September 13, 2008

Jeanne was invited to be the Family Life Sabbath speaker at the Kenhorst Church in Reading, and I had the privilege to accompany her.

She spoke of the family tree, starting with Abraham and how his family was called to follow God. And then she shared that part of God’s promise to Abraham was that through him all families of the earth would be blessed. To illustrate the desire of God to bless our families and our family trees, Jeanne shared the “One Another” texts from the scripture.

With each text, a balloon was tied to a bare tree, until it was full, giving a visual reminder how our family tree can be filled with the scripture call of the “One Another” texts.

Adjacent to the Kenhorst Church is Reading Junior Academy.

At the end of last school year, the school installed a brand new, highly representative sign.

During the worship Service, church elder Clarence Wilson introduced Anna Keeney and her husband Leroy Kenney. Last year Anna joined the Kenhorst Church. Recently, Clarence finished presenting a Prophecy Seminar in the Keeney home to a small group. At the end, Anna’s daughter Nicole and her husband requested baptism. They will be baptized in October and join the Kenhorst church

After the worship service, I was standing next to Clarence when a young woman came up and asked Clarence if he would be willing to come to her home where a neighbor would like to study the Bible with a small group in her home. Pastor Mike McCabe has been encouraging members to share the scriptures with interested people in the surrounding community.

Another encouraging feature, was to see how the Kenhorst Church includes young people in the worship service. The son of Lee and Wendy, Josh was the piano player for the entire service, and plays very well.

Pastor Mike McCabe is doing an excellent job leading the Kenhorst Church. He has been giving specific vision for the Kenhorst Church to be a Mission Intentional Church.

I will be giving some aspects of a Mission Intentional Church in future blogs.