From Dan's Desk

We had a good men’s meeting last Sunday evening.  Several of our men were able to be here for it.  The men really appreciate the hard work of Diana Shea and Mary Rowe in keeping up with our financial information and having it available for our men’s meetings.  The men are still really looking at all that has transpired over the past couple of years and trying to get everything back to where it needs to be financially, especially concerning those we promised to help financially and then it not happening as we said it would.  Most has been straightened out but we still have three we need more information from.  One of the things we did get taken care of was a decision to send the church in Gatlinburg, TN $500 to help with the horrible fires they suffered that affected the church and many of its members there.  We learned the money had never actually been sent but the men took care of that last Sunday evening.  I told the men I would try to get the information on the other things collected by our next meeting.  We are still working, trying to get our gospel meeting set up for this coming September.  We hope we have a speaker lined up but it is not all together yet.  Another situation was brought up and that is the existence of two congregations in this smaller town of Wagoner.  The men are in agreement that this does not set a good example for the community around us.  So, it was decided that a letter is to be written to the congregation on Hwy 69 stating our desire to set, talk and discuss our differences and see if anything can be done to unite back together in our service to the Lord and the example we set before the Wagoner community.  The letter will be ready by our next meeting for the men to read and approve and will then be sent to these brethren. Another good thing happening is that John Deatherage is working on our sign out front.  He is rebuilding it and going to have it set up a little differently.  Instead of lights on the inside he is going to have a small flood light on each side shining up on the sign.     He is hoping to get it done in the near future.  I also informed the men that I only have one more speaking engagement for this year and that is this coming Wednesday evening.  I will be speaking at Oologah for their summer series.  So, our men’s meeting went well and we got several things taken care of.  We still have a lot to think about and work on but, I can tell you the men of this congregation do try their best to do what needs to be done to insure this congregation of the Lord’s church is staying true to the word and serving Christ in every way possible.

​The July issue of “The Spiritual Sword” is now available in the foyer.  This issue is about the church and covers every aspect of the church from its establishment to its eternal destiny.  This will be a really great one to share with friends and neighbors.
 
 
Until next week, I love you all,
                                     Dan