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February 2009
The month o February provides apromising uture or our church.
Planningand decision-making done throughout 2008will begin to be implemented this month. Through our ”Invent the Future” process webegan last year and continue in as a church,we are building or the uture while ministering enthusiasticallyin the present. How is February providing a promising uture?
Nick Floyd is coming alongside o me asAssociate Pastor-Preaching Assistant orboth o our campuses.
Nick has served orthree and one-hal years at PrestonwoodBaptist Church in Dallas. He served initiallyon the main campus, assisting in the SinglesMinistry, and then was called to help begintheir new campus just north o Dallas inProsper. In this ministry, he served as theirMinister o Young Adults, then advanced toserve as their Minister o Adults, as well as leading and acilitatingother ministries in the church. The people o Prestonwood testiyhow God has used Nick over these years as this work was begunby aith and now touches over 1,000 people in worship weekly.
Nick will serve both campuses, taking the load o o me inseveral ways, and will serve as another communicator to ourellowship in all areas o ministries.
He will become anothervoice as God raises him up in our church. Nick has now receivedhis Master o Divinity degree rom Southwestern Seminary andis presently advancing towards obtaining his Doctor o Ministrydegree rom the Liberty Theological Seminary. It is our goal orhim to obtain this degree no later than the spring o 2010. Atthis time, he only lacks attending three major doctoral seminarsand the work they require, plus doing his major project andwriting his dissertation. He has been away rom our ministry oralmost seven years, fnishing his bachelor’s degree rom LibertyUniversity and was the leading Pastoral Ministries graduate thatyear. He and his lovely wie, Meredith, and their daughter, ReeseCaroline, will become a great blessing to our entire ministry. Eventhough Nick will serve both campuses, he will ofce during theweek at our Pinnacle Hills location. Do everything you can to givea warm welcome to them. Their frst Sunday will be February 8.
Ryan Blackwell is also coming to serveas our Minister o Young Married Adultsat our Springdale campus.
Ryan is one o our best, raised in our ellowship, saved andcalled through our ellowship, leaving hereto achieve with great academic excellenceat both Oklahoma Baptist University and theGolden Gate Baptist Theological Seminarywhere he recently received his Master o Divinity degree. Ryan was the #1 academicgraduate in this past December’s class. Ryan and his joyulwie, Rachel, will be a superb addition to our team. Ryan is achurchman, serving churches while achieving both o his degrees.Again, do everything you can to extend a warm welcome to theBlackwells. Their frst Sunday will be February 15. A little ministrytrivia—Ryan and Nick grew up together, hung out all the timetogether, were leaders in our Student Ministry together, playedon three state championship ootball teams together, and bothgraduated rom our Shiloh Christian School. We are blessed tohave them back with us.
February 8 will be “I Love My Church Day” on both campuses.
It is a day where we demonstrate our love or our church in everyway. It is the day we are gathering on our:Springdale Campus: AS MANY ADULTS AND AS MANYSTUDENTS AS POSSIBLEPinnacle Hills Campus: AS MANY ADULTS AS POSSIBLE Thereore, plan, connect, invite, and attend our “I Love My ChurchDay” on February 8. It will be a abulous Sunday.
February 22 is STUDENT DAY at our Pinnacle Hills campus,ollowing a great regional event on that Friday-Saturdaycalled “Hot Hearts” that will be held on that campus.
Again,this is a day when the entire Pinnacle Hills campus will work theweek prior in getting as many students as possible in worshipthat morning.Yes, February is providing us a promising uture. The bestis yet to come.
A message from Dr. Ronnie Floyd, Senior Pastor
February Provides a Promising Future
February 2009
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