Jeff Slaughter

Ministries

Connecting the dots…

Hey everybody! This is such a fun time of the year for me…getting to travel around to different VBS conferences… singing, dancing and worshiping with friends…and hearing about how the Lord is already using this program to touch people’s lives. I love to hear the stories!

A few weeks ago a lady shared with me that the woman who wrote the lyrics for the hymn “Take the Name of Jesus With You,” Lydia Baxter, was born in New York, started a church in Petersburg, NY, and served as a missionary in the state until she passed away in NYC in 1874! I had no idea when I used the chorus of this hymn as the bridge for “I Will” (the Day 4 song) that New York was such a special part of the composer’s life! I love how the Lord is always “connecting the dots” for us!

One more thing, she was born on Sept. 2nd, 1809. Our VBS team settled upon the Big Apple Adventure theme on Sept. 2nd, 2009! So cool!! How sweet of the Lord to allow her passion for New York to continue to have an impact 200 years later!!

  • Rhonda MacClain

    Hey Jeff! You have so been on my heart the past few weeks – so I’ve been prayin for you. Looks like you’ve been busy!
    I love this story here about Lydia Baxter! That is so like God!! He blesses His children, even in the small things, just to see a smile on our faces and cause us to know He had His hand on it. Right this minute, I’m feelin tremendously cared for by Him!
    By the way, I SO LOVED the pictures from Uganda! I’m always so thankful to see pictures like those when a friend goes on a mission trip, ’cause I may never go there, but I get to see it through their camera. The smiles on those faces!………..more of God’s beauty!
    Blessings my dear brother ♥