Testimony from Wyatt…. 2/29/08 Meeting

Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

Isa 65:24 

Praise to the Lord for the way he brought four young helpers to set up the room last Friday.  Greg was not there, and by the time I get there he usually has everything set up.  When I arrived last week, it was just me; Julie and Camille were not there so they could help Julie’s friends daughter make her connecting flight to China.  I thought, “Where are the tables?  I usually see them when I walk up…and the room is dark.  Where’s Greg?  Oh, man, I’d better hurry!”

Well, as soon as I walked up to the front door of the community room, there was young Sean and his sister, Mara, Friday night regulars.  They immediately asked, “Can we help?”  I hadn’t even formed a prayer to the Lord, but He knew what was needed.  I put them in charge of setting up the chairs and organizing the room while I brought clothes and coffee in from my car.

After one trip back and forth, two girls, Keira and Erica, showed up for the first time with their mom.  They asked what we were doing, we said, “Setting up for church!  You’re invited!”  The girls said to their mom, “Can we go?”  She said yes, and then they turned to me and asked, “Can we help?”

Wow!  I put them to work with Mara setting up both the adults and kids rooms and I took Sean to help me bring the rest of the clothes in.  Those four did a wonderful job.

Wyatt Brigham, Pastor

Memory Verse for the Kids 3/7/08

Matthew 28:6 - 

He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

22 Feb 08 - Memory Verse

John 14:1

Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.

Memory Verse 15 Feb ‘08

New Memory Verse for Friday, February 15, 2008:

John 11:25

I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me lives, though he dies.

First EVER! Motel Outreach Children’s Christmas Program

Last night we had our first ever motel outreach Children’s Christmas Program. 

For four years while we were at the parking lot of the Arena, I had been praying that God would make a way for us to have children’s ministry.  In an open parking lot at night, having a formal class was not condusive or practical.  There, the ministry was more conversational.

Since the Lord gave us the Valencia Inn, we have a room for Children’s Ministry and a room for the adults.  WOW!  What a luxury.  We should all be thankful when we have our wonderful facilities.  Even at my home church, we only have a room for the children on Sundays (that is another major prayer request.)  But I digress.

Time for Church

What a great time to praise the Lord!  We have so much to be thankful for.

I love Julie’s signs:

I am very excited about what the LORD will do tomorrow night.

Pastor Wyatt is in 1 Peter 1 and there is a lot to be hopeful about.

Luke 2:1-20: Children’s Ministry T-Shirt Design, etc.

I am so excited.  This year we will have our first ever Children’s Ministry Program for our motel outreach.

We will be reciting Luke 2:1-20 on December 21, 2007.

We will also have T-Shirts designed by Wendy. 

 

And many more surprises to come.

Keep us in your prayers as the children memorize God’s word.

Worship and Communion

We will be having communion tonight for the first time at this motel.

 

We have Nicole on Vocals, and Warren on guitar. I play keys and sing. This week we will be without Camille.

I really felt lead to stay on “Jesus, Lover of my Soul.”  I took some time during that song also to encourage everyone to find their need for love met for Jesus.  It was a really neat time.

Young man with a smile

After we setup for church on Friday I was talking to Chuck and we noticed a young man with a big smile sitting by the door into the rooms we use for the church. I asked him if he was coming to join us in church and he said he was looking forward to it.

I asked him who he (Byron) was and shook his hand. I asked him a series of questions to see if he knew Jesus and what the cross means. He said that he did not know. I was amazed and confirmed again with a question that he did not know the meaning of the cross and boy did I get a buzz off that news, because I had some news for him.

Testimony of The Tub

A couple of Friday nights ago we were serving the people and boy were they hungry!  We had Albertson’s chicken and almost everyone wanted to pick out their own piece of chicken.

There was a lady that came up and got her plate and said that she had some ice cream and would it be okay to bring down? I said, “Bring it on,” knowing that several church members loved ice cream (including a certain pastor that cruised the food tables from time to time).