Fundraiser, Black Friday…and a Great Sunday!

First of all, I want to thank Jesus for taking care of our pastor, Bro. Todd Vinson this week. On Thanksgiving, Bro. Todd, was checked into the hospital in Jonesboro, AR with heart attack-like symptoms. Thank goodness it wasn’t a heart attack. All tests came back negative and the heart cath showed no blockage. We’re thanking God for that! They are leaning towards it being more of a blood pressure problem and medication side effects.

Being the trooper Todd is, he was released from the hospital near noon on Saturday…came straight home, got cleaned up and came to Rivercrest for His Guys’ sound check. Wow! His Guys was sure glad to have him! We had a great time opening for Nashville recording artist, Buddy Jewell, at the Stepping Stones Learning Center fundraiser. Over $2,000 was raised for our daycare.

Sunday was great…Bro. Todd preached on the first “black Friday.” The day that Jesus died for you…for me! We watched a video called “The Gospel” by Eric Ludy! Cool sermon…but the best part was the invitation. Steve and Holly Kirk came down with their youngest…Emma. Emma gave her heart to Jesus!!!! Praise God! Great way to kick off the holiday season!!!

Tithing and Life Change

Hey guys! Ed Young Jr. says quite often…”people get funny when you talk about money!” hahaha. Funny but true. Rarely does Bro. Todd preach on money…but Sunday’s sermon was powerful and very challenging and so true. Tithing is a faith and trust thing and one of two places in the Bible where God says “test me on this”….He said he’d open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so many blessings that you could hardly stand it. Wow!

Jace and Carty Smith quoted Bible verses before their mom, Amy, sang….phenomenal…so awesome to hear the Word of our God spouting out of the mouths of kids. …and Amy did an awesome job singing!

Best part of the day though…Colby Brister made his decision to trust Christ as Lord and Savior public!!! So proud of him!

Guest speaker…great challenge

Hey guys! It’s been a little while since I’ve posted on here. We had a guest speaker this past Sunday – David McClung from the Arkansas Baptist Convention. David did an awesome job! His sermon was titled “Hope in the Midst of Brokenness.” The break down was pretty much this…
If we go where Jesus goes, we’ll see what Jesus sees
If we see what Jesus sees, we’ll feel what Jesus feels
and if we feel what Jesus feels, we can’t help but do what Jesus does!
Thanks for the challenge!

Trunk-or-treat went great Monday night. We had about 250 kids come by. Thanks to all of the families that participated and all the families who came by!!!