South Park Baptist Church

Philippians 4:6-7

Sometimes life feels like we are in the middle of the ocean in a row boat with a hurricane forming 300 miles away and it is beginning to stir the waters. The waves are mild at first, but they continue to grow in intensity and frequency until we feel like our boat is about to be swamped! This is when we look up beyond the waves and find Jesus!

1 Timothy 3:9-13

Back when William Booth was starting the Salvation Army, he recruited a young Pastor from the USA to come to serve with him in England. Booth knew their work would be much different from the pastorate, so he decided to instill some humility in the pastor by having him blacken the boots of the other trainees. This was not what the young pastor was expecting. Then he remembered how Jesus had washed the gnarly feet of some fishermen and decided he could blacken these boots. This is the heart of a servant, and these are the men we are looking for to be a deacon in our church.    

I Timothy 3:8

In 1987, there was a movie entitled "The Right Stuff" which was about the gauntlet the first seven American Astronauts had to go through to see if they had the "right stuff" to go into space. In a similar way our church is going through the process to see which men in our church are ready to be ordained Deacons. The Bible gives specific qualifications for such an office, and today and next week we will talk about those from the Bible. Please pray over the process!