Parents and Friends,

Greetings and grace to you in the saving, securing Name of Jesus Christ our Lord. My prayer is that the Lord is blessing you with grace, peace, and mercy in every way.

As I write, many of you are preparing for a great change in your lives, your schedules, and yes, your kids as well. The change is school. Some of your kids are going to school for kindergarten, some are heading to high school, and some are heading to college. What a change! Just for the sake of those who are uneasy, I remember the year of 1988 when I dropped off our oldest girl at middle school in Alachua, Florida. I wept all the way home. That morning, Debbie dropped our baby girl off at kindergarten in High Springs and I thought of every single thing that could go wrong and how our lives were changing. We had moved 125 miles from our families, assumed responsibility at a new church, and now the school thing. Good news! We survived and so did our kids! Twenty-five years have passed and those two girls are married and given us 5 grandchildren with varied ages from 3 years to a junior in high school.

Some would ask, what’s the point? First, I encourage you to slow down and enjoy your children and don’t sweat over the little things. Second, trust the Lord with your heart, their safe keeping, and His guidance. The wise man said, “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own under-standing. In all of your ways acknowledge HIM, and He shall direct thy paths”. Proverbs 3:5-6
Pastor Derwin

From The Pastor

My blessing to all of our Parents and Caregivers as we approach another Summer of Church Ministry and Family activity. I encourage you early to plan how Jesus will not be left out of your lives and busy schedules.

At Second Baptist, we want to invite your students to be with us throughout the Summer in the Learning Center and the Church. Our Teachers are working on their Summer Plans and some have passed some exciting things along to me about what they are desiring to do. We do have some very creative leaders, and I know your children do not want to miss some exciting things which will go on. In the ministry of the Church, the first week in June will be our Summer Vacation Bible School. This exciting time will begin on Sunday night at 6 pm June 2nd and conclude of Thursday night June 6th.

Make plans for your kids to enjoy this special time with us. There will also be one week of Day Camp in which our church leaders with Bro. Bob Livingston will work with our School Age children with some exciting activity. We will give more details on this ASAP.

As you can see, we plan a very active Summer with JESUS being right in the center of all we do. Join us it could make an eternal difference in your life.

Pastor Derwin