Last week was our first Sunday at Hinton Baptist Church. The church meets in the Hinton Center, a large building in the community that is used for everything from flea markets to wedding receptions. There are several small rooms and one large reception hall. We use two of the smaller rooms--one for the church meeting and one for Sunday School/Nursery. This week, Ben and I helped out in the Sunday School and sang a special for the morning service. Ben has also been helping with congregational song leading and graphic design. Sunday I "unofficially" started the nursery. We had planned to wait a week, but necessity demanded otherwise! It was a lot of fun! We hope to start a regular rotation next week. Pray that the ladies will be willing to get involved. It is a huge need because several of the families have very small children and our current auditorium is very small!
Welcome to Hinton Baptist Church!
We were surprised this week with visitors from Albania! Their little girl was almost two, and quite a challenge in the nursery!!! I had a lengthy conversation with her mom, Kate as she was very interested in knowing what brought us to Canada for the summer. Pray they will come again. They are inquisitive about the truth and starved for fellowship.
Ben is getting quite an education in "Baby 101" this summer!
Here he is trying to set up the play pen in the nursery as the children look on.
This is Laura from Albania. She was a real go-getter!!!
This is baby Isabella Davis.
She just turned one year old this week.
Your mention of the lady/family from Albania being 'starved for fellowhip' really touched my heart. I will pray that they return and will know the blessing of 'Christian fellowship' - it truly is such a blessing! The pictures are lovely. Thanks for the updates. We will continue to pray for you all.
ReplyDeleteThe Hinton Baptist remind me of the church my dad started in Holman, Wisconsin. I was too little to remember but I've heard the stories more time then I can count. Take care, I'm praying for you and can't wait to hear more from you. :)
ReplyDeleteMy husband was looking online and came across your blog. We are currently on deputation wanting to plant churches in Alberta. The first town we are praying about starting in is Grande Cache. We are so pleased to hear of another church that has been started near there! There is a great need for the gospel in Alberta! May the Lord richly bless you.
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