January through March, Bishop Creek Community Church had a sermon series on the Evangelical Free Church of America's Statement of Faith. It went very well, and was a great way to get the whole church up to speed on the Evangelical Free Church beliefs (kind of a mass church membership class!).
On March 8 we finished up the series, and had our annual church meeting. It was a big day for Bishop Creek! We were making decisions on the Bylaws to the Constitution, Membership, Elders, Budget, and whether or not to move to a different building. The Bylaws passed, 30 members were accepted in, we now have two elders (Ed Kruger and Craig Barrett), the budget passed, and we decided to move to a different building!
We had been prayerfully considering sharing the Southern Baptist's church building, and are now there full time. Their service is in the morning, and our church continues to meet at 4:00pm in the afternoon on Sundays. Kelly and Suzanne are good friends with Chuck and Terri (the pastor of the Southern Baptist Church and his wife). The four of them are like-hearted... very committed to the Word and being a Light in the community for Christ! They love talking about ministry things, and the Lord has blessed their friendship!
Bishop Creek has now celebrated it's first year anniversary as an official Evangelical Free Church. Steve Elliott was able to join us on March 8... he gave the last message on the Statement of Faith, was there for the annual meeting, and then we all celebrated by feasting at our potluck! A wonderful time was had by all! Check out the pictures!
We are so thrilled at all the Lord is doing at Bishop Creek Community Church! If you are ever in the Bishop area (or driving through), please give us a call! We'd love to have you come to church... or at least meet for coffee!
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