May 22, 2022

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant & Mt. Pleasant

• Announcement: No service on May 29, 2022

Prayer: Rev. Pelton

Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22 - There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there!  Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?

Subject: Is There No Balm in America

• 2 Timothy 3:1-5 -  But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
• There is lawlessness in our world today.
• In olden day a balm was used to heal wounds and ailments.
• Why was Gilead so important?  “There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead, to heal the sin-sick soul.”
• Being a Christian does not mean that we will not suffer or be mistreated.
• Any nation that does not obey God's word and repent, there will be a day of judgment.
• What is the cure for all the lawlessness? There is only one answer - Jesus!
• Jesus saves!
• Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice, offered his body for our sins.
• Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.  2 Corinthians 5:17

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. Pelton

Debra & Marceal W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Evelyn H.

Sadie V.

Thelma W.

Ginger R.

Violet W.

Clark M.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

February 13, 2022

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant & Mt. Pleasant

Prayer: Rev. Pelton

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-10 & Luke 6:17-26 - The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.  They will be like a shrub in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live. My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.  They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes.  Its leaves are always green It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.  The human mind is more deceitful than anything else.  It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?  I, the Lord, probe into people's minds. I examine people's hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done. Luke -  Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured. The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.  Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.  Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.  Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.  Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!  Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because you reward is great in heaven.  For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.  But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.  Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.  Woe to you wen all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets. 

Subject: Things Aren't Always What They Seem

• We are blessed when we follow God.
• We're blessed if we are in good standing with God.
• Laugh not for later you will weep.
• Be mindful of where our blessings come from.
• Choose God in all things.

Sacrament

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. Pelton

Debra & Marceal W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Sadie V.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Thelma W.

Violet W.

Clark M.

Floy & Sue C.

Manning S.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

October 14, 2018 - Homecoming

Homecoming Service

Welcome/Occasion

Good afternoon!

To Pastor Baggett, Rev. Muse, (other ministers) pulpit guest, Homecomers, family and friends.

 

v Again this year, I’m wearing many hats. But that’s ok, I know that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I can do this.

v Brown Chapel would like to “Welcome” you to another homecoming. Each year we look forward to this gathering, to see family, old friends and to look back on previous homecoming memories. The occasion of homecoming is wrapped up in this welcome, as well.

v Let’s go back for a bit. Picture, as this is me in the 1960’s, sitting in our old wooden benches, it’s summer, the windows are open, Cousin Chuck and Elizabeth are sitting in the women’s amen corner and Cousin Joe, Lester and Arsby are in the men’s amen corner. It’s hot, we’re all fanning with those funeral home fans, swatting the occasional wasp or fly that has buzzed in thru the open windows. At this time, we don’t have a musician and every adult is tapping his/her foot on the wooden floors to lend sound to an old hymn like Blessed Assurance or At The Cross. The young ones like me, well our feet can’t reach the floor yet. Remember that anyone?

v My next memory is of the choir marching in from that tiny choir room in their white robes, pausing around the Altar as Rev. Malone said a prayer or some other tradition, before they marched in to the choir stands.  We kids only sang at Easter mostly as our parents gave us the evil eye to keep us straight.

v Remember those homecomings, when the different families would bring food from each home and serve from the trunks of their cars? Then we had the tiny kitchenette with 6 long tables for folks to eat around and visit.

v Next, with the encouragement of our homecomers, family and friends, some who live far off, others….close  (I’m talking about Cousin Creolia, The Johnsons, Cousin Virginia family members, Fedalma & Buck Malone ,…. we moved onto adding an awning , got some window units, new Altar (built by Uncle Kenchion Jones) and thought, wow have we come a long way!

v With God’s guidance and our obedience, we expanded with a vestibule, restrooms, larger fellowship hall and better parking.

v Of course, we are not forgetting what our four-fathers accomplished. We are thankful for the many sacrifices they endured that now propel us forward.

v My mom has mentioned several times, that there was a church back over near Cousin Alvin Johnson’s way but it wasn’t, at that time, named Brown Chapel. Only when the church was moved closer to where it is now, was it named Brown Chapel.  Wow, I thought, what a legacy our fore-fathers and mothers built!

v With all of these improvements, it reminds me that we, as Christians, are in the mode of improving ourselves as we journey thru our lives awaiting our eternal rewards.

v So, to close out this Welcome/Occasion….we here at Brown Chapel are so happy to see you and welcome you with open arms and love in our hearts.

Sermon by Rev. Mittie Muse, Sr.

Jeremiah 29:10-11 - This is what the Lord says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place.  For I know the plans I have for you." declared the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Subject: I'm Thinking About You

• Be careful who you listen to.
• Finding hope in a lie rather than standing in the truth is what most would do.
• Don't give up because of uncertainty.
• God already knows everything about us.

Three points of interest
1. What you did in your past will cause you to deal with things in your present.
2. Just because your past looks bleak, God hasn't forgotten about you.
3. Because God was thinking about your past and present, He will prepare us for the future.

• God has been thinking about us down through the years.
• Remember, God has the last Word!!!

Snippet from Sermon

 

 

You can download a booklet by clicking on the following link:
Slideshow of Homecoming Booklet