Applications for this summer’s mission trip to Bolivia are due this Sunday. The first team meeting will also be held this Sunday at noon in the Seminar Room. If you haven’t turned in your application yet and you hope to participate, please bring your application and the registration fee to this week’s team meeting.
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As many of you might be wondering, the classes tonight are still on!
Foundations of Parenting, Starting Point and Financial Peace University will start at 7:30pm, as scheduled.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Church family and friends,
God has a way of changing our plans at times, doesn’t he? After being unable to meet last weekend, I was especially looking forward to meeting together tomorrow. Sunday is my favorite day of the week!
Due to the continued inclement weather, however, all Saturday and Sunday events have been cancelled. I’m grateful that ultimately the weather testifies to our Father’s sovereign control over all things (Ps. 147:16), reminding us of the divine power and authority at work in every detail of our lives. No matter the situation, He’s on the throne!
Here are a couple suggestions for redeeming the time this weekend:
- Gather as a family to sing, read Scripture or pray together. It doesn’t have to be formal. Have the youngest family member read a few verses (Ps. 145-150 are good places to start!), then talk about what they say about God, our need for Him, and His care for us.
- Invite a friend or neighbor to come over for a movie or to watch the Superbowl. Snow days are a great opportunity to reach out to unbelievers with the love of Jesus.
- Throw a few logs in the fireplace and dive into a good devotional book that will help you know and love the Savior. If you’re like me, there’s a large “waiting to be read” stack on the bookshelf. We’ll see how far I can get through C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters!
- FOR GUYS ONLY - Get up early and make breakfast for your family or roommates. I personally recommend a good Southern approach, including omelets, grits, bacon and toast.
I pray God refreshes each of you this weekend as we rest in His sovereignty. As my good friend Gene would say, “Snow is God’s way of inserting a little margin into our lives.” And for that I give thanks!
Grace to you,
Matthew
Bolivia Missions Application Deadline
Also, due to the cancelation, the Bolivia Missions Trip application deadline and team meeting have been postponed from this Sunday to next Sunday, February 14th. The meeting will be at noon, following the Sunday Morning Meeting.
Starting today, we’ve dropped prices on almost everything at our store. For the month of February, you’ll find these ridiculously low prices:
Music:
- $5 – all downloadable albums from Sovereign Grace Music
- $6 – all CDs from Sovereign Grace Music
Books:
- $4 – all our Pursuit of Godliness books (including How Can I Change? and Disciplines for Life)
- $5 – C.J. Mahaney’s books The Cross-Centered Life and Christ Our Mediator
- $7 or less – most other books—including the just-released Spanish edition of When Sinners Say “I Do”
- Songbooks, audiobooks, and DVDs are also on sale.
International shipping is 50% off. And as always, U.S. shipping is free for all orders over $15.Load up at www.SovereignGraceStore.com, and tell your friends.
This past Sunday we had the joy of welcoming 11 new members to the KingsWay family! It is always a joy to celebrate God’s work among us in such specific ways. Click on the image below to watch the video introducing our new members.
Last weekend, Liz and I had the privilege of joining our friends in Sovereign Grace Church of Chesapeake, VA, for two historic events. On Saturday evening, the pastors and wives took an evening to honor Keith & Joanna Breault. Keith has served as senior pastor for the past four years and will be sent out to KingsWay this Sunday. (The Breaults will arrive Sunday afternoon to begin a nine month church planting residency in preparation for launching a new church next summer.) It was deeply encouraging to hear each of the pastors & wives share how Keith & Joanna have been a means of grace in their lives.
On Sunday morning, I had the joy of bringing a charge to Eric as he was installed as the new senior pastor. I shared Paul’s charge to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:1 to “Preach the Word!” We have a high view of preaching as a family of churches, and I was privileged to emphasize that priority and to encourage the church to respond to Eric’s leadership through responding and praying for him. Eric’s father, Bob Hughes, one of the founding pastors of the church, joined us in praying for Eric. As the church gathered for a reception following the meeting, there was a tangible sense of joy & faith for this new season.
Please pray for Eric & Marie Hughes as Eric steps into this new role. And pray for Keith & Joanna and their children Emma, Gordon, Henry & Peter–along with the baby “on the way” to be delivered in Midlothian in early 2010! The Breaults are leaving behind all that’s familiar to follow God’s call on their lives. Please join us in providing a warm welcome as they arrive!
I’m away in Warm Springs, Virginia, on a study/planning retreat. One of the areas I’ve been studying is the book of Revelation. It is an enormously encouraging book, revealing a hopeful, eternal perspective that has historically sustained the church during times of adversity. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to study Revelation in depth early next year.
Liz and I are staying in a house with several units that a family kindly makes available to pastors for retreats at a very nominal cost. It’s a peaceful and beautiful area, and also has the benefit of being mid-way between Roanoke and Franklin. This affords Liz and I the opportunity to spend time with these churches on consecutive Sundays. But when I’m away I always miss being with you, especially as we gather on Sundays. May God richly bless you as you encounter Him this week!
With care,
Gene
Written by Remie Verougstraete
During my first few weeks as a summer intern at Kingsway, I was welcomed to the office with all the kindness and care that you would expect from your church staff, by having my desk pranked and half of my lunch stolen. After being assured that this was a sign of affection, I was able to settle in and Matthew got me started on my summer reading list, which was heavy on theologically rich christian classics like Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People.”
My work varies from week to week, but pretty regularly includes making progress on my book list, studying different issues in scripture and asking lots of questions, whether it’s to a pastor about church doctrine, or to a receptionist about how the phones work. As an intern, I’m not given total responsibility over any specific “sphere” of the church, but rather I get to come alongside and play a support role in different ministries that go on over the summer. For example, I was given the job of helping to administrate a portion of the worship team banquet earlier this summer, and I’ve been able to participate in a weekly study of the book, “Just Do Something” with Matthew and some dudes from the church. I also spent time developing and conducting a “good neighbor” survey for the neighborhood behind our building, which gave me a chance to interact with folks and see what they think about “the church down the street.”
Overall, this internship has been a humbling taste of how God’s power and grace make service for Him an experience of rich blessing and encouragement to our own souls. I thank God for His kindness and for this church. Thanks for your support, and God bless you all.
Dear KingsWay
What a joy it was to be together on Sunday as Tiffany and I and the team were sent out to Fredericksburg. 
Joyful. And tearful. We will miss you so much. We’ve made so many wonderful friends, experienced so much care from you, and had such a meaningful time of equipping that leaving really is bittersweet. As Gene reminded us on Sunday, mission has a cost.
But it’s also a privilege! Thanks for your joy in releasing us, equipping us, and sending us to this new area. We go as a part of you. Somehow, through your efforts and care for us, Jesus will reach the lost. The God of history has chosen to use your labors to reach people in Fredericksburg! I trust you feel the sense of awe that he allows us to participate in his plan. What a gracious God we serve!
With gratitude for these past months and anticipation for the future,
Ken & Tiffany
PS We are only an hour up the road! (Yes, that’s a hint!!!)
Please pray for us this coming Monday through Wednesday as we attend Sovereign Grace Ministries’ Pastors Conference. Each of KingsWay’s pastors will be traveling with our spouse to Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, MD where the three day conference will be held.
The theme of the conference is “The Pastor’s Priorities”. We will be ministered to during main sessions and seminars, as well as fellowship and reunions with friends and fellow pastors. If you want to learn more about the conference you can visit Sovereign Grace’s site. Pray that God would help each of us to receive exactly what God desires to speak to us for both our personal growth and edification, as well as for the building and strengthening of KingsWay.
In addition to the regular conference schedule Gene and Liz will be traveling up a day early to meet with the Sovereign Grace leadership team and staying a day later to have some extended time with the other senior pastors in our region. Please pray that these meeting would be fruitful and encouraging to each pastor and wife in attendance as well.
Our prayer for this time is that we will come home better equipped to serve the church that we love!
