http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com a ministry of Lakeshore Baptist Church Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:07:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my new year resolutions for Rebuild Lakeshore hangs on the "reduce, reuse, recycle" philosophy. In an effort to be good stewards of the physical and financial resources God has provided, I have a few ideas I'd like to share and challenge ourselves to implement in the coming ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2012/01/02/reduce-reuse-recycle/ This time of year, while most folks work through their Christmas shopping list, I have been enjoying making a list of all the projects on our church property slated for the new year. January in Lakeshore brings a slew of folks from across the country eager to push our rebuilding ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/12/16/making-a-list-checking-it-twice/ http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/12/13/memories-from-mentor-oh-2010/ A group of BCM (Baptist Collegiate Ministries) students from the state of Georgia spent their fall break with us recently. Among other things they cleared out underneath the bunk house to make way for a new outdoor kitchen area. They also cleared the back lot of the Mercy House, worked ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/10/25/mercy-ministry-labratory/ If you have been following our progress, you know that we have had a mullti-building master plan in place for the last few years. The church office, bunk house, the Mercy House, and the warehouse are all complete. As we prepared to break ground on the Fellowship Hall / Sunday ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/10/18/a-slight-change-of-plans/ Over 600 different churches have traveled to the gulf coast over the last six years to work in the relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts of Rebuild Lakeshore and Lakeshore Baptist Church since Hurricane Katrina. One of those churches, First Baptist Church of Tullahoma Tennessee has made over a dozen trips. ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/10/11/tullahoma-tile/ I send you greetings, in the name of Christ, from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. On behalf of our church and community I want to thank you for your commitment to the ministry God has granted us. I do not know how we would have made it through the difficult days ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/10/03/100-year-anniversary/ After nearly 6 years of community relief, recovery, and rebuilding, Lakeshore Baptist Church looks to begin construction of our main church complex. We plan to begin with a Fellowship Hall and Sunday School classroom building and follow that with the attached sanctuary. The vision of the building grew out of numerous ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/08/02/architect-needed/ Nearly six years after Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of condemned properties still remain standing as ghostly reminders of the storms devistation. As Lakeshore Baptist Church continues her mission of mercy we have partnered with Hancock County to rid the community of blighted properties. Tommy Kidd, the county's Solid Waste Department head, ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/07/25/slated-for-demolition/ God has been blessing us with a great summer thus far. Our gracious volunteers from across the country continue to press forward in our ongoing relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts. We have had over a dozen groups here in the month of June doing everything from tearing down Katrina destroyed ... http://www.rebuildlakeshore.com/2011/07/07/tearing-down-building-up/