Blessings to you, loved ones.  Happy upcoming Homecoming!  As we conclude our 60th year, I want to honor Pastor David’s memory by continuing these updates the way he did them and finally recognizing that it is in fact a blog in the original sense of the term.  He always called it that,though in the web site’s original configuration it didn’t technically fit the description.  Now we do actually run the site from a blogging platform, so we’ll call it what it always has been.  The Bartimaeus Blog will continue to be what it has always been, a recap of what’s happened and what’s going to happen at BBT with a little something extra from time to time.

It was good to have some ore people over from Brentwood last Sunday.  I’m glad we still stop by there with the van even though John is the last of our regular members who is still there and he hasn’t been coming for a while.  Keep him in your prayers as he hasn’t been getting out of bed for some time.

Priscilla spoke a bit about the history and purpose of the church as she reminded us of our need for Jesus and I was disappointed that we didn’t capture it because she did a good job.  So I’ve asked her to do it again this Sunday as part of our Homecoming celebration.  I spoke on the importance of watching what we say when we are out in the world.  It’s something that God has been teaching me and I think we can all benefit from it.  I also told on myself a bit so if you missed it you can check out the podcast or the video on Facebook.

Don’t forget that this Sunday we meet at 10:00 instead of our regular time.  Jay Gibson of Harvest Oaks Church will bring the message and then we’ll have our traditional Homecoming lunch.  This will be a special celebration for us, though tinged with the sadness of having it without Pastor David here.  I hope you will come and make this an event that would put a smile on his face and honor God, whom he faithfully served.

Love y’all

Larry