Evangelist Craig Cobb: SEMPRONIUS BAPTIST CHURCH FALL REVIVAL - Sempronius, New York

What a tremendous meeting the Lord gave us at the Sempronius Baptist Church. This is the first time we have been with Pastor Dennis Grimes and this great country church. We enjoyed meeting and getting to know the folks here very much. This church was started in 1797 and has a rich and extended history. One interesting fact is that John D. Rockefeller's parents were married in this church.

The meeting started on Sunday with dinner on the grounds and an afternoon service. Then Monday thru Friday night we had supper and then the evening services. I am thankful for good liberty to preach and God gave a good response during the invitations. There was lots of good special music provided by folks in the church. It was encouraging to hear the "Amen's" shouted out during the messages. Another blessing was all of the support from several area churches. Each night there were people from other churches in attendance and several pastors from those churches. I am guessing about seven or eight churches supported the meeting through Thursday night.

A special blessing I would like to mention is that on Thursday night Pastor David Dunbar and his wife, Debbie, from Freedom Baptist Church in Auburn, New York came out to the meeting. Bro. Dunbar was my pastor at the church we were in before coming to Old Time Baptist Church in Hamburg. The Lord graciously led him to Auburn and four or five families (including mine) to Old Time. I preached for Pastor Dunbar a couple of years ago and it was good to see them again.

YOUTH RALLY ON FRIDAY

On Friday night the church hosted a youth rally with teens and young people from 21 area churches totaling 157 people attending the service. There was a total of 157 people in the service. Brother Grimes has been at the church for 20 years and he reports that this was a record attendance since he has been the pastor. A skit was put on by the teens of Sempronius as well as some special music. The Lord really helped some folks and people flooded the altar and were down the aisles of the sanctuary during the invitation. Four precious teenagers came forward and trusted Christ and another one was saved afterwards!

There was a time of fellowship, refreshments and a big bonfire after the service and Stacie and I really enjoyed talking with the folks.

Pastor Grimes graciously has invited us back for next year and we are looking forward to returning to Central New York.

PHOTO GALLERY LINK
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