Gulf Coast Baptist Church

Southwest Florida Teen Conference

Hosted by Gulf Coast Baptist Church

Pastor Tom Sexton

Cape Coral, FL

Thursday- Friday, August 6 & 7, 2009

We were very excited to arrive in Cape Coral, FL.  We are always happy to see Pastor Tom Sexton, Pastor Tim Hawkins and the people of Gulf Coast Baptist Church. It was very exciting to see Bro. Pauley. We also had the opportunity to see many churches that we have visited in the last three weeks in Florida. 

The other speaker was Pastor Tom Odom. The Lord really used both Bro. Pauley and Bro. Odom to challenge the teenagers hearts. They preached on not waiting until they are older to serve the Lord. There were many decisions made to stand up for the Lord and to get serious about walking with the Lord. 

It was the perfect ending to a wonderful summer. The Lord has granted us safety and just really blessed us this summer. We have seen many saved, many make decisions for the Lord, and many hearts changed. We have met so many wonderful pastors, pastor's wives, and church congregations. Thank you to all those who have prayed for us this summer. 

We are so grateful for the opportunity that we have been given to travel for our college this summer. We are excited about what the Lord is going to do at Crown College this semester.

Gospel Baptist Church

Gospel Baptist Church

Pastor Bill Lytell

Bonita Springs, FL

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Lord gave us the great opportunity to be apart of the mid-week service of Gospel Baptist Church. We had not originally planned to be there but are so excited that we were. We were greeted by Pastor Lytell and friendly church members. Gospel Baptist Church has a great, encouraging spirit about them. 

We sang several songs in the service and Bro. Kyle preached a Bible message. Bro. Kyle was presented with a t-shirt from Pastor Lytell. He is part of a group called "Gospel Riders". The Lord worked in the service and are again so thankful that we have seen His hand over us this summer. 

Thank you so much to Gospel Baptist Church for your generosity and welcome. We had a wonderful time of fellowship with you all. Please pray for Gospel Baptist Church as they are beginning a new school year in just a few days. 

Winkler Road Baptist Church

Winkler Road Baptist Church

Pastor Don Strange

Ft. Myers, FL

August 4, 2009

Tuesday we drove a very short distance to Winkler Road Baptist Church where the associate pastor met us and took us out for dinner. We were able to meet his parents, daughter, and son -in-law. Thank you very much for the wonderful meal.

Pastor Sutton and Bro. Kyle

Winkler Road has been having Tuesday evening service all summer so that they would have the opportunity to hear different preachers. Bro. Kyle was given the opportunity to preach. We were able to sing four songs. We had a wonderful time of fellowship with the people of Winkler Road. It was such a blessing.

We were very excited to see several of our friends from Emmanuel Baptist Church just down the road. We are excited to see the growth of Winkler Road Baptist Church. Please pray for the church as they are about to start a new building project to accommodate their congregation. It is very exciting to see the work of the Lord.

Tri-City Baptist Church

Tri-City Baptist Church

Pastor Jay Shepherd

Port Charlotte, FL

August 3, 2009

Monday evening we drove from Palm Harbor, FL to Port Charlotte to be a part of a special family meeting put on by Tri-City Baptist Church. As soon as we arrived we were given a delicious meal and quickly prepared for the service.

Pastor Sheppard and Bro. Kyle

We were given the opportunity to sing several songs and Bro. Kyle was able to present the college. We were very blessed to hear Dr. Paul Kingsbury from Rockford, IL. He is the pastor of North Love Baptist Church. The Lord really used his message on Provocation. It was exciting to see all of the families that participated in this meeting.

Dr. Kingsbury and Bro. Kyle

We would like to thank Pastor Sheppard for allowing us to come and for the way we were taken care of. We really enjoyed ourselves and were very excited to see Crown College graduate, Marla Jenkins. Please pray as the meetings will continue this week. Pray that the Lord would do a work in Tri-City Baptist Church.

Marla Jenkins

Bible Baptist Church

Preacher's Fellowship- Bible Baptist Church

Pastor James Johnson

Palm Harbor, FL

Monday, August 3, 2009

On Monday we drove to Palm Harbor, FL for a preachers fellowship. They were very gracious to us and we felt very welcome. At this fellowship we met many missionaries doing various works for the Lord.

We were the only "special music" for the meeting so we were able to sing many songs, and Melissa was able to play the piano for the entire meeting. We were also able to show our video among the other nineteen missionary video's and testimonies. It was nice to see Pastor Brad Noble, a Crown graduate, whom we had visited earlier on our travels.

Thank you so much to the Bible Baptist Church for hosting this fellowship and for the wonderful meal. We would also like to thank Pastor Johnson for allowing us to come to the meeting and for the support of our college. We had a wonderful time and we were encouraged by what the Lord is doing through men and women who are willing to be used.