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30 Apr 2009 11:47 pm
April 2009
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
April has been a great month. Many of the house projects moved forward, and we made good time in the bunk house construction. As of today we passed the framing inspection and the rough-in electrical and plumbing inspections. Lord willing, next week we can insulate and start sheet rocking. While it was relatively quite around here - I mean by Lakeshore standards; we still had 15 groups make mission trips to Lakeshore.
- Chapel Pointe Church – Hudsonville, MI
- Chicopee Baptist Church – Gainesville, GA
- Community Church – Oshkosh, WI
- Edgewater Christian Fellowship – Grants Pass, OR
- First Baptist Church – Pelham, AL
- Grace Church – Lake City, FL
- Hopewell Baptist Church – Gainesville, GA
- Hopewell Reformed Church – Hopewell Junction, NY
- Hunter Road Baptist Church – Catuala, GA
- Isaiah 58:12 – Kalamazoo, MI
- Jersey Baptist Church – Palataska, OH
- Pine Lake Baptist Church - Jackson, MS
- Pleasant Gap Baptist Church – Burnsville, NC
- Plymouth Congregational Church – Oshkosh, WI
- Trinity Baptist Church – Mentor, OH
10 Apr 2009 08:57 am
Resurrection Celebration
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
We in Lakeshore want to wish all our friends from across the country a happy Easter as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our tradition here in Lakeshore is to move our 11:00 am Sunday service to 8:30 am on Easter Sunday morning. We have been inviting our family and friends, passing out flyers, and ran an invitation in our local newspaper. We want to get the word out and invite our community to worship together. You can help us. If you have been to Lakeshore and established a relationship with anyone in our community; please consider giving them a call, wishing them a Happy Easter and inviting them to church this Sunday at Lakeshore Baptist Church. Remind them of the special 8:30 time slot.
This blurb ran in the paper:
Lakeshore Baptist Church invites the community to join in worship on Easter Sunday, April 12 at 8:30 am. In celebration of the resurrection, the Lakeshore Baptist Church Children’s Choir will sing in the service and Pastor Don Elbourne will preach on the subject of “Incorruptible Love” from Ephesians 6:23-24. Lakeshore Baptist Church is located at 6028 Lakeshore Road in Lakeshore MS. For more information call the church office at (228) 469-0110 or visit their website at http://lakeshorebaptist.net
Please join us in prayer that God would see fit to encourage believers with the reality of God’s overwhelming grace through a clear proclamation of the gospel and that others would be drawn to our savior for their good and His glory.
07 Apr 2009 02:39 pm
Block Party
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Most of the news I post on the blog revolves around the physical rebuilding of homes on the gulf coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but those tangible efforts only represent a portion of the overall activity God has seen fit to bless through our hands.
A couple of weeks ago, with the help of our friends from The Grove Baptist Church in Madison AL we hosted a block party complete with free food, live music, a puppet show, a pottery demonstration, door prizes, a gospel presentation, and more. Although the gnats proved horrendous that afternoon, we had a great community turn out of nearly 200 folks, not to mention the 150 or so volunteers from across the country who joined us that week. The Lord blessed us with a good time under the big top and we look forward to doing it again soon.
03 Apr 2009 07:18 pm
Video
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Pictures from someone’s recent trip to Lakeshore. btw, Don’t miss all the other videoss we have posted on the site. Most of these have been created by volunteer groups.
31 Mar 2009 08:53 am
March 2009
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
March madness, in Lakeshore, had little to do with basketball and much to do with hanging sheet rock, roofing, wiring, plumbing, framing, cleaning, insulating, planting, painting, sanding, tiling, tearing down, building up, working together, and seeing God glorified above all things in word and deed.
The following groups made trips to Lakeshore in the last 31 days:
25 Mar 2009 04:18 pm
Electricity, plumbing, roof, rails, and straps
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
This week we have folks all over the new bunk house. Electricians are pulling wire, plumbers are fitting pipes, others are installing the hurricane straps, carpenters started setting the rails around the porch, and guys are tacking down the last few shingles before the rain starts. Coast Electric came out today to mark the spot for the new transformer to feed the building and the county sewage gave us the “go ahead” to tie into our existing grinder. Pledges and donations have been coming in, but we know we still have a ways to go to finance the entire project. You can download the Sponsorship Form (pdf) if you would like to contribute.
23 Mar 2009 04:20 am
#7 South Jersey for Katrina Relief
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Several churches in South Jersey have pooled their resources and made multiple trips to Lakeshore since Hurricane Katrina. Bob Thomson shares the following recap of their most recent trip. I post it here because it gives a glimpse of a typical week in the relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts. You can also see pictures from their Lakeshore #7 trip.
Bob writes:
Jeremiah 32:42, “this is what the Lord says: as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them. (NIV)
A week ago we entered a van going to the Phila. airport as individuals and soon became the 7th Alliance Mission Team heading for the Mississippi Gulf coast. This was no vacation as we entered into a flood ravaged land during the annual gnat plague. Unbelievable. Daily rain hampered our start to what became a bonding and sharing opportunity with spring breakers from across the fruited plains. What a blessing it was to share with young people who could be sitting on a beach somewhere in the sun.
Don’t ever think that this is a mission to the members of the Lakeshore Baptist Church. Not. We took turns going into the community to do whatever needed to be done. While others of us prepared meals and kept the compound shipshape and did maintenance. Our team hung air conditioners, hooked up appliances and ordered bathroom fixtures for a homeless man’s new construction. We did extensive repair on a home and shed of a family where the elderly mother took care of her two mentally challenged daughters. We were able to be involved for two days in the new bunkhouse raising which will house future volunteers. We took our turn at running the kitchen and helped other teams with menus. Work in the free store and church grounds beautification project kept the team busy. Our young people went with other teams to clear land for the church expansion.
It was an experience. You had to be there to get the blessing. We plan on going back. Do yourself a favor. Save a week of vacation and join us this fall.
Bob Thomson coordinator for the
Alliance of Christian Churches in S. Jersey for Katrina Relief
18 Mar 2009 07:44 am
Oak Grove; Monticello KY
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Our friends from Oak Grove Baptist Church, Monticello, Kentucky, just launched a new web site. They have several pictures from some of their mission trips to Lakeshore. Check them out.
btw, If you have any pictures, news, or videos of your trip to Lakeshore posted on the internet anywhere, please let me know and I’ll be glad to post a link to it.
06 Mar 2009 09:57 am
Framing the Bunk House
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
We have seen great progress on the bunk house in the last couple of weeks. They have begun setting the pilings for the wrap-around porch this morning. Please pray that this project continues to move forward smoothly. Don’t forget, we also need sponsors to fund this project. Lord willing we will house mission trip teams there very soon.
