Greetings in the name of our Savior,

These are difficult days for our church family. Recently a portion of God's eternal plan has been revealed to us that none of us could have ever imagined. On Saturday night, November 5 our Lord chose to take home a young man we all loved so very much - Adam Spencer. For those of you who knew Adam, you know how much he loved the Lord and desired to be used by Him. For those of you who didn't, allow me to take a moment and tell you a little about him.

In the time I have been at Twin Oaks I have watched a teenage boy grow into a young man. From week to week I have witnessed his abilities developing and his commitment to Christ deepening. God had gifted Adam tremendously with the talent of music and each Sunday morning he began our worship service by leading our congregation in Praise and Worship. As someone recently said, "Sunday mornings will never be the same." But Adam's impact upon our church went beyond his musical abilities. With words of encouragement Adam led our congregation to worship the Lord with all our hearts; with a smile on his face and a laugh that made us giggle, he greeted us and helped us see the good in life; with words of sincerity he told us that he loved us; and with an energy that was contagious he helped us to be excited about life and about our salvation.

Just last summer Adam had recognized God's special call upon his life and he had dedicated himself to full time Christian Ministry. He didn't know where or when or how but he was ready to do whatever it would take to see our church, his school and our county come to know Jesus Christ and to get on fire for serving Him.

"Why?" is the question that we find ourselves asking. Why would the Lord take someone as special as Adam from us? No one but the Lord can fully answer that, but there is one thing that I know for sure - neither the Lord nor Adam would want us to quit. At the young age of 18 God called Adam home, but in our spirits we know that before Adam left he passed the baton down to us and now it's our turn to run the race. In my mind I see Adam in heaven cheering us on - telling us to run for Christ with all that we have in us. One day I hope to cross that finish line and when I do I know that one of the first faces I will see will be Adam's laughing and smiling.

Please pray for us as we continue on. Pray for his mother Cindy, his father Darrell, his sister Sarah and his brothers Jared and Dustin. Pray for the rest of his family, our church family, his youth group and his friends at Christian Heritage Academy. Right now these words are so hard to say but I still believe that they are true - "God is good all the time and all the time - God is good."

-Pastor Terry

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