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O v e r w h e l m e d .
This project is too big for us to handle.
The trusses need to be hung.
We need more men to work.
It’s supposed to rain all week.
We need a crane.

O V E R W H E L M E D !
God sent 6 extra workers EXACTLY when we needed them.
Every day God kept the rain away until the day’s work was done.
God supplied the big crane we needed.
Every truss got hung in 2 days except the valley trusses, which we  were able to do without a crane.

Y o u    b e t    w e ’ r e    o v e r w h e l m e d – –
AT GOD’S GOODNESS AND PROVISION.
His answers to prayer–YOUR prayers and ours–have been incredible.  Please keep praying.  God has so far met every need and kept every worker safe.  He has called us to this, and He is doing it . . .  We should not be surprised by His provision, but we sure are  O V E R W H E L M E D by our great God!

THANK YOU for supporting us!  We are still in need of your financial support.  Our account has gone down significantly in the last few months.  Your continued prayers and financial support make this ministry possible!

Special thanks to John Buschmann, Ed Verra, and Joe Fahed from Good News Free Will Baptist Church in Chesterfield, VA who came up for a week and helped hang those trusses.  Special thanks to Terry, Brian, & Brannon Miller who are here for 5 weeks.  They helped get those trusses hung, boarded, & taped and will be here to help shingle the roof and hang windows and doors to get the church dried in. Special thanks to Don & Marie Willbanks who stayed for 2 months to get us going on this building.   We miss you already!

Terry & Tammy Miller with 3 of their sons.  This family is very special to us because Terry led Bill to Christ 23 years ago!  They came up to help us with the building and with ministry–a huge blessing!

Our October Ladies’ Luncheon and Bible Study.  We are going through Ruth right now.  September’s and October’s Youth Activity: Pinata making and Pinata painting.  Fun!  Now we’re ready to fill them with candy for our Harvest Party coming up on the 23rd!  Yay!

Columbus Day workday.  One of our ladies brought Sausage Grinders for lunch!

We had such a great day on our Anniversary Sunday September 4!  A small instrumental ensemble of Piano, Bass Guitar, Xylophone, Flute, Trombone, and Trumpet played “Amazing Grace” for the offertory. It sounded very nice.  Then after worship we headed over to Ray Warner’s backyard for our annual and very yummy Fried Turkey Fellowship.  One woman accepted Christ as Savior while we were preparing for baptism!  God is so good!

CJ Crain, Bethany Gedeon, Paula Kairnes, and Dominic Ponce were baptized at our last fellowship of the summer! Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support!  We are  so thankful for you!
Don & Marie Wilbanks have come to help us with the construction! What a blessing! Pictured are several workdays we have had at the church.  Most of what you see is done has been volunteer work!  God has graciously blessed the efforts of these workers!  See more pictures and new updates at our church website.  “So they said, ‘Let us rise up and build.\’  Then they set their hands to this good work.” Nehemiah 2:18, “So we built the wall, . . . for the people had a mind to work.” Nehemiah 4:6

• The YET Team came and did a 3-day program for us.  Thanks!!!

• First FWB of Florence, SC sent their youth group up to help us with our Family Fun Day outreach program and passed out 800 doorhanger invitations for VBS!  Thank you!

• Yorkshire FWB Church of Manassas, VA sent a group up with all the supplies for VBS.  They put on a tremendous week of fun and “gold mining” for truth in God’s Word! Thank you!!!

Ground Breaking Service

Praise the Lord!!!!  We got our shovels and went to the church lot On July 10, 2011 to break ground and dedicate the building to God’s service and Glory.

It was nice to have Dr. Dave nobles and David & Jodene Clark visiting From

Bethel Free Will Baptist Church in Woodbridge, VA.

Thank you So much for your

prayers and Support! Without you this day

never would have come!

Please Pray for:
Fun Fair July 23
VBS August 1-5
and our Summer fellowships, as well.

We had a very busy May!  Below are pictures of our Striped Bass Fellowship, and a photo of our Laides’ Bible Study Luncheon.  We thoroughly enjoyed having the Goodfellows from Virginia Beach.  What a blessing they were to us!  You can read about their adventures with us on Sue’s blog. GoodfellowTravels.blogspot.com

You can also download the Pdf version. Beacon Summer 2011 Page-1, Beacon Summer 2011 Page-2

Special thanks to Dock Hoilman, Cindy, and the teens from Heritage Free Will Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, VA. They worked hard trying to help put up a silt fence at the church property so that when we get our permits, we can begin excavation. But they discovered after a few hours of hard work that there were just too many rocks. They also helped clear a truckload of trash that had been dumped on the lot. Then they presented a youth rally for our kids. We were very blessed to have them.
Thank you so much for your faithful prayers for this ministry! Thank you for your faithful support!
Thank you for your continued prayers for the well permit, and thank you for your donations for the building program!
Pictured Below, the Goodfellows, from Gateway Free Will Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, VA, came in their RV to be our next-door-neighbors for a month. They will be teaching a men’s and women’s Sunday school class, and he will be teaching our Wednesday night.
Easter & Mother’s Day
We had a very nice Easter and Mother’s Day this year. We have had several new guests in the past month. Please pray for us as we reach out to these new families and individuals. Thank you!

You can also download the Pdf version. Beacon May 11 Page1, Beacon May 11 Page2

Thank you so much for your faithful prayers for this ministry! Thank you for your faithful support!
Thank you for your continued prayers for the well permit, and thank you for your donations for the building program!
Anna Gedeon, Billy Reynolds, Hannah Reynolds, Mason Kairnes, and Michaela Reynolds were participants in the Youth Cookie Cook-Off for grades 4 and up.
Our Visit to First FWB Church of Melbourne, FL
Pictured below, on our recent vacation to Florida, we visited First Free Will Baptist Church in Melbourne. Pastor Steve and Mrs. Cindy Berry presented our children with gift bags. Special thanks to the folks at First FWB for their hospitality and generosity! We truly enjoyed your fellowship!

You can also download the Pdf version. Beacon April 2011 Page 1 Beacon April 2011 page 2

Thank you so much for your faithful prayers for this ministry!
Thank you for your faithful support!
As of today, we are working on the final step necessary to obtain our well permit. Please continue to pray for the permit process. Thank you also for your continued support towards our building program.
Thank you so much for praying for our church events. Although some of our folks could not attend the Annual Wild Game Dinner because of sickness, we had 8 guests, a great service, and a delectable spread! Moose Stew, Teriyaki Duck, Moose Chili, Wild Turkey Pot Pie, Venison Stroganoff, Pheasant Soup, and Moose American Chop Suey were the main dishes. There was more food than we could eat, as usual.
It even snowed, but it was light enough that church didn’t have to be canceled. That was a blessing, since we prepared most of the food on Saturday! Thanks again for your prayers!
On page 2, the top five pictures are from the Northeast Association of FWB Mid-Winter Refresher in North Turner, Maine. Thirteen folks from our church enjoyed fellowship with other FWB churches in New England. We had a great time!

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Thank you so much for your faithful prayers for this ministry!
Thank you for your faithful support!
Please continue to pray that our well permit will be granted.
Please also pray for our upcoming church events:
Men’s Prayer Breakfast February 12 Ladies’ Bible Study Luncheon February 20
Youth Pizza Making Party February 20

Walking Worthy: Thoughts from Colossians 1:9-11
Here we see the Apostle Paul continue his edification of the church at Colosse by expressing his prayers for them. In doing so, he gives us a great commentary on what it means to walk worthy of the Lord. I believe this is the main theme of this passage. Paul prays for them to have all of the other things mentioned here so they can walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him. If you have experienced the grace and peace that comes from having Jesus Christ as Savior, knowing that your sins are forgiven and that you have a great hope laid up in heaven, there should be a desire in your heart to “walk worthy of the Lord.” Let’s look at this passage and see how we can walk worthy.

Colossians 1:9 “For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;”

We will walk worthy of the Lord when we ask for His discernment. Remember, Paul is setting the stage for correction. He is trying to create a desire in their hearts to ask God for spiritual discernment. We cannot do the will of God without this wisdom and understanding. And, according to James 1:5-6, we get wisdom from God by asking for it. One commentator gives a great definition of the combination of the words knowledge, wisdom, and understanding when he says, “This is a cear vision of what needs to be done in each instance.” Only when all three of these things are given to us by God can we do His will. This will give us the discernment we need to stay balanced and focused on the Lord and His will for our lives. There are a lot of ways to stray out of the will of God. However, God is more than willing to provide us with the knowledge, wisdom, and understanding we need to stay in His will.
Colossians 1:10 “That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;”

We will walk worthy of the Lord when we act on the spiritual insight we get from Him. I want you to notice the words being fruitful and increasing. These words imply growth. So walking worthy of the Lord is a growing process. As a plant draws nutrients from the soil, it uses them to grow. Once a plant stops converting nutrients for growth, it begins to die, and it lacks the ability to gain more nutrients. So, if we are going to grow in our walk, we must act on the knowledge and wisdom we have already been given by God. In many instances, we know what we should do. We just don’t act on that knowledge. Now, when we do act on the wisdom we already have from God, we grow and gain the capacity to gain more knowledge of God and to bear even more fruitful works. Let’s act on the wisdom God has given us.

Colossians 1:11 “Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffurringg with joyfulness;”

We will walk worthy of the Lord when we have power to joyfully endure that which tries our patience. You may be saying, “I want to walk worthy of the Lord, but when I try and fail, I get discouraged and want to give up.” Well, you can’t walk worthy of the Lord by your own power. God knows this and wants you to rely on His glorious power for the endurance it takes to walk worthy with joy. Now understand, when we ask God for His discernment and act on it, God is going to use His great power to strengthen us so we can endure the circumstances in our life with joy!! Let’s rely on God’s power to live for Him. Even when we fail, He will give us the power to get up and try again because He is patient with us! Endurance is not giving up because we have the strength to keep going no matter what comes our way. We will stumble as we walk. The key is to keep going. We can do this with God’s power. When we are relying on His power, there will be joy in our hearts.

Let’s rely on the Lord for discernment. Let’s act on the discernment we get from God. And let’s rely on His power to endure even when we stumble, gaining joy through His power. When we do, we will walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him.

Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and giving! God had answered your prayers! We are thrilled to be able to tell you that our land has been paid in full!
We know that many individuals have given sacrificially to see this land paid for. Words cannot express the gratitude
our church people have for you all.
We are so grateful to God for you!

The Northern Virginia Conference has always considered us as their own, even after we came to Rhode Island. I am proud to have been ordained in that conference and to have served there for seven years. I would like to thank those churches and pastors for having a vision for what God is doing here in Rhode Island.
What this means . . .
G o d  A L W A Y S  p a y s  f o r  w h a t  H e  o r d e r s !

This means that as soon as our permits are in hand, we can begin construction! As the building phase begins, we appreciate your prayers and support more than ever. Those of you who have volunteered to donate your skills and equipment to help in construction, please give us a call so we can let you know the projected time frame for your particular gift of service. Those of you who so faithfully gave to our land fund can continue to donate to the building fund by simply changing the designation from “Bill Reynolds Land Fund” to “Bill Reynolds Building Fund.”

Again, thank you so much for your prayers. Please continue to pray as God is working in people’s lives. We are seeing so many prayers answered, and we are thankful to God for all His blessings. With the New Year come new challenges, new obstacles, and new blessings. Please especially pray that our permits for the building are granted. Thank you!

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