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"The Lodge Church Decorations"
Posted November 12th by Webmaster
THE LODGE CHURCH, a new mission church of The Rock in Red Lodge, is renovating the building interior to look like a mountain lodge. We need decorations for walls, ceilings, and the floor so that the building will looks authentic and inviting! If you have any spare fishing, hunting, skiing, or camping gear, or any other decorations that would fit in a lodge, bring them to The Rock's fellowship hall and let them go to a good cause. Visit The Lodge Church homepage at www.thelodgechurch.com for more information. [click to read more]
"We Need Your Input!"
Posted October 28th by Webmaster
WELCOME TO OUR brand new website! In it you will find visitor information, event notices, ministry opportunites, and more! For now, much of the website is under construction and you will find many links that are not yet active... but don't worry! Everything will be up and running soon.
In the mean time, have a look around and see if you can find anything that is messed up. Broken links, spelling errors, and other typos are just some of the things we're looking for. If you find something, please notify Jonathan Myers (jonathan@therockmt.com) or Greg Payton (greg@therockmt.com)... let us know what you think!
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Born in a Pastor’s home in 1972, Greg Payton was involved in ministry from day one. He lived St. Louis, Missouri in elementary school before moving to Jacksonville, Florida where he graduated from Orange Park High School in 1990. At 15 years of age, Greg surrendered his life to full-time Christian service. After 3 years at Samford University in Birmingham Alabama, Greg transferred to Norman, Oklahoma to be closer to his college sweetheart, Patty McGowen. On June 4, 1994, in the church where his father was the pastor, he married his college sweetheart.
Greg graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1995. From there, he began a career as a Farmers Insurance Agent in Norman, OK. Realizing the call to ministry on his life, Greg left the insurance business and went to Seminary at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He began his ministry as Children’s Pastor at First Baptist Church in Moore, Oklahoma.
Currently, Greg is also the Baptist Collegiate Ministries Director for Montana State University-Billings. His wife Patty is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and is a Kindergarten teacher in the Billings Public School System. Greg and Patty have three boys—Tanner, Nathan, and Joshua.
Greg is the Senior Pastor and Planter of The Rock Church in Laurel Montana. He enjoys fly-fishing, tying flies, hunting, camping, four-wheeling, and remote control airplanes.