Hallelujah! I say that for not only what God has been doing but also for finally being able to post something on my blogpage! It seems it takes forever every time I want to post something.  Maybe that's why I am so slow in posting, I probably don't want to go through all the hassel to finally get to the page! But anyway, here I am and since my last post of the first part of December, we have again experienced some first at Life Pointe Church.  One of the biggest "firsts" was the fact my son James Andrew Moser was ordained on December 12, 2012! So on Wednesday night, 12/12/12, I had the privilege and blessing of preaching my own son's ordination service.  It was both touching and an honor to speak and share some things with those who showed us for the service.  I don't get a chance to brag on Andy too much and he doesn't want me to very much either, but this was good to show Andy that we all are very proud of him, love him, and that God is going to take care of him even when things are tough.  And then our Life Pointe Christmas program was last week, so I was appreciative of having the largest number of people ever, at Life Pointe...59 which is now our new record!  God is good.  And now here is it New Year's Eve and the edge of starting a new year! It is my Mom's birthday so I think of her and I also wonder just what all God is going to do and has planned for us this upcoming year! Who knows, but as the Bible says, the righteous will live by faith! so may the New Year 2013, begin!

Here I am again waiting far too long before I write a post on the amzing things God is doing at Life Pointe Church!  My last post was on September 20 and here is it December 4th! I can't believe I have waited 2 and half months to write something! First of all, on my last post I said I was looking forward to baptizing 8 or 9 people....turns out it was....10 people! 10 People!! I can remember when we first started Life Pointe that I thought "if I can just baptize one person...." and here it is 2 years later that I was blessed to baptize 10 people! As many as we had baptized up to that point!! That now makes a total of 20 people since June of 2011; let's see that's 20 people in 15 months! God is amazing! I know we are not suppose to talk about numbers too much because it's the Lord's work that is important not necessarily the numbers, but while numbers are the most important, I sure don't want to hesitate in giving God all the credit in continuing to show His hand upon Life Pointe.  We couldn't do it without His Hand of blessing on us....so I think it's ok to be excited especially since there is no doubt where the growth and numbers are coming from! It's God!  The next blessing I wanted to make sure and record so as I later look back on this blog page that I will remember when God started giving us more and more people...we have now been averaging over 40 people for the past 2 months with 45 people being there this past Sunday.  We when had over 40 people a week or two, I thought, "my, it would be great to have this happen more and "wow" it did...as a matter of fact it happened about 5 or 6 weeks in a row before our attendance went below 30 so God is again blessing us and bringing in people who had never heard of Life Pointe Church a few weeks ago or a few months ago.  We have had a visitor this past Sunday and then the Sunday before that...and it just seems like those who attend are now bringing their friends and what better way to grow a church than by our own folks telling their friends how good God is blessing us.  I use to wonder, "when are we going to see us grow,?" and lo and behold it is happening right before my eyes and there is just no telling what number of people we are going to end up with.  I also know that if God does nothing else than what He has done already but I am so glad He is not finished with us yet and I know that He's got much more in store for us!  We just fnished a series on Missions with my neighbor Steve Love coming up with His family this past Sunday sharing what his goal is and where He is planningn to go by next June.  It was a good Sunday for all of us!  So now, it's Christmas...so may we all see Jesus in a way that we have never seen Him before.  I love you Jesus, thank you so much for blessing us at Life Pointe!

I am looking forward to baptizing 8 or 9 people this coming Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 at Life Pointe Church! It is indeed exciting! God is blessing.  I must admit the last time we baptized a few people I thought "I sure hope God give us more people; I don't want it to be too long before we are baptizing some more people who have made a serious decision of living for Jesus!' and then 'lo and behold, here we are a few months later baptizing almost as many as we have altogether, so God is amazing!  Thank you Jesus for all you do! Both in me, in our church, and in the lives of those who love you!  Thank you!

With so many things happening at Life Pointe Church, I just feel like I could have a post on the blog page everyday!  I feel bad that I don't but when things get busy, I must admit the blog page is not my first priority!  I need to write more though, I know... this past weekend we had a camp reunion at Tapawingo in Tennessee and it was fun and it was all Andy's idea to get it going.  People were pleased and it was nice to see old friends and walk down memory lane with those who came out for the Camp Reunion.  I know one day we will look back at the things that have occured at Life Pointe and do the same thing.  We have had 41, 42, and 42 for our attendance numbers this past 3 weeks! That's exciting!  God is doing a work and I am just so glad He lets me be a part of it!  I also have 6 people ready to be baptized on September 23rd which will be an excellent birthday present for me since my birthday is the day before.  With VBS being blessed by the Lord we have gained about 8 to 10 new young people who just keep coming back and wanting to be a part of the church.  God is so good and I am thrilled but somewhat a little nervous in that I want to make sure I take good care of those who God has entrusted to me and to all of us at Life Pointe Church.  This past Sunday we made history somewhat in that we had to  have 3 different groups for our young people, so that was great! I pray God continues to bless and to bring the workers we need to take care of those He has brought!

Hallelujah!  I say that for a couple of reasons! One is to finally be able to post on my Life Pointe Blogpage!  I seem to always forget what the email address is or what the password is, so it's so hard to post something when I can't remember that essential to posting "stuff"! But finally I got it to my page so I wanted to make sure and post a few things that have transpared in the last little bit!  On August 4rh, just over a week ago, (today's Sunday the 12th) I performed only my second wedding, and that was with Joey and Kate Patterson! It was a nice wedding the backyard of Joey's mom, who lives in Salem.  I was glad to marry Joey and Kate and to see them continue with their committment both to each other and to Jesus!  And then there's what happened this past weekend.  I should probably make this a seperate post but I will go ahead and tag it on to this one.  This past week we got a suprise in that we were told that we couldn't have our planned VBS in Round Hill Elementary School and not only couldn't have the VBS on Saturday but couldn't have our church service today, the 12th of August or even next week, the 19th of August!  So satan tried to shut us down both for our planned VBS and for our church services...but God is greater and instead of shutting down, we had VBS and....saw several make decisions for Jesus!  So PRAISE the LORD! We had victory over the devils plans and saw God work in the hearts of the kids we had attend VBS this past Saturday! We also had a group of very nice people come up from Williamsburg to help us.  They were the guys from Smith Memorial Baptist Church and were so nice to sacrifice their weekend starting on Friday evening, then all day Saturday practically, and then worship with us this morning on Sunday!  So with all the goings on, God worked and it was so neat to see the kids who made decisions for VBS come to church this morning and even tonight for our Sunday Night Movie Time!  So...it's been busy for the past while, but God is mighty and let 3 different churches work to bring glory to Himself! Amazing!

I forgot to make mention in my last post about performing Josh and Holly's Wedding in Floyd on June 2nd! The ceremony went really well and God blessed us with a great day!  Everyone seemed to enjoy the ceremony and the reception afterwards and things went very smooth!  For my first wedding I couldn't have asked for a better couple than Josh and Holly!  They were very nice and very sweet to listen to my counseling sessions for three Saturdays in a row and then were very kind and encouraging treating us to a delicious dinner the night before the wedding at a nice resturant in Floyd right across from the church.  So the whole experience was just great and God once again blessed us richly!  I am learning...my first wedding!  Thank you Jesus for you help!

June Baptisms!

It is now hard to believe that last June, on June 6th to be exact, we baptized our first people at Life Pointe!  We baptized 6 people that day with Melanie, Emily, Benjamin, Maddie, Sarah, and Brain being those people.  Now just over year later....we baptized 3 more people...Beth, Jim, and Ben!  God is good!  With Joey being last September, God has now allowed be to baptize 10 folks in one year!  I would never have thought that a year ago!!  I am excited and there are even more on the way, so may God continue to bless us and use us to be a shining light on the hill at Round Hill Elementary School! Thank you Jesus!  Last Sunday I had a super prayer time with the Lord which lasted an hour and a half! When finished, it made the difference for a good week.  Although I didn't feel super physcially on Wednesday, June 6th, Ginny, Andy, and I all enjoy a trip to the Liberty Station to celebrate 31 years together!  Again, God is good!