Father's Day

Our program on Father's Day was a big success. Everyone was blessed and the Lord was exalted with our worship of Him as the "true" Father of all. Our newly formed "Youth Choir" blessed everyone with a song during the program. Sister Melinda Bratton directed this event and God anointed it with His blessing.

Thanks to all that were in attendance for this special Day

Taking Inventory

"Don't you know that you are God's temple and that God's spirit lives in you?"
1st Corinthians 3:18

All believers have God in their heart. But not all believers have given their whole heart to God. Remember, the question is not, how I can have more of the Spirit? but rather, how can the Spirit have more of me? Take inventory. As you look around your life, do you see any resistant pockets?..... Go down the list.....
Your tongue. Do you tend to stretch the truth? Puff up your facts? Your language? Is your language a sewer of profanities and foul talk? And grudges? Do you keep resentments parked in your "garudge"? Are you unproductive and lazy?
Do you live off the system, assuming that the church or the country should take care of you?..... do your actions interrupt the flow of the Spirit in your life?

From - Grace for the Moment, page 178

Don't Give Up!

Our inability to finish what we start is seen in the smallest of things:
A partly mowed lawn.
A half-read book.
Or, it shows up in life's most painful areas:
An abandoned child.
A wrecked marriage.
Any chance I'm addressing someone who is considering giving up? If I am, I want to encourage you to remain. I want to encourage you to remember Jesus' determination on the cross.
Jesus didn't quit. but don't think for one minute that he wasn't tempted to. Did he ever want to quit? You bet.
That's why his words are so splendid.
"It is Finished" - John 19:30

Copied from, Grace For The Moment vol II page 177

Quote For Today

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Measure of Success

We strive to be successful on our jobs, in our communities and with our friends, but the real measure of success comes from the way your child describes you.
Think on this poem.

You can use most any measure
When you're speaking of success
You can measure it in fancy home
expensive car or dress;
But the measure of your real success
is one you cannot spend
It's the way your child describes you
when he's talking to a friend.

Four Phrases

A very wise minister once told a couple to try to live by four three-word phrases that they should say to each other everyday!

1. I LOVE YOU
2. I'M SORRY
3. PLEASE FORGIVE ME
4. LET'S TRY AGAIN

Say these everyday with a tender heart.

Renewal of Wedding Vows

Sunday, June 15th, (Father's Day), we will hold "Renewal of Wedding Vows" Day at the Pelham COGOP. Any married couple may renew their wedding vows on this day.

I believe one of the primary reasons for the breakdown in the home is that we have forgotten God's commands about marriage .... Jesus said, "A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife..... Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate" (Matthew 19:5-6).... Marriage is a symbol of the unity between Christ and His church-a unity that should never be torn..... If divorce has happened to you, God can forgive the past, heal the present, and give hope for the future. But if you are married, treasure your spouse as a "gift" from God, and yield your marriage to Christ.

Please let us know if you wish to renew your vows on Father's Day.

Olive Garden

Thanks to all the church for a dinner at "Olive Garden" last night. After a VERY ENJOYABLE and FUN visit to Sister Carolyn and her family Sister Martin and I enjoyed a nice dinner at the Olive Garden in Alabaster.

Bro. Martin

Bible Study on Peace of God

Bro. James Clanton of the Pinson Parkway Church was guest Bible Study Speaker at Pelham COGOP, Sunday June 1 at 5:00 PM. Bro. Clanton led us in a study of the Peace of God.
Everyone enjoyed this study very much. Bro. Clanton would be a blessing to any local church.

Gift Card Shower

The wonderful people of the Pelham COGOP keep surprising us each month. Due to the great grocery showers given us in April and May we ask the church to omit the June grocery shower. Well they did, but surprised us with a wonderful "Gift Card" Shower. We received $120.00 worth of Gift Cards to three of our favorite restaurants. We are honored to be the pastoral team at the Pelham Church of God of Prophecy.