This weekend, Dec 9-11, Todds Road Grace Church will be hosting a Bible conference. Scheduled speakers are Don Bell, Bruce Crabtree, Chris Cunningham, David Eddmenson, Greg Elmquist , Don Fortner, Gabe Stalnaker, Marvin Stalnaker, and Frank Tate.

Church cleaning this month: Wayne and Tara Kinnel.

One plain truth of the gospel is that all men died in Adam. When Adam fell all men lost spiritual life so we lost the ability to do anything to please God. One paradox of the gospel is that when God gives spiritual life to His people, the first thing we see is that by nature we are dead in sin. Only then do we see our desperate need of Christ.

Do yourself a favor… Do your soul to favor…Avail yourself to every opportunity of hearing the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. God speaks to man through his word, He spoke to me; who knows, He may speak to you.

Pastor Scott Richardson

Emanuel Baptist Church in Merida, Mexico, where Missionary Cody Groover was pastor until the Lord called him home last week, requested that this letter be circulated to her sister churches in the USA and other parts of the world.

November 20, 2016

To our brethren in the United States and other parts of the world who have prayed for us during these sad but special moments.

We want to tell you that as a church we give thanks to our Lord for your lives and your prayers, which have been heard and answered. Our Lord has strengthened us and is granting us great comfort.

We were greatly blessed by our Lord for giving us, by His grace and mercy, brother Cody Groover and it is a blessing to know that he is in glory with our Lord where there is an abundance of joy and delights by His side forever. And we continue to be blessed by the witness and strength of his family, that in many times, instead of us comforting them, they have comforted us.

We also say to pastor Walter and his wife Betty that we love them and want to hug them and express our love for them. It is so beautiful to watch how our Lord continues to use them, as God used him in the edification of our loving pastor and it was wonderful to be ministered unto by his grandson today. We love you brother [Walter] and we are always blessed when you minister to us with the Word.

We thank the church of our brother David for obeying God and sending Pastor Cody to bless us and our Yucatan. Brothers, to all who have prayed and sent offerings, out of love towards our Lord, the Lord is doing a great work and you have been, are, and will be a part of the work.

Iglesia Bautista Emanuel