Friday, April 8, 2011

ERIE PASTOR, CHURCH AND CHURCH SCHOOL

April 7 and 8 Jeanne and I spent time in Erie with Pastor Preston Monterrey and his wife Valerie.







We spent quite some time sharing the joys and progress of the Erie church.



Preston has brought a calm and positive spirit into the 3 churches that he leads—Erie, Lowville and Cory. He also oversees the ministry of Russ Mullins at the Seneca Church.


Preston gave me a demonstration of the SDA radio station that broadcasts from the Erie Church.



The equipment is in two rooms of the Erie Church School. A small closet contains the broadcast equipment, computers and recording equipment.

A nearby room which is a storeroom for school books and other supplies, contains the transmission equipment that takes the program up through the antenna and out over the air waves. The Erie church broadcasts much programming from 3ABN, but the church also records and broadcasts local materials and programming. After visiting with Elder Monterrey, I visited the Adventist School of Erie. Steve Laubach is our teacher there and the school students have a very attractive school room for class.


Recently a very generous donation has been made and the second school room has been outfitted as a learning center with very up-to-date computer stations.



While I was there, I observed how the students had been making Christian bookmarks to give to the church members and friends, using the computer graphics software and then printing them off on one of the two new color laser printers.



The church school students have also provided the church service at each of the 4 churches in the district this Spring. Tomorrow, they will be providing the 4th of their services by leading out the worship service in the Erie Church. The Church School is preparing for next school year already.



Church members have donated for these signs to be placed around town as this is the time of year community people begin to be interested in a Christian school. Also, the School is planning an open house in the next few weeks.



1 comment:

Preston Monterrey said...

I wish to express my appreciation to all our churches' officers and volunteers that enable the smooth operation of God's work in this NW corner of our Commonwealth. They minister empowered by his Spirit.