CAROLINA LECTURES
As you read this article, the fifty-ninth
Carolina Lectureship is history. This means that in fifty-one weeks the
sixtieth lectureship will begin here at Warners Chapel. This event will
present opportunities for everyone in the congregation to get involved for its
success. The following are a few areas of need:
Prayer. As the elders
prepare for the lectureship, they need all the prayers we can offer. The lectureship
will involve approximately 31 lessons. Each of these lessons will be
chosen around a specific theme or book of the Bible. The theme will need
to be one which is timely, addressing some area or book appropriate to our
times. Once this theme is determined, speakers will be chosen to present
each lecture. The elders need your prayers as this important step is
taken.
Housing. Many of the
people attending the lectureship, both speakers and listeners, will travel some
distance to be with us. Opening up your home to one or more people will
make it easier for some to attend. Joshua and I stayed with Jason Allen
last year when Cary hosted the lectureship. This is an opportunity to get
to know someone now that you will spend eternity with. Friendships
that last throughout life and into eternity have been, and will be, formed by
those opening up their homes.
Preparation and serving of
meals. Traditionally the hosting congregation serves the noon meal each
day during the lectureship. This will require some planning and a lot of
volunteers to accomplish. In addition to preparing and serving, there is
the need for volunteers to clean up after each meal and get things ready for the
next day.
Taping and duplicating the
lectures. The audio taping and duplicating of the lectureship is one way
the effectiveness of this effort is expanded. Those unable to attend the daytime
sessions can obtain a tape and listen as they travel in their cars or work
around the house, etc. This can only happen if someone is willing to
operate the tape machine during the lectures and then someone to make the
copies on the duplicating machine.
These are but a few areas which will need attention between now and the time the
lectures begin in April 2004. What can you do to contribute to the success
of this effort that God may be glorified and the edified? Talk with the
elders and let them know what you can and will do.