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Harvest 2010
Once more Pastor Jones and the
church invited me and Brother Charles Horton to help the church in
its soul winning outreach called "Harvest 2010". While
"Harvest 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009" were such a
success the church knows you can't live on past blessings.
They planned another harvest out reach. This once more was a
fantastic week of blessing and WORK! An excellent number
of believers of all ages showed up to help go door to door, drive busses, prepare food and
attend this very aggressive out reach.
These Harvest Times are always a "working" conference. We began on Wednesday night as Brother Charley Horton challenged our hearts in soul-winning and the vision was set. On Thursday morning we met for prayer and once again Brother Horton gave some instruction on personal evangelism.
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We then hit the streets until noon. After lunch teams went back out, knocking on doors and giving out the Gospel.
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Then that evening a very harsh and strong storm came our way. Thunder sounded and lighting lit the sky. Not being able to go out we had a prayer meeting awaiting the morning day break. Actually much prayer went into the meeting.
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On Friday the storm was over, the sun was bright and off to the streets again. New folks joined us and the teams grew larger enabling us to reach more areas in a shorter amount of time. So we loaded up with the Gospel, tracts and church information and went out again.
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Street Preaching
On Friday evening while some teams when door knocking a few of us went downtown for street singing and preaching. I preached twice and although there seemed to be little or no interest, several folks actually asked for tracts and others struck up a conversation about the church.
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Once more on Saturday morning more homes were reached and the Gospel given.
In all over ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY doors were knocked on and 1,650 Gospel of John and Romans, tracks and material were distributed. What a wonderful victory in spite of the devil's hatred for such endeavors. The seed of the Word of God will produce a good harvest in the days to come. While some say we need new methods it is plain and simple that house to house is an old method that works if you work it right through the power of prayer and dedication.
An added blessing was having three young men from the New England Baptist College come join us. They worked hard and showed their burden for souls. On Saturday night they gave a special music presentation before I preached. Then on Sunday they sang in the Church Service.
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In a step of faith the members have called Brother Bob Emery to be the assistant pastor, helping Brother Jones in the work of the ministry. His faith, vision and zeal has added greatly to the ministry in the short time he has been there.
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The church maintains a clean, healthy and decorative nursery. The services can be heard and seen by the workers.
Missions has always been part of the ministry of Rosedale Baptist Church. While reaching across the street in Harvest, the vision also expands around the world.
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Easter 2010
It
has become a tradition to be at Rosedale each Easter week .
It truly is special time each year.
I am still rejoicing over the blessing of souls saved and lives touched.
The Power of the Resurrection is KEY to the Christian life and the Christian faith. It is not just a doctrine but the life blood of our hope.
We started on Wednesday night and preached each night and Sunday Services.
The church house was filling with people whose hearts have been stirred in the past four services. Smiles, hugs and shouts of "Hallelujah Christ is risen" filled the air and echoed within the walls of the building. You could feel the excitement and joy of Easter Morning. Christ is Risen!
I was not alone in preaching in this meeting. Pastor Jones invited my son Matt and his family to join me on Friday to Sunday. Matt also brought my dear and sweet wife to be with us. While I preached Wednesday and Thursday, Matt preached on Friday, we both preached on Saturday then I preached Sunday Morning and Matt closed out the meeting Sunday Night. There was a path to the altar in each service.
Good Music In All The Services
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