Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Bill Loveless (Rick's buddy)
wrote:
Dear Friends of Rick
Stanley,
Rick will be on Huckabee
this Saturday, January 3 at
8:00 PM EST on the Fox News
Channel. This should be an
interesting evening and I
didn’t want you to miss it!
Have a Happy and very
blessed New Year.
Bill
BellRoad Revival: Night 1
(of 4)
BellRoad Revival: Night 2
(of 4)
BellRoad Revival: Night 3
(of 4)
BellRoad Revival: Night 4
(of 4)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Its a sunny day here in
California. Cathy came to
the office with me today.
We're cleaning, organizing,
and pitching the excess.
Our Lottie Moon Offering and
Year-End gifts toward our
mortgage-principal both have
done well. That is
encouraging news.
A report came back from
Pastor Wesley that the last
survivor of the studio fire
in Liberia also died.
Check out 'Gift for Richard
Chamberlin' on the
sermonplayer. Three simple
riffs from a guy on youtube.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Our internet has been
running slow...so I haven't
bothered to try to write
much. Our Christmas Eve
Candlelight Service was a
blessing to me.
Cathy and I were also
blessed to be able to have
all three sons and our
daughter with us to close
out Christmas Day. Joe and
Sharon had spent a couple
days with us. Jeremiah and
Kristen came up in the
afternoon. I drove to the
airport later in the night
to pick up Daniel and
Cerissa (from their trip to
Oklahoma). We watched some
old family videos from our
seminary days.
This morning I drove to the
morning prayer site and
stayed until 7am. Later, I
read through the book of
Jeremiah. Then, 1 and 2
Timothy.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Rick Warren has been asked
to lead in public prayer at
the Inauguration of our new
presidency:
click here
I plan to edit my sermon of Sunday's Message. My friend, Richard, plans to listen online since he couldn't be in the church service.
Monday, December 22, 2008
We were pleased with the
entire presentation of the
Christmas Story (directed by
Patrice Rosenau). I am
personally thankful for the
contribution of each person
toward helping us tell the
story of the birth of Christ
in a creatively refreshing
manner.
After the Christmas program,
Cathy and I were blessed to
have Mary, Jeremiah,
Kristen, Joe, and Sharon
around the table for pizza
and fun. We watched a
DVD-movie about the ministry
of Jeremiah.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
I am enjoying the evening
rehearsals for this year's
Christmas program. Our first
performance is tomorrow
night at 7pm.
It is a
blessing to watching the
little ones sing and recite
lines. Our choir includes
ages 17-81. So, that's the
church.
Pastor Matt has been working
hard on a seamless DVD track
that has given me hope for
what God might do next via
BellRoad RadioVision.
The Christmas Story
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Pastor Wesley
called me this morning at
4:30am (our time). He
informed me that two more
men have died due to the
fire they experienced. The
last of the five carpenters
is still in critical
condition.
I am burdened with my
friend's loss and for the
families of these
breadwinners in Liberia (see
Pastor Wesley's story
below--Monday).
I received a e-newsletter
from
Rodney Edwards
just now. He had also heard
from Pastor Wesley a few
days ago but from his
newsletter, he didn't know
that the other two had died.
Rodney is heading to Liberia
with his daughter,
Elizabeth, over Christmas.
Some college students from
Georgia will be meeting him
there to do some work for
various ministries.
www.servicetoservants.com
Service to Servants has
offered to help get funds to
minister in this situation.
That blesses me immensely. I
hope that God will put it
upon somebody's heart. I
have the desire to give but
don't seem to be able to see
the resources today.
Therefore, if anyone would
be willing to help with the
funerals for these four men
(or to repair the radio
station--which had been
scheduled to open in
January), you may send funds
to:
Service to Servants
217 Hillard Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
*designate "for funerals" or "for radio station" in the memo line of your check.
Tuesday,
December 16, 2008
Today marks our 24th wedding
anniversary.
Important G.R.O.W. meeting
last night. I didn't leave
the office until 10:40pm.
I deleted
the two proto-type videos
for our invitation to this
year's Christmas program.
So, would you watch my final
invitation for Friday night?
The Christmas Story
If you didn't read Monday's entry, please scroll down. It is quite important to me to remember Pastor Wesley and the families of the deceased in prayer today...
Monday, December 15, 2008
I was so saddened last week
to hear through a contact
that Pastor Wesley's
ministry in Liberia had
experienced a fire. The
report that had gotten to me
was that it was the Medical
Center in Monrovia. However,
I just received this note
from Pastor Wesley and
learned that it was the
radio station next to the
clinic.
Sadder still, lives have
been lost:
Dear Pastor Rob,
This incident happened last
week Wednesday and I have
been so down to even write
has been so difficult for
me, Pastor Rob. Technicians
from another radio station
were hired to fix up our
radio station studio by
making it sound proof. Five
of them came to work around
11: 00AM on Wednesday to do
the job. By 6:15PM, they
were still working.
After our Wednesday Bible
Study, I went upstairs where
they were working and told
them that it was late and
they should go home and come
the next day to continue the
work. They insisted on
finishing the job that
night. I left the church
compound with my family for
home.
At about 8:15PM, Deacon
George Togbeh called me on
the phone and said the
studio was on fire. What the
technicians did is that they
bought gasoline and mixed
the gasoline with the glue
they were applying to the
acoustic materials they were
mounting on the wall and
floor of the studio. When it
got dark and they could see
clearly, they bought a
candle, light the candle and
forgot they had gasoline
near at hand and they put
the candle near the gasoline
trying to see what they were
doing.
The candle put the gasoline
on fire and the five
technicians were caught up
in the fire and got burned
severely. They were taken to
the hospital that night.
Yesterday, one of them died
and this morning another
died. The other three are on
critical list. I’m really in
distress and our church
mourning right now. I need
your prayers and help to
help the bereaved family for
burial of the two dead and
to redo our radio station
studio.
Please see attached photos
of burnt studio.
Pastor Richard Wesley
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
A
Light for TomorrowInspired by the recent alignment of Venus and Jupiter in close proximity to November's crescent moon, Pastor Rob asked Pastor Matt to consider the unseen skyline over the current home of Bell Road Baptist Church.
The worlds around us declare His Glory and the sky's the limit when one searches the Word of God for the significance of the birth of Jesus. Remembering that the wonders of God's love are most profoundly discovered by repentant souls, we humbly invite you to share the warmth of a Christ-centered Christmas Season.
Pastor Rob Patterson
Monday, December 8, 2008
Up around 4am to try a
techno-creative idea but got
to sleep in until 7:30 when
Brother Lou
showed up for
MondayBreakfast.
He hung around until 11am
talking with Cathy and me
while I did 'busy-work' to
transfer the 'new'
powerpoint format to an old
format (the only one that
the freebie pdf conversion
will accept).
As Lou was reading one of
the Scripture texts in the
Genesis Class (where I
subbed yesterday morning),
he received a new thought
that he shared with me
today. I have received it as
an answer to prayer.
awat on the archer,
the arrow, and the bow
Yesterday,
Jorge,
Elba, and Jesse
shared lunch with us at our
house before we returned for
Choir Practice. I worked on
preparing the SundayMessage
for distribution until Truth
Project (followed by the
Evening Worship).
During the week ahead, we
have work to do toward the
Christmas project.
Yesterday, we finished 40
Days of Prayer (click
here for schedule) that
Delynn referenced below. We
plan to begin another 40 Day
PrayerTime in January. May
God grant us His perfect
response to every petition,
request, intercession, and
thanksgiving.
