Missions Sunday Recap

Our Sunday Sunday School adult class featured a great message from David Hosaflook, missionary to Albania. You may remember David from the video "Dispatches from the Front." From John 4, Brother Hosaflook reminded us that people are empty, Jesus fills empty people and that filled people are meant to fill other empty people. How can we fill empty people? Its as easy as pray, meet people, and tell them about Jesus. Hear the message here.



The morning message continued on in our Hear the Call of the Kingdom series from the book of Matthew. Pastor Bixby preached on the "Big Announcement" in Matthew 14:1-12. The over 5,000 people assembled that day received more than a meal, they would have understood that the Jesus who stood before them was indeed the one that was to come. Concluding his message, pastor reminded us that the Savior of the world does not depend on the politics, places, priorities, or provisions of this world. Here the message here.

Before the evening service began, Missionary Hosaflook was again summoned up to the pulpit to take some questions and once again share his passion for missions. In fact, he said he would rather be known as a "passionary" than a missionary for he wants everyone to know that proclaiming the gospel is a passion, not merely a job to complete.

Missionary Jason Rice preached the evening service. Jason is a missionary to Slovakia as well as a long-time friend of our pastor. While I'm a friendship with Pastor Bixby has its good points, it certainly came with a cost as we were told of the trail of broken items left behind by our young missionary whenever he comes to visit... His message this evening focused on the pilgrim theme found in scripture. We are pilgrims in the earth. As pilgrims, we are to obey God, retain the right perspective and look toward the end of the journey. Here the message here.

Following the message, Pastor Bixby, Pastor Scott, Pastor Miller and Missionary Hosaflook discussed what it means practically to have a pilgrim mentality here in this age.