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Mooovin’ on up! To the east side…

February 22nd, 2007

…I never really realized that we were moving to the east side, but we are…

Anywho, First Baptist, Bryan, has a new location! 1400 Cambridge Drive, on the bypass just behind Lowe’s and Wal-Mart. Right now Kevin is somewhere between there and the “old” church, making sure all the media equipment made the move ok. There’s still a ton of work to do, but I am confident things will look great for Sunday, our first in the new building.

This past Sunday was a little bittersweet, in that we had to say goodbye to the only building I have ever known for a church. The sanctuary where we worshipped was actually dedicated the year I was born, and I never changed churches when I went to A&M, so I truly have never “been” to another church in my lifetime. Besides all the church programs we did there (Living Christmas Tree, other Christmas and Easter programs, etc.) I got baptized and married there, we dedicated Colby there… lots of memories happened in that building.

BUT! It’s just a building! I am so glad that we were able to sell that thing (the building) to the county, because all the downtown buildings seem to belong to the county anyway and we were getting landlocked. Plus, after you’ve been in one location for 140 years, things start to fall apart. Kevin’s prayer for the last few months has been for things to just stay the way they are… he has had to fix many a power point machine and projectors lately and was getting tired of it. Now he has to learn how to run new stuff, but it’s much cooler and works much better.

Our children’s minister has had to reiterate to the kids that the people will be the same, but we’re just relocating to a new building.  (Some have a fear of moving and losing all their friends.)  Nancy says, “We’ll have the same tables and chairs and friends and teachers, but new glue!”  She’s not kidding, either.  Lots of new supplies.. just like the first day of school.

So, please pray for our new church; we are super excited but we know that only the Lord will fill it – both literally and spiritually. Pray that it will be ready for this first Sunday and pray that people would be drawn to it. We love our centralized location, so we are hoping that it will be a beacon of light for those searching for a church home. Also, we are having an official dedication service in one month, on March 25th, so please pray for all that to come together too! (Oh, and pray that I don’t have a baby on that particular day.. she can come much earlier or a day later but not on that day.)

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