Wanna Help in Haiti

Posted by The Pastor on January 13, 2010

Baptist Global Response is raising funds for disaster relief in Haiti. All Southern Baptist relief is being organized by Florida Baptist who have an ongoing ministry in Haiti to help the people there. If you want to help click the link or the picture which will take you directly to the donation page.

Pray for Burke County

Posted by The Pastor on October 14, 2009

Pray for Burke County is a new web site focused on praying for Burke County, NC.  The site is kicking things off by supporting the Prayer for the Cities event on November 21, 2009 at Freedom High School Stadium from 5 till 7 PM.

Prayer Room and Library

Posted by The Pastor on September 8, 2009

Last night our deacons met and discussed and finally approved the official formation of a Prayer Room.  They decided that the current library is in fact the best place for it for the following reasons.

• It is close the sanctuary and would be easy for people to stop off and pray before service or during service
• If someone makes a decision during the service it would be easy to get to for counseling and further prayer
• If someone is praying at the altar and needs extended time of prayer, then a friend or family member or just another concerned member could come forward and ask that person if they would like to go to the prayer room to pray together.

There may be other good reasons.  Previously that room was serving as our library with a lot of very good (and sadly some very outdated) resources.  I am thankful to those who have been working hard to make the library a useful tool.  Sadly, few were actually using it.  So, I asked that the books be moved.  It was suggested that we move them to various locations in the church.  That is what is being done with help from our youth.

At the top of the stairs going down to our basement, there is a bookshelf where some of the best and newest books will be placed.  Stop and look. If you find something of value, then check it out and read it and please return it.  In the children’s area we will be putting children’s books.  Videos will also be distributed based on their content.  We ask that you use the resources and return them.  Many people gave them to our church in memory or honor of someone special. Not using them would be sad.  Not returning them after use would also be very sad.

Once the prayer room is up and running, we will explain some of the great things that it will contain.  Until then, just pray that God will use both our new prayer room and the books from our old library to help grow the people of High Peak!

Pray for the Miao People of China

Posted by The Pastor on February 27, 2009

Knowing that so many people in the U.S. are suffering from the economic downturn, and thus are challenged in ways that they never anticipated, I have felt a bit uncomfortable lately in asking for increased prayers for the peoples of East Asia. Yet the reality of lost humanity on a staggering scale continues. Without hearing of the Father’s love, one billion people of East Asia will one day depart this earth headed for an eternity of separation from the very God who created them and loved them enough to give His own Son to save them!

That is how a blog post begins about the people of East Asia, where our chosen people group the Miao of China live.  We have so much to be thankful despite our economic downturn.  But the greatest is Jesus.  We take for granted that we learned about him growing up, most of us in the Bible Belt.

Young Miao Chinese make crafts like the ones you see in the picture

Remember to pray for the Miao people of China.  Pray …

• That God will send someone to be a witness to them.
• That God will find a way for the Gospel to reach them via electronic means if possible
• That God will be rising up a missionary for them right now.