Friday: 7:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am & 4:00 pm
Sunday: 9:00 am
"The Barn" Bandon's Community Center
1200 11th Street SW,
Bandon, OR. 97411
Only coffee and light snacks will be provided.
No meals included.
The Mystery of Marriage
We’re excited to welcome Mark and Jill Prater for the weekend. Mark serves as the Executive Director of Sovereign Grace Churches and is a dear friend of our church. Some may remember that Mark and Jill were scheduled to join us in 2020, but COVID had other plans—Mark still came while Jill stayed home. We’ve been hoping for a redo ever since, and we’re grateful to finally have both of them with us.
The theme for the weekend is The Mystery of Marriage. Together, we’ll step back and look at the big picture of how marriage is meant to display Jesus and His Church. We’ll talk about cultivating long-term faithfulness and friendship, and about working through conflict in ways that honor the Lord.
Our hope is that our weekend together, with Susan, will encourage us to sew the seeds of the gospel into the next generation and generations to come.
Mark Prater serves as our Executive Director, ensuring the effective operation of the Leadership Team through leadership, strategic planning, support, evaluation, and clear communication. He plays a key role in leading our shared mission to plant and strengthen churches with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Mark has served as an elder at Covenant Fellowship Church since 2002. Earlier, in 1996, he helped plant a church where he served as senior pastor until 2002. He has also served as Director of the Sovereign Grace Church Planting Group and as a regional representative overseeing the Northeast region of churches in the United States.
Mark and his wife, Jill, have three adult daughters and ten grandchildren. They make their home in West Chester, Pennsylvania. You can follow Mark on Twitter and through his weekly video podcast.
