SF Bay Fellowship

We will not hide them from their descendants;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders he has done.

Psalm 78:4

In 1989 Anne and I were 26 years old, and two years into our marriage, when we were asked to lead a team of 21 disciples to plant the church in Honolulu, Hawaii. Last Sunday we got the opportunity to celebrate the 35th Anniversary with the Oahu Church of Christ. With the theme “Ho’oilina”, which means “legacy” in Hawaiian, the church gathered to commemorate all that God has done, and continues to do, in building a loving family of Jesus followers in the islands!

For Anne and I it was a chance to share with the church some of the miraculous stories from the early years of the church, which now serve as an anchor for our own faith. It was encouraging to recount the stories of so many lives impacted – 235 baptisms in the first 18 months, and churches planted in Hilo, Guam, and Maui. We also got to fellowship with some of the original team members who are still there, and many of the disciples from the early weeks and months of the church. God has been good through the years, despite the inevitable ups and downs of life this side of heaven.

Anthony and Saun Galang have done an amazing job of leading the church there the past 13 years. On Sunday they shared with the church how God works not only in the past but also in the present to use each of us to create a legacy. Nick and Shelly Galang closed-out the anniversary service talking about the future, and the dreams of continuing to build the legacy for the next generation.

The trip was a faith-building time for Anne and I, and gave us a chance to appreciate what God is doing here and now with the SF Bay Fellowship. Each of our lives, and, by extension, each of our fellowship groups, is creating a legacy of love and faith and service to God and the community as we gratefully participate in the story that God is writing here in the Bay Area.

Brock Roby, SF Bay Fellowship Ministry Leader

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