Fairview Baptist Church (Athens, TN)

After a short trip north from Chattanooga, we made it to Athens, TN to spend the week with Pastor Jack Scallions at Fairview Baptist church. The beautiful hills of Fairview were quite a sight. The team was able to get to know the teens and children on Sunday morning, helping with Sunday school and the morning service. 

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The beautiful weather of Monday quickly changed into some intense snowfall for a southern winter. Because of the “snowstorm” that happened on Tuesday, the Christian school closed before lunch, and the evening service was cancelled for that night. Of course, Aaron is always up for some good memories, so the snow gave him an excuse to have required fun for our team. Everybody bundled up for some southern snow sledding. We took some time after lunch to go down some of the hills on the church property. Be sure to check out our Snow Day album on Facebook! 

We held our Irish Concert on Wednesday evening. Fortunately, we were able to reschedule another service for Thursday evening to make up from the cancelled service earlier that week due to the snow. We had a good turnout throughout the week despite the harsh weather. We praise the Lord for Pastor Scallion's service for over forty years to the members of Fairview! It was a great opportunity for our team to glean wisdom from this humble man. Our team also was able to spend some time with Alex Newton, who serves as the youth pastor and camp director (at the church’s camp), his wife Anna, and their baby girl Emma. We were so blessed by their friendship and encouragement to us.

We enjoyed our time of ministry at Fairview Baptist Church. Pastor Scallions was a blessing to serve with, and the people desired to hear the Word...despite the weather!

Click here to see our Facebook album from Fairview Baptist.