Posts from December 2025

Dear Sawyersville family (and friends), – As we gather in heart and spirit on this holy Christmas Eve, I want to share a bit of my recent journey with you. This is a quiet testimony of grace that I’ve truly experienced-and I’m grateful to walk it with you. It started with a surprise test result revealing a 90-99% blocked carotid artery-my own “widowmaker.” Doctors warned of devastating risks either way: surgery could bring a stroke, or waiting meant certain death…

On December 6, about 30 of us went from the church to Journey to Bethlehem in Thomasville. We had a wonderful time and my wife Dawn Carter lead in hymns on the way over. We had wondrously special hot chocolate and saw one of the most professional beautiful live nativity Productions that is done anywhere ever! See more photos here