Tabernacle Baptist Church

Tabernacle Baptist Church

Pastor Scott Hooks

Hickory, NC

Sunday Morning, May 31st

We arrived in Hickory, North Carolina on Saturday evening. Pastor Scott Hooks and his wife met us, and showed us around their church home. Tabernacle Baptist Church is situated on beautiful grounds, and the atmosphere was one of an eagerness to continue growing. On Sunday morning, we attended the Teen Sunday school class. It was wonderful to meet the students. While in the class, we were able to sing, and Brother Kyle was able to share a message with the class. They were all very attentive to both the singing and the preaching. 

The church is missing their youth director, Brother Rood, who is fighting leukemia. We ask that you would join all of us in praying for healing, but most of all that the Lord would be glorified in this entire situation.

After the Sunday school classes were over, we made our way into the main service. The church recently received a visit from Pastor Clarence Sexton. They all spoke well of our Pastor and said the Lord used him while he preached.

It was great to see David Case, who graduated this year with his Master's degree, and Hannah Sauder, who is a current student at Crown College. 

We were able to sing in the main service, and Melissa played the piano for the offering. Brother Hooks preached a very touching sermon on Joseph from Genesis 37 entitled, "What Will Become of Your Dreams?". This message was to help show us that God has a purpose and plan for our lives. Although there are adversaries who will try to keep us from fulfilling these dreams, the Lord will help us fulfill these dreams, if we are within His will. At the end of the service, we had the great privilege to see one person baptized.

We thank Pastor Hooks and his family for allowing us to come to their church, and for taking us out. We would also like to thank the Deans and the Fredericks for opening their homes to us, and the Cordells for taking us out on Sunday afternoon. Pastor Hooks and his people really went out of their way to encourage us. May the Lord bless them.