January 8, 2004

(Normally the 1^st Thursday would be the service date, but January 1^st was the first Thursday of the month and it was a regular visitation day for the inmates, so the service was rescheduled by TRU for the second Thursday this month only.)

In Attendance…

Cascade Community Church: John Burkholder and 10-12 volunteers

Officers: 4

Other Volunteers: Bob Jordan, Tim Coleman

Administration: Wendy

Inmate Total: 20

Adult Visitors: 42

Children: 11

Families with Children: 4

Note: Some administrative issues led to the wrong inmate/visitation/refreshment lists being delivered to the appropriate personnel. This resulted in some inmates, visitors, and refreshments from being in the service.

Scheduled start: 6:30pm

Actual start: 6:40pm (to allow more visitors to come in)

Music was provided by the TRU inmates. Seven persons (1 guitar, 2 electric guitars, 1 drummer, 1 exclusive singer, 1 keyboardist – and one person running the mixer board). Background music from 6pm to 6:40pm. (27 visitors came after the service started at 6:40pm).

All visitors and inmates were present in the meeting room by 7pm. Worship ended at 7:05pm.

Sermon (by John Burkholder) began at 7:07pm. Message on “Faith” using Romans 1:17, Hebrews 2:4, John 20, Hebrews 11. During the sermon two persons from Cascade gave testimonies:

John Hunter 7:07-7:12pm
Michael Jacobson 7:27-7:32pm

Key sermon point by John was Hank Hannegraff’s definition of faith’s three ingredients: Knowledge; Agreement; Trust. Much practical application of faith in the Christian’s life was ministered by John, and Hunter’s and Jacobson’s testimonies were also on the theme of faith.

7:33-7:37 TRU inmate and his sister sang a special song. TRU Worship team ministered a song written by a TRU inmate, 7:40-7:45pm.

John B. had closing comments after this song from 7:45-7:50pm. Closed in prayer and with an exhortation to Have Faith to Finish the ace. Serve God, be Blessed, and Please the Lord.