FIXIN' The FLATS a summary of Westlawn Baptist Church's 200810-200909 history

Mrs. Sandy Lynn Patton, Acting Director of W.W.J.D. is also Assistant Pastor of Westlawn Baptist Church in "THE FLATS" of Oklahoma City: the area just North of: the Stockyards, the Oklahoma River, Interstate 40, and the railroad: 2461 NW 1st Terrace; OKC, OK 73107. 405.235.7297. This area is a heavy NEEDS area, and the church does NOT support itself or it's heavy ministry:

CELEBRATIONS HELD OFF CAMPUS:

• Our Church attended a FOREVER LOVE Banquet in Okemah Oklahoma February 14, 2009.

• Held our Third Annual Pentecost Celebration at Wes Watkins Reservoir with a baptism ceremony May 31, 2009.

• Two youth attended Falls Creek the week of June 15^th 2009.

• WLBC attended our first New Moon Celebration where FOREVER LOVE was featured August 21, 2009.

• We had a party for our youths that graduated from high school at Wes Watkins Reservoir August 23, 2009.

BUILDING CHANGES:

Our church has had many repairs within the last year:

-sewer line replaced the Orangeburg with PVC

(replaced the line the entire length of the building on the east side)

-some new fittings in several sinks and toilets

-remodeled for handicap-use our two main bathrooms

-treated for insects inside and out

-termite extermination

-new paint inside and out

-dyed the fellowship hall carpet chocolate brown

-new indoor outdoor carpet in main entry way

-new tile on two of the bathroom floors

-numerous bids taken for a new roof

-Our two new Air Conditioner condenser units we actually installed in July of 2008.

-Our signs were redesigned and painted:

The small one on the South side closer to Villa

The larger on the front facing Villa

The metal one standing up on the South side

-A New Sign was donated and installed & times and days adjusted to current times/days

CHANGES IN OFFICERS:

Sandy Lynn Patton, our Music Minister was Licensed February 1, 2009.

Sandy Lynn Patton became our Assistant Pastor February 22, 2009.

Sandy Lynn Patton was Ordained March 29, 2009.

Sandy Lynn Patton and Connie Dunford became joint Church Clerks as Connie became quite ill.

Beloved Sister Connie, our Pastor’s wife, was “Born Into Glory” July 27. (“Born Into Glory” this term used to describe the home-going of at Believer is copyrighted © W.W.J.D. Media)

Bruce Holm joined and became our Treasure.

CHANGES IN SERVICES:

WLBC combined our Sunday evening worship & our Wednesday evening prayer services into one longer service held on Friday evenings –which often will be accompanied by a fellowship meal as well. There are many poor Jewish people down here in the FLATS and Friday evening services are an attempt to reach them.

OTHER ASSOCIATED MINSTRY CHANGES:

Bruce Holm started the music group: FOREVER LOVE

Sandy Lynn Patton went back into the Radio Ministry June 1, 2009

This time she is on KTLV 1220AM and also on the Internet at: KTLV1220.com

Friday nights 7-8pm and Sunday afternoons 4:30-5:30pm

FOREVER LOVE joins her in that ministry on the W.W.J.D. Radio/Internet Broadcast

MINISTRY OUTREACH PROJECTS:

• FOOD, CLOHTING, COUNSELING & SOME FURNITURE:

Due to the copper being stolen out of our two large condenser units the summer of 2008, the Jets after school program and Whiz Kids tutoring programs with drew from our facilities and also withdrew the financial support of our bills and our food project through the FOOD BANK.

Despite our numerous losses in funding due to our Air Conditioner Crisis in July 2008, our church decided NOT to stop our Clothing and Food and Counseling outreach. In fact, we increased it: from once every other month on food baskets and catch us as you can during services times for clothing and counseling to: Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 10a-2p.

During the increase in gasoline prices we were open almost everyday and seeing as many as 30 families daily in for food, clothing and counseling!

We have serviced many off I-40 trying to go “Home” –from out of state.

Hurricane Refugees from Galveston, TX and also, believe it or not, a few refugees from Katrina who where brought here from New Orleans are STILL being helped by our food, clothing, and counseling ministries.

• VBS 2009 resulted in the salvation of two Native American boys.

• FIXIN’ THE FLATS BY PICKIN’ THE STICKERS

Last Fall we held a successful discipleship/counseling program designed and led by Sandy Lynn Patton for problems with addictions. Through it we have had additions to our church, the salvation of one teenage boy and his mom.

A total of seven persons changed their lives (that we know of) from addictions: a boy child, two teenage boys, a middle aged female, two middle aged men, and a senior adult female. All were Native Americans except the middle-aged men and one male teen were Caucasians. Of these the changes were as follows: the females had huge weight loss totally changing their appearance and others have totally changed their lives styles from many of the following: drugs, porn, stealing, rebellion, the bar scene, school drop-outs, addiction to prescription drugs, and cigarettes.

Mrs. Sandy Lynn Patton, Acting Director of W.W.J.D. is also Assistant Pastor of Westlawn Baptist Church in "THE FLATS" of Oklahoma City: the area just North of: the Stockyards, the Oklahoma River, Interstate 40, and the railroad: 2461 NW 1st Terrace; OKC, OK 73107. 405.235.7297. This area is a heavy NEEDS area, and the church does NOT support itself or it's heavy ministry.