Summer Preparations

June is about to arrive and that means summer begins! June will be construction and remodeling month. We will have two church work days Thursday-Friday, June 4-5 with two shifts each day. 9AM-4PM and 6PM-9PM. We will be prearing the fellowship hall, kitchen, and the Spanish Auditorium for remodel beginning Monday, June 8. This hopefully will only take 10 days to complete from new walls and ceiling, paint, lights, and ceiling fans. In the spanish room there will be also new carpet as well as in the kitchen new flooring.
As soon as possible following the completion of phase 1 we will begin phase 2 which is the hallways and foyer areas with new paint, new ceiling texture, and lighting.
This should be completed by the end of June.
July is Youth month! A church-wide effort in directing youth camp for about 300 kids. With the church working together I believe we will see souls saved and teens give their lives to Christ.
In August we'll start back with phase 3 which deals with the outside of our property. More details will be forthcoming soon.
Be in much prayer for the journey ahead!

God's Blessings

God's Blessings
It has been awhile since I have blogged, but the days have flown by so quickly. We just finished our Stewardship Conference with Dr. J.C. House and it was a blessing to have him share with us his wisdom that he has gleaned from God's Word. One of the purposes of the conference was to present the need for raising an offering to remodel alot of the inside of our facilities. In the last four years we have been able to do so many wonderful things to make God's house more presentable to the people who serve faithfully here and for the visitors who attend weekly.I can say that God blessed us with a gracious offering and more anticipated to come in or be promised. Preparations are already in the works with the auditorium being painted beginning next Monday and the new P.A. equipment arriving in a few days to be installed in the next two weeks. Praise the Lord for faithful members! within a month one of them will be re-appolstering all the platform chairs, all the pews, and the usher's and foyer chairs. The first of June we will begin work on the new Spanish auditorium and classroom space. God is sure good inspite of us sometimes.This week my wife and I had the privlege of attending the Oklahoma's Preachers Fellowship hosted by Chris Austin and the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Lawton. What a great meeting! Pastor Harrell preached a stirring message Monday night about PREACHING the WORD! Tuesday Pastor Lindsey preached a heart-felt message about trials and how God triumphs over them and Brother Gaddis challenged us in Personal Spiritual Development which is essential for every man of God who serves in ministry. GREAT MEETING!!As I type our IT man (short for computer nerd lol) is busy installing our new office computers. He has been very busy these last few weeks getting everything ready for when we remodel the offices. Thanks Bro. Tom!God is GOOD, God is GREAT! even in trials or in triumphs. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever!!

Easter Preparations

We're coming to the end of this long journey of preparation to Easter Sunday. Members are inviting friends and neighbors, people are bringing candy and eggs, staff is running around to get everything in its place, and the teachers are preparing their lessons to teach. Even though we have done all of this and worked very hard to plan a GREAT day...we still need Christ!
Please pray that the message will speak to every one's heart and that souls will be saved. See ya Sunday!

Lord's Supper

Tonight is when our church remembers Christ death, burial, and resurrection. This is a special service the we have each year during the Easter season. It is a service that is dedicated only for the purpose of this local church and for the benefit of it's people.
With lights dimmed low we meditate in prayer of the sacrifice that was given on our behalf. As we all partake of the bread and drink of the cup in solemn communion with reflection of God's grace and mercy to sinners such as we please remember never to take for granted Christ's payment for our sins.

Easter Season

PRAISE THE LORD for such a wonderful day we had in church Sunday! The attendance was down, but the Spirit moved in the hearts of our people. I believe with the Lord's Supper this Tuesday and with the preparations in place our Easter Service is going to be a day to remember. Please pray earnestly for souls to be saved and for hearts to be touched by the preaching and singing of the gospel message. Love ya church!

What a Wonderful Church!

My wife has a birthday today. She is ___ years old or should I say, "That she looks younger than she really is."lol Some of the ladies of the church surprised her with a special lunch at her favorite Altus restaurant, the "Grape Vine Cafe." They even brought me back some lunch in which I am very grateful. Kim had a wonderful time and she was very appreciative and humbled by the act of kindness on the part of the ladies. A special thank you goes out to Anna Johnson for ramrodding (I hope thats how you spell it) the event.

I am also blessed by the love and appreciation of the people in the church. This morning I read and entry from one of our teenagers on our church's facebook page asking members to write a "thank you" note to this non-deserving pastor. It wouldn't matter if anyone wrote anything or not. It is gratifying enough to know that a teenager in today's mind-set would even stop and consider his preacher. That's enough appreciation for me! (Love Ya Daniel!)

Learning the Web

When trying to reach the world with the gospel of Christ I sometimes feel inadiquate. Especially in the area of communicating on the Web. This is a tool that so many people emphasize the negative (for good reason!) We must always be careful in how we use tools for God and not fall into the traps of Satan.
So many people use the web that I, as an individual, could never reach on my own, but with this tool I can present the gospel to others all around the world. I'm beginning to understand the potential the web can have concerning the presentation of Christ to a lost and dying world.

Your servant,
Pastor Hawn

Tabernacle Baptist Church

The new age of technology is hear and it is dragging me kicking and screaming all the way. I don't understand half of what I'm doing, but I'm having fun learning.