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AWANA
What We Believe How to Become a Christian
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PETSWORTH PLANNING FOR MORE GROWTH “Sing, O barren, you who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman, says the LORD. Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings: Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes” (Isaiah 54:1-2). Petsworth Baptist Church approved in the June business meeting to: 1) Add on an additional 4,200 square feet of educational space to the existing Wiatt Building along with an elevator (Now that is enlarging our tent!) 2) Call Pastor David Edgell to serve as our Senior Associate Pastor of Education and Discipleship (Now that is strengthening our stakes!) Petsworth Baptist Church is truly lengthening its cords and strengthening its stakes (Isaiah 54:2). Perhaps it is a good time to remind ourselves that God has not called us to build a big church, or a popular church, but He has called us to build a healthy church. I believe, however, that a healthy church will grow. I thank God for what He is doing in our midst. Pray for Pastor David as he settles in to this new ministry. Pray for his wife, Suleah, and their children: Truett and Shelby. Pray for our Building Committee as they work out the details for this construction. These two decisions in the June meeting make it clear that Petsworth is committed to growing God’s church, God’s way. That is, we believe in reaching the lost with the good news of Jesus Christ and training those new believers to serve Him. For the Gospel,
Pastor Dennis
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