We are all home, heads on pillows!
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
STEM '10 Week Two Day Seven
Just a quick review.
Good morning of canvassing, a little shopping and napping in the afternoon, great VBS in the evening to closeout the week.
Ice Cream late, and to bed (sort of) early.
Long drive for tomorrow's AM canvassing in Grantsville, UT, then mountain climbing, then youth rally.
AND OF COURSE...start home early Saturday!
Good morning of canvassing, a little shopping and napping in the afternoon, great VBS in the evening to closeout the week.
Ice Cream late, and to bed (sort of) early.
Long drive for tomorrow's AM canvassing in Grantsville, UT, then mountain climbing, then youth rally.
AND OF COURSE...start home early Saturday!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
STEM '10 Week Two Day Five and Six
Well, as you will be able to tell, something is missing tonight. That something is my camera!!
It was left at Grace Baptist (where we do our VBS)
So I will give you a little overview, and hopefully get all caught up with photos tomorrow night.
Yesterday and today had very similar looks to them, with a few twists...
Both days involved canvassing/surveying in the morning and VBS in the afternoon/evening.
Canvassing included survey work, which is a face-to-face question and answer time which is centered around a religious survey, and is designed to ask some questions which might open up the door to a follow-up visit from a local Pastor (in this case, Paul Fulks or Lloyd Larkin). The door-to-door team also would ask if they could present a tract and centering on our beliefs. The tract we, and the whole HEBRON used, was the Brdge to Eternal Life tract.
No one home? Leave literature. Someone home? Well, the possibilities are endless. From no, to no thanks, to "Can I convert you?", to lets talk so I can defend my beliefs for half an hour, to (most importantly) interest!
In two days, our team has had 13 interested in followup, and, many opportunities to go through the Bridge tract. The stories are ENDLESS! There is definitely a stirring in the souls of many hear in the SLC valley.
VBS numbers are slowly creeping up, which is good, considering this church has not had a VBS in three years. Their people have enjoyed watching us work. Pray we finish strong tomorrow.
Tomorrow, we lose Mandy (she has to leave early for a wedding) pray for her flights, and pray that we can adjust, our teams canvassing numbers are now all off, and we will miss Mandy's care and smile for all the kids at VBS.
WE MISS YOU MANDY!
Oh yes, we have been up into the mountains once as a group, and once as a smaller AM devo group (apparently getting up @ 5am scared some away). It was a lot of fun, and we got a lot of great photos. Both times, we had a great time in the Word and in prayer.
WHEW! Well, that's all for now.
Be back tomorrow night with more, and some photos!!
Pastor Dave
It was left at Grace Baptist (where we do our VBS)
So I will give you a little overview, and hopefully get all caught up with photos tomorrow night.
Yesterday and today had very similar looks to them, with a few twists...
Both days involved canvassing/surveying in the morning and VBS in the afternoon/evening.
Canvassing included survey work, which is a face-to-face question and answer time which is centered around a religious survey, and is designed to ask some questions which might open up the door to a follow-up visit from a local Pastor (in this case, Paul Fulks or Lloyd Larkin). The door-to-door team also would ask if they could present a tract and centering on our beliefs. The tract we, and the whole HEBRON used, was the Brdge to Eternal Life tract.
No one home? Leave literature. Someone home? Well, the possibilities are endless. From no, to no thanks, to "Can I convert you?", to lets talk so I can defend my beliefs for half an hour, to (most importantly) interest!
In two days, our team has had 13 interested in followup, and, many opportunities to go through the Bridge tract. The stories are ENDLESS! There is definitely a stirring in the souls of many hear in the SLC valley.
VBS numbers are slowly creeping up, which is good, considering this church has not had a VBS in three years. Their people have enjoyed watching us work. Pray we finish strong tomorrow.
Tomorrow, we lose Mandy (she has to leave early for a wedding) pray for her flights, and pray that we can adjust, our teams canvassing numbers are now all off, and we will miss Mandy's care and smile for all the kids at VBS.
WE MISS YOU MANDY!
Oh yes, we have been up into the mountains once as a group, and once as a smaller AM devo group (apparently getting up @ 5am scared some away). It was a lot of fun, and we got a lot of great photos. Both times, we had a great time in the Word and in prayer.
WHEW! Well, that's all for now.
Be back tomorrow night with more, and some photos!!
Pastor Dave
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
STEM '10 Week Two Day Three and Four
It is late, and we have been going hard the last two days.
Sunday: Worshiped with Grace Baptist Church in West Valley City, the largest suburb in the SLC valley. It is a good church that runs about 100. Their Pastor is Matt Johnson, who has been pastoring here for 3 years, and seen significant growth. Four years ago it was running down around the 20s, but God used, among other things, the HEBRON canvassing to bring in some new families, and the momentum has continued. We would be running the VBS for GBC, and wanted to meet the people and run the children's church to promote the VBS.
The remainder of the day was SIX hours of training on the Mormon religion versus biblical Christianity. There was a little impatience, but everybody made it through.
Monday: Today we had HEBRON worship and devos (special speaker for the week: Paul Fulks!) at 7:30. Next up was packing to head out to canvass for and set up for VBS. For those who have experienced VBS set up with our STEM teams, we have a goal to make it fun and special. Our theme was Science/Space. This theme posed a bit of a challenge, but it ended up looking great.
We had 15 kids at first, but it bumped up a bit as the VBS progressed. All went well, and the team really did great. The church family that was there has commented on our hard work.
Next up was supper, and a long trek into the mountains to watch the sun set and have some group prayer time. As you can see, we snapped a lot of photos, and the whole group was a bit slap happy on the way home.
Spirits are up, in the midst of fatigue.
Tomorrow! We are canvassing/surveying for Paul and Laura Fulks and their church plant. All are very excited. Later, more VBS!
Sorry about the missed day...Sunday was brutal!
Thanks all for your prayers!!
Pastor Dave and the team!
Sunday: Worshiped with Grace Baptist Church in West Valley City, the largest suburb in the SLC valley. It is a good church that runs about 100. Their Pastor is Matt Johnson, who has been pastoring here for 3 years, and seen significant growth. Four years ago it was running down around the 20s, but God used, among other things, the HEBRON canvassing to bring in some new families, and the momentum has continued. We would be running the VBS for GBC, and wanted to meet the people and run the children's church to promote the VBS.
The remainder of the day was SIX hours of training on the Mormon religion versus biblical Christianity. There was a little impatience, but everybody made it through.
Monday: Today we had HEBRON worship and devos (special speaker for the week: Paul Fulks!) at 7:30. Next up was packing to head out to canvass for and set up for VBS. For those who have experienced VBS set up with our STEM teams, we have a goal to make it fun and special. Our theme was Science/Space. This theme posed a bit of a challenge, but it ended up looking great.
We had 15 kids at first, but it bumped up a bit as the VBS progressed. All went well, and the team really did great. The church family that was there has commented on our hard work.
Next up was supper, and a long trek into the mountains to watch the sun set and have some group prayer time. As you can see, we snapped a lot of photos, and the whole group was a bit slap happy on the way home.
Spirits are up, in the midst of fatigue.
Tomorrow! We are canvassing/surveying for Paul and Laura Fulks and their church plant. All are very excited. Later, more VBS!
Sorry about the missed day...Sunday was brutal!
Thanks all for your prayers!!
Pastor Dave and the team!
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