September
Monthly Theme: Celebrating Faithful Service
As a church, we will focus on prayer for the month of September. We’re looking forward to growing together through corporate gatherings and specific topics we can all pray for each day. See our schedule and daily prayer topics here.
- There will be no Sunday Seminars on September 3 (Labor Day weekend).
- If you are interested in the Men's Golf Outing on September 15, please contact Pastor Mike.
- M&Ms Bible Study & Luncheon is moving one week earlier from September 28 to September 21.
- On Sunday night, September 24, we will have a Church Family Meeting at 6 p.m.
- There will be no Veterans Breakfast on Saturday, September 30.
View calendar details here.
Missionary Prayer Focus
Randall & Bonnie Studdard
Randall & Bonnie Studdard served in Cameroon for 18 years, loving Muslims for the sake of Christ. They were not ready to leave that calling, but the Lord led them to Eurasia to continue working with the people they loved. They worked there for six years. They met so many amazing people and had countless opportunities to share the Truth. They served Bradford, England from 2020-2022. Now they are relocated in Greenville, SC seeking to serve on short-term trips as they can.
Luke & Anna Tanis
Luke and Anna Tanis were both raised in full-time ministry homes. They both had opportunities to be apart of mission trips in their single years, which God used to plant a seed of the need of spreading the Gospel globally.
They met serving at a Christian camp and were married in 2014. After several years serving on staff at a church in Minnesota, Luke and Anna Tanis moved to begin life and ministry on the island country of Malta in November 2021. They have two children: Theo (2018) and Layla (2020).
Malta has a population of over 500,000 people and is 98% Catholic. With relatively recent religious freedom, God has opened the door for the Gospel to spread in Malta and surrounding countries. Because of Malta’s location in the 10/40 window and Malta’s proximity to many closed countries, especially in North Africa, there are many opportunities to reach people: tourists, students and refugees alike.
The Tanis family joined a missionary team in Malta. Luke is serving as a pastor at Bible Baptist Church in Gzira, Malta, and is involved in weekly teaching and preaching. Besides ministering to other moms and ladies throughout the week, Anna helps with the music and children's ministry at church. They are helping develop leadership within Bible Baptist Church to serve as deacons and pastors, with the goal of handing over the church to leaders, so that they can continue to plant churches. They also are currently a part of planting a church on the nearby island of Gozo. Luke and Anna also have a burden to seek to reach out to university and ESL students in group and personal Bible studies. A long-term goal is to establish theological education both for the believers in Malta as well as connecting with surrounding countries who could come to Malta to receive theological education.