Today is Pastor Money’s last day as our pastor. In the less than two years as our shepard we have seen major improvements to our facilities, inside and out and a change in the atmosphere.
In this new chapter in his life he is tackling the continent of South America as a missionary for the Church of God World Missions department. Please pray that this new endeavor will produce fruit for the kingdom of God.
Camp Meeting 2009 will be held June 9-12 at Evangelistic Center Church in Shawnee, OK. The first service will be Tuesday evening at 6:45. The following days services will be held at 10:00 AM and 6:45 PM daily. Friday evening there will be the anual youth service.
Our worship team will be ministering in song during some of the worship service.
The State Overseer Wayne Brewer has asked the churches in the denomination to observe 21 Days of Prayer from May 19 through June 8. This time of prayer and fasting will be focused on this years Camp Meeting.
Our ladies will be at Fin-and-Feather April 23-25 for the yearly Ladies Retreat. Please be in prayer that God is glorified and our women are edified.
Last years Church of God General Assembly directed our churches to focus on prayer for the upcoming year. As a result Church of God churches throughout the country are beginning the year studying prayer. Our church is as well. We began last Sunday night going through the book by P. Douglas Smalls titled “Prayer – The Heartbeat of the Church.” This is the study resource from the Church of God for the churches to use. We have copies to purchase here at the church for $7. It is our plan to spend approximately six weeks in this study.
A link to the study book that has ordering options, video resources, information about the author and many other items is at Forward Together in Changing Times.
Merry Christmas from everyone at Open Door! We pray that as you spend time with your loved ones that you don’t forget the One who loved you first, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
We are excited to announce that we will be holding a Prayer Revival November 20-22, 2008 7:00 nightly. It will be a time where we can focus on God to praise Him and to seek His will for our church and us individually.
We will begin each service with a few worship songs followed by a devotional. Those giving devotions are James Douglas during our Thursday night service, Johnny Jackson Friday night and David Shaw Saturday night.
We hope that everyone will be able to attend during each of the three nights. It will be a wonderful time spent with our Lord and Saviour. If you can not be in attendance please pray wherever you will be.
We will be having our annual Fall Festival October 31, 2008. Events will begin at 6:00 and last until approximately 8:30. There will be events for the entire family from the hanging apple bob to the cake walk to a hay ride to name a few. There will also be candy and prizes given away.
To help with supper we will be selling a combination of hot dogs, soda and chips for one dollar.
If you would like to help run any events please sing up in the hallway on the bulletin board. The donation box for candy and money are in the foyer.
We thank you in advance for making that night a night used for God’s glory.
