Tenth Anniversary at Faith Baptist Church in Portage
On Sunday January 24th Faith Baptist Church celebrated their tenth anniversary. Faith Baptist Church is pastored by Jonathan Robertson, who has been serving as an Army chaplain in Iraq for the past year. In his absence, Daniel Gaschke acted as interim pastor during that time.
The anniversary included messages by Pastor Gaschke in Sunday School and retired pastor Bob Dow in the AM service. Pastor Dow assisted the church ten years ago acting as its founding pastor. Following a lunch at the church, I preached for the afternoon service to close out the program for the day.
Also included in the day's activities were a couple of presentations. A collection of pictures was shown during the morning service of various services and occasions at Faith Baptist over the past ten years. In addition Pastor Robertson showed a program through pictures that featured the past two years as he prepared and then went to Iraq. There were many comments of joy over the progress of the ministry in its decade of history.
Pastor Robertson will be transitioning back into his pastoral role at Faith Baptist. However he is making himself available to churches that might want to have him share his ministry as a military chaplain. Give him a call, and he would be glad to come and present his special ministry. Pastor Gaschke will be seeking another pastoral position as the transition closes out over the next few months. Be in prayer for him as to God's direction.
Preaching at Calvary Baptist Church in Sun Prairie
On Sunday January 17th we were ministering at Calvary Baptist Church in Sun Prairie. Calvary Baptist is seeking a pastor at this time. Carole and I were able to provide special music for the service. I taught Sunday School and presented our ministry DVD while sharing a report on our state ministry. Also I preached for both AM and PM services.
We were members at Calvary Baptist Church in Sun Prairie for the first 15 months of our ministry with the WFBC, as we were living in Sun Prairie at that time. Thus we consider Calvary one of our home churches. Pray for the church as they seek God's man to lead their ministry.
Preaching at First Baptist Church of Horicon
We opened the new year of 2010 with ministry at First Baptist Church in Horicon. Roger Siedschlag is the pastor of this local church ministry. During Sunday School Carole taught the ladies class and I taught the men. I presented our ministry via power point in the AM service as well a preaching for that service.
Pastor Siedschlag is one of our bi-vocational pastors working a fulltime job while pastoring a local church. Over 20% of our men are doing that very thing as a part of their ministry. We appreciate their sacrifice and faithfulness.