HillSong, thank you for being the church that you are. June was jam packed full of really cool ministries and our church is blessed for it.
Thank you for welcoming and loving new people into the life of our church family. Angel Lee, we are glad you are here! Jeremy and Katie, you've been here forever. We celebrate you as "official" baptized members.
Thank you for supporting the leaders of the church. Jeremy Holliday, Heather Folliard, Starlyn Combs, Patricia Johnson, James Hollingsworth, Dina Sit, and I had a leadership retreat with worship professor Larry Dickens (Campbell Divinity School). It was a refreshing time of learning and growing as worship leaders. Also, our church welcomed four new elders onto the board and we ordained Debra Eatman as a deacon.
Thank you for your hard work in ministry. We put on a golf tournament, one of our biggest and best Vacation Bible Schools ever, and a Youth Sunday. The golf tournament was a thorough success and many volunteers made that happen. I can't name all the VBS workers because there were so many. But I do want to say a special word of appreciation for Tiffany Allen as director, Candy Tennant as cook for the workers, Dina Sit as up front music leader, and Lydia White as chief set designer. And I appreciated the way Heather Folliard had teenagers help her in leading communion. Bryce, Anna, Lydia, John, and Jonathan all did wonderful jobs.
Thank you for supporting our mission of sending people into the world. We said goodbye to our youth minister Nathan as he went out with a flourish. And we commissioned Laura Shrewsbury for her mission trip.
June was exciting and I am now tired. But it is an energizing type of tired because I know God is at work among us. It is quite thrilling. Thank you for being a people willing to try new things, step out of your comfort zone, and use creativity to proclaim the Kingdom of God.