Conference On Missions:
March 19th-22nd was a blessed week. CBBC had their Conference on Missions. Our Theme Verses for the week was: “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” – II Cor 4:3-4. As a Christian the messages during the week dealt with The Glorious Gospel; Our Shine; Our Desire; Our Sharing; and Our Faith. The Lord was moving in hearts and God is at work!
Anniversary/Easter Sunday:
Cornerstone Biblical Baptist Church’s 10th Anniversary was also Easter Sunday this year. What an exciting Sunday, our Savior is risen and the celebration of God’s church for the past 10 years. We had an early Sunday evening service following lunch and fellowship. The young kids did some special songs and a skit. The youth presented the church with a beautiful plaque representing 10 years. We also purchased a banner for the occasion.
Finished Up The Bricks:
By the end of February beginning of March we had finished with the 6” blocks and started with the 5” blocks. We had a few blitz with the 5” block making for a few weeks so we could finish them up by the end of April and we did it by God’s Grace! We have about 5,008 6” blocks for the building mainly and about 1,202 5” blocks for the boarder walls of the church property. The Government is still in a slow down because of the new President and the picks for new Government agents who decide on the property price and issuing of the property. They already have said that the land would be for us, but it is not official until they commit with papers and act on it. Please pray that it will be made official soon and that they will give us a God fearing price. This is much of our hold up now with moving, legally, the squatters off of the property so we can, legally, construct.
VBS In Kojokrom:
We held VBS in Kojokrom. Our theme was “What We Learn From the Beginning”. In the Beginning of God’s Creation we can learn more than the days of Creation. Here is what other most valuable Truths that can be learned from the “BEGINNING”: on Monday “God’s Very Words Are Most Powerful”, Gen 1:3 “And God said....”; on Tuesday “Let God Be Your Atmosphere”, Gen 1:6 “Let there be a firmament”; on Wednesday “God Set The Standard and The Value System”, Gen 1:17,18 “And God set them.. and God saw that is was good.”; on Thursday “Seek For God’s Blessings”, Gen 1:22 “And God blessed them saying...”; on Friday “Seek To Be After God’s Likeness”, Gen 1:26 “...Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness”. The week started with 64 in attendance, by Friday we had 85. Through the summer time we plan on doing 3 more VBS one each month in June, July and August, in 2 villages and then at the church CBBC in Sekondi.
Class Of 2017:
It has been a whirlwind of events in the last 2 weeks. Our daughter Naomi graduated May 13th from the Homeschooler Edition of Abeka Academy in Florida. This year 1,828 students did receive an accredited high school diploma from Abeka. There were 479 young people who walked in the graduation ceremony. I took her to the States so she could walk in her graduating class. She also has applied and has been accepted at PCC. She is staying in the States and doing the summer work program there on the campus. Please be in prayer for Naomi and our family as we adjust to this transition.
Scripture To Arrive:
The Scripture Container that we have coming to Ghana was packed full of Bibles on March 23rd by Bearing Precious Seed in Milford, Ohio. It’s estimated time of arrival in Ghana is May 20th. Please be in prayer for its safe arrival, our shipping and handling costs over here in Ghana, and the placing of the Scripture Container on the church property with no troubles.
Matthew J. Siekbert
March 19th-22nd was a blessed week. CBBC had their Conference on Missions. Our Theme Verses for the week was: “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” – II Cor 4:3-4. As a Christian the messages during the week dealt with The Glorious Gospel; Our Shine; Our Desire; Our Sharing; and Our Faith. The Lord was moving in hearts and God is at work!
Anniversary/Easter Sunday:
Cornerstone Biblical Baptist Church’s 10th Anniversary was also Easter Sunday this year. What an exciting Sunday, our Savior is risen and the celebration of God’s church for the past 10 years. We had an early Sunday evening service following lunch and fellowship. The young kids did some special songs and a skit. The youth presented the church with a beautiful plaque representing 10 years. We also purchased a banner for the occasion.
Finished Up The Bricks:
By the end of February beginning of March we had finished with the 6” blocks and started with the 5” blocks. We had a few blitz with the 5” block making for a few weeks so we could finish them up by the end of April and we did it by God’s Grace! We have about 5,008 6” blocks for the building mainly and about 1,202 5” blocks for the boarder walls of the church property. The Government is still in a slow down because of the new President and the picks for new Government agents who decide on the property price and issuing of the property. They already have said that the land would be for us, but it is not official until they commit with papers and act on it. Please pray that it will be made official soon and that they will give us a God fearing price. This is much of our hold up now with moving, legally, the squatters off of the property so we can, legally, construct.
VBS In Kojokrom:
We held VBS in Kojokrom. Our theme was “What We Learn From the Beginning”. In the Beginning of God’s Creation we can learn more than the days of Creation. Here is what other most valuable Truths that can be learned from the “BEGINNING”: on Monday “God’s Very Words Are Most Powerful”, Gen 1:3 “And God said....”; on Tuesday “Let God Be Your Atmosphere”, Gen 1:6 “Let there be a firmament”; on Wednesday “God Set The Standard and The Value System”, Gen 1:17,18 “And God set them.. and God saw that is was good.”; on Thursday “Seek For God’s Blessings”, Gen 1:22 “And God blessed them saying...”; on Friday “Seek To Be After God’s Likeness”, Gen 1:26 “...Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness”. The week started with 64 in attendance, by Friday we had 85. Through the summer time we plan on doing 3 more VBS one each month in June, July and August, in 2 villages and then at the church CBBC in Sekondi.
Class Of 2017:
It has been a whirlwind of events in the last 2 weeks. Our daughter Naomi graduated May 13th from the Homeschooler Edition of Abeka Academy in Florida. This year 1,828 students did receive an accredited high school diploma from Abeka. There were 479 young people who walked in the graduation ceremony. I took her to the States so she could walk in her graduating class. She also has applied and has been accepted at PCC. She is staying in the States and doing the summer work program there on the campus. Please be in prayer for Naomi and our family as we adjust to this transition.
Scripture To Arrive:
The Scripture Container that we have coming to Ghana was packed full of Bibles on March 23rd by Bearing Precious Seed in Milford, Ohio. It’s estimated time of arrival in Ghana is May 20th. Please be in prayer for its safe arrival, our shipping and handling costs over here in Ghana, and the placing of the Scripture Container on the church property with no troubles.
Matthew J. Siekbert
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