Congratulations to my Brother

Report of Prayer Request

I would like to thank all those that pray for the request that appear on this blog from time to time. Dr. Charles Hillis is still in the nursing home in Collinsville his therapy is going well and he is doing much better. Sis. Adkins is in Montclair in Birmingham and continues to recover from heart surgery. Eldridge Gilley is also in Montclair and is recovering from cancer surgery, please continue to pray for these.

Children that were in Easter Program

 

I'm Proud to Announce the Marriage of Cliff & Wilma King

 

Prayer Request

Dr. Charles Hillis is in Gadsden Hospital and has several problems.
It is hoped that he will be released to Collinsville Nursing Home tomorrow for therapy.
Eldridge Gilley has Cancer and is going for surgery in Birmingham hospital the 22nd unless God heals him.
Gene Stublfield has Cancer, she is taking chemo by mouth.
Lloyd Cloud has Emphysema in 95% of his lungs.
Delmer Boozer has Colon Cancer and Parkinson. His wife also needs prayer she is the primary care giver.
Mary Nell Adkins had heart surgery and is in ICU in Birmingham.

Spring Camp Meeting for Northeast Area

North American Presbyter Bishop Sam Clements and wife Linda were with us for three wonderful nights. Thanks to everyone that supported these meetings with your presence and prayers.

Pecking Away

Do you know when to give up and when to keep trying? FormerUniversity of Alabama president, Frank Rose, used to tell a favorite story about a time, in the mid-1960s, when evangelist Billy Graham was invited to speak at an event in the university's football stadium. There were 18,000 people in attendance that evening. America's civil rights movement was well underway and the stadium crowd represented one of the largest racially integrated meetings ever held in the state. As Rev. Graham was giving a message about easing racial tensions, a huge thunderstorm gathered overhead. Suddenly, lightening struck and a ball of fire seemed to emanate from the speaker's microphone and travel down the wire.Graham immediately sat down. Then he leaned over and spoke to Alabama's legendary football coach, Bear Bryant. "Coach," he said, "you'd have stopped, too, if that lightnin' had hit you like that.
"Bear said, "No sir!"
"What do you mean?" asked Graham.
"Well," he said, "if I was down on the one-yard line, I wouldn't have stopped until I scored.
"At that, Rev. Graham returned to the microphone and finished his talk. Safety considerations aside, the story reminds us of one of life's important lessons. In most of what we do, there is a time to stop, but there is also a time to score; a time to pack it in, but also atime to complete the task. The woodpecker owes its success to the fact that it uses its head and keeps pecking away until it finishes the job!
Today, will you quit? Or will you keep pecking away?

Breaking The 100+ Groweth Barrier

“Breaking the 100+ Church Growth Barrier”
October 27-28 2006
Friday 6:30pm – 9pm: Saturday 8:30am - 1pm
Camp Boothe, Green Pond, Alabama
Featured Speaker:Bryan Cutshall

Early Bird Registration
(By July 15th)
Only $55.00 per a person!
$45 for groups of 5 or more!

(After July 15th)
$75.00 per person
$65.00 for groups of 5 or more
Registration Fee Includes:
Seminar Manual
Overnight Lodging in Dormitory
Breakfast Saturday
HURRY SPACE IS LIMITED!

Bryan Cutshall, D. Min., is the Senior Pastor of Twin Rivers Worship Center in St. Louis, MO. Under his guidance and direction, the Twin Rivers church has grown from 52 people to one of the most vital megachurches (Average of 2000 Sunday Morning Attendance) in the Midwest. Bryan is a pastor, convention speaker and church trainer. Each year, he trains thousands of church leaders in conferences, diagnostic clinics, consultations and retreats. He is the author of several books in addition to the ChurchTrainer book label - a resource line for training pastors, leaders and workers in the Body of Christ. All of his books and resources can be found at: www.churchtrainer.com

To Register or for More Information Contact the Alabama Church of God of Prophecy State Office @ P.O. Box 707 Bessemer, AL 35021. Phone: 205-425-1905 or e-mail: alcogop@aol.com
All Registrations with Payment need to be received by August 1, 2006.

This Event is Sponsored by the Alabama Church of God of Prophecy State Office and is Open to
Pastors, Ministers, and Key Church Leaders From All Denominations.

2006 Spring Camp Meeting

It's just a week away and we can't wait. We believe God is going to do some great things during these meetings. The dates are April 6-8 and start at 6:30 p.m. Bishop Sam Clements will be the evangelist. If you need a break through in any way come believing God for it.

Relational Foundations Class

What a great study, we began these classes 2 weeks ago and we are really enjoying them. I believe everyone should take the time to go through this study.

Azusa Street Centennial April 25 - 29, 2006

If you believe a deep spiritual awakening is the greatest need in America today.

If you believe that our heavenly Father longs for a new level of unity in His family.

If you believe that we are now being called to experience the power of the Holy Spirit in a fresh way.

Then Join us for The Spiritual Experience of a Lifetime----at the Azusa Street Centennial, April 25-29, 2006.
In 1906 a handful of believers in Los Angeles, California cried out for an infilling of God’s power. Their cries resulted in one of the greatest outpourings of the Holy Spirit in Christian history. What became known as the Azusa Street Revival sparked spiritual fires on every continent. Today, over 600 million believers trace some part of their spiritual root system back to the work of the Holy Spirit at 312 Azusa Street.
In 2006 believers from around the world will come Together Again. Once again we will cry out for God’s power to make a difference in our world. Together we will celebrate, contemplate and cry out for God's fire in a new century. The 100 year celebration of the most significant revival in Christian history will be a Once in a Generation moment. Don't miss it!
For a very limited time only your church can receive a special registration discount – register three from your church and bring a fourth for free! Or, register two for one at the red carpet Centennial Servant Leader level. Please hurry, we are offering this special only through Wednesday, March 14. Regular registration cost is $25/person for the entire week.
Some of the more than 200 speakers ministering at the Centennial include Rick Warren, TD Jakes, Kenneth Copeland, Jack Hayford, David Yonggi Cho, Darlene Zschech, Terry MacAlmon, Juanita Bynum, Ron Kenoly, Kenneth Ulmer, Ron Luce, Jentezen Franklin, and many more…

Prayer Request for Bro. Stanton Sister

Bro. Jones, Please remember my sister Shirley Stanton in prayer. She just returned from the doctor with some disturbing news. She had an arteriogram today and she has some blockage in her heart, but they are most concerned with a blockage she has in her leg. As you know she is a diabetic and they are going to try and remove the blockage next Thursday. If the blockage cannot be removed, they will proceed to amputate her leg. Roght now there is little or no blood flow in that leg and something has to be done. We serve a great and mighty God who can do anything and we are praying that this blockage will be removed. Satan is a liar and a deceiver and the Stanton family are tired of him attacking us physically. God has begun a great work at the New Haven Church and I know our day of recovery is at hand. Thank you and God Bless you.

Prayer Request

Bill's brother, J. C. Noe, is in Bessemer hospital with pneumonia. He has emphysema and is on the ventilator. Please pray for him. He got into distress last night and they had to put him on the ventilator.
Bill & Nita Noe

Beware Of Book, Conversation With God

Dr. James Dobson talked about this book twice this week. It is devastating and parents and Christian schools need to be aware of this. Do pass it on to church/ e-mail addressees. Parents, Grand parents, Aunts, Uncles: Please pay special attention not only to the what your kids watch on TV and in movie theaters and the music they listen to, but we must also be alert regarding the books they read. Two particular books, Conversations with God & Conversations with God for Teens written by Neil D. Walsh ,
sound harmless enough by their titles alone. These books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and these publications make truth of the statement, "Don't judge a book by its cover/title." The author purports to answer various questions from kids using the "voice of God". However, the "answers" that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God. For instance (and I paraphrase), when a girl asks the question "Why am I a lesbian?" his answer is that she was born that way because of genetics (just as you were born right-handed, with blue eyes, etc.). Then he tells her to "go out and celebrate" her differences. Another girl poses the question "I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?" His reply is, "Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong." Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin. His (the author's reply) - I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone, do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong, because the rule is "judge not lest ye be judged". And the list goes on. Not only are these books the false doctrine of devils, but in some instances even quote (in error) the Word of God. These books (and others like it) are being sold to school children (The Scholastic Book Club), and we need to be aware of what is being fed to our children. Our children are under attack, so I pray that you be sober and vigilant about teaching your kids the Word of God, and guarding their exposure to worldly mediums, because our adversary, the devil, roams abou t as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). And how many of us know that lions usua lly hunt for the slowest, and weakest and YOUNGEST of its prey.

ALL THE ADVICE YOU'LL EVER NEED

A popular T-shirt reads, "Upon the Advice of My Attorney, My Shirt Bears No Message at This Time." Perhaps the counsel of others is occasionally heeded, but I know that advice is not something people crave. Which is why it is sometimes said that free advice is worth about as much as you pay for it. Or put another way: "Plain advice is free. The right answer will cost plenty."Our penchant for not wanting advice holds true across the generations. President Harry Truman once said, "I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."Nor is our aversion to advice just a peculiar sign of the times. As one boy wrote in an essay on the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates:"Socrates was a man who went around town giving his advice and opinions, so...they poisoned him!" What this student lacks in historical accuracy he more than makes up for in his sense about how well most advice is received. Not all advice should be discarded, however. Nor should we overlook wisdom from unlikely sources. Like the "uneducated." And the aged.I have a faded letter clipped from a newspaper many years ago. The author published some counsel given him by his grandmother who had died some 60 years prior, and who had never attended school. She offered it printed on a slip of paper, accompanied by the words, "All the advice you'll ever need to have a good life." I find it worth remembering. Here is what she wrote:"Wash what is dirty. Water what is dry. Heal what is wounded. Warm what is cold. Guide what goes off the road. Love people who are least lovable, because they need it most."Enough days spent refreshing, healing, warming, guiding and loving will add up to a good life, significant and well lived. Steve Gooder

Spring Is On It's Way At Browntown

Have Some Fun Today

Try this fun little thing. This one will drive you nuts!! The object of the game is to move the red block around without getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls. If you can go longer than 18 seconds you are phenomenal. It's been said that the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots. They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes. The best thing is to find a pattern that works!
http://tinyurl.com/56t9u

Have Fun but don't spend to much time.

Prayer Request For Those in Alabama

James Chance Family
Adril HaneySister
Sprinkle's family
David Gainey family
Trista Carroll
Curtis Englebert
Don Stanton's mother
Sylvester Smith's mother
Odell and Patricia Green
General Overseer Selection Process
International Assembly in August
New Fields

Urgent Prayer Request

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Bro. Browder just received this e-mail from our pastor in Delhi. The picture you will see is of Bro. Daniel Kumar and his wife. He is the pastor of the Good News Center in Delhi and very instrumental in bringing together the pastors who have joined us just this January. It is NOT his local church that is under attack, but one of the pastors in Delhi who just recently joined us. Please pray for them.

Last week one of our congregations was attacked by a community in New Delhi. Some people of the colony in Hastal came over to the building where we meet for our Sunday Worship, right before the service and stopped people for going into the building. They showered rebukes and abusive words on the believers (most of them new) who were coming to attend the service. They have also threatened that they will attack the leaders, if we do not stop the worship.

At this moment we are planning just to meet in the small groups in the believers homes. We also plan to shift from there and hire another building in a nearby locality.

We need your prayers for these 65 believers and the pastor in the area.

DANIEL KUMAR

Joyce Cannon

Choosing The Right Compass

"We pass this way but once," we have heard it said. But my wife has learned that, unless I've studied a map, that isn't necessarily true. So I understand the fix a local hunting guide got himself into. His party became hopelessly lost in the mountains and they blamed him for leading them astray. "You told us you were the best guide in Colorado!" they asserted."I am," he said, "but I think we're in Wyoming now."It's bad enough to get lost in the city or in the mountains. But how much worse to get lost in our life's journey.One parent asked the clerk in a discount store if they carried any compasses. She answered, "We have compasses for making circles, but not for going places." Have you ever confused the two? Has it seemed as if your life is going in circles and not actually getting anywhere?Then it may be that you are lost or at least unsure what direction you should be heading.Here are some questions to ask yourself if you feel as if you are going in circles:- Where do I want to be a few years from now (in this relationship,this vocation, or any other way important to me)?- What do I need to do to make it happen?- Who will help me along the way?- When do I want to arrive?- How will I take the next small step?Living well has little to do with comfort and speed, but much to do with direction.
Steve Gooder