September 14, 2025

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:1-5 - 8 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. 3 But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.

4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.”

Subject: Be Careful What You Ask For

• Our government has checks and balances brought about by the American Revolution.
•  However, a government can develop problems if not reined in.
• We must stand firm in our Christian beliefs.
• These are not ordinary times.
• We must remember to put and keep on the Whole Armor of God. Ephesians 6:10-18
• Watch out for dishonesty, confusion, evil speaking.
• Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may experience what is the good and acceptable and perfect will.
• Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
• For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is jealous, is a jealous God. Exodus 34:14
• To live by the sword is to die by the sword. Matthew 26:52
• Psalm 24 - The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Evelyn H.

Ginger R.

Violet W.

Rev. I. Pelton

Clark M.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Closing Song:

I Go To The Rock

July 27, 2025

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:20 Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

Subject: And It Came to Pass

• If God said it, then He will do it.
• Faith comes by hearing and hearting by the Word of God.
• Hannah means in the bible, grace or gracious.
• Elkanah means in the bible, acquired by God.
• Have we ever been in a situation where if something could go wrong, it would?
• Things are going to go wrong in this earthly world. Satan it always busy, stealing, killing and destroying.
• Hannah wept bitterly that she had not had a child. But God had a plan.
• Hannah prayed until God heard her/
• P-  U-  S-  H  Pray until something happens!
• Samuel means in the bible, God has heard.
• We must wait on the Lord in all things. For only God can help.
• We must surrender to God and not bargain. 
• Isaiah 40:28-31 - Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that he everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.
• Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5

Invitation to Christian Discipleship 

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Debra W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Evelyn H.

Thelma W.

Dorothy M.

Ginger R.

Rev. I. Pelton

Eddie & Marina J.

Violet W.

Clark M.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

July 28, 2024

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

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: 1 Samuel 13:13-14 - And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe forever.  But now, our authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do. & 2 Samuel 11:14-15 - Now i the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab. And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

Subject: How Did I Get Here?

• What situations do we find ourselves in?
• Complacency - lose passion or sight of a goal 
• 2 Samuel 8:13   David become famous.
• I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.  (Psalm 34:1). This was said by David and yet he drifted away for a time.
• Becoming careless - losing the excitement
• As new Christians, we are on fire for God & later on, down the road, we lose the excitement & the newness wears off.
• Compromising values - making poor choices
• You must become closer to Christ.
• Choose you this day whom you will serve. Joshua 24:15 
• David's prayer to the Lord:
• Psalms 51:1-12

Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your loving kindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

• 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
  And my sin is always before me.
  4 Against You, You only, have I sinned,
  And done this evil in Your sight—
  That You may be found just [a]when You speak,
  And blameless when You judge.

  5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
  And in sin my mother conceived me.
  6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
  And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

  7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
  Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  8 Make me hear joy and gladness,
  That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
  9 Hide Your face from my sins,
  And blot out all my iniquities.

  10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
  And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
  11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
  And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

  12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
  And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I Pelton

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Marina J.

Thelma W.

Clark M.

Ginger R.

Evelyn H.

Violet W.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

July 18, 2021

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

Prayer: Rev. Pelton

Scripture: 1 Samuel 13:1-6 - Saul was thirty years old when he became to reign; he ruled over Israel for forty years.  Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home.  Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it Then Saul alerted all the land saying, "Let the Hebrews pay attention!"  All Israel heard this message, "Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive to the Philistines!" So the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.  For the battle with Israel the Philistines had amassed 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.  The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.

Subject: The Problem of Pride

• Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. Proverbs 16:18-19
• Ephesians 2:10 - For we are his workmanship having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared before hand so we may do them.
• 1 Samuel 15:22 - Obedience is better than sacrifice.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I. Pelton

Debra & Marceal W.

Violet W.

Clark M.

Evelyn H. 

Thelma W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Floy & Sue C.

Sadie V.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett

April 28, 2019

Sunday School
Jude - Review
Verses 5-6 - Now I want to remind you, through you know all these things: The Lord first saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe; and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.

Food for thought - Even the privileged, or converted or ones thinking they are more than others can escape the vengeance of God. They have turned away in unbelief or disobedience. Even the angels who were not pleased with their place with God, who were prideful, they were cast out and are kept to the judgment of they great day.  An everlasting separation from God.
2 Peter 2:4 - For it God did not spare angels when they sinned but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;.....
Romans 1:20 - For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--His eternal pow and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Sermon
1 Samuel 17:8-11 - Goliath stood and called to Israel's troops, "Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man so he ay come down to me!  If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us."  Then the Philistine said, "I defy Israel's troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!"  When Saul and all the Israelities heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.
Subject: You Ain't Got To Go Home.....

• Goliath was a bully who loved to taunt his enemies.
• Bullies have been around for a very long time.
• Don't hang out with bullies. They are not your friends.
• Bullies use treats to intimidate other either physical, verbally or emotionally.
• Did you know that in the year 1530 the word 'bully' meant sweetheart?

Characteristics  of a bully:

• Lack of empathy
• Lack of control of their emotions
• Angers easily
• Inside they are weakling
• Thrive on making others afraid
• Physically aggressive
• Always needs others around them

1. Bullies come in all shapes, sizes and ethnicities. They are evil minded people who want to control others.
2. Bullies are cowards at heart.
3. Goliath was against the Almighty God. He was a pagan worshiper.
4. Goliath's name meant 'splendor.'
5. David had faith in God's power.
6. David saw an opportunity to remove an obstacle from God's path for Israel.

Ephesians 6:10-12 - Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.  Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.