Meet Isabella Jayne Elkins, our new granddaughter
A NEW ADDITION
Our family continues to grow this year with the birth of our granddaughter Isabella Jayne. She is the daughter of our daughter Jennifer and her husband Todd. Bella weighed in at 7 lbs. 1 oz.and 20 3/4 in long this past Saturday (Nov. 20) at 6:23 am.
Bella joined us 3 1/2 weeks earlier than expected. She is a sweet little girl who has features of both her mother and father.
Leslie and I feel most blessed with all three daughters now married and now two grandchildren. God seems to give us the true desire of our hearts. Leslie and I have prayed for the girls to find good Christian husbands and start their own families. We have been delighted with the choices the girls have made. Now we have the joy of our girls having children. Being a grandparent is indeed GRAND.
Each age of life has God’s blessings for us. I am enjoying this stage.
Thank you dear Lord for blessing us in each stage of life. — Ray
Meet Wesley Dale Potts
Wesley was born Sunday, June 6 at about 11:00 am to Mary Beth and Dale Potts. It amazes me how a little guy who basically eats, sleeps, and gets his diaper changed can steal your heart. Perhaps that is why they are called grandchildren — because it is grand to be with them. Leslie and I have enjoyed our first days with him. It is neat watching a daughter fill the role of young mother. It seems like only yesterday Leslie was the young mother and Mary Beth the baby. Time passes quickly and little girls grow up to be mothers.
Psalm 78:4 gives a great parental challenge:
We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.
The truths of God found in the Bible are taught to us in Sunday School and worship. We should pass these along to the next generation with enthusiasm.
Are you a part of the next generation of leaders that God is raising up? At our church we have a long spiritual family line of those faithful in service and in lifestyle. These men and women of God were well aware of the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord. Several in our list of faithful are young adults. They are in the process of presenting to their families the truths of God.
We can’t do it alone. God’s plan for us must be accomplished. Let’s join hands and challenge not just the next generation but this generation as well.
What Would Jesus Do?
WWJD — The phrase is old stuff now. It has been around so long that many are tired of it and looking for something fresh. The sad thing is that a search for something fresh may throw away very helpful tools. Asking oneself , “What Would Jesus Do?” may be the simplest way to help us do the right thing in difficult situations. To be imitators of Jesus is to set high expectations on ourselves.
May God bless you as you live for Him!
“The Story About the Healing at the Pool”
September 5, 2009
John 5:1-14
Read today’s verses from your favorite translation. Answer what you discover:
Something About Jesus
Something About Me
How I Respond
“The Story About Healing the Official’s Son”
September 4, 2009
John 4:43-54
Read today’s verses from your favorite translation. Answer what you discover:
Something About Jesus
Something About Me
How I Respond
“The Story About the Disciples’ Response”
September 3, 2009
John 4:27-42
Read today’s verses from your favorite translation. Answer what you discover:
Something About Jesus
Something About Me
How I Respond
“The Story About the Samaritan Woman at the Well”
September 2, 2009
John 4:1-26
Read today’s verses from your favorite translation. Answer what you discover:
Something About Jesus
Something About Me
How I Respond
“The Story About John’s Testimony”
September 1, 2009
John 3:22-36
Read today’s verses from your favorite translation. Answer what you discover:
Something About Jesus
Something About Me
How I Respond
Meet “Bro. Ray”
A Little About Me
I am seldom referred to as Dr. England, but I am better known as “Bro. Ray.” I was born and raised in the small Kentucky town of Campbellsville. I graduated from both Campbellsville University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville where I earned both the master’s degree and a Ph.D. in New Testament Greek. I have been married to Leslie (Lalosh) for over 30 years. We have three daughters: Mary Beth (Mrs. Dale Potts), Jennifer (Mrs. Todd Elkins), and Stoya (soon to be Mrs. Dustin Hastings). Recently Mary Beth and Dale presented us with our first grandchild – Wesley.
In over 30 years of ministry, I have been a staff minister, taught in college and seminary settings, served on the foreign mission field, but mostly have served as pastor of churches in Kentucky.
It is my blessing to be the senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Greenville, Kentucky since December 1999. Second Baptist has been a joy to pastor with wonderful men and women of God working together in ministry to accomplish God’s purposes. I love the church I pastor and the people both in our church and in the community.
I enjoy competitive sports, having played basketball and run cross-country in high school. For many years (when I was younger and slimmer) I enjoyed weight lifting. I am now back in the gym and loving lifting weights on a smaller scale.
It has been a joy sharing my wife Leslie’s passion for the theater. I have served with her on the Board of Directors of our community theater group MCTI. In 2007 I had my first stage role, the supporting role of “Teddy” in the local production of Arsenic and Old Lace. Leslie has directed several MCTI production, recently Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. She works with our Minister of Worship on the annual Easter Pageant.
Other than the Lord, the greatest joys in my life are my wife Leslie and our three daughters and their husbands, and now Wesley. They are a blessing to me.
God has graced me many times more than I deserve. God is good — all the time!
Road Trip 2010
The theme for sermons and activities for the 2010 Summer
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