Youth gathering rescheduled

Bro. Wayne says that he wants the youth group to meet Sunday afternoon at 2:00 instead of after the evening service. He has been putting out traps to catch the rat and he doesn't want to be at church too late doing it. I told him that he should just leave them out, but he said a kid might get hurt if he did.

Something I Wish I Could Have Seen

Some people have all the fun. Yesterday, at church, Kim Fraiser was telling about something that happened last week. She said that she was sitting in her office and when she saw a rat run in. She really hates rats, so she ran out. She said she nearly ran into Bro. Wayne. He had a big book in his hands and was trying to kill the rat with it. She said he knocked over a bunch of stuff trying to get to it, but the rat ran back out of her office. Bro. Wayne chased it down the hall. Kim and the rest of the staff ran after him. She said that he rat ran under that door of the women's restroom. Bro. Wayne yelled, "I'm coming in!" before he barged through the door. He didn't find the rat. I wish I could have been there to see him running after the rat, trying to kill it.

23 People

We had 23 people from our church attend the youth meeting last night. It was more than any other church and we got to bring home the high attendence banner, but I was disappointed. I thought we would have at least fifty. There were several people who said that they would be there and they didn't show up. Well, just for that, I'm not going to tell them why we drew funny faces on plastic bags and put sunglasses on them. (Actually, it was kind of corny, but I'm not going to tell you anyway.)

It will be our turn to have the meeting in two months. We need to come up with a better program than that.

Youth Meeting

Don't forget about the associational youth meeting at the Lemon Tree Lane Baptist Church tomorrow. It begins at 7:30 PM. We missed last months meeting. My excuse for that is that I am new on the job and I didn't know about it. I don't have that excuse this month. The church is just on the other side of town, but if you need a ride let me know. Also, remember to bring sunglasses and a plastic sack. I don't know what they are for, but the church has something planned. It sounds like fun.

Demons Among Us

Without naming any names, let me just say that I had quite an experience last night. My family and I went to visit a young man in his home. We got there and his mother was about a drink short of being inebriated. She went and called the young man out of his room. I heard her tell him to put is clothes on and he came out with only his jeans on. His girlfriend came out a few minutes later.

We talked to him about salvation, but he wasn't interested. I can't really say that they are demons, but I can't imagine that having the parents he does and the girlfriend that he does is helping this young man. It is almost like Satan is sending his demons out to keep this young man in his fold.

Some of you will guess who this young man is. If you do, please lift him up in your prayers.

May the Lord bless you richly,
Bro. Wayne

We're Not Buying a Microwave

I would like to say that there are no plans to set up a youth only kitchen as some people seem to think. I taught the High School Sunday School class this morning and I used a microwave for part of the lesson. The microwave I used is one that came from home and it's now back on the counter. Bro. Wayne didn't spend any money for it. I just wanted to demonstrate what a grain of sand can do.

We Have a Blog

Neal has just informed me that we have a blog and encouraged me to post here from time to time. It sounds like a great idea to me, so I will try to do that.

I want to say that we have a great group of kids at First Baptist. I couldn't ask for a better bunch of kids. I'm still trying to learn all the names, but I'm getting there.

I want to thank Neal for teaching for me last Sunday. Since I ended up preaching both services, it was a great help and he did an excellent job. I'll have to ask him again some time.

Some of you know that I plan on having some kind of youth function at least once a month. Next month, at Neal's suggestion, we are going to the science center in Saint Louis. If you have suggestions about other things that we can do together, I would love to hear them.