We started this magnificent day at Wayside Park with a perfect sunrise and a nice warm morning to enjoy. Pastor Crookshank read from the Word, and his message reminded us of the parallels between the awesome, unstoppable power of the sun and the Son!

Pastor and Mrs. Mitchell joined us today for our morning service to share with us God’s work being done at Shepherds Ministries.

“Shepherds Ministries, a nationally recognized organization founded on Jeremiah 23:4, provides compassionate Christian care, vocational education and job opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities, helping them attain appropriate independence with fulfilling jobs and lives, while also providing for their spiritual development.”

If you missed this morning, you can get the audio recording in our messages section.

We started the morning with a hearty pancake breakfast to fuel us up for a day of commaraderie and fruitful labor.

Since the ground was wet, we opted to work indoors. We found plenty to keep us busy including updates to the sound system and rearranging furniture in preparation for next week’s tea party.

It was a spring offensive! 37 volunteers from Hanover Baptist and the Bailey family descended on the Bailey farm to help in tree felling, lawn raking, clean-up, and fence removal.

God gave us perfect weather as men, women, and children arrived with their Bobcats, pickup trucks, chainsaws, rakes, pruning shears, hammers, crowbars heavy duty wire cutters, and strong backs. We started at 8:00 AM, though Ward and a few of the men were quite early. By noon, the place looked sooo different. It was a special blessing that so many children and teens came out. They effectively mixed work with play, which sped things along and brightened everyone’s day.

Here are some photos of this fruitful event

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Operation Christmas Child was center-stage today through the 21st as Hanover acted as the official collection point for King George. By the end of the week, we delivered over 500 shoeboxes to the collection center in Fredericksburg.