Preaching, praying, preparing
November 14th, 2006Last night I preached in a wonderful church in Florence, Alabama. Underwood Baptist is a growing fellowship in the northwest corner of the state. Pastor Donnie McDaniel and his staff are doing a great job reaching the lost with the gospel. This week’s Bible conference was an encouragement to me.
This week is the time for Baptist state conventions to meet. Florida Baptists are meeting in Ft. Myers. I encourage you to pray for our state president, Hayes Wicker, as he leads the meeting. We will be electing a new state convention president this year. I am not certain who will be elected, but one nominee may be Dr. Willy Rice, the former pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church here in Pensacola. He is now the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater. He would be a great choice to lead our convention. I am preaching at the Alabama Baptist State Convention tonight. They are meeting in Birmingham, and I have the honor of being the closing preacher for tonight’s evening session. I ask for you to pray for me as I address Alabama Baptists.
I am excited to welcome my good friend, Andy Andrews, to Olive Baptist Church on Wednesday, November 29. We need to fill the worship center at 6:00 p.m. to hear this creative man speak. He is exciting, hilarious, inspirational and razor-sharp. I encourage you to invite your co-workers and friends to join us for what will be a marvelous evening. You can learn more about this New York Times bestselling author at www.andyandrews.com.
I want to thank all of you who have prayed for the last month about the future vision for Olive Baptist Church. Our Heavenly Father is answering. Sunday night God spoke to us about the future direction of our church. I was greatly encouraged by the positive response from Olive members representing each generation. Old and young alike can be a part of social reformation as we proclaim the need for rebirth in our culture. Continue to pray. We have much to do in these exciting days.
Pastor Ted Traylor
November 14th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Pastor, we are lifting you up to the Father. Praise God for such a powerful presence of God in the 11.12.06 am service. It was awesome! We’re so excited about the church.
In His Service,
Tommy & Pansy Davis