Monday, March 31, 2008
We need to make a correction on a blogsite. Mike's Disaster Assistance blog is as follows www.mikesmissionupdates.blogspot.com This is a very informative blog as to some of the good things going on. More tomorrow Don
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Work on the fellowship building continues at the Howell Church. We thought we would get the shingles on the roof today, but we got rained out. The church is really growing and it is good to see the building filling up. We are really fortunate to have so many hard working members. We are planning a VBS for this summer as well as preparing a bible bowl team to participate at Sycamore in the early fall. We would like to recommend a web site, www.hemleyroadchurch.org This is the new congregation that was started after Katrina devastated the area. Many of you have been involved in helping this congregation and what a joy it is to see it grow. We also received an update from Mike on the Fla. Bible Camp. It is very interesting reading and you can read about it as well as other good thing going on at Mike's blog www.mikesmissionupdates.com We have had a good week at the Howell Church. We were able to visit with several families and have invited many people to join us in services tomorrow. Talked with Dave Neal in Somerset, Ohio and Daphne today at BLB. Dave and I are looking forward to working with the Hemley Rd Church in early May. Good Night Don
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
We had good experience in outreach with the Cape Coral Church of Christ in Cape Coral, Fla earlier this month. Many of us Sojourners have been going there helping the church for a number of years. This year they ask for us to come up with a way to really enter act with the community, a way to get the community to come and see what the church was "all about". We had had several meetings there before and many Christians from other congregations came, but few people from the community. We came up with a one day "Super Saturday Vacation Bible School" and a cook out that evening. The week before "Super Saturday" we went house to house with flyers that told about the "Super Saturday" VBS and the cook out that evening. The reception to our invitation was very good and we were hoping that a few people would show up on "Super Saturday", but we didn't know. What a success.... When VBS started at 9:00 Sat. morn. we had almost 50 people present. Surprisinglymore adults than children, and that night more and different people came to the cook out. The next morning, Sunday, the church had over a 25 percent increase in attendance as compared to the previous Sunday. Several from the "Super Saturday"came back Sun. to hear the gospel preached. In our bible studys while there we baptized two people into Christ Later, after we sojourners left, one of the members called me to tell me that they had set up several bible studies. What a success.... Who said people are not interested in church anymore? This example was so powerful to us at Howell, that we are planning a "Super Saturday"this late summer before school starts. We believe this is one way to get the community involved in learning about our Lord and finding out about His Church. Should you become interested in a "Super Saturday" VBS approach contact me and I will be glad to help. I might add that early in May, several of us are going to the Hemly Rd. Church of Christ in Bayou La Batre, Al. to help them put on a "Super Saturday" with bible teaching and a cookout followed by a singing. Dave Neal is bring a crew down from Somerset, Ohio and we are going to be working evangelizing the community the week before the "Super Saturday" Don
Saturday, March 22, 2008
It is always good to get home. (for a while) The Howell Church where I preach is really growing. Our new fellowship building is not far off from completion. A lot of work has been done by the members. We all see how this building can be used to involve the community and help set up more bible studies and lead more people to the Lord. I am fortunate to preach at this little country church. They are very supportive of Rosemary and me in our mission work. The church really has a family atmosphere and that is said also by visitors as well as the members. Our nest schedule mission effort is with the Bayou La Batre Church of Christ beginning May 5 th. You may have read about this church in the Christian Chronicle. This is a very evangelistic church and they are doing a lot of work with the young people in BLB. The church building is now located on Hemly Rd. hence the name Hemly Road Church of Christ. We have done many bible studies there. Last year we were there for a week of bible studies with Russ Blackwell and co. We had many bible studies and baptized several people. We found people there very receptive to the gospel. I believe Dave Neal, an elder from the Somerset, Ohio Church of Christ is going to be there the week we are there. It is always a joy to work with Dave and his co. He is very dedicated to evangelism. Remember, the fields really are white unto harvest. Good Night Don
Friday, March 21, 2008
We just received from Brian Kenyon of the Florida School of Preaching, an invitation to be on next year's lectureship. They want us to teach on how to reach the lost thru personal evangelism. How to approach and set up bible studies and the "how to" as is involved in this. We are looking forward to this opportunity. Brethren the devil wants us to believe that people are not interested in God, Jesus, the Church or the Word anymore. I have found that nothing could be further from the truth. Jn.4:35, Our Lord said look unto the fields they are white already unto harvest. Our is still to seek those who are interested and teach them the word. Gal.6:9 Ours is to not be weary in well doing in due season we shall reap. We, as time and opportunity allows present about a 4 hr. seminar on how to develop prospects for teaching and also a method of teaching very similar to the "chain link" method that have proven highly successful in leading sincere students to put on Christ in baptism. Among other places we will be teaching this method is at the Oct. workshop for the Sojourners at Camp B in Marshall, Tx. Even though our schedule is pretty full we try our best to fulfill every request for the seminar, also I personally know other good instructors with very similar seminars who are very effective in converting the lost. Call me if I can help or e mail me. 931-659-6643 or dhudson@mcis.us and we be glad to help. Good Night Don
Thursday, March 20, 2008
After several months being away from this blog, we are now able to rusume this work. I must say, that I did not know how may of you appreciated and read this blog until we were unable to publish it for a while. The problem was that we were, with all of our other evangelistic work, building a new house. We also had a two month mission trip with the Sojourners that we wanted to complete before we started again. We had a great mission trip in the state of Florida. We worked with congregations in Key West, Hollywood, Cape Coral, ( near Ft. Meyers) and Lakeland. We were involved in Vacation Bible Schools, Gospel Meetings and many Bible Studies. We baptized nine people into Christ on this mission trip. We found many people very receptive to the gospel message. We would have liked to have worked more in door knocking and setting up Bible Studies, but other work was also required on this mission. By the way some really good news, many of you know Mike, who has worked in so many disaster related activities, well good news, he is now heading up a new program called "Disaster Assistance". You can find out more info about it by going to his blog www.mikesmissionupdates.blogspot.com It will certainly be one of the efforts about which we will be writing. In my opinion, Mike is one good guy. Again thanks for your encouragement and support of our mission efforts. Please tell a friend about the return of this informative blog. Our blogsite is www.donchudson.blogspot.com Don
