By
Greg Willingham.
Our preacher was one who told the truth as God needed it done
He always tried to stay with the Bible, even when having fun
He seldom failed to teach, but he always sought to give a prod
He always kept a little wit but remained serious when the time called for God
He was passionate about the Lord with all his heart, it showed in his preaching
He didn’t fail to give God glory through all of his teaching
He gave warning after warning to all about sin
He never wanted to see someone quit or fall because they gave in
He had a heart for the church and for those people placed in his charge
He never thought himself more than others or he made himself feel large
He was just a normal guy, a sinner saved by grace
He always knew where he came from, and knew God put him in this place
He would tell you how he came to be saved September 2, 1975
How God brought him to his knees and made him come alive
He would tell you how poor he was when he was young and how he didn’t have much of anything
He would make jokes and laugh, and he would also tell you how he couldn’t sing
He and his loving wife came to start a church here in this place
He worked to get it started, and it grew through God’s amazing grace
It moved a time or two till it arrived to where it is at this location now
For 26 years he strived to make it grow, and look at what it has become, WOW!
He gave everything he had to this work, even sometimes doing without
He would tell you he was blessed because God had him in his hand, no doubt
He was a beacon to this community, and many families here and there
He always gave what God had given him with tender loving care
He went home to be with the Lord, he will be sorely missed with love
We know he has a new body, and that he is communing with the Lord above
He worked to have a man to take on the work he had started
He knew it had to be a man who would not do things half hearted
Throughout his years we have seen the work, the blood, the sweat and tears
We have prayed with him, and laughed with him even during the a time of fears
We remember that with all his heart and love, that he preached the word with conviction
Attempting to always see souls saved from hell and hoped they would be lead to redemption
As we continue doing the work that he started, and we see this church and how it develops
We know it started with a call, and an answer by a man named Olton Phillips.
He always tried to stay with the Bible, even when having fun
He seldom failed to teach, but he always sought to give a prod
He always kept a little wit but remained serious when the time called for God
He was passionate about the Lord with all his heart, it showed in his preaching
He didn’t fail to give God glory through all of his teaching
He gave warning after warning to all about sin
He never wanted to see someone quit or fall because they gave in
He had a heart for the church and for those people placed in his charge
He never thought himself more than others or he made himself feel large
He was just a normal guy, a sinner saved by grace
He always knew where he came from, and knew God put him in this place
He would tell you how he came to be saved September 2, 1975
How God brought him to his knees and made him come alive
He would tell you how poor he was when he was young and how he didn’t have much of anything
He would make jokes and laugh, and he would also tell you how he couldn’t sing
He and his loving wife came to start a church here in this place
He worked to get it started, and it grew through God’s amazing grace
It moved a time or two till it arrived to where it is at this location now
For 26 years he strived to make it grow, and look at what it has become, WOW!
He gave everything he had to this work, even sometimes doing without
He would tell you he was blessed because God had him in his hand, no doubt
He was a beacon to this community, and many families here and there
He always gave what God had given him with tender loving care
He went home to be with the Lord, he will be sorely missed with love
We know he has a new body, and that he is communing with the Lord above
He worked to have a man to take on the work he had started
He knew it had to be a man who would not do things half hearted
Throughout his years we have seen the work, the blood, the sweat and tears
We have prayed with him, and laughed with him even during the a time of fears
We remember that with all his heart and love, that he preached the word with conviction
Attempting to always see souls saved from hell and hoped they would be lead to redemption
As we continue doing the work that he started, and we see this church and how it develops
We know it started with a call, and an answer by a man named Olton Phillips.
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