A Note from the Pastor’s Wife, 

I, too, want to thank everyone for helping with VBS this year. We had a wonderful time together. We did not

separate into classes this year. Therefore, everyone worked on crafts, worshipped, listened to missions, played

games, and had bible study together. Yes, it worked! God never fails when He directs. I am so grateful that we

serve a perfect God whom we can trust to keep us all on track, if only we will allow Him into our lives. If you

missed it, I am sorry. We prayed for you and others. God did an awesome work through testimony time. We do

not take the time to know others as we should. Therefore, we cannot know why they feel the way they do

about certain things, and we cannot help them spiritually or begin to understand and form a bond with them. 

We are a selfish people, mostly. Always thinking about our next thing or what is happening in our life, or not

showing the grace if others may have a bad day or need to be understood. Even questioning God about how

we are going to do regular church activities. If God has put it in the hearts of His people to do something, He

will see it through. Our doubt, lack of vision, and lack of trust are not His fault. When our focus is taken off God

and put on anything or anyone else, we fall short. 

In the past, I have seen that when we stop having anything- a class, a program, or an activity- the Lord stops

sending people: adults and children. (This is why I always want to do something, VBS, Outreach, Fall Fest, 

WOM, Crochet class, etc.…) Not because God doesn’t want the people to hear, but because He doesn’t send

people who need Him to people who are not willing to be ready to receive the ones He sends. We must have

the faith and desire to tell others about Jesus and to grow the church, for whosoever He sends. Church growth

does not happen by canceling programs and activities because we feel we don’t have enough people to

participate. Then we go so far as to say we don’t have the right kind of people to participate, or we ourselves

stop participating because, “I don’t like the way that teacher teaches, VBS is for children, I don’t give up my

Saturdays for anyone,” or whatever the issue may be. The issue is a heart issue for each individual! Only Jesus

can fix a heart issue. And He will allow our heart to continue to have issues if we don’t check up. He will not

force us. He died for us. We must do our part and stop hurting the heart of God before He puts us to sleep. 

God has equipped each believer in our church to do something, according to Scripture, and according to

Scripture, God has put someone in every church to do the work that should be done. God is not confused. We

are! 1 Corinthians 14:33; James 3:16. Extracurricular reading: the book of James, 1 Corinthians 11-14, and 2

Corinthians 3:5-6. Examine yourself, then spend time with the Lord; He always directs us. 

No, this is not only for Lanier; many churches are dropping off we all have this same issue because we are

filled with people who share this very same outlook. It is a problem among Christians in all churches; Rev. 2:4

says we have left our 1st Love, and Ps. 51 shows how to repent to be restored to the joy of the Lord’s salvation. 

Let’s do quickly what needs to be done.

And I need the following list for the food pantry (I know, this is random).

Mac & Cheese boxes- Spaghetti sauces- Noodles- Mashed potatoes- Peanut butter & jelly- Cookies.

Thank you, and God Bless

Bridget