Bethany's Graduation

Bethany graduated May 4, 2015, from the Foundation for Christian Life Program, a one-year  Bible course, at The Crown College of The Bible in Powell, Tennessee. She received a certificate for this  course that includes the main Bible classes for all four years of any course taken at the college.  She will complete her fourth year in 2018.

The Servant's Towel -- Each Crown College graduate is presented with a towel embroidered with John 13:12-17.  The embroidered towel symbolizes the principle of biblical leadership.  Verses fourteen and fifteen of John chapter thirteen give us the words of our Lord, "If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought  to wash one another's feet.  For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you." 

Bethany's family - Callie Anne is 5 months old here.  =)  

Bethany got to enjoy singing with the Crown College Choir this year.  You can see them sing at the graduation.  She is actually kind of behind the piano, but when shown from the side, her head can be seen a few times behind a plant, lol. She can be seen at the beginning of the second song at 1:35:20.  (But the first song is my favorite.)

They made a new CD this year, and both the songs sung at the graduation are on the CD.

Bethany is touring this summer with a singing group from the college.
They will be travelling to 62 churches in the general Mid-Atlantic area.

  All the groups are pictured here with Pastor and Mrs. Sexton.

With their sweet chaperones, and the pastor and his wife at the church of their first stop.  

Hear them sing "Jesus Passed By My Way"
(I believe this is the first time they sang together in public!)

Hear them sing "How Deep the Father's Love"

I want to encourage you to continue watching the video.  The other tour groups also sing, and four young men preached who graduated this year.  One is a young man from Nepal, who, even before the first earthquake (4/25/15), had already gotten a group together to go minister there this summer.  We are praying that something good will come of this tragedy, and that people will to want to turn to God.
They have not arrived at Nepal at this time, as a second earthquake (5/12/15) has now caused the airports there to be closed.  He reported that his siblings there are all safe (his parents are here still), but many other loved ones have suffered and/or lost family members.

 Please be in prayer for the tour groups, the Nepal mission group and the people of Nepal, and others who are going out this year to continue to minister and disciple as they have been taught and have been doing these past years in college.

Please pray for Bethany this summer and during her next 3 years of college!!
And for Mom and Dad.  =)


Update: A video of them singing at the God Bless America Crusade after they had been singing together all summer! Much improved!  The singing, that is - not the video quality!  We videoed it off the computer screen with my phone, lol.  =)
Read about it here.