All men are encouraged to join in this special time of devotion and fellowship.

All men are invited to join in this time of fellowship and devotion.

The Men’s Bible Study shifted from meeting in residences to meeting at the church starting tonight. This coincides with the start of a study in Proverbs that will run approximately 25 weeks. Each session lasts approximately one hour. All men and boys in the church are invited to attend.

Since the ground was wet, we opted to work indoors. We found plenty to keep us busy including updates to the sound system and rearranging furniture in preparation for next week’s tea party.

God gave us perfect weather as men, women, and children arrived with their Bobcats, pickup trucks, chainsaws, rakes, pruning shears, hammers, crowbars heavy duty wire cutters, and strong backs. We started at 8:00 AM, though Ward and a few of the men were quite early. By noon, the place looked sooo different. It was a special blessing that so many children and teens came out. They effectively mixed work with play, which sped things along and brightened everyone’s day.

Here are some photos of this fruitful event

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• Re-wired speakers in the sanctuary.
• Ran wires for a video projector in the youth room.
• Ran electricity for a projection screen in the sanctuary.
• Installed wood laminate flooring in the ladies study/choir room.
• Made repairs at the parsonage.
• Drywalled two rooms in the basement.
• Improved electrical wiring in the basement.
• Installed ceiling fans in the sanctuary.
• And the big one—We removed soundproofing from the sanctuary walls, put up new drywall and painted the sanctuary a nice fresh white.

Interspersed with all this hard work, there was plenty of time to share testimonies and tales of previous missions. And the ladies from Tennessee kept us all well fed!

All the work was appreciated, but the work in the sanctuary—the new drywall and bright paint— makes Hanover Baptist seem so much livelier now. When we sing, you can really hear it!

Some of the sponsors present included outdoor sporting (e.g., hunting, fishing, health and wellness), Christian retail, home improvement (Home Depot), plus NASCAR sponsored three race cars (Kyle Bush’s #18, Dale Earnhardt Jr’s #88, and Jeff Gordon’s #24) and two Bush series cars. Friday night we had a tasty BBQ dinner.

Other events included a car show, hunting dog exhibition, skate boarding, and a motorcycle ride (had to have your own of course).

Fellowship and worship consisted of Christian music presented by the group “Big Daddy Weave,” weight and power lifters showing their strength by bending steel bars, frying pans, and bench pressing over 750 pounds. Some of the speakers (Christian men) included former eight time Mr. Olympia Lee Haney, retired Army Major General Robert Dees, comedian Dennis Swanberg, and Kyle Petty to name a few. Classes ranged from Bible study, marriage, and Christian counseling to hunting, fishing, and engine rebuilding. There was a class for everyone!

A great point made by brother Bob Halpin regarding this conference was how someone who had questions and was still unsure of their path to Christ, could see, hear, and experience God’s glory through His Spirit by Christian men in fellowship, worship, praise, music, prayer, fun, laughter, edification, and encouraging words. This was also for the new believer in experiencing all of God’s wonderful glory and fun He has for us.

This conference had it all!