"PLEASE FOR THE CHRISTMAS CARD"

The most difficult day. Trying to get the babies to sit still for the Christmas card shot. We had some cute moments but even my awesome camera can not make them happen at the same time. They are defiantly cuties, but i did want hang one by his boot straps. ( i will let you guess which one. I am so blessed to get to spend this Christmas with two wonderful babies..
Merry Christmas.

No Christmas card, but this is the best individuals we could get..lol

Mini Me?

Last night we had our little lambs choir sing several songs. It was actually very scary. It was very cute and important to me that we include our children in our worship services. A friend of ours snapped this picture just before my little man had a major meltdown on stage. He wanted to ring bells with the big kids and long story short he did not get to. It was a great night. I was proud of this picture...

Christmas County Spelling Bee

What a great night. The CCSB was a huge success. The church was packed to capicity and our Kid's Zone choir knocked a home run. It was both funny and serious as we shared about the many great names of our Savior. I included a couple pics from this great night. I'm looking forward to next weekend when the adult choir will share All is Calm All is Bright.

Wow is an understatement when describing the UBC Choir's upcoming performance All is Calm All is Bright. The instrumental ensemble has pulled so much rehearsal time to make our debut musical a true masterpiece. We are all very excited to showcase the phenomenal God given talents of our music ministry. So I pray that you will come and enjoy a magical night with the UBC Music Ministry. This is one of my favorite cantatas because it includes so many musical styles. It reaches from the the highest of high church and also has some toe tapping tunes that you are certain to enjoy. Please pray for our team as we do what we were created for Praising Jesus.

The Christmas County Spelling Bee

The Christmas County Spelling Bee. Is only a week away. It is going to be one of the best Christmas Productions I have ever had the opportunity to be apart of. Underwood Baptist Church is filled with so many people that are overly generous with their time and talents that these children's productions are a blast. UBC is interested in directing our children toward a Biblical relationship with Jesus. I hope you will have an opportunity to come and see this great presentation that shares so much truth about the precious name of my Savior.

On a personal note my beloved daughter will have a solo and she is so awesome..!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I can only hope that everyone reading this blog is as happy and blessed as I am. I am so thankful for my great family and many friends. I am even more thankful for the hope I have in my Savior Jesus Christ. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving and remember the one that has given you everything.

SAFELY HOME

Dear friends I want to recommend a book to you that has made such a great impact on me. I cannot describe to you how it touched me. It is without a doubt the BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ. Please read it and email me and lets talk about it. I love it.. It was a challenge to me personally. It also opened my eyes to the persecution of the church in China. It is awesome. Please read it or at least put it on you to do list to read. But the longer you wait to read it the more upset you will be with yourself for waiting..))

This is the painting that inspired the book Safely Home. When you read the final 40 pages you will understand..

Couple of New Favorite Links

For my many loyal leaders i would like to recommend a couple of links i have been checking out over the past couple weeks. Worldview Weekend is filled with a ton of great content. I would like to encourage all ov you to go to the sight and scroll down and to the right and take the Worldview Test. I think it will help you verbalize your worldview.
The second of the two is No Hussein. This is a website I discovered during the pre-presidential election. It shines an alarming light on the life and career of President Elect Obama. I am quite fearful of this new party that is taking on the white house. Having said that I want to assure you that I do believe God is in control and he did not have to take a nerve pill because of who won the white house. I trust God and i trust that when His Word says that all authority is given by God. We can trust in God. However, we must stay vigilant and we must not take a backseat to any immoral doctrine or law that is being shoved upon us. Whether or not the world believes it there has to be a standard by which we live. God gave that standard. There is no, i repeat no deviation from this. No other standard will do. No other doctrine or dissertation, can change the facts that God has laid out. If i appear to be simple or narrow minded then you heard me clear. There is no way to have peace unless you go Gods way. We must if need be and i pray it never comes to fight for our rights. God gave us this land to be free to worship Him. How far have we come from that? Ask yourself what were the reasons for our first immigrants to come to America. I love America. Lets remain vigilant and guard first our heart and then our country.
Check out the two sites i put over there on "Brent's favorite Links".

Cute but Questionable

Well it was not one of my prouder moments but he sure is cute.

Harvest Festival

We had an awesome harvest festival. We registered over 700 prospects. There was over 1200 people on our place. It was a great opportunity for us to minister to our neighborhood. God is really blessing our church.

"Dr. Abbey Medicine Woman"

Grouch or (Elmo) I could not tell

Highlight of His night

Abbey and her good friend.

2008 Bible Conference

What a great week we have had at UBC. Our Bible conference was one of the most unbelievable events I have ever been a part of. We had 5 great preachers to visit with us and share God's Word. One of them is pictured above with the staff of UBC. Dr. Jerry Vines preached Monday night and it was an unforgettable evening. It was a historical event in the life of UBC. It was a thrill to have such a beloved preacher of the Gospel to be with us.
I would also like to give a great word of thanks to the Underwood Baptist Choir. They are a top notch group of people. We had a packed choir loft ever night. I am so blessed to be at UBC.
Come Visit Us Some Time...

Pumpkin Patch 2008

We had a great time visiting the pumpkin patch. Abbey and Bryant were amazed at the "millions" of pumpkins that were there.
It is always fun to see your babies amazed by something like this.

Underwood Baptist Student Choir

It was a thrill to be in the service when the UBC student choir backed up the already awesome Southhill for the first night of our October Concert Series. It was a great night of worship. The month of October is going to be a very exciting month for our church. We have started our dual Sunday Schools, we are haveing the Concert Series, next week the bible conference with special guest The Dills(visit there website) and following that our harvest night. You can click here and visit UBC's website to see all the exciting things that will be going on this month.. Please visit us at Underwood.

Enjoying the FInal Days of Summer

Me And My Shadow

What a beautiful little fellow. He discovered his shadow a few days ago.
It was really funny to watch him for several minutes. It truly is the little things that make life so awesome.

Good Clean Fun

The presidential race is in question. Our financial future is in limbo. We are at war. So I thought this would be a great time to get away from it all for some good clean fun. So I decided to go with an elite group of gentlemen to the Lawrence County Fair Demolition Derby. I hope someday you too can experience the emotion, the thrill ,the smell of the demolition derby.

That's My King!

The late S.M. Lockridge once presented an incredible message, describing our God and who He is.I suppose I am in video posting mode. I think you will enjoy this awesome message.

Here I Am...Send ME!

I suppose I am in a video sharing mood. Hope you are inspired and convicted by these quotes.

My Sweet Abbey

Lots of things happening in the life of my baby girl. In one week she has had a 6th birthday party, learned to ride her bike without training wheels, and started to kindergarten. Time flies. Seems only yesterday we brought here little four pound body home from the hospital. She was premature, permanently attached to a apnea monitor, very sickly. But now look at her. God has blessed me with an awesome little girl. She said after her first day of school that she had just experienced the best day of her life. The second day she said the same thing. This morning she said she wanted to take the day off she was very sleepy. She is a champion. My sweet Abbey!

Party Goers

Maiden voyage on bike

Abbey and Her Teacher Mrs. Butler.

Rapture Me!

This video is kind of old, but a friend told me a place I could download it. Now I want to share it with you.

Old Time Religion

I revisited a old bookmark on my computer this morning. It was a sermon preached by W A Criswell April 27th 1975. I lacked 4 months being 2 years old at the time. This is a joy to listen to. It is about 32 min. in length. If you are from a earlier generation than I you will love it. This sermon takes you back to a time perhaps when you were a child. If you are my age and you love Jesus it will give you a glimpse of a different era. It is a inspiring and entertaining sermon. It is one of my favorites. I hope you will take time to listen to it.

The Old Time Religion.

I put a link to the Criswell Sermon Library in my favorite links. There are many awesome sermons you can listen to. Take some time to look through them.

Progress

Well growing pains are obvious here at Underwood Baptist. We are currently constructing a new parking lot to accommodate members and visitors. It is a little inconvenient currently but when finished it will be a great addition to our facilities here at UBC. God is richly blessing us in every way. Our pastor is clearly leading the way toward the future and our staff is top notch. Together with every member of UBC we intend to do whatever it takes to reach our community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So please bear with our progress.

Bottom of the Barrel

Well a first happened last night. Our pastor was out of town and our associate pastors were in Honduras, our student pastor had already preached 3 times last week so the lot fell to me last night. I was both terrified and thrilled to be able to stand in the pulpit and share the things God had been impressing upon me lately. Thank God for placing me at a great church. I have been blessed in the past to serve at wonderful churches with terrific people and through those times God was equipping me for the task He has for me here at Underwood. I am so excited to be serving the Lord here in Florence.

What a Gift

Abbey, Bryant and Mandy came for a visit to Kid's Camp earlier this month. The kids loved playing in the creek. Bryant took a seat in the cool water and it went down hill from there. I'm glad i got a couple good shots before I had to chase them around the water hole. God is so good to give us simple pleasures to enjoy. It is terrific serving a great God.