What a week!

What a week at Bryant Pond Baptist Church! We had our revival services April 22-25 with Dr. Ron Caudill preaching. Sunday School we were challenged on the captve mind. We are to bring our minds into captivity to the Lord. On Sunday morning Dr Caudill preached from Joshua 20 on the cities of refuge. How wonderful it is that we have a city of refuge in the Lord Jesus Christ! Sunday night we were challenged on our day to day development. Monday night we learned about why Daniel was a "man greatly beloved". Tuesday night we learned about a Godly conscience. Wednesday night we were challenged about what makes great faith. I will tell you that the Lord moved in each service and I know that hearts were touched. The Holy Spirit had free reign in these meetings. Praise God! Now we are looking forward to the Lord's day when we will have our special 4pm youth service. So far we have 2 testimonies, 13 music presentations and 4 young men preachng. I believe that we will have the old meetinghouse packed out! Don't miss it!

What a happy resurrection day!

What a blessed day here at Bryant Pond Baptist Church! Started our day at 7am going on the van to pick up our van children. Arrived at church at 7:32 for our 7:30 Son Rise service (not good when the preacher is late). Glad the church forgave me! LOL. Had a great Son rise service then breakfast together. Biscuits and gravy,sausage, pancakes, egg casseroles, muffins, coffeecake, fresh fruit. Son.....I tell ya!
It was then back to church for 9:15 Sunday School. Then was the 10:30 morning worship service. We had good attendance all morning with 29 for the early service and 25 for Sunday School. We had 57 in our morning service.
Praise the Lord for a young man that trusted Christ as his Saviour. Hallelujah! What a great service.
We then had a wonderful service tonight with a good crowd and a good spirit. The Lord helped.

I am throughly believe that God is moving in Bryant Pond and I am so glad to be a part of what He is doing!

What a day! I am so blessed to be living the life of a Pastor. God is good!

April update

Whhhhheeeewwww, it' been a very busy few weeks since I have updated, but what a great few weeks.
We have had some very powerful services over the last few weeks at Bryant Pond Baptist Church. This Sunday we had good attendance in the morning and evening, with good liberty to preach. I believe that God is helping some folks, I know He is helping me!
Last week was the youth service at Church Hill Baptist. What a blessing to bring my new church family to meet my old church family. They were all very encouraged and blessed by the powerful service. Our young people are not just the church of the future, they are the church of now as well. God has a plan for each and every one of us right now, if we would only get out of the way and let Him work.
We have had some unexpected blessings over the last few weeks as well. I was given a lot of like-new clothes that just happened to fit perfectly. What a blessing that was. I now occupy more of the closet than my wife (smile).
Our church was given a brand new wireless microphone system by another church. This filled a real need that we had.
God has helped us to sell our pickup truck. It was a great truck, but with diesel prices at $4.29/ Gallon (and higher) and high payments, this truck had to go.

Please pray for our upcoming Easter services. While many churches are cutting services short, we are having a Son-rise service at 7:30 followed by breakfast, then Sunday School at 9:15, Morning worship at 10:30, and our evening service at 6pm. We already have some from other churches that will be with us. I gave our church "homework" to each invite one person. Please pray for a full house as the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ will be preached.

April is a busy month. Please pray for the Ladies conference on April 13-14 at VBC in Londonderry, NH.
Also, please pray for our revival services with Dr. Ron Caudill from April 22-25. The services on Monday and Tuesday nights start at 6:30 pm.

April 29 is the "youth service" at 4pm at Bryant Pond Baptist Church. We will be hosting Church Hill Baptist Church, Bible Baptist Church of Unity as well as others (that I have not confirmed 100% as of yet).

Please continue to pray for our house to sell. We have lowered the price, but still have not received one call. We need this house to sell. God knows.

I think that is it. Thank you all for your prayers and your encouragement. God is good and He is moving in Maine, and in Bryant Pond right now. Keep praying, amen!

Rumford, Maine needs a church!

The town of Rumford, Maine needs an independent, KJB Baptist church. Could this be the building that will one day house an IFB church that is on fire for the Lord? Pray for Rumford, Maine!

The Bryant Pond Baptist Nursery

Thanks to Beth Hoover and the Sunday School Children for their work in getting the nursery ready. Got babies? We gotcha covered!

Who is Rev. Ransom Dunham?

As most of you know I am a Baptist history nut. I have recently been able to do some research about Oxford County Baptist history. One name that I have seen very regularly is Ransom Dunham. He was a Baptist preacher throughout Oxford County, Maine for over 40 years in the mid to late 1800's. Ransom Dunham served as pastor of many of the churches of the Oxford Association.
Ransom Dunham was born March 18, 1798. His father, James, was a revolutionary war hero. Ransom Dunham was ordained for the gospel ministry on October 6, 1836 by the Hamlin's Gore Baptist Church.
During the course of his ministry Rev. Dunham began the first Sunday School in the town of Woodstock in 1836. He also served as pastor of the Weld and Carthage Baptist Church as well as the Bryant Pond Baptist Church (as well as others).
When Ransom Dunham graduated to his heavenly reward on January 28, 1883 (age 84 years) he had baptized over 600 persons and seen many others saved by the grace of God.
Reverend Ransom Dunham is one of our Baptist heroes in the state of Maine. Let me now challenge you: who is one of your local Baptist heroes? Do you know of any? I think it's time to learn. Let God stir your heart.
The same God that used Ransom Dunham to do such great work desires to do great works today. Are we ready and willing?

Awesome New Find

This Bible was presented to the Bryant's Pond Baptist Church in 1856, the year the church was constituted. As you can see, the Bible has some mold, but is in good shape otherwise. What a treasure! Yes, it is an Authorized Version!
Believe it or not, I just found this in the parsonage. I guess it pays to open closet doors. It will now be kept in a more temperature stable room.