Pastoral Transition

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the week of April 1, 2019

Greetings Family,

For this week (April 1 through April 7), we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

Believe, God has the answers
- Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV): 22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Believe, God has the answers
- 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV) We walk by faith, not by sight.
Believe, God has the answers
- Psalm 25:4-5 (NRSV): 4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. 5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.
Believe, God has the answers
- 1 Corinthians 12:12 (NRSV): For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Believe, God has the answers
- Philippians 1:9-11 (NIV): 9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
Sunday School Lesson (4/7) – Call and Mission
- Matthew 10:1-15 (NRSV): 1 Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. 2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. 9 Take no gold, or silver, or copper in your belts, 10 no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for laborers deserve their food. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave. 12 As you enter the house, greet it. 13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Please come join us in Sunday school, as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s lesson

God Bless!

Pastoral Transition Update - March 17 through April 7, 2019

On Wednesday February 20, 2019 at the Annual Church Business Meeting, the Church voted to present Assistant Pastor Jacqueline A. Thompson as the first candidate considered for the position of Senior Pastor. Search Committee activity will be suspended while the Church completes this process. The church leadership has affirmed that the motion and the subsequent vote to consider Assistant Pastor Thompson is appropriate and represents the will of the Church and is now moving forward with the Candidate Engagement Process to present Assistant Pastor Thompson to the Church as the first candidate for Senior Pastor.

Candidate Weekend, Preaching Dates, and Church Vote for Pastoral Selection
The Assistant Pastor will participate in a series of Candidate Engagement Weekend activities. The Candidate Engagement Weekend is a time for the candidate and congregation to come together and hear the candidate’s vision and the congregation’s desires, as we discern God’s plan for Allen Temple. The Candidate Engagement Team is happy to announce the following dates and times for Assistant Pastor Thompson to share her pastoral vision with the ATBC congregation, ministries, and church leadership:

Wednesday, April 3: Ministry and Congregational Sessions
Thursday, April 4: Thursday Night Bible Study with Sunday School and Christian Education Emphasis
Saturday, April 6: Congregational Town Hall, Ministry, & Leadership Session
Sunday, April 7 - 8:00am Worship: Pastoral Candidate Preaching
Sunday, April 7 - 11:15am Worship: Pastoral Candidate Preaching
Sunday, April 7 - 1:30pm (after 11:15 service completed): Congregational Meeting with the Call to Vote, and Congregational Vote for Assistant Pastor Thompson as Senior Pastor

Please look for specific ministry and activity updates in the next coming week as we finalize plans for this engagement and plan accordingly.

Church Membership Update and Confirmation
It is simply good practice for all members to ensure that their membership information is up to date and accurate. To ensure that all members may participate in the Senior Pastor voting process, we are asking each member to confirm membership by doing the following:

Completing the membership update cards provided by the ushers at each service, or
Going online to update your membership via the ATBC Community online portal
Go to Allen-Temple.org
- Select ATBC Community (top blue bar)
- Log in via the e-mail address associated with your Church membership record
- Select the circle at the top right with your initials
- Select edit at the top
- Verify and correct your information
- Click save (bottom)
- If you experience difficulties accessing your profile online, please complete a member update card

We are asking all members to complete their membership update on or before Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the week of March 18, 2019

Greetings Family,

“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God: those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.” Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004), ix.

For this week (March 18th through March 24th), we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

Believe, God has the answers
- Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV): ²² It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. ²³ They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Believe, God has the answers
- Galatians 5:25 (KJV): If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Believe, God has the answers
- 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV): We walk by faith, not by sight.
Believe, God has the answers
- James 3:17 (ESV): But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
Sunday School Lesson (03/24) – Calling to Salvation
- Luke 19:1-10 (NRSV): ¹ He entered Jericho and was passing through it. ² A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. ⁵ When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” ⁶ So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. ⁷ All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” ⁸ Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” ⁹ Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”

Please come join us in Sunday School as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s lesson

As we continue seeking the will of God and His discernment through the processes of prayer and meditation, we invite you to not only incorporate our Scripture & Meditation Focus into your daily life via the weekly newsletter insert, but also the entire archive on the Church website (Allen-Temple.org; click Pastoral Transition on the top blue bar of the home page), but to also join us at our Thursday Pastoral Transition Prayer Hours in the Sanctuary. The Prayer Hour will be followed by Thursday Evening Bible Study. Dates and times are:

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, March 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, April 4 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, April 18 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

God Bless!!!

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the Week of March 11, 2019

Greetings Family,

An excerpt from Sarah Young’s devotional – “Jesus Calling”:

“Every time you affirm your trust in Me, you put a coin into My treasury. Thus you build up equity in preparation for days of trouble. I keep safely in My heart all trust invested in Me, with interest compounded continuously. The more you trust Me, the more I empower you to do so.“ (Sarah Young, page 11)

For this week (March 11th through March 17th), we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

Believe, God has the answers
- Lamentations 3:22-23 (NRSV) ²² The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; ²³ they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Believe, God has the answers
- Psalm 100:2-3 (NRSV): ² Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. ³ Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Believe, God has the answers
- Psalm 27:14 (KJV): Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Believe, God has the answers
- Habakkuk 2:3: “For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.”
Sunday School Lesson (03/17) – Calling the Lost
- Luke 15:11-24 (NRSV): ¹¹ Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. ¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them. ¹³ A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. ¹⁴ When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵ So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. ¹⁶ He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. ¹⁷ But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! ¹⁸ I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; ¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.’ ²⁰ So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. ²¹ Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ²² But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. ²³ And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; ²⁴ for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.

Please come join us (in Sunday school) as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s lesson

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, March 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, April 4 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, April 18 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

God Bless!!!

Pastoral Transition Update - March 1, 2019

On Wednesday February 20, 2019 at the Annual Church Business Meeting, the Church voted to present Assistant Pastor Jacqueline A. Thompson as the first candidate for the position of Senior Pastor. Leaders will be appointed to plan and facilitate the Candidate’s Weekend, according to Constitutional Protocol. The Deacons and Trustees are collaborating on the process to confirm church membership. More information will follow.

Members are encouraged to confirm their church membership and verify their contact information via the Allen Temple Community (Elexio) on the Church Website (Allen-Temple.org; top blue bar), your Deacon or the Church Clerk.

As we continue seeking the will of God and His discernment through the processes of prayer and meditation, we invite you to not only incorporate our Scripture & Meditation Focus into your daily life via the weekly newsletter insert but also the entire archive on the Church website (Allen-Temple.org; click Pastoral Transition on the top blue bar of the home page), but to also join us at our Thursday Pastoral Transition Prayer Hours in the Sanctuary. The Prayer Hour will be followed by Thursday Evening Bible Study.

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, March 7 - 6:30pm to 7:30 pm
Thursday, March 21 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Pastoral Transition Prayer & Meditation Focus for the Week of February 18, 2019

Greetings Family,

For this week (February 18th through February 24th), we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures and on the words of the familiar church song. If possible, let us pray together during the 7am morning hour, 7pm evening hour or 12:00 noon time-frame.

Lord, Lord, Open Unto Me: Howard Thurman (Prayer)
Lord, open unto me
Open unto me — light for my darkness.
Open unto me — courage for my fear.
Open unto me — hope for my despair.
Open unto me — peace for my turmoil.
Open unto me — joy for my sorrow.
Open unto me — strength for my weakness.
Open unto me — wisdom for my confusion.
Open unto me — forgiveness for my sins.
Open unto me — love for my hates.
Open unto me — thy Self for my self.
Lord, Lord, open unto me!
Amen.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

Believe, God has the answers
- Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV): 22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Believe, God has the answers
- Colossians 3:14: And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Believe, God has the answers
- Galatians 5:22-23: 14 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Sunday School Lesson (02/24th) – Our Rescuing God
- Psalm 91:1-8, 11-16 (NIV): 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Please come join us (in Sunday school), as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s lesson

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, February 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, March 7 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, March 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

God Bless!!!

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the week of February 4, 2019

Greetings Family,

Ponder these thoughts from the author of the book, “Discerning The Voice Of God”:

“The Holy Spirit is to us what the control tower is to an airplane pilot. The Spirit’s ability to see what we cannot see, and then communicate information to us based on His knowledge, provides us with insight we could never obtain through onboard instruments alone.“ (Page 38); Priscilla Shirer, Author

For this week (February 4 through February 10), we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures and on the words of the familiar church song. If possible, let us pray together during the 7am morning hour, 7pm evening hour or 12:00 noon time-frame.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

Believe, God has the answers
- Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV): 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Believe, God has the answers
- Psalm 119:125 (ESV): I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!
- Believe, God has the answers
Psalm 27:14 (KJV): Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Believe, God has the answers
- Habakkuk 2:3: “For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.”
- Sunday School Lesson (02/10) – Pondering God's Steadfast Love
- Psalm 48:1-3, 9-14 (NIV): 1 Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King. 3 God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress. 9 Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. 10 Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness. 11 Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments. 12 Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, 13 consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation. 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.

Please come join us in Sunday school as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s lesson

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, February 7 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, February 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, March 7 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

God Bless!!!

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the week of January 28, 2019

Greetings Family,

“Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes. Prayer gives us a God’s-eye view.” “Draw the Circle”, (Page 67); Mark Batterson

For this week (January 28 through February 3), we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures and on the words of the familiar church song. If possible, let us pray together during the 7am morning hour, 7pm evening hour or 12:00 noon time-frame.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

Believe, God has the answers
- Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV): 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Believe, God has the answers
- Psalm 32:8 (NIV): I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Believe, God has the answers
- Psalm 27:14 (KJV): 14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Believe, God has the answers
- Habakkuk 2:3: “For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.”
Believe, God has the answers
- Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Thou art the potter I am the clay
Mold me and make me after Thy will
While I am waiting yielded and still

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Search me and try me Master today
Whiter than snow Lord wash me just now
As in Thy presence humbly I bow

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Hold over my being absolute sway
Filled with Thy spirit till all can see
Christ only always living in me

Sunday School Lesson (02/03) – Renounce Everything for Christ
- Philippians 3:7-14 (NLT): 7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.[a] For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. 10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, 11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead! 12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it,[b] but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

Please come join us (in Sunday school), as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s lesson

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, February 7 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, February 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, March 7 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

God Bless!!!

Pastoral Transition Prayer & Meditation Focus for the Week of January 21, 2019

Greetings Family,

Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes. Prayer gives us a God’s-eye view. “Draw the Circle”, (Page 67); Mark Batterson

For this week (January 21 through January 27), we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures and on the words of the familiar church song. If possible, let us pray together during the 7am morning hour, 7pm evening hour or 12:00 noon time-frame.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

Believe, God has the answers
- Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV): “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Believe, God has the answers
- Psalm 32:8 (NIV): I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Believe, God has the answers
- Romans 15:13 (NIV): May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Believe, God has the answers
- Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV): 20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. 21 Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.
Believe, God has the answers
- Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Thou art the potter I am the clay
Mold me and make me after Thy will
While I am waiting yielded and still

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Search me and try me Master today
Whiter than snow Lord wash me just now
As in Thy presence humbly I bow

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Hold over my being absolute sway
Filled with Thy spirit till all can see
Christ only always living in me

Sunday School Lesson (01/27) – Devote All to Christ
- Philippians 2:1-11 (NLT): Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. 6 Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges]; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, 8 he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. 9 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Please come join us (in Sunday school), as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s lesson

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, January 24 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, February 7 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, February 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

God Bless!!!

Pastoral Transition Prayer & Meditation Focus for the Week of January 14, 2019

Greetings Family,

Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes. Prayer gives us a God’s-eye view. “Draw the Circle”, (Page 67); Mark Batterson

For this week (January 14 through January 20, we beseech you to pray and meditate on these scriptures and on the words of the familiar church song. If possible, let us pray together during the 7am morning hour, 7pm evening hour or 12:00 noon time-frame.

Prayer Themes and Scriptures

Believe, God has the answers
- Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV): “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Believe, God has the answers
- Psalm 32:8 (NIV): I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Believe, God has the answers
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV): If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Believe, God has the answers
- Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV): 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Believe, God has the answers
- Have Thine Own Way, Lord
  Have Thine own way Lord
  Have Thine own way
  Thou art the potter I am the clay
  Mold me and make me after Thy will
  While I am waiting yielded and still

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Search me and try me Master today
Whiter than snow Lord wash me just now
As in Thy presence humbly I bow

Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Hold over my being absolute sway
Filled with Thy spirit till all can see
Christ only always living in me

Sunday School Lesson (01/20) – Submit to God in Christ
- Philippians 1:12-21 (KJV): 12 And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. 13 For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. 14 And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message without fear. 15 It’s true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives. 16 They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News. 17 Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely, intending to make my chains more painful to me. 18 But that doesn’t matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice. And I will continue to rejoice. 19 For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance. 20 For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die. 21 For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.

[Please come join us, as we wrestle with and discuss this week’s Sunday school lesson]

Pastoral Transition Prayer Hour Schedule
Thursday, January 24 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, February 7 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, February 21 – 6:30pm to 7:30pm

God Bless!!!

Pastoral Transition

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the week of April 1, 2019

Pastoral Transition Update - March 17 through April 7, 2019

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the week of March 18, 2019

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the Week of March 11, 2019

Pastoral Transition Update - March 1, 2019

Pastoral Transition Prayer & Meditation Focus for the Week of February 18, 2019

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the week of February 4, 2019

Pastoral Transition Scripture & Meditation Focus for the week of January 28, 2019

Pastoral Transition Prayer & Meditation Focus for the Week of January 21, 2019

Pastoral Transition Prayer & Meditation Focus for the Week of January 14, 2019

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