I had the privilege of preaching at First Baptist Church of Perryton, Texas on August 11, 2013. Richard Laverty is the pastor. When I arrived in Perryton, I learned that I was only 7 miles from the Texas-Oklahoma border. The most amazing thing about this church is that they are totally on mission doing Kingdom work all over the world, some of it through Buckner.
On my visit I learned that Pastor Richard led the church to commission two groups going on mission: One to the Valley of South Texas to work with Buckner in the Colonias for a shoe trip this week; the other headed to Russia in October for a shoe trip as well. In the past the church has sent a group to Ethiopia; one family has already adopted a child from there; and another family is looking into adopting a teen from Ethiopia. They have a Foster Care awareness program at the church; have raised about $1400 for the Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls project and collected about 286 pair of shoes to send to Buckner.
When I began my message I told them that, in my book, they have "Rock Star Status," as far as I was concerned. First Baptist Church Perryton is doing a fantastic job of engaging pure religion, caring for orphans in their distress. Hats off to Pastor Richard and the FBC Family. May their number increase.
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