Hello Clearwater Patch!

HI!  My name is Blake Ferrell.  I’m originally from Stillwater, Okla.  I am married to my beautiful wife Kristy, and we have a daughter on the way.  I have a degree in Accounting from Oklahoma State University.  After college I spent four years working full-time as an accountant in Private Equity and Business Consulting.

In May of 2011 I finished my Masters degree at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts.  By “finish,” I mean that I participated in graduation ceremonies…I still had two courses to finish up at that point.  I finished the last of those courses in November.  During my time in Boston I served at City on a Hill Church.  My wife and I have since moved to Clearwater.

Currently, I work part-time as an accountant and part-time as a Christian Church Planter.  My wife and I moved to Clearwater from Boston because we were called by God to establish a church here. To start we have begun a Bible study out of our home.

As part of my preparation for Bible study each week, I prepare a blog post which I am happy to begin sharing with you.  We are studying one passage at a time through the Gospel of Luke.  For the past seven weeks we have been in the first two chapters of Luke.  Next week we will begin chapter three.  To catch Clearwater Patch readers up on our study, I will be sharing my previous posts over the next week or so.  If you would like to join us for Bible Study or know someone who would, e-mail me or leave a comment.  You don’t have to be a Christian to come, you just need to have a desire to study the Bible in the context of community.

Some more random information about me before I leave you: I enjoy sunsets at Clearwater Beach with my wife, playing basketball, Mountain Biking, working from my lanai, grapefruit (that's a new one), watching college sports (Go Cowboys!), Dr Pepper, board games and many other various things.

God Bless!

Blake