Middletown is in the middle of Orange County, the fastest growing county in New York. Here are some statistics showing that it is also a very diverse county.
Races in Orange County, New York:
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My pastor, Chris Grinstead, says sometimes going to church is like eating a peanut butter sandwich. Although peanut butter & jelly would be better, just peanut butter will get us through. We may have to go to church out of plain duty, kind of like eating just a dry peanut butter sandwich, but if we keep going sooner or later we will receive some jelly. As leaders we don’t have the comfort of missing for any little reason. We must always remember that we have followers and what we do they will mimic on a much larger scale. So, the next time you think that it would be o.k. to skip church, just drink a glass of milk, it helps the peanut butter go down.
Wayne
Categories: General
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -Ambrose Redmoon
I have spent all day at a class of missionaries and church planters talking about pressure. We all feel the pressure from people. Pressure to perform and we sometimes are scared to death. Some of the things that we discussed were: attendance, number of salvations, the giving, our buildings, and how many people are maturing spiritually. If we focus on the product it can scare us to death, but we need to focus rather on the everyday processes that we can improve on. I know personally that the task which is set before me looks like a scary giant, yet God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power (to complete the daily tasks) , and of love( to handle the people and problems) , and of a sound mind ( to be able to control my actions. ) Just remember, we all need not forget that there is something definently more important than fear.
Wayne
Categories: Church Planting
Today I got chewed out by a good friend for not blogging more often. I see now the need to communicate more with the world. To all pastors, or anyone trying to promote a cause blog! blog! blog! Wayne
Categories: General
Check out our new website. It is still under construction, but it is looking good, thanks to Philip Bassham the website guru.
Wayne
Categories: Hope Baptist Church
My wife and I have been painting our house for the last 3 days. Painting is not my most favorite past time. Maybe it won’t be too much longer until we are finished. We are excited about moving to Middletown, Ny.
Wayne 
Categories: Family
One of the marks of successful people is that they are action-oriented. One of the marks of average people is that they are talk-oriented.” -Brian Tracy
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Proverbs 14:23
Sent to me from John Pearson
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Thanks to Travis Snode for his gift of $200 toward our church plant.
Wayne
Categories: General
To everyone out there who might need a quality web site please check out http://baptistwebsites.org/
Don’t forget to mention that you saw it here!
Wayne
Categories: General
I must say family is key..but family structures are unique here…Alot of parents work in the city, or nj and commute, hence not spending alot of time with children and or spouse. There are a significant amount of stay at home moms but there are also alot of struggling minorities with single parent homes. Middletown is a very diverse town with regard to class or status for lack of a btr word.
Hope this information is helping you. Please feel free to ask anything that would help with the start up of the chuch!
Best Regards,
Shavon L. Stallings
Communications Director
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