Today was a very good day. Of course every Sunday is a good day. I just love being at church and seeing all the people in our family of faith. The day began with Sunday School. George Rezendes greeted everyone and led the opening exercises. The kids are great. They love to sing and play. Cynthia Strouse has developed a list of songs for the kids to learn and each week we sing a few different ones. We have also been learning the books of the New Testament by using a song. On Children's Day, May 18th, the kids are going to sing that song as part of the program. Mark the date and join us for worship.



Worship was a lot of fun. Rev. Judy Allbee, our Executive Minister from the American Baptist Churches of Connecticut, was with us and she brought greetings and thanked the congregation for allowing me to serve as an officer of ABCCONN for the last three years.

Nancy Allen talked about mission and the America for Christ Offering and I had a little help from my daughter, Rachel, as I did a magic act for the Children's moment.

My sermon was about doubts. I used the Apostle Thomas as an example of a man of faith who had doubts. If you are interested in hearing the sermon, you can get an audio tape by calling the church.

After church the members of our Mexican Mission team met for lunch to talk about last minute details of the trip. We leave on Wednesday, April 9. We received good news as Rev. Michelle Madsen-Bibeau reported that Central Baptist had approved $1,ooo for the trip. Please pray for us and ask God to use us to share his love.




Fred Green and Sandy Stone took our Youth Group down to Groton to Galaxy Roller Rink for the afternoon. The kids had a blast. Check out the pictures below.

I left the Roller Rink and headed over to the Niantic Baptist Church where Jill Harvey was being installed as the new Pastor. Rev. Sheldon Keller gave the sermon and members of the Central Baptist Church choir sang in the service. It was a beautiful service and it was really nice to see Sheldon again.

As the sun set it proved to be a day to remember. Of course lately every Sunday has been memorable for us. Enjoy the pictures and we will see you next week.

Cal