TEXAS STATE MISSIONS REPORT FOR MAY 2007
Beginning Balance - $243,183.51
Offerings - $19,265.64
Missionary Salaries - $17,836.00
Administrative Salaries/Expense - $3,082.98
Designated For Texas City - $50.00
Designated For Land And Property - $198.10
Ending Balance - $241,282.07
“When he (Jesus) saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”
We often hear that we need to pray for more laborers as Jesus
commands in this account found in Matthew 9:38. Is it possible
that we are not praying, God is not calling, or those He calls
are not answering? It just might be that we who pray are not willing
to do anything more than just that - PRAY. I believe that we,
the people of God’s churches, need to take into consideration
that perhaps we need to be moved with compassion for those of
our neighbors and acquaintances we COULD reach with the gospel.
God can save them from their sins. Then those He saves would be
available for Him to call into His service. We need more saved
people, saved and baptized to establish more churches, that even
more people can be saved thru the planting of more churches to
reach the many people around us each day. Isn’t this what
God instructed His churches to do? We need to be committed to
DOING, as well as praying. Saved people are to reproduce. Churches
are to reproduce. Let us be about the Master’s work. The
potential for harvest is great!
KEVIN BOLDING
SUGAR LAND
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 6 Morning Worship 8 Evening Worship 6
Total Church Offering $1,175.00 Gave To Missions $117.50 Paid
For Rent $1,800.00
The month of May was an interesting time for myself and Emmanuel MBM. We started out the month by finally getting our lettering finished on the windows that face the parking lot of our building. (Thank you to Sam the Sign Man, Bubba Moore of Magnolia MBC of Magnolia for all of his hard work.) We are seeing some looking at them during the services and even had two, a lady and a child, stand outside the door listening to part of our evening service on the 27th.
We continue with our outreach efforts although these were hindered by my spending four days in the West Houston Medical Center. It was determined that I have been having seizures related to my head injury four years ago. The medication the doctors have been using all this time was for migraines not seizures. I am now taking very strong anti-seizure medication and am, for the first time in four years, headache free most of the time. God is great!
We are still working on the installation of our large lighted
fascia sign that goes over the door of the building. We have made
the down payment and are now waiting on the sign maker to schedule
us. We are encouraged by things that are happening in the work
and ask that you pray for us as we continue to serve the Lord
in Sugar Land. Please especially pray for us as we have lost our
piano player. Thank you to the churches that are supporting us
on a regular basis. They are Magnolia MBC, Magnolia, First MBC,
Farmington, NM, Ridgecrest MBC, Levelland, Hopewell MBC, Texas
City, Frontier MBC, Angleton, and Twinland MBC, Houston.
LARRY CHALKER
IRVING
Souls Saved 2 Baptisms 2 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 28 Morning Worship 32 Evening Worship 9
Total Church Offering $2,896.00 Gave To Missions $300.00
The month of May has been another busy one. We had a great Mother’s
Day service where several shared testimonies about their Moms.
We have many getting involved in the preparation for our VBS next
month. We ended this month with a church-wide picnic on Memorial
Day.
Again this month we have had first time guests and we are pleased
to see the multi-cultural community of Irving being reflected
in our services. Thank you so much for your prayers and support.
JOEL CLAY
TEXAS CITY
Souls Saved 3 Baptisms 1 Letter 1 Statement 3
Sunday School 80 Morning Worship 265
Total Church Offering $15,389.00 Gave To Missions $1,538.90 Paid
On Property $2,285.00
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Romans 5:2
I send greetings to all of my brothers and sisters in Christ. May was another exciting month for the Mission. There were five additions to our work here in Texas City, with one of those coming by way of baptism. In addition to the three salvations, there were approximately twenty more that responded to the invitation during the funeral held at Hopewell for a twenty-nine year old young man. Praise God!
I am feeling much better now that my body has adjusted to the medication to treat the diabetes and my eye exam turned out just great. The big adjustment for me has been with the diet plan and eliminating all of my favorite junk foods. Please continue to pray for me as I endeavor to do the things necessary to manage this physical challenge.
We had a great service for Memorial Day weekend and on Monday we held our annual family picnic at a local park. For the third year in a row it rained but we had excellent participation with over one hundred of our members and friends attending. The fellowship and food was great.
Interest in our work remains high as we are continuing to have a number of first time guests each Sunday. Each service continues to run at near maximum capacity on parking and seating. We will definitely need to go to two services soon and begin to look at future opportunities to expand our current facility or other alternatives to accommodate our continued growth. Pray with us in this area of need.
Thanks to those who contribute regularly, as well as those who
give one-time donations. Please continue to partner with us prayerfully
and financially. The Lord provides! I am grateful to our Texas
Mission Development, the MBA of Texas, Mission Bend BC of Houston,
Calvary MBC of Baytown, Florida Avenue BC of Beaumont, and Baker
Drive BC of Dickinson. Without you, and others like you, without
the monetary gifts and prayers for our Mission, we could not do
what we do for Christ.
MARVIN GARDNER
TYLER
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 37 Morning Worship 49 Evening Worship 27
Total Church Offering $7,586.49 Gave To Missions $1,193.60 Paid
On Property $3,133.00
Our average attendance was down during the month of May. We had good attendance until the last Sunday. Many of our families are young and they went out of town for the holiday. It does make a difference.
There are those attending our services who need to made decisions
for the Lord. Please pray for them, and for the church.
RICKEY PAYNE
WILLS POINT
Souls Saved 3 Baptisms 1 Letter 2 Statement 0
Sunday School 38 Morning Worship 55 Evening Worship 32
Total Church Offering $2,863.00 Gave To Missions $286.00 Paid
On Property $550.00
Greetings Brothers and Sisters! May has come and gone and we
here at Meadowbrook have been blessed with many first time visitors.
We have been blessed with the addition of one by baptism.
Three more of our youth have made professions of faith and are
now candidates for baptism. We were blessed by the addition of
Bro. Norman Wallace, his wife and two children. God is good!
Our Ladies Auxiliary is studying the Tabernacle and our Men’s
Brotherhood is studying the book of Galatians.
The city of Quinlan is growing at an outstanding rate. The city
just increased its size by annexing 25,000 acres of land and rezoning
it for more new homes. Please continue to pray for us here at
Meadowbrook. May God bless all who have taken an active role in
helping this church - FOR YOUR REWARD IS GREAT1
CRAIG RODGERS
GRAPEVINE
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School and Morning Worship 48
Total Church Offering $6,397.00 Gave To Missions $205.00 Paid
For Rent $750.00
In May we received the funds from Texas Mission Development. Thank you so much for your wonderful offerings to this ministry. Bro. Jim Slocumb and Rocky Springs MBC are such a blessings to young mission works.
We have had many families visit Cornerstone this month. We are praying for their return. We continue our outreach into this Community.
We are continuing our vision planning efforts. We have arranged for a short retreat to allow the vision to the shared and discussed - and most importantly, to pray as God directs us. The retreat is the last Friday in June. Please pray for us during this time.
We had four go on a Medical Missions Trip to Paraguay. The trip was a wonderful blessing for our work. We were very excited to learn that 152 accepted Christ as their Savior. AMEN!
We are continuing to focus on a few areas as we grow. Please pray for us in these areas.
l) A new location - we will most likely be renting due to our
immediate needs.
2) We are redesigning our web site. Please pray for Ken Gooldy
as he leads this effort.
3) Our praise and worship team is amazing. God is truly blessing
the efforts of Felicia Easterling
and our worship team.
4) The retreat for our vision planning discussions.
5) Our small groups as they continue to grow.
It appears that I will not be able to attend the ABA meeting
in June due to a work commitment.
I will miss seeing each of you this year. May the Lord bless you.
JESUS RODRIGUEZ
PASADENA
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 9 Morning Worship 9 Evening Worship 3
Total Church Offering $440.00
I would like to thank all the MBA churches for their prayers
and support. On May 27th some of the apartments across the street
from our church burned to the ground and about twenty eight families
lost everything they had. All of us at Fellowship got together
and helped a few families that we know. One of them is a faithful
member and another family are ESL students. We saw a lot of people
who recognized us and knew that we were from Fellowship MBC. I
just want to praise God that in the middle of all the hurt the
people in our community saw God’s people helping them. May
God bless our efforts as we try to get out, not only the material
help, but also the Bread of Life. May God bless you.
TODD GRAY
GAINESVILLE
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 10 Morning Worship 24 Evening Worship 12
Total Church Offering $930.70 Gave To Missions $162.50
They say that growth, whether spiritual or physical, is usually a slow process. May was a perfect example of that statement. May saw our attendance decline for reasons only the Lord knows. Continue to pray with me that GOD will send more families to help us with the work here.
The Lord continues to bless the building project. We ask you to join us in prayer over the asbestos situation in the old building. The asbestos in the old building is scheduled to be removed on June 6th. We still are not real sure how much the abatement will cost but we are praying it will be less than the $10,000 that was quoted. At the beginning of this project we had no idea that the asbestos situation was going to be a factor. Then on June 11th the old building is scheduled to be demolished. The cost of the demolition is about $3,000. We are on track for construction to begin on July 2nd.
Our needs are simple. Prayer, prayer, a one-time offering to
help offset the asbestos removal and removal of the old building
and then, more prayer. We thank you for all your prayers thus
far and all who have given funds to this project in Gainesville.
First and foremost, we thank our Savior, Jesus Christ.