Special Guest Speaker Michael Viars and family this Sunday!
Greetings, Agape family!
We have quite a treat lined up for this Sunday! Michael Viars and his wife Tara, and family, will be joining us for morning worship and sharing with us during the message time. Michael is a cross cultural worker in Asia who grew up in this area (went to Hilldale Baptist, attended Erwin high school, and then Auburn University.) As we talked about earlier this year, we are looking for partners that we can be in relationship with as a church, and I believe Michael and Tara’s mission to work with one of the least reached people groups in the world, represent fertile ground for us to be in relationship with. Michael and his family (with five young children!!) have lived in Pakistan and India on and off for the last 10 years, and they are moving back to Pakistan within a matter of weeks. Like Paul, Michael is something of a tentmaker, though he doesn’t make tents, he leads a small woodcarving business. Living in India and Pakistan, he has built a relationship with some highly skilled woodcarvers, and works with them to produce some amazing scriptural carvings of wooden door frames, platters, plaques and more. He sells these through a business stateside (which will be run by his sister) called Renew Carvings: http://www.renewcarvings.com/. In addition, Michael and his family partner with local groups to help support their work overseas.
Come and hear as the Viars family share about their calling to Pakistan, and their overseas experiences! In addition, I have asked Michael to also bring some of his carvings to show us. Everything kicks off with worship at 10:45, followed by the message from Michael.
In other news, David Ledbetter will be on ABC 3340 ‘Matters of Faith’ Sunday night at 10 pm as he discusses his vision loss with Brenda Ladun. Tune in and watch! (And then maybe call the switchboard and say, “wow, you guys should have that David Ledbetter guy on more often. Maybe give him his own show!” :)
Prayer Requests:
Please pray for David McConnell, and Jolinda Hubbard, in the loss of their grandmother today. Funeral arrangements have not been made yet. This is David’s grandmother Nana, who used to run the Cedar Post Restaurant up until a few months ago.
About the Viars family, from the Renew Carvings website:
After many years of living the life of following Christ, we began to see how much we had to learn about walking in his ways. My thinking many times just did not match up to the truth I read each day in the Bible. It is as if this life is a time to renew our minds in what the kingdom of God is like. It is a time to bring our thinking in line with the truth as Christ lives in us and we continue to see more of Him come out in us each day.
I have lived overseas with my family off and on for 10 years. I also have a background in construction and forestry. When I read the words in the Book of Deuteronomy again, the verse of writing God’s words on our doorposts finally began to make sense. It was not just a decoration or some magic writing. These writings are for our meditation, a way to renew our minds in the truth and boy do I need that. I thought of buying a door frame for a friend but could not find one. I happened to move to Kashmir, India around this time and came into contact with some of the finest carvers in the world. I felt like the Lord wanted me to start this business and share this concept with everyone else.
See you Sunday!
Chase
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