“Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for my soul.” Psalm 66:16, ESV
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The Psalmist wrote these words to publicly declare the praises of God. As I
write this short bio of my experience of God's providence in my life, I am
convicted once again that the God we love and worship is indeed full of mercy
and grace. I pray that you will experience the majesty and love of God anew as
you read this. God alone, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, is to be
worshipped and adored. I look forward with great expectation to your visit and
hearing what He has done for your soul!
By God's
grace and His sovereign will I was born again on January 29, 1986 in the midst
of a serious automobile accident. By the power of His Holy Spirit, He changed
my life forever. He placed a compelling desire in my heart to run after Him.
God ordained a tragedy to give me His greatest blessing, life in Christ. As I
pursued Christ through reading and studying the Bible, I became convicted of my
sinfulness in the light of His holiness. I surrendered my life to Christ by the
power of His Holy Spirit. I repented of my sins and placed my whole trust in His
finished work. God has continued to teach me what it means to follow Him. As Paul
wrote, every Christian is called to work out his/her salvation in fear and
trembling because God is the One working to change a sinner into the likeness of
Christ, Philippians 2:12-13.
As I studied
the Bible and subsequently taught it as a member of my local church, I discerned
that God was calling me to invest myself fully in the ministry of the word.
During that
time I was member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, commonly referred to as the
Episcopal Church. I entered Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in 1991 with the
approval and endorsement of the Bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida. I graduated
with a Master of Divinity degree in 1994 and was ordained. During my tenure in the
Episcopal Church, I served three churches. One of the three was a "church plant"
that God grew for His glory.
By God's
providence, I left the Episcopal Church, renounced my orders in that denomination
and was examined and ordained a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America
(PCA) in February, 2005. The Lord led me and my wife, Laurie, to be a part of this
great Kingdom work in Weatherford, Texas. With great humility we feel privileged
and honored to serve this church family, Weatherford Presbyterian Church.
God is
sovereign and His plan uses all of our lives for His purpose. My life is no
exception. Prior to my seminary education, I was an Electrical Engineer, engaged
as a supervisor, then manager in the commercial nuclear power industry. The last
ten years of my total of eighteen years as a practicing engineer was spent at the
Crystal River Unit Three Nuclear Power Plant, Crystal River, Florida.
I
received my undergraduate degree in 1973 in Electrical Engineering from
I received
my undergraduate degree in 1973 in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University,
Villanova, PA.
Laurie, my
devoted wife and I were married on July 14, 1973. We have three children: Nicholas,
Krista and Annamarie, a daughter-in-law, Brynn, and one grandchild, Silas.
I am a
Christian by God's grace and a Reformed Evangelical by conviction. The Protestant
Reformers of the sixteenth Century recovered the faith that was, "once for all
delivered to the saints." Jude 3. I see the majesty and love of God in Christ
magnified knowing that He did for me what I could never do for myself. I was
dead and He made me alive! I invite you to join us at Weatherford Presbyterian
Church and catch the joy of the Lord along with us as we participate in God's
work of building His Kingdom. What a blessing it is to be a part of His vision here!
We are
sinners saved by God's grace, desiring to be people of grace. We will be blessed
by your presence and I confidently say that you will be impressed by what God is
doing in and through us.
Yours in
Christ’s love and service,
Lou