It was a thrill to be with Pastors Greg and Lori Key and our Renewed Life church for the dedication of their recently purchased church building which is on Division Street in Arlington. The RL congregation has put countless hours of work into preparing the older building for use. I think it is going to be very functional! Renewed life was organized in 2001 with Pastor Greg Key as the founding pastor. They specialize in ministry to the underserved in the Arlington and Mansfield area.  Over the years they have never had a building of their own, worshipping in numerous rented areas.  For many years they have been praying for a humble building from which to operate their numerous ministries.  We rejoice with them and expect great days of anointed ministry are in their immediate future!

 

We enjoyed another outstanding Discovery Weekend recently with our newly District Licensed ministers and spouses. We had about 20 in attendance in Abilene for the event. Again, Dr. Linda Cantrell was our resource person and she did an outstanding job leading us through our Strength Finders. Special thanks to Assistant Superintendent, Pastor Earl Robertson, who organizes this important annual event for us.

 

Congratulations to our precious Snyder congregation upon the arrival, this week, of their new pastors, Reverends Martha and Phil Patalano, who are coming to them from our Nueva Vida Church in Dumas.  We are especially excited about the Patalanos' ministry in Snyder because the Lord is leading them and their congregation to begin a new Spanish language ministry there. We are confident in the Lord's providential direction in the transition!

 

Finally, it was wonderful to see many of you at the Awakening Prayer

The emphasis of prayer and the ongoing empowering and anointing of the Holy Spirit has spoken deeply into our district and to people from all over the world. Thank you!  

 

For you and with you,

 

Pastor David Downs