I haven’t written since mid-summer of last year. What a time we have had since that time. My first visit to The Well was prior to July of this year. Through the jail ministry I met Jim Raine, the pastor of The Well, and have grown to love him and his family. Many times the enemy has put barriers and obstacles in my way of getting close to men of God who have been called to preach the Gospel. Jim has been solid as a rock, never swaying as many of us do. So many times, we put on fronts to impress others and often lose our guard and we reveal our true selves. As long as I have known Jim, about a year and a half, he continues to be the same today as when I first met him. He is truly a man of God. My prayer is for anyone who is willing to come to the cross of Jesus, to come with a spirit of worship and share your experience we are having at The Well. Keep in mind; we can experience that same worship with God, either alone, or collectively, but I have grown in my worship by being with others who share the same love for Christ. I believe other denominations can, and have, experienced a worshiping experience, but the warmth and receptive spirit is always offered at The Well.

So, in closing, my prayer is for anyone who does not have a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, please read God’s Word and find a group of believers that have the knowledge of the Word. You are welcome at The Well. If you have any questions that concern you, Jim & Penny are more than willing to gently and lovingly explain how they have grown into getting close to Jesus through the Holy Spirit.

God Bless,

Ed Ragland

The Glory of Christ is being shown during your services at your new church, The Well, in Mt Pleasant, Tennessee. I have had the previlige to experience His presence on so many occasions. The first time that I visited, the Holy Spirit took me to a place of devine peace. I felt His presence as if He was coming down to our worship and then rising up, only to repeat that sense. As Jim has said during our conversations afterward, the Holy Spirit is coming into our presence and fighting off the evil spirits and then returning again to repeat the process.

On another occasion, I have had the previlige to play guitar with your lovely children, April and Beau. While April was singing, I heard other voices coming through the speaker monitors. I was wondering how April was doing this, so I opened my eyes to see if Penny was singing from the back of the church, but she wasn’t. Also, I heard a man’s voice coming from where Beau was playing the drums, but Beau was not singing. Again, Jim and Penny has explained that it’s the presence of Angels from Heaven accompanying our worship.

Lastly, last evening during our worship, several of us heard a bell ring, from which we thought Beau had hit while playing drums. He doesn’t have a bell! After all said and done, my wish is for anyone reading this email is to come and experience it for yourself. Keep in mind, I’m from a Baptist, Church of Christ, Methodist background and it may seem a little strange, but you can feel the peace of God if you allow Him to come into your worship.

Thank your Jim and Penny. May God continue to bless you and your family.

In Christian Love,

Ed Ragland

Penny Raine