What a morning we had this past Sunday! Well, the whole week has been special, but Sunday’s BBI Day at Oakwood Community Church was just about as good as it gets.
I’ve never been to a mission conference dedicated to one mission organization. I’ve usually been a little frustrated by most mission conferences both as a missionary and in our pre-missionary days. The reason is that there are usually too many missionaries scheduled for them to give an adequate presentation of their ministry in the time available.
This was Oakwood’s first attempt at this new format and we think it was a success. So did everyone I talked to about it. Gerry and Sharon Pruden were emcees and had time to share about their ministry. After a couple worship songs, Mildred and I gave an abbreviated pretend Sunrise Serenade program. Jason Beale had set up a mock radio studio on the platform and we used that setting to tell a bit about our ministry at Radio HRGS and introduce what I think is a powerful little video that features testimonies from some of our listeners.
Then it was our president’s turn. Evan Drake presented an overview of Bible Basics’ global ministries which he segued into a message from Acts 13:1-3 about the sending out of Paul and Barnabas as a description of a solid church. After the message, the elders, the mission commission, and Evan commissioned our newest BBI team members, Brett and Leanne Pruden.
They did not record our part of the morning, but if you’d like to hear Evan Drake’s excellent message and his description of Bible Basics, you can listen at this link. http://www.oakwoodfl.org/messages/?preacher=16. I appreciate how Evan took the time to explain more about Radio HRGS.
The pictures below were mostly taken by Randall Huber, a member of Oakwood’s mission commission, who has graciously allowed me to use them. Thanks Randall!
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