Greetings to one and all. Since my last post, I have been continuing in study and prayer on Tuesday and part of today. Working on the Doctorate in Ministry is giving me some great material and inspiration for the ministry here at Huntingdon. I have been incorporating some of my studies with future leadership training and vision casting here at the local church.

Reading the Book, "Servant Evangelism" by Steve Sjogren has reinforced what I have believed for some time about some of the high pressure evangelism programs that Christians have been involved in. Kindness done with no motive except to be kind goes a long way to impact lives for Jesus Christ. Of course we want them to know Him, but we do not want to anger them in the process. Steve shares his experience as he began his Christian life. He tells of the time he was a "shark" evangelist. Then he was the "carp" evangelist. Then he tells about the "dolphin" evangelist - a balanced combination of the "shark" and "carp." This book is good reading for anyone in Christian ministry.

Wednesday evening was Family night here at the church. The Eaton Family was the honored family of the month. It was interesting to see the pictures of Ronnie and Debbie Eaton's family and to see how times have changed them. Ryan and Jason were very small in the 1980's and we enjoyed seeing some of their childhood pictures. Now they are both grown and have jobs of their own. Ronnie and Debbie looked like teenagers when they married and by the way they were - 19 & 18. Ronnie is the Minister of Music here at Huntingdon and Debbie is Heritage Ministries Director. We are thankful for the Eaton's and their voluntary leadership at the local church. They are a great blessing.
Today Sister Karen and I visited the nursing home here in Huntingdon. Sister Bonnie Crossno Curtis was very receptive as always and we had a great time of prayer with her. We also prayed with her roommate who is bedfast from a stroke. She responded by moving her had to try to reach ours. We felt the Spirit in a great measure as we prayed with her and Sister Bonnie. We visited with Ronnie and Debbie this evening to pray with them about some needs in their family. The Holy Ghost was there in a mighty way as we wept and prayed together. TGBTG!

It is now 9:45 pm and I am going to study some more and try to get my first lesson module ready to send in for the DMin. God's blessings. . . Thanks for stopping by and come again. . .