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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.
02 Mar 2009 05:25 am
February 2009
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
We saw a great month in February. We thank God for the following groups who worked with us this past month:
- Buckeye Baptist Builders – Ohio
- Carlisle First Church of God – Carlisle, PA
- Central Baptist Chapel – Waynesboro, PA
- Central Baptist Church – McComb, MS
- Cumberland Gap Baptist Association – Harrigote, TN
- Decatur Baptist Church – Decatur, AL
- Green Valley Baptist Church – Birmingham, AL
- Limestone Baptist Association – Athens, AL
- Madison Baptist Association – Huntsville, AL
- North Delta Baptist Association – Clarksdale, MS
- Riverside Fellowship Church – New Port Richey, FL
- St. Lukes Lutheran Church – Ann Arbor, MI
- Seneca United Methodist Church – Seneca, PA
01 Mar 2009 06:29 pm
More pilings
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
last week a great group of guys from Tennessee’s Cumberland Gap Baptist Association dug the holes, set the pilings and poured the concrete for another new house in Lakeshore.
21 Feb 2009 09:54 am
Bunk House Pilings
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Yesterday the guys from Green Valley Baptist Church, Birmingham AL, put in a long day drilling the holes and setting the 10 X 10 pilings for the new bunk house.
12 Feb 2009 08:27 pm
The Distribution Center
Posted by Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Immediately following Hurricane Katrina, God moved in the lives of countless people from across the country to send food, clothing, and relief supplies to our area. We began gathering these items on our church property and distributing them to our community. Three and a half years later, many find themselves still in extreme need. Lakeshore Baptist Church desires to continue ministering help and hope in the name of Jesus Christ in a very tangible way through our distribution center.
We rely completely on donations to stock the shelves. If you would like to contribute to this cause, see our “needs” page for a list of suggested items you can send. When your team makes a mission trip to Lakeshore, feel free to bring these items with you for distribution. Many churches find that a food drive leading up to their trip gives those unable to come a good way to directly help families on the gulf coast. You can also send financial contributions to Lakeshore Baptist Church and designate “distribution center” with your gift. We can then purchase items, in bulk, locally or through our regional “Feeding America” food bank.
