We have recently done some major renovation to our foyer area of our church. Some things have changed since these pics even but maybe they will give you an idea. We hope to refocus on outreach now that the work is done. It is really nice and we are thankful for beautiful debt-free facilities that the Lord has entrusted us with.

Trying to get up and running

We are finally getting this blogging thing down. What a task! Anyway, I thought that this would be a great time to say how thankful I am for my family.

Right now in our church the devil is sure fighting our familes. We have 4 families that are really in deep water. We are praying that parents would be what they should be and that the children would learn what it means to obey and fear the Lord.

So sweetheart, thank you for being a great mother and a wonderful help meet.

The overdue update

We had a great time at the Canfield Fair this year! Our county fair is one of the largest county fairs in the country. Our church runs a booth each year and we are able to reach many people with the message of the gospel. The kids all got money to ride the rides and to get some food. It was a great lesson in finances for them. Much is going on at the church here. We just had a big push to reach our goal of 350 in our early and late Sunday school and we had 375! Praise the Lord. We had a big dunk tank and a picnic for all of the kids the came that day. It was an answer to prayer. We are adding on to the church a couple of class rooms and remodeling a room to make it into bathrooms. They will be very nice and a much needed benefit for us here. The next big event is the World Missions Conference at the end of this month. Deena is scheduled to speak at a ladies meeting also this month. She is a great speaker and the Lord has really laid some things on her heart.

Annie

Little Annie was born on May 7th. She has been a joy to us.

Here we are!

Here is the new blog for the Joel Royalty Family