Date: September 9th 2011

Greetings and Salutations!

I hope this email and newsletter attachment find you doing well. Outside of the occasional poison ivy bout by the children, all is well on this end.

The summer is slowing here and signs of fall are popping up all around. For me, this means getting my gathering of firewood finished up pretty quickly. I was able to pick up a wood stove for $100 and am feeling pretty well blessed. I love wood heat and while I am not wishing cold to come rushing in, I anticipate the first fire of the year. I enjoy the smell of the smoke and the pop of the wood.

This last month I was able to attend Polishing the Pulpit. Once again, the did a fantastic job of bringing superb speakers and attracting many wonderful brothers and sisters from numerous states and even out of the country. It is a time of energy, study, growth, friendship, and fun that my family and I look forward to every year. Get your calendars out now and plan your vacation to PTP for next August. It is an experience you will not regret.

In addition to PTP, I was able to go and hear a very dear friend of mine speak in Lorain, OH. Dan Jenkins came all the way up from Florida to speak in a lectureship they had. Though I only made it one night, it was a joy to see his face again and for the first time, meet his wife. Dan is a fine preacher and an inspiration to me and my family. When you join Dan, his wife, Phil Sanders, the other speakers, and the Lorain congregation, you really have a great time going on. Certainly God was glorified by their activities.

While my family is attending the Fredericktown Church of Christ here in ohio (and myself on Wed). I have been blessed to be able to drive a little over an hour and preach 3 lessons a week at the New London Church of Christ. I will continue doing this until they find someone. If anyone is interested, they are a very nice congregation of about 40. The drawback for some preachers will be that the congregation can only pay $250 a week. Thus, they are looking for someone that can bring support or are in a situation where there is not a large financial need. Feel free to email me if you have questions or contact them directly.

As a final note, Kevin Cauley, one of the instructors at the Southwest School of Preaching (and dear friend of mine) has recently published the following website that I encourage you to visit and bookmark: http://christianworker.us/ .

I hope you all enjoy the newsletter this month. Please feel free to use it in your congregations and pass it on where you will.

God Bless,

Travis Main