It's here! Sunday, September 18th marked our first service at Lakeshore Baptist Church in Kewaunee, and we praise God for His blessing. Forty-one people came out to fill our fifty chair auditorium storefront last Sunday morning. A few of those were from Bay City Baptist, as some families have committed to helping us get established; but over half were residents of Kewaunee or neighboring Algoma. Both of our ushers Sunday morning were faithful attenders of Thursday Bible Study who live in Algoma. We have enjoyed meeting a number of couples and single men and women from town who express excitement about the work. We welcomed special music from our guest Kay Lealiou, and sang hymns to an upright piano for the neighbors to hear :) Ray preached a salvation message from John 3, and we know from conversation that there were unsaved souls in the service. Pray for those who have heard the gospel, that they might come to trust Christ. We had a full nursery, and I taught four children in Jr. Church as well.
Assuredly, people will come and go, especiall at first, and that's all right. God has placed us there at Lakeshore to minister to whoever comes through our doors, for whatever time they stay. We do enjoy seeing some of the same faces through the weeks, though, and have established friendships that we hope will continue. This Thursday brought a new couple to Bible Study who attended the first service, and they returned again today adding to our attendence of twenty-six. I was also able to pick up a young mother for Bible Study Thursday who I met during visitation in August. She is unbelieving, but searching for the Truth, and has agreed to come with me again next week. Please pray that she will continue to come and allow Christ to reveal Himself to her.
Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. We are grateful to God for this attractive and furnished place to meet, but we are eager now to move from preparing the building to declaring Christ to the people of Kewaunee.
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