Family News

The year end IX Marks annual report has often reminded readers about the importance of being a member of a church within the community where you live.  That is very understandable because it is in your community in which you live that your daily walk can be commonly leveraged for the kingdom of God and you are in the best position to take advantage of mentoring possibilities provided among the family of God.   Further, having brothers and sisters within neighborly distance makes it much easier to call on each other for those short notice physical support needs.

As our home life increased in complexity over the last several years, the distance we lived away from our church home has become an increasingly heavy burden on our efforts to try to fruitfully serve the Lord with the gifts God has given us.   The distance also makes it hard to call upon the many loving people of RBC who would love to help us out in a moment’s notice when help is needed.   Two years ago, we acknowledged our heartfelt need for a church family nearer our home as we struggled to adjust to the additional responsibility of becoming care providers in our home for Kristin’s mother.  At that time, I was just finishing the first of a three year commitment to the Deacon ministry.  I feel strongly about completing any commitments made so we postponed seeking a new church home until after the three year rotation was completed.    That service is now completed.  

So dear loved ones of RBC, we will start to be physically absent from your presence as we try to find a church nearby our home so that we can serve and partake of the benefits of local membership.   You all will always be close by in our hearts and thought of in our prayers.   For anyone that lives in or nearby Reynoldsburg, I can’t recommend enough that you consider Reynoldsburg Baptist Church if you need a church home.    You will be richly blessed by the faithful proclamation of the Gospel and find joy and warmth in the love of the congregation.   It has been a privilege to serve for so many years in many various capacities and to grow in the love of God’s Word under the faithful stewardship of both Senior Pastor Steve Cavanaugh and Associate Pastor Greg Savage.  We look forward to continuing to keep in touch as time allows both virtually and in presence occasionally, and will rejoice with you as God continues to bless RBC.

Did I mention our home life is complex….

God’s timing in all things is often amazing and sometimes unexpected.   Just as the time has passed so that we are in a position to seek a new church home, we also have discovered a brand new stewardship blessing that the Lord has placed upon us.   By His grace should all things come to fruition under the weight of His sovereignty, next February we will become proud parents once again.   Literally, we just found out Tuesday – having no suspicions.  Having been unable to have kids for so long we had come to peace with the idea that Z would be an only child.   We doubted the signs and never presumed another child could be true. But it is true, as you can see in black and white below.   We look forward to celebrating yet once again the miracle of life as Z becomes a big brother.   We covet your prayers as we go forward day by day trusting in the Lord.