Murli Menon
Sunday’s Video Is Now Available!
Thanks to the amazing skills of the Providence media team, audio and video recordings of the special farewell service from Sunday night are available on the http://www.pray.org website! Thanks to that entire team of men and women for their excellent work each week capturing the worship times of Providence.
Sunday night, the service was a few minutes under two hours with lots of great music and worship times, and then a series of short comments by a very special group of friends. Cathy and I were overwhelmed, to say the least!
If you were not able to attend, I do hope you will enjoy the video! To access the video, click on this link:
Celebrating 37 Years
I am also attaching a copy of the order of service in case you would like to scroll through to favorite portions of the service.
A Night for Praise!
What a night! …one last opportunity to say a public, worshipful thanks to the Lord for allowing Cathy and me to be part of the Providence family all these years! When we agreed to have a farewell evening to say our last farewell as pastor of Providence, I frankly had no idea what that would mean.
Last night as friends gathered for a time of glorious worship, Cathy and I got to see and hug people we have loved from across four decades of Christ-centered relationships. One surprise after another awaited us as first one then another and another would walk in–some having traveled many, many hours from many states to come celebrate with us. To say it was overwhelming only begins to touch on what it was like for us!
Not knowing what was planned, Cathy and I had prayed that we would be able to take it all in while at the same time deflect all praise to the Lord. We need not have been concerned because those who planned the day had made sure that each song, each testimony, each greeting, would give first place to the adoration of a gracious and generous Savior.
When the video of the evening goes online on http://www.pray.org, I will post that link so that those who could not come will be able to experience in part that evening of amazing worship! Music from a wide range of styles led by dear friends and great musicians stirred all of our hearts to lift high the name of Jesus!
For those looking for more information about our new ministry, Equipped for Life, there are a couple of posts here on this blog (December 3, July 7 and 10) that give a brief explanation of what we hope to see the Lord do. Two primary emphases of EFL will be equipping–teaching, training and encouraging ministry leaders, and missions–bringing together missions needs with missions giving.
Hopefully within the next couple of months we will be launching the Equipped for Life website, but in the meantime this blog will post progress as the details develop more fully.
If you are interested in helping us in this new endeavor, you can contribute by making checks payable to “Equipped for Life” and sending them to Equipped for Life, 6339 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27612 or to 1820 Albacore Lane, Raleigh, NC 27612. Since EFL is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization, all gifts are tax deductible. If you prefer, you can also make checks payable to Providence Baptist Church and note EFL on the “for” line of the check. When the website launches, there will be a provision for online giving. So whether you want to become a ministry partner with us, or just make a one-time contribution, please know how grateful we will be!
For more details about the ministry itself, please contact me via my new ministry email (dhorner.efl@gmail.com) and I will be very glad to fill you in on all the dimensions planned for this new and exciting phase of our calling to equip the saints for the work of ministry and connect missions needs with missions giving.
As far as last night is concerned, THANKS!…thanks to all of you for once again making us feel so blessed by a people we love so deeply!
Romania and India…or ‘What I did on spring break!’
After seventeen days overseas, too many stories and impressions might be overlooked or forgotten if no record is kept of the trip. Therefore, I tried to keep track of what we did, saw and felt during our time in Romania and India and write up a summary of the highlights.
As a preview, here is a picture of some of the young girls rescued from female infanticide and given a chance to live in a loving, Christ-centered home. Each one would have been killed unless an intervention had taken place because of the compassion of one couple who were moved by the plight of little ones like these all over India. One look at their faces says it all–this is a ministry of incredible compassion and infinite value!
Attached you will find a PDF file with an account not only of the India trip but what preceded it with a week in Roman. It extends for several pages so if you are not ready to read it all at one sitting I will understand! But if you are interested, here it is. Just click on the link and it will take you to the file where you can either read it or save it for later.
Romania & India Trip
Many of you prayed for our journey and we want to thank you. I hope this brief recollection of the trip will serve to fill you in on how your prayers were answered!
Equipped for Life: David Horner, Raleigh, NC 