GRIEFSHARE is a special weekly seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them.

• Beginning Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 6:30 pm
• Thursday nights from 6:30 – 8:30 pm
• First Presbyterian Church – Kosciusko, MS
• Registration Fee: $15.00 (scholarships available)

GRIEFSHARE…Your JOURNEY from mourning to JOY

For more information, visit the GRIEFSHARE web site at www.griefshare.org

To find First Presbyterian Church Kosciusko, click the link below then type in 39090 for the zip code and click the Search button. On the page that comes up, click one of the three map icons just to the right of “Kosciusko, MS US” to get a map and driving directions if desired.

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Phillip has posted the latest Sweet Counsel at his blog, The Sweet Dropper. This week: going to Belize, a thankful pastor, George Herbert on Thankfulnesse, why you need to be in an FPC Sunday School class, and a look ahead at public, gathered worship on December 6.

Sweet Counsel has returned after a six week hiatus. This week, Phillip says “Happy New Year”; a reminder about Reaching Out at Home; Rally Day revisited; thanks for a helping hand; a great visit from gospel laborers in Ethiopia; and a prayer for thick skin and a big heart.

Phillip has posted this week’s Sweet Counsel (click here). This week: a grateful look back at a great cookout and thrilling report from Peru, the launch of Wednesday Night Connection, Ascension Sunday, Reformed Youth Ministries, and a preview of public, gathered worship this coming Lord’s Day.

Phillip has posted this week’s Sweet Counsel (click here). This week: people must really like the Hollands (and s’mores!), Wes Baker’s visit, Wednesday Night Connection (with a correction), how prayers at FPC Kosciusko made my theological education possible, the trouble when Christians are wrong and non-Christians are right, and a look ahead at public, gathered worship this coming Lord’s Day.

Phillip has posted Sweet Counsel for this week. Readers will find him thinking about: Reformed Theological Seminary, cookouts, the new Wednesday Night Connection, the question of the Lord blessing us or vice versa, and a look ahead at Sunday’s public, gathered worship.

Wes is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America working with Peru Mission in the city of Trujillo. Wes grew up in rural Wilson County, Texas and graduated from Floresville High School in 1986. He studied at Texas A&M University, graduating in 1992 with a double degree in Biomedical Science and Philosophy.

In 1988 Wes married the former Jami Vaden of Seguin, Texas, and in December of 1992, with two children, they moved to Jackson to attend Reformed Theological Seminary. In the fall of 1993 Wes was called to be Student Supply Pastor of Lebanon Presbyterian Church (LPC) in Learned, MS. He finished his studies at RTS in December 1995 and was ordained as minister in Learned the following spring.

While serving at LPC, Wes became good friends with Alonzo Ramirez, a doctoral student from Peru, and together with classmate Bill Bradford, the three men visited Peru in the summer of 1996. Three weeks of travel, prayer, and late night conversations convinced the men that the Lord was calling them to form a church planting team to minister in Northern Peru. In February 2000, Wes and Jami packed up their family and their lives and moved to Cajamarca, Peru. With the arrival in March of 2000 of the Brad Ball family the team was complete.

The ministry in Peru has developed considerably since their arrival. The Ball and Baker families moved from Cajamarca to Trujillo in late 2001. The Bradfords moved down to the coastal city in 2005. Since then several more families have joined the team and the ministry has continued to grow. Wes’s primary responsibilities involve teaching in the Seminario Biblico Reformado and mentoring Peruvian pastors and church planters. He has also been extensively involved in administration, recruiting, and development.Wes and Jami have seven children ranging in age from five to 19 years. Jami stays busy homeschooling the children, hosting visitors and teams, and teaching in the English Institute.

Wes will give a Mission Sunday presentation at FPC at 9:30 am on May 17.