In Control
Announcements: Scott County District Laymen’s Association will hold a softball tournament on August 18, 2018. All teams will be coed with team members 12 and older. Trophies will be provided to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Entry fee for each church will be $100 for more information contact Anthony Boyd 601-201-9389 or Herman Thompson 769-274-3566.
Pleasant Gift M.B. will host a Fellowship Conference Service on September 15, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. with breakfast being served at 8:00 a.m. Speakers will be Jackie McDougle, Demetra Brown and Apostle Bonnie Morgan.
Pleasant Hill M.B. Church Annual Fall Revival will begin August 19-23, 2018. Sunday evening Rev. Ralph James will speak at 6:00 p.m. Monday night speaker will be Rev. Charles Bell, Tuesday and Wednesday night speaker will be Rev. Eric Jones, Thursday night speaker will be Rev. Ralph James. Services will begin each night at 7:00 p.m.
On Sunday August 12, 2018 the Pleasant Hill church family traveled with their Pastor Rev. Marcus McDougle to MT. Olive M.B. Church, where he brought the word at 1:00 p.m. Scripture reverence 2 Timothy 3:10-14 with the subject What to give the Church that has everything.
On August 12, 2018 our morning message was brought by Rev. Marcus McDougle. Scripture reverence Ephesians 4:11-12 RSV.
Prayers For: Jeffery Lewis, (brother of Jimmie Lewis) Cleveland Nichols, Rev. Les Brandon, Rev. Neal Keeton, William Flanigan and Steve Deering. Sympathy to the family of Eric Green.
Food For Thought: The backbone of our standard for living comes fused into unyielding rules and regulations. We are so determined to control life’s course and outcome. We take it upon ourselves to decided how people ought to look, behave, and respond.
Things have to be done a certain way, our way. In our minds we know how people should behave. When real life sneaks up and whacks us from behind seeking to break our unbending back and our stiff necks then we aren’t so sure anymore.
Each time life throws us a punch, we can do a deep knee bend, forcing our muscles of faith, hope, and understanding to stretch. Eventually that brittle backbone will grow strong bending with the rhythms of grace yet standing tall and firm in the face of compromise.
