This past Thursday evening, we loaded up the car and headed to Beaumont, Texas for the installation service of our nephew, Jonathan Elms, and his wife, Brenda. We had a wonderful time with family and friends, and were so glad we were able to be a part of this occasion. Jonathan & Brenda have been faithful throughout their ministry and God is truly blessing them. We are very proud of them and pray they experience GREAT revival in Beaumont.
When we arrived on Thursday, we were pleasantly surprised to find out Uncle C.W. and Aunt Gloria had shown up! It's always great to see them, and we can't wait for them to come through Pflugerville in a few weeks.
Jonathan and Brenda took us all on a tour of the church. Jonathan's office has been completely redecorated and is AWESOME!!
When we arrived on Thursday, we were pleasantly surprised to find out Uncle C.W. and Aunt Gloria had shown up! It's always great to see them, and we can't wait for them to come through Pflugerville in a few weeks.
Jonathan and Brenda took us all on a tour of the church. Jonathan's office has been completely redecorated and is AWESOME!!
Uncle C.W. from Rialto, CA.On Friday our trio met at the church at 11:30 to practice for the evening service. Cameron and Chad played bass and drums for us. That was a neat experience. Linda said, "Karla, you know you're getting old when your kids are old enough to play for our trio!!" LOL!
After practice, we all headed to Lumberton to eat at Catfish Cabin. You just can't beat good ol' Texas catfish.
Friday night was the service with singing by the choir, Bobbie Shoemake and our trio. Bro. Colegrove was the MC - he did a great job. Wendell (Jonathan's dad - for those who might not know) was the speaker that night. He spoke about the treasure of the Beaumont church to Jon & Brenda and the treasure of Jon & Brenda to the church in Beaumont. It was really good.
The service ended with the elder ministers praying for Jon & Brenda. It was a very special time.
After the service there was an incredible reception for everyone. There is no way you will be able to see the beauty in these pictures. The Apostolic Church of Beaumont understands the art of hospitality. They leave no detail unattended to and want to make sure everyone is comfortable and having a good time.
Before we headed home on Saturday we enjoyed a leisurely lunch with the Shoemakes and Linda. When I say leisurely - let's just say we were at Joe's Crab Shack for 3 or so hours!! LOL! We had a great time and enjoyed visiting with them.
I hope you don't mind the length of this post or the amount of pictures. I just knew some of you who weren't able to be there would want to see as many "details" as possible. I'm sure Linda will have more pictures as soon as she gets a chance to post!
8 comments:
Thanks for all the pictures, since I couldn't be there. Everything looked absolutely beautiful. I know you all had a great time.
I'm glad ya'll got to go. I miss the trio and have decided you guys need to make a CD!!! Then maybe this New Wine will stop running in my head and can be replaced with something newer! lol
Just wanted to let you know that I will be making my return to the blogging world later tonite. I will include excerpt's of my interview with Larry King explaining why I have come back from such a long absence. You won't want to miss it. Thanks for the link that you have for me.
I enjoyed the pics. I wish I hadn't forgotten my camera that night! You got really good ones. It was good to see y'all...hope to see you again soon.
Hi little Karla, just read your Blog for the first time,got the link from Rhonda's which we found recently (along with Linda's)--now we have all three of you--Great! No way can you possibly have a 16 year old son, Karla! You were just here in Fresno as a baby 'yesterday'weren't you?? So good to hear about your life and see the pictures. Love you, Sis Ruth Garrett
SIS. GARRETT!!! I'm so glad you found our blog! Sometimes it's hard for me to believe I have a 16 yr old! You and Bro. Garrett are two of my favorite people from Fresno. I'll admit, I don't remember that much from living there since I was only 5 when we left - but one thing I remember is Bro. Garrett's laugh!! Please tell him I said hello, and y'all stop by often. It's so good to hear from you! Love you!!
Just thought I would stop by and catch up on all of the Holley Happenings! Can't wait to see you all!!!
do you alloveratthat church believe jesus is lord, do you all believe in the blood of jesus? how come youll don't sing there is power in the blood of the lamb this sunday? make me into a believer? P. S. i really want to know for sure
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