Sunday, June 8, 2014

Dear Praying Friends,
The weather has turned chilly here in Melbourne as we are entering into our winter time.  It still is strange to me that June is considered winter.  The last few weeks have been busy with many activities and some exciting news of what God has been doing.
In the month of May we had a men's breakfast, a singles activity, and a teen night.  We celebrated Mother's Day and the church had a surprise birthday party for me (which was very kind, thank you!).  When there is so much going on it makes the days and weeks fly by.  It reminds me that time on this earth is short, and Christ tells us where to set our focus for our time in Matthew 6:33 "seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;".  May we serve Him daily and pursue holiness by the power of His Spirit.
Near the end of May we held our quarterly business meeting which began with another individual joining Grace Baptist Church.  The Lord has been working in a very special way at Grace.  We now have had two people join in the past few months and there have been several others who have started to attend regularly.  I praise the Lord for drawing people to Himself.  Now my prayer is that these who are attending will be receptive to God's word.    
Please pray for the work at Grace Baptist Church.  Pray that God would direct us as we minister to these new people.  It is great to see new faces, but we realize that each new person has their own spiritual needs.  Our desire and prayer is to see Christ meet each and every need.
Thank you for your prayers and for taking the time to read this update.  May God bless you all.

In Christ,
Mark Pitts and Family