Friday, September 14, 2012

CALIFORNIA TRIP

Several pastors of churches that support home missions made a trip with their wives to visit California and see a couple of home mission churches there.  This was on Labor Day weekend.
We started our trip in San Francisco.
You can see the San Francisco skyline in the background.

We visited Alcatraz (former prison).  This is my wife, Sandy, in front of a normal cell(5 feet by 9 feet).  Al Capone occupied a cell just like this at Alcatraz.  There is a sermon illustration there somewhere.


On Saturday night, singer-comedian Aaron Wilburn performed in Greenfield.  Home Missionary Jim Kilgore had rented the Community Center for this show.  Aaron Wilburn had everyone laughing.

 Sunday morning was time for service in Greenfield.  The church has a small building, but it wouldn't hold the crowd, so we met in the park in the middle of town.  The weather was beautiful.


Here is Jim Kilgore laughing with someone before service.  Board member Ron Parker is seated.

 During the service.


Cliff Donoho and Scott and Kristi Coghill did a great job singing!

 David Crowe with Jim and Tracey Kilgore.
The Greenfield church celebrates its 2nd anniversary in October.  The Kilgores have done a terrific job. Their building is getting full and they are trying to figure out how to get more space.


I didn't get a picture because my hands were full, but the Greenfield church prepared a nice meal for us to eat on the bus.
We drove down to the Los Angeles area for a Sunday evening service with the home mission church at Castaic.


Aaron Wilburn performed again.

Everyone is enjoying the service.

A men's quartet did a great job singing that night!  From left to right - Scott Coghill, Jay Baines, Darin Gibbs, and Travis Moots.

Home Missionary Keith Bartlett has had a lot of health problems lately.  After a second hip replacement for the same hip, Keith is walking on a cane.

The church was kind in providing food after the service.

Here is the Home Mission team in Castaic:
Ray and Iris Hollifield and Keith and Janet Bartlett
They are salt of the earth people!
The church plans to go self-supporting in a few months.

                                                                             
The group got together for a picture before everyone headed home on Monday.


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