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Rev. Tom Rives
Pastor |
"...Take a vacation it's a
God thing."
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A Word from our Pastor....
Worship Services
Sunday morning
- Bible study - 9:15 AM
- Worship - 10:30 AM
Sunday evening
Wednesday night
- Bible study - 6 PM and 7 PM
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I don’t know about you but it sure felt like the month of June just flew right by for me. We had two major emphases for our children and youth. Ms. Kristi is to be commended for another wonderful year of Children’s Camp. It is always a highlight for me to join them for camp each year. A word of appreciation is due Becky Garrett, Jeremy Hogan, Brian Jones, Amy Kiefer, Robert Kiefer, Bill Laman and Chelsea Singleton for giving of their week to fill out our Camp Staff. You did a fantastic job. As we got home from camp, Pastor Justin was leaving with 16 of our students and leaders for our mission trip to Grenada. The reports of what happened there are so inspiring. I hope each of you will come and hear our Grenada Mission team share on July 7th at 7:00 pm. Again, a word of appreciation is due Chuck Hamby, Sherlock Andrews, Kim Fults and Matt Singleton for a great job serving as our adult leaders for the team.
The remaining two months promise to be just as busy and fulfilling as the month of June. It starts with our Celebrations on July 4th. Pastor Brian and the Worship Choir will be presenting “HOMELAND”, a patriotic musical for our morning worship. You don’t want to miss this celebration of the freedom we have as a country and as children of God. Immediately following the service we will have our annual “July 4th Picnic” across the street under the trees. There will be hamburgers, hotdogs, watermelon, cold drinks, volleyball, horseshoes, waterslides and a lot of fun and fellowship. The week of July 11th we will have VBS which is always a great time for all ages. That is followed by our Middle School students being involved with the World Changers mission projects in Tampa. July is the month when we have a special event on Wednesday nights in place of our regular schedule. Check out the calendar for what will be happening each week. All of that is just in July; look at what August has for us. The rising 6th graders are involved with “The Bridge”, a transition event that marks their moving into the Student Ministry. Wednesday nights resume with various ministries all meeting from 7:00-8:00 pm. On August 25th, we will return to our regular Wednesday schedule. August is also a month where we are asking our Sunday School Departments to plan activities and fellowships for their classes. Promotion Day is set for August 22nd.
I started the summer with a message entitled “Take a Vacation, it’s a God thing”. I hope that you and your family will take time this summer to get away and hopefully relax. The one thing that I want to remind you about is that while we are all taking that time off, the work of the Lord in and through Carrollwood Baptist Church continues. We should not take a vacation from serving through our time, talents and financial resources.
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Tom |
