Pastor's Points September 2018
Dear Church Family,
Coming up in the month of October we will be celebrating our 55th year of ministry here at Oakhill Baptist Church! I thank God for the constant presence of ministry that our church has had here on the northside of Evansville. God has blessed in so many ways over the course of these years! He has taken a small group of people who started a home bible study and blessed it to be a thriving church family for 55 years. It is a joy to be a part of what God is doing in our church.
On October 7th we will celebrate our ministry anniversary with a special emphasis in all three of our services. We are making a special video which will include interviews with three of our former pastors. Talking with them about their years of ministry did nothing but confirm to me how God has had His hand on Oakhill for all these years. It is good to remember all that God has done, what He is doing currently, and what He desires to do through Oakhill in the years to come.
I cannot believe that I have already been at Oakhill for 12 years. It seems like yesterday that I was meeting with the search team considering if God was calling me to Oakhill. HE made it clear to me then that He was, and He has only affirmed His call on my life since I have been here as pastor. I dearly love you! I am so thankful that God has called me here to do life with you all! God has moved among us, and as He has moved I have encouraged us to move with Him. I did not come to Oakhill with a grand plan of growth for our church. My only desire was and is to preach the Word, share the Gospel, make disciples, and love and serve together for the glory of our God. God honors those things, and because of our focus on those things, He has moved among us!!
I know that He is going to continue to move, and as He does I will be encouraging us to move with Him. We simply must follow His lead! The Lord will always be faithful to us, and the only right response from us is faithfulness to Him! Thank you for being willing to follow our Savior! He has been so good to us throughout the years, and I know He will continue to show His faithfulness to us if we will continue to follow His leading in the life of our church family!!
I love you and I love being your pastor!
Pastor Alan