Sunday, March 17, 2024

March 17, 2024

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant, Mt. Pleasant & Shiloh

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Subject: (In the vernacular) How You Gonna Act?! 

  • We are in the season of Lent.
  • What is Lent to you? For some it's a time to give up certain things.
  • What should we really give up? 
  • We should give up 'sin.' 
  • Jesus wants us to give up pride because pride causes one to think better of himself than others.
  • Wrath, greed, sloth, lust, envy, gluttony, & pride, considered the Seven Deadly Sins.
  • Matthew 26:33 - Peter's pride caused him to say, "Though all may be turned away from you, I will never be turned away.
  • Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18
  • The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Matthew 9:35-38
  • We must continue to look to Jesus.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I. Pelton

Clark M.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Debra W.

Evelyn H.

Thelma W.

Eddie & Marina J.

Ginger R.

Violet W.

Earl & DorsieLynn J.

Rhonda L.


Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Sunday, March 10, 2024

March 10, 2024

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant, Mt. Pleasant & Shiloh

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: John 19:25-27 - Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.  So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son! Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

Subject: How Close Are You?

  • Jesus keep me near the cross (gospel song)
  • At the cross (gospel song)
  • Are we close to the cross? Our relationship to others, our actions in live are a reflection of our closeness to the cross and Jesus.
  • Women were at the cross because they loved Jesus.
  • Mary Magdalene was at the cross. She was a "changed" woman through Jesus the Christ. She had been possessed by seven demons. Jesus cast out the demons and set her soul free.
  • The woman (wife to Zebedee) who ask of Jesus that her sons sit on the right and left hand of him. Jesus had corrected her. Matthew 20:20-21
  • Mary, the mother of Jesus, was at the cross because she loved her son and her Lord. 
  • John, the one that Jesus loved best. John was one of the chosen to accompany Jesus to the Garden of Gethsemane.
  • We too, can develop a life of care and compassion.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I. Pelton

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Thelma W.

Ginger R.

Evelyn H.

Clark M.

Violet W.

Earl & DorsieLyn J.

Rhonda L.


Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Sunday, March 3, 2024

March 3, 2024

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant, Mt. Pleasant & Shiloh

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-7 - For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up; Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

Subject: A God Who Cares

  • Have you found yourselves stressing over things that aren't in your control? 
  • No matter the situation, we could give these things to God. In other words, take it to the Lord in prayer.
  • Peter reminds us that we are being kept by a God who cares.
  • We can't fix anything by ourselves. But God can fix anything. What a mighty God we serve.
  • Our God never sleeps or slumbers. Psalm 121:4
  • Worry is unnecessary. We have our Lord to pray to.
  • We are dealing with spiritual wickedness in high places. (Satan) Ephesians 6:12
  • Be sobor, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walking about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 4:8
  • We must be prepared at all times.
  • Satan comes to us in many disguises. So be ready and aware.
  • We must put on the whole armor of God. Ephesians 6:10-18
  • For the battle is not ours, it's God's.
  • Jesus is coming back for His church without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.  Ephesians 5:27

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I. Pelton

Debra W.

Thelma W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Evelyn H.

Earl & DorsieLynn J.

Ginger R.

Clark M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.


Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Closing Song:
I Trust In God



Sunday, February 25, 2024

February 25, 2024

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant, Mt. Pleasant & Shiloh

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: John 14:1-3 - Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Subject: God's Cure for a Troubled Heart

  • Heart disease and stroke are the two main enemies in our lives as it pertains to our health.
  • A healthier diet is needed.
  • In John 13, Jesus is spending time in the upper room with his disciples preparing them for his pending death. This is known as the Lord's Supper.
  • And in John 14 his is telling them that he is going away.
  • The cure for a troubled heart: (1) Don't be troubled about anything; (1a) Remember that we are in the time of Grace & that God is still in control; (2) We are to place all our trust in Jesus. John 10:11 - Jesus says that he is the good sheperd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
  • Also remember Psalm 23.
  • We must have faith. For without faith it is impossible to please God. Hebrews 11:6
  • We must put the past behind us. Also don't worry about the future.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trupm of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.


Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I. Pelton

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Thelma W.

Ginger R. 

Evelyn H.

Clark M.

Violet W.

Eddie & Marina J.

Earl & DorsieLynn J.

Rhonda L.


Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Sunday, February 18, 2024

February 18, 2024

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant, Mt. Pleasant & Shiloh

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: John 9:35-41 - 35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”

37 Jesus said, You have now seen himin facthe is the one speaking with you.”

38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

39 Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”

41 Jesus said, If you were blindyou would not be guilty of sinbut now that you claim you can seeyour guilt remains.

Subject: When You're Blind, You Just Can't See

  • When we think of blind-spots, we think of a driving situation.
  • The Pharisees were not happy that Jesus had just preformed a miracle by healing a blind man.
  • The Pharisees revealed themselves as ignorant and were saying that Jesus was not God in the flesh.
  • Do we have a spiritual blind-spot when it comes to God?
  • We complain about many things even though we are blessed with so many things.
  • Blind spots:
  • 1 Corinthians 13:1 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
  • Matthew 14:28-31 - And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be you, bid me come unto you on the water. And Jesus said, Come. And when Peter was coming down out of the ship, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and began to sink. He cried out saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught Peter saying, O thou of little faith, wherefore did you doubt?
  • When we sometimes try to deal with the things of God and discourage others in our fumblings to understand others, this might be our blind-spot.
  • There are social blind-spot in this world which we have to navigate each and every day.
  • Spiritual blind-spots - to Jesus's deity or blind to the truth.
  • 1 John 1:8-10 - If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us. If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil. If we say that we have no sin, we make him a liar and his word is not in us. 

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I. Pelton

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marian J.

Debra W.

Violet W.

Clark M.

Thelma W.

Ginger R.

Evelyn H.

Earl & DorsieLynn J.

Rhonda L.

Black History Moment

February 1926, Black History was conceived by Carter G. Woodson.

Hidden Figures, the movie, was a true story about 3 black women who were instrumental in assisting in the NASA program.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Sunday, February 11, 2024

February 11, 2024

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant & Mt. Pleasant

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life

Subject: The Awesome Love of God

  • May the force be with you, a line from Star Wars. But let us look at the word "force."
  • Force the interaction of two objects. To Christians it is the interaction between God and his children.....us.
  • Faith is a part of this interaction. Hope in Christ is another part.
  • Beyond these are the power of LOVE.
  • 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 - If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.  And if I have prophet's power and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.  And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
  • God's love is agape love.
  • God put into action his love by giving us his Son.
  • Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7
  • As Christians, we will face trials. We must be prepared.
  • We must look out for one another and be prepared to help one another. We must love one another.
  • Without love those who are yet lost cannot move into God's marvelous light.
  • 1 John 4:20 - If a many says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not see?
  • Matthew 5:44 - But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
  • It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross but LOVE for use.
  • Greater love hath no man that this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
  • We must pray without ceasing.


Communion

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Rev. I Pelton

Willie & Bonnie T.

Thelma W.

Earl & DorsieLynn J.

Ginger R.

Evelyn H.

Clark M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Closing Song


Sunday, February 4, 2024

February 4, 2024

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant, Mt. Pleasant & Shiloh

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Psalm 27 - 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
4 One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
7 Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.
8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek.
9 Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.
10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
11 Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.
12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Subject: Seeking The Face of God

  • David declares that God is his life and salvation.
  • David was a man after God's own heart.
  • Jesus was God in the flesh.
  • We need to spend time in the Word of God.
  • In other words, we need to always have a relationship with God.
  • 2 Timothy 2:15 - Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 
  • God's house is a place of acceptance.
  • What's great about dwelling with God? Study and learn from God; We must worship God in spirit and in truth; & Pray always.
  • Come unto me all ye that labor and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:28-29
  • Whatever our troubles, we must take our burdens to God and leave them there.
  • 1 Samuel 15:22 - Obedience is better than sacrifice.


February Birthdays
Marina J.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I. Pelton

Debra W.

Thelma W.

Ginger R.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Evelyn H.

Violet W.

Clark M.

Eddie & Marina J.

Earl & DorsieLynn J.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

                                                                      Closing Song
                                                                    Goodness of God


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