More Christmas Pageant Pics

We have had an awesome time celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Enjoy the pics, and may you especially at this season, remember the TRUE one and only reason to celebrate!

KEC Christmas Pageant

You are invited to attend the 2nd annual KEC Christmas Pageant. Tickets are going quickly! Reserve yours asap!

New Children's Choir

Wow! We are barely back home in the UK, and we have really had to hit the ground running already! One of the first projects awaiting us upon our return was to re-establish the KEC children's choir program. We have 21 children enrolled now!!! They are doing an awesome job making "a joyful noise unto the Lord." Here's a pic from tonight's rehearsal, although four of our regular members were absent. We are currently working on music to be presented at our annual Christmas pageant.

USA SCHEDULE

Tues, Oct 6: We fly to the USA!
Sun, Oct 11: First Presbyterian Church, CORINTH, 9:30
Sun, Oct 11: New Salem Baptist Church, IUKA, 11:00 AM
Sun, Oct 11: First United Methodist Church, SALTILLO, 6:00
Tue, Oct 13: WMU, First Baptist, BOONEVILLE 9:30 AM
Wed, Oct 14: W United Methodist Church,WHEELER,6:00
Wed, Oct 14: First Baptist Church, BOONEVILLE, 6:30 PM
Sun, Oct 18: Oakdale Baptist Church, BRANDON, 8:15 AM
Sun, Oct 18: Oakdale Baptist Church, BRANDON, 10:45 AM
Sun, Oct 18: Belden Baptist Church, BELDEN, 5:00 PM
Wed, Oct 21: Golden United Methodist Church,GOLDEN,6:00
Wed, Oct 21: New Bethel UMC, BELMONT, 7:00
Sun, Oct 25: Hope Church, TUPELO, 10:30 AM
Sun, Oct 25: Friendship Baptist Church, PONTOTOC, 6:00 PM
Mon, Oct 26: Depart for England

We are so blessed to have the opportunity to present our mission to the churches listed above! Please pray for our family as we travel back to our homeland for the very first time since moving to England. Please pray that many will be led to partner with us in this mission. If you would like to meet with us or for us to come speak to a group at times other than those listed here, please email or call us for more information regarding such. We hope to get to see as many of you as possible during this visit.

You may contact us at: Lollarfamilymission@hotmail.com or by calling our sending organization, Global Outreach International at (662)842-4615. You may also email us and send your phone number and a convenient time for us to call you, and we will call at your convenience.

Fun Fair Faces

We set up a table at a fun fair which sets up across the street from our church, KEC. Here we offer free face painting. We also offer info regarding activities for all ages at KEC and most importantly, regarding Jesus Christ and salvation through Him. To God be the glory!

Wall Roman Ruins (Letocetum)

Today, our family got the chance to tour the Roman ruins of Letocetum, located in Staffordshire, England, which is only about 30 minutes from our home. Notice the lovely parish church on the hill behind the ruins.

Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for traveling Roman officials and imperial messengers. The foundations of an inn and bathhouse can be seen, and many of the excavated finds are displayed in the on-site museum.

Wicksteed Park, UK

Today was the final day of KEC's 2009 Holiday Club. Each year on Friday of HC, we take a trip. This year we went to Wicksteed Park. It was a delightful ending to a simply miraculous week. Shown above, Myleea and friends stop long enough to make this picture, several of our group of youngsters waiting in the que for a ride, and finally, Bubba and crew riding the rollercoaster at the park. (Yes, those are sweatshirts and long sleeves you see! This is England...sun can be a rarity here!) We ended up with 50 registered participants and 8 decisions of children who desire to make Jesus the Lord and Saviour of their lives! Thank you for your prayers, and may God be praised for the awesome and mighty things He has done and is doing!

KEC Holiday Club 2009

Things are coming together nicely for Holiday Club 2009 at KEC! Shown here are Bubba and Chris Hakesley (a cherished friend and mastermind of set construction!) completing the construction of their Tiki hut. Rockie got them to take a second to smile for the camera. :) Also shown is part of our beach. If you know anyone in the Kingshurst Birmingham area who wants something fun for 5 through 10 year olds next week, send them our way! Outrigger Island is sure to be a wonderful adventure!

Coventry City Mission

Here are a couple of the new friends made by Rockie and Myleea at the Coventry City Mission in Coventry, England. Coventry is only about twenty minutes from our home. We were delighted to get the opportunity to meet with their lunch club, a precious group of senior citizens, a couple of Mondays ago. We were treated to a tasty lunch of traditional British fish and chips, and afterwards we gave a power point presentation showing a bit about our history and ministry. We then sang several songs and were blessed to get to personally speak with many about their relationship with Jesus Christ. We look forward to getting to meet with this lovely group again! Indeed, they and Brother Hatfield, who organizes the group, are such a blessing and a joy.

PLEASE PRAY FOR PEACE Birmingham, England

This article is courtesy of THE DAILY MAIL, 08 AUGUST, 2009

THIS ARTICLE IS IN REFERENCE TO PROTESTS HELD IN BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE ON SATURDAY, 08 AUGUST, 2009

RIOT police made 33 arrests tonight as they fought running battles with rival protesters as racial tensions spilled over on the streets of Birmingham.

Two people were injured as violence broke out in the city centre between a right-wing group campaigning against Muslim extremists and anti-fascists.

The rivals had held vocal but peaceful protests in separate parts of the city centre until trouble flared in New Street just before 7pm.

Terrified shoppers cowered in Primark and Saturday night revellers fled in panic as hundreds of police, some clad in full riot gear, struggled to keep the peace.

As our dramatic pictures show, at one point a man shields his head as he lies prone on the ground while a young thug attempts to kick him in the face.

Another photograph appears to show a middle-aged man throwing a punch as he is confronted by another man as tensions reach boiling point.

By 8.30pm police had restored order, but tensions remained high.

A West Midlands Police spokesman said: ‘‘We can confirm 33 arrests have been made to date the majority for disorder. To date there has been one report of criminal damage to a car, although we expect further reports.

‘‘We have also had reports of two people being injured and no known injuries to police officers. A high visibility policing presence continues.

‘‘A post operation investigation has now commenced into any criminality that took place during this afternoon’s protests.’’

The unrest flared after a group called Casuals United organised the city centre demonstration against Islamic fundamentalists.
The group rumoured to have links to the English and Welsh Defence League and the far-right BNP were formed after radical Muslims caused outrage by protesting against returning British troops in Luton earlier this year.

But Unite Against Fascism organised a rival rally after claiming the Casuals are made up of hardcore soccer hooligans intent on causing racial unrest.

Their protest took place next to Birmingham’s Bullring, while the Casuals gathered outside the council house in Victoria Square.

It us unclear what sparked the disorder, but riot police were soon involved in a large number of incidents and at one point they were forced to seal off New Street with a steel barrier.

Other officers were seen running ran across Corporation Street, desperately trying to keep the opposing sets of protesters apart.

Scared shoppers fled in all directions as chaos and confusion descended on the city centre.

Emily Bridgewater was buying clothes in Primark on New Street when violence broke out. She said: "Everything seemed fine until suddenly it all kicked off outside and there was stampeding and screaming.

"We ended up being locked in Primark, the shutters came down and the alarms went off as the riot police tried to regain control of the street.

‘‘It was very frightening."

Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood condemned those involved in the disorder. The Labour MP had previously called for the Casuals rally to be banned after the Sunday Mercury first revealed the plans.

He said: "I predicted this would happen when the Casuals announced their protest.

"Lots of innocent people, children and families, could have been hurt in this idiotic incident and I wholeheartedly condemn both sides for taking part in these scenes which have brought shame on Birmingham.

Liverpool visit

We so enjoyed getting to visit with faithful supporters of our ministries, the Marecle family from Tupelo! We got to take them to various points of interest while they were in town last week. Pictured above are a few of the scenes from our trip to Liverpool with them.

Edinburgh with Hope Church Team

We were blessed to join the mission team from our home/sending church in the States, Hope Church, Tupelo, MS, USA recently in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK! We enjoyed participating with them in a park evangelism project on Saturday and worshiping with them on Sunday morning. Many thanks to Rev Craig and Elyse Sayle for their warm hospitality and friendship. Brother Craig is the pastor of the church with which Hope's team went to minister, Abbeyhill Baptist Church.

Empower's Study of Gladys Aylward and Homeschooling at Kenilworth Castle

We had a lovely time yesterday as Myleea's home educators' group had our end of the year get together at Kenilworth Castle, which is about 20 minutes from our home. As you can see from the photos, the kids had loads of fun rolling down the hills, exploring the ancient ruins, and partaking of their picnic lunches. Bubba even brought along his buddy, Spurgeon, for this event's show and tell feature.
Also, pictured at the very top is Gladys Aylward, one of the most inspirational ladies of which I've ever known! She was born in London, served as a missionary to China, and eventually even single-handedly led a group of about 100 orphans through treacherous mountain terrain to safety beyond the Yellow River when the Japanese were invading the province she had so faithfully served. If you have never studied this woman, we encourage you to do that...just as our Empower group has been doing for the past couple of weeks. Her life continues to leave such a legacy of challenging others to sacrifice whatever it takes to spread the Gospel to those who have not heard that they too may come to salvation through Jesus Christ. Let me conclude today's entry with a quote from Ms Aylward herself. Late in her life she felt the need to return to her beloved homeland of England, and upon doing so was faced with incredible culture shock as she witnessed the state of the Gospel even then in this beautiful, yet spiritually dead land. She said: "Even in the churches themselves, the Christians appeared lukewarm. The women were dressed in the height of fashion, and social events were of much greater importance than the prayer meeting or the spread of the gospel message. It was far harder to reach the hearts of an English congregation than those of the ignorant, heathen Chinese.” Ms Aylward died in 1970, and unfortunately, what she proclaimed then, we find still ringing true today. Please keep these in your prayers who have such a hunger for God, yet know not what they seek.

Kate singing at Lunch Club

The Lunch Club members enjoyed their entertainment last week as Kate sang for them.

Kate at Lunch Club

Another picture of Kate serving at Lunch Club.

Kate at Lunch Club

It has been such a blessing to have our daughter, Kate, here with us for the past several weeks. Here's a pic of her during the weekly lunch club meetings when she was helping serve one day.

Our girls

Myleea played her violin for the first time in church recently! She blessed KEC with "Ode to Joy."

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It has been so wonderful to have our daughter, Kate, back with us this summer! Here is a pic of her leading in worship one Sunday at KEC with Bubba on the guitar and Rockie on the piano.

Empower SnowDome Trip

We had an awesome time tonight with Empower members at the SnowDome in Tamworth.

KEC Passion Play Pictures

KEC Passion Play Poster

If you are in town, please join us!!!

KEC Passion Play 2009

C. H. Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle

We recently had the opportunity to go to the church of the late, great Pastor C. H. Spurgeon in London. It was quite awesome to consider that the very porch with its great columns towering on the church's facade actually were the same as those that greeted Spurgeon and his congregation, whose numbers were in the tens of thousands regularly. It is difficult even to imagine that number of congregation members these days when observing Christianity in modern England! However, although at one time the membership of this church had dwindled to only a handful, the faithfulness of its current pastor has been greatly blessed. It now is home to approximately 500 regular worshippers. It also is used to evangelize the community in mighty ways, including a children's mid-week program which currently averages around 700 children each week from the largely unchurched area. We praise God for those "giants of the faith" who have been used in large ways to glorify Him, and whose testimonies live on to challenge each of us to aspire to follow God as boldly and faithfully as they did.