This weekend is going to be GREAT at Ragtown Gospel Theater!  Friday night we have a bunch from Cornerstone Bible Church coming.  Doug and Susie Moore will be with that group, and they are old friends.  Pastor Richard Grubbs is a long time family friend, and we were glad to hear that he’ll be back from his  mission trip overseas,  just in time to come along. 

Second Baptist in Levelland, and First Baptist of both Lamesa and Stanton will be here.  There’s a group that the Ropesville Lions Club is bringing.  And Big Spring’s College Baptist will be here too.  We’re happy about that, but I wish Pastor Ken McMeans was going to be back from his vacation in time to come home.  We’re proud of every Post boy who found his way into a pulpit.  Pastor Steve McMeans,  at Indiana Avenue Baptist in Lubbock,  has set the bar pretty high, but from what I hear,  his brother Ken is just as well loved in Big Spring.

It’s funny how things work out.  Word apparently got aout among the Baptists this week.  Let’s make next week “Tell a Presbyterian Week” and just see what happens!

Speaking of well loved, we are hurting  this week in Post City.  Wednesday we lost one of the most loved and respected men this county has ever produced.  A genuine Ragtown native, Jimmy Redman, went to be with the Lord that day, and it has wounded this community.  We rejoice for him, but we can’t help being a little selfish, because Jimmy was a rare and wonderful fellow. 

Jimmy found a perfect match in Delores.  They have a lovely place right across the highway from ours.  Jimmy and Delores have come over to help us with parking and seating folks several times at Ragtown Ranch Theater, and have told us repeatedly that they were available anytime we needed their help.   It is a phrase everyone in Post is used to hearing from those two.  They meant it.

I told Jimmy awhile back  that I was just glad to just have a chance to hang out with him, until we both got too old to remember our names.  Jimmy never got old.  He was fifteen years older than me, but didn’t look or act like it.  From what I gather, he was doing some daywork on a local ranch when the Lord called him home.  I’ve chased a few cows, and I can say with some certainty that Jimmy was having a ball. 

I’ll miss you, brother.  And we won’t forget Delores in our prayers… and we will be available anytime she needs our help.  You can count on it.

Bless Y’all,

     Chip    

Glenn adds his reflections about Post’s  loss of a dear man…

 As I write this note, we are deeply saddened at the loss of a good and dear friend, Jimmy Redman.  He helped us many times at Ragtown Gospel Theater, always giving his very best.  In the parking lot, he helped many of you as you boarded the bus.  Our foreman,Mark Wright,expressed it very simply, but eloquently…”He was a really good man”.  This world would be a better place if there were more like men like Jimmy Redman.  He will be missed by everyone who knew him. In the 50 plus years that I was acquainted with Jimmy, not one time, did I ever hear a negative  word about him….or from him.  What a wonderful legacy!  Our hearts go out to his sweet wife, Dolores.

Blessings,
Glenn