Putting the Church Back Together
The people are excited about seeing this ministry grow. We’ve begun a mid-week prayer and Bible study, an after worship service fellowship. The church had very little equipment for children’s Sunday school, so with the OK of the board, we purchased some tables & chairs, a boom box, TV, and VCR/DVD player. We were able to secure an overhead projector from the church at Red Cloud and another VM church has said they would like to help us get a sound system going. The ladies are in the process of making curtains for the basement. All these things have not only been blessed by the people who attend, but they are also excited to help.
At the completion of the worship service I always give an invitation. A couple of weeks ago I asked if there was anyone that was not sure of their salvation, and the granddaughter of the board chairman raised her hand. She came to the house and shared that she didn’t have eternal security. After sharing the Gospel with her, she confessed the Lord Jesus as her Lord. She was saved and very excited to have eternal security. This last Sunday another man in the church responded the same way to the question about having eternal security. I will be visiting him this week and hope that he, too, will respond by confessing Jesus as his Lord.
The giving here is poor, though; I don’t believe they’ve ever been taught about tithing. When the opportunity avails itself we will get to the subject of giving. But as the Scriptures teach, I must do this with “great patience and careful instruction.”
~ Riley & Susie Wilson
