Hello, Texas Baptists. We serve a God who appreciates rhythm. He has placed an obvious rhythm to our lives, and with it come many blessings. The sunrise and sunset prove there is rhythm to our day. Sunday, or the Sabbath, declares rhythm to our week. Twenty-eight to 31 days signify rhythm to our months. And seasons bring rhythm to our year. With each season, there are different rhythms, but rhythm nonetheless. The transition from summer to autumn brings with it significant changes in rhythm, and change brings newness.
David Hardages you and your church begin to adjust to the new rhythm of a new season, Texas Baptists’ prayers are with you. Sunday school classes are shifting, Wednesday night programs may be settling back into normalcy, small groups may be meeting more regularly, students are heading back to school, new jobs are being started and the myriad of other changes, adjustments and autumn-like rhythms are setting the beat for the months ahead.
I want to ask you to pray for your Baptist Student Ministry as they ramp back up for the fall semester. BSM is making a huge impact on campuses across our state. If there are students from your church looking for a place to connect and belong at their schools, please send them to texasfreshmen.com. They will not regret being part of this group of believers. Also, if they are looking for a home church, send them to texasbaptists.org/churches. Churches are waiting to welcome those students with open arms.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting will take place Nov. 8-10 in Frisco. This year, we will celebrate our deep roots as Baptists. In God’s work through you, your church and the ministries you are involved with, a living legacy carries on. We have so much to be thankful for, so let’s come together and worship the Lord for all his blessings together. Register your church messengers online by clicking here.
Thank you for your continued support of Texas Baptists! We cannot do what we do without you.
David Hardage is executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board.
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