Luthersville Baptist Church

It took us 3 years to get here, but waiting on the Lord is always worth it!! We moved to Wake Forest, NC in May 2006 for Tommy to attend the College at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Tommy knew the Lord was calling him into full time ministry, so we set off to prepare for whatever the Lord called us to do!! Tommy wasn't sure at that time that the Lord was calling him to be a Pastor, although I knew Tommy had a pastor's heart! (And not just me...many people have sensed that in him as well!) We were just open to go and do whatever the Lord called us to do. The Lord has truly blest our obedience. Tommy has spent the last 3 years going to school full time and preparing for this very moment!! Tommy graduated this past December with an Associate of Divinty Degree and since that time (actually before graduation) we have been prayfully seeking a full time ministry position...Today our prayers have been answered!! We have been actively talking with the pastor search committee from Luthersville Baptist Church, in Luthersville, GA. Which is about 15 miles from our hometown of Newnan, GA. Tommy preached at Northside Baptist Church (our home church in Newnan) for Luthersville's pastor search committee on March the 29th. We then had a meeting with them on Sunday, April 26th. They gave us a proposal and they informed us that they intended to recommend us to the church for the Senior Pastor position!! They announced to the church the following Sunday, May the 3rd that they had a candidate that would preach on Sunday, May the 10th (Mother's Day). At that time some of the members asked if we could come by on Saturday, May the 9th for a Meet & Greet time...which we thought was a great idea!! Saturday went great!! We felt very welcomed and that things were very positive when we left on Saturday! We were also invited to a breakfast at 8:30a Sunday morning, we had a great time getting to fellowship with the church members before the service. We had a wonderful service, Tommy spoke on Hannah being a woman of faith and it was evident that the Lord was present in the service. We were told before the service that they would actually conduct the vote the following Sunday, so we still had one more week to pray and seek God's leading for Tommy, for our family and for Luthersville Baptist Church. We were notified shortly after the service today that Tommy(and Chase and I) had been voted in as Pastor (and family) of Luthersville Baptist Church...We are more than thrilled!! We have felt the Lord's working in all aspects of this process!! We are looking forward to this new adventure in our walk with the Lord! We thank everyone who has been praying for us and we ask you to continue to pray that the Lord will do great things through us at Luthersville Baptist Church!!!

Here are a few more pics of the church and their Mission House:

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! (Phil 4:4 NASB)