Wednesday Night September 30th "The Main Event"

Hey Parents! Just want to let you know about our youth event this Wednesday night! It’s called “The Main Event.” It is a great opportunity for your youth to invite friends to come hang out and have a fun time. We will be meeting at the church at the same time as every Wednesday night (6:00) and then car pooling to either St. Johns Golf and Country or Johns Creek (still working out final details) to use their basketball courts and soccer fields. Once we arrive we will play some kickball as well as some other fun games & relays. Then the last 10 minutes I will share with them from God’s Word how they can come to have a relationship with Jesus! We will also be giving away prizes to teams and individuals including a Florida Gator basketball signed by Coach Billy Donavan for the student who brings the most friends! (they have to bring at least 5 friends who have never been to our church)

I’m really excited for the opportunity to share with your youth how to have a personal relationship with Jesus as well as building relationships through playing silly games with them. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to email or call me at josh@petrabaptist.com or 904.612.9799. We are looking forward to seeing your youth there on Wednesday night! Thank you!

P.S. – I’ll be sending out an email as soon as I know exactly which park we will be playing at!

Beach Blessings

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know about a really exciting event that took place this evening (Sunday 9/13). Our church met out at Mickler's Landing (a great beach spot here in Jacksonville) and me and our pastor (Ted Owens) had the privilege to baptize 11 people (8 of whom were students).

It looked like rain almost all day and the forecast said that there would be a 60% chance of rain this evening. But God provided sunshine the entire evening and we were able to baptize the 11 who had come. I had never seen or helped in a beach baptism before and the pastor and I struggled to fight the waves that were crashing unusually hard. But after all was said and done (and everyone was "dunked") we got to see the Gospel proclaimed 11 times and got to see 11 new Christians follow God's command to be Scripturally baptized.

What an encouraging time to see some of the seed's planted by the ministries in our church (awana, youth, and adult) come to fruition. It just goes to remind us that God is faithful and when His Word goes out it does not return void!

Make sure you check out our website www.petrabaptist.com for photos (coming in the near future)!