Good morning, it is Saturday the 3rd of May. In last week's blog, I wrote about my daughter and son-in-law's plans to bring our new grandson, Kai, home from China. They are now traveling to Beijing to make this a reality. They have developed a web site to share pictures and progress reports of their journey; the address is: http://www.myadoptionwebsite.com/kai/. If you are interested, please visit this web site for information and updates - I think you'll enjoy it.
This morning our special guest, Dan Brown, will be arriving in the Quad Cities and will be with us throughout the weekend. He will be speaking in both A.M. services tomorrow morning as well as in the youth group meetings during Sunday school and Sunday evening. Dan is a youth pastor and youth pastor's pastor who has had an extraordinary ministry with young people. His LIFT camp program has impacted the lives of so many teens through the years. His ministry this weekend at Edgewood should be a great encouragement to our people and particularly our youth and their sponsors.
Tomorrow evening at 6:00 PM, Edgewood will have an ordination service for our missionary intern, Josh Joyce. It will be great event for Josh's ministry and for the people of our church. It is one of the most important and sacred services in any church because it represents the official setting apart of the candidate for the ministry of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Attending this ordination service will be a very worth-while experience, not only for Josh and his family, but for all of the rest of us as well.
I hope to see you in all of tomorrow's services.
Pastor Mel Brown