First, we apologize for the gap in updates due to changes we have had to make regarding our Web site. Now we are back we can bring you up-to-date with exciting happenings through the ministry and museum of Creation Ministries of the Ozarks (CMOTO). Just for clarification, our 501c(3) umbrella ministry name is Creation Ministries of the Ozarks, while under that umbrella Creation Experience Museum is the new name of our museum. The new name of our museum can have a neat double meaning if you think about it. Visitors will “experience” the museum and its contents just by coming and observing, but those of us who are blessed with a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ can testify to the reality of becoming “new creations” in our experience because of His saving grace in our lives.
Yes, we have had some busy times this summer. The present CMOTO museum facility is not huge, and we can fairly comfortably host about 50 visitors at one time. On a day that we were expecting a tour group of about 40 persons—a home school co-op with young people and their parents—the leader called in the morning to tell us there would be about 70 coming! Well, with the help of the Lord we somehow managed and all went well.
We are praying for more dedicated Christian volunteers to be trained by us to give tours of the museum. We feel that giving personal tours is something that most people appreciate rather than just letting them wander around by themselves. Curtis and Sherry Baker have been such a great blessing to me by being willing to sacrifice of their time as volunteer tour guides between their personal business appointments. Are there any more dedicated volunteers out there?
What a privilege it has been to see approximately 1000 visitors pass through the museum since the beginning of this year. I think it is especially exciting to realize that probably 80% of these have been young people. Everyone who visits Creation Experience Museum is exposed to truths from the Word of God related to our exhibits. In other words, the museum ministry is a means God has provided us with to share and witness to Gospel truths starting with creation. Curtis, Sherry and I also continue to participate in outside ministry to churches, Christian schools, and other groups. In addition, the monthly free newsletter continues to encourage Christians, and our Monday through Friday “Creation Matters” radio broadcasts are aired through KWFC Radio from Springfield, Missouri (89.1 FM at 10:57 a.m.).
We look forward to giving you continuing updates of this ministry through this new Web site. We believe God will help us expand to a larger facility in Branson in the future. What has already been accomplished is only because of God’s ever-present help, and we continue to trust Him for the future of this ministry.
God bless you all, Rod Butterworth.
