Harry's Blog

PEOPLE MATTER Many years ago, I was a part of a movement called the "Super Spiral". We were 144 churches across the denomination who were determined to change the world. We believed that under the power of God the churches could reach the nation and the world. We made a difference. Thousands of people were baptized. It was exciting and those of us who experienced it will ...

SPRING HAS SPRUNG Spring is a time of new beginnings. Flowers bloom, trees bud out, and everything is fresh. We used to have a spring revival in every church. We would advertise it as "A Time for a Refreshing Word From God". We all still need revival. We need to return to the basics of our faith. Here are some steps to revival taken from the Lord's model prayer, Matthew...

IT'S WORTH IT! Statistics reported by LifeWay show that Americans have a positive view of Vacation Bible School (VBS). Six out of every 10 adults attended VBS as a child. That is 60% of Americans. Of those that attended VBS, 9 our 10 have positive memories of VBS. For 805 of those who attended VBS say tha tVBS was a highlight of their childhood. As for me, it was my expos...

REVIVAL... On February 14th Baptist Press reported: "Wednesday, February 8th, Asbury College had a chapel service. Chapel is a pretty ordinary experience at a Christian University. What is extraordinary is that the worship time began on February 8th is still going on as I write this on February 13th." Their spontaneous prayer and worship among the student body at an Ohi...

A NEW BEGINNING... In 1955 three churches, First Baptist Church, Boulder City; First Southern Baptist Church, Henderson; and First Baptist Church, Las Vegas agreed together to form a Baptist Association for the purpose of reaching Southern Nevada with the gospel. Over the years many joint projects have been accomplished. Unity of doctrine, fellowship, and purpose has kept...

WHO ARE WE AS BAPTIST... The key to understanding who we are as Baptist is understanding that we are people of the Word. We believe the Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself. We believe the Bible is complete, therefore, there is no need to any additions to amplify the Bible. It is the complete revelation of God. We believe in the...

THANK YOU WITH A CHALLENGE... Thank you to all who participated in our annual meeting. Calvin Whitman and James Reamer did a wonderful job of interpreting our theme, "The Urgency of the Gospel". David Lee's sermon was right on target. A word straight from God. The reports were right on target as well. Our association is back from the pandemic show down to full capacity. L...

REMEMBERING THE GLORY... It is easy for us to become complacent about our relationship to God. We live constantly in His presence and just don't think about it. We just take God for granted. We do that with our close friends and family if we do not make the effort to renew our friendship regularly. The Israelites were guilty of forgetting to how great God is. To remind th...

TRANSITIONS... Over the last 26 years our association has seen many transitions. We have been through 5 long range planning processes, each time it resulted in major adjustments in our daily work. We have increased and decreased in staff as our strategies changed. We have emphasized church planting, church health and evangelism through it all. We always did traditional ch...

God is so good to us... He saves us from eternal punishment in a place called hell. He forgives and forgets our sins. He restores our righteousness. He guides our path. He is always there, loving us and being ever present in our lives. We have so much to be thankful for, yet we take God for granted. He is always there for us. Ephesians 3:14-21 reminds us of things we sho...