With the churches – The Maness Family

Sunday, May 15th

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Scott Maness

Today we had the pleasure of spending our whole day with our sending church, Nevill’s Chapel. After a great worship service, I preached from 2 Peter 1:16-21. We have great precious promises that we base our lives and decisions on that do not originate from man. Our instructions do not expire and are not subject to private interpretation.

In the afternoon it was great to be able to sit down with Brother Griffith over lunch and discuss mission work and future plans.
That evening we were able to partake of the Lord’s supper with our church.

Sunday, May 8th

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Scott Maness

In the morning we presented the work at Twinlands MBC in Channelview, TX where brother Stephen Pace is the pastor. I have known brother Pace for several years and have had pleasure of going to church camp for several years in a row. I not only count him as a great pastor, but also as a personal friend and encourager. He is the one that I think of when I read about Jesus telling the disciples to let the little children to come unto him.

I would have no hesitation at all in saying that any family within a hour or two of Channelview, would be blessed to come, join and work with this church.

It was great to see our friend of many years, Aurora Luna. She was a blessing to our family when I was Missionary/Pastor in Kingsville, Texas. I pray that the Lord would continue to bless her and her family as she continues as a shining light in this world of darkness.

The beginning of the morning service was dedicated to honoring motherhood and was beautifully done. Then, after the presenting of the work and preaching there was a wonderful dinner on the grounds and time of fellowship.

Twinlands MBC is a tight knit group of believers that rejoices in the Lord and in His word. May all of our churches be more like this one. Each church that I have gone to during Deputation I have learned things that I want to add to my ministry in the future.

In the evening, we went to Calvary MBC in Huffman, TX. where Joe Gallegos is the pastor. A while back he had scheduled with my son Joshua to come and preach. I will be coming back at the end of the month on the 29th to preach and present the work.

It great to our Lord’s churches extending opportunities for young men to Preach His word. For my wife it was the best mother’s day gift ever, to hear her son proclaim God’s word.

Sunday, May 1st

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Scott Maness

In the morning we had the pleasure to go up to Mt. Sylvia Missionary Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant Texas and present the work at their church. Brother Michael Thompson is the pastor there and is doing a great job. I enjoyed meeting the members of his church that he has been discipling throughout the years. I have thoroughly been blessed to get to know the preachers and individual church members in our works. Brother Thompson is not only a great pastor, but has great attention to specific details as you can see in his work with the History and Archives that he has worked on over the years. It was a personal blessing to me to hear stories from his own work on the foreign mission field, when I was serving the Lord in Japan. There are so many lessons that we could learn from those who are among us if we would only open our ears and hearts to receive the wisdom that they would freely tell us.

In the evening we went to Nevill’s Chapel in Mt. Pleasant to officially come and join. It is such a blessing to have a caring and praying church like Nevill’s Chapel behind us as we prepare to go to Argentina. I know that I not only have a pastor that is praying for me, but I have in him a great resource of experience and wisdom from his years of serving the Lord in pastoring and on the mission field. I can state that they are a church that loves missionaries. I thought it interesting that all of the churches that I have personally pastored, when a new person joined, it didn’t take long for everyone to shake their hand and welcome them into the church. At Nevill’s Chapel, there are so many loving, welcoming people that it takes a few more verses for everyone to shake your hand and welcome you into their fellowship. Jesus had said in John 13:35, “by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if you have love one to another.”