Can you imagine 200 years of God's working in Lamoine, Maine? The people who voluntarily gave to build the church buildings, to support all those pastors and their families so that they could do the work of the ministry? Whoever said, God isn't faithful?
This is the year that we at Lamoine Baptist Church celebrate 200 years of ministry and all who have gone on before us faidthfully attending and supporting God's work here in this place. Just think, God had chosen you and me to do His bidding so that His work will continue here.
Wasn't it Paul who wrote, "Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally. brothers (and sisters) , whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is praiseworthy - think about such things."
That is just what we want to do during this time of celebration. We want to think about all of those wonderful works of God which have happened in the past 200 years to bring us where we are today to the Praise and Glory of God. It has always been and continues to be today HIS WORK. PRAISE GOD!
Won't you come and join us in celebration.
Rev. Jim Robertson, Interim Pastor
469-7796 (home), 249-8357 (cell)
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
June 2009
You have taken one more major step in taking on the task of seeking new pastoral leadership. This now becomes a time when we need to be in earnest prayer. Not so much for the individual whom God had chosen but rather for those whom He has chosen to work with Him in the search process. This is not the time for you and me to be telling this committee how they should move forward or who they should be considering. Why?
Because God tells us in His Word that "our ways are not His ways, nor are His ways our ways." Now it is extremely important that we listen and watch for His revelations as to how we move forward together, so we need to be of one mind and heart and that is we need to know the mind and heart of God Himself.
We can be confident that what God has begun in His people in Lamoine He will continue until He returns. "Being confident of this very thing that He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." So we, together, march forward under the banner of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God bless you all as you move forward with Him.
Pastor Jim
Because God tells us in His Word that "our ways are not His ways, nor are His ways our ways." Now it is extremely important that we listen and watch for His revelations as to how we move forward together, so we need to be of one mind and heart and that is we need to know the mind and heart of God Himself.
We can be confident that what God has begun in His people in Lamoine He will continue until He returns. "Being confident of this very thing that He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." So we, together, march forward under the banner of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God bless you all as you move forward with Him.
Pastor Jim
Monday, February 2, 2009
LETTER FROM DAVID HENRY
Dear People of Lamoine Baptist Church,
It's time. It is time for me to seek a new calling. And it is time, too, I believe for Lamoine Baptist Church to explore new vistas, even as you celebrate your 200th anniversary. So with this letter I submit to you my resignation as your Pastor.
Thank you very much for your support-spiritual, emotional, and financial-since I went on medical leave of absence at the end of last August. I'm on the road to recovery from burnout, but I don't know how far along I am. It has become clear to me, however, that I should not plan to return to pastoral ministry in Lamoine. For one thing, I don't know how long my journey on this road will be, and I can't expect you to keep on hold waiting to find out. For another, there is the danger that if I do return as Pastor, I may fall back into old patterns of the ways I used to do things, and some of those patterns might point me back toward burnout.
Beyond those considerations, I think the time has come for me to explore other possibilities for ministry. I would like to concentrate more on writing and theological reflection. I don't know yet what shape a new calling might take. But I do have this conviction: I will have to step out on faith before God opens the way. The story of the people of Israel crossing the Jordan River to enter the promised land keeps coming back to me. The people broke camp and went down to the river. Only when the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the covenant touched the water did the river's flow become a wall of water, leaving the river bed dry for the people to cross (Joshua 3:14-17).
The America Baptist Churches of Maine, and in particular Paul Dodge, our Association Resource Minister, have been very helpful to me and I know they have been of great help to you also these last five months. They will continue to offer their guidance and support as you consider looking for a new pastor.
I would like to have a final worship service with you, perhaps on Sunday, March 1, twenty-five years after that first Sunday in March, 1984, when I led worship at Lamoine Baptist Church for the first time as your Pastor. I would like to gather around the Lord's Table one more time with you.
May God's blessing continue to abide with you!
David Paul Henry
It's time. It is time for me to seek a new calling. And it is time, too, I believe for Lamoine Baptist Church to explore new vistas, even as you celebrate your 200th anniversary. So with this letter I submit to you my resignation as your Pastor.
Thank you very much for your support-spiritual, emotional, and financial-since I went on medical leave of absence at the end of last August. I'm on the road to recovery from burnout, but I don't know how far along I am. It has become clear to me, however, that I should not plan to return to pastoral ministry in Lamoine. For one thing, I don't know how long my journey on this road will be, and I can't expect you to keep on hold waiting to find out. For another, there is the danger that if I do return as Pastor, I may fall back into old patterns of the ways I used to do things, and some of those patterns might point me back toward burnout.
Beyond those considerations, I think the time has come for me to explore other possibilities for ministry. I would like to concentrate more on writing and theological reflection. I don't know yet what shape a new calling might take. But I do have this conviction: I will have to step out on faith before God opens the way. The story of the people of Israel crossing the Jordan River to enter the promised land keeps coming back to me. The people broke camp and went down to the river. Only when the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the covenant touched the water did the river's flow become a wall of water, leaving the river bed dry for the people to cross (Joshua 3:14-17).
The America Baptist Churches of Maine, and in particular Paul Dodge, our Association Resource Minister, have been very helpful to me and I know they have been of great help to you also these last five months. They will continue to offer their guidance and support as you consider looking for a new pastor.
I would like to have a final worship service with you, perhaps on Sunday, March 1, twenty-five years after that first Sunday in March, 1984, when I led worship at Lamoine Baptist Church for the first time as your Pastor. I would like to gather around the Lord's Table one more time with you.
May God's blessing continue to abide with you!
David Paul Henry
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