Our new chuckwagon

Here are some pics of our new chuckwagon. We found it in Woster, Ohio so we are about to take a road trip to go get it. We will leave sunday morning and hopefully be back tuesday. Our Chuckwagon cook is so excited I may have to get him to calm down so he don't have a stroke or something.

It sure will look good going down main street with our new logo on the side

ICC livestock

Cowboy churches are a little different in the fact that they usually have some livestock that belongs to the church. We are no exception now. The only thing now is I am starting to feel like Gus Mccrae on Lonesome Dove with his two pigs because that is what we have now.

We caught two wild pigs that we will fatten up and serve as our "guest of honor" for our first Christmas dinner. Yum Yum come get some.

We have a black one and a red one. The black one thinks he is a real rank twister but I don't think that his foul attitude is going to save him though. The word crafty would cover this mean little critter, but I think in the end the only thing that will cover him is going to be Kraft BBQ sauce.Enjoy the movie and don't laugh too hard.

Blessings

first two services at ICC

Good Morning, I know it has been awhile since I blogged, I have been busy running around trying to get everything taken care of so we could have our first church services.

Let me start and say that starting a new church is not for the weak at heart or for someone who has a not so strong marriage because the stress could cause a heart attack or divorce. I am fortunate that after loosing 53 lbs that I am healthy as a horse and my marriage to my beautiful wife is strong enough to bend and be flexible.

I am very excited about the first two services we had and am looking on to the future. I am going to buy the Baptism Tub today (8ft long water trough). I am hoping to have our first baptism service in about two weeks. I hope to have a good crowd around for that and our first baby dedication will be the 2nd weekend in November.

Our first service we had about 70 people total and the 2nd service we had 43 but we had to compete with the big Piney Woods Fair so although it looks like we went down we had several people call and say that they was going to the fair because it is only once a year and or was going out of town.

I can't wait to see what happens this weekend because it just get's better all the time. I am lucky to have the friends and support staff that have come around me to help me get this started and no one person can do it alone. As a matter of fact I have to lay the credit down at the feet of my staff because it is because of their hard work and contacts that we have been able to grow. I do know how important it is to take care of your staff so we are trying to plan our first staff get a way even if it just one day.

Our praise and worship team we are calling the "On the fly band" because they just flew into our lives and came along right when we needed them. Only God can bring about something like that. I love the sound that they have. It is old style honkey tonk country music put to christian lyrics and old gospel songs. As a matter of fact I thank most of your honky tonkers would feel right at home in our service. We have already had one salvation and several baptisms lined up to be had so I am hanging on for the ride my life.

God Bless,

Launch Date

Well tomorrow we will kick off our new church plant called Impact Cowboy Church of Nacogdoches. Along with the help and support of Liberty Fellowship and The Vine Fellowship of Arlington, TX we are about to kick off our new work. The thing about Cowboy Church is that there is at least a little cowboy in every American. We as American always pull for the under dog and we fancy ourselves as people like John Wayne in the movies. We walk around with a little swagger and we have confidence that can't be shaken but we all know as people we have our flaws. John Wayne in his personal life had many flaws such as alcohol and women. Two big weak points for most men, although he is remembered for being larger than life he still died of Cancer I believe.

Please don't think I dislike John Wayne because I love to catch a good J.W. movie but he represents the fallen man in all of us. In my first two messages I will be preaching about a Biblical character named Nehemiah and he was the real Godly version of John Wayne. He rode into town with a purpose and didn't care who he offended because he served God. He was a real cowboy at heart in Neh 2-11-15 It talk about Nehemiah going out to inspect the walls of of Jerusalem well he went riding on horse back at night so he could secretly examine the wall now with the wall being torn down and rubble being everywhere he had to be a good horseman just to make the ride. Well when he got together with everyone he told them what God wanted him to do and man they came on board with him because he was a leader.

One last thing and it is a small thing but most cowboys have had to deal with alcohol at some point in there life. So did Nehemiah he was the cup bearer for the King, you could say that he got his start serving alcohol because I don't think too many Kings had cup bearers to get them a glass of milk. ;-D just kidding

Next week I will be talking about the revival that broke out once they started listening to the Word of God. I am excited to see what God is doing for us and I hope you will be able to come see us in Nacogdoches, (ROB)

Blessings,