Bragging on My Boone’s Creek Family: Karate, Sonic, and College Students Frightening Me

I am privileged to be the pastor of a wonderful family of faith here at Boone’s Creek Baptist Church. I want to take some opportunity to brag on some of the folks here.

First of all, take a look at this incredible display from one of our youth, Jack Podgorski, at ITA Nationals 2007:

A Great Encounter at Sonic

When one of my children and I had a mid-morning snack at Sonic the other day, the waitress recognized me and said, “Aren’t you the preacher at Boone’s Creek?” I told her, “Yes” — praying that I wouldn’t pay for that — and she said how much she enjoyed the Vacation Bible School last July. Her children were still talking about it. They loved the gentle and loving spirit of the folks who worked at VBS. Keep in mind, I had this conversation on October 31st — and the VBS was in July! People remember the impressions we Christians make — so make a Christ-like one!

Some College Students Taking the Initiative

During the fall and spring semesters of college, we have about 30-40 college students who worship with us. For the past year, they normally taking up the fifth, sixth and seventh rows of our middle section in the sanctuary. Yet, I walked in and I didn’t see them in their usual place. They instead were spread out all over the place. I asked Cam, “What’s going on?” He said, “They were challenged to sit in various places so they could mingle with other folks in the church.” Amen!

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Bragging on My Boone’s Creek Family: Karate, Sonic, and College Students Frightening Me

I am privileged to be the pastor of a wonderful family of faith here at Boone’s Creek Baptist Church. I want to take some opportunity to brag on some of the folks here.

First of all, take a look at this incredible display from one of our youth, Jack Podgorski, at ITA Nationals 2007:

A Great Encounter at Sonic

When one of my children and I had a mid-morning snack at Sonic the other day, the waitress recognized me and said, “Aren’t you the preacher at Boone’s Creek?” I told her, “Yes” — praying that I wouldn’t pay for that — and she said how much she enjoyed the Vacation Bible School last July. Her children were still talking about it. They loved the gentle and loving spirit of the folks who worked at VBS. Keep in mind, I had this conversation on October 31st — and the VBS was in July! People remember the impressions we Christians make — so make a Christ-like one!

Some College Students Taking the Initiative

During the fall and spring semesters of college, we have about 30-40 college students who worship with us. For the past year, they normally taking up the fifth, sixth and seventh rows of our middle section in the sanctuary. Yet, I walked in and I didn’t see them in their usual place. They instead were spread out all over the place. I asked Cam, “What’s going on?” He said, “They were challenged to sit in various places so they could mingle with other folks in the church.” Amen!

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Singleness and the Glory of God — What an Amazing Time!

Praise God — what a great conference we had here at Boone’s Creek on Singleness and the Glory of God. We had around 35 in attendance. Josh Martin provided the worship music and really helped set the table for our time together.

I had the opportunity to go first and talk on “Singleness and the American Idols” based on Isaiah 44:9-20. The culture has helped singles erect two specific idols as they navigate through the waters of singleness: freedom and security. I prayed that this helped then identify what the culture is feeding them — and hoped it helped their hearts be prepared for the talks to come. To listen to this opening talk, click here.

Mark Combs spoke on “Singleness and the Sovereignty of God.” He noted, “It is entirely possible to be a Christian and yet God is totally irrelevant in your life.” Yet, we must not compartmentalize this time in our lives in thinking that God is not sovereign over us. He noted how we often hear folks say, “You don’t want to miss the ‘one’ for you.” He rightly stated that if God has someone for you, he’ll bring them to you. Thomas Watson, the Puritan preacher, said, “Providence is God’s ordering all issues and events of things, after the counsel of his will, to his own glory.” And singleness is a tool that God will use to make you more like him. To listen to Mark’s talk, click here

Kevin Whitt spoke on the topic of “Don’t Waste Your Singleness.” He asked, how do we know and live our our life’s purpose and not waste our single life? He articulated how we need to embrace an accurate Biblical view of singleness and marriage, which is intended to bring glory to God when we pursue Him with all we have. He notes that singleness also gives us great opportunities to work for the Kingdom. To listen to this, click here.

Josh Martin spoke on “Singleness and the Gospel.” He articulates in a powerful way the nature of the Gospel and how it specifically can apply to the single life. You’ll be blessed. Click here to listen.

There are also two Q&A times that are rather entertaining listening: Q&A Part I, Q&A Part II.

I’ll be releasing these on upcoming podcasts. Thanks to Andrew Dodson for recording these.