Pastor Dennis's Blog

I am working on being more focused on sharing my faith and interacting with unchurched people. One of the ways I am doing this is by trying to go where unchurched people are. Today, I went to Spring Park. I spent time in prayer sitting on a bench. Then I noticed some boys at the skate park.
When I was done with my prayer time, I walked over to the boys. I found 4 boys who had not been to our church in awhile. I asked a bunch of questions about skateboarding and how they do the tricks they do. These boys are middle schoolers who only know some basic stuff, but they were being good teachers showing me how it is done.
Since they already knew me as Pastor Dennis it was easy to talk with them about church and some special events we have coming up soon. They sounded excited and said they would be there. One of the boys also gave me some info on his older, married sister who recently had a baby. Another family to reach out to.
As I was leaving, one of the boys said, "You learn something new every day." I felt like it was time well spent.

Formosa Youth Camp is hosting a four-person golf scrambleon Saturday, July 11atMountain Ranch Golf Clubin beautiful Fairfield Bay, Arkansas. The shotgun start will begin at 9:00 am. Food and drinks will be provided. The cost is $50 per player. The proceeds from the golf scramble will be used for building new cabins which will sleep 32 campers each. The 18-holeMountain Ranch Golf Club facilityin Fairfield Bay, Arkansas features 6,780 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 72.8 and it has aslope ratingof 140. Designed by Edmund B. Ault, ASGCA, the Mountain Ranch golf course opened in 1984.Formosa Youth Camp is located near Clinton, Arkansas and is a facility owned by theGeneral Baptistchurches located mainly in North Central Arkansas. The facility hosts two weeklong camps and numerous weekend retreats for children and teenagers. It is also available for rent to churches, community organizations, and business groups. For more information, contact Dewey Williams attaniaw@artelco.com,(501) 745-6674orMountain Ranch Golf Club at(501) 884-340

Hey, Gang,      Did you know that Luis Palau will be coming to Central Arkansas (NLR) in October for a 2 day festival?  Luis Palau has drawn over 47 million people to festivals and recorded over 1 million known decisions for Christ.  Traditional Crusades do not reach a significant number of people today, but a new format called a Festival does.      A festival involves 1 to 3 days of activities all culminating in a worship experience designed for the unchurched and the unbelievers.  In addition to worship, they may have athletic events, community projects, concerts, skate board competitions, etc.  This variety of events brings in large numbers of people, then the gospel can be shared in those venues and in the worship experiences.  You can log onto www.palau.org for more information.        Many of our churches are not close to NLR but several are.  All our churches can participate at some level.

I received an email stating that the room block for the General Association/Summit has been expanded again. If you want to attend this great event and stay at the host hotel, Executive Inn, you must make your reservations soon.
Go to www.generalbaptist.com for information and contact numbers.

Brothers,

CrossBridge will be having a formal dedication service for its building on Sunday, June 7, at 3:30 p.m. We would like to have you share that time with us. We are setting it at 3:30 p.m. to give GB folks Post Oak Grove and Wolf Bayou the opportunity to attend. Please share this invitation with your church.

Also, if you, or anyone you know, are planning to attend, could you let me know; there are preparations we need to make based on an estimated expected attendance.

You can find a map to our building on our website www.crossbridge-church.com, click "Contact Us," or follow the very simple directions here: Going south on I-30, take Exit 126, which is the Alexander Road exit. You will exit the interstate onto a service road. From the service road, turn right at the Texico station to Alexander Rd. Go north on Alexander Rd. about 1/4 mile to its end at Arkansas Hwy. 5 (Stagecoach Rd.). Turn left and go 1.2 miles and you will find the church on the left.

We may not have our church sign up yet, but we do have a banner out.

Thank you for helping us get the word out and for considering attending this special event.

Ron Byrd
CrossBridge Church
Bryant, Arkansas