Lebanon Road Report 062109

Lebanon Road Report June 21, 2009 Wow! That’s my reaction to yesterday at Lebanon Road. It was one of those days that we love to report about for a lot of good reasons. Let’s go in reverse order. After our evening services last night, about 50 folks remained and were able to witness a new birth into Christ! Parker Mullican was baptized around 7:30 last night. His parents, brother, and many Christian friends were present. We are so happy for this family and, of course, for Parker. While a new Christian is the greatest thing, that wasn’t the only good thing that occurred yesterday. We were blessed to lead the services at Heartland assisted living home yesterday afternoon. Michael Rader taught a great lesson from God’s Word and Philip Autry led the singing in a fine way. In addition to that, JD led the camp staff in a meeting as we finalize plans for our summer camp (which starts on July 5...young people, get those applications in!!!). It is wonderful to sit in these meetings and see the heart of those who will be helping with every aspect of camp.

LRR page 2 Of course, yesterday was Father’s Day, so we tried to encourage our husbands and fathers in our morning service. It was so uplifting to see a lot of visitors present to encourage their dads. I presented a sermon entitled “The Cosmic Conflict for the Home,” based upon Ephesians 5 and 6. It was well-received, even if I did cry! While we did not have any public responses to the sermon, I hope all our husbands and dads privately made a commitment to serve God in the home to the best of their ability. It was also wonderful to see our attendance back up! Usually, Father’s Day sees very little increase in attendance, but we were blessed to see a large number present yesterday morning. In fact, we made our goal! 386 were present for our morning worship services. We are so glad to see that number, and we hope we can meet our elders’ challenge to average more than 380 very soon. We can do it, Lebanon Road! Whom will you invite this week? We hope that you will come worship with us soon and see what makes Lebanon Road such a special place.

Coming This Week... Wednesday: Midweek Bible study (7:00) Friday: Softball triple header at Two Rivers (7:00, 8:00, 9:00) Sunday: Worship 9AM; Bible Classes 10:20 AM; Worship 6:30 PM Sunday: Meeting for all camp parents, attendees, and staff (5:00) Sunday: Camp application DEADLINE!

Beyond That… July 1: Prayer service for our nation; sponsored by Sunday 35-50 class. July 5-10: Summer Camp at Valley View