Residents@JV

WGBC Pastoral Visit

The Pastor of the Wadesville General Baptist Church (WGBC), due to personal health conditions, had been inconsistently leading the Church services up until about six months ago when he could no longer accommodate. A strong congregation of faith and fellowship, the WGBC was without a rector but continued on with their ministry. Carrying on with the WGBC’s many duties to hold the church together and expanding their out-reach, members: Paul & Claudia Mlinar, their children Luke, Olivia, with a friend or two, plus Linda Schneider, Beverly Yancey, and Gertie Woolsey, to name a few main players; branched out and became a part of the Jacob’s Village family. They volunteered a couple of times this past year to provide blessings and activities for Jacob’s Village residents. The WGBC just recently welcomed new Pastor Joe Dumond and his newlywed wife Jaclyn to lead the church. Monday evening, Sept. 11, 2006, Pastor Joe and Jaclyn Dumond visited Jacob’s Village in the women’s home to get acquainted with Wanda, Donna Kay, Debbie, Mike, Michael, Scott, and Home Coordinators Gloria and Joe. The special guests provided a little music and a prayer service on this evening. The theme for their visit was a passage quoted in the Book of Mathew that read; ‘Go and make disciples’. Everyone was handed a sheet of paper to follow along with Pastor Joe as he read chapter 28, verses 18-20. There were a couple of questions on the paper that were discussed by all. ‘How are you like a disciple?’ and ‘How do you try to be like Jesus?’ Some good, participating inter-active discussion and fellowship came from this visit of our new found friends from the WGBC. Jaclyn, a well accomplished piano player, played the electric piano to a few old hymns that everyone sang along to, such as: ‘Amazing Grace’, ‘How great thou art’, and ‘In the garden’. A good time was had by all on Pastor Joe and Jaclyn’s first visit to Jacob’s Village. We are making plans for their return visit with the rest of the congregation to have a picnic to celebrate our 2nd anniversary in October. The residents are looking forward to an active month of October when several local Church’s, including WGBC, will be holding their Autumn/Fall parties consisting of picnics, bazaars, and hayrides.

posted by J V Resident Blog @ 10:32 AM