Posted in Discipleship, Home Groups, Missions, Religion, Religion in America, WRBN, tagged compassion project, Discipleship, home group on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
712 Franklin Ave
This morning was Food Pick Up for Operation C.R.I.S.I.S. We were expecting about 3,000-4,000 pounds, but only 500 showed up. Twice a month we pick up food from the Capital Area Food Bank in the parking lot of the Church of the Open Door. We then take it to OC on Franklin [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bro. Bill & Margie Austin
Yes, we do!
Yesterday Dr. Bill Austin (Bro. Bill) came in view of a call to Park Lake for pastor. He preached on God’s Surprise Assignments. After the sermon and invitation we entered into a short special called busines meeting, passed out the ballots, collected them and counted them. For [...]
Posted in Discipleship, Home Groups, Local Church, Missions, Religion, Religion in America, WRBN, tagged compassion, Discipleship, home group, immigrant on February 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This morning I met with Carmen Branscum. Carmen is a Social Work Intern at the Ruth Project here in Waco. The Ruth Project is joint venture of both the Waco Regional Baptist Network and the Isaac Project of Buckner International. She came to talk with me about what they do and how we can [...]
Posted in Local Church, tagged Pastor, pastor search on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Hey I think I’ve seen that guy before.”
The Pastor Search Committee announced last Sunday that Dr. Bill Austin will be coming in view of a call as Pastor for Park Lake. Some of you will remember that Dr. Austin served as our Interim Pastor for 10 weeks this past summer before he had [...]
Posted in Discipleship, Local Church, Religion, Religion in America, tagged outreach, recomendation, transition team on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Like with the Sunday before those interested in visitation and outreach at Park Lake came together to form a team this past Sunday. It was a good size group. They came with many good ideas. We left the meeting with a leader for the group and a place to jump off. As the team [...]
Posted in Local Church, Missions, Professional Development, Religion in America, WRBN, World Views on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I had the priviledge of being involved in a training session dealing with cultural compentency as it relates to ministry. Specifically the training focused on building relationships and interacting more effectively with people from differing cultures. NTiense Covey, a graduate student from Baylor and an intern with the Waco Regional Baptist Network, led [...]
Posted in Discipleship, Local Church, Religion, tagged prayer ministry, transition team recommendations on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past Sunday I met with all those interested in participating in working on the recommendation from our Transition Team concerning a prayer ministry here at Park Lake. It was a good meeting and i think we have made a good start. We reviewed the why we were there and emphasized the need for someone [...]
Posted in Local Church, Professional Development on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I firmly believe that a physically healthier minister/staff means a church is more likely to be spiritually and physically healthy. For a while there I was a member at the Waco Family “Y” and tried to work out on a somewhat consistent schedule. I had the opportunity to have a personal trainer for long enough [...]
Posted in Religion, Religion in America, WRBN on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I attended the WRBN Senior Adult Council meeting at Grace Temple Baptist Church. It was not my first time at a council meeting, but the last time I went was for the Thanksgiving Luncheon so this was my first regular meeting. I must admit that I do not know that much about the council and what [...]
