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I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving.  For many, the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays can be tough due to recent lost of family members.  Please pray for Deaconess Shirley Smith (loss of sister), Sis. Lachonya Williams (loss of mother), Evangelist Patrick Wilson (loss of grandmother), Deaconess Angelique Cherry (loss of brother), Minister Amekuedi (loss of sister), Bro. Derrick Wiggins (loss of father), and I know others here have lost loved one as well.  Let's continue to pray for one another during times of bereavement. With all of the events surrounding Ferguson, many are trying (rightly so) to work towards solutions.  But in order to correctly prescribe a cure, we might rightly diagnosis the problem.  And ultimately the problem is sin.  No human justice system will be perfect because consists of imperfect, sinful human beings.  So if sin is the problem, then the cure is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  So the mission of the church is to spread the Gospel and make discipl

The next Elder-led Prayer will be held on Tuesday from 6pm to 7pm. Everyone is invited to join us. If you are unable to attend, submit your prayer requests online . Due to Thanksgiving Holiday, we'll not have Wednesday evening activities including Bible Study or Thursday morning Bible Study.  If you are traveling, be safe and enjoy time with your family. During the 150th Church Anniversary Celebration next year, we will honor our beloved members who have passed on.  Sis. Phyllis Lewis is collecting obituaries from families for this honor.  Please see her to determine if she has a copy of your loved one's obituary.  Thank you for providing a copy if needed. We do not want to omit anyone.  We will collect the obituaries through the month of December. All of our members are asked to give at least 5% above your normal giving (tithe/offering), but if you would give 10% or above that would really help make a difference in impacting our shortage. We want to end the year as stron

Have you seen Him? Do you love Him? Will you give up all to serve Him? Do You Know Him? Check out this excellent spoken word from Blair Linne , wife of hip hop artist, Shai Linne . RSS or Email Subscribers click through to see the video Everyone is welcome to join Zone 4 members when we minister at Phoenix Assisted Living this afternoon at 2:00pm. A Mini-Concert will be rendered by the Praise Team. All of our members are asked to give at least 5% above your normal giving (tithe/offering), but if you would give 10% or above that would really help make a difference in impacting our shortage. The church leadership has been asked to give at least 10% above their normal giving. We want to end the year as strongly as possible. Don't forget to drop your change in the change receptacles around the church towards meeting our budget. So drop off your change as often as you can. Remember when Paul was in Thessalonica, the Philippians supported him financially. Philippians 4

The report for our Fall SPRUCE UP: A total of 57 hours @ $25.00 for a savings of $1,425.00 for our church.  Zone 4 continues to led the way with the most members coming out.  Thanks again to all who came out to help us keep our church clean. We had an Elders' Meet and Greet right after service today for all new members that have completed orientation between June and October.  Most of them said that they joined because the truth of God's Word is being taught and the love they felt. All of our members are asked to give at least 5% above your normal giving.  This will help us recover our current financial deficit so we can end the year as strongly as possible.  We're also going to utilize the change receptacles around the church towards meeting our budget.  So drop off your change as often as you can.  This is another great way for our children to be involved as well.  2 Corinthians 8:7-9 (NIV): "But just as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowl

I read Pastor Saeed's letter to his daughter for her 8th birthday. I pray that we could all have this level of faith and trust in the sovereignty of God when we are facing deep suffering. Here's an excerpt that especially moved me... I know that you question why you have prayed so many times for my return and yet I am not home yet. Now there is a big WHY In your mind you are asking: WHY Jesus isn’t answering your prayers and the prayers of all of the people around the world praying for my release and for me to be home with you and our family.   The answer to the WHY is WHO. WHO is control? LORD JESUS CHRIST is in control. Please read the entire letter .  I hope it moves and encourages you.  Please continue to pray for Pastor Saeed and his family. Thanks for all who came out to SPRUCE UP our church on yesterday. Your time and service is greatly appreciated. We are starting a new Bible Study series on Wednesday at 7:00pm called "Completion and Reconciliation i