God works in wonderful ways

Last August 4th, our Youth program Leader Larry Macon, at Gibson Wells United Methodist Church had asked me to conduct an outside music worship service on our church deck. Our new Pastor Paul Lore and his wife Dorothy, shared the evening with us as well.  It was a Fantastic evening.  There was a refreshing, cool breeze as the sun got low in the western sky (it does that pretty regular, you know).  The neighbors goats were talking with an occasional bleating, which just added to the atmosphere of worship.

It was a meditative worship service for each youth and adult that participated while the songs selected brought them spiritual food for thought, of their individual journey they were on.  In between songs, the spirit provided me with a short introduction of what the next song was about, and further contemplation was begun.  After about ten songs or so, I brought them to a conclusion with the song "I have decided to follow Jesus".  When we finished, prayers were said and we were blessed with a youth who HAD decided to follow Jesus!  PRAISE THE LORD!

Isn't it wonderful to see youth continuing to choose a life with Jesus, when so many other "less than desirable" options are out there for them to choose?  The following are some pictures of that evening, that the loving Mother of the new Christian follower gave me this morning after church.  Thank you so much Kim Morgan...it was a Fantastic evening for all of us especially for Kelly!

God has guided Pat and I to this wonderful, loving church to help in developing spiritual growth through music perhaps.  We followed this up with a weekend of church family experiencing Lakeshore United Methodist Assembly on the Tennessee River and that Sunday, three other youth along with Kelly were Baptized by our Pastor Paul Lore, IN THE RIVER at the conclusion of our outdoor Worship!  What a GRAND event that was!  We are so excited to see God's hand working within this congregation.  You can look at some pictures of that weekend on my FaceBook page. 

Point of this story is:  God has NO boundaries on what, how, where or who He works with to make disciples for Jesus Christ!  All we have to do it follow the Spirit and Great Things will happen.

Keep singing, Keep Laughing, Keep smiling

Blessings,
Gary