Steve, >>>Are you now the official pastor there? What is the name of the church? Yes. They called me as pastor toward the end of July. I first preached several times doing pulpit supply, then they asked if they could take me out for lunch. When I realized they had a definite number taking me out I asked who the group was and they told me it was their search committee. After several interviews (both with the search committee and with the congregation), with extensive background and credit checks, I preached again in view of a call and the church voted to extend the call as pastor. It was simply amazing how God worked to bring us together. The church's name is Union Baptist Church. It is one of the oldest churches in the town of Elgin (we are actually about 2 miles out of town). Elgin is a small town just outside of Columbia, SC. The church was organized in 1861, started out of another Baptist church about 8 miles distant. Both churches were burned by Sherman's troops after he had taken Columbia and was on his way into North Carolina. Jerry PS: I do not get to listen to the radio programs of RC Sproul, John Piper, and the 'gentleman' on Family Radio anymore, ... but that's OK, ... I am now able to devote all of my energies to serving God by serving people in His name, instead of helping the owners of the courier company make a fortune. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven G Rockhill" <revrock@...> To: <pastorsforum@...> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] record attendance > Hey Jerry, that is great. Are you now the official pastor there? What is > the name of the church? > > Peace, > Steve > > Jerry wrote: >> Gentlemen, >> I was informed tonight that our attendance this morning broke a record. >> We had 102 in the worship service. I am not sure, but I think they >> probably meant in the last few years. Anyhow, we praise God for His >> blessings in our new church. >> Jerry >> >> To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... >> >> To unsubs >> cribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... >> >> >> > > -- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Pastor Steven G. Rockhill > Lisbon Reformed Presbyterian Church > PO Box 88 > Lisbon, NY 13658 > 315-393-9041 > revrock@... http://lisbonrpc.port5.com > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... > > To unsubscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > >