“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” – Acts 1:8
Our Fall Missions Conference is this weekend. Check out the schedule below and also introduce yourself to our speakers and the ministries with which they serve. These brothers and their families are doing yeoman service and we’re privileged to be connected to them.
Speakers:
Greg Skipper – Greg is a PCA minister serving as the Executive Director at Calvary Home for Children in Anderson, SC. Calvary Home provides not just housing for children who have nowhere else to go, but family and family life with Christian parents who nurture them in their time together. Greg works tirelessly to organize and raise support in caring for orphans.
Jegar Chinnavan – Jegar is well known to our congregation as a former member and now serves as church planter of the First Asian Indian Presbyterian Church, a Tamil speaking work among Asian Indians in Virginia. Tamil speakers are a significant segment of the population in the Washington D.C. area and Jegar is strategically located to reach this largely unchurched population.
David Ely – David is the RUF campus minister at Furman University ministering, evangelizing, and discipling students locally in the collegiate community. David is especially concerned to pastor the students in their context and also to orient them toward PCA churches. David has also ministered directly to the young people of our church by speaking at both our middle school summer conference as well as our senior high fall conference.
Philip Sealy – Philip is our PCA church planter in Sylva, NC. He’s been at the Redeemer Church planting work for several years now with great success. We’ve been happy to partner with them since early in the work and they have blessed us in return with the musical talents of Philip’s wife, Lori performing at our ladies conferences. Bless them or curse them, Philip and Lori were key in Pastor Anderson landing in Greenville and at WRPC.
Jon Payne – Dr. Jon Payne is our missions conference speaker. He’s fairly well known to our congregation having been with us before as a speaker but it’s our special privilege to have him speaking on missions. He presently serves as the organizing pastor of Christ Church Presbyterian in Charleston. Dr. Payne’s work for the advance of the Kingdom of God doesn’t stop there because he also serves as visiting lecturer in practical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, has edited and authored several useful books, he contributes to TableTalk and Modern Reformation magazines, and serves as the Convener of the Gospel Reformation Network and is also on the Council of the Twin Lakes Fellowship. We’re delighted to have his gifts put to use directly for our congregation this weekend.
Conference Schedule:
Saturday Evening Dinner: 5 PM
Catered by Tropical Grille
Saturday Evening: 6:15 PM
6:15 PM: Updates from Greg Skipper (Calvary Home for Children) and David Ely (RUF Furman)
7 PM: Dr. Jon Payne A New Church Plant in an Old Beloved City: Christ Church at Two Years
7:40 PM: Update from Jegar Chinnavan
Sunday Morning Worship: 9:30 AM
Dr. Jon Payne The Great Commission: Making Disciples Everywhere – Matthew 28:16-20
Sunday School: 11:15 AM
Dr. Jon Payne Missing the Mark: Unbiblical Trajectories in Modern Mission
Sunday Evening Worship: 6 PM
6 PM: Update from Philip Sealy
6:15 PM: Dr. Jon Payne Passion, Perseverance and Parity in Mission – Acts 14:19-23
Scotty is a native of Santa Anna, Texas. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1994 and completed his Masters of Divinity at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2005. Scotty’s Air Force service of eleven years included time as a Security Forces Officer protecting nuclear weapons and also instructing at Officer Training School before being called into pastoral ministry. He and his wife Kerry are parents of three children, Clayton, Avery, and Grace.
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