews Road, our guests from other congregations, and our guests from the community for being a part of this year’s 67th Annual Carolina Lectures. We’re already looking forward to the 68th Carolina Lectures in North Carolina next year.

NEXT UP – LADIES’ DAY @ ST. ANDREWS ROAD! Our Annual Ladies’ Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 30th at St. Andrews Road. Can you believe that our ladies’ day is only 3 weeks away? There is much to be done to get everything in order. If you can help, please check the bulletin board in the lobby and sign up to help. Men: Our ladies need our help to set up and clean up for lunch. If you can help, sign up on the bulletin board in the lobby. We always have a great time together.

Cindi and I will be out of town this Sunday visiting in Arkansas with our daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. Please pray for us as we travel. Brother Caleb Colley will be preaching this Sunday morning and evening. It certainly is good to know that I can be away and know that capable faithful men will stand to continue the work of Christ. I plan to return on Monday, April 11th, Lord willing.

Our monthly Men’s and Preachers’ Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19th at 10:00 a.m. in the fellowship hall. Brother Larry Reynolds, preacher at Leslie, SC will present our program on “The Relationship of Faithful Deacons to the Eldership They Serve.” If you can join us for this meeting, please do. We meet every third Tuesday in the month. We do take a break in June and July, and in December for the holidays.

Check out our website http://www.sarcoc.org/ to listen to the sermons from your computer. We plan to place the lectureship lessons on our website as soon as possible.

Thursday, April 7, 2011