Pastor's Blog

Tonight, the Friendship family elected Morris Bryant, Tim Burnett, & Dirk Johnson to serve as deacons for three years beginning August 1, 2007.  I would have been content working alongside any of the seven men nominated as they are all great guys.  Pray for these three men along with Claude Landry, Dewayne Lavelle, Kevin Vice, Ben Vickers, and Larry Whitehurst as they serve in this office. 

Of course, Rick Bradley, Carl Ray Moulds, and Raymond Wilkinson will continue to serve in this office until July 31, 2007.  These guys have been a pleasure to work with too. 

The Friendship family also unanimously adopted a budget for the next fiscal year (8/1/07 – 7/31/08).  The most exciting thing about this budget is that we have twenty-eight line items in our mission division and the total to be given to missions equals thirty (30) percent of all undesignated receipts.  God has honored and blessed the Friendship family’s commitment to missions giving over the past seventeen years and I am honored to pastor such a missions giving, and going, people. 

I want to thank the chairman of our finance committee, Morris Bryant, the vice-chairman, Edwin Williams, and committee members Louise Allison, Dewayne Lavelle, Mike Moreland, June Strickler, and Lynne Watson for a job well done in preparing and presenting this budget. 

We had a good day in the Lord today and we thank Him for his blessings.