Mission: Brownwood March 2009 Report (8 Professions of Faith)

Jessica works with the Sparks class during craft time at Awana Club meetings.

8 professions of faith made during Brownwood apartment rallies

Ken and Barbara Sibley from Seeing Truth ministries visited with us in June. They brought their program before a crowd of 36 at the Market Place Apartments on March 13, before 49 at the Brownwood Housing Authority on March 14, and before 23 at Grace Pointe on March 15. Six at the housing authority made professions of faith and two made professions of faith at Grace Pointe. The two professions at Grace Pointe were made by regular attendees who have since decided to follow Christ in baptism.

Grace Pointe MBM attendance increases

Average attendance at Grace Pointe grew to 16, up from 13 in February. Tuesday youth program attendance improved to 16, up from 11 in February and Market Place attendance improved to 19, up from 14 in Februrary. Midweek attendance continues to fluctuate, but Sunday attendance is holding steady at 16-17 since the Sibleys brought their program.

Grace Pointe votes to rent vacant church property.

Actually, this decision was made April 5, so it technically wouldn’t be March report material, but I thought I’d let you know what’s developing. Currently, there is a vacant church building for rent with major highway frontage in Brownwood. Grace Pointe voted to rent the facility for $600 per month. While Grace Pointe’s offerings have not reached $600 per month yet, the difference will be made up out of regular support that is already coming in to the Mission: Brownwood Fund. We are still working on ironing out terms with the landlord.

The need for better meeting spaces is great. For the past four Sundays, we have had at least 16 people in attendance, with as many as 23, half of which are small children, meeting in a community room that is about the size of many Sunday School rooms. Needless to say, we’ve hit capacity.

Grace Pointe MBM meets in this room every Sunday and Tuesday. The children gather around the near table for their Bible lesson while the adults gather around the far table for worship services.

Thank You!!!

I’d like to thank each of you for your prayer and financial support. So far at Grace Pointe MBM in Brownwood, we have lacked nothing, and it’s due to God’s provision through your generous support.

Thank you so much for supporting this work. Please know that we are working to lead Grace Pointe to organization and financial stability as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, or would like to talk missions, feel free to call me at (325) 200-8531.
Again, thanks for your support.

The Numbers….

Attendance

Grace Pointe MBM (Sunday Mornings)

3/1 – 13
3/8 – 10
3/15 – 23
3/22 – 16
3/29 – 16

Grace Pointe MBM (Tuesday Youth)

3/3 – 16
3/17 – 18
3/24 - 11
3/31 – 18

Total Grace Pointe Offerings: $496.65

Market Place (Wednesday Evenings)

3/4 – 26
3/11 – 16
3/18 – 18
3/25 – 14

Finances

Support

Quaker Ave BC (Lubbock, TX) - $100
RidgeCrest BC (Levelland, TX) - $100
Memory Lane MBC (Palestine, TX) - $50
White Rock MBC (Center, TX) - $100
Muse MBC (Grapeland, TX) - $400
Bassett Road BC (Palestine, TX) - $75
East Side BC (Jacksonville, TX) - $100
58th Ave MBC (Amarillo, TX) - $124.63
Bethel MBC (Tatum, TX) - $50
Heritage BC (Missouri City, TX) - $200
MBA of Texas - $1,911
Rocky Springs MBC (Jacksonville, TX)
$300
Hickory Grove MBC (Newport, AR) $116.46
Denson Springs MBC (Grapeland, TX)
$100
Nevill’s Chapel MBC (Mt. Pleasant)
$186.01
Hickory Grove MBC (Newport, AR) $89.10
Wyndrock MBC (Abilene, TX) - $40

Expenses

Salary - $1,000
Housing - $700
Insurance allowance - $211
Apartment Rallies (Pizza, promotion, Bro. Sibley, outreach) $1,000.93

PRAISE GOD! 20 KIDS! ONE SOUL SAVED!

Day one of our VBS at the Brownwood Housing Authority was a huge success!!! We had 20 kids and one adult from the apartment complex, and nine volunteers (ourselves included) for a total of 30 people. One girl, a teenager, accepted Jesus as her personal Savior within the first :30 minutes. She wants to be baptized and join our mission. We talked with her mom and everything is go... now we just have to find a place to do the baptizing.

We are expecting her to attend our home services, as well as our neighbors. If all goes well, we could have as many as 10 in our home tomorrow morning. Thank you for your prayers.

A special thanks go out to our partners, Ron and Betty Shaw of Midland, John and Teresa Kight of Coleman, Harold and Sylvia Acker of Jacksonville, and Victoria Williams of Brownwood. A very special thanks goes out to my wife Jessica, whose logistical planning and gathering of material and craft supplies, as well as food made this day possible.

We also received special live offerings from Wyndrock MBC of Abilene and Memorial MBC of Rusk that went toward this VBS. Donations of Good News Games materials are arriving daily, and we thank the churches who are supporting our VBS through these donations. A complete list of donors will be announced at a later time.

Thank you so much for your support.

Thank you Wyndrock MBC

Just got word that Wyndrock MBC of Abilene, TX, sent me a $500 love offering. Thank you for your support of Mission: Brownwood. Your $500 offering will help off-set the $1,000 expenditures of VBS, plus help with the two-weeks I will be without a salary in July.