Remodeling

We are in the process of painting the auditorium. It has been a daunting task. Thanks to the help of a church member, who is an expert painter, we have been able to complete the project in almost one week. The picture of the final project will be coming soon.

Our Son's Two Month Birthday

Two months ago, the Lord brought our first son into the world. We are so blessed. He is a very healthy and strong little boy. He is a typical third born child-very laid back and well behaved.

Our Vacation Bible School was July 12-16. The Lord really blessed. Four children accepted the Lord as their Savior. We had a great time. Bro. Tom Geer and his wife did an awesome job with songs, games, activities and preaching.

Sunday Mornings

The last couple of Sundays of been exciting here at Scenic Hills we have seen several visitors come and be apart of our church. Two weeks ago God blessed us with 9 visitors. It was really a huge encouragement for our church. Though we had so many new faces we also were missing some regulars too. With the bug, crud, and gunk going around here in Austin it seems as if some part of our church has been sick for a month. But it seems as if all that is going away. This last Sunday was equally exciting because we had much going on in the way of ministry. Sunday morning after the service we were able to have a wonderful "pot luck" dinner, it was delicious. It was almost hard to concentrate on preaching while that food was cooking. After the meal we hadanother service featuring our patch kids singing and doing a great job on the drama performance. What a great time we are having here at Scenic Hills Baptist if your in the area and would like to drop by you are most certainly welcome.

The book of James (James 1:26-27)

The last several weeks we have been studying the book of James. It has been very good for me to understand all the biblical principles found in the this book. Tonight we will be studying the last two verses of chapter one. While studying the passage last night I noticed something very interesting. In verse 26 the Bible speaks of the one who thinks they have true religion but they have a corrupt tongue. The Bible says he decieves himself when he thinks this way. The word used here for decieve could also be translated "to cheat." What was entriguing was the fact that when one who thinks he is spiritual but has no control over the tongue he is not cheating anyone else but himself. He is cheating himself out of rewards, out of friendships, and relationships. In fact no one is ruined worse by his actions than himself. Have we been cheating ourselves out of what we think we have earned all because of an unbridled tongue. Let us determine by the help of God's Holy Spirit that we will imprison that serpant behind the bars of our teeth that we can be spiritual.

A New Begining

We have now been in Austin, TX for one month and the time has really flown by here. I am just beginning to start a blog for the first time ever! Hopefully this will be a way I can keep loved ones, friends, and the neighboring community up to date and how things are going here at Scenic Hills Baptist Church.