Uncategorized

We had a great time getting to participate with Samaritan’s Purse this week in Seneca helping with tornado cleanup. We had a lot of fun serving with the people from our church and also getting to meet and work with other volunteers.

Although we may be housebound, that doesn’t stop us from worshipping the Savior of the world this Easter time.  Luke’s friends in Laurens came up with an idea for families to put lit crosses in front yards.  They were interviewed on the news the other day, and it has really taken off!  There are now thousands of Crosses! Praise Jesus!

On Wednesday night, we had the opportunity to watch our church’s live online service with a small group of some of our friends at our house! We enjoyed being able to fellowship with others during this time. Unfortunately, due to the situation, some of our musical engagements have been postponed to a later date. We will keep y’all posted! We will be singing on Sunday evening March 29th for our church’s online service. Y’all can watch any of our church’s great services online every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, Sunday morning at 9:30 and 10:45 AM, and Sunday evening at 6:00 PM! We have included the website links below.

ROCK SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockspringsbaptist/
Website: https://rockspringsbaptist.com/watch/

Merry Christmas from the Rankin Family!

Our family had a great time at church on the 4^th of July—the sweet fellowship, food, playing games, singing, honoring our God and country, and the fireworks.  Thank you, RSBC!

Merry Christmas from the Rankin Family!

Thank you, Mrs. Hansen, for asking us to sing and play at your dear husband’s funeral.  He loved Jesus Christ and served him faithfully to the end.  We all look forward to seeing him again one day in our Heavenly Home in “Beulah Land”!

DEATH’S DOOR

Our first year experiencing Death’s Door was incredible!  The presentation was a huge blessing and the turnout each of the three nights was awesome.  My two littler sisters, Susanna and Phebe, were even convinced to be angels on the last night of the presentation.  They did a great job!  Our whole family is looking forward to helping out even more next year!

As you can see below, the pillar that I (Luke) am toting was no easy task.  Sadly though, it turns out it was just some foam covered in plaster!  I really thought I was getting somewhere with my workouts.  🙂

We have enjoyed participating in our church’s crusade this year. The crusade is continuing every night through Wednesday, with pre-music beginning at 6:45. It is open to the public; everyone’s welcome!

Some of us are involved in a Good News Club at a local elementary school.  It’s a wonderful way to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with kids. Our family had the opportunity to volunteer for the Good News Spectacular at the TD Convention Center on Saturday, and we had fun making over a thousand snow cones!  What a great turnout!

Merry Christmas 2017!
–from the Rock of Ages Family Music

We had a fun time going to Hollywild for their Christmas lights! We had a blast, and we appreciated how they displayed the Ten Commandments to the Salvation message. We had a great time looking at all the animals. We also enjoyed being able to pet the bison and the zebras.

Some of us were able to ring the bell for The Salvation Army. We had a fun time singing Christmas carols while we rang! If you’d like to see one of our favorite Christmas movies, check out Silver Bells (2013) with Bruce Boxleitner. It’s funny and sweet and gives an insight into The Salvation Army.

Merry Christmas!

We have had a wonderful week! Priscilla held her annual Christmas Recital at our home with two of her sisters, Susanna and Phebe, participating. What a great turnout! Priscilla was thankful for the over 60 folks that came out to enjoy the children playing and the food and fellowship afterwards. What a great bunch of kids!!

It came as a great shock to us that we got snow! Susanna and Phebe made two snowmen and we named one “Benji”, and Mama called the other one “Benny” (in honor of the storm Benji).

We support Released Time for our local public schools!  We had a wonderful evening listening to David Rives’ talk on God’s creation. We loved how he showed multiple Scriptures supporting recent scientific discoveries. The “Bible Knows Best”!

www.GenesisScienceNetwork.com

The Lord blessed us here in South Carolina with a cloudless view of the total solar eclipse of the sun on August 21st at 2:38 p.m., 2017! We marveled at Bailey’s Beads and the crescent shaped shadows that appeared. God is so creative! Our chickens started going to their coop to roost, and the crickets were chirping. God is Awesome!

We had a wonderful time visiting the Ark Encounter for the first time during our August vacation! Witnessing the literal size of God and Noah’s Biblical Ark in person in Williamstown, KY, was a highlight. We also enjoyed a return visit to the Creation Museum and running into Ken Ham again.

Our church had a spectacular patriotic celebration. We also enjoyed our small town’s fireworks show.

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!!

We are so thankful for our troops and those that have paid the ultimate price for our freedom.