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Rev. Carter opened devotion with hymn #211, ‘Leaning on the Everlasting
Arm,’ and read scripture from Matthew chapter 13:1-9. Devotion was closed with
hymn #164, ‘I Have Decided to Follow Jesus’ and prayer.
Rev. Dr. Linda Beal called the conference to order and welcomed the body
to this week’s conference and business session.
Dr. Churn read Job 14 as the morning mediation. Churn says Job’s words are fantastic yet
challenging to us today. Job’s prayer
comes shuns through our frailty as human beings. Job acknowledges the beauty and magnificence
of the tree—it is cut down yet sprouts up once again. And, through faith Job prays to God for a date
to seal his sins before him just as God overcomes his sickness and death.
The minutes of the March 28th conference were read and
accepted with proper correction(s).
Elder Moses
Edwards is today’s Order of the Day.
Next week Rev. Marina Skinner, Associate Minister EBC will be the
Women’s Preaching order of the day.
Sister Willa
Reed reported the local Think Tank convened to hear Art Nicholette, national
representative of the Anti-Drug movement share info on the study of drugs in
communities across the
Chris Bauman,
Organizer CHANGE, introduced Ken Smith, IAF Organizer California. Smith announced the Third Reconstruction
Institute Seminar scheduled to take place in
Rev. Bass
reported representatives from the Zimbabwe Baptist Conference will visit WS the
week of April 24th and be guests at the Tuesday 25th
conference. Also, the conference
accepted an invitation to hold conference and lunch at the Winston Lake YMCA on
the same day.
Rev. Sanders
reported the status of the MLK Golf Scholarship Fundraiser planning and invited
other conference members to enter a team.
Sick Report
Reverend JL
Nance asked the body for prayer as he undergoes surgery, on March 28th.
Community
Presentation(s)
George
Galbreath, Motivational speaker for “Let’s Talk About,” introduced his ministry
of recovery and motivation for youth and adults. He is available to speak at churches and
other educational organizations (987-0865).
Announcement(s):
The Mayor’s
Racial Healing Forum on ‘the Future of WS,’ is scheduled Thursday, April 6,
2006, 6:30pm in the Winston Room of the LJVMC.
The conference is invited to support this event.
Dr. James Fulwood introduced Rev. Herbert Miller, Pastor First Baptist Church Lexington as Order of the Day and sang hymn #325, “We Will Understand it Better Bye and Bye.”
Rev. Miller lifted scripture from II Kings 6:8-17 and chose as a subject, “You Don’t Know Who You Messing With.” Miller says Elijah touched the life of Elisha as a future servant of their God, YHWH. After awhile Elijah ascended into heaven and Elisha become the servant of the Lord.
Right a way Elisha needed guidance and called on his God. Miller says we too have called on the Lord in our time of need and God made the way straight—it took our looking back to see how far the Lord had brought us—the thing one can say is “I thank you, Lord.”
Miller says there times we as ministers must be honest with our people and tell them when things aren’t as they appear to be—we must tell them it’s a trap! Circumstances that look good ain’t all that—it’s a trap and God knows it!
Miller concludes, God is always there to keep us out of trouble and get us through—you don’t know who you are messing with when you mess with the Lord.
The body rose to give Rev. Herbert Miller a rousing vote of thanks for his message of hope and faith.
Attendance – 18 persons
Offering - $62.00
Membership
– 0.00
Adjournment (Prayer and Benediction)
Having no further business the conference adjourned with prayer and
benediction.