Pastor Wallace York departed this life from us and entered the Presence of His Lord on Sunday evening, 10 May. He never recovered from the emergency surgery he underwent on 5 April. His Master called him Home to be blessed in rest and receive his commendation and reward.
Brother Wallace was a dear friend to us all. He loved everyone he knew, and everyone who knew him loved him. Wallace was not embarrassed to say those simple words that preeminently distinguish us as the disciples of Jesus Christ: “I love you” – and he meant it...and lived it.
Wallace impacted and influenced thousands of people who were instructed, comforted, and edified by his ministry. He had an obvious gift of mercy and encouragement. When he ministered at the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, he taught a large class called ‘Barnabas Class'. I always thought that was a most appropriate name for his ministry because Wallace was a genuine ‘son of encouragement.’ His son, Hershael, posted this tribute to his Dad from Acts 11.24 [concerning the original Barnabas]: “For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.” To which we all say, “Amen!”
Wallace served his Savior as a missionary in Brazil and pastored several churches in Kentucky and Michigan – in addition to helping train other servants in the ministry at Lexington Baptist College and Clarksville Baptist College.
He served the cause of Gospel missions as a Director for Baptist Faith Missions for many years, and we will miss his faithful, gentle, and wise counsel.
So, from all the missionaries and Directors of Baptist Faith Missions - and all his friends everywhere - we all express our love, appreciation, and prayers to God for His comfort to his lovely, gracious, and faithful wife, Doris, his children, and all his family...until we meet again, Beloved Brother!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
WALLACE YORK HAS GONE TO HEAVEN
Hershael York: early Monday morning via FACEBOOK
Visitation for my dad will be held at the Morgan Funeral Home in Princeton, KY, Tuesday May 12, 4-8PM CDT. The funeral will be at 1PM Wednesday at the Southside Baptist Church in Princeton, KY. At his request memorials may be given to:
Baptist Faith Missions
P.O. Box 471280
Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
Cards and notes may be sent to their home address:
100 Mohawk Drive
Princeton KY 42445
270.365.5621
MORGAN'S FUNERAL HOME
310 W Washington St [Route 139]
Princeton KY 42445
270.365.5595
www.morgansfuneralhome.com
SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
205 Nichols St
Princeton KY 42445
270.365.5510
www.southsidebaptist.com
Hershael York via FACEBOOK around 8 pm Sunday evening
Wallace York, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, is at home with his Savior. Blessed be the name of the One who is Faithful and True. "For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord." Ac 11:24 true of my Barnabas
Visitation for my dad will be held at the Morgan Funeral Home in Princeton, KY, Tuesday May 12, 4-8PM CDT. The funeral will be at 1PM Wednesday at the Southside Baptist Church in Princeton, KY. At his request memorials may be given to:
Baptist Faith Missions
P.O. Box 471280
Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280
Cards and notes may be sent to their home address:
100 Mohawk Drive
Princeton KY 42445
270.365.5621
MORGAN'S FUNERAL HOME
310 W Washington St [Route 139]
Princeton KY 42445
270.365.5595
www.morgansfuneralhome.com
SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
205 Nichols St
Princeton KY 42445
270.365.5510
www.southsidebaptist.com
Hershael York via FACEBOOK around 8 pm Sunday evening
Wallace York, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, is at home with his Savior. Blessed be the name of the One who is Faithful and True. "For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord." Ac 11:24 true of my Barnabas
Thursday, May 7, 2009
SPRING MISSIONS CONFERENCE REPORT
The Lord blessed us with a most inspiring, encouraging, and challenging Spring Missions Conference. As I always say, we can prepare to host it, and we can make a schedule, but only the Holy Spirit can write the program. And, we believe He did. THANK YOU! to all our preachers who challenged us from the Word of God to make the best and most use of the time God has given us to meet the urgent challenge of reaching our generation of the world’s people with the Gospel of God’s saving Grace.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED. You are the ones who make up the spirit and environment of the Conference event by your presence and participation. We certainly hope you will already be making plans to be back next year.
WE HAD FIVE OF OUR MISSIONARY FAMILIES IN ATTENDANCE. The presence of our missionaries always adds a very palpable sense of relevance and perspective to our Conferences. We do everything we do, first, for the Glory of our Great God – but we also do everything we do for the encouragement and empowerment of our missionaries. We never want our missionaries to attend our Conferences and leave discouraged or depressed. I believe all our missionaries who attended and ministered to us were encouraged by the interest and participation we demonstrated during our Conference services.
Maybe I should allow some of our attendees to evaluate the Conference by their own experiences: “...Enjoyed the Conference as much as any I have ever attended...One of the best Conferences I have ever seen...This was one of the best Conferences I have attended in several years. The preaching was great, the music uplifting, the fellowship sweet, and the meals delicious. The Lord willing, I hope I can attend next year as well.”
We also believe the Lord has great things in store for the growth and improvement of our missions ministry as our response to our being together for those three days. We always enjoy having an exciting Conference event during the time we are together – but we measure the true effectiveness of a GOOD Conference by how we follow-up when we all go back home. We are praying and hoping that we all respond with a greater and more passionate interest, investment, and involvement in supporting our missionaries with our prayers to God and offerings...as we GIVE GOD GLORY AMONG THE NATIONS!
CONFERENCE OFFERINGS
A total of $4195.00 was given during the Conference. We had announced beforehand that the Conference offering would be designated toward meeting the 4-YEAR AUTO ALLOWANCES for our missionaries. $3720.00 was given toward MISSIONARIES’ AUTOS. Another $220.00 was designated for GENERAL FUND purposes. An additional $255.00 was designated for BRATCHERS’ MANAUS HOME to help them recover the damages and losses they have suffered from the vandalism to their home in Manaus in their absence.
BRATCHER MANAUS HOME
If you want to help Harold and Marie Bratcher repair the damages to their Manaus home and replace their appliances which were burglarized, you may designate your offerings for BRATCHERS’ MANAUS HOME. They are going to need about $5000.00 to make things whole again after the recent vandalisms.
You may also send offerings directly to them at: 104 Glass Avenue, Lexington KY 40505. Their Lexington phone number is: 859.389.8975.
THANK YOU! MONTHLY GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTORS
Please continue your commitments and giving to our MONTHLY GENERAL FUND. We must maintain and increase our generous giving to our MONTHLY GENERAL FUND to supply the essential needs our missionaries have to conduct their daily ministries.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED. You are the ones who make up the spirit and environment of the Conference event by your presence and participation. We certainly hope you will already be making plans to be back next year.
WE HAD FIVE OF OUR MISSIONARY FAMILIES IN ATTENDANCE. The presence of our missionaries always adds a very palpable sense of relevance and perspective to our Conferences. We do everything we do, first, for the Glory of our Great God – but we also do everything we do for the encouragement and empowerment of our missionaries. We never want our missionaries to attend our Conferences and leave discouraged or depressed. I believe all our missionaries who attended and ministered to us were encouraged by the interest and participation we demonstrated during our Conference services.
Maybe I should allow some of our attendees to evaluate the Conference by their own experiences: “...Enjoyed the Conference as much as any I have ever attended...One of the best Conferences I have ever seen...This was one of the best Conferences I have attended in several years. The preaching was great, the music uplifting, the fellowship sweet, and the meals delicious. The Lord willing, I hope I can attend next year as well.”
We also believe the Lord has great things in store for the growth and improvement of our missions ministry as our response to our being together for those three days. We always enjoy having an exciting Conference event during the time we are together – but we measure the true effectiveness of a GOOD Conference by how we follow-up when we all go back home. We are praying and hoping that we all respond with a greater and more passionate interest, investment, and involvement in supporting our missionaries with our prayers to God and offerings...as we GIVE GOD GLORY AMONG THE NATIONS!
CONFERENCE OFFERINGS
A total of $4195.00 was given during the Conference. We had announced beforehand that the Conference offering would be designated toward meeting the 4-YEAR AUTO ALLOWANCES for our missionaries. $3720.00 was given toward MISSIONARIES’ AUTOS. Another $220.00 was designated for GENERAL FUND purposes. An additional $255.00 was designated for BRATCHERS’ MANAUS HOME to help them recover the damages and losses they have suffered from the vandalism to their home in Manaus in their absence.
BRATCHER MANAUS HOME
If you want to help Harold and Marie Bratcher repair the damages to their Manaus home and replace their appliances which were burglarized, you may designate your offerings for BRATCHERS’ MANAUS HOME. They are going to need about $5000.00 to make things whole again after the recent vandalisms.
You may also send offerings directly to them at: 104 Glass Avenue, Lexington KY 40505. Their Lexington phone number is: 859.389.8975.
THANK YOU! MONTHLY GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTORS
Please continue your commitments and giving to our MONTHLY GENERAL FUND. We must maintain and increase our generous giving to our MONTHLY GENERAL FUND to supply the essential needs our missionaries have to conduct their daily ministries.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
BETTY CREIGLOW
All of you who are familiar with the name BETTY CREIGLOW know that she is the beloved wife of BOBBY CREIGLOW - and MIKE CREIGLOW's mother. They served the Lord in association with BFM in Brasil for 33 years - from 1960-1993.
She has suffered from dementia and Alzheimer's Disease for the past few years and has been in rapidly declining physical health for the past several months.
We thought this past Saturday [2 May] that the Lord had called her to come Home. She went into a deep sleep Friday night and slept well into the day on Saturday. Her vital signs declined. Bobby notified us, and we began to keep in constant touch with him.
But, she revived after a good night's sleep again on Saturday evening. Sunday and Monday both, she showed signs of physical revival. We got this email from Bobby this morning [Wednesday, 6 May]: Monday Betty had a good day; She was having a big party in her own little world. She would laugh, try to sing, and clap her hands, having a great time with anyone that would talked to her. Since yesterday morning she is in that hang-over phase. She is sleeping most of the time. Last evening she seemed to be a little upset, so I gave her some medicine for that, and she slept from six to six, had her usual breakfast, and is back to sleep. I got up often last night to see if she was still breathing, and at times I could not be sure. Love,Bob
Continue to pray for her, for Bobby, and for their family.
She has suffered from dementia and Alzheimer's Disease for the past few years and has been in rapidly declining physical health for the past several months.
We thought this past Saturday [2 May] that the Lord had called her to come Home. She went into a deep sleep Friday night and slept well into the day on Saturday. Her vital signs declined. Bobby notified us, and we began to keep in constant touch with him.
But, she revived after a good night's sleep again on Saturday evening. Sunday and Monday both, she showed signs of physical revival. We got this email from Bobby this morning [Wednesday, 6 May]: Monday Betty had a good day; She was having a big party in her own little world. She would laugh, try to sing, and clap her hands, having a great time with anyone that would talked to her. Since yesterday morning she is in that hang-over phase. She is sleeping most of the time. Last evening she seemed to be a little upset, so I gave her some medicine for that, and she slept from six to six, had her usual breakfast, and is back to sleep. I got up often last night to see if she was still breathing, and at times I could not be sure. Love,Bob
Continue to pray for her, for Bobby, and for their family.
WALLACE YORK RECENT UPDATES
I can only apologize to you who have visited this blog to keep up with the updates I have been posting. I am just overwhelmed with the daily administration of projects, issues, and crises - more than I can keep up with.
But, here are the most recent updates on Brother Wallace from Hershael's FACEBOOK - the most recent being at the top of the post:
MONDAY, 4 MAY
Hershael York: With my dad now. He is not well but he is sweet and kind. Please pray for God's glory through him. This is tough.
THURSDAY, 30 APRIL
Hershael York: Update on Dad. Today he was moved to the Princeton Health Care and Rehab Center which is near his home. My mother is very sad he's not home.
WEDNESDAY, 29 APRIL
Hershael York: Congrats to my dad, Wallace York, who today celebrates his 55th anniversary of ordained ministry. Still in the hospital, but praising God.
SATURDAY, 25 APRIL
Hershael York: Update on Dad. Still in the hospital, probably will move to a rehab facility in Princeton in the next few days. Still very weak, in pain.
But, here are the most recent updates on Brother Wallace from Hershael's FACEBOOK - the most recent being at the top of the post:
MONDAY, 4 MAY
Hershael York: With my dad now. He is not well but he is sweet and kind. Please pray for God's glory through him. This is tough.
THURSDAY, 30 APRIL
Hershael York: Update on Dad. Today he was moved to the Princeton Health Care and Rehab Center which is near his home. My mother is very sad he's not home.
WEDNESDAY, 29 APRIL
Hershael York: Congrats to my dad, Wallace York, who today celebrates his 55th anniversary of ordained ministry. Still in the hospital, but praising God.
SATURDAY, 25 APRIL
Hershael York: Update on Dad. Still in the hospital, probably will move to a rehab facility in Princeton in the next few days. Still very weak, in pain.
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