Cowboy Church has come east

O.K. Picture this, I am sitting in a cattle arena in 90 degree heat with a huge fan blowing across the sweet scented sawdust (and other ingredients) floor. Our heads are bowed and a cowboy preacher has just explained the plan of salvation and asks for everyone who just prayed a prayer asking Jesus to come into their heart for the first time to raise their hand as a sign of faith. I felt a movement right next to me and the middle aged lady was raising her hand.
At that moment the Holy Spirit flashed my mind back several months ago to a prayer for God to lead me to someone who might have a passion to help us bring this Cowboy Church Concept down east. He laid on my mind my friend David Barnes. David is pastor of Bible Missionary in Wilson and loves horses and people. I called him and asked if he would have any interest in just going with me to hear a guy named Jeff Smith talk about what God was doing with Cowboy churches. He did and God has griped Davids heart to the point that August 29, 2006 at least six people came into the Kingdom of God because a church service was held in a cattle arena.
Pastor David's folks got on board with him and folks from the "Cowboys for Christ" got on board and have made this church called "Downeast Cowboy Church" a reality. I hope you will pray for them, maybe even pray for God to show you ways you can be used creatively to touch lives.
If you wanted to "mosey on in" sometime, they are meeting Tuesdays at 7 at the Wilson American Legion fairgrounds. You can wear your hat and boots, but I promise you when you step in you will find that sawdust floor is just as sacred as the carpeted floors.