What I Do

Some people have wondered what exactly it is that I do.  That's a good question, and I don't know that I can give a very complete answer, but I'll try.  I am part of a ministry that "operates" like the ministry that we read about in the New Testament.  We go two together and have no home or salary.  We live with the people with whom we are in fellowship.  Typically we are assigned to an area for about a year, and then we move on to the next area.  This year I am in the Springfield area which includes Champaign-Urbana on the eastern edge to several little towns west of Springfield.  We meet in different homes each Sunday morning for our fellowship meeting; there are seven home churches in our area.  Our friends also have regular Bible Studies in different homes every Wednesday night.  In addition to these fellowship meetings, we also have what we call Gospel Meetings, which are usually held in some public facility.  In these meetings, we sing hymns, pray and share messages from the Bible.  At the moment we are having two of these Gospel Meetings each week.  On a day to day basis, we might be doing anything from making a hospital or nursing home visit to attending a school function with some of our friends' children to running errands in town to having a Bible study around the table with a family to writing letters or updating a blog! Lots of possibilities; it's a very interesting life.