Bible Methodist Connection of Churches
Blake Jones, Conference President bejones@nethawk.com Ph. (989) 427-3178
Dates to Note:
End of Conference Year for Reporting - May 31
Camp Ground Work Days - June 10-11
Youth Camp - June 21-24 with Bro. Jim Stroup as Evangelist
Annual Conference - July 14, 2005
Rock Lake Bible Methodist Camp - July 15 - 24
WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE
Rev. and Mrs. Sam Lindahl have agreed to pastor the Ironwood Bible Methodist Church where Rev. Blankenship was pastoring. Welcome back to Great Lakes, Sam and Debbie! God bless you and your ministry in Frankton, Indiana.
Conference President Report
I was privileged to share a weekend meeting at Muskegon earlier in May. Do you remember Joe who came to camp a few years ago? He was a brand new convert then. I wish you could have heard him pray and watch him as he welcomed folks to church. Wow! God is establishing His people at Muskegon. I was able to stop and get some pictures of the property that the Muskegon/Sparta Church family is hoping to purchase. It is located on Apple Ave, (Hwy 46) near Revenna and across from a lovely golf course. It has 10 acres and a beautiful Cape Cod style house. The house has a meeting room that can be used until a church building is built.
The conference pastors met at the camp grounds for a Love and Respect DVD series. The presentation was very informative and soundly biblical in it approach to Christian marriages. We enjoyed a special time of fellowship and learning. And, we are blessed with lots of little parsonage children. WHAT A BLESSING!
Carl Imhoff preached a youth revival for us here at Rock Lake on the second weekend of May. He preached a series of messages on Christian love. It was so good to have his family here -- and, of course, some of his relatives blessed us with their attendance.
Our family traveled to GBS for Seth's graduation. We have gotten to know so many young people there and we delight in "parenting" them while we are on the Hilltop! Saturday evening was a special tribute to Dr. Avery for his ten years of service as president. That was one impressive meeting! Sunday we drove to Bro. Faulkner's in Stanton, Kentucky, and preached in the morning service. His people are so warm and expressive. Why don't we all pay them a visit sometime. We'll just flood them with Northerners and smoother them with Yankee love! We were back at GBS for the closing service of their camp meeting.
We stayed in Cincinnati until Tuesday to attend an insurance luncheon where the possibility of forming an umbrella insurance group for church buildings and liability was discussed with Global One. Then the long trip back home later Tuesday afternoon --but now bringing Cherie home for the summer.
Last Sunday evening was our 5th Sunday Rally and was held here at the camp tabernacle. A lot of work went into preparing the building for guests after the winter. But, it was a wonderful time! Even with many people away for the long weekend, we had a great crowd. Rev. Adrian Rosa spoke to us about the mystery of Godliness and how we "speak" that mystery to a watching world. Thank you for your message Bro. Rosa.
Our family was all home for Memorial Day. That was fun. We played games and ate and napped. I was not able to attend my Grandma Unsworth's 106th birthday party last weekend and I missed that special day.
In two days Kenny and Derek will leave for "Touching Lives for Christ" (TLC) bootcamp in Florida. From there they will fly to Alaska. The first week of ministry will be a VBS near Fairbanks/North Pole. The second week is to be home ministry, testimonies, singing and visiting in a village inside the Arctic Circle. Matt Johnson is arranging the details on the Alaska end. Bro. and Sis. Brian Bailey (assistant pastor here at Rock Lake) are leading the Alaska Team. They will be traveling by van to Florida and taking seven young people and their two little girls. Please pray for all of them -- for safety, for wisdom, for shining spirits, for radiant faces, for spiritual blessing and for, perhaps, a personal call to ministry!
And camp meeting is just around the corner. Please, please pray for the workers and for God's mighty moving among us!
DOES ANYONE NEED CAMP BROCHURES??????
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
Blake and Saundy Jones
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