September 27, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Ex 17:1-7 - All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” 3 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” 4 So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” 5 And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Subject: Water from the Rock

Our "rock" is spiritual.

Being in a dry season does not mean that we are still in the will of God.

Stress can come quickly when we are in a dry situation in our lives.

We start to question everything even God.

Health problems, money situations, personal disappointments makes us question everything.

But God said that he would never leave us or forsake us.

Just as God told Moses to use his staff to strike a rock to provide water, He can and will hold us.

God wants us to remember that all of our help comes from Him.

We should never look for someone to blame.

Dry seasons teaches us? God's grace will sustain us; God's grace is bigger than any frustrations; We must hold on to our faith; 

Jesus said, Come onto me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

God is teaching us that if we can all just pull together and help one another through our trials and tribulations, each one can be encouraged & lifted up.

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

The same God who brought from a rock, He can make a way for you and me.

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Dorothy M.

Eddie & Marina J.

Bonnie T.

Ginger R.

Clark M.

Rev. I. Pelton

Violet W.

Monique V.

Rhonda L. 

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

September 20, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-22 - then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?  Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Subject: Don't Cancel What God Has Already Forgiven

Cancel culture can be a positive or negative thing. (withdrawing support)

Today we live in a culture where we are quick to disagree with other, where we become judge and jury in a negative response. 

Some measure of accountability is expected; however, mercy should be applied as well.  Forgiveness just be included in the process of accountability.

If you want forgiveness, you must be able to forgive.

Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

We are only still standing because God's grace and forgiveness.

Forgiveness does not cross out accountability. Forgiveness & accountability can exist at the same time.

We must repent and acknowledge our sins.

Cancel culture for the most part does not want progress, don't like history, don't want to hear the truth.

The worse day doesn't have to be our last day because there is a chance to forgiveness.

God's grace should color how we see and forgive others.

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Bonnie T.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Eddie & Marina J.

Clark M.

Ginger R.

Rev. I. Pelton

Violet W.

Dorothy M.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

September 13, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1-4 - I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.  And the Lord answered me, and said, 'Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that reads it.  For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.  Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Subject: When God Seem Silent

• Why is God not listening or answering?
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• The just shall live by faith
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• We can believe but not see what God is doing.
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• The seems to be a ball of confusion but God is still there.
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• How long will things continue this way?
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• We are faithful but still have questions.
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• But God has a plan. He uses our enemies.
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• We must wait and see what God does.
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• They that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. Isaiah 40:31
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• We must hold our position.
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• We must keep the faith and that faith is sometimes used to wait and see what God does.
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• God can gives us the promise before the fulfilment. So there may be a gap between promise and fulfilment. Sometimes this tests our faith but we need to learn to wait on God.
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• Don't let the delay doubt the promise.
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• The just shall live by his faith. Faith is trusting God who has all of the answers.
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• Don't let what you see make you forget about what you know, that God is always in control.
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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Communion Sunday

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Rev. I. Pelton

Thelma W.

Clark M.

Dorothy M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

September 6, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Psalms 51:10-12 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.  

Subject: Restoration of Joy

• David is feeling regret for what he has done.
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• Nathan has confronted him with his transgressions.
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• You should as the Lord to restore us when we wonder away from God.
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• We can lose our joy without losing God as we walk through this life.
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• We can get drained from making bad decisions, developing poor habits, loads of heavy responsibilities piled upon our shoulders.
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• But we are not beyond God's restoration.
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• Joy is deeper than happiness. Happiness is when things are going your way but fades easily.  Joy depends on who is holding us up even in times of trouble.  Joy endures trials and suffering and rooted in our "right" relationship with God. 
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• The world can take everything away from us, but God makes a way through his amazing grace. He brings us joy. He restores us within ourselves. 
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• External changes are not enough because God looks on the heart. When your heart is changed, your soul is lighter even when our circumstances stay the same. This joy is knowing that God is always with us and that we are loved greatly by God.

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

                                                                September Birthdays:

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Dorothy M.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Bonnie T.

Thelma W.

Eddie & Marina J.

Clark M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Closing Song:

August 23, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7 - Be careful for nothing; bur in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Subject: Too Much Information

WWW = World Wide Web 

We now find and share information quickly and sometimes without understanding it.

Information overload has infiltrated our lives and overtaken our mines. We are sometimes consumed by the intake of information from the Internet, TV, radio. We have access to every bodies trouble at the same time.

John 16:33 - These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

We don't need to carry these burdens all by ourselves.  Too much information vexes our spirits.

We do not need to stay connected to the world 24/7; 365 days!

We have too many programs running all at once which tends to freeze up and then things crash.

We become emotionally, mentally and spiritually worn out.

Matthew 6:33 - But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.   (This is the antidote to too much information)

If we place prayer first at the beginning of our day before checking the news or whatever everyone else is talking about, and we allow God's Word to seep into our hearts, we remember that God is still in control.

God's peace becomes a guard around our hearts and minds.

Not everything that comes from the news or whatever is unnecessary, but we must be discerning.

Do not allow this world to break our relationship with God. Prayer brings strength when life seem hard.

Matthew 11:28 - Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Philippians 4:8 - Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Bonnie T.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Clark M.

Eddie & Marina J.

Ginger R.

Rev. I. Pelton

Dorothy M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

August 16, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:4-9 - Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, and said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.  But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.  And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in tall that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.  According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.  Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

Subject: Be Careful What You Ask For

The people are rejecting God not Samuel just as some are rejecting God to this day.

Israel asked for a king just as some asked for a king in this day and age, trying to make some of us feel more secure. Some want to be more that everyone else.

We are the called out because we are different from the world. The ekklesia. Matthew 16:18

Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness.

We must be careful of what we ask of God. Consider the cost of what you ask for.

Don't place power in the hands of men.

Do not surrender your faith in God.

Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

No person deserves our allegiance because our God is a jealous God.  Our allegiance belongs to God through Jesus Christ.

The church's job is to speak truth.

Remember that God is not a respecter of persons. Acts 10:34

Human kings only have so much power. It is limited. But God's power is ALL POWER!

No nation can stand without God!

Invitation To Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Rev. I. Pelton

Clark M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

August 9, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Ephesians 2:10 - For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

Subject: God Is Not Through With Me Yet

1. We know about before photos and after photos.
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3. We know about makeovers.
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5. God specializes in transformation. He changes who we are.
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7. God continues to work on us. We have value because God made us. He made us in His image.
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9. We are not an accident or a mistake.
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11. God has a purpose for us as we avail ourselves to Him.
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13. Don't let your past stop your purpose.  We all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and we know that God sent his son for the salvation of our sins.
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15. God has a work for us to do.
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17. Our struggles and survival may be someone else's testimony to God.
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19. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2
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21. We are a work in progress.  
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23. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 2:5
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Invitation To Christian Discipleship

Communion Sunday

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Thelma W.

Debra W.

Dorothy M.

Bonnie T.

Clark M.

Eddie & Marina J.

Ginger R.

Evelyn H.

Rev. I. Pelton

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

August 2, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Psalms147:3 - He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Subject: Another Type of Makeover, More Than Skin Deep

• And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2
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• We can change our features without changing the heart.
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• We cannot hide a bruised heart.
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• We all carry scares that are hidden. Some are physical, emotion, medical, etc.
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• We tend to conceal our suffering.
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• But God heals his people.
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• God heals us tenderly, with great care.
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• God sees the wounds that others cannot see.
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• God's makeover restores a person.
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• Our scares are our testimony to God that through Him we are made whole in our spirits.
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• A transformation is a change from hate to joy, from turmoil to peace, from jealousy to love, just to name a few examples. 
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• Please allow to heal you completely instead of holding on to a piece of the problem.
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• God's makeover heals the heart. God still transforms lives even today.

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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

August Birthdays:

Rhonda L.

Ginger R.

Darvin J.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Bonnie T.

Thelma W.

Rev, I. Pelton

Evelyn H.

Clark M.

Eddie & Marina J.

Dorothy M.

Ginger R.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

July 26, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Subject: Trusting God's Plan When Life Doesn't Make Sense

1. God has a plan for each and every one of us.
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3. This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.  Psalms 118:24
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5. Do not let others blur the lines of the kingdom of God and evil doings.
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7. We can trust in the only one who knows what's really going on.
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9. Trust requires our surrender to God.
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11. Trust with all of our whole self and not just a part of us.
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13. Abraham, Mary, Noah and even Jesus trusted God in their times of need, just to name a few from the bible. So if they needed God, you know we surely need him.
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15. Our finite minds only see a narrow portion of things but God sees all.
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17. God's thoughts are not our thoughts and neither are his ways our.
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19. Trusting God means inviting him into our lives.
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21. Do our plans align with God's will?
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23. Remember his is Lord and he is God all by himself.
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25. By trusting God, he will order our steps.
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27. God's word is a lamp unto our feet. Psalm 119:105
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29. God's grace can redeem us when we make a wrong turn.
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31. Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the call according to his purpose.
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33. If God can bring resurrection out of an old rugged cross, he can bring you out of your situation because he has a plan for you if we just surrender to him.
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35. God specializes
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37. God's plan is better than any plan we can come up with. 
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39. Stay steadfast in the word of God.
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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Clark M.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Dorothy M.

Violet W.

Rev. I. Pelton

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

July 19, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30 - Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ “ ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ “ ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’ ”

Subject: Stay In Your Lane

• Idiom is a general meaning saying one thing but meaning something different like 'it's raining cats and dogs which means it really raining very hard.

          Stay in your lane means stay in your own life, in our own situation, mind your own business.

          Examining someone's else's lives while we should be looking at ourselves.

           First remove the plank from your own eye. Matthew 7:3

            

           Spiritual growth takes time.  Weeds and flowers, when young, looks very similar but with growth, we can tell the difference.

            Growth is more than criticism. As we grow spiritually our actions become loving instead of mean spirited, hate filled.

            Only God can do the separating.

            We must stay grounded in the Word.

              Our assignment is to bare good fruit. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-                        suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no                             law.   Galatians 5:22-23

            Dead fruit produce arguments and division.

            Keep your eye on the Word of God.

          

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Thelma W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Evelyn H. 

Ginger R.

Clark M.

Rev. I. Pelton

Dorothy M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

                                                                    Closing Song:

                                                        I Have a Father Who Can

July 12, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Matthew 21:12-13 - And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the table of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Subject: Turning Over Some Tables....Why....What Time Is It?

1. This was known as the cleansing of the temple.
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3. Greed is now looked at as success.
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5. Jesus is not pleased.
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7. Sometimes we need to disturb the peace just as Jesus did in the temple.
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9. Why, because worship had been interrupted in the temple.
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11. A place of worship had become a business venture; the people's donations had become diluted into hands of thieves.

           When profit comes more important than the people and prayer, it is time to turn over some tables.

           The enemy attacks our prayer lives fiercely.

           Don't allow religious establishments keep you away from God.

           When fear is preached more than faith, it's time to turn over some tables.  The church is supposed to build the gap between us and God.

            Sometimes a holy confrontation is necessary.

            

            There's a time to keep silent and there's a time to speak. Ecclesiastes 3:7-8

            We must also take a look at ourselves. We might need to turn over our own tables such as, the bitterness in our own hearts, the judgment we turn on others, the high standards we apply own other but not ourselves, the anger we hold in our hearts for years. We must look at ourselves as well.

            God is still in control!

            

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Communion Sunday

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Dorothy M.

Clark M.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Violet W.

Rev. I. Pelton

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

July 5, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7 - Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding,  shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.; Matthew 6:5-8 - And when yin pray you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people.  Truly I tell you they have their reward.  But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret.  And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.  When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.  Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.

Subject: Prayer That Changes Things…You

• Prayer is our way of communicating with God.
• We can ask for forgiveness.
• The greatest miracle of prayer is God’s way of making us more like Christ.
• Prayer replaces our panic with a sense of cam and peace.
• Prayer transforms our fear into more faith.
• We must remember that God’s will be done.
• Seek ye first the kingdom of
• Prayer changes our character.
• Prayer changes our attitude before changing our situation.
• Prayer produces trust in God instead of chaos.
• Matthew 6:11 - Give us this day our daily bread.
• Our daily bread is the Word of God and prayer.

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

July Birthdays:

Eddie J.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W,

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Rev. I. Pelton

Clark M. 

Violet W.

Dorothy M.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett 

 

 

June 28, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: James 1:2-4 - My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith wors patience.  But Let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Subject: This is Only a Test

• Trials are unavoidable in our lives.
• Trials comes to everyone, sinners and Christians alike.
• Trials test our faith and our attitudes.
• Let is mind be in you and it is in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5
• A godly attitude is necessary to redefine us to God's love.
• Coming through trials are a great testimony to God.
• Lord help me grow through the trials, should be our prayer to God.
• Pressure reveal what comfort conceals.
• Whatever is on the inside of our hearts comes out when trials squeezing our lives uncomfortably.
• We must be patient as we go through our trials.  Waiting is hard but wait
• Psalm 40:1-2 - I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.  He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.
• It is the struggle and prayer that makes us stronger.
• God is a heart fixer and a mind regulator.
• We must hold on to God's unchanging had.
• Spiritual maturity moves us closer to God and through trials we achieve greater maturity each time.
• Don't waste the trials because trials are preparation to the perseverance of our goal to eternal life.
• Ask God to hold you up, to endure the trials of our lives.
• Prayer to God through his Son, Jesus the Christ!
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                                                   Invitation to Christian Discipleship  

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Clark M.

Dorothy M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Closing Song:

Please Be Patient With Me

June 21, 2026 - Happy Father's Day & Summer Solstice

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Ezekiel 22:30 - And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Subject: Looking for a Few Good Men

• Corruption was everywhere as it is nowadays.
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• Truth is being totally ignored even in this day and age.
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• God was and is looking for a man to stand up.
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• What kind of man is God looking for?
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• When one person takes a stand such as David, Moses, Noah, and nowadays, Richard Allen, Dr. Opal Lee, Dr. Martin Luther King, Presidents John F. Kennedy & Barak Obama...

           A real man does not hide from responsibility.

• God is looking for a man who would build up a hedge to protect families, the children, their neighbors spiritually.

           God is looking for us to be present.

• What is the gap? It is a space in the hedge. And if there is a gap, someone must guard it which can be a dangerous job. But a true leader will serve, sacrifice, be steadfast, service minded in the Lord & His Word.

          Jesus is our example of standing in the gap of the hedge. So stand strong for we know that Jesus is on our side. 

           

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Clark M.

Rev. I. Pelton 

Dorothy M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

June 14, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.; Micah 6:8 - He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Subject: Breaking Down Walls

• We are divided even in our church services. 
• We are supposed to be praying to the same god but we have so many differences that distract us from the Word.
• Racism, hatred, arguments, opposite political views, cultural problems....the list goes on and on.
• What does God require of us? He requires us to break down walls and love one another. 
• We must remember that everyone was made in God's image. 
• There are no superior races.
• God's image comes in every race and language.  We are all one in Jesus Christ.
• Our worth is not about the color of our skin or the way we speak. 
• Social class does not matter when it comes to God.
• God wants everyone to know Him.
• The enemy (Satan) want division, but Christ wants reconcilition.
• Love is the key. It breaks down walls.
• We must show mercy and humility towards others.
• We become a living testimony when we show love to others. 
• The wall must come down.
• Christ died to break every chain.
• Jesus paid it all. 
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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Communion Sunday

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Rev. I. Pelton

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Announcement: July 19, 2026 @ Avant AME Church - Friends & Family Day

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Closing Song:

"No Other Help I Know"

June 7, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-5 - Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Anu fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate?  Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.  Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.  Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

Subject: It's Not About You

• It's easy to be humble on Sundays but the rest of the week not so much. Are we only concerned about ourselves? Self-centered?
• We need to shift your thoughts towards God and value others rather than ourselves.
• Don't just look out of "number 1" but also for others.
• Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking more for others.
• Jesus humbled himself and died on the cross for us.
• God's will be done, not ours.
• Heaven is our goal.
• We must be humble and obedient; think of others, love one another.
• Remember, every knee must bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord of all.
• If we want the mind of Christ, we must sacrifice, pray, love, be a servant, etc.
• It's not about me or you, it's about Him!

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

June Birthdays:

Pastor Baggett

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Dorothy M.

Ginger R.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

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May 24, 2026 - Happy Memorial Day to All Veterans

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Ezekiel 34:11-24 - 11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.

Subject: When God Has to Step In

• Jesus is the good shepherd. 
• There are people in authority who do not care for others, from big business and in churches.
• Some shepherds tend to take care of themselves rather than caring for the flock.
• But God said that He, Himself for step in and search for His people.
• Many are called but few are chosen. 
• We must step in to help one another because we as Christians, are God's helpers.
• To God be the glory.
• We must gather the scattered sheep, the lost ones.
• Our God sits high and looks low.
• God does not abandon us.
• God's love can and will lift us up. 
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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Clark M.

Dorothy M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

May 17, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Hebrews 10:24-25 - And let us consider on another to provoke unto love and to goo works:  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another and so much the more, a ye see the day approaching.

Subject: The Importance of Community

• Have we lost our ability of community?
• We have become disconnected from one another.
• Community is important because it allows us to remain strong.
• Christianity is not a walk alone journey.
• Brothers and sisters walking together not walking alone.
• The enemy loves for us to be in isolation.
• Isolation weakens us so that the enemy can step in.
• Community causes us to support one another, to love, to reach out to one another.
• Everybody needs somebody.
• Community tends to encourage us through difficult times.
• In darker times we need one another.
• Community offers words of encouragement, a song of praise, lending a helping hand, a spiritual support.
• In natural disasters, a community that pulls together tends to rise above, in spirit, even in that crisis.
• Do not forsake the community's power.
• I need Thee every hour as the psalmist sang.
• And we need one another as well.
• Forward together, not one step back!
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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Rev. I. Pelton

Ginger R.

Evelyn R.

Violet W.

Dorothy M.

Clark M.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Closing Song:

Somebody Prayed for Me.

May 10, 2026 - Happy Mother's Day!

 Welcome to Brown Chaple/Avant, Mt. Pleasant & Shiloh

                                                         Happy Mother's Day Everyone!

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10 - 1 Now a man of the tribe of Levic married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5 Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. 6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”

8 “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother. 9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”

Subject: A Praying Mother. One Who Let Go and Let God

• A real mother will carry burdens that no one else sees.
• A real mother will pray when nobody else seems to want to.
• A real mother will sacrifice her all to protect her child or children.
• Just like Moses' mother place him in a basket and put him in the river on FAITH.
• What a mother places in God's hand, is never beyond God's reach.
• Even as baby Moses floats down river, God already has a plan.
• God will make your enemy, your food stool.
• God said that He would never leave us or forsake us. Hebrews 13:5
• God arranged for Moses' own mother to take care of him.
• The same God that watched over Moses & his mother, is the same God that's watching over us today.

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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Communion Sunday

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Clark M.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

May 3, 2026

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Ezekiel 18:23-30 - 

24But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

25Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

26When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and die in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

27Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

28Because he consider, and turned away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

29Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Subject: Will the Real Children of God Please Stand Up

• God is talking to His people, not outsiders.
• Power without accountability will always turn towards corruption.
• We may be confused but God is not confused about the corruption in this world.
• There is spiritual wickedness all around us.
• We must study ourselves to be approved.
• We must be diligent in the Word not just knowledgeable.
• We shall know the truth and the truth will make us free. John 8:32
• What the devil means for bad, God will turn it for good.
• Jesus stands between sin and salvation. Only Jesus!

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

May Birthdays

Debra W.

Willie Lester H.

Frank H.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Thelma W.

Eddie & Marina J.

Evelyn H.

Rev. I. Pelton

Ginger R.

Violet W.

Dorothy M,

Clark M.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett