Dear friends,
The national weather service alert regarding flooding in our area is scheduled to continue until 8AM. Officials are still asking people to stay off the roads at this point. So at this point we will go ahead and cancel our service as well.
I ask for your prayers for the many people who are without prayer and for those families who have already suffered loss due to the storm. If you need anything please let me know so that someone from the church can help.
In Christ,
Aaron
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Sunday Worsip Services
Dear brothers and sisters,
We are actively watching the details of Hurricane Irene as it passes through our area. At this point we are planning to have our regularly scheduled 11:00AM worship service tomorrow morning. The evangelism training scheduled for 9:45AM will be rescheduled for Sunday, Sept 4th. There will be no 9:45AM discipleship classes.
If it begins to look like the storm will still be highly active at 11:00AM we will cancel service as well.
If we do have services and you feel uncomfortable leaving your house, please stay home and pray for those who have already and will continue to be affected by this storm.
In Christ,
Aaron
We are actively watching the details of Hurricane Irene as it passes through our area. At this point we are planning to have our regularly scheduled 11:00AM worship service tomorrow morning. The evangelism training scheduled for 9:45AM will be rescheduled for Sunday, Sept 4th. There will be no 9:45AM discipleship classes.
If it begins to look like the storm will still be highly active at 11:00AM we will cancel service as well.
If we do have services and you feel uncomfortable leaving your house, please stay home and pray for those who have already and will continue to be affected by this storm.
In Christ,
Aaron
Monday, August 1, 2011
A busy summer and it's not even over...
I wanted to take a couple of minutes this morning to tell you about the million+ things that have happened at Franconia these past four weeks. This will be the the abbreviated version.
- Mexico 2011 - "Partnering for the Gospel" This year was the first short-term missions trip since I started here in 2008. Little by little the missions ministry has been growing and I thank God for the passionate people that now make up our missions team. The Mexico trip was a join effort between Franconia and Franconia Korean Baptist churches. Over the course of a week we played soccer and shared the Gospel with a bunch of boys at the Hogar Francisco orphanage, moved the Puebla Bible Seminary (PBS) library to a new location, built PBS a basketball/soccer court, made many new friends with a couple of churches in Puebla, and deepened our friendship with Kevin and Andrea Bult (CAM Missionaries to Mexico)
- VBS 2011 - "Big Apple Adventure" There was no time breath. As soon as we got home from Mexico it was time to start Vacation Bible School. This year we tried an evening version which allowed more of our church members to participate. By God's grace we saw double the kids from last year and connected with a couple of families who are now regulars at Franconia. Please pray that the seeds of the Gospel that were planted among all the great songs and crafts will grow in the hearts of these precious children.
- Summer Projects -
The folks at Franconia are excited about investing in the building and grounds that God has given us for His ministry in Alexandria. This summer we have cleaned out a number of the preschool rooms that accumulated a lot of "stuff" over the years. Several of those rooms have been repainted and three have been re-purposed for the ever growing Childrens Minsitry at Franconia. The big project was moving our playground so that it now sits on the church side of the parking lot, making it much safer to get to. At the same time I think we did a good job of freshening it up.
There's a lot more to say, but that's probably enough for now. If you'd like to see more pictures of these things check out the Franconia Baptist Church - Facebook Group
- Aaron
- Mexico 2011 - "Partnering for the Gospel" This year was the first short-term missions trip since I started here in 2008. Little by little the missions ministry has been growing and I thank God for the passionate people that now make up our missions team. The Mexico trip was a join effort between Franconia and Franconia Korean Baptist churches. Over the course of a week we played soccer and shared the Gospel with a bunch of boys at the Hogar Francisco orphanage, moved the Puebla Bible Seminary (PBS) library to a new location, built PBS a basketball/soccer court, made many new friends with a couple of churches in Puebla, and deepened our friendship with Kevin and Andrea Bult (CAM Missionaries to Mexico)
- VBS 2011 - "Big Apple Adventure" There was no time breath. As soon as we got home from Mexico it was time to start Vacation Bible School. This year we tried an evening version which allowed more of our church members to participate. By God's grace we saw double the kids from last year and connected with a couple of families who are now regulars at Franconia. Please pray that the seeds of the Gospel that were planted among all the great songs and crafts will grow in the hearts of these precious children.
- Summer Projects -The folks at Franconia are excited about investing in the building and grounds that God has given us for His ministry in Alexandria. This summer we have cleaned out a number of the preschool rooms that accumulated a lot of "stuff" over the years. Several of those rooms have been repainted and three have been re-purposed for the ever growing Childrens Minsitry at Franconia. The big project was moving our playground so that it now sits on the church side of the parking lot, making it much safer to get to. At the same time I think we did a good job of freshening it up.
There's a lot more to say, but that's probably enough for now. If you'd like to see more pictures of these things check out the Franconia Baptist Church - Facebook Group
- Aaron