WHERE WE WERE IN 2015 - Map

This is just a fun post we started doing a few years back when a friend of ours suggested to us to start posting a map once a year with little dots on it showing folks where we have been.  She thought it would be a neat thing for her kids to see where "Uncle Craig and Aunt Stacie" travel to.  Well - here it is!  I am sure it will be a great encouragement to all of you! (haha!)

Seriously - it is a blessing when we stop and think about all of the places God allows us to go to.  It is always our prayer that He would use us in ways that He would see fit and we praise Him for the opportunity we have to serve the Lord.

UPDATED SCHEDULE: January-March 2016

Here is our updated & current schedule for the first quarter of 2016.  There is a special notice below the graphic...

A NOTE ABOUT OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE:
Due to my pastor's serious health situation, we have temporarily postponed our January-March trip to Maine to help Pastor David Ireland and New Life Baptist Church.  I know many of you have contacted me asking how Pastor Kirchmeyer is doing and letting us know you are praying for him.  It is very much appreciated and we would ask that you continue praying for him.  I will do my best to keep you updated.

JANUARY

3

First Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church

Franklin, Indiana

Pastor Kent Kirchmeyer

4-9
New Testament Baptist Church
Cape Coral, Florida
Pastor Bill Roan

10-15
Shady Acres Baptist Church
Houston, Texas
Pastor Danny Farley




FEBRUARY

7-11
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Lake City, Florida
Pastor Mike Norman

Updated: 1/26/16

JANUARY 2016 PRAYER LETTER

There will be some updates coming to the website in the next few days (December/January report, updated schedule, etc.) but here is our latest prayer letter...

January 26, 2016

Dear Praying Friends,

It is with grateful hearts that Stacie and I send you greetings.  We want to thank you very much for all of your prayers and support of our ministry in evangelism.  This past August marked 14 years of traveling the roads full time.  God has certainly been very good to us and has provided every need according to His will and we stand in amazement and deep gratitude for all of His blessings.

2015 ROUND UP:

The Lord really gave us some great meetings last year.  We saw some folks respond by trusting Christ and saw a few sparks of what I would classify as true, heaven-sent revival.  It was a joy to see the mighty hand of God move in the services and for folks to just get out of the way and let Him do whatever He wanted to.  Space does not permit me to go into detail like I want to.  The last half of the year found us in Ohio, Maine, New York, Texas, Alabama, back to New York, Pennsylvania, back to Ohio, Michigan and then home for the holidays.  It was a joy to be home and preach at our church during the Christmas/New Year’s weeks in order to give my preacher a well-deserved break.

2016 THUS FAR and LOOKING AHEAD:

I started January in Cape Coral, Florida at New Testament Baptist Church and then went to Houston, Texas for the camp meeting at Shady Acres Baptist Church.  While I was in Texas my preacher ended up in the hospital with meningitis, MRSA and a severe sinus infection for which he will need surgery.  Our original plan when I returned was to head to Maine to help New Life Baptist Church out for a couple of months over the winter.  My pastor’s health necessitated the postponement of this trip.  I have been preaching here for the past couple of weeks and will continue to do so for the near foreseeable future and will wait for the Lord’s leading on our trip to Maine as all depends on his health.  I would earnestly ask for you all to put Pastor Kent Kirchmeyer on your prayer lists and keep praying for his continued recovery. 

WEBSITE: www.evangelistcraigcobb.com

If you want to keep up with our schedule and more frequent reports, I would encourage you to go check out our website.

 Psalm 122:1— “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.”

In His service,

Craig A. Cobb

Isaiah 61:1

Merry Christmas 2015

November 2015 Update

AMAZING GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH - Columbus, Ohio...

On Sunday, November 1st I had the privilege of preaching at Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio for Pastor Jobe Beechler.  Bro. Jobe had been the church's associate pastor for a few years and then became the church's pastor this past spring after Bro. Jimmy Hood stepped down for health reasons.  I was very thankful for the opportunity to visit with Bro. Hood at his son's home before the service for a few minutes.  It was a blessing just to see this great man of God.  We had a very good service that night at Amazing Grace and the Lord really gave good liberty to preach and a full altar.

TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH - Tioga, Pennsylvania...

After a few days off at the beginning of November we headed to Tioga, Pennsylvania - a small town about an hour south of Corning, New York.  This was our first time being at this church.  Pastor Steven Neff contacted me back in September about preaching their fall revival.  This was really a tremendous REVIVAL meeting.  There was such a good spirit in the services and the response to the preached Word of God was amazing.  On Sunday evening after the service while on the way a home, a teen boy trusted Christ! Again on Monday evening after the service a teen girl trusted Christ.  Then on Wednesday evening during the invitation the pastor's daughter along with one of the teen young ladies trusted Christ.  I personally spoke with each one of these individuals afterwards asking them if they knew they were saved and each one said yes.  When I asked them how they knew they were saved, they said that they had trusted the Lord - AMEN!!! TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!!!!!  The Gospel was clearly preached several times in the services and there was no doubt Christ was calling on sinners to get saved.  We enjoyed some great fellowship during the week with the preacher, his family and some of the church folks.  The Lord truly blessed with a great meeting! 

What a blessing when we can park the bus at the church!

Tabernacle Baptist Church - Tioga, Pennsylvania

Tabernacle Baptist Church - Tioga, Pennsylvania

The beautiful Tioga Valley in north central Pennsylvania. Tabernacle Baptist Church is in the center of the picture (enlarged in the next photo below)

Tabernacle Baptist Church in the Tioga Valley of Pennsylvania

Good congregational singing during the week

Pastor Steve Neff - Tabernacle Baptist Church - Tioga, Pennsylvania

Lots of good special music during the meeting

 

LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH - Miamisburg, Ohio...

We had to be in the Dayton area for some personal business during the third week of the month.  I contacted Pastor Tom Gresham and asked if we could park at the church during our time in town and he graciously said yes.  A couple of weeks before we arrived he asked me if I would preach on the Sunday and Wednesday we would be there.  I very much appreciate and and am grateful for every opportunity to preach.  It was good to see the Liberty crowd again and are looking forward to being back at the camp meeting next July.

HOME - FIRST MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH - Franklin, Indiana...

We left Dayton on November 19th and headed home to Franklin, Indiana and I have preached a few times at our church since getting back.  As of this morning, the bus is totally unpacked and ready to go into storage tomorrow for the winter.  We will still be busy over the winter with meetings and different things, but we will not be traveling in the bus again until April.  

My pastor - Kent Kirchmeyer and me

The bus is ready to go to the barn for winter storage

One of Jack's favorite views while traveling in the bus! This was our last ride for 2015