tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57017267972862009642024-03-04T23:32:34.492-08:00two rivers churchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-35056941782307439412009-05-14T06:50:00.000-07:002009-05-14T06:56:05.620-07:00the well offeringDuring the month of April Two Rivers Church collected $2977.15 to build a well in either Africa or India. What an incredible thing for a church that is only three months old. Thank God! <br /><br />Below is an email I sent to Gene Morden who has been working in Kenya for the last 10 years and his response:<br /><br />Gene.<br /><br />My name is David McCants and I am the Lead Minister at the Two Rivers Church of Christ in New Bern, NC. Our congregation is about 4 months old and we have recently collected $3,000 to build a well through I.D.E.S. in Africa or India. I got your name and email from Larry Sims from I.D.E.S. and would like to know a little more about what you are doing with your well projects. I read your most recent newsletter and it sounds very promising. I do have a couple questions:<br /><br />First, are the wells that you are building primarily for irrigation or is that just another use for them? Do these wells provide clean drinking water also? If so, describe the typical problem that a village is facing concerning clean water and how these wells are meeting those needs. (for instance, how far would a typical village have to go to get clean drinking water and how much of their time was spent in dealing with meeting this basic need?) Also, since we are a new church we would like to do more than just send money, would you be open to a follow up visit from a few of our leaders to see what you are doing or would that just make things more difficult for you? It has been on my heart as the Lead Minister that I should get out of the country this year and I would love to go see what our money did and possibly begin a longer relationship with a missionary or mission. I know that $3,000 is not a huge amount of money, but for us only 3 month into this new church work, I think it is amazing.<br /><br />Thanks for what you are doing. May God bless your efforts as you work to expand His kingdom.<br /><br />grace & peace.<br /><br />daivd<br /><br />________________________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br />Hello David,<br /><br />Thank you for your interest in wells in Turkana.<br /><br />As Larry Sims told you they have supported 10 wells in Turkana.<br />Turkana is in northern Kenya. WE work in the central part of Turkana which is much like a desert in Arizona. Most of the population lives within 2 hours walk of a dry river bed. They get water by digging open pit wells in the dry river beds. When we test the water in the open pit wells they are full of e-coli and other normal water diseases. When it rains it usually a flash flood and with or without a flash flood the river water is dark brown and very turbid. During these times, they drink water from running river. Skin infections, eye diseases, colds, and diarrhea are the major side effects. We have seen many children die from dehydration due to diarrhea. We have taught them to boil water, but not everyone takes the time. Having a clean water well eliminates nearly all of these problems. When we were first installing clean water wells, people were skeptical of their value. But after they started using the clean water and then went to visit friends who were still using open pit wells, they were believers. Many people have told me stories of the sicknesses they get when they visit friends.<br />All the wells we drill are for clean water first. Since the standard greeting of a Turkana is "I'm hungry" , we have also tried to install irrigation so they can have food everyday. We can see a difference in the skin and attitude of those who are growing their own nutritious food. When we visit them, they keep working and only speak to us with words of thanks if we come near their farm plot. One older woman when asked if she liked being a farmer said, "I never thought I would be a farmer, but I sure like eating everyday."<br /><br />The open pit wells take the women at least 20 minutes to fill a 5 gallon water can with dirty water. They can fill from the pump in 2 minutes.<br /><br />During drought times some people have to walk 10 kilometers to get water from open pit wells. One man was elated to find there was clean water only 20 feet below his land. He said he couldn't believe water was so close and his ancestors had been walking 10 kilometers to get water for as long as he knew.<br /><br />We still need to reach the more remote areas with wells and many areas with water within 20 feet do not yet have wells.<br /><br />WE and the Turkana welcome visitors. It is very hard to communicate the desperate conditions the Turkana live under. Feeling it is the only real way to understand. You would be able to experience and decide first hand if this is an important work that you want to be a part of or not. And $3,000.00 may seem small, but every well affects up to 2000 people.<br /><br />Thanks again for your interest.<br /><br />May God bless you and your church with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,<br /><br />GeneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-34516647045091678492009-04-06T08:56:00.000-07:002009-04-06T09:00:13.077-07:00spring picnic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8E5Qe2JZAB2CGrqQwbexCwiEpvhGJNKhK87nAGboQmi_dHBpcyS4r79AyzDXSGE3PPX2czhk68PaSn_vst7xbOO1p_yBDkDnmwiXt8QRl3ckK4dozJ41GcaXYM8Nrh0EuQAWBbETMnly/s1600-h/IMG00044-20090405-1223.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8E5Qe2JZAB2CGrqQwbexCwiEpvhGJNKhK87nAGboQmi_dHBpcyS4r79AyzDXSGE3PPX2czhk68PaSn_vst7xbOO1p_yBDkDnmwiXt8QRl3ckK4dozJ41GcaXYM8Nrh0EuQAWBbETMnly/s320/IMG00044-20090405-1223.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321608765740482962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8u2dTiwDbyjVYqV4ciJlBvv6dsB8g63Mj4qbR7G5eU1CquQvFb0UpSfvhqi7oo0Z8FRg0WNh8EJ04dzJXMdK-GZZXMjpRpBU-B1QhLABWGFlfs0FqYPqdARESkF1gI8XDFLAIpeFq8d5K/s1600-h/IMG00043-20090405-1221.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8u2dTiwDbyjVYqV4ciJlBvv6dsB8g63Mj4qbR7G5eU1CquQvFb0UpSfvhqi7oo0Z8FRg0WNh8EJ04dzJXMdK-GZZXMjpRpBU-B1QhLABWGFlfs0FqYPqdARESkF1gI8XDFLAIpeFq8d5K/s320/IMG00043-20090405-1221.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321608761783384338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyaUiJbTMNesOAiW_-wZCZooRlc02p-m4rxY0TreTl4Y8YAwoY9XHAqkx3jdk5HTsHvz3-0P8f0pbBRfneDA023t4aCxg8pRpj54AAq4DJ1WLm0-v9h5U3aETbdg3-m3Q4hl7ZDibvu7x/s1600-h/IMG00042-20090405-1211.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyaUiJbTMNesOAiW_-wZCZooRlc02p-m4rxY0TreTl4Y8YAwoY9XHAqkx3jdk5HTsHvz3-0P8f0pbBRfneDA023t4aCxg8pRpj54AAq4DJ1WLm0-v9h5U3aETbdg3-m3Q4hl7ZDibvu7x/s320/IMG00042-20090405-1211.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321608763225980978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YdtRNoRWpuebmKl89haetGLCauyMkUuK5EdsKRB_cA4mTZ_hip_1dIOpIf2rbuDB6eB3Ido-_4ApA8TMQNpU5dbTEC2rBLZhCkpfVMkrTfzSw6EtBLsCNsOQuCyiTejujHXYSReXLb87/s1600-h/IMG00040-20090405-1209.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YdtRNoRWpuebmKl89haetGLCauyMkUuK5EdsKRB_cA4mTZ_hip_1dIOpIf2rbuDB6eB3Ido-_4ApA8TMQNpU5dbTEC2rBLZhCkpfVMkrTfzSw6EtBLsCNsOQuCyiTejujHXYSReXLb87/s320/IMG00040-20090405-1209.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321608757989568002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixioYI9McN90wxgdHGYsHsraHEFEJnOO82UK_HhwjqE037tEvxnXPuP4mVBaIUNqSl298wL78TTN-zv6iwThogTOQdt5cewVDbzJmfuiOjw4MfoDifbAJjrI_N0EMPLz5oexGw8vpJdsqC/s1600-h/IMG00039-20090405-1155.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixioYI9McN90wxgdHGYsHsraHEFEJnOO82UK_HhwjqE037tEvxnXPuP4mVBaIUNqSl298wL78TTN-zv6iwThogTOQdt5cewVDbzJmfuiOjw4MfoDifbAJjrI_N0EMPLz5oexGw8vpJdsqC/s320/IMG00039-20090405-1155.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321608755702742402" /></a><br />Here are a few pictures from our Spring Picnic & Easter Egg Hunt.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-48843792550611613342009-02-15T17:25:00.001-08:002009-02-15T17:29:12.369-08:00grand opening<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPBYaLt8TEiGijFD3OsvR2BbkWDVBioYziXR0SAcWdn1cFKAMqElbcWogDvL0QVHFReVR4BeqAhpJt_sIF5hVFO8qX0-NM2u2obehl2YnXHumJFTsxxjqH69HjOUsfBzuVnrv5ZyrofxE/s1600-h/102_0054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPBYaLt8TEiGijFD3OsvR2BbkWDVBioYziXR0SAcWdn1cFKAMqElbcWogDvL0QVHFReVR4BeqAhpJt_sIF5hVFO8qX0-NM2u2obehl2YnXHumJFTsxxjqH69HjOUsfBzuVnrv5ZyrofxE/s320/102_0054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303201133654992146" /></a><br />Just a note to thank everyone for the many prayers on behalf of Two Rivers Church. Today because of your prayers and by the grace of God 270 people gathered to worship God as Two Rivers Church. I believe that God is about to do something BIG.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-77531894744969035582009-02-15T17:21:00.001-08:002009-02-15T17:33:50.741-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Sbr6SfkrDZ18EEJarfUdxL8qvaJL_EPD7itZQX4TuVCWnoWqs9wR0A5VoEaTCFprtN6hphRF6uQPJx1Tiv7-oxzB4gr63KFxBgTo3IlJsf_L5_9Sbyl4jNpzl31XFqdB3DAy_sC7GDjK/s1600-h/102_0079.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Sbr6SfkrDZ18EEJarfUdxL8qvaJL_EPD7itZQX4TuVCWnoWqs9wR0A5VoEaTCFprtN6hphRF6uQPJx1Tiv7-oxzB4gr63KFxBgTo3IlJsf_L5_9Sbyl4jNpzl31XFqdB3DAy_sC7GDjK/s320/102_0079.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303199898950001586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLATqhde14ceh3UQ6rOys6Gv9sFzio1sCNvnMwq7FQNC37U5SYxz919maTLCLFH2FDz8_A_G2exAOZiMS_WLsOjSq9pq682eWZFUIbYFqQHzoM-bR1I0qSgyOTbHR6QSEXGw0mrBkHmlc/s1600-h/102_0084.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLATqhde14ceh3UQ6rOys6Gv9sFzio1sCNvnMwq7FQNC37U5SYxz919maTLCLFH2FDz8_A_G2exAOZiMS_WLsOjSq9pq682eWZFUIbYFqQHzoM-bR1I0qSgyOTbHR6QSEXGw0mrBkHmlc/s320/102_0084.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303199898417374882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqeg0nhjQRD9BUOA4hLd2PSEn6gRAqmSB42Ay2OvKxeY_hof91nzZYdPBSmOKHhGt-uaTaWXNK8bx2PqXAeaQYdxmedophnIdChatPJGvLtnL9b8JYXHMVQhmUdxNGjlHzcrqeJZ89-1N/s1600-h/102_0089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqeg0nhjQRD9BUOA4hLd2PSEn6gRAqmSB42Ay2OvKxeY_hof91nzZYdPBSmOKHhGt-uaTaWXNK8bx2PqXAeaQYdxmedophnIdChatPJGvLtnL9b8JYXHMVQhmUdxNGjlHzcrqeJZ89-1N/s320/102_0089.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303199894042405746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuflyzzHEUIDS4leZotb_tY4yKctj_22dbizymY3AM3RXnoAOb4s4maraZ_-qq91v0q53i2fdpzJGRiWVjFHkvrUcM3_pYL3gJAv65nWFxI0-bY88DztqFRDM-gR49e6ttH5GmWkOSbxl/s1600-h/102_0112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuflyzzHEUIDS4leZotb_tY4yKctj_22dbizymY3AM3RXnoAOb4s4maraZ_-qq91v0q53i2fdpzJGRiWVjFHkvrUcM3_pYL3gJAv65nWFxI0-bY88DztqFRDM-gR49e6ttH5GmWkOSbxl/s320/102_0112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303199888956455058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJjlwe8-7EmjkD0QEmsSRml3p9JZi7exRMusGGOVYp0amYTWJ2BxtqR6o5g2lAX3qwaesDGhi38wUxTx4omxe0cI9Qy6wjRTv3T9MLbDBe9gll0b8K48D6uu8FHEdRArXzgmIBxyn6mZi/s1600-h/102_0118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJjlwe8-7EmjkD0QEmsSRml3p9JZi7exRMusGGOVYp0amYTWJ2BxtqR6o5g2lAX3qwaesDGhi38wUxTx4omxe0cI9Qy6wjRTv3T9MLbDBe9gll0b8K48D6uu8FHEdRArXzgmIBxyn6mZi/s320/102_0118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303199889996671202" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-67620612104937011112009-02-10T04:12:00.001-08:002009-02-10T04:12:28.228-08:006 days and countingI am so thankful to everyone who has been following this blog and our progress as we have moved closer and closer to our Grand Opening. The past two weeks have been great. Our goal for the first Preview Service was to figure out how to get everything set up. We did, but just barely. Last week was much smoother. (we have smarter than your average launch team members) We are not hyper-concerned about the number of people who show up for our services at this point, but I was encouraged that we had 50 our first service and 66 this past week. My prayer is that this week will be a true witness of who God is and how faithful He is to those who call on His name. <br /><br />Thanks again for all your support. Check back here next week for an update on our launch.<br /><br />grace & peace.<br /><br />davidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-11646974812474702522009-01-23T08:59:00.001-08:002009-01-23T09:02:01.234-08:00and so it begins...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2ML2je9RQCQ70hISZdie2GC37O57PC25THKD7uG-BsYv71__RfTaOLIOh5d9FZq6AT9khGcAqxhp1K77ZgeJ9o5AyjZq2JYhhtuDezSolm__yHwmUl78pkZdbFlLl7kfXbIzNYLCu0_3/s1600-h/Photo_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2ML2je9RQCQ70hISZdie2GC37O57PC25THKD7uG-BsYv71__RfTaOLIOh5d9FZq6AT9khGcAqxhp1K77ZgeJ9o5AyjZq2JYhhtuDezSolm__yHwmUl78pkZdbFlLl7kfXbIzNYLCu0_3/s400/Photo_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294535516077799874" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-39949402120766636152009-01-15T08:29:00.000-08:002009-01-15T08:31:24.163-08:0032 seconds for 32 daysIs it possible that you could take 32 seconds each day for the next 32 days and pray for Two Rivers Church and the people that will encounter God through her ministry?<br /><br />32 seconds a day, for 32 days? <br /> - Not much, but it WILL make an eternal difference.<br /><br />please pray specifically for...<br /><br />Jan 15 - Pray for continued help recruiting Launch Team Members<br />Jan 16 - Pray for David as He continues to follow God into this new challenge<br />Jan 17 - Prayer of thanks for all the churches who are supporting this new work<br />Jan 18 - Pray for the Launch Team Meeting today<br />Jan 19 - Pray for the Billboards which will go up today<br />Jan 20 - Pray for Krystal Strawderman as she develops the childrenʼs ministry<br />Jan 21 - Pray for TRC volunteers<br />Jan 22 - Pray for worship team practice<br />Jan 23 - Pray for Bonnie as she works to support the work of TRC<br />Jan 24 - Pray for the community of New Bern for the young people of New Bern<br />Jan 25 - Pray for David as preaches and presents at Lake Christian Church<br />Jan 26 - Pray for the young people of New Bern<br />Jan 27 - Prayer of thanks for the Eastern North Carolina Christian Menʼs<br />Fellowship, our sponsoring organization<br />Jan 28 - Pray for even more people to volunteer to help with TRC<br />Jan 29 - Pray for the first direct mail postcard arriving in mailboxes today<br />Jan 30 - Pray for David and his sermon / worship planning and preparation<br />Jan 31 - Prayer of thanks for all the individuals who are supporting TRC<br />Feb 1 - Pray for TRC first Preview Service 10 am<br />Feb 2 - Pray for wisdom to work out any problems found during Preview Service<br />Feb 3 - Pray for small group leaders training and preparation<br />Feb 4 - Prayer of thanks for the opportunity to meet the needs of the people in<br />New Bern<br />Feb 5 - Pray for second direct mail postcard arriving in mailboxes today<br />Feb 6 - Pray for the retired people in New Bern<br />Feb 7 - Pray for rest for TRC set-up and take-down teams<br />Feb 8 - Pray for TRC second Preview Service 10 am<br />Feb 9 - Pray for the placement of newspaper ads and the right people to see them<br />Feb 10 - Pray for the administration and security staff at the Community College<br />Feb 11 - Pray for visitors to the Preview Service that they might become part of the<br />Launch Team<br />Feb 12 - Pray for the final direct mail postcard arriving in mailboxes today<br />Feb 13 - Pray for all those final details<br />Feb 14 - Pray for peace for David and his family and all the Launch Team members<br />Feb 15 - Pray for GRAND OPENING, 10:00 am Craven Community CollegeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-9049778670993091132008-12-26T07:26:00.001-08:002008-12-26T07:33:45.666-08:00meet krystal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3s8sQnJFDmDrT6F0Z6wkzjRuLVf0y9y7CVFbNliqaBZ1u7KWiNbrLjRZZ5jU1xhIvMNHGRac20QKMrY7GZdTHjVTEExpkQKHYylkGotwNvEiR2jablqhLTiTQGMjQODNYxS8UNoMzk74/s1600-h/Photo+73.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3s8sQnJFDmDrT6F0Z6wkzjRuLVf0y9y7CVFbNliqaBZ1u7KWiNbrLjRZZ5jU1xhIvMNHGRac20QKMrY7GZdTHjVTEExpkQKHYylkGotwNvEiR2jablqhLTiTQGMjQODNYxS8UNoMzk74/s200/Photo+73.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284121824866568722" /></a><br />Krystal Strawderman will be helping at Two Rivers Church starting in January. Krystal is a senior at Roanoke Bible College and has agreed to come down on the weekends until she graduates in May. In May Krystal will move to New Bern to work with Two Rivers. We are so glad to have a quality person like Krystal to be a part of this new work. Krystal will oversee our children's ministry and will be such a great influence on our kids. Krystal has already spent a year in Thailand doing mission work and she will add much to the ministry of Two Rivers Church.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-37253017040939640762008-11-24T20:23:00.000-08:002008-11-24T20:52:30.305-08:00launch team information meetingTonight was an important night in the history of Two Rivers Church. Tonight we held our first official get together. We invited all the people we had met since we have been here to an information meeting at our house. (and some of them actually showed up!) It was a great meeting. Four families plus our family and kids met and talked about the dream of a new church in Craven County. After months of praying and planning and fundraising tonight was the first actual gathering of Two Rivers Church. My hope is that from this group will form the beginning of a movement of God in this city. <br /><br />Thanks to all who prayed for this night and for me.<br /><br />davidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-20156958546955422472008-11-14T06:25:00.001-08:002008-11-14T06:29:15.360-08:00prayer partnerI would like to thank everyone who has visited this site because of the Prayer Partner emails that go out weekly. Keep checking back here for videos and updates. Also, thanks to Wayne Wagner for making the Prayer Partner email happen weekly. <br /><br />If this is your first time looking at this blog, read through the posts and comment so we will know that you have been here. <br /><br />May God bless you as you seek Him in your life. <br /><br />davidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-27314891351162612272008-11-03T20:11:00.000-08:002008-11-03T20:17:51.081-08:00PlymouthBonnie and the girls and I went to Plymouth last night to share our work with the people of Plymouth Church of Christ. The people there were really kind to us. We are hoping that this will start a partnership between Two Rivers and Plymouth churches. <br /><br />On a side note our girls went to a kids class which ended up being a practice for the children's Christmas program. The girls had a great time and even got to play in their bell choir. <br /><br />Plymouth seems like a great church, they were certainly great to us.<br /><br />davidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-50481115193614964512008-10-29T04:04:00.000-07:002008-10-29T04:10:04.786-07:0041Church planting statistics reveal that a church that begins with a group of at least 41 workers has a much greater chance of making it to self-sufficiency. Those churches who have started with 40 or less have a more difficult time. We have begun the process of meeting people and inviting them to join our team. This will be one of my tasks over the next few weeks to try and build a 'Launch Team' of people to help make Two Rivers Church a reality.<br /><br />If you know someone in this area who might be looking for a place to jump in and help, please let me know and I will contact them.<br /><br />davidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-41181506638616071392008-10-23T03:29:00.001-07:002008-10-23T03:37:34.986-07:00children's ministry inputA few months ago Bonnie and I attended the National New Church Conference in Orlando, FL. It was a good week of learning and growing and expanding our minds and hearts to what God wanted us to do in New Bern. At that conference we won a start-up package from a design company which included our logo design, all of our start-up stuff like letterhead, business cards, web design, etc. All of the stuff you might have seen has been designed by Brown Cow Design out of Charlotte, NC. <br /><br />One of the things that we get with this package of design is a children's ministry logo design. The question is what are we going to call this part of our ministry? We could use any input you might have. The children's ministry will start with a children's church program on Sunday mornings and then a few events throughout the year. If you have any ideas that would tie in with the rest of the church, please let me know. You can post it here, or send an email to david@tworiverschurch.com.<br /><br />thanks!<br /><br />davidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-23471322343126665112008-10-21T06:28:00.000-07:002008-10-21T06:34:32.710-07:00prayToday is the day that the Community College will meet to review its policies concerning the rental of their facility. Please pray that this meeting would not result in any changes to their rental policy.<br /><br />Once again God has been working on our behalf. Yesterday, after being gone for a week I checked the church mail and found the contracts for the Community College signed by the President. I quickly signed the paperwork and returned it to the college business office. My hope is that even if they decide to change their policies, we would be locked in with a signed contract for at least one year and hopefully two. <br /><br />davidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701726797286200964.post-80537242081096785272008-10-20T15:26:00.000-07:002008-10-20T15:42:07.780-07:00from north carolina to st. louis, missouri<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWiya9JF3zwKdYcRKNmJFC0x1Aq0w3x8bYdwxkNII72fzh72PoHVE2Ati_avYWYEXg4u-WWPvNLOAc8MUndLv-8A9WpxcBgyEcpka4y7FAu9uxf_-10p5l5Cy4IGo-G5iM_QsDTLo-4HB/s1600-h/st.+louis+missouri.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWiya9JF3zwKdYcRKNmJFC0x1Aq0w3x8bYdwxkNII72fzh72PoHVE2Ati_avYWYEXg4u-WWPvNLOAc8MUndLv-8A9WpxcBgyEcpka4y7FAu9uxf_-10p5l5Cy4IGo-G5iM_QsDTLo-4HB/s200/st.+louis+missouri.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259369970742973170" /></a><br />Last week I spent the week traveling from North Carolina to Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana and back. It was a long hard road, but fun. I was able to meet with two mission committees, seven preachers, a couple Bible college students and pumped about 50 gallons of gas. This was the first time I had ever been to St. Louis that I remember. I liked it. I was meeting with a potential staff member about five blocks from where the arch is. The gateway to the west, I think. My prayer is that Two Rivers Church will be the gateway to salvation to many people in eastern North Carolina.<br /><br />davidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0