On Saturday, we had our semi-annual leadership training event. 4 guest speakers poured their lives into our Sunday School teachers: Donnie Simpson (adults), Todd Fannin (Students), Nancy Herman (Children), and Sondi Scroggins (Preschool). Each brought unique stories and challenges, and we are grateful for all four and their giftedness. One overriding theme of the day: continue to share the gospel as we are going. We can all get in the rut of "COME...to BVBC; COME....to experience; COME...to our doorstep. The Word is clear: we are to go. As new opportunities are on the horizon (class mission projects, Way of the Master training opportunity Feb. 8, 15, 22, and March 1 with Lance Harshbarger and Mike Muck on Sunday evenings; our every moment opportunities at work, school, and in the community to share), we all need to remain open to what God is calling us to. Not COME; but GO.

Romans 1:16: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."