OK, I admit it. I'm now the worst offender among my small group of blogging friends when it comes to updating. My buddy Jeff has updated his blog in the last week; twice in two days to be exact. That leaves me with a sinking feeling in my stomach.
It's kind of like when I was growing up, we would always pass by a certain family's house on the way to church. They were wonderful friends and fellow church members, so for privacy purposes, we'll just call them the Doe family. Most Sundays we'd always see their car in the carport and know that, just like every other Sunday, they were going to be late again. But on those rare occasions when we would pass by and see that their car was already gone, my mom would exclaim, "Oh Shane, we're running really late. The Doe's have already left for church!"
And today I kind of feel like my mom used to feel when the Doe's would beat us to church. Jeff, you've put me to shame. I've actually considered resigning from the blogosphere, but then I thought, "who would notice given my recent track record?" So rather than cut and run, I've decided to write this post and ask for forgiveness from those few who actually have kept checking in the hopes that I had updated. I'm sure you've come to expect nothing new, but I thank you for continuing to come back.
I actually have quite a bit that I need to blog about, and I will be posting something new in a day or two to kind of catch up.
In the meantime, please keep the families of the shooting victims and everybody at Virginia Tech in your prayers. What a horrific, senseless act of violence.
In spite of this, I hope everyone is having a great week.
Bro. Shane
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Great Start To A New Year
2007 is off to an incredible start at Eulaton First Baptist Church! How wonderful to see a soul saved in our first Sunday service of the new year! It was also great the following week to see this new believer and his wife come forward and join Eulaton First Baptist Church. We are excited to have Randy and Janet McGinnis as the newest additions to EFBC. Please be in prayer for Randy, as he left Tuesday for a 3-week business trip to Germany. We look forward to baptizing him when he returns in February.
AWANA kicked back off for the new year on January 7, and this new ministry continues to be a blessing for our church. We've experienced a 1000% increase in our Sunday night children's attendance! That's not a typo, you read it right: 1000%. Our Sunday night children's average was 3 before AWANA; now it is 30. To God be the glory!
I truly believe 2007 will be the best year EFBC has experienced in a long, long time. I'm incredibly optimistic about what God has in store for us as we serve Him here together in the new year. Please keep our church in your prayers. We can do everything that we can possibly do as believers, but if God's not in it, our efforts are in vain. If we'll bathe everything we do in prayer, I know we're going to see God do some awesome things in the coming days.
One thing I'm very excited about is what's coming up on Wednesday night, January 31. That night, we'll be showing the movie Facing The Giants. If you haven't yet seen this movie, all I can say to you is, "YOU'VE GOTTA SEE IT!" If you've already seen it, then you're probably like me and can't wait to see it again (and I've already seen it twice). This is a great opportunity for you to invite your friends and family to church, particularly those who don't know the Lord. Also, if you know someone who's depressed, discouraged, or just facing some really tough times in their life, you need to bring them to see Facing The Giants. We'll meet in the sanctuary and the movie will begin at 6 p.m.
Hope to see everyone at church this Sunday.
Bro. Shane
AWANA kicked back off for the new year on January 7, and this new ministry continues to be a blessing for our church. We've experienced a 1000% increase in our Sunday night children's attendance! That's not a typo, you read it right: 1000%. Our Sunday night children's average was 3 before AWANA; now it is 30. To God be the glory!
I truly believe 2007 will be the best year EFBC has experienced in a long, long time. I'm incredibly optimistic about what God has in store for us as we serve Him here together in the new year. Please keep our church in your prayers. We can do everything that we can possibly do as believers, but if God's not in it, our efforts are in vain. If we'll bathe everything we do in prayer, I know we're going to see God do some awesome things in the coming days.
One thing I'm very excited about is what's coming up on Wednesday night, January 31. That night, we'll be showing the movie Facing The Giants. If you haven't yet seen this movie, all I can say to you is, "YOU'VE GOTTA SEE IT!" If you've already seen it, then you're probably like me and can't wait to see it again (and I've already seen it twice). This is a great opportunity for you to invite your friends and family to church, particularly those who don't know the Lord. Also, if you know someone who's depressed, discouraged, or just facing some really tough times in their life, you need to bring them to see Facing The Giants. We'll meet in the sanctuary and the movie will begin at 6 p.m.
Hope to see everyone at church this Sunday.
Bro. Shane
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Has It Been Nearly A Month?
I can't believe it has almost been a month since I last posted a blog entry. It's also hard to believe that we are less than two weeks away from Christmas Day! Wow, time flies.
Things have been busy lately in the Lambert household, especially considering that we've been able to spend the last two weekends with Shane, Justin and Morgan. God has truly blessed us by bringing them back into our lives after a period of over four months when we weren't able to see them at all. We are thankful for any time we are able to spend with them, and they've seemed pretty excited to be with us, as well.
At church, preparations are under way for our Christmas cantata on December 24th during the morning worship hour. After the cantata, we will observe the Lord's Supper. It is my prayer that this will be a very special service and a great addition to your Christmas celebrations. Please plan on being here and invite a friend (or two, or more). There will be no evening services that day.
AWANA has been going great. After a month and a half, we are averaging around 30 children every Sunday night. What a blessing it has been to see these children excited about memorizing Scripture. I believe this is a ministry that will produce much fruit in the days, months and years to come. Thank you again, church, for your continued efforts to reach people for Jesus!
I hope to blog again before Christmas, but just in case I don't let me say this: I hope everyone who reads this has a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. And thank you for reading my ramblings in 2006 (when I've remembered to write them). May God continue to bless us all in 2007!
Bro. Shane
Things have been busy lately in the Lambert household, especially considering that we've been able to spend the last two weekends with Shane, Justin and Morgan. God has truly blessed us by bringing them back into our lives after a period of over four months when we weren't able to see them at all. We are thankful for any time we are able to spend with them, and they've seemed pretty excited to be with us, as well.
At church, preparations are under way for our Christmas cantata on December 24th during the morning worship hour. After the cantata, we will observe the Lord's Supper. It is my prayer that this will be a very special service and a great addition to your Christmas celebrations. Please plan on being here and invite a friend (or two, or more). There will be no evening services that day.
AWANA has been going great. After a month and a half, we are averaging around 30 children every Sunday night. What a blessing it has been to see these children excited about memorizing Scripture. I believe this is a ministry that will produce much fruit in the days, months and years to come. Thank you again, church, for your continued efforts to reach people for Jesus!
I hope to blog again before Christmas, but just in case I don't let me say this: I hope everyone who reads this has a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. And thank you for reading my ramblings in 2006 (when I've remembered to write them). May God continue to bless us all in 2007!
Bro. Shane
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Things I'm Thankful For
With thanksgiving just a week away, I've been reflecting recently on a few of the things that I'm thankful for. Being that this is merely a snapshot of what has been on my mind lately, this list is in no way exhaustive. With that being said, here goes:
-I'm thankful for a wonderful, loving, supportive wife. She is, besides being all of those things, my best friend. I can never tell her enough how much she means to me.
-I'm thankful for an incredible home life. I don't know many men who would honestly feel that way if their mother-in-law lived with them. My situation, I suppose, is unique. It is so nice to have a great relationship not only with Stephanie, but with Moshi, as well. We, as a family, are truly blessed.
-I'm thankful for being raised in a Christian home; for parents who loved me enough to correct me when I did wrong. I didn't always appreciate their chastening when I was younger, but today I praise God for it. They never punished me to the point of abuse or exasperation, but they always lovingly disciplined me and pointed me in the right direction. I am who I am today because of the way I was raised.
-I'm thankful for all of the bad, sad, painful and hurtful experiences I've gone through in my life. In nearly every situation, I've seen God work all things for my good. Even in those rare instances where I've yet to see God's hand at work, I know that in the end He will work His will in my life and I shall come forth as gold (see the book of Job). God has been so faithful in the things that I can understand that I know I can trust Him with the things that I can't understand.
-I'm thankful to be pastoring a church that is truly a family. It is such a blessing to be a part of this body of believers. Like any family, we sometimes weather storms. God's love and our love for Him, however, always carries us through the tough times and makes us stronger.
-I'm thankful for a church that has not been afraid to try new things. The AWANA ministry that we've just begun was a bold step of faith, and I believe God will bless EFBC for our renewed commitment to reach people for Jesus.
-I'm thankful for a church family that has been forgiving and longsuffering. It's inevitable that even the most successful pastors are going to have their share of failures. The only ministers who never fail are the ones who never attempt to do anything for the Lord. Since I've been in the ministry, I've enjoyed some amazing successes and I've also presided over some monumental disasters. In the last four years, Eulaton First Baptist Church has stood by me even when I've made mistakes and experienced failure. Although things are going pretty well right now, there will no doubt come a day in the near future when I will mess something up again. When that happens, it's nice to know that my church family will bear with me through my blunders.
-And finally, if I had to choose the one thing I am MOST thankful for, it would have to be this: the grace of God. I don't know why Almighty God would love me so much that He would send His only Son to die for me on an old rugged cross. I am so undeserving of God's grace. I'll never get over what Jesus did for me when He spilled His blood so that I could stand before God spotless and unashamed. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. That God could love and save a dead dog such as me, that is what I am truly MOST thankful for.
Bro. Shane
(Scripture quoted above is from the New International Version of the Holy Bible)
-I'm thankful for a wonderful, loving, supportive wife. She is, besides being all of those things, my best friend. I can never tell her enough how much she means to me.
-I'm thankful for an incredible home life. I don't know many men who would honestly feel that way if their mother-in-law lived with them. My situation, I suppose, is unique. It is so nice to have a great relationship not only with Stephanie, but with Moshi, as well. We, as a family, are truly blessed.
-I'm thankful for being raised in a Christian home; for parents who loved me enough to correct me when I did wrong. I didn't always appreciate their chastening when I was younger, but today I praise God for it. They never punished me to the point of abuse or exasperation, but they always lovingly disciplined me and pointed me in the right direction. I am who I am today because of the way I was raised.
-I'm thankful for all of the bad, sad, painful and hurtful experiences I've gone through in my life. In nearly every situation, I've seen God work all things for my good. Even in those rare instances where I've yet to see God's hand at work, I know that in the end He will work His will in my life and I shall come forth as gold (see the book of Job). God has been so faithful in the things that I can understand that I know I can trust Him with the things that I can't understand.
-I'm thankful to be pastoring a church that is truly a family. It is such a blessing to be a part of this body of believers. Like any family, we sometimes weather storms. God's love and our love for Him, however, always carries us through the tough times and makes us stronger.
-I'm thankful for a church that has not been afraid to try new things. The AWANA ministry that we've just begun was a bold step of faith, and I believe God will bless EFBC for our renewed commitment to reach people for Jesus.
-I'm thankful for a church family that has been forgiving and longsuffering. It's inevitable that even the most successful pastors are going to have their share of failures. The only ministers who never fail are the ones who never attempt to do anything for the Lord. Since I've been in the ministry, I've enjoyed some amazing successes and I've also presided over some monumental disasters. In the last four years, Eulaton First Baptist Church has stood by me even when I've made mistakes and experienced failure. Although things are going pretty well right now, there will no doubt come a day in the near future when I will mess something up again. When that happens, it's nice to know that my church family will bear with me through my blunders.
-And finally, if I had to choose the one thing I am MOST thankful for, it would have to be this: the grace of God. I don't know why Almighty God would love me so much that He would send His only Son to die for me on an old rugged cross. I am so undeserving of God's grace. I'll never get over what Jesus did for me when He spilled His blood so that I could stand before God spotless and unashamed. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. That God could love and save a dead dog such as me, that is what I am truly MOST thankful for.
Bro. Shane
(Scripture quoted above is from the New International Version of the Holy Bible)
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
AWANA Off To Great Start
We experienced another fantastic day at EFBC on Sunday. Our AWANA ministry had an incredibly successful start with 29 children! What a joy to see that many young people here on a Sunday night. Many children who will be coming to AWANA were not able to be here this week, so our numbers could have been even higher. Let's keep praying that this ministry will grow and reach many children and their families for Christ!
Thank you, church, for supporting this ministry.
Bro. Shane
Thank you, church, for supporting this ministry.
Bro. Shane
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