Goffstown Pumpkin Festival

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This year we purposefully scheduled our missions conference to coincide with the Goffstown Pumpkin Festival.  By doing so it brought a reality to missions for each of our church folks.  We had the opportunity on the Saturday of conference to set up a booth in the center of town.  We chose to set up some games for the kids, complete with prizes that they could win.  We also had a coloring table set up where kids could color little

books we made that had a pumpkin/fall theme and the Gospel on the back that they could take home with them.  It turns out that we were one of the only booths that was giving things away instead of trying to raise money for an organization!  Hundreds of people came by and we were able to invite many to church and give out tracts.  Later in the afternoon there was a parade through the center of town.  We were able to decorate our

church van and march along side it in the parade.  We gave out candy with our church name and address on it, as well as tracts, to as many of the parade watchers as we could.  We had a great time and there was a welcome response from the community.  When all was said and done, we went back to the church for an International Hot Dog Supper.  It was awesome!  We had hot dogs fixed all kinds of ways to represent countries around the world.  Ron Cole of HELP Ministries brought a great Bible devotion to encourage us.  We all went home tired but happy in the Lord to have served Him with our day.

Missions Conference 2011

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Wow!  What a Missions Conference we had this year!  Pastor David Smith is  a dear friend and tremendous man of God.  After pastoring churches in Massachusetts and Arkansas for many years, he has come back to New England with his precious wife Sharon to encourage churches in the areas of soul winning, church planting and missions.  He was our keynote speaker for our conference this year.  Our theme was “Get On Board” with missions!  We had five missionaries come to share with us their burdens for souls:  The Papes to the Dominican Republic, the Staples to Spain, the Princes to Uraguay, the Browns to Montana, and Ron Cole with HELP Ministries.  We had great attendance each night and our church folks were so faithful each night.  The Lord really used this conference to stir our hearts to reach the world with the good news of Jesus Christ.  Pastor Smith showed us with clarity from the Bible that our church has a responsibility to reach the whole world with the Gospel.  God is all about saving sinners and changing lives, and we need to be about that business by reaching our community, our country, and  the world.  The auditorium and Sunday School rooms were decorated with a train theme for “Get on Board.”  We started each service with the pastor and missionary men dressed up as train conductors, complete with train whistles, marching around the auditorium singing “The Good Old Gospel Train.”  As we marched around, we would call people out of the pews to get on board.  By the time of our last service, everyone in the auditorium was marching around and the pews were empty!  No one thought it was silly, but all got on board!  It was an awesome time and very memorable for everyone!

 

Family Fishing Trip

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Fishing July 2011We had a great time on the Family Deep Sea Fishing Trip activity.  A special thank you to John Hopps of Victory Baptist Church in Londonderry for organizing the event.  Several baptist churches from our area joined us aboard the Miss Tracey Ann II as we set sail out of Seabrook, New Hampshire, harbor at 8:00 am.  The weather was absolutely beautiful as we sailed 20 miles out on the Atlantic.  We saw spouting whales and even a huge shark!  Eventually our captain found a great spot to drop our lines.  We caught lots of haddock and cod, which are very yummy to eat!  Unfortunately, there were also lots of dog fish, which are basically sand sharks.  All in all, we had a great time and came home with seafood for the freezer.  Most of all, we enjoyed the fellowship with other Christians and were able to give some tracts to the crew.

Church Picnic

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We had a great time at our annual church picnic Saturday at the Pastor’s house. Russ is now the new grill master of Cornerstone! He grilled some awesome steak tips and marinated chicken. The ladies made a bunch of delicious dishes to complement the grill. Hats off to the ladies! After our picnic lunch, the ladies played some games with the kids. I think everyone got at least a little wet from the squirt gun action…..kind of welcome on a hot summer day! Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were the winners for the water balloon toss. And finally, Russ and his partner, Bob, took the horseshoe tournament hands down! Seemed like everything Russ touched turned to gold!  I know who to pick next year to be my horseshoe partner!  No doubt everyone had a great time of food and fellowship! Looking forward to next year!